Show 3 r 7 YU A 2 a ay y SAX COPYRIGHT By Dy SAX ROHMER WN U SERVICE r CHAPTER VIII VIII-Continued VIII Continued I 13 13 Cursing opening and closing his talon talon like lIke hands old Hassan Dassan es- es Suk poured forth a torrent of or what Halg divined to be brilliant the tive The seated man shrugged re re- re- re Hassan assan Suk es-Suk pushed forward A A spy spy spy- he whispered In his I ear ear a a dirty ponce police pig I 1 quickly I Eileen sat on the ed edge e of or the dIsordered disordered disordered dis dIs- ordered lacquered bed her teeth tightly clenched She had completed completed completed com com- an exploration of ot her prison There was a lar large e wardrobe In which h carefully hun hung were the clothes she had worn In Port Said Sald t There was an extravagantly up- up pointed bathroom She had succeeded succeed succeed- ed In ree recalling everything of ot that dim past out of ot which she had awakened awakened awakened awak awak- ened In this pre preposterous place up to the very moment of ot entering the shop chop of ot Mohammed She recalled seeing Dawson Halg outside It was then she accepted the Invitation of or the aged Arab to 1 Jf the treasure house beyond Here her memory terminated with the recollection of or a n sharp pain In her lier shoulder a sickly smell and andA A sense of or sudden Budden weakness How v O long had elapsed since then Where here was she shei And where was was was' Dawson lIal Halg Haig Had they k h The door opened and a stout and kindly looking French maid came In locked the door behind her EIleen Eileen Ei EI- leen was breathing very rapidly Is frightened said the woman No uNo meeting that fixed an angry ry stare It stone It Is no good cherle I 1 am nm Celeste she went on opening the wardrobe and taking out aut Eileen's suit In the most natural manner wanner In the tho world You have havet t been een sick I sick I know now that sickness sickness- I have hate had It It Celeste swiftly glanced up high in fn one to a little wooden trap lt It was closed Cherle Cherie she sho said trust me I nm am your friend You understand Perhaps I can help Dont Don't answer She bustled busily Into the bath bath- room oom Come she called You will be yourself again after your bath r t Eileen walk walked across to the bath bath- room The Frenchwoman closed the thedoor thedoor door as she entered I know how howit it has hns happened to you cherle came her voluble whisper Where were you when you last remember remember remember ber In Port Said said Eileen miser ably MAh Ah Ahl I The Frenchwoman nodded I UI was at Cairo when Rhen bo he saw me But that was many years ago P I But nut tell me please where am I Inow now flow In MIn Yemen cherle cherie A lar large e strong arm was slipped maternally about the girls girl's shoulders She was wa press pressed cd to an ample breast You have coura courage e great courage I courage I see It In your face Cace And now Is the time for tor courage courage courage-courage courage not to fight Eileen b began n to feel that she had known this singular tar woman all her herr r life liCe What do you mea Celeste she asked What la Is s this place place place- where am I 17 You are In Arabia poor baby Down In there there there- she pointed vaguely vaguely vaguely va va- va- va guely guely- Is a little town that no noone noone one ono ever heard of ot Beyond Is the Red fled sea Here behind us Is desert desert and desert and then ecca But this house honse Who does It belon belong belong be be- lon long to It Is the house of or Pasha Pa Pa- cha sha But nut I dont don't know Pasha Pasha Pa- Pa sha l I Once It Is nearly ten years ago I did not know him cherle cherie He la le larich rich very rich very rich I r But Dut come ome cherle cherie Slip your yonI robe off orr This Is the time for tor cunning But Dut be thankful that I I 1 am with you you Eileen threw one white arm around the Frenchwoman's neck This stran strange e character with her bright ht kindly eyes was a rock of or refuge Celeste hu hugged ged the frightened captive tightly and went out closing clos sloe tn tag ing the bathroom door Shuddering Eileen dropped the rote robe which had enveloped her ber when she had bad awakened and Stepped Into the bath Behind what looked like the grating grat ing of or a n ventilator high In the bathroom bathroom bathroom bath bath- room wall two points of oC lI light ht glittered gilt glit lIttered lIt lIt- and disappeared Yuan Yunn flee Hee See walked slowly ly out ont of or the cup cn- room board room above onto the mahogany mahogany any floor of or the salon which adjoined adjoined ad ad- joined It He lie nodded slowly as one oner r- r who has clinched a satisfactory I i And crossing to the door be he 1 softly I CHAPTER IX DAWSON fAWSON HAIG BAIG spent part of oC that nl night ht In the large caravanserai cara cara- of or Bir Ambar on the old pilgrim route to Mecca He lIe had hall traveled from Crom In a bl big French car with an Egyptian driver er over roads which were werl originally Intended for camels The TIle tiny oasis was nearly deserted and he dozed a few uneasy hours upon a hard bed At daybreak they took the road again reaching about noon He lIe was taken straight to the house of or Doctor Hess a small villa looking out upon a sea The doctor rose from behind a table at nt i which be he was seated smiled sl significantly significantly sig sig- and held out his hand band Dawson Haig caught his breath The stout and prosperous looking Hess Dess was a Turk I Nodding Halg Haig alg handed him the letter received from Hassan Hassan Has Hns- san es The doctor glanced at atIt atIt atIt It It then from a drawer took out outa a third envelope Identical In appearance appearance ap ap- and passed It to Halg Haig He lie now spoke for the first time You are the last to arrive Joseph He lIe spoke In French Frenchi I 1 A wave of or relief reller swept over the lis lis- tener So I understand Doctor But a sudden Idea entered his brain I 1 think Len Chow and Franz cannot be far tar ahead Doctor H Hess ss smiled even more broadly Nearly eight hours he be i replied r Convey to the Chief my best wishes and assurances If It you will follow my servant he will dr direct di dl rest reet you to the quay The letter of or travel addressed as before beCore To Joseph read You will wm proceed by motorboat and re re- re- re port Chief Chic Halg Haig followed the servant ser down rough stone steps to a little quay against which a a battered but seaworthy seaworthy seaworthy sea sea- worthy motorboat was tied up a a. thirty-eight-foot thirty cruiser which he guessed concealed powerful en- en THE STORY FROM THE OPENING CHAPTER Matt Kearney young youns American living In London says good-by good to his sister Eileen on board the Wallaroo which Is conveying In gold to Au Australia I trail a. a Inspector Dawson Halg Haig of Scotland Yard Tard very much In love with Eileen Is on the trail of opium he Is la convinced Is concealed In Jo Lungs Lung's warehouse Ho He delegates Kearney with Detective Norwich to visit the tho place and find and out what he can enn While there Kearney picks up and carries away a a. notebook which he turns over o to Halg Haig Yuan flee Hee See leader of International thieves Is at Jo Lungs He sends senda men after aCter Norwich Norwich Norwich Nor Nor- and Kearney one of whom he realizes must have picked up the note note- book Halg Haig Is puzzled over cryptic notes In the book Norwich Is la found murdered While Halg Haig Is poring over the tho book a creature enters en- en tors seizes It and escapes Halg Haig b boards ards the Wallaroo at Marseilles disguised dis dis- guised From radio messages he decodes ho he realizes members of gang are on board and have recognized him A Chinaman tries to to throw Hair Halg overboard but goes over himself At Port Said Halg Haig trailing Eileen Is lured Into a bath of feathers Eileen disappears Halg Haig escapes from the trap and shoots Joseph one of the plotters Eileen drugged regains consciousness consciousness con con- In headquarters IbiS Halg takes Josephs Joseph's papers and re reports reports reports re- re ports Eileen's Elleen's to the British consul Yuan and Pasha Intend to capture or sink the Wallaroo Using Joseph Joseph's credentials Halg Haig makes his bis way to Kench gines under that dilapidated hulL hulLAn An aged mendicant was seated at the foot toot of or these steps He grasped Halg's Haigs hand Bakshish 1 I bakshish 1 It he whined Halg Haig paused paused looked looked down Instantaneously Instantaneously In In- the nut-cracker nut features features features fea fea- tures were relaxed He saw a young face Cace under the old mask Destination Destina tion unknown l I he whispered Dont sail yet Inspector Its It's Impossible to cover you I came a swift reply Then loudly Bakshish Bak Bakshish Bakshish shish I 1 bakshish I Halg dropped a coin and the clutching fingers were relaxed ed Impossible Impossible Im Impossible possible to cover coyer me he thought Routine did not demand that he be should sail for tor this unknown place and report 1 1 i Common sense was against It Further operation co-operation with his Egyptian colleagues became sible But beckoning out of or the haze over the sea was a dream Imago of oC Eileen Eileen- Some stupendous plot was working slowly to Its culmination Even now he be had not grasped It IL But his suspicions were horrible Ills His usefulness might be ended Ithe If It he be should be cut off from his al al- al- al lies But Eileen I IlIe He lIe must find Ond her at all costs costs costs-be be benear near to her Some means of or communIcation communication com com- he would surely find In a long rectangular room on tho the first floor of the house on the hill bill Yuan nee flee Sees See's rogues were gathered There were a dozen faces Caces which must have o been recognizable by anyone who had bad been privileged to enter that room In the Restaurant Restaurant nestau rant Suleiman Bey Dey In Paris on a certain night when Dawon Halg had sat waiting below Wine flowed freely Creely Remarks were being shouted d In Inmany Inmany Inmany many tongues when suddenly Doctor stood up Orders 1 I he cried The clamor subsided subsided- died away away away-a a curtain was drawn aside and Pasha Iasha entered He was greeted with a roar of at wel wel- come He lIe smiled and nodded his handsome head hend to right and left Then he raised both bolh hands sIlence hands silence fell n again aln My Iy friends friends he said s. you rou speak many ton tongues ues but all of or you I 1 think a little En English so I will address address ad ad- dress you In English English- En lIsh Tonight ht you have been entertained and I trust are very happy But nut a aster after ter one more drink all round you will go goto goto goto to your our quarters and you will sleep because tomorrow Is s the du day for Cor which we Ve have been called together together together to to- gether a again aln from all over the world by Mr Ir King Inns He De paused The silence was so complete that men could be heard beard breathing Every man knows his Job and what Is expected of ot him went on Every man knows also what Is coming to him If It he falls tails You have hm-e enjoyed success In the past You Yon have all been made rich by the tIle man you serve If It you are all poor a again aln tonight ht this Is your own concern Another chance Is 13 being given gl to you And this time the share out will be enormous As he paused again an excited cIted murmur rose Enormous he repeated I need not tell teU you what the folly of or one man ma may mean to all of ot us Failure Is always paid for here In one way and In one way only But failure tomorrow would certainly mean menn death for ever every man concerned We shall sail at four o'clock In the afternoon afternoon aft nn- every man Jack of or us with witha a n noose around his neck neck and and so every man will watch his neighbor And a short shrift say I to any backsliders A great roar like that of or a pack of ot wolves suddenly aroused greeted greet greet- ed his last words waved his hand and went out sped by a al l hoarse oarse cheer Doctor fol fol- lowed Kid Brown stumbled across the room to the d drunken unken Mashes Mashes' side Is Is It an English ship mate he whispered The Scotchmans Scotchman's bleary eyes fixed themselves upon him Th There re was an Interval and then I ken It Is rye worked out a a the an an this will be the old Wallaroo thirteen thousand tons out fro London to Brisbane Pasha sat behind a n large writing table Kid Brown battle- battle scarred stood before him Am I 1 to regard this Interview Br Brown wn said the Egyptian as a apiece apiece apiece piece of or private blackmail r Listen Listen said Brown Ive urve been your bodyguard for three years and Ive I've done well out of or It Theres There's been some bloody dirty work though I say so but ut Ive I've done It But this ere English liner I liner I dont don't want to go go tomorrow Your share Keep It I Leave me out out Pasha was thinking This man has bas been talking to Mac Mac- lies lles He must come tomorrow Otherwise he will be dangerous must come also but also but for forthe forthe forthe the last time It Is In orders that you Join us Brown he be said coldly Therefore I have no choice but to refer your protest to to- to Kid Brown sprang forward and grasped the outstretched hand Ill Til go gol I he whispered d hoarsely drew his hand away It ItIs Itis Is the tho cargo we want not the ship he ho said And now that you have come to your senses a word of ot warning Mac Mae Is being watched by Mr r. r King I IThe The Kid drew back biting his thick under Tonight continued the Armenian Joseph from tram Port Said Joins us taking the place place place-at at atthe the same pay pay pay-or of the Portuguese sent to us by I knew when I Interviewed inter him In Paris that this man from Stamboul would fall us as he had failed us before Very well You have taken a n gross liberty liberty lib lib lib- erty tonight You shall have a chance chanco to make good I 1 have to go with Mr King to the sheds See this fellow Joseph and Instruct him himIn himIn himIn In his duties Remember wIth Remember with the Jackal he will be In n sole solo charge outside during our absence You will be res responsible Kid Brown Drown turned and made malIc for tor forthe forthe the door I 1 may collect women Brown Drown came the smooth voice but I study men And In a small room situated In Ina a wing of or the rambling mansion was kneeling beside a anent neat bed trying to pray There Is no more desperate character than that of or a n religious man gone wrong And James Malcolm Mashes ex chief engineer engineer en en- of ot a famous liner was a deeply rell religious lous man whom an Irreligious Irreligious Irre Irre- lI ous woman had driven down to hellIn helL helLIn In drink he was a devil Incarnate And he wanted to pray for Cor strength to remain sober long Iong enough h to sa save vc his liliI poor soul from this last black sin But Dut never ne a word would come As the motorboat swung Into the sheltered reef harbor the truth leaped at last to Dawson thugs thug's brain A suspicion which for weeks past longer perhaps since that day when the existence of ot the former Marquis Yuan Yunn lIce Hoc See had thrust Itself upon his attention had attention had clamored clamored clam clam- ored for Cor recognition at last drove home Dru Drug smuggler smuggler slave gler e slave dealer re dealer re receiver ce er of oC stolen property property- yes property yes es I but at last the whole scope of ot this devils devil's dev dev- deIl devils devil's Il ils il's activities presented Itself like a n revelation The American yacht n a year n ago o and less than a year earlier the big bigGerman bigGerman bigGerman German freighter rel with a cargo In In- 1 t 1 Y 1 It Ity y s Kid Brown Scarred Battle-Scarred Stood Before Him Hm sure i for tor a quarter of ot 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