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Show f YU'AN fSf SEE p& LAUGHS RIGHT &v SAX ROHM E R W.N.U. SERVICE cHAPTER vill-Continued opening and closing his hands, old Hassnn es-la es-la forth a torrent of what vined to be brilliant lnvec-" lnvec-" "rhe seated man shrugged re-11 re-11 ''X Has"1 es"Sllk P"shed . , jintard. - ': he whispered In his dirty police Pig! Begnne- " i ' sat on the edge of the dls-" dls-" j lacquered bed, her teeth flenched. She had com-? com-? u exploration of her prison, .u was a large wardrobe In I . carefully hung, were the It, she bad wn ln rort Said- m an extravagantly np- j bathroom. She had sncceed-"l- jrecaliln; everything of that ei .'i;t out of which she had avrnk-ia avrnk-ia j this preposterous place, up :r' uert moment of entering the of Jlohnmmed. : :rfed seeing Dawson Haig i. It was then she accepted k .Ration of the aged Arab to , s the treasure honse beyond. I0J .-. her memory terminated with 11( -"-sMIod of a sharp pain ln 'ilder, a sickly smell, and s .-a of sodden weakness. . . . ?iY : ;,k had elapsed since then? ns she? And where was Hal;? Had they . . .7 ;ir opened and a stout and ; Ming French maid came AS the door behind her. Ei-iss Ei-iss breathing very rapidly. '2'selle is frightened," said --m. "Xo uo " meeting that ' ii:ry stare "it Is no good, . 1 in Celeste," she went on, -! the wardrobe and taking usd's salt In the most natural j 3 In the world. "You have b'ida ' fS-Iinow that sickness -r tad If ( swiftly glanced up, high a"J 2 nil to little wooden trap. - - I J closet "Cherie," she said, ughl r 1 ,m your friend. Tou U, I Perhaps I can help, llttli :mi'" eroa r'stled busily Into the bath-ital' bath-ital' I'- 'Come, mam'selle," she atci I- ton will be yourself agalD I' !ir bath." I t walked across to the bath-I- Tie Frenchwoman closed the JeH I a she entered. "I know how I ! bappened to you, cherie " M F' voluble whiter. "Where 61 ln rt you last remem- J-'stSald," Bald Eileen mlaer- JJ I 'We Frenchwoman nodded ;Sly. "I was at Cairo g 'aw me. Bnt that was Idahl I ago !" ' l.: 1,1 please, where am I ff" 1 cherie." A large stron S h maternal about ' j Bhomders. She was plans ample breast. "You , ,nd .f 'e' conrage-i see , jsan- I : ,Sfe- A"d now is the time falr I .forage not to fight " rll.:;a to feel that she had ington I ' ,lar woman all her ; I trUmea:' Celeste?" ' , at 18 th Place- ! I '' tort r lo Arabia, poor baby, bee. she pointed va- B l IL 6 town that n t , V ;Bey0B3 18 the Lit 08 ,s desert ,w i ' (!frtand then . Hid ,,!b?Who floes It be-Jii be-Jii hhse of Aswaml Pa- phw Aswam, pa ;ffled l But "be V.he time eV W 6 thankful that , TU" I ' threw ,kento ,:!l5 acter, wlth hef I Jes' was a rock of 4fy ' C1 Ut C,M-' C,M-' H80S -!kf C. " Sloped :ord' In e bath- ' iV'fht m- hirfl 'W ' of the eun- Jde'M ,.S . 'y' as one I fosRi Sat'sfactory t0 the door! CHAPTER IX Ty-UVSON HAIG spent part of that nlglit In the large caravanserai cara-vanserai of l!ir Anibar, on the old pilgrim route to Slecca. He had traveled from Keneli ln ' a big French car with nn Egyptian driver over roads which were originally Intended for camels. The tiny oasis was nearly deserted and he dozed a few uneasy hours upon a hard bed. At daybreak they took the road again, reaching Koseir about noon. lie was taken straight to the house of Doctor Hess, a small villa looking out upon a sailless sea. The doctor rose from behind a table at which he was seated, smiled significantly, sig-nificantly, and held out his hand. Dawson llaig caught his breath. The stout and prosperous looking Hess was a Turk! Nodding, llaig handed him the letter received from Hassan Has-san es-Suk. The doctor glanced at it, then from a drawer took out a third envelope Identical in appearance, ap-pearance, and passed It to llaig. He now spoke for the first time. "You are the last to arrive, Joseph." He spoke In French! A wave of relief swept over the listener. lis-tener. "So I understand, Doctor. But" (a sudden Idea entered his brain) "I think Len Chow and Franz cannot be far ahead." Doctor Hess smiled even more broadly. "Nearly eight hours," he replied. "Convey to the Chief my best wishes and assurances. If you will follow my servant, he will direct di-rect you to the quay." The "letter of travel," addressed as before "To Joseph," read "You will proceed by motorboat and report. re-port. Chief." Haig followed the servant down rough stone steps to a little quay against which a battered but seaworthy sea-worthy motorboat was tied up; a thirty-eight-foot cruiser which he guessed concealed powerful en- THE STORY FROM THE OPENING CHAPTER Malt Kearney, young American living in London, says good-by to hie sister Eileen, on board the Wallaroo which is conveying 2,000,000 in gold to Australia. Inspector Dawson Haig, of Scotland Yard, very much in love with Eileen, is on the trail of opium he is convinced is concealed in Jo Lung's warehouse. He delegates Kearney, with Detective Norwich, to visit the place and find out what he can. While there Kearney picks up and carries away a notebook, which he turns over to Haig. Yu'an Hee See, leader of international thieves, Is at Jo Lung's. He sends men after Norwich Nor-wich and Kearney, one of whom he realizes must have picked up the notebook. note-book. Haig is puzzled over cryptic notes ln the book. Norwich Is found murdered. While Haig Is poring over the book, a monastrous creature enters, en-ters, seizes it, and escapes. Haig boards the Wallaroo at Marseilles, disguised. dis-guised. From radio messages he decodes, he realizes members of Tu'an'a gang are on board, and have recognized him. A Chinaman tries to throw Haig overboard but goes over himself. At Port Said Haig, trailing Eileen, is lured Into a "bath of feathers." Eileen disappears. Haig escapes from the trap and shoots Joseph, one of the plotters. Eileen, drugged, regains consciousness con-sciousness ln Yu'an's headquarters. Haig takes Joseph's papers, and reports re-ports Eileen's kidnaping to the British consul. Yu'an and Aswaml Pasha intend to capture or sink the Wallaroo. Using Joseph's credentials, Haig makes his way to Keneh. gines under that dilapidated hull. An aged mendicant was seated at the foot of these steps. He grasped Haig's hand. "Bakshish ! bakshish !" he whined. Haig paused looked down. Instantaneously In-stantaneously the nut-cracker features fea-tures were relaxed. He saw a young face under the old mask. "Destination "Destina-tion unknown!" he whispered. "Don't sail yet, Inspector. . . . It's Impossible to cover you I" came a swift reply. Then, loudly, "Bakshish "Bak-shish ! bakshish !" Haig dropped a coin, and the clutching fingers were relaxed. "Impossible "Im-possible to cover me," he thought. Routine did not demand that he should sail for this unknown place and "report!" Common sense was against It. Further co-operation with his Egyptian colleagues became Impossible. Impos-sible. But beckoning out of the haze over the sea was a dream-image of Eileen. Some stupendous plot was working slowly to Its culmination. Even now he had not grasped It. But his suspicions were horrible. His usefulness might be ended if he should be cut off from his allies. al-lies. But . . . Eileen! He must find her at all costs be near to her. Some means of communication com-munication he would surely find. In a long, rectangular room on the first floor of the house on the hill Yu'an Hee See's rogues were gathered. There were a dozen faces which must have been recognizable by anyone who had been privileged to enter that room In the Restaurant Restau-rant Suleiman Bey In Paris on a certain night when Dawson Haig had sat waiting below. Wine flowed freely. Remarks were being shouted in many tongues when, suddenly. Doctor Oestler stood up. "Orders!" he cried. The clamor subsided died away a curtain was drawn aside, and Aswaml Pasha entered. He was greeted with a roar of welcome. wel-come. He smiled, and nodded his l'nn.lH,m,o head ,o right and u-r, Mb hands-, Jly friends," he said, "vou .peal-'7 .peal-'7 tongues, but all of v 1 1 ,""" Uttle English, so I win ad-; ad-; you In Engiish. Tonigl have been entertained and V trust very happy. But atter one more drink all round, you will 2 to your quarters, and you will Meep; because tomorrow is the dav for which we have been called together to-gether again from all over the world ... by Mr. King." He paused. The silence was so complete that men could be heard breathing. "Every man knows his job and what Is expected of him," Aswaml went on. "Every man knows also what Is coming to him if he fails You have enjoyed success in the past. You have all been made rich by the man you serve. If you are all poor again tonight, this is your own concern. Another chance Is being given to you. And this time the share-out will be enormous" As he paused again, an excited murmur rose. "Enormous," he repeated. "I need not tell you what the folly of one man may mean to all of us. Failure is always paid for here ln one way, and In one way only. But failure tomorrow would certainly mean death for every man concerned. We shall sail at four o'clock In the afternoon aft-ernoon ; every man jack of us with a noose around his neck and so every man will watch his neighbor. And a short shrift, say I, to any backsliders." A great roar, like that of a pack of wolves suddenly aroused, greeted greet-ed his last words. Aswami waved his hand, and went out, sped by a hoarse cheer. Doctor Oestler followed. fol-lowed. Kid Brown stumbled across the room to the drunken Maclies' side. "Is It an English ship, mate?" he whispered. The Scotchman's bleary eyes fixed themselves upon him. There was an interval, and then "I ken it is. I've worked out a' the poseetion an' this will be the old Wallaroo, thirteen thousand tons, out fro' London to Brisbane." A'swamI Pasha sat behind a large writing table. Kid Brown, battle-scarred, battle-scarred, stood before him. "Am I to regard this interview, Brown," said the Egyptian, "as a piece of private blackmail?" "Listen," said Brown. "I've been your bodyguard for three years, and I've done well out of it. There's been some bloody dirty work, though I say so, but I've done it ! But this 'ere English liner I don't want to go tomorrow. ..." "Your share?" "Keep it! Leave me out." Aswami Pasha was thinking. "This man has been talking to Mac-lies. Mac-lies. He must come tomorrow. Otherwise he will be dangerous. Maclies must come also but for the last time." "It is In orders that you join us, Brown," he said coldly. "Therefore I have no choice but to refer your protest to " Kid Brown sprang forward and grasped the outstretched hand. "I'll go!" he whispered hoarsely. Aswami drew his hand away. "It is the cargo we want, not the ship," be said. "And now that you have come to your senses, a word of warning: Mac Is being watched by Mr. King!" The Kid drew back, biting his thick underlip. "Toni"ht," Aswaml continued, "the Armenian, Joseph, from Port said joins us, taking the place at the same pay-of the Portuguese sent to us by Polodos. I knew, when Unterviewed him In Paris, tha this man from Stamboul would fall m, as he had failed ns before. Very " ell You have taken a gross lib-rrVv lib-rrVv tonight Yon shall have a See to make good. I have to go " Mr King to the sheds. See ttls fel ow Joseph, and Instruct him hlV duties Kemember-with the jackal he will be In sole charge, Sde. during our absence. You will be responsible. ... B rVnectt" own." came" the smooth voice, Xd ifaUn-'room situated In , of the rambling mansion, '"T Iu"J mm i''" sin. But never a word would come As the motorboat swung Into the reef-sheltered harbor, the truth leaped at last to Dawson Haig's brain. . . . A suspicion, which for weeks past longer; perhaps since that day when tiie existence of the former Marquis Yu'an Hee See had thrust Itself upon his attention had clamored clam-ored for recognition, at last drove home. . . . Drug smuggler slave dealer receiver re-ceiver of stolen property yes! hut at last the whole scope of this devil's dev-il's activities presented itself like a revelation. . . . The American yacht, a year ago ! and less than a year earlier, the big German freighter with a cargo In- M "'a' 'ivi--. ,". t,ix j-. .'i BMmm Kid Brown, Battle-Scarred, Stood Before H'm. sured for a quarter of a million ! Both had vanished, leaving never a survivor, somewhere in the Red sea. There had been talk about a shifting shift-ing shoal ; an official survey had been made. v Yu'an TIee See was a pirate a modern pirate! holding strictly to the motto of that ghastly trade, "Dead men tell no tales." This was the man, with his damnable dam-nable organization, in whose power Eileen lay! What shonld he do? What could he do? Where did his duty lie? He had deliberately snapped the link, between himself and official support. He was alone alone against an organized group of absolutely abso-lutely callous scoundrels operating nnflor tlio ncrlara rf tlia nine! ovll man that ever came out of Asia. The whole ghastly conspiracy became be-came an open book; all his past knowledge of the group, clews which had led nowhere suspicions at which the chief had laughed. . . . This last astounding recognition had brought everything into order. His futile journey to Singapore with its nearly fatal termination how near he had been then to the truth ! And what bloodshed and sorrow be might have averted had he not failed. Now was he to fail again? with all the facts at last in his hands? Eileen ! Eileen he could not think about and remain sane. Turning to the taciturn negro who accompanied him, he asked, "Do we go far?" He fully appreciated the position of Joseph In the scheme of things. Joseph was a nominee of the old villain, Mohammed, at Tort Said. He had been given a chance to prove himself. Therefore, he was about to be received by whom? A horrible idea flashed through his mind Polodos! The Greek unmistakably un-mistakably was a man wdth an excellent ex-cellent brain ; a man of culture. And It was Polodos who had taken charge in Llmehouse during the critical hours which preceded the sailing of the Wallaroo. He remembered how he had cudgeled cud-geled his brains for an explanation of where the leakage had occurred between Scotland Yard and Sydney. It was painfully clear now. The consignment con-signment of drugs a minor matter had been removed, because at the last moment this greater scheme had suggested Itself to the master mind ! "There," the negro replied, and pointed. Ahead on the right, a long high wall began. Beyond it, where the negro pointed, he saw twinkling lights. There massive gates heavily reinforced rein-forced with scrolled ironwork, opened onto a courtyard. A big negro In uniform stepped forward and a quick Interchange of remarks, meaningless to the listener, took place between Haig's guide and the guardian of the gate He was ushered into a carpeted and well-furnished room. The guide disappeared. But the man in uniform uni-form stood before him. "Chief engaged," en-gaged," he said, in his thick negroid voice.' "Some one see you presently. Have a drink?" (TO be cosrisi im |