Show f 1 l y d 4 1 yu 9 YI r r rY Y RO COPYRIGHT By Oy SAX ROHMER SERVI SERVICE CHAPTER XII XII Continued Continued 17 17 Im not t I banged his I band hand upon the table to emphasize t his words No harm can be bo donby done don e by hiding the Theres There's only one place we can enn hide bide them am and bide cursor if It were we're to be raided I II do not think she will carry I It t not Dot also with a n full fall crew said Doctor Doctor Doctor Doc Doc- tor Leave tho to me said tho the Scotsman truculently Stick to your aln province doctor If It I 1 say BlY she can cnn carry It she It-she she can carry It it itHe r He stood up Boys I 1 he said Ive cad caid for tor orders orders or or- ders because theres there's no one else here bere to glo gle them Theres There's something some some- somethIng something thing wrong I 1 canna tell what ItIs It ItIs Is Is but our course Is plain Im I'm for tor transshipping the gold to the submarine submarine submarine sub sub- marine and standing by byl wI wl all nil allhands allhands hands to submerge at nt the fairst hoot boot o 0 danger Now whoa who's wi wimer me mer merA A general roar Indicated that all were with him Its only us of ot the crew have anything to be afraid of he con con- contInued tinned But when the Chief re re- If It he does he can only thank us Theres There's a warship His Bis words dramatically were termInated terminated ter ter- urinated by the sound Bound of ot a distant gunshot looked down at nt Doctor whose face sudden sudden- suddenly I ly Iy had grown very white The Panther he said calmly Shell be putting a boat bont ashore I 1 IThe e eThe The establishments controlled by Yuan viran Hee flee See wherever they mIght night be had one notable characteristIc characteristic charac charac- there was a secret entrance entrance entrance en en- trance and exit In the case of the Cafe Magrabi there were two such entrances and exits One opened upon a n narrow lane at the back into an nn old house which adjoined the establishment nt of Hassan And while British and American agents had wat watched hed the cafe Eileen was taken Into this house and offered for sale stile I When at nt about two o'clock Dawson Dawson Daw- Daw son eon Halg Haig arrived the tho dingy shutters shutters shutters shut shut- of ot the Cafe were closed dosed The party accompanying Halg Haig had bad these shutters down In a trice Halg Haig leading they dashed Into the dirty cafe Where there had been beena a fi matting curtain leading lendIng to the short corridor be beyond ond a n stout wooden wood wood- i en door now showed They broke I It down This was the sound that I mingled with a gurgling shriek l had bad formed Eileen's last waking memories Haig Halg dashed down three wooden steps Eileen Elleen 1 he cried Tie lie was on his knees beside a apathetic apathetic apathetic pathetic white figure half draped by a dirty coverlet His teeth clenched In furious anger he drew It Jt more closely over her and eagerly eager eager- ly bent his head Thank God 1 I he whispered Thank God I IHal Hal gave n e one last glance at at the girls girl's pale face before beCore racing up the steps upon the other side of the time room The fhe door was barred The fier sergeant hurled himself at nt It and the first induct impact of his two hundred pounds did the Job Upstairs sergeant I l Take three men Send Sf three more after me mel 1 Hat ducking his h head raced down Into Inlo the short tunnel which led to the house of the potter lOtter lIe He found himself Jn In n an un empty em lobby ran up upa a wide and Into a saloon with shuttered windows One lamp burned above nho that divan upon which Eileen lIeen irati had been hren submitted to the judgment of or the chief eunuch of Ills I Serene Highness lie He crossed to a adoor adoor n door by steps and pushed It open c cautiously On the threshold of the room be be- Send jond h he fell hark buk A man lay upon up upon n the tile Hour In a pool 1011 of blood his throat Im tom loin n ns fiS though by the fangs of a n wile 1111 animal r This was uis how poor Norwich died The lire Thin Thing I 1 saw In London London Lon Lon- don is here hert somewhere I I If Hut Hilt th the was gas empty from moldy denying 1 Ing roof to stinking cellars The Time only person other than Illeen UN round on the premises s was ami Pasha his Jugular i pierced 11 by hy curving curvin teeth his blood 11 ig out nut from those ghastly wounds And Halg thought he detected dete de de- te tot t Pd a II faint smell of musIc musk 4 In n a IlIn lung low han hangar which from above vt from fromn n airplane for or Q exam QIU IU- IU Ile lie ll no more than a mound l In III the desert the Herman f U for breaking III up purposes pur pur- poses l II h y mi nn of or Yuan Yum lIce Hee See three jt par ir i and lost owing ow- ow In ing t ts 10 the 1111 purling carting nf of a n tow rope e on her wry VII from froll time the Australian yards 8 f. f 1 uy by p under undo r suspended from Hi Ih r Turns of negroes poured 1 l I t I like JUm black ants up and down her ber gangway time the upstream laden with small heavy boxes the downstream empty handed Two million pounds In minted money was thus trans transferred from the dhow at nt anchor Inthe Inthe in inthe the nearby harbor barbor to the hidden submarine On the light flooded wharf Doctor Doc Doc- Doctor tor excited by many glasses of ot champagne grasped the arm of ot ns as the Scot came carno down the gangway Shut your mouth month he replied roughly DInna sail salt wi wl me If It ye yeha yeha yeha ha doubts I tell teIl you Mac said the doctor hoarsely she Is overloaded Ha Hn i broke away from rom the detaining detaining de de- taI ln hand But the Austrian physician was not without supporters Len Chow I second command of ot the U boat stood by him I 1 agree with tho the doctor he said sold In hIs hla monotonous tones that only two tons should be shipped Go to h l h-l ll h II i He brushed L Len n Chow aside and passed on An Arab Amb boy came running A launch from tho the gunboat was headIng headIng head head- Ing for the Jetty There goes the last five thousand thousand thousand thou thou- sand sand said the Wasp and raising his voice All ClAIl aboard 1 I he cried Do ye sail sally 1 asked Doctor The Austrian thought Money opens many doors ha hn There was no escape If It he r remained re re- ashore The Marquis and the P Pasha sha plainly had deserted the sinking ship and the danger must have havee been great ha since ha-since since they had md left two millions of minted money behind them i Doctor nodded briefly and walked up the gangway followed by and Len I Chow They slipped sUpped out to the open sea sen O st st- ler from the forward orwar conning tower tower tower tow tow- er saw the threatening gray lines of H H. 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S Panther 1 lying half half a amile amile mile outside the reef reet Len Chow Chow save rave ave the order to submerge Only through h the periscope did that doom doom- ful shape remain visible They sank lower Doctor Oester Oest- Oest ter ler er ran down a n cramped Iron lad lad- der He stumbled and clutched They can never see the tIie periscope perIscope perI- perI scope he cried Why do we submerge submerge sub sub- merge mere so deep d The whole fabric abric of ot the underwater underwater underwater under under- water craft crait shook suddenly and ana quivered Mac Jac I screamed desperately des des- per Chow tel ChOW Chow I Gott Were We're aground The Scotsman stopped hIs bis hIsen en engines Other voices came dimly at first then then raised to shouting pitch Doctor said Marlles Mr Ir Len Chow Chow ye ye were ri rl right ht lf In to toa Ina Inn a n ye said 1 Were We're overloaded ed Theres There's fh five fathoms between us and Gods God's sunshine and no human power pow pow- er can raise us to It Were We're burled under the sea wl wi two million mimon pounds an our sins l The iron framed doorway door was crowded with ghastly faces Maclies Mac rac- lies les sprang to his feet dropped to his hla knees and raised Ill his Ih heed lIl an un his locked hands 6 O 0 Lord I 1 he cried for or this one oar wee nee deed In a n sinful life spare life spare pare mo mr mra moa a n grain o 0 mercy I 1 The Inhabitants of ot that nameless town dominated by the palace of or Yuan Yunn flee Hee See willing servants of or orthe the master on the hill had flown at the moment that the battleship had showed her nose over o the thc ho ho- The p palace surpassed nn anything tI th which Lieutenant Markham had seen or Imagined The female In Inhabitants inhabitants In in- habitants huddled in n cushioned corners cor Tiers ners were staring wide eyed at nt atthe atthe the Intruders Lieutenant Markham pressed on through more and more moro extravagant gant pant apartments and suddenly found muscular arms about his neck and tearful dark eyes lookIng look look- Ing lag up op into his own I IOb Oh Ob thank God I see you yon 1 cried Celeste But Bat tell telI me quickly quickly quickly-Is Is she sho safe Is she safe the safe the little girl who girl Eileen who was here herel I She means menns Miss Kearney sir said one of ot the party The Tho American Ameri Amerl- can enn lady who disappeared In Port Said Lieutenant Markham looking Into the quivering face suddenly un un- I am nm sorry ho said truly sorry But I have no news of ot her But Dut I think thInk- as ns the womans woman's massive figure figuro seemed to become limp she she is safe One O e of ot the right sort sir said salt the former speaker She could give us a few tips I can give you no DO tips my friend frIend Celeste replied sorrowfully All An I know Is what happened Inside Inside inside in In- side these walls walIs She waved eloquent elo eta quent hands But in that room there there- here she pointed dramatically to a narrow w door paneled in dun dull gold Olin old In that room there this morning something happened I think think think-a a g good OO thing When the locked door was waa broken down a horrified group stood on the threshold of a room entirely paneled In gold lacquer Lying across a divan covered with black cushions delicate Ivory body gleamIng gleam gleam- tag Ing ng through the One fine texture of a Ii silken robe lay Orange Blossom Blossom- her downward hung head ghastly because be be- because cause ause of ot the blood which had drenched It Great Orent G G-d G d sir I came a n hoarse whisper Some wild animal has hM been nt at her look her look at nt her throat 1 1 Darling 1 I Dawson Halg Haig whis whis- pored Oh my darling I Thank God iod Eileen Elleon opened her blue eyes and looked up at nt him hIm wondering wondering Then with a n slow smile she twined her ler arms about his neck and drew hIs ils head bend down to her breast Dawson Halg Haig held her tightly He Be had done much and gained much At t last he lie had Justified his quixotic choice of a n profession He lie had bad fashIoned a n stepping stone he knew knewt It t which would carry him from the criminal Investigation atlon department of New Scotland Yard to the goal of his ambition He had been instrumental In In- In breaking up a n formidable formidable for for- or organization a n da danger ger to the he the civilized cl world Rench lenett was being combed Air force orce pilots were watching all roads to o the Red sea The Time carne camel corps were ere at nt BIr mr Ambar And the secret base ase was In the hands of the navy What Is I it it nay my dearest Eileen whispered He stroked her thick waves of or coppery hair Nothing darling he le replied But ut save for one glimpse In London Lon Lon- don on he had never yet jet et come within reach each of ot the Thing which tore human hu ha man throats and somewhere deep down In his mind he seemed to o hear the high laughter or of f Yuan flee Uee See THE E END 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