Show E viCe IN II 1 I I I RE m-RE TOD Ton Y Y YI I I Paul Harin criminal tor tor la IS engaged by Sir Charles to solve for tor or Isis hi bl the th myc my- t tory ry of ot constant surveillance b by pel sons unknown to him While Harley Is 1 dining at the th homo home Sir Charles falls all to tIle tit tb floor In a 1 dying condition haney y insIstS ln l that In JB poisoned pol on d The lt Il words word uttered by Sir bit Charles are ara r Nicol Nicel and To Ton iru rue gus refuses rofu to Hario haney J Paul aul Harley and J Phil hll Abingdon daughter r of ot Sir Charles are ar made mad prisoners iii hI the thO homO home ot of Khan l Orion Oriental tal Nicol ret ret- re cues Phil while Paul to a IL statement written by Ormus IC h an I NOW GO CO ov ON WITH TIm Tun Tm STORY STonY Vaguely Va he I detected the tir poker p- p pik ik withdrawing 1 Inc Thereupon heaving l I a loud sigh he h r removed moved hi his coat look about n hl-n o n as It if 1 In quoit or of o Iome some place to hang It and fixing hue hi gate goze rat upon the tho th studded grating stood tood upon th the he divan and hung his hla coat over the tho spy hole py r This la accomplIshed he ha h turned table tabi was wa slowly lowly sinking through th tile lia gap cap to the th floor door be- be beneath beneath nath be-nath neath Treading softly be b moved for lor- forward for forward ward upon It It Jt continued to de do- de- de deI nd and lie he found himself in I ab-I ab- ab absolute ab I solute darkness ran on to tD the lh veran veran- veranda veranda da cIa and paused pau Kl for or a moment to take breath brath The Th tt window remain remain- remained remained ed od open DB as a Phil Phi hll had left Ift Oren I 11 li He lie Into Inlo the tb i oem with Its lt elegant lerant Persian appoint appoint- monts It was empty nut But as a he h crossed the tho th threshold he paused arrested by the tho Bound sound of a t toleo oleo oice III iii boo be- or be-or A A statement be placed tor tore you said eald aid the th voice vole and and h when hon n you o hae hM sIgned It In a few minute ou QU will be b free fr I NIcol silently dropped flat at t the th back baek of a divan as DaM Dais coming out of the th room communicated with the tho screen ereon made lii hi way stay to- to to nard ard the distant door one cr ese C e raised a above aboe bo boe e the tho Wi to toof tel of the cushions Nicol Brinn watched him the man nan who Mho bad accompanied the tho th a lad lads She had hail boen deposited then at atno atno atno no treat neal distance frt from irom m the house houe Creeping for forward to the tho doorway by which Rama Kama Dan BasS Doa had hail gone out NIcol Blinn Dunn emerged ed upon a lauding handIng from which stairs both and Faint sounds of footsteps footstep below guided him Mit and although from all out out- outward outward ward seemIng r he h appeared to stun fr tot ter casually do down donn n his hi III left lett hand handas as clutching the butt of ot a Colt automatic H i-I He found round himself In a amaze amaze amax maze of ot basements kitchens ot of the establishment no doubt The Tho sound l of footsteps no longer guld gui e ed d him Ue Ho H along alons An sinG and in III ina Ina a smaller mailer pantry discovered ered the th base bue has of a It lift shaft In om sort ort of ot small mail ele ele tor work worked lie II was wao at this hen nh n for tor or the th second time lime In his hi adventurous career a silken liken cord woo was dipped clipped tiGhtly about his hla throat I H He was tripped and ond thrown Ho He fought furiously but the fatal knee pressure canto came upon hie hi spine Ine so 0 shrewd y as a to deprive 0 hIm hm of the I th nith to 10 raise ralie h-a h hands hand My finish the th words that sounds like the thic th of a great gnat ocean heat boat upon uron big hie hi ears and dark dark- dark darkness ness neaR began to descend I Then miraculously the th I tho the sound of great creat and choking coughing ho he fought his way nay back to lIfe lite groping like a blind man an and Int log Ingo to regain hi his feet teu Mr Brinn said Id aid a familiar loice Mr Brinn The Tb realities reasserted them them- them them-riel O el es Before him palo pale pal wide wide- eed 0 oed ed and breathing heavily stood PauL and prone pron upon the floor of the th pantry lay Rama flama naos Ila s stIll till clutching one end of ot the th silken en rope In his hand Sir Mr rr harley gasped ta p d Brinn If M God air He Ho clutched at his bruised throat t I I hate haC ha hato C to thank you for or m my life 1110 lit 1 Ho He paused d looking do down don n at nt the tho prone figure as a dropping upon his Ills knees Imes turned tho the man manover manOTT over manI I I struck him behind the tho th car carh he ans an gate ca o him every d ounce n Good V I H H hail had slipped lipped his hand band inside flama Dass Doss test est et and find new now he h look lOOk lOOk-I looked ed od up his face ac very vory grim I Good nough said ald Brims Brinn cool cool- coolly coolly coolly ly He He asked kod for or It hos ho's h got tot It Take this Ho thrust the th colt automatic Into Harleys Harley's hand band as the latter stood tood up again I What hat dote do w te do Harley Search Sureh the th bou houss wa w was s the th roo re- reply ply r-ply ply ly eVer colored OU see e i shoot hoot unless I uy say ay no Into two tao t 0 rooms on 00 tho the first floor I they thoy burst to find them stripped and hare bare On th the threshold of the third Brinn stopped dear and hi his gaunt taco face grow trow hen ashen ash n Then he tottered across tho room arms out outstretched I stretched Naida Nalda lie h 11 whispered My loo 10 o My Iy lOVe hovel lovel I Paul Harley withdrew quietly lie Ho had begun to walk valk along alone the when the tho sound of or a mot met motor metor motor or brought him up sharply A limousine was as 00 being driven away from the til side olde lid entrance Not alone alono had bad he h hoard that sound His Hla HI faco deathly and lack lustre eye ye dun dully I Ion on tiro flo Moot burst burt out ot of the tho room and not heeding the tho th pre ores otI I enc ence nc of Harley Harly hurled himself 0 down n the tho Stairs Hs He H was waa as a it II a man demented an a a angel There Thero ho be ll la I 1 cried Harley Harley- Harley heading for tor th Dove Dover Doven road NIcol Brinn at the th wheel of the tho the tho th same llAmo sam In which thich Halley Hailey had hd l mado mad hi his fateful joUrny y and which had afterward bet n conceal conceal- concealed concealed ed cd In the th garage e at nt Hillside Hillside- scarcely nodded Nearer Noar r they lr drew drow to th thai quarry end and nearer twice Once One again aln tho the face foco fac of ot Khan peered out of tho the window at the rear of the th limousine They Thoy Th y drew drOW abreast t the th road rot Will was deserted And the they they- pained slightly ahead Inch by Inch feol edged the torpedo bod body nt the tho heel I of the The Orlen tal tat chauffeur ur drew drw In over ev r closer I to the tir ditch bordering the th I SIde sido Id lie H II shouted and wa Wits about to apply the th brakes brake I when the th two cars eAre car tou lIedl A rending crashed came came-a camf a and Scream cr m and the th Lie big Ine toppled to over Into the tho ditch y hit felt f lt himself hurled hurl space Shall I follow tollow on to 10 Lower Lover Clay t I truck struck ruek lain him behind Joe Uio Mr ear I ho he muttered bury sir asked ashod Inspector tor Ves sex Ws-sex excitedly Phil Phil melange e bad beI come cOlne through noarl nearly an hour h be- be i for fore and a part art had boon bon dl dis 1 patched In accordance with Brinn a Instructions Vc cr had returned to e sett en nei 1 lard bard arll too itte zt to 10 take tuk charge charee and anel now before borore the Assistant hid h to a phon phone 1 Ice said t thu hu Assistant Corn COm COmmissioner missioner Corn missioner taking U up one on of the these se eral Instruments What Even thIs till great crat man so justly for tor his placid demean demeanor or vail ta ut unable to conceal hi his amazement Yes Yee ho added d Let L t him hin com corns upi H lb Ib replaced ced tiN thil or and turning to tir Mr Brinn Is In herel herl he be h him him Footstep sounded In the Ibo th corn corri corridor dor don Canto Came Cam a rap at the door Come Corn In said ald the tho th Assistant stant Comm The Tho Th door was wn thrown thron n open op n an n NIcol Brinn entered Gentlemen Gentleman he h said laid a other gritting I pi nm hero itene to make a 1 statement nt nt I desire that a it short short- writer short hand hand attend to take tako tak It down lie H dropped weakly kIY Into a chair Which placed for tor him The Th Assistant doubtless stimulated b by the of III extraordinary who now ex- ex extracted ox x a cigar t om the th breast brost bra pocket of his hi Ill 11 tilting fitting jacket and d It successfully his tired mannot mannel ni nn i and a II boll bell b ll One On h Attend Mr ho h sold said saidA i A knock came cum at the tho door and a sergeant sog entered blend y nd l i erris directed the As- As As Two To minutes later a 10 man canto cm cantoin In ca n a notebook and foun font fountain fountain tain cain pen pon The Th Assistant motioned him to 0 a II chair and Pray proceed Mr Brinn ho said CHAPTER CX Brins S Story Mory of ot the City of olI I The which Mch I have to tomake tomake make will almost certainly certainly appear Incredible to ou when whon It has had ha ben been tranI I scribed l I will sign n It ItI I I Although my soy father was wo traveler I think I was a as born the tho wanderlust I started to explore the Limo orl world 1 In my And nd when hen college o none oro OVet I tot aft about the tho hole Yh re I 1 and what hILt I did UI up to the th time my travels travel led mo me to India I Is olno no Ito lt to ou or to elo because b cu In India I found heaven on en n and a hell hell a discovery to satisfy the th most ad mali live I At this pr ent time gentlemen nI I am ant not going to load you details delan The Th Spot pot at which my lire lIto if ended in 1 sense sno which I presently hope hop tomako mako olt lr can be b located at lel uro uro by the lh proper authorities s to whom I I 1 will supply o D detailed map I which I haic o In my possession am oven even pro prepared pared to guide fuld the th ex e expedition If It the tho th Indian an no expedition and to t my tn strikes Ices I Up there thero ther In th the tite pro they tiry told me sue I was cr I when l I outlined ono one on night In a amess mess meso of which I w was wa a guest at the my scheme for northeast toward a l tributary of the Ganges Games which would bring brine moe me meI meto into to du the tho th of n duo du right under und r the tho shadow dow ot of o Iv- Iv Ev Everest I crest erest Bordering an Independent stat state tat this territory Is Ia not at all well kno know n but I had secured scoured no as a a a guide guid eulda I a man mart named or adi Vadi or adl or that was the name nam he be b ga gate a amB 0 mi- mi mB whom I I know knew to 10 be b a hIgh caste casto of good family He H had boon with me mor for tor metor some somo time tim and I thought meI I I could trust hint him OnCe one olear of ot British territory I took him Into m my r I the tho real object ot of o my Journey In iii Our It jIt zt Inane |