Show I The Yellow v Claw I I By Sax Rohmer Continued from yesterday It Is quite simple replied M. M laCI MaxI Max l I asked you If it you had some use for a hundred pounds Because if U you have 1 I will meet you at any place you like to mention and bring with me cash to that amount Hush sir sir for for Gods God's sake hush bush sir whispered It TV was as fortunate that he had finIshed finished finished fin fin- shaving shaving- M M. Max for his hand was trembling furiously M Max made a n second move Another fifty or possibly another hundred could be bo earned as easily he said with assumed carelessness I l may add that this will not be of offered offered offered of- of again and that you ou will vill shortly be out of ot employment with I worse t to s follow I Soam s began to exhibit signs of collapse collapse collapse collapse I Oh my God ho he muttered what I shall I do do I cant can't promise I I cant can't cantI promise but I 1 might might might-I I might look lookin in at the Three Nuns' Nuns on Friday evening evening eve eye I ning about 9 He hastily scooped l up M. M Maxs Max's belongings belongings belongings be be- longings thrust them into the handI handbag handbag hand hand- bag and closed it M. M Max was n now w I fully dressed and ready to depart He placed a sovereign in t e. e valets valet's ready palm an appointment he said softly Said entered and stood bowing in inthe inthe inthe the doorway M M. Max buttoning his light overcoat overcoat over over- coat in order to conceal the fact tact that he wore evening dress entered the corridor and followed the Egyptian into the Cave of ot the Golden Dragon Ho Pin sleek and smiling received ed him there Ho Pin was smoking the inevitable in the long tube and opening the door he silently led the way up the steps into he covered courtyard Said following with the handbag The limousine stood there dimly visible in the darkness Said placed the handbag upon the seat in inside inside inside in- in side and Ho Pin assisted M M. Max to enter closing the door upon him but leaning through the open window to shake his hand The Chinaman's hand was icily cold and limp Au wre my dear he said in his metallic voIce olce I hope to have hav the pleasure of you again shortly With that he pulled up the window from the outside and the occupant of or orthe the limousine found himself in Impenetrable impenetrable impenetrable darkness for dark blue blinds covered all an the windows The car started without the slightest jolt or jar f The blinds worked in little gi grooves GOV es and nd had e each ch a tiny lock The rhe blinds blInd covering the gl glass ss doors on either r side were attached to the adjustable adjustable adjustable ad ad- windows so that when Ho HoPin HoPin HoPin Pin had raised the window he had also closed the blind And these windows windows windows win win- dows operated automatically and de defied defied de- de fied lied all M I. Maxs Max's efforts to open them V t VAt At the end of a drive of some ty five minutes tes or less the the car stopped the stopped the was opened and the radiant ext extended both hands to the occupant My dear M. M Gaston he cried how glad I am m to see you looking so well Hand me your bag I beg begot of ot you you M 1 Max placed the bag in the ex extended extended ex- ex tended hand of Gl and leapt out upon the pavement This way my dear friend I cried the Greek gras grasping ing him warmly by bythe bythe the arm The Frenchman found himself be beIng being being be- be ing led along toward the head of the car and at the he same moment Said reversed the gear and backed away M M. Max was foiled in his hopes of learning the number of the limousine He glanced about him wonderIng wonderIng- ly 11 ou Xou are in ii Temple Gardens M M. Gaston explained the Greek and hero unless I 1 am greatly mistaken comes cornea a a. disengaged taxicab Whenever Whenever When When- ever eyer you wish to avail yourself of y your and pay a second visit to the establishment presided o over over or r by Mr Ho Pin you remember the number num number number num num- ber r I 1 remember the number replied M. M Max ilax I The cab hailed by drew up beside the two and M. M Max en entered entered entered en- en It it Good morning M. M Gaston Good morning Mr CHAPTER X II V L Logic Vs a. a Intuition And now Henry Leroux DenIse Ryland and Helen were speeding along t tie the e Richmond Road beneath a sky which smiled upon Leroux's Leroux's Leroux's Le- Le roux's convalescence for this was wasa a perfect autumn morning which or ordinarily or- or had gladdened him but which saddened him today The sun shone and the sky was blue a pleasant breeze played upon his cheeks whilst Mira his wife wite was S C Clie lIe He knew that he had come perilously perilously peril peril- near to the borderland beyond which are gibbering mowing things s that he had stood upon the frontier of insanity and realizing the futility of ot such reflections he struggled to banIsh banish banish ban ban- ish them from his mind for his mind was not yet healed healed and and he must be whole be sane if he would take part partin in n the work which now strangers were doing whilst he whilst he-whilst whilst he was wasa a useless hulk Denise Ryland had bad been very voluble voluble volu volu- ble at the commencement of ot the drive but as it progressed had grown rown gradually gradually gradually grad grad- silent A se self reliant woman it was as Irksome to her to know herself outside the tho circle of ot activity revolvIng revolving revolving ing around the mysterious Mr 1 King Ing Denise Ryland recognized that what was lacking in the investigation was that hat intuition and wit which only a clever er woman could bring to bear upon It and of ot which she in particular lar poss possessed an unlimited reserve I She thought that at last she perceived perceived per per- peri i the secret wor working of at that providence which ever dances attendance attendance attend attend- ance at the elbow of accomplished womankind Following the lead set by H lOlL C. C in the Planet H JI C. C was Helen nom de do plume and by Crocket in the Daily Mo Monitor the London P Press s bad had taken Olaf Olat van yan Noord to its bosom and his exhibItion exhibition exhibition tion In the Little Gallery was an es established established es- es financial success whilst Our Lady of or the Poppies which of course had been rejected by th the royal rojal academy promised to be the picture of the year Mentally Denise Ryland Rylan was again surveying that re remarkable kable compost compost- jr j 1 r i F fo J tion mentally she was surveying Olaf van an Noord's mo model lel el also Into the scheme slowly forming in her brain the yellow wrapped cigarette containing con a small percentage of opium fitted likewise I Finally but not last in importance the Greek gentleman gentleman gentleman gen gen- Mr formed a a. unit of ot the whole In short she had determined to her own satisfaction that Mr was the clue to the mystery that Mr was not as she had hadon on once e supposed enacting the part of an amiable liar when ho he declared that there were in London such apartments apartments apart apart- me ments ts as that represented by Olaf Noord oord that Mr was van was as acquainted with the present whereabouts whereabouts where where- whereabouts of Mrs Leroux that Mr knew who murdered Iris Vernon and that Scotland Yard was wasa a benevolent institution fo for fog the support support support sup sup- port of those of enfeebled intellect My dear said Denise Ryland turning to Helen you say you ou met that C C C cross eyed being again Good heavens cried Helen I thought I should never get rid of him a most moat loathsome man M My dear child child D Denise child squeezed her tightly tightly- by the arm arm cul cul deliberately cul that mans man's acquaintance acquaintance ac ac- ac- ac But flut my dear enIse exclaimed helen C C C I It it is is no n nonsense It is the the- finger of df t providence Do you know where I you can find him 1 Not exactly but I have a a. shrewd suspicion again she glanced in an embarrassed way at Leroux that he ho will know where to find m me Detective Se Sergeant geant Sowerby was seated in Dunbar's room at New Scotland Yard Some ome days had elapsed l since e that critical moment when all an unaware of the fact they had stood within three yards of the much wanted Soam s in iii th the of the e east st st. end m music hall han Every clue clu thus far in investigated ha had proved a de aC de cUl The door op opened ned and nd in walked M M. Gaston Max arrayed in his inimitable tr traveling v ling coat and holding his hat o 0 of velour in in his gloved hand He bowed politely Sowerby hastened to place a chair fo for fo the distinguished visitor M M. Max Max thanking him with a a bow took his seat and from an inside p pocket ck t extracted a note books book Th There re are aie some tome little points he be said raid with a deprecating wave of the hand which I I should like to confirm con con- firm He lIe opened the book book sought the wanted page Jage and continued Do po Do either of ot you ou know a person answerIng answering answer answering ing to the following description Height about four feet eight and a ahalt half halt inches medium bul build d and carries arrIes himself with a nervous stoop Has a habit of ot rubbing his palms together when add any anyone one Has plump I hands with rather tapering fingers and a v gro growth h of reddish down upon the backs thereof indicating indicatIng- that he has r red rd d br reddish hair His chin recedes slightly and is pointed He HeIs HeIs Heis is clean shaven but m may y at spine time have worn whiskers His eyes are small and ferret like set very closely to together eth r and of a ruddy brown color His natural complexion is probably sal sallow ow and ht hi his h hair tr as as' mentioned Cither e tl er red or gr o of sandy color His ears eais are set far back and the lob lobes s are thin and nd pointed In profile the forehead is almost apelike in size and contour contour con con- a tour exclaimed Inspector tor Dunbar leaping to his his' feet Mr l M Max x shrugging shrugging- and arid smiling slightly r turned returned his n note te book bool to his pocket and taking out a cigar caie case cae placed it It open upon the table Inviting inviting in inviting In- In both his confreres with a a. t gesture gesture gee gee- ture to avail themselves of ot its contents con con- tents I thought so he said simply M Max Dunbar said sald tensely tensely- you ai are a clever man man Where have you got him 7 I have not got him replied the Frenchman He is much too useful to be locked up But he is safe oh ohl ohl I he Is quite safe A And d J on Tuesday night he Is going to introduce us to Mr King Mr rr Kings P roared Dunbar and in three strides of the long legs he was I around the t table ble and standing before the Frenchman In passing he swept Sowerby's haton hat I on on to the floor and S Sowerby picking hat I it uP up began mechanically to brush jt t with his left sleeve smoking furiously furious furious- ly Iy the while furious I To be continued tomorrow |