Show N A 0 I 1 alft avau BY SAX A H AV ROMMER by SA botimer SERVICE CHAPTER XII XI I 1 continued 17 im hotl gaelles banged his hand upon the table to emphasize his words no harm can be done by hiding the baubles baw bles bies theres only one place we can hide them and hide bursel if were to bo be raided 1 I do not think slie she will carry it not also with a full crew said doc tor bestler Oest ler leave thal tha to me said the scotsman truculently stick to your aln province doctor ir if I 1 say she elie can carry it she can carry it lie ile stood up lip boys I 1 ho he said pro ive cad for orders because theres no one else liere here to gle them theres something wrong I 1 canna tell what it Is but our course Is plain im for transshipping the gold to the submarine and standing by wl vil all hands to submerge at tho the fairst hoot 0 danger now chos wl wil me A general roar indicated that all were with him its only us ua of the crew have anything to be afraid of lie he continued but when the chief re ta hairris irris if he does re ho he can only thank us as theres a Bree tish warship ills words dramatically were terminated by the sound of a distant gunshot gaelles looked down at doctor bestler Oest ler whose face suddenly had grown very white the panther he said calmly shell be putting a boat as horel 0 0 S 0 the establishments controlled by yulan runn hee see wherever they might be had one notable characteristic te there was a secret entrance and exit in the case casa of the cafe magrabi Ma grabl there were two such entrances and exits one opened upon a narrow lane at the back bach into an old house which adjoined the establishment of hassan and while british and american agents had watched the cafe elleen elken was taken into this house and offered for when at about two dawson halg haig arrived the dingy shutters of the cafe magrabi ware closed the party accompanying halg haig had these shutters down in a trice halg haig leading they dashed into the dirty cate where there had been a matting curtain leading to the short corridor beyond a en door now showed they broke it down this was the sound that mingled with a gurgling shriek had formed E El leens last waking memories haig dashed doyn three wooden steps eileent Eilee Elle ent nl he cried lie he was on his knees beside a pathetic white figure half draped by a dirty coverlet ills his teeth clenched in furious anger he drew it more closely over herand eagerly bent ben this hta head thank god 1 he whispered thank god V I 1 halg haig gave one last glance at the girls pale face before racing up the steps stells upon the other alde sida of the room the door was barred the sergeant hurled himself at it and the first impact of his bla two hundred pounds did dad the job upstairs serge sergeant antl I 1 take three wal men send three more after mol me I 1 llila ducking clucking his head ead h raced ea cd down into the short tunnel onnel which led to the house of the potier potter ile he found himself in an empty lobby ran up tip a wide staircase and into a saloon with shuttered shuit Bli uttered ered windows one lamp burned above that divan upon which eilpen had ila d been submitted to the judgment 0 of r th hechler hech e lef eunuch of ills serene highness he crossed to lo a door ampro approached a ched by steps and pushed push cil cautiously on oil the threshold of the room beyond lie he fell back A nia man jay apon upon tie the floor door in iii a pool of blood his throat torn as though by the tangs fangs or of a wild animal I 1 1 tills was how poor norwich Nor died I 1 the rho thing ausaw I 1 saw in london londin la Is here somewhere I 1 kilt the rit holB was empty from moldy decaying roof to stinking collars I 1 the only person other than elleen found on the lie was aswall ll aslin his hl jugular by curving teeth his blood pumping purn ping out from those ghastly wounds and halg flaig thought lie detected a fail it smell of musk in a long low hangar lia ngar which from above front from nn an airplane for exilla lite ile resemble no mure more lhnn a mound in the rips tip seri crt the german U UI boat It hought bought for ii til pur liy by nn an fluent of yalan flee see sea three years before and lost owing itis tn the of hr a tow rope on tier wy from the australian ati yards lav I 1 ly pr lalita suspended brwn tin thi roof it T 1 ri rennis inis jv ap ir rina rin a poured like black ants up and down het flat gangway the upstream laden with small heavy boxes the downstream empty handed two million pounds in money was thus tr transferred ans from the dhow at anchor in the nearby harbor to the hidden submarine on the light flooded wharf doctor Oest bestler ler excited by ninny many glasses of champagne grasped the arm of macales ng as the scot came down the gangway shut your mouth ho he replied roughly danna sall ball wl wil we mo it if yo ye ha doubts 1 I tell you mac said the doctor hoarsely she Is overloaded ila iia gaelles broke away from the detaining hand but the austrian physician was not without supporters len chow second in command of the U hoat boat stood by him 1 I agree with the doctor lie he said in tits his monotonous tones tonea that only two tons tona should be shipped go to h 11 ll lie ile brushed uen len chow aside and passed on an arab boy came running A launch from the gunboat was heading tor for the letty jetty there goca the last five thousand said the wasp and raising his voice all aboard I 1 he cried do yo ye sall sail gaelles asked doctor bestler Oest ler the austrian thought money opens many doors ila ha there was no escape if he remained ashore the marquis and the pasha plainly had deserted the sinking ship and the danger must have been great ha since they had left two millions of minted money behind them doctor bestler nodded briefly and walked up the gangway followed by gaelles and len chow they slipped out to the open sea oest ler from the forward conning tower saw the threatening gray lines or of 11 M Sp S panther anther lying half a mile outside the reef len chow gave the order to submerge only through the periscope did that shape remain visible they sank lower doctor oest ler ran down a cramped iron ladder lie ile stumbled and clutched they can never see the periscope 1 lie he cried why do we submerge so deep the whole fabric of bf the underwater craft shook suddenly and quivered mael mad bestler screamed desperately pera tely chow I 1 gottl were aground I 1 the scotsman stopped his bis engines other voices came dimly at first then raised to shouting pitch doctor bestler Oest ler said maclies Mac lles mr len chow ye were right in a ye said I 1 were overloaded theres five fire fathoms between us and gods goda sunshine and no human power can raise us lis to it were burled under the sea wt two million pounds an our sins I 1 I 1 the iron framed doorway was c crowded with ghastly faces blitch ilea ilca sprang to his feet dropped to tits knees and raised ills iteal and ills his locked hands 0 lord 1 lie he cried for tills this one woo deed in a starlit sinful life vare spare me a grain 0 mercy 1 the inhabitants of that nameless town dominated by thu tho palace of yuan ilea willing servants of the master on the hill had down at the moment t that the battleship had showed her noso nose over the horizon the palace surpassed anything which lieutenant Mark markham barn had seen or imagined the female inhabitants huddled in cushioned cor con ners nera were staring wide eyed at tho the intruders lieutenant markham pressed dressed on through more and more extravagant apartments and suddenly found muscular arms about tits neck and tearful dark eyes ayea looking up into his own I 1 oh thank god I 1 seo see you I 1 cried celeste nut but tell me quickly Is all she safe Is silo safe the little girl 1311 leen ean who was wag herot she means miss kearney Kc arney sir said one of the party the american lady who disappeared in rort port said lieutenant markham looking into tho the quivering face suddenly understood der stood 1 I ani am sorry he said truly sorry but I 1 have no news of her but I 1 think its as the womans comans massive seemed to become limp aslie she Is safe one of the right sort sir air said the former speaker sho she could give us a few tips 11 1 I can give you no tips roy my friend celesto celeste replied sorrowfully all I 1 know la is what happened inside these walls 11 she waved eloquent hands but in that room there slie she pointed dramatically to a narrow door paneled in dull gold an 10 lo that room there this morning something happened I 1 thank a good thing when the locked door was vai broken down a horrified group stood on the threshold of a room entirely paneled in gold lacquer lying across a divan covered with black I 1 cush cushions lons delicate ivory body gleaming through tho the fine texture of a silken robe lay orange blossom tier her downward hung head ghastly because of the blood which had drenched it IL great G d stirl ennio came a hoarse whisper some wild animal has been at her look at her throat att I 1 0 0 Dar darling lingl 1 dawson haig whispered oh my iny dar darling lingi 1 thank nodi elleon eileen opened tier her blue eyes and looked up at him wondering then with a slow smile sho she twined her arms about tits hh neck and drew pis his head down to her breast dawson claig held heid tier her tightly ne ile had done much and gained much at last lie ho had justified hla his quixotic choice of a profession lie ile had fashioned a stepping stone he knew it which would carry him from the criminal investigation department ot of new scotland yard to the goal of ills his ambition ile ho had been instrumental in breaking up a formidable InI dAbIO organization a danger to the civilized world was being combed air force pilots were watching all roads to the lied sea tho the camel corps were at bir ambar and the secret base was in the hands of the navy what Is it my dearest elleen eileen whispered ITO he strolled tier her thick waves of coppery hair nothing darling 11 he replied but save for one glimpse in london he had never yet come within reach of the thing which tore human throats and somewhere deep down in his mind he ha seemed to io hear the high batilde laughter of yuan uco see sec THE END |