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Show = - . - - YU YU'ANHEE YUANHEE ' AN BEE SEE LAUGHSI LAUGHS LASLTGI ' _ I I I I I 1 I I I II I I _ _ I J f I I 1 J I _ - I B By Y SAX BOHME'R BOHMER EOHMER BOHME'RI ICI ICII ' I I I I I .1 1 . .I I . . i _ I I I I _ _ _ _ I I I I I I _ _ _ I Iiii-I Iiii I I I IY IICI _ OoPyrl opyrgtit ! ' , by 7 . = Sax . "h h : " Rohrner , " " . I [ I [ [ ' [ I [ I I I I I I I ' I I I I 1 1CHAPTER , CHAPTER VIII-Continued VIII Continued VIII - Continued VIIIContinued10 -10- 10 - 10"I'm 10"I'm 10 - - " 'Tin Tin "I'm Im ' ' ' expecting him at any moment . , " " "Good Good " enough Have you vou ou everheard everheardof ever heard heardot heardof ot of a min m'lD mlD man ' called cnllcd Hassen es Suk Sal Sub . In con con- connection connection - nection section with Keneh 7 ? " "No No " " The British consul shoo shook shool . } hIs hIshead hishead hishead head thoughtfully . "But But " they may mayknow mayknow mayknow know In Cairo ' I'm Im ' ha hat ha\lng ha lng \ Ing yon yoo you met metthere metthere metthere there . " Alone in the single sInle sln,1e sln1e . , : , , rocking rocl.Jng roclJng . conch coach conchot coachof coachof ot of the special train cliartered chartcred chartered by hy the theBr1Ush theBritish theBritish Br1Ush British consul , Dawson Da\\son Da son Davison \ \ Halg Balg Haig sat , grim brim grimfaced brimfaced grimfaced faced , vhnnlnplanntngIJhnnlng planning-planning-planning planning planningplanningplanningThat planning vhnnln -planntng-IJhnnlng planntng IJhnnlng - planntngIJhnnlngThat planning - plinningThat That the duty appointed to the flrtune fortune flrtuneteller fortuneteller fortuneteller ) teller , now nailed In the bo box , rle designed designedfor deignedfor lgned lgnedfor for himself , had been to lisp dibpcse diU/c diU c : . ! / ' ; : , a of or his hisI hisbOdy hisbody hisbody I bOdy and then report to a certain HasIUln Hassan Has- Has Hasan - IUln san an es Suk SuL . In Keneh was nas as cleir cle'1r cle1r clear ' enough enoughA A brief note-presumabl note presumabl note-presumably presumably note - - presumabli ) thin thl1l that ' ' . let- let letter letter let letter - ter of travel " " referred to-h to h to - - h id uJ ad been In Intbe inthe Inthe tbe the man's mans ' Inside pocl pocket et . It consIsted consistedof of an unsealed cm envelope enselope clope simply slmply ad addressed addressed addressed dressed , "For For " Joseph " ' " 'The The 'rhe rhe The ' supermcription superscrdption supcr- supcr super- super supcrcription - - cription mcription scrdption was t tvped taped ped , and the entlilsed encbased encbasednote entlilsednote en < .I"sednote .Isednote Isednote . " note also . This ran : Report 'Uellort Uellort ' at oncet once t ( ( to Hassan es Suk at Keneh Keueh 'I I ' his Is Isyoor Isfour Isyour yoor four Introduction Tickets TlcL.ets TlcLets . here\\ here hereith herewith herewith"And herewithAnd \ ith " And It was signed In Ink inL . ' "Chief Chief "Chler Chler " . " A second class ticket lIchet , Port " Said "ald ald to toCairo toCairo toCairo Cairo , and another Cilm C'1lro C1lro Calrn ' (11 11 tu ha ( Keneh Keneb , were folded Inside the ante"The note ante note"The ' "The The 'The " ' girl Is safely on tl1 the \ nay ay . . : . "Those Those " ' Those words , overheard o\crheard o crheard oserheard \ , , Ung U'ug Uug IFug ' had bad hadnever badnever hadDCTer never forgotten They 'fh"y fhy 't'hey ' ' ' ( " drummed drummedthrough drummedthrough drummedthrough through his brain In tune tuue tuoae tuueIth \ with \\Ith Ith nnth the theclatter theclatter theclatter clatter of the tramThere trainThere train tram trainThere There was no other clue amongst amongst10sepl1 amongstJoseph amongstJosephs 10sepl1 Joseph s pos posbes posses es.lolls eslolls . lons tons , but Halg llnlg ilaig had re- re removed removed re removed - - moved and retained the nun's nuns m'm's mms min's mins ' ' greasytarbush greasytarbushEileen greasy greasytarbush greasytarbush tarbush tarbushEIleen Eileen , perhaps , ! had lad bad been taken tahen to toKench toKeneh toEeneh Kench Keneh ' , That she bid u'ld uld had ' been lured Into Intothe Intothe intothe the "Bath Bath " of Feathers reatlIers " Halg Hatg Haig was not notprepared notprepared notprepared prepared to believe Yu'an Yuan Yu'nn Yunn ' Hee Bee See Seehad Seehad Seehad had not ordered her death , but had or- or ordered ordered or ordered - - dered her to be tal\en-Uving tal en Uving taken-living taken living talenUvingWbat takenlivingWhat taken \ - living livingWhat What Wbat for ? The ans\\ ans ansss answer anser \ er was one which Halg Haig Halgbadn't Haighadn't Halghadn't Halghadnt badn't badnt hadn't hadnt ' the courage to face Heas He \\as as was wasin \ wasIn asIn In possession of evidence Indicating Indicatingthat Indicatingthat Indicatingthat that Yu an Hee See wai wab was > a slave dealer dealeron dealeron dealeron on a large scale scnle , possibly the mobt mo.t mot most : . Im- Im Important Important Im Important - portant trader now left In that evl1 evil evl1trafllc eviltrafllc eviltraffic trafllc . . Stories had bad reached his ears earsduring , during his previous pur&ult purult pur.uit puruit pursult & : . of or thIs thIselusive thiselusive thiselusive elusive Chinaman , of midnight caravans caravansout caravansout caravansout out on the old sa\e sa e slave slaw ] \ route-or route or route-of of route - - of hidden hiddencamp hiddencamps hiddencampb camp camps In the desert-of desert of desert - - of a central centra ] clear clear- clearIng clearing clearing - ing house at some spot unidentified unIdenbfied- unIdenbfied unidentified- unidentifiedof unIdenbfiedof - of unhippy unh'1PPY unh1PPY unhappy ' negroes from Central Af- Af Afflca Africa Af Africa - rica flca , , rounded up by the fierce Arabs Arabswho Arabswho Arabswho who from time immemorial h:1\ h:1 h1 h:1e hale h:1loo halelooked havelooked : \ e loo looked ] ed upon blackblrding blackblyding as a legltl legal legltlmnte legalmate legitimale mnte mate trade That thousands of such suchwretched suchwretched suchwretched wretched captives captive were distributed distributedaround distributedaround distributedaround around the oriental world , perfolming performing perfolmingmenial performingmental perfoimingmenial menial mental tasks upon the estates of great greatlandowners greatlandowners greatlandowners landowners , was a n generally generaly ] accepted acceptedtact acceptedifact acceptedfact tact ifact . , ifactBut But that white hite slives shves slaves were bought boughtand boughtand boughtnnd and sold by this organization he had hadDever hadnever hadnever Dever never even suspected ; e\ e even een eten \ en nowas now no\\ no \ was wasDot wasnot wasnot Dot not prepared to believe belleve What anser answer answ ans\\ ans \ er ertherefore , , therefore , remained to his question ? To sell a cultured woman , daughter daughterof daughterot ot of a United States official ofiiclal ofliclal , as black blackslaves blackslaves blackelaves slaves slavesere \ were \\ere ere sold , would be utterly utterly Im- Im Impossible impossible Im Impossible - possible The most recllessbu reckless recl\less recl less \ buver buyer buyerwould bu er erwould would hesitate to bid for such mer merchandlse merchandlse merchandlse chandlse Such a slave sla\e sla e slate \ would be difflcnit dIm dImcnlt dIMcult cnlt cult to retain . , Impossible tmpossible to subjugatevT subjugate I I I I I I . I I I I , I . I . . I I I I I . _ . vT vTr1V r1V Tha The OrangeBlossom Long Dark Eyes of Orange Blossom Narrowed and Narrowed . . I . I I I I I . I . I , . I I I I I I I . I . . . . And the risks were Incalculable . Only Onlyone Onlyone Onlyone one living man had the power and theaudacity theaudacity the theaudacity audacity to perpetrate such an out out- outrage outrage outrage - rage . . . . , Dawson Halg Haig cinched ch'nche chnche ch'nched chnched ' his fists and andgrItted andgritted andgritted grItted his teeth at the thought . . He Hestared Hestared Hestared stared out of ot the window , strh striving strhing ing for forcompoure forcomposure forcomposure compoure composure ' ) . . And there , steaming steamingslowly steamingslowly 810\\ 810 810ly slowly \ \ ly along die the Canal on her way do\.n do.n do .n n down waydown waydo.n \ . to Suez was the Wallaroo WallaroQ 1Vallarool I lie He liestood Hestood Uestood stood In to his excitement ec1tement , up . The pas passen passengers pascensers sen sengers ers " were "ere ere wiving saving \ 1vlng ' their hinds h'lnd hlnd hands handslbe ' : . ? n He lbe Iropped lrolped cropped ) b 1c1 ick actk into his scat seat ! : > , ent as the thebl thebag thebi bl bag bagship ? ; : " ship "hip hip " was nas .1S 1S . lost from frQrn frgm view A grim brim grimfl brimfear1"tan grimfi fear1"tan fear1tan fl > n 11 111110 \1110 1110 \ l " ' " lin " : , ; s i forPhorhnri forpbodin forphorltn in \ which shish \ hich sere sererhr \ weretlif ere erefill fill rhr " IJllnlllh yirniltit < | i/iIItlt i iIItlt ( / f q of tc tprrnr terror > rror . , seized seled ? uPon uponla uponli 11 la n II'I 11 II u a- a ai , f-i f i - . - " , i i . -'I 'I I , - .cl cl . eIm ( ' ( ! liinetliln q.1c.ornethln q.1\ q.1 s.li sli s . , . l\ l \ \ c.ornethln cornethln Ceimething-a Ceimething a . ' ' ( iinetliln ? - i ' \ voice voicet voicein 1 t II n IIIII"1 nlulil " " ' " - -III"1 III"1 III1 -lulil lulil - inlil " linn 111m horn tliit tll'lt tlllt that ' never ne\er ne er \ again naln voiceI : I I I , I I R . l R.M RM ? . the set upon In is life llCe would he eyes M . S . S . . Wallaroo . . . , . . . . . . . . Blossom Blos Blos- Blossom Blossom - dirk d'lrk dlrk dark of Orange The long , ' eyes som narrowed and ' harrowed 'nnrrocd 'narrowed narrowed 'nnrro\\ 'nnrro nnrro ' \ cd , until untilthey untilthey untilthey they were merely sUts slits sl ts In her small smallpale , pale face . . . She stood in a tiny room roompeerIng roompeering roompeering peerIng down through tbrough a little Uttle lattice latticeInto latticeinto latticeInto Into a lacquered bedroomShe bedroomShe bedroom bedroomShe She was watching a girl scantily scantlty clad ; a girl girJ whose hilr h'1lr h1lr heir ' In the reflected sunlight sun sun- sunJight sunlight - light Jight gleamed like polished copper copperwhose , whose slim sUm sliape shape , which was at least leastas leastas leastas as neirly ne'1rly ne1rly nearly ' perfect as her own . , yet had a asymmetry asymmetry asymmetry symmetry which \ was nas as different ; whose whoseskinwhose \ whoseskin \ hose hosesl sl ln-whose ln whose skin-whose skin - whose skin s1.ln s1ln ski . a , . she thought-was thought was thought--was thoughtwaspoIsonousJy thoughtwaspoisonously thought - - - waspolsonously poIsonousJy poisonously white titbite titbiteYes \ whiteYes \ hlte hlteYes Yes , she was nas as beautiful-at beautiful at beautiful-of of beautiful - of a be'luty beluty beauty be'lutytotay beautytotally beiutytotally ' totay totally ) ] dissimilar disslmlJar from Orange BIos Blos BIossom'sa Blossom'sa BIossom's BIossoms som's-a som's soms a ' - a rose lIL.eestern like lIL.e lILe . \ western \\estern estern ssestern \ beauty beautywhich , whIch , In Its quality , belonged to those thosecold thosecold thosecold cold , clammy countries countrIe ? which Orange OrangeBlossom OrangeBlossom OrangeBlossom And Andthe Andthe Andtlie Blossom so heartily detected dete.ted deteted detested : . the room had been refurnished refurnishedrose . rose color Orange Blossom Dot1ded nodded Dot1dedher noddedher noddedher her wIcl wicked cd little hUle he'ldI he'ldBelow heedBelow held he'ld heed heldBelow ' I Below , Lileena Eileen Lileen was nas \\a a \ \ : . . mo\In mo In moving rooting \ . , : flom from fiompliceto phce phceto pl tce tceto to place pJace , trJ trying mg the doors , leaning over overI overthe overthe I ' the b11coD-ble1thlng b11coD ble1thlng balcony-bte'tthing balcony bte'tthing btetthing bilconv ) - bieitbing ' quickly , almost almostpantlOg almostpanting almostpanting almostpantingHer pantlOg panting pantlOgHer pantingHer Her eves ewes e es were wide open lJille hide lJilleously hideously ously beiutlful be1utiful beautlful blue eJ ewes-although ewes although e.ves eves . es-although es although - although her herlashes herlashes herlashes lashes , " thought Orange mos Blossom om , "arenot "are are "arenot " "arenot arenot " not as long as mine But Rut all the S'1me S1me same samethey S'1methey simethey ' they are long and duk dirk d11 h , and m1ke mike m1keher mikeher mikelier her eyes look Ioole like hI\e hI e lake \ sipphircs s'1pphlres s1pphlres sapphires ' She has hasvery hasvery hasvery very beautiful aims allis ' " Very , very softly softJy . , Orange Ulossom 131ossom Ulossomclosed 131ossomclosed Blossomclosed closed the little grill grJII behind behilld the lat lattlce latrice lattice tlce rice And , her small smaJi hands with witb their theirpink theirpink theirpink pink tinted nails tightly clenchedturned clenched clenchedturned clenchedturned turned away a\\ay a ay assay \ A shadow blocl blocked ed the theentrance theentrance theentrance entrance to the cupboard like Jlke room roomShe roomShe roomShe She mo\ mo mos moved moed \ ed forn fora forward ard and . , . , . , to confront confrontYu'an confrontYuan confrontYu'an confrontYuan Yu'an Yuan ' Hee fIee Flee See"Little See"Little See See"Little "Little Little " tIO\\ tIO flower tIOer \ er , , what wbat are you doIng doInghere doinghere doinghere here here ? " "What What " you came to do , " " she replied replied"I repliedI "I I " have been watching watchmg her-the her the her - the nbtta nbttagirl \ whitegirl"Does whitegirlDoes hlt gIrl " "Does Does " she please you you"She youShe ? " "She She " Is prettv pretty as a lotus , my lord lordtender lordtender lordtender tender and delicate deUcate . . . , She Is dan dangerous dangerous dangerous gerous merchandise , Yu'an Yuan ' ; you take taketoo taketoo taketoo too many risks " " "You You " think thmk so . , Little Blossom ? HaveI HareI Have Hare 1 I ever failed faUed In 1n my trading tradlng ? ' The woman's womans ' long dark eyes were werealmost werealmost werealmost almost closed ; she held her imperiouslittle imperIous imperIouslittle imperiouslittle little head very high The e\ e eves ees eses \ es of ofYu'an ofYu'an ofYu'an ofYuan Yu'an Yuan ' Hee Bee See to all appearances were FOR NEW READERS : THE STORY FROM THE OPENING CHAPTERMatt CHAPTER CHAPTERMatt \ ' Matt l'Ihtt lIhtt Kcarney Kearney , young American living in an London I.ondon Iondon . , says good-by good by - to his sister Eileen Illeen : , on board the Walla Wallaroo roo bound tor for torColombo forColombo forColombo Colombo The Wallaroo Is com conveying eying nooo 2,000 2000 2,000000 2000000 , 000 In gold to Australia . . . Kearney Ke1.rney Ke1rney . meets Inspector Dawson Hals Halg Haig , of Scot Scot- Scotland Scotland Scotland - land lard 'lard ' very much In love with Eileen Halg Haig , convinced opium Is concealed In Jo Lung Lungs s warehouse , delegates Kear- Kear Kearne Kearney Kear-ne Kear ne - ne ney ) . , with Detective . , Norwich t.orwlch torwlch Forwich , to Tisit visit the place and nnd find and out wha-t wha t what - he can While there Kearney picks up a notebook notebookYu notebookYu notebookYu Yu an Hee See , whom Halg Haig has ha long been seeking seeltlng as the leader of a . band bmd : of International thieves , la Is at Jo Lung s sDlsco sDlscosering aDiscovering Dlsco\ Dlsco Dlscoerlng Dlscosering \ erlng the loss ot of his notebook be he sends two of his followers after atter Norwich and Kearney , one of whom ho he real real- realIzes realizes realizes - izes must have picked It up Norwich Nor\.lch Nor.lch Nor .lch lch \ ' . Is found murdered Halg Haig Is puzzled 0\ 0 over 0er oter \ er cryptic notes In the book While 'Vhlle Vhlle ' he Is Isporing isporing Isporing poring over them a . . weird creature enters , seizes the book and escapes |