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Show UINTAII BASIN RECORD SCHOLAR jF0R Kearney conquered his astonishment. He endeavored to recall Dawson Haigs Instructions. Jo Lung was the biggest fence or dealer In stolen goods In all London ! Sur- whPn v! rrrtt S'"l0lar- in the Cuit-a- 5 wl'ege Tins whether he the compltheir college icating rreek. He courteously asked what the . before him -;;3e words: Pep withasked institution ; e mot-place- piffJe Is sf0 best for llTCPf httle Pellel tfor fg toecathartic. Adv. HEE SEE LAUGHS for a -- Clock dear. I think My ther baby has :ime to get up l. Alar W er COPYRIGHT By SAX ROHMER SYNOPSIS W.N.U. SERVICE back In the car with me. Norwich, carry on but with Mr. Kearney, Matt Kearney, young American livIn my place. ing In London, gay. good-b- y to hla here, And sister Eileen, on board the Wallaroo now, listen : Kearney, The Wallaroo Is conveying 2,000,-00- 0 Here's priceless copy1 for you In gold to Australia. On his way how you're home Kearney meets Inspector Daw- though I dont know son Haig, of Scotland Yard, very going to get back!" much In love with Eileen. Haig is It doesnt matter. Ill find a on the trail of opium. Way." You'll have to gamble on a stray taxi. But this is what I want you CHAPTER I Continued to do. . . ." 2 lighting less time jIAHT d set way I ulman. Iron in comfort any Nocords o seary, endless tops between Makes board. its , and ironing 3umsMiair. Lights instantly cost only . atmg. Operating x See your local dealer or 1 .amrelyMJf-hiatin- FREE Folder. :mAN LAMP Aiwelta, Cnl'f Lot Kan ? Philadelphia. ffebft. ui iag0( STOVE CO. 6- - riu ibLS RELIEF 'Heartburn X chewing ye Milnesia te one or Wafers wteks liberal supply FRE E 4402 23rd IsOD'JCTS, Inc, lag Island City. New Im glad you asked that," said It shows you are InterestHaig. ed! The reason Is this: the China ships touching at Australian ports of an overhauling. Stuff get a h coming from England goes through without difficulty. Those cases are specified to contain Staffordshire pottery, nowl" Great Scott ! said Kearney. Thats pretty clever." I advised a pal of mine Freeman, of the customs at Sydney to do what we couldnt do. What happened? The stuff was taken off at the last moment I got news at the Yard two hours ago. But surely you can do something now? I can!" Haig returned. He grinned again and emptied his tankard. Open the cases? York Oh, no .gjamridy.mtiinigK If mCHFRS, PUPIL? muic Catalog free CATON 8i5 3. Hill, Lot Angeles. Calif. s L Id countries. 10c with ft to firtt 100 new 'IPFLY 1105. MINOT. N. D. Afferent, 'eelal g! NEGLECT T KIOHEYS! are not working suffer backache, taming, scanty or too mation. swollen feet and d lame, stiff, all tired t Doan's Pills. js rely upon Doans. eralsed the country over. iilneys :d you : For sale by nday. iS PILLS .PARKERS Hair , amt. R balsam brndmu-stop- impart lo . 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Just beside the Inscription was an electric bell push, and to this Detective Sergeant Norwich applied his finger. Dont forget the American accent, sir," he whispered. I cant I Kearney replied. So they tell me here. Suddenly a small door, Bet In one wing of the greater one, opened quite silently inwards. The light of an electric lamp of that pattern carried by the police shone Into their faces. Behind the lamp, Indif-eult- y distinguishable the darkness, In prise visits had never yet caught him napping. This was a new move. Detective Sergeant Norwich had memorized a long list of stolen jewelry principally foreign; and their Job was to try to identify even one Item In Joes emporium. In this, Ilalg could act , . , and the cases of opium lay In an adjoining yard! My friend, Mr. Bronsen, has several commissions, said . Norwich. (MaH Kearney was Mr. Rronsen." But mostly colored gems." Yes, Kearney broke In. Im commissioned by a New York client to complete a collection of sapphires." Sapphires!" The Greek raised heavy eyebrows. "I fear I am unfortunate. If Mr. Jo Long were here he might be able to help you. But to the best of my knowledge we have few sapphires In stock at present They are not, he smiled slightly, very profitable Just now. However, you shall see." They passed along a corridor, went down three naked wooden steps and picked a way through what seemed to be a collection of lamps lamps of perforated brass, of silver, of gold ; lamps from Arabia, from China, and from Japan. Detective Sergeant Norwich was all eyes. They entered a room resembling a small shop, and the Greek, stepping behind a narrow counter, pulled out a tray from beneath and opened It for the visitors Inspection. It was as he did so that the almost Insupportable silence began to bear down upon Kearney. The treas- - Kearney smiled. Ive written It up for my paper, he confessed. (He was London correspondent of the New York Universe.) "But I seem to have overlooked Jo Lung! Dont wonder!" Haig admitted. Hes not an easy man to know. Apart from which, he Isnt the prime mover. The Big Chief Is the man who supervised the removal of these cases from the Wallaroo to- night And who Is the Big Chief? As Im not sure, I wont answer," Haig replied. Let's stick to facts. . The two firemen, supporting each other lovingly, at this moment reeled out of the bar. As they disappeared, the door reopened to admit a customer who appeared to belong to the same trade as the firemen. A seafaring man evidently, but sober. Directly the "barman having served him had retired: O. K., Norwich?" said Haig, addressing the new arrival Kearney started and stared from face to face; then: "The lorrys back In Kings yard. and Inspector," the man reported being unloaded." Dawson Ilalg nodded, as he turned to the melancholy citizen. he directed Join up, Wickham, sharply. "All clear. The man sprang up promptly; and Ilalg grinned Into the bewildered face of Kearney. My own methods, he said. "The only way to deal with an oriental criminal." Then, to Wickham; Got the card from Bernardson? Got It at nine oclock, Inspector, and came straight here. But I'm afraid I shall have to take your place on the Jo Lung Job. The Chief sent for me Just as I was leaving. They've got the missing witness In the Bond street case. You're to report back at once." D nl said Dawson Haig. Also blast I The Bond street case Is a flea bite to what I know to underlie this! Ah, well I Can you talk like a Chicago gunmnp. Wickham? he asked. Afraid not, sir I Lancashire sees me out." "What about you, Norwich?" "I was counting on you, Inspector -Haig; H 11 said Dawson when: Obviously," Mat Kearney interI I rupted, youre forgetting me a like Chicago talk to dont claim a gunman, but 1 have, I am told, accent," American recognizable Ilalg hesitated. Binring, then: By heaven I" said he, my bumpbeen a ing Into you tonight has double blessing! Wickham" he come glanced at the latter 'you'll r tern; then: ap- right," said the guardian of Please come In." the gateway. The two stepped Into a little courtyard. The Arab proved to be a gaunt man with a lined and pockmarked face, sunken eyes and an ominous expression. They crossed to a corner of the yard, mounted four stone steps, and entered a dimly lighted passage, having a window with an Iron grating overlooking the courtyard. The place was stuffy and full of cigarette smoke. It was evidently the sanctum of the Arab night porter. "Please wait," said the bowwab, leaving them together In the dimly Shuffling footsteps lighted room. died away In some dark place beyond, and Kearney was about to speak when Norwich shook his head urgently. Standing there In an oppressive hush, a long way off In the building Kearney heard a sound. Although at first he failed to Identify It, Immediately be knew that It was horrible. It was a very high sound, between a piping and a squeal; higher than the note of a rat. It was, paradoxically, so shrill as to be nearly Inaudible. Then, suddenly', he knew of what . the amplified It reminded him . squeak of a bat! It was chilling; terrifying; In some way unclean. He exchanged a rapid glance with Norwich; and Norwich stood like a "All , man petrified. d blue-blac- kif? 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What prodigies ot useless knowledge they must have In a soundproof room, well but simply furnished as an office, a man sat behind a large desk. The room was In darkness except for a shaded lamp npon this desk. Near to It back against the wall, was a mechanism which at first glance one would have taken for a radio set. The seated man, his bowed back to the room, was engaged In manipulating this apparatus; and suddenly, as a result of manipulation, a voice cut Into the silence: hope to see you again on your next visit, Mr. Bronsen, said the voice. It was that of the Greek. Sure thing. Ill be .here." Thai was Kearney. Then came a creaking sound of footsteps and the slam of a door The visitors were gone. The man at the table disconnected the apparatus and swung about In his revolving chair. A soft black hat lay upon the carpet, with a overcoat having a deep astra khan collar. Tills mans skin resembled the peel of a dried lemon ; his hair was stretched from a receding forehead. naif closed eyes were like slits In the yellow face, and his lips were red and .I fur-line- d Mrs. Moggrldge, who peared a stooping figure, shadowly. makes our snappy laws, would never What you want, please? asked allow such a thing!" a soft, monotonous voice. Then what? Peering hard. Matt Kearney made This: If I can get evidence to- out that the speaker wore a dark night evidence I know to be there blue turban. The doorkeeper was Ill search the premises to which not, as one might have anticipated, the pottery has been moved. Then a Chinaman, but an Arab bowwab. I can open the cases! "Mr. Jo Lung," Norwich replied Didnt you say the name was distinctly. "I have brought him a customer from the United States." King?" The bowwab turned light upon Haig nodded. "Messrs. Kings warehouse ad- the speakers face, and: I dont see you here before, he joins the establishment of Jo Lung, otherwise Shanghai Jo. Jo Lung commented. Maybe not, Norwich returned. Is the lad Im after. But I come from Mr. Bernardson. "Who is Jo Lung? I thought, said Haig, sorrow- Look at this. He held out a card. Bony brown fully regarding the speaker, yon were supposed to be an authority fingers grasped It and placed it close before the light of the lanon Chinatown? I across the shadow-haunteexpanse of the big room below. It opened directly out of the lobby of the bowwab and contained miscellaneous bulky exhibits; a vast place In which only that one light was burning. Its dim reflection touched a distant landing. And on that landing a woman stood! She was encased, ntummy-llke- , In a long, clinging fur coat of what Kearney took to be brown ermine. Her hair was brushed straight back from her brow ; her small, chiseled features resembled a pale cameo, but her Ups were pop Unfathomable eyes were py red. represented only by straight, nearly horizontal shadows; and one singularly long, white, ghastly hand rested on her hip. He stared stared again . , . and the apparition was gone! Had she been watching him? nad she seen him pick up the book? Or had she any real existence at all? was she a product of his ex cited imagination? . , , beautifully formed, their redness accentuated by a small, black, bowshaped mustache which arched above them. It was a smiling face, but something In It inspired terror In the man upon whom those eyes were turned. This latter was a stalwart Chinaman, moderately well dressed In European clothes, who might, at some time, have been a sailor. He had the mask-llke- , Immobile features of his race and calling. 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They will send a full weeks supmiles an hour. ply of health giving Postum free to anyone who writes for It Adv. No Causa for Alarm Love Never Niggardly Fatlcnt (nervously) And will the Love grants In a moment what toB operation be dangerous, doctor? You couldnt can hardly achieve In an age. Doctor Dangerous buy a dangerous operation for $10. Goethe. n 1 slit-lik- watched opened and the red lips A TIME SAVER smiled. Fully opened, those eyes were terDont Forget the American Accent, Some might have found rifying. He Whispered. Sir, It hard to define wherein their terore house of Jo Lung was the most ror lay. Except that they seemed bright, they silent place he had ever known In to be the heart of a city. Its silence was were In an animal fashion, fine eyes Their dreadful quality consisted In uncanny. . . . one simple sentence: their whites Unless Mr. Lung has others In were really white whereas that the safe," the Greek said, "these of the normal human eye Is Inare the only colored gems In stock part tinted. The result, being variably at present phenomenal, was horrifying. Kearney, resting his eyes upon the The man In the revolving chair jewels, suppressed an exclamation slowly, and his voice, like his spoke In the nick of time. . , . He was eyes, were The tray was arranged with some a big man for a Chinese, and fleshy artistic care, and In Its center, un- , . , but he spoke In a key In der the harsh, unshaded lamp which which Caruso sang I the Greek had switched on, blazed What did I tell you, my friend? a group of amazingly matched fire Your mean soul said, It Is busiopals. Kearney clenched his teeth ness. I said, It Is a plot." and bent lower, peering down. "I was considering Excellencys Here lay evidence to Justify a Interests." search of Jo Lungs premises! BeAnd this, continued the fiute-llkwas this Is how you consider mistake, any possible voice, yond the Dakenham necklace the fa- them. You admit a dlsguld police mous rope of opals which his aunt officer and a stranger, tonight toHilda, Lady Dakenham, had taken night, above all other nights 1" " voyage I believed with her npon the I never accept excuses. AhP of the American yacht, Miss MinA muffled bell. nesota, lost with all hands In the " Here Is Persian gulf, less than a year beOpen the door. super-normall- Prepare biscuit or muffin dough when convenient. Set in cool place and bake hours later if you wish. You save time in using y super-norma- BAKItiS POWDER Same Price Today as 44 Years Ago 25 ounces lor 25o You can also buy ' - A full e .),. Polo-dos.- fore! Yet a query leaped to bis brain was It evidence? You are admiring the opals? The Greeks voice seemed to come from a great distance, The Chinaman opened the door, admitting the Imniac-latGreek. As he entered: You were wrong, Jo Lung," he said to the one who had opened for him. ne turned to the man at the deck. Excellency was right The card was certainly- obtained by Of one man 1 can say nothfraud. ing, but the other was a detective." Ah!" came the reed voice. And the speaker stood up, his eyes halfclosing again. "I am sure of It . . . ne I was listening to every word pointed to the apparatus on the table. No harm has been done, my lord," the Greek continued. I was It is regrettable, but It cautious. was remedied. The baleful glance of those halfshut eyes was directed upon Jo reLung. "Tonight, It Is more than declared. voice reed the grettable. "This la the second mistake of a day. The first was the shipment of valuable goods In the Wallaroo. My plans, my careful plans to be destroyed by fools Notice of change came so late, It .aim r nAliirfkl protect your akin. baize-covere- Soap 25c. Ointment 25c and 50c. Sold at all druiaiits. e r UJ i THE Baromoai RiEWiaOtUSE BflOTEIL 1 e All Bring quick relief from tbo Itching of pimples, eczema and other akin irritations. Then rely upon the regular use of this simple treatment to eootho and - n Double Action Double Tested l. Kearney pulled himself together. For Gods sake! What was It?" he said, and met the unblink"Yes, Kearney whispered, I cant Imagine, sir, . , . Sshl ing gaze of the mans dark eyes. If I were buying opals I should buy Some one coming . . . these." . . was like . laughter. It But you You would be wise. of busimethods occuMr. know Lungs Jo of Lung The emporium pied all the rooms on two floors of ness? Yes. Even If I wanted to buy, I a rambling old building, eight or lie was cool litthe cash! one havent nine rooms In all, and each These now. He added: At treasures. enough with crammed erally Im are Indifferent, sorry." the that sapphires times Kearney Imagined The Greek replaced the tray, and: covered-lways of old Damascus next the turning; Perhaps you will honor us with around lay Just thattheStreet called Stratght,and not a visit, Mr. Bronsen, next time you LImehouse Causeway, adjoined this visit England," he suggested. Spewonder-khan- . On entering other cial requirements such as yours norooms he was transported to the cannot always be met at short that tice. and thought Seraglio palace, He led them to another room. he stood in the treasury of the sulWhat have you here? Norwich tans. In these cases? asked In which these curiously Only the manner was slightly ahead when Items displayed Kearney priceless looked back served to dissipate such Illusions the Greek paused and observed a little memo-booas upon Kearney carelessly were n piled They bound In green leather, lying rough, trestle tables. The dim door bell rang again. , and .veil upon the first step. civilized A highly opened the padded door, and he Without attracting attention, dressed Greek did the honors. Mr. woman enme In. a It and up, picked he stooped quickly, Jo Lung Is unfortunately away (TO BE COSTISITD) But If I slipped It In his pocket Here, perexplained to Norwich. I evidence was No service. at haps your can help, I am Oldett Dry Land Known In the act of turning o rejoin doubt." turning to Kearney who Central Asia plateau Is the The who was examining a was endeavoring to hide his bewil- Norwich, dry land kuown oldest a continually salver slight something massive a definite Idea derment, you have science. to to I sound glance prompted Kearney what yon are seeking? 1 1 Another remarkable felt of memory Is recorded of a soldier who served In the New Zealand expedt-tiona- y force during the war, lie claimed that he could remember the name and number of every soldier In his battalion, and his claim was unexpectedly put to ji test when the battalion headquarters were blown up and all the records were But the soldier, who Is now a professor at Edinburgh university, was ns good ns his vvoid and supplied the missing details. Mo trea? Herald. Us? l-- A Distinctive Residence . An Abode ,.,rcnoivncd Mrs. J. H. 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