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CHAPTER lX-Continued lX Continued IX-Continued IX , JX - Continued lXContinued12 IXContinued12 -12- 12 - 12She 12She 12 - She thought of the bathroom recallIng recall recallIng recallIlag Ing Ilag an Impression of dim voices , . above above.which abovewhich . , which had bad disturbed her In the bath bathA bathA bathA A warm glow spread all over her body bodyand , and filled with a fierce resentment slie she she.prang shesprang prang .prang sprang . up , , hands tightly clenched , and andwalked andwalked , walked out onto the balcony"Cherie balcony"Cherie balcony balcony"Chcrle "Chcrle Chcrle "Cherie Cherie " , , . " " Celeste said earnestly earnest ! , } . , In to Ina toa Ina a low voice , "It It " Is no good You must mustkeep mustkeep mustkeep keep yourself In hand for wlien when some something something something thing may be done And we are arewatched arewatched arewatched watched Come In There Is a guard guardon guardon guardon on the spy tower looking tlll tills this < ; way , " " . " She Sbe dragged Elleen Eileen back burl , but not notbefore notbefore notbefore before the latter hid h'ld hld had ' stared lI.cross lIcross across . across ' " thatunreally that thatunreally thatunreally unreally lovely garden to where a \ \ here , , uponthe uponthe upon uponthe the high wall , a sort of squat mln'lret mlnlret minaret minaretupreared mln'lretupreared minaretupreared ' upreared . . . Looking out from It Kb Its : . .mllery mllery gallery gallerywas . cillerywas .mllerywas was a man who wore European Eurupcan dres dresswith dress , with a tarbush tarbush"Oh tarbush"Oh "Oh Oh " Oh , . G-G G G-d d - G - d I ! " whispered l < Elleen Eileen lleen , , andclutched andI and ' , clutched dutched Celeste , detaining detalnJIlg her 'Oh Oh ' Oh , , I [ G-d G d - G - d I 1 It Is ' It Is " ' " " She stared and stored st"lrell stlrell stared " choked downa down a . hysterical sob , and then began begun begati wild wild- wildly \ wildly lld- lld lld1y - ly 1y , waving her hand hand.The handThe . . . The man was Dawson Halg Balg Haig HalgMy ' -My My "My - " child 1 I l Stop ' ' Stop ' Whatever lhatever WhateverJou've lhatever7ou've Whateveryou've Whateveryouve Jou've Jouve 7ou've 7ouve ' seen , , come In + ' " ' ' tlie the th French Frenchwomnn Frenchwoman Frenchwoman womnn woman whispered urgentlyEileen urgently urgent urgentlyElleen ! ) Elleen ElJeen Eileen nodded The beating beaUng of herheart her herheart herheart "Theyreentered hernTheyreentered heart seemed to be choking hernThey her "They They " .Theyre-entered .Theyreentered .Theyre Theyre entered . re-entered re entered - - - the lacqutn IncquLr lacqucrr ( d room"And room"And room room"And "And And " so . . " " Slid s'1ld s1ld said ' Cele Cclestt Celese h . In a lueb bleb hierh and andcheerful andcheerful andcheerful cheerful voice , "two two "t0 "t\\ "t t " \ \ 0 good things tblngs are areto areto areto to happen lou are to spend the after after- afternoon afternoon afternoon - noon In the garden until teatime , and andI andI andI I have permission to sleep on the dhan divan dhanthere divanthere divanthere there , If you wish It ' "Oh Oh " , , Celeste I ! " " : Elleen rUeen Cileen whispered whispered.tears whisperedtears . , tears starting to her ees eyes ej ; es , , 'you you ' are an anangel anangel anangel angel 1 I ! Whatever would have becomeof become becomeof becomeof of me without you ? ' ' Her heirt heut heart \ was as singing She was wasdyIng wasdying wasdying dyIng to share her knowledge hnowledge with thisfriend this thisfrIend thisfriend frIend unexpectedly une\-pectedly une pectedly uneccpectedly \ . - found In the ene ene- enemy's enemy's enemy's - - my's mys ' ' camp But well enough slie she understood un understood understood derstood the need for silence . . . Billy BlJJy had found her heri I ! Billy B1I1y had hadfound hadfound hadfound found her ber 1Escorted I 1 ! IEscorted Escorted by one of the gigantic gIg'lntlc gIglntlc glgantic ' ne- ne negroes negroes ne-groes ne groes - - - groes , , she and Celeste presently de deseended deecended deGcended seended Gcended stone srone steps to the garden Theeunuch The Theeunuch Theeunuch eunuch dropped back ten paces , allow allowIng allowing allowIng Ing the \ women omen to stroll undisturbed undisturbedand undisturbedand undisturbedand and ! In n broken brolen , whibpers whhpers whispers , Elleen Dileen l1een con contrlved contrlved contrived trlved to convey to the French womanthat woman womanthat womanthat that an English ngllsh police officer ofiicer , her herfrIend herfriend herfriend frIend , , was actually here . . "My My " G-d G d GdIt - G - d " ' , ItCeleste It " Celeste said , "he he " Is abrave a abrave abrave brave man ' I .only only . , only fear fear-that fear that - that Mr.King MrKing Mr . . KIng ' ' Ah Ahl I This Is not his real re'll rell ' namethe nametire name -the the -tire tire - - the man they call.cellency call D Excellency \.cellency .cellency \ . cellency , whoAwns who whoowns Awns wns this house-the house the house - - the to\\ to tonand town-and town and town \ n-and n and - - and allthe all allthe allthe the couutly count1Y country around"Mr around around"Mr "Mr Mr " ) Ir King ? " "les les "lea lea " He Be Is a Chinaman Chlnam'ln Chlnamln ' " "Whati Whati "What What " I A Chinaman ? " " Sudden Suddenhorror Suddenhorror Suddenhorror horror gripped Elleen Dileen Eileen "Is Is " he stoutly stoutlybum stoutlybuilt stoutlybuilt bum built , with wltb very red Ups lips , and a small smallblack smallblack smallblack black mustache ? " "Ah Ah " 1 I " Celeste gripped her arm "You You "Youhave "Youhave "Youhave Youhave " have seen him ? He Be has seen you ? I Iunderstand Iunderstand Iunderstand understand It was so with me-ten me ten metenyears metenyears me - - tenyears years ago , , cherle cherie " Then , with a swift swiftchange swiftchange swiftchange change of tone : "Hushi Hushi "Bush Bush "Hush Hush " I ! hush busb ! mychild my mychildhe mychildhe ' child-he child he - he Is bereII here bere II " IIYu'an alongthe Yu'an Yuan ' ' Hee See wasalhlng was alhlngalong walkingalong \\alhlng alhlng \ walking along alongthe alongthe ; the path towards them . , His BIs eyes , . In . . . " , . . . . . , . , . . . . . . - - - - - - x r x r 4 41 She Stared and Stared , ChokedDown Choked ChokedDown ChokedDown Down a Hysterical Sobthat Sob Sobthat . , ! I . . . . . . I I , . . . . . - . that smooth yellow face , , resembled resembledoblique resembledoblique resembleoblique oblique black allts tlUts ants . . . Pausing , , be he bowedgimping bowed bowe boweernlUng < , ernlUng smiling gimping GIleen Eileen clutched the tbe French Frenchwoman's Frenchwoman's Frencwoman's Frencwomans . woman's womans ' hand and stood rigid"Our rigid rigid"Our " ' "Our Our 'Our " little American guest , , ' came camethe cam 115 e cacnthe camthe the flute voice " "You You " are angry wit witme with withme witme h " me , I can see But you do not un- un understand un - ' uiderstand understand derstand , pjle p.lle plle pale . 60 flower . er , , that I have saved saved'YOu save saveyou saveyou d 'YOu YOu ' from grave perIL . I had bad nor not normeant notmeant nomeant meant to Intrude U upon OD your prom promenade promenade procenade 3 enade , but It was very pleasant fme for forme fo fome ( > r me beautful beauiful to find a new beauty In this beaut beaui ! ful garden " He lIe Be bowed , smiling , , and und departealong departed departe departedalong departalong * d along a path to the right rl ht and trom troro a iromhigh ahigh trorohigh high , latticed window Orange Blossom Blossomwatched Blosso Blossowatched Blossowatched ro watched this scene , , her ber tiny tins milk mllk white whit whiteteeth whitteeth whiteeth e tee-th tee th teeth - burled burted In her low lowl iowr r lip Up " . - CHAPTER XDawson X XDawson Dawson Halg Balg Haig felt like lIJ.e lIJe . a n man re rejU rejuvenated reJu\enated reJu enated her ' Ho\\ Ho How HoImmInent Howimminent HowImminent \ jUenated juvenated jU\ jU \ \ enated He lIe hid found ImmInent Eiloen's Eiloens Eileen's Eileens ' peril might be he be hecould becoulrl becould could coulrl not knoBut know kno\\ kno \ But , , whatever whateer whate\ whate \ er the thetruth thetruth thetruth truth , , he ' could do nothing nothlnl , ; more set yet setThe yetThe ) et etThe The ease \ with Ith which whk1l 11 he ( . > tnd h'1d h1d had ' pene penetrllted penetrated penetrated trllted trated to this secret headquarters he'ldqunrters heldqunrters ' at atfirst atfirst atfirst first had hart astonished him No doubt the thebo't theboy thebo\ thebo thebocontaining bo't bot boy \ ' containing the thl ' real Toseph Joseph TO ' eph hadbeen had hadbeen hadbeen been dropped In the 'ledHerranean ledHerranean Mediterranean ' Mediterraneanand , , and with It had gone his big hlg risk rl'1h rl1h ' of ofdetection ofdetection ofdetection ofdetectionHe detection detectionHe He had been allotted quarters In apalm a apalm apalm palm thatched liut hut . . These quarters quarter : . he heshared heshared heshared shared . with ith a sinister smtster looking 1001lng , Creole Creolethe , the Jackal JacJ.al JacJal . , , \ who ho ' spoke pole , a sort of bas bastard bastard bastard tard French He Be had no other com corn companlonshlp cornpanlonship cornpanionship panlonshlp panlonship , , and could gather nther notblng nothing notblngthat nothingthat nothingthat that was essential from his hl'1 hl1 ' S'lturnlne Slturnlne suttirnine S'lturnlneconfere suttirnineconfere saturnineconfcre saturnineconfcreHis ' confere confereIDs confereHis His IDs duties " were "ere ere sere hiinple IIDple supple Armedwitb Armed Armedwith witb \ Itb a knobkerry knobkerr ) resembling resemblln resembiin , ; the nl night nightclub nightclub ht htclub club of an Amerlcin AmerJc'ln AmerJcln American ' polneman pol1lenmn policeman , , and andIauser andMauser andMauser \Iauser Iauser Mauser : \ magazine pistol belted to hiship his hiship hiship hip , he took sea \ watches a tches with the theCreole theCreole theCreole Creole four hours houro : ; on and four orr oft off.patrolling offpatrolling , . patrolllnl patrolling , ; theast the \ vast \ast ast gardens g'udens gudens ' of the pal palace palace palace ace In short shorr , , lie he was employed emplo , } 'd d ( ' as akiller akillerThe a akiller akiller killer killerThe The Jackal Jackalvho w \ \vho vho \ ho also answered tothe to tothe tothe the name of Jacques spent "pent pent " his hours hoursof hoursof hoursof of leisure Injecting Injectmg cocaine into mto a asyringe asyringe asyringe syringe spotted silotted left arm Under the theInfluence theInfluence theInfluence Influence of the drug-and drug and drug - and he vv \ is 'lS lS as ' r'1re- r'1re r1re rare- rare - r'1reIv rareIv rare-Iv rare Iv ' - - Iv other\\ other otherIsethe otherwise-the otherwise the otherwise \ Ise-the Ise the - the Jackal J'lckal Jlckal ' became a ad'lngerous adangerous adangerous d'lngerous dlngerous dangerous ' homicidal m'1ntncThere maniacThere maniac m'1ntnc m1ntnc maniacThere ' There \ were tivere \ ere three separate sep'1r'1te sep1r1te ' ' enclosed enclosedgardens enclosedgardens enclosedgardens gardens shut off oil from the rest rest , , and andopening andopening andopening opening out from the southern front ofthe ofthe of ofthe the old palace A narrow causeway causewaybordered causewaybordered causewaybordered bordered the outer will wall \ \ 111 ' which circled circledthese circledthese circledthese these enclosures , ha having \ 109 steps at Inter Intervals Intervals intervats vals vats of twenty twent } , ) yards Y'lrds Ylrds ' leading up tolittle to tolittle tolittle little watch towelSIn towersin toweis towelS towers toweisIn In one of tnese tl1ese these harem h1TPm pardons gnrdeo 1rdea " he hehad hehad hebad had seen a number of women--orlen women orlen women--origin origin womenorlentals womenorigintals women - - - - onentals tals , , languorous but contented contpntecT " The Thesecond Thesecond Thesecond second had proved pro\ed pro ed probed \ to be empt eatpty , } But But Buton , , , on a balcony 0\ 0 overlooking 0erloohlng \ erloohlng the third , he hehad hehad hehad had seen Eileen EIlee1 ! ' When the Jackal Jachal relieved him he hegave hegave hegave gave Halg Hatg Haig aarnlng a \ warning \\arnlng arnlng "No No " go up tip steps stepsof stepsof stepsof of women's womens ' gardens Only Uncle Tom Tomand Tomand Tomand and other eunuchs If see . , . , " . . " SIgnificantly Sig Signlficantly Signlficantly nlficantly he drew a yellow finger fingeracross fingeracross fingeracross across his throat . " , , . . . . . . . . As Jack Ratlrav Rattrav paced p'lced plced ' morosely up upand upand upand and down the bridge brlnge bringe of the Wallaroo W'lllaroo Wlllaroo 1allaroo ' , footsteps on the tbe ladder aroused him , , and Captain Peterson appeared , , carryIng carrylag carry Ing lag a radio flimsy . , . "Look Look "Looh Looh " at this , , Rattray , , " he said'Weave said'We've said saidWe've ' We've Weve 'We've 'Weave Weave ' ' certainly certaini certalnl } , got a Jonah on board boardthis boardthis boardthis this trip " Rattray took tool . the message and read"TO read"TO read read"TO "TO TO " COMMANDER CO'I1\1ANDlm CO'I1 COI1 1ANDlm ' \ RMS RMSVALLA WALLAROO \VALLA VALLA WALLA VALLAROO WALLAR00 \ ROO R00 MAIN STE STEUI STEM UI PIPE BURSl BURST BURSISTOP ' STOP CHI CHIEF F AND TWO HAr.DSSERIOUSLY HAIsDSSERIOUSLY HAr-.DS HAr.DS HAr .DS DS HAIDS HAIDSSERIOUSLY : - . , SERIOUSLY INJUR INJURED D STOP CAN CANYOU CANYOU CANYOU YOU RENDER RUNDER R ND R IMMEDIATE nnmDIATE I11MEIIATE ) MEDIOAL MJDIOAL MJDI MIDI MIDIOAL ; OAL ATT ATTENTION ATTUNTION NTION STOP EIGHTEDN DiGHTEDN EIGHTEDND DiGHTEDNDEGREES EIGHTEENDEGREES D DEGREES GRD S ' 1HIRTY 'IHIRTY IHIRTY 2HIRTY FIVE FIVU FIVL NORTHAND NORTH NORTHAND NORTHAND AND FORTY rORTY ONE DEGRC DEGREES DEGRlDS S FIVeEAST FIVUEAST FIVe FIVU FIVUEAST EAST SS MOUNF MOUNT MOUN r ' JUPITER JUPITDR JOHNKENDALL JOHN JOHNKD4DALL JOHNKENDALL KD4DALL KENDALL ! ' MAST MASTER MASTDR R . . . . , , . Rattray looked up with a wry face face"One face"One faceOne face"One "One One " of the Snmuelson Samuelson tramps She'fseventy Shefseventy Sbe's Sbes She's Shes Sbe'sseventy She'sseventy ' seventy miles east of the track , , sIrIsn't sir sirIsn't sirIsn't sirIsnt Isn't Isnt ' ' there an anybody ) body nearer ? ' The captain shook his head "I I " bave have havealready bavealready havealready already Inquired , . , " he answered re resignedly re- re resignedly resignedly - - signedly signedlyPeterson Peterson went Into the chartbouse charthouse charthouseCaptain chartbouseCaptain charthouseCaptain Captain and chief officer bent over the thecbart thechart thechart , cbart chart , . . "Right Right " off orr oft pie the northwest peak of ofFarlsan ofFarisan olFarisan Farlsan Farisan bank " Rattray commented commented"The commented"The commented"The commentedThe "The The " Samuelson scaven scavengers ers go o nosing , nosingInto Into places nobody ever heard of " And the course of the R RMS M lit S Wal Wallaroo Wallaroo Wallaroo laroo was altered alteredIn . . . . . . . In the lacquered study of Yu'an Yuan ' Hee lice HeeSee liceSee HCSee ( , See the marquis spectacles on nose nosebent , , bent over a note which lay upon histable bls his blstable histable table Aswami Aswaml Pasha stood at his bls elbow elbow"It el |
