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Id tltlonalm Id ( streak streal . of superstition super superstition-a superstition a superstitionam tltlon-a tltlon a - - aim lm m their Irish Amerknn Amerltnn American faJh fatb fa fah Jh tb h sometimes be he dIstrusted distrustedra distrusted\s distrusted s \ 11 ra understoodftir understoodrar understoodqtr understood ftir rar qtr , " he be said and stroked strol.ed stroled . her'fair her hpr herfalr 'ralr ralr 'fair fair ' falr . Seeing little girls offugh off ofT offugh fugh ofTfugh ugh anyway , . without gIving gIvingfe givingie givinglie fe ie breeye bree7e breere up " rry ry . , Matt . , It was utterly utterlyj 1 : j roe me " jiced ced up , . and her blue gray jcalm grayjcalm , cnlm . , except ecept eecept " ! : that he hnd had aId a ald ' -ld ld 'let let - Id Impression that something comethlng somethingwhad ; somethingfiw comethlngBwhad Bw-had Bw had fiw w-had w had - had been bel"n beln " banished atoment at atmoment moment oment from themkty them them'tty themt 'tty tty ' t y Little Pig " he said play lonly jonly playlonly ionly playionly wish I 1 were comingj coming't comIngft coming coming4't j * -ft ft - -4't 4't 4t - 't t ' fair , and I shouldn't shouldnt ' haveI have I , ' ' s "Just Just " < just this benstly beastly fog and andtCtyou and4et t you go ashore In It It . . . 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Spechl Speclsl Speclsletlmes Speclili Spechlctlmes ictlmes ctlmes etlmes hold up Thames Thames'hole Thamesa ' - whole 'hole hole ' hOlg diis days d'1) d1 ' ) s . . , All the the'otliei theotliei ' . other otherdseemed - ' iseemed dseemed seemed to have ha\e ha e hate \ retiredbsslble retired retiredsslble retiredsslble sslble exception of at a n few fewho fewho ' ? ho mlht mlght ml , . : ht have been found founderoom founderoom founctseroom eroom eroomlingerIng lingering glance Kearney Kearneyhe Kearne ; ine he e cozy stiteroom st'lteroom stlteroom stateroom ' w which whiciXo lch lchto to 0 occupy to Colombo Hyfully He lie Hefully liefully ( fully hive h'1ve h1ve ' resigned reslJned , : sly slyto sl 51 " ! : " 'to to ' to be going too 'I I 7 ' 1hKEunk heI he henk I nk , which tshich \ hlch he had labellci labclled labelled labclledeen labelledy labelledeen ' y een hl1 hat t on the rack rarl { above aboveamera abov above abovcamera abovenmera < camera amera nmera hung hllng on the bid btck b btcka bida Ick Ickn a n dressing dressmg cise C'lse Clse eise ' open on onhe onr onhe 01rhc r cigIch he box of or a hundred cI cig cigch ch Dawson Hilg U11g I1'ilg I1ilg ' hnlt bail hnltn bailn hncpn n to the stenmer steamer th'1t th1t thit th'1ton thiton tin tinon ' on the turnpd turned hick h'1ck h1ck ' cover coverIe coverle coverIe Ie le of or nnca7lnes m'lJa7Ines mlJa7Ines msgayines ' , : on top n ncabin or o"cabin ocabin or"cahln " " "cahln cahln cabin trunk trl1nl . ; thrl three " ( > nm not novel els elsad el elad ; had ad brought for . Elleen r.lleen rlleen Clleea In InIde li liIde inIda > Ide Ida the green rl'en rlen ' hat'n- hat'n hatn hat'nhe hat ' ' ; r rhe - he sighed slJhed : , . "you'll youll "vou'll voull " ' bef be a aLittle iLittle f Little Pig Winter , , . the thestar th thstar thistar e star turn You re at hi hl his hise'lJ hle'11 s ; e'll ell e'lJ elJ e'11 e11 ' see that everything everything's everythings everything'sRnttray everythingRattray ' s ; Rattrny Rnttray Rattray ( Is s an old pal , . , so son't a an't si.n't si.nt sint 0 . n't nt ' lick h'k hk lack ( ' company companv "ack ack " J Jck ck company , , . " bald EIleci Eileen lIeen ' changed 1\ 1 ' \ 1chan chan ed and nnd she smilei smiled smile smileip d p . But Kcarney Kearncy Kearney welcomey welcomend welcornei welcomed welcome welcomednd welcorneiind d y | ind . nd : * fc devil deIll deslll de\ de \ Ill I " " he said , an anp anhard nnd nndhnrd an'r anr d ' p hnrcL hnrd hard . . "Don Don "Dont Dont " t forget forge forgesabnnrd forgeaboard > t sabnnrd ? aboard " .T T . y V him overt over I 1 " " said Eileen Eileenp Eileenly neen p Ellecifly ly . , rinlgl ilalgi Ilal rot rotIpnsp " dense Ipnsp lease do that thnti I " Fllpl'n Fllpln Fifeen Fllecneiioch ' ex exI"Ick exock : I"Ick IIck ock " horror . "He He "l1p l1p "lie lie " mhhf might mhhft mightt migtt : [ t to < " Colombo .olomho olomho Cotnmhn . to hnvp have haveth hnvp3th n a nth th me ns as , he promised prnmised prOml 1Bhpr I ' " ' PI er ' hpnrt hparl heart wis W'1S W1S was ' very vpry sari sail sailIdn't snijrtldn't snijrtldnt Idn't Idnt " 1n't 1nt ' ' expect ever to si see seei'aJnln s < i npnin i'aJnln iaJnln Fagain ' npninii ! 1 ii charming chllrmlng figure In lu the theng th thed ttJig e ed ng g from trum the cabin tahln door doord dood , | d thoiifch tholllh thnlubh , she uus aas n us Intuced In Inttteed a atn . [ tn ttteed 'elf elf ( ' skirt . . . And AJlln 51st ilnEHTectlonately n I ol : RITecUonl1tely affectionately > ? ( proud ud o of oftel ( , f l ter tel ' 'snid snid snld tsald ' he be "I I " ct's cts et's ets ' , : go JO and andr andy am amly j ly r y out . . I mll must miis ! : > > t pO'l1t1 pOl1t1 pnsltlvely pnsltlvelygot positive ' vl'ly vlly vl'lyItot ' ! ; Rot Itot got at atPII Ipnst least \PII PII \ ct ; n a qiinrle quarter quarterwalk Q 1111 rll'r rllr rll'rwnlle ' wnllt wnlle walk through thrulI.h thrulIh . dud duct d < cl IlInl1 land IlInl1vIne landvine Inndvine vIne luck . , a long VUujf voyage vu ) ag agiiv . ; > " 'v v ' + iiv v . , chief chlpr onircr ofIl'er ofIler otlicer ( ' of or the theLM th thI ( > LM , exclintising ex'hnnlnJ exhnnlnJ exchanging ( ' , : : a few plE'lis plElis pieas plE'lishp pieasn pipiiihp ' n in hp ' boss 1nJ boy ! . , . ' atevpdcre stevpdure stevedore by thiber the theher d thed her Three hold Iwld held But Bllt he henot henot h not too parllampntary parliamentary parllampntarythe parliamentarythe parllnmpntnrt y the chnrmln chnrming charming tl passenger passengere pusspnuflie "cpn cpn " ; er ere r I e him with wllh t\f t f Kearney Kpirncyut Kearneyt \ > 1rncy 1rncyt ' t a n flnal1 flnnl tlnnl ? ' ' asked asl\ed asl ed \ nat Rat RatI Ratr Rn Rnir I ir r me . , . 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Rllppn Eileen > pn crtf cried cripthp ' ' ( 0 tht the > sppnkcr sppnlpr speaker { for'lhlv forlhlv forcibly fnrclhlvlon't fnrclhlvlont ( ' In Inon't InJ J ' on't ont nn't nnt ' hnTe hAve nn an nccpnt o't'pnt otpnt accent ( ' ' IIkp like IIkpbener likebetter 111tbertcr { < bener better Enellsh English nllIsb : than you youI youP youw youd y ( > u I P w d By SAX ROHMER ROfiMER ROHMERCopyricht ROfiMERCopyright Copyricht OoP7r1i'bt OoP7r1ibt Copyright : ' by Sax B x Rohmor Robmor . , , WNU tt'Ntr ttNtr ' Sorvloo service . . . Rattraydrawled Rattraydraled "You You " sp speiik speuk lk more English EngIlsh , " " . " Rattray dra\\led dra led drawled \ IJruoratlvely"Very provocatively IJru\oratlvely IJru oratlvely pnttocatlvely provocatively"Very pnttocatlvely"Very \ "Very Very " Big Rig m I'lg Ilg PIg ' ' " said "aid aid Flleen Fllpen FlleenBut FllpenBut FlleenBut But r\e r e Re Keirnei \ Irn lrney ( ' left the ship In a hnp hap happier hnppIer Imppier pIer mood and expeilonced expellenced experienced no returnof return returnof returnof of thnt thai that unpleiisint unpleneitnt UnllplI ( ] 1I1t clilll chill Elleen Eileen lIeen WIlS was WIlSIn wasin wasIn In good compnny company com pliny . , and nnd the voyage voyagewould voyagewould voyagewould would dnys"ihnnk dnys"I days"thank piss P'1SS P1SS ' like lite ! three dnys days "ihnnk ihnnk "thank thank "I I " hllnl . you sir " snid snld said the man on onthe onthe onthe the gan gangway \ \ ay , as he slipped half a acro acrown acroivn cro\\ cro cron crown \ GoodnightGood n Into his hand 'Good Good ' . Goodnight night . . . " -Good Good "Good 'Good - " ' nlt'ht nltht nlht . , : , ; , ' . , " l { Keirney Ke ( > irney calledlie called cnlled cnlledHe calledHe He lie picked plrl.ed plrled . his wa wai way through litter lltter on onthe onthe onthe the duckslde duel.slde duelslde dockside . Just under undu an arc hepaused he hepaused hepaused paused , , turnpd turu'd turud turned ( ' and looked lool.ed looled . bick b1cl beck . Jatk Jack JatkHattray JackRattray JackIlattrny Hattray Rattray and nnd Elleen Llleen " acre "ere ere were standing slundlng on onthe onthe onthe the deck dlCk click by the gangway gangay gang\\ gang \ ay He lie wavedhis n waved wavedhis a Yld Yldhis : ! his hat and nnd shouted"Good shouted ' . . "Good Good 'Good " ' by until March , . and good goodluck goodlude lude luck ' , " " . ' ' 'Good Good ' by b ) . , Matt , " cime C'1Ine C1Ine came ' the gIrl's gIrls gIrl'svoice girl'svoice girl'svoice girlsvoice ' ' ' voice ; and : ' Cherri 'Cherrl Cherrl 1 ' ho old boy " That ThatDS \\DS DS was \ \ nattray tnttray [ the 'Ihe Ihe 'the ' ' fascinating fnsclnatlng activity of those thosedocks tho thosedocks e edocks docks claimed Kearney Uere ilere Here Fistmeets r'1st r1st Est r'1stmeets f Estmeets ' SpiceIslands meets West : produce of the Spice Islands tei te'l tel tea ' of Clon Ceylon Cl ( . ; ) Ion the timbers Umhers of ofBurmn ofBurma ofBurma Burmn Burma , , . jostle Ironmongery Ironmongen Ironmongers from Crom BirmIriohum Blrm firm BlrmInhum firmlri Inhum lri " , hum lie Ill ' cheLlb cheek cheLl\ cheLl check \ b bi by jO\\ jO jowl jOI Jotsl \ \ I " with "Ilh Ilh chern chew chernIC.11 chewcal chemIcjl IC.11 IC11 ! cal . products prmlucts of SllvE Sllvprtown Silvertotsn > rton n At nlg'ht nlght night nightespecl ' . . , especf especllll illy > 11 under dockland dorlland { floodlhhts floodlights floodlhhtsamid floodlightsamid floodlightsamid : amid river noises and the hoarsp hoarse hoarspvoIces hoarsevoices hoarspvoices voIces of ot otorkers \ workers \\orkers orkers \ the mystery of thp the thpport theport thport ? port of London , type t pe of a vast and ande andeter andever eer eter e\ e \ er turning \ wheel hcel of empll emplie e touched touchedthe touchedthe touchedthe the poetry poetrv which tthich \ \ hlch \ was \ as part of him Attimes At Attimes Atlimes times he thought of It as a stran"e strane strnn"e strnne strnn"egrand stran"egrand strangegrand " grand song ; which nhlch he improperly understood un undprstood understood dprstood derstood to which tshich \ \ hl'h hlh ( ' he knew kne\v kne v \ that evenhipling evenKipling even evenh.lpllng h.lpllng hlpllng hipling . hnd had failed to gh give gite e Its trup true trupcolor truecolor truecolor color , , . which must elude elllde the hl highest highestgenius highestgenius hest hestgenius genius because becau < ; e although althou h It was "as as " thework the thework thework work of man It transcended man matI mats be beInJ beIng beli\S beli S I ' InJ Ing \ a god which tshich \ \ hlch man had created crl"ated crlated " but butno butno butno no longer loner , . : controlled conlrolled controlledHe conlrolledHe controlledlie He lie gave ga\c ga c gate \ up his card to the tbe police policeman policeman policeman man on duty dllty and ten pices p'lces plces paces ' beyond beyondlooldng beyondlooking beyondlooking looldng looking back hncl basic { could see merely a dimblur dIm dImblur dimblur blur , . marking murklng the site of the box boa bo bo0 " ! : \0 0 \ ' which whichthat whichtint blcb blcbth'1t th'1t th1t that ' ofliclil orllchl olltclsl occupied"If occupied"If occupied occupied"If "If If " this d-n d n d - n fog continues " he , , . refleeted re- re reflected re reflected - - flected fleeted 'my my ' my prospects prospetts are Indifferent " He stood there for a moment look lookIng looklag lookIng Ing lag about him and nnd falling f,1111ng f1111ng , to notice nollte ad a aHad " " , . . " , . , . . . . . . . . . d O 1 N1 I IF F t ' 'r r ' " t Had Some One p Passed Passed ssed Him-Or Him Or HimOrHad Him - OrHad Had He Imagined It It ? ? . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , man who , ten paces pates away , . seemed tobe to tobe - be wulcliiiu wutchinb Walthlll ! . , the duck dock J.ltes-u J.ltesu J.ltes Jltes u bates-a bates a oittes . . - u talllsb tulllsb tallish tulllsbmun tallishmun talllsbman munearlng man mun \ wearing |