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Show by SAX .KlOHT SYNOPSIS , UnW"- I ' .7 .v,- Wallaroo. wrw :..:;.t on hi way " i-..tor Daw. Inspector Daw IKetnw -,.,, vard. very with Eileen. Hal, 1 L trail opium. CHAPTER l-Contlnued Ut, It vum 10U Ha reason la this: the China MeUiV at Australian ports 1-1 of in overhauling. Stuff , from England goes throngh U difficulty. Those cases are lej to contain omuwuou.n. L scottr said Kearney. t'g pretty clever." iWsed i pal of mine Free-i Free-i the customs at Sydney to howcooldntdo. What hap- fdl Hie stuff was taken off at . . nt nana a f tVl O t two boon ago." at well yon can do something cur Halg returned. pinned again and emptied Us iri In the casesr Ml Urs, Moggridge,' who our mappy laws, would never neb a thing 1" .a fbatr fell: If I can get evidence to-l-CTidence I know to be there I murk the premises to which fpottery has been moved. Then I open the eases!" 'int yoo say the name was lj nodded. Sesst King's warehouse ad- the establishment of Jo Lung, iie 'Shanghai Jo. Jo Lung and !d le lid Tin after." pa n Jo Lung?" NM," said Halg, sorrow-regarding sorrow-regarding the speaker, "yon apposed to be an anthorltv jMutownp laraejimlWL h written It op for my pa-I pa-I he confessed. (He was Lon-jMrrespondent Lon-jMrrespondent of the New York ferae.) But t geem t0 nave looked Jo Longl" Jort wonder ! Halg admitted. k aot an easv mm tn . , w Qiiur,, f froa" wMch, he Isn't the f Ter- The Big chief la the wmpemsed the removal of raw from the Wallaroo to- hi who li the Big Chief r i fii not sure. I wnn palg replied. "Let's stick to f i it It rtoflremen, supporting each .ttthl, moment reeled r.Asthey disappeared, opened ,0 admit a ens- KtleM the firemen. A iJ an evidently, but sober. Woan- 0 reported-"nd ktettTled. aj he fCrf"8 Dp Promptly; iC. "The V TheTL 80 orIenta aea- to Wlckham ri. f lint-' W5?!here- But I'm J. Just aa I ra. sad street case, ! said n. C3 3. tab S. tat I irn ra8e P Ai, went to nnder-080 nnder-080 yoa talk nmnan. Wlckham r y Lancashire sees 00 Jon, Inspec- Dawaon Halg; inter- 5 im " OLU loia, a -"2 a. own a M 1 it tie It u " ickham ' Uttor --JJJ ne t M it f myvfA N HEE SEE ILAUG W.N.U. SERVICE back in the car with me. Norwich, carry on but with Mr. Kearney, here, In my place. "And now, Kearney, listen: Here's priceless 'copy' for you though I don't know how you're going to get back I " "It doesn't matter, I'll find a way." "YouU have to gamble on a stray taxi. But this la what I want you to do. . . CHAPTER II A HEAVY wooden gate, set In a high, old brick wall, did not look very promising. Partially defaced de-faced by time and weather, the name "J. Lung" might still with dlf-culty dlf-culty be read thereupon. Just beside be-side the Inscription was an electric bell push, and to this Detective Sergeant Norwich applied his finger. "Don't forget the American accent, ac-cent, sir," he whispered. I can't!" Kearney replied. "So they tell me here." Suddenly a small door, set 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. Indistinguishable In-distinguishable In the darkness, appeared ap-peared a stooping figure, shadowly. "What you want, please?" asked a soft, monotonous voice. Peering hard. Matt Kearney made out that the speaker wore a dark blue turban. The doorkeeper was not, as one might have anticipated, a Chinaman, but an Arab bowwab. "Mr. Jo Lung," Norwich replied distinctly. "I have brought him a customer from the United States." The bowwab turned light upon the speaker's face, and: "I don't see you here before," he commented. "Maybe not," Norwich returned. "But I come from Mr. Bernardson. Look at this." He held out a card. Bony brown fingers grasped it and placed It close before the light of the lantern; lan-tern; then: "All right," said the guardian of the gateway. "Please come In." The two stepped Into a little courtyard. The Arab proved to be a gaunt man with a lined and pockmarked pock-marked 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 grat-ing overlooking the courtyard. The place was stuffy and full of cigarette ciga-rette smoke. It was evidently the sanctum of the Arab night porter. "Please wait," said the bowwab, leaving them together In the dimly lighted room. Shuffling footsteps died away In some dark place beyond, be-yond, and Kearney was about to speak when Norwich shook his head urgently. Standing there In an oppressive bnsh, a long way off In the building build-ing Kearney heard a sound. Although at first he failed to identify iden-tify It, Immediately he 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 it reminded him ... the amplified squeak of a batl It was chilling; terrifying; In some way unclean. He exchanged a rapid glance with Norwich; and Norwich stood like a man petrified. "For God's sake! What was Itr Kearney whispered. "I can't Imagine, sir. . . Ssh! Some one coming I" "It was like . . . langhter. . . ." The emporium of Jo Lung occupied occu-pied all the rooms on two floors of a rambling old building, eight or nine rooms In all, and each one literally lit-erally crammed with treasures. At times Kearney Imagined that the covered-ln ways of old Damascus lay Just around the next turning; that the Street called Straight, and not Llmehouse Causeway, adjoined this wonder-khan. On entering other rooms he was transported to the Seraglio palace, and thought that he stood In the treasury of the sultans. sul-tans. , Only the manner In which these priceless Items were displayed served to dissipate such illusions. They were piled carelessly upon rough, trestle tables. A highly civilized and well dressed Greek did the honors. "Mr. Jo Lung Is unfortunately away," he explained to Norwich. "But If I can help, I am at your service. No doubt," turning to Kearney, who was endeavoring to hide his bewil derment, "you have a definite Idea what yoo are seeking?" THE Kearney conauered hi. nent He endeavored to recall Dawson Half's instructions. Jo Lung was the biggest "fence" or dealer In stolen goods In all Tnnn t c. prise visits bad never yet caught him napping. This was a new move Detective Sergeant Norwich had memonzea a lone list of stolen w. elry principally foreign; and their goo was to try to Identify even one item In Joe's emporium, in this, Halg eC'Uld act . . . and the cases of opium lay In an adjoining yard I "My friend, Mr. Bronsen, has several sev-eral commissions," said Norwich. (Matt Kearney was "Mr. Bronsen." "But mostly colored gems." "Yes," Kearney broke In. Tm commissioned by a New York client to complete a collection of sapphires," sap-phires," "Sapphires 1 The Greek raised heavy eyebrows. "I fear I am unfortunate. un-fortunate. If Mr. Jo Lung were here he might be able to help you. But to the best of mv knnwioriyo 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 wat thrnmrh what seemed to be a collection of lamps lamps of perforated brass, of silver, of gold; lamps from Arabia, from China, and from Japan. Ja-pan. Detective Sergeant Norwich was all eyes. They entered a room resembling a small shop, and the Greek, stepping step-ping 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 al-most Insupportable silence began to bear down upon Kearney. The treas- "Don't Forget the American Accent, Sir," He Whispered. ure house of Jo Lung was the most silent place he bad ever known In the heart of a city. Its silence was uncanny. ... "Unless Mr. Lung has others In the safe," the Greek said, "these are the only colored gems in stock at present." Kearney, resting his eyes upon the Jewels, suppressed an exclamation In the nick of time. ... The tray was arranged with some artistic care, and in its center, under un-der the harsh, unshaded lamp which the Greek had switched on, blazed a group of amazingly matched fire opals. Kearney clenched his teeth and bent lower, peering dowa Here lay evidence to Justify a search of Jo Lung's premises! Beyond Be-yond any possible mistake, this was the "Dakenham necklace" the famous fa-mous rope of opals which his aunt Hilda, Lady Dakenham, had taken with her upon the ill-fated voyage of the American yacht, Miss Minnesota, Min-nesota, lost with all bands In the Persian gulf, less than a year before! be-fore! ' Yet a query leaped to his brain-was brain-was it evidence? "You are admiring the opals?" The Greek's voice seemed to come from a great distance. Kearney pulled himself together. "Yes," be said, and met the unblinking unblink-ing gaze of the man's dark eyes. "If I were buying opals I should buy these." Ton would be wise. Bnt you know Mr. Lung's methods of business?" busi-ness?" . . . "Yes. Even If I wanted to buy, I haven't the cash!" He was cool enough now. He added: "These sapphires are Indifferent Tm sorry " The Greek replaced the tray, ana: "Perhaps you will honor ns with a visit Mr. Bronsen. next time yon visit England," he suggested. Special Spe-cial requirements such as yours cannot always be met at short no-Oce no-Oce " He led them to another room. -What have you here?" Norwich asked curionsly-ln these casesr Kearney was slightly ahead when the Greek paused and looked back as Kearney observed a little memo-Eook. memo-Eook. bound in green leather, lying upon the first step. . Without attracting attention, be stooped quickly, picked It op. and Ked II fin bis pocket Here, per haps was evidence! Id the act of turning a rejoin ; massive 1n, sound-prompted Kearney to glance I w-fSBSlt LEHI SUN. LEIII. UTAH serosa the shadow-haunted expaiuw w ine mg room below. It opened directly out of the lobby of the bowwab and contained miscellaneous mis-cellaneous bulky exhibits; t 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, mummy-like, In long, clinging fur coat of what Kearney took to be brown ermine. Her blue-black hair was brushed straight back from her brow; her small, chiseled features resembled a pale cameo, but her Hps were poppy pop-py red. Unfathomable eyes were represented only by straight near-ly near-ly horizontal shadows; and one sin nlarly long, white, ghastly hand rested on her hip. He stared stared again ... and the apparition was gone! Had she been watching him? Had she seen him pick np the book? Or had she any real existence at all? was she a product of his excited ex-cited imagination? ... 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 upon this desk. Near to it back against the wall, was a mechanism mech-anism 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 manip-ulating this apparatus; and suddenly, sudden-ly, as a result of manipulation, a voice cut Into the silence: "I hope to see yon again on your next visit Mr. Bronsen," said the voice. It was that of the Greek. "Sure thing, ril be here." That 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 disconnect-ed the apparatus and swung about In his revolving chair. A soft black hat lay upon the carpet with a fur-lined fur-lined overcoat having a deep astrakhan astra-khan collar. This man's ckln resembled re-sembled the peel of a dried lemon; his Jet-black hair was stretched from a receding forehead. Half closed eyes were like silts In the yellow face, and his lips were red and beautifully formed, their redness accentuated by a small, black, bow-shaped bow-shaped mustache which arched above them. It was a smiling face, but something some-thing in It Inspired terror In the man upon whom those half-closed 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 bad the masklike, mask-like, immobile features of his race and calling. Only by a slight movement move-ment of small, sinewy hands, did be display bis discomfort Slowly, the slit-like eyes In the yellow face of the one who watched opened and the red lips smiled. . Fully opened, those eyes were terrifying. ter-rifying. Some might have found It hard to define wherein their terror ter-ror lay. Except that they seemed to be super-normally bright they were In an animal fashion, fine eyes. Their dreadful quality consisted In one simple sentence: their whites were really white whereas that part of the normal human eye Is Invariably In-variably tinted. The result being phenomenal, was horrifying. The man In the revolving chair spoke slowly, and his voice, like his eyes, were super-normal He was a big man for a Chinese, and fleshy . . . but he spoke in a key In which Caruso sang! "What did I tell you, my friend? Your mean soul said. It Is business.' busi-ness.' I said. It Is a plot'" "I was considering Excellency's interests." "And this," continued the flutelike flute-like voice, "Is how you consider them. You admit a disguised police officer and a Btranger, tonight tonight to-night above all other nights!" "I believed" "I never accept excuses. Ah V A muffled belL "Open the door. Here Is Polo-dos." Polo-dos." The Chinaman opened the baize-covered baize-covered door, admitting the lmmac-late lmmac-late Greek. As he entered: "You were wrong, Jo Lung," be said to the one who had opened for him. He turned to the man at the deck. "Excellency was right The card was certainly obtained by fraud. Of one man I can say nothing, noth-ing, but the other was a detective." "Ah!" came the reed voice. And the speaker stood up. his eyes half-closing half-closing agaia "I am sure of it . . . I was listening to every word!" ne pointed to the apparatus on the table. -No harm has been done, my lord," the Greek continued. "I was cautious. It Is regrettable, but It was remedied." The baleful glance of those half-ahut half-ahut eyes was directed upon Jo Lung. "Tonight Is more than regrettable," re-grettable," the reed voice declared. This is the second mistake of a disastrous dis-astrous day. The first was the shipment ship-ment of valuable goods In the Wall-aroo. Wall-aroo. My plans, my careful plans to be destroyed by fools !" -Notice of change came so late. ! ,. tx.ll ran? iraln. Pn. Tne aim uwi u;' .n lodos opened the padded door, and a woman came In. (TO BE OUett Dry LanJ Known Tne central mm i -" - --" o1(1et continually dry land known to science- BRISBANE THIS WEEK Protection Impossible The Railroad Crossings Things Are Better When Russia Is Rich Europe seeks some network of "treaties" to prevent a war, or bind armies and air fleets of each of those signing such treaties to protect the others oth-ers la case of attack. Unfortunately, In the new war of the air, as In secret gangster war, no protection protec-tion is possible. Where one criminal, has an "automatic" or "submachine gun," agree Arthur Brlabana ments among law-abiding citizens cannot protect them. And while one nation can secretly build and suddenly launch airships with poison poi-son gas and explosive bombs, no city can consider itself safe. France and England, after elaborate elab-orate experiments, announce that there Is no possible way of protecting protect-ing a modern city against air at tacks, even though the city knew In advance when to expect them. The only safeguard Is fear of retaliation. re-taliation. Deeply grieved by the killing of many school children at a public crossing, the President plans extensive exten-sive elimination of railroad grade crossings. Complete elimination of snch crossings would Involve spending spend-ing hundreds of millions or billions. The work would be undertaken with careful concentration on the fact that railroading Itself is bonnd to change or disappear so far as transportation trans-portation of passengers Is concerned. con-cerned. Railroads In the future must carry passengers more than one hundred miles an hour, on light railroad equipment able to climb steep grades as easily as automobiles automo-biles do now. Elimination of grade crossings will take that into consideration con-sideration and' include elimination of existing sharp curves at crossings, cross-ings, that the work may not be done twice. Dun & Bradstreet well informed in-formed usually, say that a big business busi-ness rise is coming. Their weekly survey informs you that before the end of this quarter business progress prog-ress will have developed to a degree de-gree beyond the most sanguine estimates es-timates offered at the beginning of the year. How rich will the Russlnns become, be-come, with their energetic development develop-ment of national resources, all over Russia and far into Arctic regions? And what will, be the effect on Communism, bolshevlsm and the proletariat when Russia becomes, as she may do, the richest nation on earth, and those that rule her become the world's richest men, perhaps the first multiple billionaires billion-aires in history? Expeditions sent to the Arctic have discovered coal, nickel, zinc, tin, copper, gold and oil, all inside the Arctic circle. A regular line of freight ships has been established through the northwest passage, gigantic Icebreakers Ice-breakers going ahead of the freighters. freight-ers. Already Russia produces three times as much gold as the United States. What will be the psychological psycho-logical effect on Communism when Russia produces more gold than any other nation on earth? Gambling in silver, made inevitable by this country pushing up the price, goes on all over the world; poor old China is buying back at double prices silver sold too cheap, and Britain must wish she bad been In less of a hurry to unload below 30 cents an ounce the hundreds of millions of ounces taken from India, In-dia, when India, In a foolish moment mo-ment was put on the gold basis, only to fall off again. If yon love your British cousins, rejoice. Neville Chamberlain, chancellor chan-cellor of the exchequer, says British Brit-ish Income taxes will be cut because be-cause British finances show a substantial sub-stantial surplus. That surplus appears ap-pears In spite of the fact that Britain Brit-ain is adding more than 132,000,000 to the cost of armaments. Your satisfaction In this good news may be Increased by your knowledge that the United States had the pleasure of financing the surplus and the additional armaments arma-ments to the tune t $3,000,000,000 In war debts not paid. Senator Wheeler of Montana has Introduced a bill ordering the national na-tional government to take over, own and operate the railroads of the nation banning January 1. 1933. There Is no doubt that railroad rail-road stock and bond holders would say. "Amen," If they could be aure of getting a fair price for their property. Railwad management naturally, would grieve. To give p power Is always unpleasant & Kins Fftr Symllta-te. ! WNU Service. J Requisite in Gtnis Fruits, Cabbage, Lettuce, Spinach and Tomatoes. Both Raw and Canned, Are Liberally Supplied With Vitamin C, If you have the orange and tomato Juice habit which has swept the coun try In the last few years, you are probably getting your quota of vitamin vi-tamin C, which Is found widely dis tributed among fruits and vegetables. The citrus fruits, cabbage, lettuce spinach and tomatoes, both raw and canned, are particularly well supplied sup-plied "with this vitamin. Pineapples. apples, bananas, raspberries and strawberries, string beans, carrots turnips, beans, peas, potatoes and radishes give ns almost as liberal a contribution. Because sometimes the vitamin O content is injured during cooking, it is fortunate that most of these foods are delectable In their raw state. Both tomatoes and pine apples, however, because of their natural nat-ural acids, keep their full content after cooking. This enables us to use these canned products with full confidence In their vitamin O supply. When this vitamin is very low or absent, as has been the case tn war times or on long voyages away from the source of the fresh food supply, the disease known as scurvy may afflict af-flict the community or the crew. Old records show that limes, lemons and potatoes were known as scurvy pre ventives and cures generations before the existence of vitamin O was recognized, rec-ognized, While acute scurvy is seldom sel-dom or never seen in this country, a condition of sub-scurvy, which re tards the growth and the formation of good teeth has been found In cases of undernourished children. The symptoms are loss of appetite, sore mouth and tenderness of the Joints. Some of the "growing pains" which were supposed to have been a natural nat-ural affliction of childhood may have been caused by a chronic case of mild scurvy. Plenty of fruits for breakfast the use of vegetables and fruits liberally liberal-ly at the other meals In the form of salads and desserts, will provide ns pleasantly with the essential vitamin vita-min a Clear Tomato Soup. 4 tableapoona butter U eup each onion, carrot eelery, raw ham, cut tip or diced 1 ean tomatoea U teaspoon peppercorns X small bayleaf t elovea aprlsa pariley I eprlge thyme Bait Pepper X quart white soup stock Cook onion, carrot celery and ham In butter five minutes. Add toma toes and seasonings and herbs and cook slowly for one hour." Strain carefully, add stock and season to taste. t Citrus CocktalL U cup lemon juice A cup orange juice eup grapefruit juice M cup eugar, few grains salt 1 eup mineral or Iced water Extract Juice from the fresh fruits. Combine and pour over cracked Ice in cocktail glasses. Garnish with mint sprigs or maraschino cherries. Carrot, Cabbage, and Nut Salad. 1 cap carrott, out la very fine Strips t eupa cabbage, finely ahredded H eup vinegar H cup eour cream eup mayonnalie eup aut meats, finely shopped Crisp carrots and cabbage by al- Oil From Rubber The motorist of the future may be able to obtain his petrol and oil from old tires. Government chemists of the fuel research board have discovered dis-covered that by compressing rubber and hydrogen at high pressure and high temperature a process similar to that nsed for extracting oil and tar from coal It Is possible to pro duce either motor spirits or lubricat ing olL In one experiment a temper ature of S50 degrees centigrade was reached, and a quantity of pale yel low oil equal to about one-eighth of the bnlk of the rubber was produced. At a higher temperature, 450 degrees centigrade, the scientists succeeded in obtaining a yield of motor spirit equal to half the amount of rubber used. London Tit-Bits. Dr. Pierce's Fleaeant Pellets are the original orig-inal little liver pills put up 60 years ago. They regulate liver and bowelav Adv. Great la Scienee Science Is resourceful. It couldat pry open a day-coach window, so It air-conditioned the train. Montreal Star. Says Mrs. IL E. Ryner son of Clayton, Indiana, "My cakes and pastries won 44 awsrds at the Indiana State Fair last year and ail were baked with Clabber GirL" Family's Menu lowing Ihem to stand In Ice water. Drain, add vinegar, and chill 15 minutes. min-utes. Drain and dry vegetables thor oughly. Whip cream slightly. When thick, fold In mayonnaise. Combine carrots, cabbage, and nuts and toss together lightly with sour cream and mnyonnalse mixture. Serve on crisp lettuce or as a slaw. C Belt Syudloata. WND Serrioa, Skip It Johnny Dad, they say the Saay has gone to Germany now. Dad (busy reading) Something like that son. Johnny But what win the Rus sians say? Dad The Russians! What have they to do with it? Johnny (puzzled) But 1 thought the Saar was the king of Russisv Montreal Dally Star, NEUTRALIZE Mouth Acids by chewing one or more Milnesia Wafers WEAK AND MISERABLE! lire. J. K. Elcitrom el SIS W. Oak St, Ogdto, Utah, eaidl "I euflered from irregularity. 1 felt wrak and tired all th while and had paint in the am all of mr back. I uaed Dr. Fieree'i favorite I'rescrip-tion I'rescrip-tion and it atrengiiiened1 m and helped to rid me of the feminine trouble. I' 1 -xSzj'y ifBl grew etronger feJt like a different person. Write Dr. Plerce'i Clinic, Buffalo, N. V,. (or free medical advice, till WATCH YOB H KIDNEYS! Be Sure They Properly Cleanse the Blood YOUR kidneys are constantly filtering fil-tering Impurities from the blood stream. But kidneys get function, ally disturbed lag In their work-fall work-fall to remove the poisonous bod? wastes. Then yon may suffer nagging; backache, attacks of dizziness, burning, scanty or too frequent, urination, getting up at night, swollen feet and ankles, rheumaUe pains; feel "ail worn out" Don't delay! For the Quicker yca get rid of these poisons, the better your chances of good health. Use Doom's Pin. Doan'i are for the kidneys only. They tend to promote pro-mote normal functioning of the kidneys; should help them pass off the irritating poisons. Doan't are recommended by users the country over. Get them from any druggist DO Airs PILLS Maw.-'' .. -.W (Einticimsn SoapeuU Ointment Containing cmc-ilient and heeling properties, they soothe and comfort tender, eaaOy irritated skins sod kelp to keep them tree from irritation. lel.'I.Vitei.T.WVArl.T i .i im iiiiirrii |