Show r r t s BY SA COPYRIGHT ey Six ROHMER SERVICE SERVICE CHAPTER VIII-Continued VIII VIII Continued 13 13 Cursing opening and closing his like like talon hands bands old es- es Suk cs-Suk Suk poured l forth Corth a 1 torrent of ot what divined to be he brilliant I invective Invective ec tive thc The seated tat man shrugged ed resignedly re- re Suk es-Suk pushed Balg forward A spy spy- he whispered In his hl a ear oar a dirty police pig I quickly 1 l Eileen Elleen sat pat on the ed edge e of oC the dis disordered ordered red lacquered bed her lier teeth tightly clenched She had com com- completed completed nn an exploration of oC her prison There was n a large e wardrobe In which carefully hung hun bun were the clothes she hind had worn In Port Said There was an extravagantly appointed ap ap- appoInted appointed pointed bathroom She had succeed succeeded etl ed In recalling everything of ot that dim past out of ot which she hind had awak awak- awakened awakened ened In this hits preposterous place up to the very moment of oC entering the thC shop of ot Mohammed She Slie recalled seeing Dawson Haig outside It was then she accepted the Invitation of ot the aged Arab to explore the treasure house beyond Here her memory terminated with the recollection of at a sharp pain In her shoulder r a n sickly smell and anda a sense of oC sudden weakness How How lon long had elapsed since then Where was she he And where was Dawson Halg Had they 7 1 The door opened and ami a stout and kindly looking French maid came In locked the door behind her El EI- EIleen Icen El-Icen ben leen was breathing very cry rapidly Is 1 frightened saId tile the woman No no- no no meeting that fixed angry stare lt stare It Is no good cherie cherle I am nm Celeste Oleste she the went on opening the wardrobe and taking out Elleen's suit In the most JOOst natural manner In the world You Yon You have ha been I sick sick I know that sickness sickness- I have lead had It C Celeste Oleste leste swiftly 8 glanced up high In one wall wan to a little wooden trap It was closed Cherie Cherle she said trust me I am your our friend You understand Perhaps I can help Dont Don't answer She bustled busily Into the bath bath- bathroom bathroom room Come she called You will be yourself again after your bath baO Eileen walked across to the bath bath- bathroom bathroom room The Frenchwoman closed the thC thedoor thedoor door as a she Ie entered I know v how howIt howIt howIt It has ba happened to you chErle came her voluble whipper pcr Where were you fou you when you last lait ber In Port Said said ald Eileen ml miserably miser miserably r- r ably Ah I The Frenchwoman nodded lI I was at CaIro when he saw caw me But that was many years ago agol l I nut But tell me please where am I 1 Inow Inow now 7 I In Yemen cherle chrle A large stron strong i arm was slipped maternally about the girls girl's shoulders She was wa pressed presed to an ample breast You Yon have Ila courage fome great courage I courage I PC zee It In your face And now DOW Is x the time for courage courage-courage courage courage not to tight Eileen Elleen be began nn to feel that she had known mown this singular woman all her life lICe What do you mca mea Celeste she asked a What Is 1 this place place- place where am nIt I It You are In Arabia poor baby Down In there there- there she pointed va- va vaguely va vaguely guely- guely guely Is s a little town that no DO DOone noone noone one ever heard beard of ot B Beyond Is the tied ned sea fen p a Here behind us Is desert desert and desert desert and then Mecca Mecca nut Hut this house Who docs does It t be be- belong belong lon long to I Hit It It Is Ii the house boue of or Pa- Pa Pa Pasha sha I nut But I 1 dont don't know Pa shin I On Once Once It Is nearly t ten n years ao ago I did dill not know him cherle cherie lie is hi II I very rich rich very rich I 1 I nut Hut ome v-ome cherie cherle Slip your robe rob oT T This la is the time j for cunning But be thankful thai that I am with you Eileen threw one white arm I armI around the tho neck I This strange e character with her bright ht kindly eyes was a rock of refu refuge e- e Celeste nursed the frightened captive tightly and went out clos clos- do closing Ins inc the door Shuddering iIleen drop dropped 1 th the Strange fI robe which had enveloped her when she had awakened and stepped Into the bath Behind what looked 1 like the grat grating lag ing of a 8 ventilator high In the bath room bath room wall two points of JI light hl glit glittered and disappeared Yunn Yuan flee Bee See Se walked slowly out nut of or the the- cup cup room board hn c onto the maho mahn mahogany any floor of th the anion which ad ad- adjoined joined It U lie nodded slowly ui liS onE who has haa clinched d a aln And Anti Ir crossing to the door he be hl hi M softly fy CHAPTER IX r AWSON A AWSON IJ IG spent pent part of or orL D DA L- L that night In the large cara caravanserai of ot fir BIr mbar Ambar mbar on the old pilgrim route to Mecca Meca lie Ill hall had traveled trl from Crom In a big French car with an Egyptian driver er over o roads which were originally Intended fur for camels camel The tiny oasis was nearly neary deserted and he dozed dozell a few uneasy hours upon a n hard bed bcd At daybreak they took the therond road rond again reaching about noon lie was 89 taken straight to tile the house of ot Doctor less Hess a small villa looking out upon a n sea ea The Thc doctor rose from behind a table at which he was as seated smiled sl sig I and held out his hrs hand Dawson Halg caught his breath The stout and prosperous looking Hess was n a Turk Nodding Hale Haig handed him the letter received from Crom has lias san Has san Suk es-Suk The doctor glanced at atIt atit atIt It then from a drawer took out outa outa a third envelope Identical In ap- ap appearance ap appearance and passed It to lIe now spoke for Cor the first time You are the last to arrive e Joseph lie spoke In French 1 I A wave wa of ot relief swept over the lis- lis listener lis listener tener So I understand Doctor nut But a su sudden Idea Wea entered his brain I think Len Chow an and 1 cannot be far ahead Doctor less lIess smiled even more broadly Nearly eight hours liours he replied 1 Convey Comey to the Chief m my best wishes and anti assurances It If you will follow Collow my servant Le he h will di dt direct direct you to the quay The letter of travel tra addressed as before To Joseph read rend You will proceed by motorboat and reo re- report re report port Chief lIal followed the servant Dt down rough stone st steps ps to a little quay against which a n battered but sea sea- seaworthy seaworthy seaworthy worthy motorboat was tied up a foot eight thirty foot cruiser which he guessed concealed powerful eD en- en THE STORY FROM THE OPENING CHAPTER Matt Kearney young American living Jiving In London says s y good by to his slater sister liter Eileen Elleen on board the th Walla Wallaroo roo which Is I conveying In n gold to Australia Inspector Dawson Hale of oC Scotland Yard very much In love with Eileen Is on the tir trail of oC opium ho h Is la convinced le Ie 1 concealed In Jo JoL L Lungs Lung's n warehouse lie Ho II delegates delegate Kearney with Detective D Norwich to visit vl the place and find and out what he be b can While there th r Kearney K arney picks up ant and carries away a II notebook which he h turns turn over o ov r to Yuan Tuan lie See tender leader of oC International thieves thieve Is 1 at Jo Lungs Lunga Lunt lie He H sends men after aCter Nor Nor- Norwich Norwich and Kearney one of ot whom he h realizes must mu t have hav picked up the th note note- notebook notebook notebook book Hale Haig Is 1 puzzled over cryptic notes note In the th book boole Norwich Is found murdered While la is I poring over the th book a creature en- en enters en enter tors ter seizes elz s It ft and escapes escape Hale Halg boards board the tir Wallaroo at Marseilles Mar dis- dis disguised guised From radio messages he h decodes decode he h realizes realize members member of ot gang are ar on board and have hav recognized him A Chinaman tries to throw v overboard but goes over himself At Port Said Hale Halg trailing Eileen Is lured Into a bath of ot feathers feather Eileen Elle n disappears dl appears Hale escapes escape from the trap and shoots hoot Joseph one on of ot the th plotters plotter Eileen Elleen drugged regains regain consciousness con- con In Yuan headquarters headquarter Hale Haig takes take Josephs Joseph's Jo ph papers and reo re- reports re report ports port Eileen Eileen's to the th British consul Yuan and Pasha Intend to capture or sink the tir Wallaroo Using Josephs Joseph's credentials makes his hla hi way to Kench Hench Cines gines under that dilapidated hull An a aged ed mendicant was se seated d dat at the foot Coot of ot these step steps 11 grasped hand Bakshish I he be whined Halg paused looked paused looked down In- In Instantaneously In Instantaneously the nutcracker nut fea- fea features fea Cen features i tures were relaxed lie He saw aw a young oun i face under the old mask musk Destina Destina- Destination tion unknown I 1 1 he whispered Dont sail yet Inspector Its Its It's Impossible to cover er you yon ou I l came a swift reply Then loudly Ilak Bak shish I bakshish I lIal dropped a coin and the clutch clutching In fin fingers ers were relaxed Im possible to cover me he thought Routine did not Dot demand that be should sail sall 11 for this unknown place and report I 1 Common sense sene was against It lt Further urther co operation with his l Egyptian cot colleagues ngue 8 became Impossible Impossible sible But beckoning out of or the haze over o the sea was a Image dream or of Eileen Sonic Some stupendous plot was working slowly lowly to Its culmination I now be he had not grasped It But his suspicions were horrible Ills lis usefulness might be ended d If IC he should be cut ofT olT from Crom his at at- lle at-lle lies But Eileen I IlIe Ifie 1 He lIe must find her ber at nt all be costs benear near to her ber Some means of or com corn communication bo ho would surely find ull In a long Ions rectangular ular room on the first floor of oC the hou house bouse e on tile die hill bill Yuan Hee Ilee Sees See's rogues were gathered There were a n dozen faces which must have ha b been n recognizable b by anyone who bad had been bet privileged to enter thAt room In the tile runt runt rant Suleiman Bey In Paris on a night when Dawson had sat cat waiting below Wine lowed flowed freely ely sere ere in inmany Jr many ton tongues ues when suddenly Doctor stood up Orders l I he cried d The clamor subsided subsided- died away away-a away a curtain was drawn aside 11 and ud Pasha lasha lie Ile was greeted with a n roar of or wel wl welcome welcome come lie He sullIed d and nodded his bis li handsome Iu heat head al to 10 rl right hl and len left Then lu lip he raised both silence hands bands fell n My friend he said you rou speak sp al many s hut hilt all of or you ou I think a little 1 English h so 10 I 1 will ad ad- ad address ad dress you In J li Tonight you have t been heen l een entertained and I trust trust are very try happy But nut a aster ter one more mitre drink nil all round you will go goto goto gon to your Jour and you ou will sleep because tomorrow Is the day for which we WP have been en called lIed to- to together to together gether again from all over OHr the world by Mr In King He lie c l The silence was so complete 1113 that men could be lie ht heard breathing Every cry man knows know his ItIs job and what Is expected of him went on Every man knows S also what Is II coming canting to him If It he falls ralls You have han enjoyed success In the past You have hn a all been made rich by the man ratan you rou serve erve If It you are all poor again tonight this Is II your our own concern Another chance Is being given gl to you And this time the share out will be enormous normous As he lie pan paused sed again an excited es murmur rose Enormous he repeated I i need not tell you what the folly of oC one man m may mean to n all of ot us Failure Is always alway paid for Cor here In one way and In one way only nut But failure tomorrow would certainly mean death for Cor every man concerned We shall shaH sail all at nt four Cour o'clock In the aft aft- afternoon afternoon every ery man jack of ot us with witha a noose around his neck and neck and so 80 Avery very man will watch his neighbor Anti And a n short shrift Ea say I to any backsliders A great reat roar like that of ot a pack I I of oC wolves suddenly aroused greet greet- greeted greeted reet i ed his last words waved his han hand 1 and went out sped by a hoarse cheer Doctor fol- fol followed fol followed lowed Kid Kill Brown stumbled across the room romp to the drunken side sille Is It t an English ship mate he be whispered 1 The Scotchmans Scotchman's bleary e eyes es fixed themselves upon him There was vas an Interval and then I ken It Is Ive I've worked out a the an nn this tills will be the old Wallaroo thirteen thousand tons out fro tro London to Brisbane Pasha Iasha sat behind a 1 large table Kid Brown battle batlle scarred battle scarred stood before him Am Am I to regard this Interview Brown said the Egyptian as toas a apiece apiece apiece piece of ot private blackmail Listen said Brown Ive been your bodyguard for Cor three years and aDd Ive I've done tIone well wen out of ot It It Theres There's been some blood bloody dirty work though I say so but Ive I've done tIone It But nut this ere English liner liner-I liner I dont don't want to go tomorrow v Your share shore Keep Leave out Pasha was thinking This Tills man has lias been talking to Mac lies Inc Inc- Iles lie He must come tomorrow Otherwise he will be dangerous aches must come but also also but for tor forthe the last time It Is In orders that tint you Join us Brown he said coldly Therefore I have ha no choice cholee but to refer your our protest to- to to Kid Brown sprang forward and grasped the outstretched hind Ill go sol l I he whispered hoarsely drew his hand away it ItIs It Is tIle the cargo we want not the ship he be said And AntI now v that you IOU have come to your senses a word or of warning Mae Mac Is s being watched by Mr King The Tb Kid drew back biting hIs thick Tonight ml ml contInued the Armenian Joseph from Crom Port Said joins us taking the place place-at place atthe the same of pay pay of the sent to us by I I 1 knew when I 1 Interviewed him In Paris that hint this man from Stamboul would would fall u us as he be had failed us before Very well You Yon have hae taken a gross russ lib liberty erty tonight You shall have hu a chance to make 00 good 1 i 1 I have to go 0 with Mr rr King to the shell sheds See this fellow Joseph and Instruct him himIn himIn In n his duties with Remember the Jackal he will be In sole char charge outside during our absence You will be responsible Kid Brown turned and made for Cor Corthe forthe forthe the door I 1 may collect women Brown came the smooth voice but I 1 stud study men And In a small room i In inn Ina n win wing of the rambling mansion was kneeling beside a neat noot bed trying to pra pray There Is 15 no more desperate character than that of D a religious man gone one wrong And James Malcolm alcolm ex chief ex-chief en engineer aln er of n a famous liner was Vas a deeply r religious man whom an Irre Irre- Irreligious woman had driven n down to helL helLIn In drink he was a devil And he want wanted d to pray for strength th to remain sober long enough to save sa his poor soul sou from this last black sin But never a word come cume cum a As s th the motorboat swung Into the sheltered ref harbor the truth leaped d at lust last to Dawson s brain A su suspicion which for tor weeks past longer Ioner longer perhaps since that day when the tile existence of or the former Cormer Marquis Yuan runn Hee lee See hind haft thrust lt itself upon Ills |