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Removal
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pounds of gold to Australia --discovery
of a diary dropped by Yu'an Ree See,
head of an internatioa al gang, In the
warehouse of Jo Lunt;, one of London's
biggest fences" ---the mureder of De-
tective Sergeant Norwich, of Sootiand
Yard—all these precede the appearance
Of Inspector Dawson Haig on board the
Wallaroo when that ship stops at Mar-
seilles, Eileen 1-Cearney, with whom
Haig Is in love, Is a passenger. Yu'an
Ree See has five agents aboard, one of
whom, Dr. 0 stier, is informed by wire-
less of Haig's presence. Another, a huge
Chinaman, tries to throw Haig over-
board but is himself hurled into the sea
When Eileen goes ashore at Port Said,
a fortune teller induces her to :.ceom-
pany Oestler to a 'native shop. Haig
trails of feathers byda is
as Into
the
bath
deadthe lyodungeon andidrone Josepm the
h into
the apers,
nailsbath. his body up Incs theall
packinhis g ease
Intended as his coffin, and reports Ei-
leen's kidnapping to the Consul. He asks
that Oestler r a Valerie Ednam, an c-
complice, be rrested on the Wallaroo.
Ellen regains mseiousness, in Yu'an's
headquarters, Oestler and Miss Ednam
disappear from the liner. Haig strats in
pursuit dressed a nn Arab.
CHAPTER 21 (Cont'd.)
"Hassan es-Suk," said Haig sharply.
The Negro nodded, retired into
Darkness, and presently returned, He
indicated that Haig should follow,
Haig crossed the reeking little room
almost brushing the garments of the
meerschaum smoker. A door on the
right of an uncarpeted passage was
open, four steps descending to a
sunken chamber, As the negro with-
drew, Haig watched the curtained
doorway. The first test was about to
come,
Another door at the further end of
the room opened, and a venerable
Arab entered, his peering face a
wrinkled mass,ofcunning; but his
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the inspector's mind.
"It surely can bo none other than
Joseph- who delights my eyes!" he
said in excellent Biblical English
"You are late, Joseph --but welcome
Give me the letter, my son."
was closed, "Cherie," she said, "trust
me, 1 am your friend. You under-
stand. Perhaps 1 on help. Don't
answer."
She bustled busily into the bath-
room, The Frenchwoman Closed the
door as she entered. "I know bow it
has happened to you, cherie," came
her voluble •whisper, "It happened
so to me, also. Where were you
when last you remember?"
"In Port Said," said Eileen miser-
ably.
"Ahs" The Frenchwoman nodded
comprehendingly. "I was at Cairo
when he saw me. But that was many
years ago!"
"But tell me, 'please, where am 1
now "
"In Yemen, cherie," A large strong
arm was slipped maternally about the
girl's shoulders. She was pressed to
an ample breast. "You have courage,
great courage—I see it in your face.
And now is the time for courage --
courage .not to fight."
Eileen began to feel that she had
known this singular woman all her
life. "What do you men, Celeste?"
she asked. "What is this place --
where am 1?"
"You are in Arabia, poor baby,
Down in there—" she pointed vaguely
e --"is a little town that no one ever
heard of. Beyond is the Red Sea.
Here behind us is desert—desert-des-
ert—and then Mecca."
"But this house? Who does it be-
long to?"
"It is the house of Aswami Pasha."
"But I don't know Aswami Pasha!"
"Once, it is nearly ten years ago, I
did not know him, cherie, He Is rich
—very rich! But come, cherie. Slip
your robe off. This is the time for
cunning. But be thankful that I am
with you."
Eileen threw one white _ arm a-
round the Frenchwoman's neck. This
strange character, with her bright,
kindly eyes, was a rock of refuge.
"Oh, Celeste. You are not going to
leave me?"
"I shall be in the bedroom, and
when you are dressed I will bring
your luncheon."
Celeste hugged the frightened cap-
tive tightly, and went out, closing
the bathroom door.
Shuddering, Eileen dropped the
garage robe which had enveloped her
when slie had awakened, and stepped
into the bath.
Behind what looked liked the grat-
ing of a ventilator, high in the bath-
room wall, two points of light glit-
tered and disappeared. Yuan Hee
See walked slowly out of the cupboard
room above onto the mahogany floor
of the saloon which adjoined. it. He
nodded slowly, as one who has Clinch-
ed a satisfactory bargain. And, cross-
ing to the door, he hissed softly.,.„.
Haig silently placed the letter In
the claw-like hand of the old Arab.
Hassan es-Suk barely glanced at It,
but, plunging his fingers beneath his
robe, produced another, identical in
appearance.
"It is well, Joseph," he said, "The
wise man cultivates paucity of speech
but abundance of observation," He
watched, as Haig, noting that the sec-
ond envelope bore the same type-
written superscription: "For Joseph"
—opened it and took out the slip of
paper it contained. This was what h9
read:
"You will leave immediately by car
for 'Koseir. Report at the house o'_
Dr. Julian Hess. Chief."
Dawson Haig nodded, and placed
letter and envelope in his pocket. "I
am ready, Hassan," he said, "to obey
my orders, when 1 have cooled my
body and moistened my throat."
Haig mounted the steps and walked
along the uncarpeted passage, pulling
the curtain aside; he stumbled over
the man who sat there—and a meer-
schaum pipe fell to the floor and
smashed.
"Inshallah!" groaned the owner.
Haig stooped swiftly, "Koseir by car
in five minutes," he whispered
"House of Dr. Julian Hess."
"Offer me money!" came a muffled
whisper. Haig put his hand into his
pocket, when:
"Give him no money!" came an an-
gry shriek from Hassan es-Suk, at his
elbow! "He is a lump of mud, a son
of filth, an unutterable Bari it was a
trick!"
Cursing, opening and closing his
talon -like hands, old Hassan es-Suk
poured forth a torrent of what Haig
divined to be brilliant invective. The
seated man shruged resignedly, Has-
san es-Suk pushed Haig forward,
"A spy—" he whispered in his ear—
"a dirty police pig! Begone—quickly!"
CHAPTER 22,
Eileen sat on the edge of the disor-
dered lacquered bed, her teeth tightly
clenched. She had completed an ex-
ploration of her prison. There was a
large wardrobe in which, carefully
hung, were the clothes she had worn
in Port Said. There was an extrava-
gantly appointed bathroom. She had
succeeded in recalling everything of
that dim past out of which she had
awakened in this preposterous place,
up to the very moment of entering the
shop of Mohammed.
She recalled seeing Dawson Haig
outside. It was then she accepted
the invitation of the aged Arab to ex-
plore the treasure house beyond.
Here her memory terminated with the
recollection of a sharp pain in her
shoulder, a sickly sweet smell, and a
sense of sudden weakness IIow
long had elapsed since then?
Her position was desperate. The
flower -covered balcony overlooked a
beautiful garden. The prospect was
terminated by a high white wall, like
the wall of an ancient fortress. Some-
thing told her that the ground fell
away beyond that wall, and that fur-
ther beyond yet was the sea. Where
was she? And where was Dawson
Haig? Had they,,,... ?
The door opened, and a stout and
kindly -looking French maid came in,
looking the door behind her. Eileen
was breathing very rapidly.
"Mam'selle is frightened," said the
woman. "No, no " meeting that
fixed, angry stare—"it is no good,
cherie, 1 am Celeste," she went on,
opening the wardrobe and taking out
Eileen's suit in the most natural man-
ner is the world, "You have been
sick -1 know that sickness—I have
bad it"
Celeste swiftly glanced up, high in
one wall to a little wooden trap. It
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Dawson Haig spent part Of `.that
night in the large caravanserai of Bir
Amber, on the old pilgrim rgdlo ^-to
Mecca. Ile had travelled from, ICeneh,
n a big French car with an Egyptian
river, over roads which were origin-
ally intended for camels. The tiny
dozed a few uneasy Hours upon a hard
bed, At daybreak they took the road
oasis was nearly deserted, and he
again, reaching Koseir about noon.
He was taken straight to the house
of Dr. Hess, a small villa looking out
upon a saltless sea. The doctor's
name appeared upon a neat brass
plate beside his doorso that he was
presumably in practice,
Dr. Hess rose from behind a table
at which he was seated, smiled signi-
ficantly, and held out his hand, Dew -
on Haig caught his breath, The
tout and prosperous -looking Hess was
Turk! Nodding, Haig handed him
he letter received from Hassan es
uuk, The doctor glanced at it, then
roe a drawer took out a third en -
elope identical in appearance, and
assed it to Haig. He now spoke for
he first time.
"You are the last to arrive, Joseph".
e spoke in French! A wave of re-
ief swept over the listener, "So 1
nderstand, doctor. But" (a .sudden
dea entered his brain) "I think Len
how and Franz cannot be far ahead."
Dr. Hess smiled even more broadly.
Nearly eight hours," he replied,
Convey to the Chief my best wishes
nd assurances. If you will follow
my servant, he will direct youto the
nay."..,...
The "letter of travel" addressed as
efore "T� Joseph", read "You will
"exceed by motorboat and report,
bier."
G-Iaig's respect for the efficiency of
e Egyptian police service was in- ,
eased at be followed the servant
wn rough stone steps to a little quay
ainst which a battered but seawor-
y motorboat was tied up: a thirty-
gbt-foot cruiser which he guessed
nceaied powerful engines under that
Iapidated hull
An aged mendicant was seated at
e foot of these steps. He grasped
aig's hand. "13akshish1 bakshish!"
whined.
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Haig pau.sed— looked down. In-
stantaneously the•nut-cracker features
were relaxed. Ho saw a young face
under the old mask. "Destination
unknown!" he whispered.
"Don't sail yet, inspector,,,..,It's Im-
possible to cover you!" came a swift
reply. Then, loudly, "Bakshish! bak-
shish!"
Haig dropped a coin, and the
clutching fingers were relaxed. "Im-
possible to cover me," he thought.
Routine did not demand that he should'
sail for this unknown place and "re-
port"! Common sense was against
It.
-Further cooperation with his Egypt-
ian colleagues became impossible.
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 net grasped it. But his sus-
picions were horrible. His usefulness
might be ended if he should be cut
off from his allies, But Eileen!
He must find her at all costs—be
near to her. Some means of 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.
The Wasp was excitedly' arguing
with the one -eyed Chinaman and
Franz, the Brandenburger. Len Chow
was deep in conversation with Jo
Lung and a villainous -looking arab
known as Ali. At a table Dr. Oest-
ler sat, apparently pleading with that
gloomy, debauched Maclles. Uncle
Tom and Kid Brown were drinking
stout from tankards,'
• There were a dozen other faces
which must have been recognizable
by anyone v.-io had been privileged to
enter that room in the Restaurant
Suleiman Bey in Paris on a certain
night when Dawson Haig had sat
waiting below. ' 'ne flowed freely.
Remarks were being shouted in
many tongues when, suddenly, Dr.
Oestler stood up. "Orders!" he cried.
The clamor subsided—died away—a
'curtain was drawn aside, and Aswami
Pasha entered. He was greeted with
a roar of welcome. He smiled, and
nodded his handsome head to right
and left. Then he raised both hands
—silence fell again.
"My friends," he said, "you speak
many tongues, but all of you, I think,
a little English, so I will address you
in English. Tonight you have been
entertained and I trust are very happy,
But after one more drink all round,
you will go to your quarters, and you
will sleep; because to -morrow is the
day for which we have been called
together again from all over the
world , ,.,.. by Mr, King."
Ile paused. The silence was so
complete that mea could be heard
breathing.
"Every man knows his job and
what is expected of him," Aswami
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 to -night, this is your own con-
cern. Another chance is being given
to you, And this time the share -out
will be enormous."
As he paused again,
murmur rose,
(To be continued)
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Baltimore—Modern methods of
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Porto Alegro, Brazil—The news-
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