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Show BEAVER PRESS iANUFATHERS IN CONCERT t..AMhera formed a glee club Cve a concert In Lambeth, Eug-- iouiu bw nut mug but a ctuuuii'ei sky. She was aware of an unfa miliar lassitude. Her limbs, too. had a leaden feeling. But as the truth of her surroundings crashed In upon her mind, she threw off the coverings and sprang to the floor. NM grauaratnerg rrtntly. played the a "call boy ,i far her aged seventy-foumembers of the audience Ur f . holnari with rhO- fLrfinof such sngs or w years Ko - Mabel," "Bnnnlng Up "The Girl In boM Stairs" hnafore Dress." and the ZLgrandfather T S ;END r, DAWSON )fik0 FOR THIS GIFT! I0KNE CHAPTER VIII HEF SAX ROHMER 'QUINTS' COPYRIGHT jlRTHDAY BOWL W.N.U. SERVICE Continued 11 said the Marcont mHn might reply, 'Miss Kearney wen 4Well,H Vnt to anyone for 2 Quaker or lather' Oats trademark and fcto help cover special postage ""v" munlcate handling charges. (15c in faada.) Send to The Quaker jots Co., Box I, Chicago, IIL - iu agents' tnat sort." "That'll do," Auvise com or something of oil ui. said Rattrav. "He' sure to send a message to me when he gets it. In the meantime, I shall have to think how I'm going to re But don't be surprised, m ply. lad, If you hear the sound of a lou splash In the Red sea. It'll only be Doctor Oestler." . . i rDawson riaig naa neara every word of the conversation between Mohammed and Joseph. It had been conducted directly above his head as he crouched below the trap. Since he knew no eastern tongue, he wa grateful to both for speaking Eng lish. The creaky tones of old Mohammed were unmistakable. Moham med was the proprietor. And he suspected Joseph to be none other than the fortune teller whom he had followed ashore. Later, he was to consider this matter of language again more coolly: the curious circumstance that these two did not address each other In Arabic. It was destined to play a big part in his lone cam palgn against the powers of lu'an made to celejThis brate the selection of Quaker pats as the cereal for the Quintuplets, even first birthday. You I)ionne this souvenir. A leautiful design in lifetime liromium, 6" in diameter, useful for serving many things, lend now to address above. offer is TAMINB FOR KEEPING FIT... it LAUG y SAX ROHMER CHAPTER VII & II ee See. 'Mohammed, with surprising agility, must have skipped when he had led him to what had been designed to be his finish. The Armenian dropped upon one knee, pushed the trap fully open, and secured It Halg craned cautiously forward. Joseph was peering down Into the "Bath of Feathers." He turned and walked to the door beyond, tried It, and uttered an Impatient exclamation. Halg ducked behind the pile of carpets. The man circled the open trap, went back again by the way he had come, and In a few moments re- turned. He walked past the raised trap and inserted a key in the lock of the closed door beyond. Whereupon: "Hands up!" The Armenian dropper to his knees In a flash, whisked around, drew a pistol from his pocket with miraculous agility, and fired as he crouched ! Crack of two shots came together. Joseph dropped his automatic, half rose and toppled forward Into the "Bath of Feathers." A stifled cough came up from the drugged pit Halg stood still listening. To the sickly sweet fumes had been added the tang of powder. Clouds of feathery dust were rising from the Bath. He circled around to the door. The key was still In the lock. He opened It A flight of wooden steps led downwards. Descending, he found himself In a small square cellar. On his right was a stout low wooden door communicating with the base of the pit Before him he saw a narrow packing case undoubtedly designed as his coffin ... HAIQ stared down at oblong box lying upon a mud brick floor. Respect for the efficiency of the Hee See gang began to claim him. Jo Lung of Lime-hous-e was no more than a spoke In the wheel. . Doctor Oestler was merely another. There was a di recting Intelligence greater than any of these, by whom the smallest detail was never neglected. He marveled at the man's knowlthe man who edge of psychology had laid this trap for ivim. now could he have anticipated that his. Halg's, professional curiosity would have led him to seek for that oth er entrance upon the pretext of leaving the shop by a shorter route? This oblong box was ready for him. It was packed with straw; loose lid rested upon the floor beside It A tin of nails, he saw, and a stout hammer. What had they planned to do with his body when It had been nailed In the box? Ob vlously the duty of the Insidious Joseph, having hauled him out of the trap In the pit, had been to se cure him in this coffin, and then what? Certain "porters" were coming for the crate iit sunset," he recalled These "porters" must not see him. He must escape from the premises of Mohammed. Mohammed! . . . That name had occurred In the diary of Yu'an Hee See! . . . and under the date of the Wallaroo's arrival at Port Said ! Eileen's abduction had been planned In Iondon ! "Calm, Billy!" he said aloud, "Pull yourself together. (Jo easy." He considered the trapdoor; and now he observed hanging upon a hook beside It a sort of grnppllng Iron attached to a long rod. The door possessed two rings by which obviously It was Intended to be raised; there was a big bolt at the top by means of which It might then be kept tn place. He hesitated no longer. Stepping forward, he grasped the rings, lift ed the trapdoor, and secured the bolt A suffocating stench from the feathers all but choked him. He took down the Iron from Its place on the wall, thrusting It through the mound and into the pit He groped about until, slckenlngly, the hook established contact with what he knew to be a human body. Leaning back heavily, he dragged dragged, until at the edge of the ... lie detected the presence of Jo seph as he knelt above the trap he heard his retreat listening. QUAKER OATS Thpn he Inhaled ing footsteps. equals) again, cautiously, and standing there In that drug-lade3 CAKES OF pit, thought hard and swiftly. FRESH YEAST The light shining through the chink aided his calculations that the and Mother's Oats ere the tame Eileen woke from a troubled hinged end of the trap was to his dream, vaguely wondering what was which his to opened, left, and that obstructing the porthole of her cab-IMuseum for Rare Books right There was no ring on the Something to do with Doctor Bessa (Ukraine) S!ate library underside, but he was not defeated Oestler. Was It that Doctor Oestler He carried a pocketknife which was opened a museum of rare books. was standing between herself and a kind of small armory, containing amongst its armaments a strong corkscrew. It was pitifully short, but THE STORY FROM THE BEGINNING since It represented the difference to his Matt Kearney, young American living- - In London, says good-b- y between life and death, he decided, sister Eileen, on board the Wallaroo. The ship Is conveying 2,000,000 In suffice. must It that grimly, gold to Australia. Kearney meet Inspector Dawson waig, or Bcotiana He groped about above him. The Yard, very much In love with Eileen. Halg is on me iraii oi opium ne is called to otner auty, ne planks ran right and left parallel convinced la concealed In Jo Lunga warehouse,visit the place and find out to Detective Norwich, with Kearney, find delegates ne could with the ladder, and he can. While there Kearney plcka up and carries away a notebook, what The planks which he turns over to Halg. Yu'an Hee See, leader of a band of Internatwo Inset h were strong but roughly Joined. He tional thieves. Is at Jo Lung's. He sends two of his followers after Relieve lhe distressing ' and Kearney, one of whom he realizes must have picked up the note- selected a spot and set to work with hook. Hale Is puzzled over cryptic notes In the book. Soon after leaving symptoms by a pplyino the corkscrew. Is not overtaken. While Halg Kearney Norwich Is murdered, but Kearney jienttKilolum in nostril Im The wood was tough, and his Is poring over the book, a monstrous creature enters, seizes It and escapes. and rubbing on chest. plement fragile. The tool survived Yu an confers with his lieutenant, Aswaml Pasha, over a mysterious coup wallaroo at Marseilles, aisguiseo. .r. nlannlnsr. Ha e boards hetherealizes the test, but his lungs were Jibbing that members of Yu'an's gang radio messages he decodes, badly, drenched as they were with From .w v a nn rtnnrA. ana mat inrj iikvv rctwsuicu " fumes from the pit .h-- ,, h.Ib- nverboard but goes over ntmseir in a oesperaie BirugKie. jii of "bath Is a lured Into If you prefer nose Inhaling slowly and cautiously, he Port Said Halg, trailing Eileen, drops, or held his breath and descended one feathers." Eileen mysteriously oisappears. throat sprav. call for th HEW MEKTHGLATUW4 tep of the ladder. He pulled gently LIQUID upon the steel handle of the knife. the porthole or was he standing door there came a hitch. He read (In handy bollle with dropper The trap responded, requiring little outside on the deck? Certainly he Justed the Iron. And so, presently, had some part In It although she through that mound of feathers effort I He descended a step lower covered with feathers suffocated In and realized that his legs were couldn't actually see him. . . . feathers out came the victim. was stewardess unfamiliar An plunged Into the feathery, poisonous One glance sufficed to show that mass. But now he could grasp the holding her head, and very gently man was dead. Ills contorted the to drink her . . something. . urclng edge of the trap. was horrible to see. But Dawface fccotland 'Halg, chief Inspector It proved to be carefully oiled son Halg bad little compassion to was a That . . board. on Yard soundand Its opening was almost spare. less. Serin above him the dimly queer thing to think of! First the keys! lie found them. so or she In natural Several years elapsed llchted passage, his first be emptied all the dead man's Next, most U bank. There's years of the only one way for stlnct was to abandon the knife and calculated transferring the contents pockets, and mental body to rid itsell of tie waste But suffering, phys wretched air. tn rtimh out into cleaner to his own. Finally, be haphazard un this some time during acidity gas, headaches, above all. Dawson nalg was a con ical At the heaved body Into the straw-line- d F'd lee,ings and a dozen other disworker: and a scheme accountable period she realized the box and set the lid In place. portsyour intestines must function. srlnnfions awful that of con premonition meaning which was to have for some twenty nails were P ttalt8 them move quickly, pleas-of which had claimed her at the Lon Holes sequencea In this very moment completely, without griping, alrewdy bored In It a saw She great stocks. ship don panas of physicians recommend peril took form In hts brain. Then, lowering the heavy trap, he There In a calm sea. a Wafers. (Dentists recommend Holding the trap with his ten sinking to be a booming noise as stood still, listening. Footsteps pom pd wafers a an efficient remedy fesis In the ' courtyard above, hand, he detached the corKsrrew. sounded uincmiesa. pouth acidify). aivea inro and, balancing perilously, snppeo the vessel darted lightly op the stairs, Psk mint flavored candy-lik- e wafers the knife Into his pocket Then, pull- Terrified, she screamed, and seemed Halg the passage, and there regained Puie midc of was voice of (Who Billy the magnesia. Each wafer ing the wooden frame fully down, to hear waiting. stood still, wno proximately equal to a full adult Billy"? She couldn't thing to avoid It he climbed Two men entered. They talked him wanted she ftu'd Jtilk of magnesia. Chewed and ducking 'bat was. n'y Billy oughly in accordance wilh the direc-so- n up and reached the passage above. ue together In subdued voices In Arawanted him desperately), the bottle or Oentlv. he allowed the trap, oper bic. He knew that they were retin, then swallowed, I'm said, "It's all right darling. nect acidity, bad breath, flatu- - ated by spring hinges, to rise again here. . . ." moving the chest Presently, heavy r 80111:00 aatl at th am Into place. He stood still, exhaling Vi was dragging footsteps told him that woman 'enable quick, The kindly, unknown were carrying It up the stairs plea- and Inhaling, to free his lungs of complete, her. ' imn I worry they Elimination. those poisonous fumes, lie looked, there, soothing I the to courtyard beyond. He heard Ineaia Wafers come in bottles of 20 lighted SO. Clierie (ion worry. imc dimly the a rlcht dull along bump as they laid It down. wafers, at 35o and 60o While you are with me you respec-'7- , or h i them returned and closed corridor. He saw a closed door. He age. safe. . . ." of One convenient tins containinc room or me are the Into looked, door. left the were is approximately A Frenchwoman. . . . There (VTj "chtwaf Muffled sounds, voices ; and, finally carpets. There was no sound. no French stewardesses on the Wal stores rockenim out Ouletlv he stole silence. carry them. Start usinr np awaken true laroo. . . . But when Paw-ooeucious, effective wafers the spectacles of "Mr. Smith." ro rec today was unanie Eileen came. to ex ing "1. samples sent free to reg The Wallaroo bad left her berth. Halg set out cautiously It. She could not accept ner And five minutes or expiorn- ognize and the pilot was taking her dowo plore. Professional letter head. . one surroundings. when Dawson Halg burst rlon satisfied him. There was no She saw a lofty room, one end or the Canal office of Shale, the British the Into hut himself In the shop of was Ileyona to which was open. s It was quite Impossible It had four consul. The consul, standing Just flower-ladebalcony. jet out! Heavy locked doors, tnem over n.iu behind his desk, looked up. pll!nrSie counted "Thank God!" he exclaimed. "In windows defied him. three, four. two, One. over again: you have found her?" He heard the sound of an opening but spector! or plaster, room They were stone Dawnon Halg shook his head sav . loor. He slipped bnrk to the nowers. . concealed by nrtlv bundle .f carpets, dived behind a agely. "But I know where she was be real! d- Of course It couldn't kidnaped." he replied. "What I .f rugs, and, automatic In hancoverlet sh touched the silken ' don't know Is where she has been valted. she which lay, pinched on hed of the taken. But first of all. It Is most or Smoking a cigarette, and seemlnc the detected fragrance fortune tell-i- r herself ne saw wmi Important that my presence here roses. quite at his ease, the clustering whom he had followed from the here was a tray beside ner oeo. set shall not be known to a soul outside r room, 'VJI the along walked hlh rnn. this ofllee. Not a word that anyone ..t.1. Vallaroo ducklnc his llin a lacquer mipi. has seen me! The gang we are np medicrouched, Hnlg comprehensible '..sephl a BALSAM I a Inert very uIA,R to the door came think me dead, and I In. man a of against The and Jug a glass, i ' .pad. Ik lfniM4 i the death cine Imitle. was a big howl of tend them to tn on thinking It Do it vny beyond which lay Beside .fer yon understand?" a narrow cut roses was The four men In the con "nil's office Ts SHAMPOO- -1 there finis kne. xhe stared across tne rm.m wi . Wlldlv of .he trap, that they understood. signified but rnKrlL7',HltEl".MkiUi' Hire to right nnd lert Deyonusne, old toward the balcony; one of which snfe'v tones lot 1c WORTH OF ... n 1 cross-batten- Nor-wtr- luick, Complete Pleasant IMINATION t se V, Moharn-med-an- d Iron-harre- d 40; 17 "1 want iHKior oetie- aim lu woman Ednam arrested at Sues." Shale merely nodded and made a note. I want yon to get a party to gether," Halg went on rapidly. "I can easily describe the place they have to go to and here are the keys. I have Just escaped from there myself. I want It to be searched from roof to cellar, and I want the man Mohammed, who Is suppoed to be the proprietor, to be under lock and key some time tonight. Is that plain. Mr. Consul?" The consul nodded and scribbled rapidly some notes upon a pad. This he thrust Into the hand of one of the men. "For Captain Eiiis! Bring him back as soon as ever you find him!" "How do I get to Keneh?" nals demanded. "She may be there! Anyway, I'm going to see." "I'll make arrangements night train from Cairo." Shale preyed a bell button. "In the meantime, as she's an American citizen, can I leave It to you to advise Mr. Forman, her consul?" Halg asked. "I'm expecting him at any mo- LEGENDS OF AMERICA Off the beaten track In Europe, travelers sometimes find peasants who believe that the streets of America are paved with gold, and that the skyscrapers of New York are so high that, like the Alps, they are capped with suow the year round. Week's Supply of Postum Free Read the offer mnde by the Postum Company In another part of this paper. They will send a full week's supply of health giving Postum free to anyone who writes for It. Adv. Trouble Maker Usually a man who Is worried about "the future of clvllizatiou" la going to make trouble for people. r piE? o I SURE- -I USE lw'j ' "Mvf . L. V I TUNIS NOW SI ment" "Good enough, nave yon ever heard of a man called Hassen es Suk In connection with Keneh?" "Xo." The British consul shook his head thoughtfully. "But they SIMPLE SIMON may know In Cairo. I'm having yon MET A PIEMAN met there." AND ORDERED THREE OB FOURi Alone In the single, rocking HE NOW EATS TUMS coach of the special train charWHEN HEARTBURN COMES . . . n Daw-sotered by the British consul, DON'T SUFFER ANY MORE I , Halg sat, planning planning planning. That the duty SAYING appointed to the fortune teller, now nailed in the box designed for himTO FAVORITE self, bad been to dispose of his isn't only pie that disagrees with tome body, and then report to a certain people. Many say that even milk gives them a gassy stomach. The very best foods may In Keneh was clear Hassam bring on acid indigestion, sour stomach, gas, enough. heartburn. Millions have found that Turns relieve acid indigestion. Mu'ich 3 or 4 A brief note presumably that quickly after meals or whenever smoking, hasty eating, "letter of travel" referred to had last night's party, or some other cause brings Turns contain no harsh been tn the man's Inside pocket. It on sad indigestion. alkalies, which physicians have said may inconsisted of an unsealed envelope crease the tendency toward acid indigestion. Instead an antacid which neutralizes stomach "For Joseph." acid, simply addresfted, but never the stomach or The superscription was typed, and blood. You like their minty taste. Only 10c. FOR THE TUMMY the enclosed note also. This ran: "Report at once to Hassan at Keneh. This Is your IntroducTUMS ARE ANTACID tion. Tickets herewith." And It was I CAMV NOT A LAXATI' signed In Ink: "Chief." week al your (lriwifi'l'l Hoau- A second-clas- s ticket Port Said PDPF St Si Si. UfulftColor wltb the purchua ot a loo nU of Tmmm to Cairo, and another Cairo to or hmeiaetorbox ot MR Ttm All Vegetable ! Aratlve.) Keneh, were folded Inside the note. "The girl Is safely on the way." . . . Those words, overheard, Halg A Bit in All had never forgotten. They drummed Selfplty Is always ostentatiously through his brain In tune with the lenouuced, but everybody has a Utclatter of the train. ile. There was no other clue amongst Joseph's possessions, but Halg had removed and retained the man's I CI VMnilTL'l greasy tarbush. Eileen, perhaps, had been taken AUTOMOBILES to Keneh ! That she had been lured Into the "Bath of Feathers" Halg in Awards for was not prepared to believe. Yu'an $A Hee See had not ordered her death, Shippers but had ordered her to be taken who prepare their pelts carefully and pss' living. tlcipste in Sears 7th National Fur Show. You don't even have to sell your furs What for? through Sears. FREE new Tips to Trappers The answer was one which nalg book tolls how you may share in awards. Also how Sears art as your agent, getting hadn't the courage to face. He was w""u value we be you In possession of evidence Indicatk I Lev highest obtainable for your furs. Mail coupon below. ing that Yu'an Hee See was a slave lYJ . dealer on a large scale, possibly Matt to tmint the most Important slave trader below nearest to yow now left In that evil traffic. Stories ROEBUCK and CO. SEARS, had reached his ears of unhappy Chicago Phlladalphia Memphis from Central roundAfrica, negroes Dallas Kansas City Seattle ed np by the fierce Arabs who from Please mall me, without cost or obligation, fur time Immemorial have looked npon hipping tags and latest edition oi "Tips to blackblrdlng as a legitimate trade. Trappers.". But that white slaves were bought and sold by this organization he . State. had never even suspected; even Postofflee, , M M M 9m now was not prepared to believe. Rural Boot. . Box What answer, therefore, remained Street Address . to his question? B8W241 To sell a cultured woman, daughter of a United States official, as black slaves were sold, would be Good Taste Good taste comes more from Judgutterly Impossible. . The most reckless buyer would hesitate to bid ment than from Intellect for such merchandise. Such a slave would be difficult to retain, Impossible to subjugate. And the risks were Incalculable. Only one liv ing man had the power and the audacity to perpetrate such an outrage. . . . Dawson Halg clenched his fists and gritted his teeth at the thought He stared out of tbe window, striv MOSQUITOES ing for composure. . . . And there, on the Canal FLIES'SPIDERS steaming slowly along her way down to Suez, was the Walana laroo! He stood np In his excitement The passengers were waving OTHER their hands. INSECTS (TO BE CONTINUED) in grim-faced- "NO" Stop FOODS k 11 k TUMS JV' ' I! y 7RA00 ffjIwll""FUR --m Mm- Ko,... A. ' 1(1 II: Jujube Tree on Exhibition An exhibit representing the Jujube tree, which a'though Introduced on a tmall scale In the United States Is still alm(st unknown In this country. Is blng shown In the hall of plant life at Field Museum of Natural History, according to a bulletin from that Institution. The Jujube Is a small tree of the buck thorn family, native to northern India and China, where It has been In cultivation for thousands of years. 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