Show YU A H an fn fu S fu E BY SA ix A U G HS COPYRIGHT by dav alf SERVICE CHAPTER continued 1 I know who ho you arel are I 1 she told me listen only listen tills till la Is the work ark of the chloise hell hellcat cat it to la said bald from deneh xh ah ho has haa taken the little one they have drugged ber again I 1 think ahe poor baby they will take her to kosela and from there to the house of is suk at deneh this house 4 1 I know it I 1 know itil claig in impatiently go ool on I 1 go out there are two motor boats in the harbor nr in one of them she fihe will be taken for ond gd s make anke save her I 1 here it la Is bad enough but there I 1 atop tapin I 1 you must stop them I 1 but tell tel me ine where here Is ray my best beat chance athance there Is ig only one v way ny she lie sald said I 1 it Is through the gate nut but it if you could only reach it the blacks would rimer never question you and all those pigs are away aay claig raced down the stone steps As it chanced a ladder us for pruning purposes was waa lying on a path where liere one of ct the gardeners had left it I 1 it was waa heavy but long A passionate rase rage gave dewson claig additional fully ex tending lending tile the ladder lindder te le leaned it up fi gInst the high wall mounted and stood on the alie top the rond road far be low was no deserted from end to end I 1 oisa perilously sly lie he begin began to draw the ladder up an cle 11 oration ration calling for muscular effort and a nice euse of equilibrium A sort of bin age exultation lent film the poors of an acrobat lie kt gt the ladder poised like a tee see saw on tip of the wall all ihen that lie be could not turn it lie he lowered the narrow end onto the hard baked mud of the path bit briw w swiftly he frold down doun tie tall ladder from the wall closed its ita three sections and dropped it amongst rank in a ditch lie rac tied tile atie arts of tle tile little terraced town toa indeed without meeting a living creature the palm lined strat on the left which contained what hat ap pi and to be tile the only cafe in the place was as deserted none nona of tile the blunt buildings of flast flaskered ered mud balk arid and woodwork exhibited any sign of life tied up to the steps was vias a dingy motorboat the came or its ita twin tin in which he be had crossed froni from kosour then a distant murmur clip chettel kel him in his stride shading his ees he stared another motorboat a mere dot in the blue was as rapidly disappearing round around the tall of the island tie ile set out running but had not gone fifty yards yarda when a second time be was vias up sharply from froim the north far over the sea beyond the rocky headland which 46 r I 1 61 W 4 it poised perilously he H began to draw the lodder ladder up embraced the port beyond the Is land came echoing an tit I 1 reech re echoing ning the sound ot of a mighty explosion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 jink achl chief f officer of the NN a I 1 I 1 it roo was n powerful row erful swimmer simmer when hen that rain of huun ina HIR chine gun cun bijl bullets lets hn ha I 1 swept the ties sea lie hod dikken andor the protection of the flon floating ting dek deik chair lie dis tro lc orl that by re ting his chin uin a cros and ming slen BleiK illy llly he could coal P LI it without any very fry treat great effert alti rt ll 11 lie knew prot deI tie he could collid a bullet hint it would be possible to keep anent for hours houra hut but that around the wreck reek was now bristling with sharks Bli ark final there were fewer feer sounds from the few poor but the protecting 1 deck chair so far had ts aped the attention both of the and of the sharks summoned all his him resources ile he meant to burvle the tragedy lie must survive it A floating dork deck chair and one man mans a undaunted spirit meant the difference beti between een immunity for these ghastly murderers and that day of reckoning which he cuore suore with clenched teeth should come to them A gentle almost imperceptible current was as bearing him seawards lie he tried to visualize a chart of the iced ses sea end and the approximate pon pool I 1 of steamers lie ile was many miles mile off MY the crnek and dusk was wa near inear ills iiii proper course coi iraa then was ana to steal tout southward hward on en thin gentle current and then edge in toward i the tall of the roky island since rescue by a passing steamer was as almost out of the question lie was no now more than a mile from the scene of the disaster lie ile swung around the submarine and the dhow the latter with two boats in tow vias nag making for the head of the island it was vas a screen from behind which doubtless they op aerated crated cra ted and so BO carefully does docs ante weave those comedies in which litch milly nIlly me e all play piny a port that it v ans an at al mot mort exactly at tills moment that damson claig walked down the lit tie jetty to where here the motor cruts cruls er was moored A pockmarked pock marked whom he red and an aral arab boy were on board they stood up and stared at mm flin auspiciously an he came hur rang along the stone atone pavement orders I 1 he maid sharply ply I 1 ko ico mearl but as he sprang on board the crew of two cond continued miel to re gard him with ith doubt and tion hurry I 1 he cried and swung suc ing the formold ihle club lie carried the negro glanced helplessly at the boy end the latter threw OR off the lie rope at last the game wa as in tits till hands bonds I 1 lly fy daun damn lie he would lie be back lit in ko ico R belr e ir there was a wireless station and a small arnall colony ile he wits wa no longer joseph but had become again agnin in spirit and in fact detective inspector daw dason son halg ile he peered anxiously ahead the leading motor ann not in might bight arven if a car waited malted at no ko belr beir which aich he suspected would be the caio he could hove have it intercepted the game was in his hands handa the course sn sid he remembered lay iny due northwest est from the bay for the first forty or fifty miles there out 0 t of might bight of the mainland it a skirted that long low Is Islo Inrid nil thence it bore north along a desolate coast for three hours or more then vt westerly esterly again sweeping out seaward to pass and nor northwest to the petrol station ile he might find himself in difficulty there I 1 Irn bably they hal had some menno of communication exultation doubt fought for supremacy in his mind they were three hours out from the base and the long low ishad ind wa as dro dropping P astern four more hours hour lia ile fore for that sa awing ing around which would point their bows to the tha african african coast which aich would mould seem to bring him nearer to elleene they were drawing draling in to the main coast again suddenly claig sprang to his feet shout shouting ln excitedly at al most under their astarb starboard tard how bow floated it a piece of wreckage which illch looked like a deck cliner then beside it a hend head bobbed up 0 A 4 psalm swathed in ba band nd ages came out of doctor Oest lers room on the ground floor of the old palace into a tiled corridor ile he walked along to that lobby which bleb opened on the court ard inside the anter ile he would be disfigured for life kid bron in passing his cunning fegl ter a brain ke aeed ed tip P hy by tte the ini im of deeth had find left tills in efro ceable mark of film trade upon tile the man those bullet had sped filed him all the piston rod force of that phe left had been put into the joh job the final job of beauty certainty that that grecian nose none was wag abashed nat flat had sweetened the hid bids a last agony jacques the creole cnown as the jackal Ja cual waited Aal teI in the lobby his bin pherty rs is fearful chief P the man ge blied chief it Is jospph joseph lie be to Is gone I 1 aone Clonel I 1 1 ile he Is 18 nowhere I 1 ile he does not tools tome to relieve me at four 0 clock lie he Is he be Is grinel as a moment of allerup go back to your duty sald the 1 kiv aked out ali alitia the corridor up a flight of stairs and entered that ome orlue exotically furnished with ith tta itte voluptuous paintings and statuettes t propping dropping down upon a dhan he mank his hl band bandaged agoA face in till his foods bands I 1 he Is was vins already a ery wealthy man II 11 share in this last coup would make him a millionaire it v was as as well mell since wh whatever ateer 0 of f pleasure he ha could secure see tire lie he roust mus t buy lie he would mould ahaas tie be hid bid bous men would mould shun ills his coro corm pany omen would mould fly fro fron it him lie ile struggled to regain matery ma tery of himself to remember want ant he tind find planned before they had bad net met out on this expedition against the wallaroo al laroo was there any connection between his hl compact with orange blossom and the absent joseph ile he must and out asame ABU ami rasha pasha unlocked a heavy tron iron studded door end and entered a covered courtyard court ard yuan ties S see e a blue tinge showing under Ms ills lem on colored skin fixed his hi eyes eye upon him the woman has pone gone the amerlean american women I 1 had chosen do you realize what that bennot A cold terror clutched aswall rashaad heart well enough ile he knew tile danger but he restel rested gratefully upon the cunning of orange blossom the frency woman h he suggested yuan ilea see reflected there to Is deep treachery here you will take the french plane Asia aswall ml with anton as B pilot I 1 am thinking now cow not of my pleasure but of our safety it to 1 too late to establish contact with items in kosela lie will vill have left for cairo we cannot reach go my friend you have much to do aswall pasha iasha chokel choked down an exclamation of relief and went out the disappearance of joseph lie decided not to report it might be a part of orange blossoms plan perhaps it had been niK essary to 1111 the guard in a car specialty specially equipped for the desert journey and belonging to the manager of the italian mines near kosel r dam dawson son claig as head ed for the nile valley lie ile had done cone ever tiling that it was vas possible to do ot at the seaport te aport jack rattray the Wall aroos first officer odker whom born he had picked up at sea had stayed behind at the wireless station atlon Bt bus bua lly ily tending sending messages the motor boat with ith tier ter crew of two had been detained if lie had left the establishing of contact with the police kench and calro cairo to jack ilour hour after hour the dusty jour ney continued lie ile was aas burning to reach deneh CHAPTER XII it run for the lie second time slue bance e emile she had set out on that III fated voyage from london found herself groping in the dark trang to remember what had it m waa as something to do with ith drink ing a cup of coff colace and cele coleste celeite ite poor celeste had not been there the risk Is too great a man it voice rolce find maid an id its ita mad this me may y ruin vs us the price la Is low my friend for such inch lle iier lees pus are too thin for the taste of hla serene highness lt it waa as tills this last remark which had finally aroused flickn blip aslie opened her eyes looked down at her own oan bare body and into life sprang upright aibe well was in a large saloon with ith a mattl matting n g covered floor and closely shuttered win window down she had been lying on a divan cocked with ith faded tapes try above which hug a lighted lamp before her one plump hand raised to hla his hairless tip lip as if in consideration was as a stout greasy looking person wearing clothes beeldt him stood a very dirty old arab looked swiftly about her there was as no substitute for a gar ment 11 in the place taking a swift step forward and conquering a d deadly adly nausea she struck the heil tating buyer on tits his fat facet once the struck twice I 1 dawan es suk silk clutched tier her in his sinewy oll oil annd i IN ith one knee the bile kicked him viciously in the stomach lie released her she kicked him again hut but this spurt of strength which had flared dared up under the sense of outrage now cow deserted her she staggered red forward fol toed an interval of complete unconsciousness and then a voice the voice of the arab again could I 1 do said brought tier her to me how was I 1 to know she was as reserved reper ved here was a famous jewel jemel ani and money Is pinney money hut but she he struck all man blah moul in the facet and he had of fred my heart bleeda one thou sand for herl berr lie ile withdrew his offer I 1 presume immediately effen dIm she has ruined me also the Am ritan rigs know she la in here at any moment the cafe may be raided forget this fear hn win I 1 h had a thought the chief eunuch of tile the prince a wiser man hut but my money Is as good an a his and I 1 collea coiled fair woolen women TIA twelve alve hundorp I 1 pounds inglish blasson I 1 lour our idin bhare re m will III tie lie a big one I 1 ileen opened tier her paa s she still lily lay in that ihrk stuffy saloon pahe oil arab was its there the ether mans features gul stable bernese lir rauBe of linia lages but mine ud iwu t anchet her greedily you yom have nothing to fear from f born me e my child all mold the tall ley p tian you just junt offered to buy me mel I 1 you miserable com cowardly ardly dog po do ou think you or of any other nun man could buy met 1100 A elior it or at the further end of alo ta a saloon opened swiftly yunn yuan ilee silo bee come came don the steps lie ile at the china man As ai though bills rates rate haft had OPI and batan had forth yunn tuan lips see stood hlll still for a while A lille bishing softly ao 40 so tills is the story my friend fri erid 1 he sold tile quivering flute notis sounding bounding unlike ant an thing bIng human 1 I 1 gasrul through the tall pud end of the son inn I 1 storm which forced you yom down in the desert it delayed your journey but not mine A fortunate accident ARM anil for fop for you always ala ansi suspected nut but last night or very late this I 1 V f WN he was on his knees beside a pathetic Pat hetio white figure morning rn 0 ming I 1 forced the truth from our little orange Blos aswall forced the truth ou aud understand r 1 lie ile bogan to tough laugh an aal it was dreadful laughter laughter alch which for years afterwards hatin t el 11 I 1 I 1 leens dreams A asanet im a rin 1 I 1 to be choking come my friend said mid yuon yuan itee iles see ch ehing his laughter 1 11 I have matters to with mith you which I 1 to do not desire tills this lidy to overhear ile he dived tits lita es on thu tho rigi I 1 figure of old es suk corry this ludy lady through to the cage room lie he ordered pin I 1 clothing liar your doors at ai it return I 1 shall have work m ork for ou on flicek fell hack bak ekk and faint upon tie ithan dhan the oblate earlier placed lu in tier her cottee coffee tier lier again she felt herself lifted carried there as B a dull crash a 11 stifled cry in a sort of canteen yunn ilea rogues were ere gathered doctor bestler was as addressing addres mIng tie scotsman I 1 I tell you yon nine mac lie he mald what you suggest la Is hat be baadness Blad ness 1 I lin bin you conal ter ler that we me have two to millions of minted money not unloaded from the dhow ant ha dhere la Is your good sense to suggest that the lief has dever deserted ted mt chy hy should lie desert us s he ha just when hon we me have accod polished so great a success Ila ll acnes ciles who mho was man lead dead so berhe he had touched nothing for twenty four hours houra eted bleary eyes upon the speaker 11 1 I tiny any he hb replied thal life Is more voluble than rold the chief has gono gone and so go has mr bic king and theres a war ar sl slip ip nosing abbot the island 1 f P a know alint they can put a inn ian ling ing party as linro to cut us is oly off on the enst east 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