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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1934-05-24, Page 2, SYNOPSIS Hurried removal of rive orates of Op- lum from the liner Wallaroo carrying 2,000,000 ponds in gold to Australia -- discovery of a diary dropped by Yuan Hee See, in the Limehouse warehouse of Jo Lung, London's biggst fence" --the murder of Sergeant Norwich of Scotland Yard --discovery that Yu'an's agents on the Wallaroo are shadowing EllPen Kearney with whom Detective Inspector Dawson Haig is in love—all this occurs before Eileen is kidnapped when she goes ashore at Port Said after being induced by an Armenian fortune teller named Joseph to accompany Dr. OestIer to the Mystery Shop of Mohammed. Both Oestler and Joseph are among Yu'an's agents. Haig, trailing Eileen, is plung- ed into the drugged Bath of Feathers but escapes and gets the drop en Jos- ,eph who topples in the Bath. Haig takes all his papers, nails the body into the packing ease intended as his coffin, using Joseph's credentials, makes his way into Arabia. Escaping arrest Oestler disappears from the Wallaroo and appears at Yu'an's headquarters in Arable where Eileen first regains con- sciousness. It is evident as Yuan and .Aswami Pasha talk that they intend to capture or sink the Wallaroo. Haig disguised as Joseph, gains entry to the house . He is assigned to outside guard duty at Yu'an's palace. Tuan and Aswami Pasha aboard submarine lure the Wallaroo from her course with a wireless appeal for aid, CHAPTER 25 (Cdnt'd) Dawson Haig went on duty at noon. His "beat" was some two Hailes in extent. But in all the vast, gardens and orchards, pavilions and outhouses it embraced, he met with nothing except numbers of those magnificently proportioned uegroes who seemed to grow upon the estate of Yu'an Bee See as freely as palms. These were the eunuchs to whom Kid Brown had referred contemptu- ously, But Haig realized that they could be very formidable opponents. The sinister Jackal would soon be safe in a drug-induced sleep. Four hours lay before him in which to Justify his foolhardy- enterprise of penetrating alone to the stronghold of the enemy, One clear fact he had grasped. The men allotted patrol duty were no more than watchdogs, probably selected for their known savagery. Haig wondered if his predecessor had been promoted or assassinated; for his, obviously, was one of the low- liest tasks, From the great mansion itself he was excluded, Burned up by impatience—not dar- ing to speculate about Eileen—he walked slowly towards the northern extremity of his patrol. And a curi- ous fact obtruded itself. All the eun- uchs had disappeared! And now, coming in sight of the wall which marked the boundary on the north, he heard again, dimly, that babel of many tongues ...... but outside, in the distant tree -bordered street which led down to the town a.. At one point an old iebbekh tree overhung the great wall. Haig ran to it, mounted to the lower-most branches, climbed higher, and could see over the wall. .A. straggling pro- cession was winding down the street towards the port below! The eunuchs he could identify by their liveries, but there were many others who wore no distinguishing dress. There had been an exodus from the great house. Could he take ad- vantage of it? Along a path border- ed by almond trees, he walked. Above everything—he must keep cool. Al- ways, Eileen came into the fore- ground—but he knew, and his con- science cried out, that even greater stakes were being played for. * * A state of the wildest excitement prevailed aboard the Wallaroo. What had happened? Had war suddenly been declared? The underwater craft bore no distinguishing number and flew no flag. Then, a smartly dressed man wearing a. tarbush bad come off in her boat. Up in the captain's room, Aswami Pasha stood by the desk, smiling. He had boarded the Wallaroo alone, and apparently unarmed, leaving one man, a recognizable puglist, on duty at the ladder head. There was some- Christie's r r OWl°OOtS For more than eighty years preferred and by the mothers .of Canada because of their proven purity and maintained quality, ONTARIO DEPARTMENT of PUBLIC WELFARE Provides for The dependent aged—through the Old Age Pensions Plan. The dependent widow and children * by means of Mothers' Allowances. Neglected children—through Children's Aid Societies. The socializing of problem boys and girls -- in Trainng and in Industrial Schools. Needy veterans—through the Soldiers' Aid Commission and Veterans' Welfare Service. ONTARIO LEADS IN SOCIAL LEGISLATION Honorable W. G. Martin, Minister M. A. Soi"solell; Deputy ,ilinister thing territying to the Z gyptian'e sinning audacity- Captain". reterson'a grey face was very grim. "I carry three Hundred passengers," said he, .oa hundreds al.d:eeighty os them women and children -or, by God! I'd take yogi at your avord," The Egyptian shrugged his should- ers, "We are both under orders of my commander in ,the submarine, and you, at the inonaent, under mine." "It appears to ane, • six," Rattray said, turning to Captain Peterson, "that this thing's an unholy great' bluff." Through a window of the captain's cabin Aswami Pasha pointe.. to where the wreckage of the mainmast lay, half over the starboard rails. "You see, we do not hesitate," he murmured. "The dhow has reached position," the Egyptian went on, "and—" glancing at a jewelled ,wrist- watch—"I must notify you that you now have exactly three mint as in which to make up your mink cap- tain." A boat, packed with negroes; and manned by four Arab rowers, was coming from the dhow. The captain exchanged glances with Jack Rat - tray. "No alternative, sir—none what- ever," said the latter savagely. "Pas- sengers come first, We daren't risk it." The skipper nodded, and crossing,, swung open the door of a safe. He handed keys to the purser. . And so, from the bullion room be- tween decks, two millions of minted money was removed, taken down the ladder, and transferred to the i1how. It was contained in wooden boxes, each holding five thousand pounds, and not too heavy for one man to carry. The work 'was done by a team of huge uegroes. In a constant pro- cession, coming and going like magni- fied black ants, they worked; until all the boxes were removed from the Wallaroo. The transshipment, carried out with admirable dispatch under the orders of Aswami Pasha at the head of the ladder, was completed in Iess than a quarter of an hour. 'r * * CHAPTER 26 In the control room of the sub- marine Yu'an Hee See received con- stant messages from an unnamed source, Len Chow, the second in com- mand, delivered them: "P & 0 BENDIGO INWARD TWENT MILES SOU' SOUTH- EAST." "BIBBY LINER OXFORDSHIRE OUTWARD FIFTEEN MILES NOR' NORTHWEST." "AMERICAN FREIGHTER JOHN CLAY ADEN TO SUEZ TEN MILES DUE SOUTH." On recepit of this third message, Yu'an Hee See spoke into a tube. "There is too much delay," he said. "Signal to Ali to draw off in the dhow." He studied the scene on the Wal- laroo. Aswami, at the head of the ladder, raised his hand signifying that the order het already reached him. Three negroes carrying chests, the last of the consignment, climbed into the boat. Aswami followed. Behind a four -inch quick -firer train- ed on the liner, the crack German gunner waited and watched. Jo Lung and the Wasp had other duties. The boat pulled off to the dhow. SOAKS IN DEEPER Because the new Instant Rit possesses one Clement that no other tint or dye possesses, it soaks the color right in. Dissolves com- pletely . , . dyes beautifully evenly , . , cad lasts, and lasts, and lasts, FREE Send the front of 2 ..211 Pack* e* for FREE copy of "The A B C of Hoge Rug Making" to John A. Huston Co, Ltd.. t0' aledonia Rd.. Toronto. u HAVENITIIIwar WITH 111 NEW No Inger Hemi Dissolves Instantly. 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'7 Orange Pekoe Blend Fresh from the Gardens Yu'an Hee See spoke again down the tube: "Ali is to take both boats in tow without transshipping the last load." This order was transmitted to a man forward on the deck of the submarine and shouted tp Aswami Pasha. Captain Peterson, bare -headed, grey -faced, stood on the bridge of the , Wallaroo, It all seemed unreal, utterly impossible. Even now it was difficult to believe that the pirates had been actually on board his ship— without a blow struck, and removed that previous cargo under his eyes .... Yet, had there been any alterna- tive? Even if the Wallaroo had car- ried a gun, the fate of all those wo- men and children below must have rested upon the success of one shot. He stood listening to the pulsing of the auxiliary engine on board the dhow,—watching the uegroes scram- bling onto her stern. Then the boats swung out on tow lines, and the dhow headed in for the head of that rocky island near to which they lay. 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