Show ayel yellow men sleep by y je jeramy arty lane illustrated by IRWIN MYERS W copyright by b the century co YOU ARE CONDEMNED synopsis cornelius Levi levington wellborn well ivell born an orphan cornea comes to manhood n i rough the devi outi ways way odthe underworld lie ire is 1 saved for or Is a better life by andrew march the strange adventures of yellow men alen sleep begin when con takes take by force a small email leather sack back from chee ming mang the chinese cook of an acquaintance this sack back contains a a 1 chinese map of the gobi desert w which litch Is pre precious cloua beyond price to andrew march ElCh teen years yeara before armed men in tile the gobi had taken marahs Marc hs wife and infant da daughter ahter from him now he sends con U in search of them on the voyage con finds chee ming a follow fellow passenger con lit la shot by a poisoned dart and white while lie la is in the consequent stupor ills his map to Is stolen on them the river boat to peking he again sees ches chee ming and realizes they are seek seeking irig tile same destination lin ti con keeps falth faith with andrew march and starts on hla his mission westward with a caravan alter after weeks of difficult dini cult travel lie ho reaches the little settlement of shan khan sung and reads instructions from andrew march to the effect that hat con has been made a federal agent to search efat chee ming who has brought quantities of koresh a deadly drug to san ban francisco at shan sung con Is unexpectedly joined by march the tha two americans press presa forward into tho the desert armed horsemen swoop down on them rob them of 0 everything and leave them to die in the desert march has a map tattooed on the solo sole of hla his foot they press on I 1 suffering buffering incredible hardships again they aro attacked by horsemen in command of a sentinel in gray they are taken as aa prisoners to the hidden city of tau nuan kuan ot of which chee aling la Is vizier the sentinel in gray turns out to be the princess I 1 helen I 1 elen what would you heava done con damned to die face to face with the incredible CHAPTER VII continued 10 after ono one of tile largo large riders had stil aimed before the lie prince and spoken following hlin bill choo chea ming lind find concluded the evidence tile the prince move moved ills robe tinkled with spangles ns he unfolded tits long person on and descended to tile the level of ills court courtiers lers chee cl ce abing afing bent town down to the rug ns tills this young royalty brushed past the prince wore no queue lie he l looked okd 11 moment tit nt if alio 0 white eirls boners close tip much no 08 a child re gards two stilted ipes ito he ava genvo no licad laced to 0 o tile the assembly tito the royal litter came gliding gilding up by 1 six I 1 1 slaves I 1 aves nl in tills this tile tho prince reclined recline I 1 his i 1 length swiftly he was borne away tits his carriers carb moving like sl inflows ills b highness agh lind uttered not a word A lull dull confusion of voices closed close in around and levington what was our friend saying ask rd ei march blood mixing P bega fit march hurriedly but they were patted before lie ile could explain his meaning march was taken away find cons slave moved in closer aide him looking very burly burli find dull an order ans given and levington was wag ted anway re returning by tile way lie hn and d come in his apartment after st inset lia tried to lienk his 1114 wax out but MOO t to n understand why lie he was not killed tit nt once In instead stend a form of trial liml licen icen given them every physical pom corn fort ens bestowed Court courtesy Pity enst wn eilent hut but un unfailing frilling when lie find and returned from court n tray ray of linked ans him film with n pot of ten n it brezler and 9 salver of roof cool grilies yet lie could not f forget argot the violence of their reception nf the fiend of tho the ravine find alid he refined hate of fit chee tiang lie ile sighed to recall that tile bo princess find of their lier pre presence senco difore the throne and find anken leave without hearing the ho conclusion of their trial binl their death find previously been delayed by hr her order rin plainly chee aling had lilt ills own will in n matters brought before the prince who and where was the monarch for the central chair ant flint and been beed vncent levington sat tit nt tho the low stone atone table on nit the root roof to finish his dinner and try to study out a means of escalet in tho the circumstances he felt that their federal mission was doomed to remain unperformed iio be looked out ont into no the he misty lowlands where the he lifting vapors were colored by an after glow of nf sunset into drifting peacock plumes strands of illusive violet land and rold cold tho tha rocks nocks had disappeared A weighty silence pressed down over the valley n twilight of apprehension lie started A curious object dropped tit lit his feet it was tile long failed monkey with tile alio white ance inquisitive tile creature find come to examine the new arrival iut hut ls its eyes tw lifted 11 with wath fear mid and uncertainty uncertainly bevington tossed him n red plum the monkey seized t ho he fruit and hit bit into it keeping ills eyes dixe it upon the giver of the ho fruit well little friend to Is it nil right tho the small beast stopped munching to 0 o think out a civil reply adly lie ho dug ailt tile seed of the plum inspected it bit it cast it down ond forgot nil nebout tho the question ila ho wipe his face upon his hairy forearm and came a slinking stop step nearer like it ent lie ho lentiel upon tho the bench nil nal began stirring in tile tho bowl flint had contained n tuberous vegetable now to tho the prisoner jalio rho monkey was disappointed then lie he looked up sharply shrieked and deprang across llo ilia space to tile tho top of the wall lie gave ono one linck backward word glance whimpered tin and wnm gone over the edge of the wall also turned to look anol saw cheo chee alanz you ar ore 0 condemned said tile the Clil chinese liese 1 I guessed it lilt hut wily why you have come to tau nunn kunn empire of tile yellow sun its n good said sald con hero here are oil all races of mankind continued clice chee ming hero billere every blood la Is blended blen deI in one true nation fidlin in line almo defore time divided himself and ills into ninny pies tt it was folly and should never tiara occurred nut but in anu kunn they bey are ngali united here Is tile tho perfect empl rj this sacred city Is older lhnn tile hie tower of glinhel all tho the other or nf asia when tile the cobl ans not n desert rushed into that flint folly of nil file ho world only tho the Aton monzona of tau xuan kunn had wisdom tal nunn kunn alone did not enter into flint confusion tau kurth kunn alone tins ins holy and fertile you hove have seen tho lie rate flint befell the ot others fiers they are but tombs forgotten benent be li a son sen of cursed sand here only aro green things find pure here only Is the un of light it Is 0 small thing to die for tau kunn when fieres pry 11 Th shrinks rinks I 1 suppose you wish me to die dial in n month two months not longer wily why the delity IT your our white blood la is to be cd lion ilow do you mean blended Hl ended replied tho the chinese an aral nield of purest will come to you whon when her or child Is born bom you yon work Is ended but we do not wait w nit for it to ho be born two moons rhall you I 1 tito str prise rind tile lie ca coo 0 statement of over hond arrangements left him 8 speech p bech lers chee sling turned about and toi levington paced the ho roof in lits his angor nt at the fr mt ristle injustice from the file words of ija 11 enemy concerning trill runn kunn lie ho begun began to understand something or of why tills this cotin country rv lind had been so BO wonderful n magnet to ills his spirit ito iio ann gond ile iio hild ans the draw of hta this remote trens ure in other oilier 4 lie he would have heon been deeply interested lit in tile cinius of find esoteric history nut but its plans find purposes purpose meant nothing to him lie ile lind no dc sire to 0 o aid in n blending the ances or of the world not tit nt the corn com mond nt nf lit his chinese enemy ills nis heart henrt iraq western find demanded freedom twill t had deepened across the 31 fertile aley when lie iio hear heard footsteps cind the soft jingle of bracelets A flave calling a girl approached him tito the robes were flat but veils iter her eyes were not covered but were intently regarding tier her new white irenr wits written there and ter her brent liftig was tremulous tho the slave withdrew and the girl cried out tit nt being left alone averting her glance con lid did not move inove and brer presently antly stio she too looked ked up tip mill her chooks cheeks were acro brown find smooth her lips red silo she was nearly nit ii trill nil ns as himself its all right lie ho said meaning well ills his farat impulse In was to send tier her army ri nt tonce once hut but 10 It occurred to him that lint tills would not only linsten hasten lits ills jovn lut but probably bring henvy disfavor upon tho the mald shit bh was ans kissing his bla hand rie lie raised tier her wishing that lint the tower of nf beibel had find not resulted bulted in such n marked difference between english and arable speech yet if she lind known ills his Inn herf ilsk would have been no emsper COD meant no Ala disrespect respect lie he almost of fk inferior to tier her but simply lie he did not want tier her the arab girl went into his ment to awalt him the best lie he could d was to on the roof sitting beside the he stone bench lie ile coni con eldered the odds the stars appeared ond and the red and yellow gold was dimmed from tho the west somewhere beyond the he rim of the valley a wolf howled bowled its cry coming in very faintly having no further use for life his slave who was alo a SPY upon him acin sent his bla gray boy away for the night tile tho coolness of 0 tho the fountains roso rose up tip about the li palace alace and in tile the infinite darkening sky innumerable night suns glittered tho the white ninn man on tho the root roof was lonely onely ile he wanted allied to talk to march tito the arab girt girl incident was depressing and something about the for cry of 0 tile the wait brought to him bitterly the fact of tau tan euans isolation it was folly to think mn k of escape con thought over his fits own life ani it seemed n botch lie ile had dreamed fought laughed fil lured ired ile ho and peno tinted n world from which Mr strangers angers ilo 10 not lot return was now nt at tho the source 0 lovely fables and ninny tales of terror it ans nit nil while and yet lie ile hao learned nothing of koresh lie he would be unable to report on nit it it if lie should they had taken his fits friend biorn him and the best flint remained avils death resting his ls hend fiend upon his firms lie ho bent beat over t thie stone tono table and ills dinst thoughts iver 0 oan gray cloaked rider who flat gnisci tier her arm if the anan princess who lind find gl glanced ancell tit nt him across the throne room lie ho lind intended to remain awake and dedire it 11 any nut or move about the alio city if no ono one prevented but jt jit was full daylight when n gentle pressure roused flint collecting himself from alet sleep slet lie ho felt something soft touch touching ilig tits ills foce find raised ills his lead head from tile the uncomfortable position of tho the night it was the ho little white fenced ni monkey chil chilled leC with the ho morning damp snuggling against his new friend to in 0 con took ook the ho animal in n his hir arnis toot up tip to and lint flint his hick back ached ile he remembered and crossed the root roof to glance into ills his tile the girl ans wide nw nanke itice and staring tit nt him film tier her brown eyes eloquent with shame lift lie nodded to in tier her tind smiled Rin fled and site arose wondering at the door lie endeavored to ninke plain to tier her that tile iho facts must be kept se BO cret from nil she comprehended us tip quickly ns no if ibio lind had visited to varn him in tile the way WIt hOlit know inq MYRIL 11 IV ufa hia first impulse was to send her away at once ing how silo she sighed tit and I 1 tier her 10 low words were musical con smiled swiftly site ran across lie iho root roof to tile stairway ot at which point stio she turned bowed deeply to lilan and then wits gone CHAPTER vill VIII the princess levington was angry with himself for living slept for lie he had intended to spend the night hours in hiding finding some borne chance of escape and now in III daylight lie ho knew no more of tile the pity than ilion before lie ile could not accept tho the impossibility of such euch n task for ills hla thoughts ran continually upon plans for or flight tir rIved fruit and ton en find brown bla biscuit cult with the he riddell courtesy court coy of cigarettes in nn nil ivory box tile round hentley arny negro squatted nearby while ills his muster ster tile and con wondered how flow many kinds of blood were mixed in his hh heart the rooi roof was blue with morning shadow the city beeme seemed d to lie ile chiefly on oil file lie opposite side of it the pil lillace lace out of it Leving tons view for only n few poor houses bordered the edge of tit the odds lie ho saw to westward A white fog was steaming up obscuring the on low hills flint marked wo the western boundaries of tau tail nunn kuan tito the arny ri monkey tonkey was also present waiting nervously nervous fy tit nt one end of tile lie bench for his share ito ho grabbed up tip a biscuit hut but was wag as disappointed no con had been there was no salt palt in n it hut but tho the ton tea was fragrant and scalding and the he tobacco was sun gold from you better go homo to break breakfast Jant suggested LevI levinston nAton tito little boost did not think so BO lie ho stored stared tit nt tho the white walto man tits his bendy beady bright eyes seeming to 0 o express it mute warning with centuries of regret when tile gray boy lind had token taken away the dishes dl lica con stretched and renewed ilia to process of wondering lla its nor trial bavers pavers powers of nf thought flint lind bad been snatched away lit in surprise and fatigue had return returned eo ile ho wanted to talk to himself to quicken tits hla own american identity identify no ITO smiled to think of tit him in relt ns as n united states secret agent wolves or wine or the ho jah of nf n bindo lit in tho the dark tiny tight light tn in the ho open con prayed for hearty strafes fes nut but tho lie desert city the he wnm hope tills this evil alt gentleness ani lyns it upon hlin him it mis far from cheering to remember flint andrew imrch lind had lost ills bin nerve ran con looked tit nt himself in III tho the clear shield rind mill did not recognize tile tho hard brown fare reflected tile suit run lint flint lind had darkened film bis skin lind had bleached blen ched ills fits soul tito tho garb of a trans anns formed more lhnn moro mere while blouse above a wide ansh legs wrapped from hip flip to knee in white lie ile removed the ho snug tur bitti find glanced again to seo see it if tiny semblance remained of himself ile ho saw in ills own eyes tile 10 lo tension of ono one who knows known benth to 0 o lie ho victir impatience seized edited him and lie ho cros crossed seti the roof to the no ono one prevented his going down to ito ho left were n walled gaffen the he singing of n bird find n lull dull rhythmic sound like pumping ito iio wont went to the open kne the garden clo close re willied ann n roofed with vines vilies which cor con rented the bird A bronzed sank nearly linked lounged against the arch nt the ho gate A soft anti cottony rot tony wnm wn reflected upward from lie he 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