Show 1 I a r tl r YU A At Ai t i BY E LAUGhS COPYRIGHT Dy SAX ROHMER CHAPTER X X Continued 15 15 Burned up by not Impatience Impatience daring to speculate about Eileen Eileen- lie he walked slowly toward oward the north north- northern northern northern ern extremity of his patrol AntI And AntIa Anda Anda a curious fact obtruded Itself Alt All the eunuchs had disappeared JAnd I J And now coming In 10 sight BIght of the wall which marked the boundary on the north he lie heard again dimly that bab babel l of many tongues 9 but In the distant tree bor but bot outside dered ered street which led lc down own to the town At one point an nn old tree overhung the great reat wall walt ran to It mounted to the most lowermost lower branches climbed higher and could see cc over the wall A straggling lIn pro pro- procession procession procession cession was wa winding down the street towards the port below I 1 The eu- eu eu eunuchs he could Identify by their liv liveries eries erles but there were many ninny others who wore no distinguishing dress dressi There had been an nn exodus from the great hou house e Could he take ad advantage vantage of It Along n a path bor bor- bordered bor- bor bordered bordered dered by almond trees he be walked l Above everything he everything he he must roust keep cooL Always Alway Eileen Elteen came Into the hut foreground hut he knew and his conscience C cried out that even greater stakes were being played for tor S a a a a a a aA A state of the wildest St excitement prevailed aboard the Wallaroo What had happened Had find war suddenly been n declared Tho The un- un underwater un underwater craft bore no distinguish distinguish- distinguishing distinguishing ing number and flew no flag Then Thena n a smartly dres man wearing n a tarbush had come oft off In her boat Up In the captains captain's room Pasha stood by hy the desk smiling Ile had boarded the Wallaroo o alone and apparently unarmed leaving lea one man n a reco recognized d pu pugilist on duty nt at the ladder ht head td There was some something thing terrifying In the Egyptians Egyptian's smiling audacity Captain Peter Peter- Peterson's Peter Eons sons son's gray face ace was very grim y I 1 carry three hundred passengers gers said lie a n hundred hondred and eighty of them women and cb children or children II 11 ren- ren or r J by by r G-d G dl t i 1 Id I'd take tako you at your word The Egyptian shrugged his shoulders shoulders ders We are both under orders ot of my ray commander r In the submarine and you IOU at nt the the moment under undermine undermine mine It appears to me sir Rattray said Mid turning to Captain Peterson that this things thing's thine an unholy great bluff Through a window of or the cap cap- captain's captain's captain tain's tain cabin A Pasha Iasha Pa ha pointed to where bere the wreckage of or the main main- mainmast mainmast mast lay lar half baIt over the starboard rails You see e we do tIo not hesitate be murmured The Ibo dhow has reached position tho the Egyptian went on and and- and glancing at a n jew jew- jeweled clod wrist watch watch-hI watch I must n notify ury a i fi 1 1 r Len Chow the tho th Second In Command Delivered Them you rOil that you now v have h e exactly Um minutes In which to make up your mInd Captain A bont boat packed with negroes ani and manned by four Arab rowers was wa coming from the dhow The captain exchanged glances with Jack Rat Hat Rattray Rattray tray 1 No alternative sIr none sir none what what- whatever whatever ever said Mill the latter savagely Ins como come first fint We risk It The skipper nodded and croNin crossing cro swung open the door of n a safe lie Be handed keys t to the purser pur cr t l And Anti KO so from rom the ho bullion room worn b be- be between tween Jerks derk two millions of minted J money was removed taken down downY downa a r- r R Y i the ladder and transferred to the dhow it was contained In wooden boxes each elch holding five live thousand pounds and not too heavy for tor one I man to carry The rhe work was done by a team of or huge negroes ne roes In a constant procession coming and go go- go In ing going like mn magnificent nl cent black ants they worked until all aU the boxes were re- re re- re removed re removed moved mo from the Wallaroo The Tho transshipment carried out with admirable dispatch under the orders of Pasha at nt the head of or the ladder was completed In less Jess than a n quarter of or an hour CHAPTER XIV XI I sub sub-i V TIlE THE control room of or the sub sub- submarIne submarine marine Yuan Yunn lice See received constant messages from Crom an nn unnamed un- un un unnamed named source Len Chow the sec sec- second second sec second ond In command delivered them P ft 0 BENDIGO INWARD IN TW TWENTY NTY MILES SOU SOUTH SOUTH- SOUTHEAST SOUTH EAST EAST nInnY BIBBY LINER OUTWARD FIFTEEN MILES lIlLES NOR NOU AMERICAN FREIGHTER JOHN JOlIN CLAY ADEN TO SUEZ TEN MILES DUE SOUTH On receipt of or tills this third message Yuan lIce flee See spoke Into a tube There Is too much delay he saId Signal to All to draw oft off In 10 the dhow lie He studied the scene scene- on the Wal Wal- Wallaroo Wallaroo laroo at the head of ot the ladder raised his hand band signifying that the order had already reached him Three negroes negros carrying chests the last lart of or the consignment climbed Into the boat followed The boat pulled off to the dhow Yuan Yunn lIce Hee See spoke poke again down the tube All Is to take both boats In tow without transshipping the load This order was transmit transmitted tell to a man forward on the deck ot of the submarine and shouted to As- As As Pasha Captain Peterson headed bareheaded faced bare gray faced stood on the bridge ot of the tho Wallaroo It all seemed unreal utterly Impossible Even now It was to believe that the pi- pi pirates pi pl pirates rates had been actually on board his without ship ship without a n blow struck had removed that precious cargo under his eyes Y Yet t had there been any alter alternative native Even If the Wallaroo had carried a n gun n tho the fate of all nU these women and children below belo must ha have e rested upon the success of or one shot lie He stood listening to the pulsing of the auxiliary engine on board the tho dhow watching dhow watching the ne negroes roes scramble onto her her stern Then the thO boats swung out on two lines tines and the dhow v headed hooded In for or the hoor hend of that rocky Island near to whIch they lay IIer Her decks were black with negroes Suddenly all aU 81 signs Ds of or life tire vita vim van vanished bh from rom the submarine Caine the faint sound cound of a bell on the Wallaroo's bridge i the ship thip b began nn to vibrate but Stand by all nil boat stations th captain roared The order was transmItted in 10 dying echoes from point to point of the ship thip Stand Standby by all boat stations stand by boat stations nations boat stations nation Peterson sprang to the telegraph and Jammed d full run speed peed ahead ahead- ahead then leaped to the side tide of ot the bridge and looked again lie He was wa too late latel I Yuan iuan lice See sat In la the control room of or the Ule submarine Seen through the periscope the towering hull ot of ohe the Wallaroo seemed teemed almost tu to t o erhan overhang the vicious little worshIp warship Yuan lice Hee See Ste spoke softly First tube be bf said laid And the nut first tor- tor taro torpedo was launched against t the help h less liner I Frightened faces of or steward stewards and another other member of or the crew some or of them with war experience veered out of or portholes Men Ien were wen there running running there was tumult tumult-desper- tumult desper desperation atlon Yuan lee Hec l ee See b began an to laugh That weird piping laughter swept around the oily little compartment like a breeze from hell helL The torpedo buried Its wicked squarely nose nose-Jo Jo Lung was square clever clever square ly Iy Into the engine room There was wasa wasn a monstrous explosion e which shook the submarine from stem tern to stern Smoke and steam dropped d a veil between the doomed liner and the watching ey eyes of or Yuan lIce Hee See Yet he trusted the Wasp his chief torpedo operator Second tube tube he be directed If the first explosion had been an enormous one the second was such as seem seemed to rend the tho very ery heavens ens The second torpedo had regIstered In Number Two Hold where twenty cases of potted Stilton for tor Colombo were stored They had hac come aboard In Marseilles just before Doctor went ashore They contained enough high explosive to destroy a small town Yuan Hoc See rubbed robbed his plump hands together and began to laugh agaIn Although they had drawn away way from rom the Wallaroo Wall a roo a n veritable tidal wave wa swept them but Yuan laughed on At last recovering reco himself Order All AU to cast the boats oft off and head bead the dhow back came his pitched pitched hIgh Instructions He lIe glanced up to find Len Chow at his elbow He lIe took the message which his second In command had brought adjusted his spectacles and still stilt chuckling rend read NEWS s m OF EXPLOSION RE RE- RELAYED RELAYED PORT SUDAN PAN PAN THEIl THEn HEADED FOR FOn YOU Yuan lice Dee See nodded read the message a second time and be began an very ery softly to hiss S a a a a a aJack Jack Rattray chief officer who had seen the torpedo was racIng for tor the bridge He lIe had Just reached the ladder when It crashed Into the engIne room One of ot the boilers went and he was heaved off his feet teet lost his hold of the rail and pitched Into the scuppers Dazed temporarily confused he staggered up Somewhere behind and below there was a shambles shambles- shrieks which he was never to for tor- torget forget forget get to his d dying day ay He lIe tottered again for the ladder and was halt half THE STORY FROM THE OPENING CHAPTER Matt Kearney young oung American living In London says ay good-by good to his slater sister l ter Eileen Elleen on board the Wallaroo which Is conveying in gold to Australia Inspector Dawson Dawon Hate Haig of Scotland Yard very much In love wIth Eileen Elleen Is on the trail of ot opium he le Is t convinced la Is t concealed In Jo Lungs Lunga warehouse He tie delegates Kearney with Detective Norwich to visit the place and fInd and out what he can cnn While there Kearney picks up and carries carrie away a notebook which he turns over to Hale Yuan Yunn lice Hee See leader of ot International thieves thieve Is at Jo Lungs Lung lIe Ho sends tends men after Nor Nor- NorwIch Norwich Norwich and Kearney one of whom he realizes realize must mu t have picked up the th note note- notebook notebook book Halg Is 1 puzzled over cryptic notes note In the tho book Norwich is III I found murdered While Hale Haig I Is poring over the tho book a monstrous cr creature ture en- en enters enters en enters seizes cize It and escape e cp i Hale Haig boards the Wallaroo at Marseilles die dl From radio messages he be decodes decode he realizes members member of gang are on board and have recognized him A Chinaman tries trie to throw Halg Haig Ig overboard but goes goe ROC over himself At Port Said Halg Is I lured Into a abath bath of o feathers feather Eileen Elleen disappears disappear Hale escapes escapee from the tho trap and shoots hoot Joseph Jo one of ot the plotters plotter Eileen Elleen drugged regains regain consciousness In Yuan headquarters headquarter Yuan Intends Intend to capture or sink Ink the Wallaroo Using Josephs Joseph's Joseph credentials credential makes make his hi way to lie II begins to perceive Yuan plot to seize eize the gold on the tho Wallaroo but all his thoughts are centered on the rescue of ot Eileen Elleen Impersonating Imper on Joseph he Is assigned ned to guard duty outside Yuan mansion The girl sees ee him from a II window and la Is I heartened Hal also alo has ha seen een her Yuan lures lure the th Wallaroo from her course cour with a a wireless appeal for tor aid way up when the second torpedo I found Its billet In 10 tho the secret car car- cargo cargo The ear go The whole of the Wallaroo for for- forward forward forward ward of the bridge e burst upward like a volcano The deck planking bellied upward and shot him into loto tile the sea as If he had been propelled by a catapult He lIe came to the sur sur- surface sur- sur surface surface face Immediately beside n a floating deck chair Upon this he rested his hands for tor the moment content to tobe tobe tobe be alive But Dut he be would have gambled a year of or the chanco chance of life lIe that re- re remained re- re remained re remained to him to have been spared the spectacle he be was now compelled to witness The Wallaroo was sinking fast Pushing the timely piece of wreck neck wreckage age before him he ducked his head and kicked ofT off wildly Then rest rest- restIng resting ing lag on the fragile raft he lie watched The forward fon part of the ship broke free of or the hulL The bowels of the Ule Wallaroo dropped out of her through the gaping hole bole below her bridge and and the big ship dived Rattray clutching his little raft threw one arm across the folded wood wooden n struts Shaken though he was as he knew v Its presence alone alono spelled polled salvation And pushing It before him he began Lean to swim wlm slow slow- slowly slowly slowly ly yet further out to sea sa towards where a hundred and forty flue forty miles due southwest Port fort Sudan nestled on the African coast and II H M S Panther Captain Harwood raced toward him a a a a a aThe The mass of ot wreckage was spread over n a great surface of or the set The two machine guns In tho the sub sub- submarino's submarine's submarine marines marine conning towers crackled Into activity sweeping that area where survivors ors struggled In the flotsam of the wrecked liner From the deck deek of the dhow men taco armed with rUles rifles picked out more distant swimmers And now now darting now darting actively about omon amongst t that marine shambles now shambles came the fins Ins of ot the sharks shark Yuan Yunn flee See Sec from the deck of the submarine watched thoughtful thoughtful- thoughtfully ly 11 I had bad counted on the tike sharks he said but nevertheless s we must lake no chances From Irom the deck of ot the dhow black marksmen were making good d 0 pray practice lice tice 11 e Kid KW Brown Crown his hl face very white tired Ored once or twice I h but wild wild- wildly wildly Ud- Ud ly Ir and nail never At Rt n a living tA target et In hIs capacity as I ashes bodyguard b he knew V that he served ened n a ss villain but his hie own rye rec ord was far ar from rein unblemished nerd somehow he be had made terms with his elastic clastic conscience He lie knew that tint the he German freight freight- freighter er had been sunk with all an hauls nearly two years before but he had hadnot hadnot hadnot not been present at nt her actual sink sink- sinkIng sinking sinking ing He lie had been on the submarine submarine rine when the American yacht acht was held up Explosives E es had bad been smug smog smuggled smuggled Into her br hold bold In some way an and he had seen her go up like a Crystal palace firework display Althou Although b no rescues were at- at attempted attempted at attempted tempted there had been none or of orthis this sniping The sniping was too much for his stomach He lIe threw hIs rifle ride on to the deck of If the dhow Gor Cor blimey I he shouted clench clench- clenchIng clenching clenching ing his fists I cant can't do It l I Its It's bloody murder 1 I That's what It t is- is is bloody murder 1 I You are arc s consciences t r 1 eke c k e n again Mr Brown Drown 7 The Kid I ld turned Pasha stood pointing a n vicious looking anc au automatic U straight at the Kids Kid's stomach stomach stomach ach I have e watched you with interest for tor some time the tho Egyptian n than tian went on In 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