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CHAPTER IX—Continued She thought of the bathroom, recalllog an impression of dim voices, above, which had disturbed her io the bath. ▲ warm glow spread all over her body, and filled with a fierce resentment she sprang up. hands tightly clenched, and walked out onto the balcony. “Cherie," Celeste said earnestly, In a low voice, "it Is no good. You must keep yourself In hand for when something may be done. And we are watched. Come In. There Is a guard on the spy tower looking this way.” She dragged Eileen back, but not before the latter had stared across that unreally lovely garden to where, upon the high wall, a sort of squat minaret upresred. Looking out from its gallery waa a man who wore European dress, with a "Oh, G—d!" whispered Eileen, and clutched Celeste, detaining her. “Oh, G—d! It is! It Isr She stared and stared, choked down • hysterical sob, and then began wildly waving her hand. The man was Dawson Haig! •My child I Stop! Stop! Whatever you've seen, come in!" the Frenchwoman whispered urgently. Eileen nodded. The beating of her heart seemed to be choking her. They re-entered the lacquered room. "And so.” said Celeste. In a high and cheerful voice, “two good things are to happen. You are to spend the afternoon tn the garden until teatime, and 1 have permission to sleep on the divan there, if you wish It" “Oh, Celeste!" Eileen whispered, tears starting to her eyes, "you are an angel! Whatever would have become of me without you?” Her heart was singing. She was dying to share her knowledge with this Zriend unexpectedly found in the enemy’s camp. Hut well enough she understood the need for silence. . . . Billy bad found her! Billy bad found her! Escorted by one of the gigantic negroes, she and Celeste presently descended stone steps to the garden. The eunuch dropped back ten paces, allowing the women to stroll undisturbed, and tn broken whispers Eileen contrived to convey to the French woman that an English police officer, her friend, waa actually here. “My G—d!" Celeste said, “be Is a bravo man! I. only sea Mr. King! Ah! This is not hie real natfie —the man they call Excellency, who owns this house—the town —and all the country around. “Mr. King?" “Yea. He la a Chinaman " “What! A Chinaman r Sudden horror gripped Eileen. "Is he stoutly built, with very red Ups, and a small black mustache?*' "Ah!"Celeste gripped her arm. “You have seen him? He has seen you? I understand. It was so with me—ten years ago, cherle." Then, with a swift change of tone: “Hush! hush! my child—he Is here." Yu’an Hee See was walking along the path towards them. HU eyes, in

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that amooth yellow face, resembled oblique black slit*. Passing, be bowed. amlllng. Eileen clutched the French woman * hand and stood rigid. , “Uur little American guest, * cane the flute voice. “You are angry with me, I can one. But yen do not understand. pale flower, that I have saved you from grave peril. 1 had not meant to intrude upon your promenade, but It waa very pleasant for aao to fled a new beauty In thia beautiful garden." Ho bowed, smiling. and departed along a path to the right and from a high, latticed window Orange Blossom watched thia acene, her tiny milk- whim tooth butted la her lower Up. CHAPTER X MOM * ? Dawaoo Haig felt like a aaaa rejuvenated. He had found her! How taa&Mnt BDeen’a peril might be he could not know. But. whatever the Jrutlu ho co** M do nothing more yet, ix-„ ■•Sr-.i-. . ......

The ease with which he bad penetrated to this secret headquarters at first had astonished him. No doubt the box containing the real Joseph had been dropped in the Mediterranean, and with it had gone hU big risk of detection. He had been allotted quarters in a palm-thatched hut These quarters he shared with a sinister-looking Creole, the Jackal, who spoke a sort of bastard French. He bad no other companionship, and could gather nothing that waa essential from his saturnine confers. HU duties were simple. Armed with a knobkerry resembling the night club of an American policeman, and Mauser magazine pistol belted to bis hip, be took sea watches with the Creole, four hours on and four off. patrolling the vast gardens of the palace. In short, he was employed as a killer. The Jackal, who also answered to the name of Jacques, spent hU hours of leisure injecting cocaine Into a syringe-spotted left arm. Under the Influence of the drug—and he was rarely otherwise —the Jackal became a dangerous homicidal maniac. There were three separate enclosed gardens, -shut ofl from the rest, and opening out from the southern front of the old palace. A narrow causeway bordered the outer wall which circled these enclosures, having steps at inter vaU of twenty yards leading up to little watch towers. In one of tnese harem gardens he had seen a number of women—orientals, languorous but contented. The second had proved to be empty. But. on a balcony overlooking the third, he had seen Eileen. When the Jackal relieved him he gave Haig a warning. “No go up steps

THE STORY FROM THE OPENING CHAPTER Matt Kearney, young American living In London, eaya good-by to hia sister KHeen. on board the Wallaroo bound tor Colombo. The Wallaroo is convey-i Ing 13.09V.00S In gold to Australia. Kearney meets Inspector Dawson Haig, of Scotland Yard, very much in love with Eileen. Haig, convinced opium is concealed in Jo Lung's warehouse, delegates Kearney, with Detective Norwich, to visit the place and And out what he can. While there Kearney picks up a notebook. Y u*an Hee See. whom Haig hasMong been seeking as the loader of a band ot International -thieves, is at Jo Lung *. Discovering tbe loss of his notebook, he sends two of his folic were after Norwich and Kearney, one of whom he realises mast have picked It up. Norwich is found murdered. Haig ta pussled over cryptic notes in the book. While he is poring over them, a weird creature enters. seises the book, and escape*. Matt’s story of hearing horrible laughter at Jo Lung's satisfies Haig his quarry was there, ho recognising the peculiar malignancy of Yu’an's laugh. At Marseilles the inspector boards the Wallaroo, disguised. From radio messages he decodes, he realisee passengers on board are members of Tu an’s gang and that they have recognized him. A Chinaman tries to throw Haig overboard but goes over himself. At Port Said Haig, trailing Eileen, la lured Into a “bath of feathers.” Eileen disappear*. Haig escapes the deadly trap, and shoots Joseph, one of the plotters. Eileen, drugged, regains consciousness in Yuan’s headquarters Haig takes Joseph’s papers, and reports Eileen's kidnaping to the British consul. Yu’an and Aswaml Pasha, hia lieutenant. intend to capture or sink the Wallaroo. Using Joseph’s credentials Haig makes hia way to Keneh. He begins to perceive Tu'an's plot, to seise the gold impersonating Joseph, he la assigned to guard duty outside Tu'an's mansion.

of women s gardens. Only Uncle Tom and other eunuchs. If aee. . . ." Significantly be drew a yellow finger across his throat. ... • •••••• As Jack Rattray paced morosely up and down the bridge of the Wallaroo, footstep* on the ladder aroused him, and Captain Peterson appeared, carrying a radio flimsy. "Look at this, Rattray." he said "We're certainly got a Jonah on board thia trip." Rattray took the message and read: “TO COMMANDER KM 8 WALLAROO MAIN STEAM PIPE BURST STOP CHIEF AND TWO HANDS SERIOUSLY INJURED STOP CAN YOU RENDER IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION STOP EIGHTEEN DEGREES THIKTYFIVK NORTH AND FORTY-ONE DEGREES FIVE EAST SS MOUNT JUPITER JOHN KENDALL MASTER..... Rattray looked up with a wry’face. -One of the Samuelson tramps. She's seventy miles east of the track, sir Isn't there anybody nearer?" The captain shook hts head. -1 have already Inquired." be answered resignedly. Peterson went into the eharthouse. Captain and chief officer bent over the chart. . . . “Right off the northwest peak of Fa risen bank." Rattray commented. “The Samuelson scavengers go nosing into places nobody ever heard of." And the course of the R. M. 8. Wallaroo was altered. • • • • • • • In the lacquered study of Yu'an Hee See, the marquis, spectacles on nose, bent over a note which lay upon his table. Aswaml Pasha stood at his elbow. “It is regrettable." said Yu an Hee See, “that such excellent business should be lout The caravans have been delayed, as I ordered?" “As you ordered. Excellency. Apart from which, no woman as specified is Included tn either." Tu'an Hee See bent again over the writing. “These fellows Insist so upon white skins," be commented. "Circassians are difficult. now, and Europeans, to meet such a specification as thia. . . ." He removed his spectacles, placed them on the table, and ahrngged significantly. “You win notice, Excellency, that the repreoentatlvw of the Bey ia expected at Keneh on Saturday." “I have noticed this, my friend,- the Chinaman replied. “But we have other fish to try. A young and pfaaumnt worn. ficetiowit ••" h* mpfwd a *apor*ng ftogec on the puller" -"wmiMl. be difficult to obtain in so abort a time, even Many otter matters ted tern dte ■ ■

cussed before the Egyptian left the apartment of his formidable chief. His route led him through part of the gardens. And as be passed a shady arbor, a hand lightly touched his sleeve. Orange Blossom stood at his elbow. "Aswaml," she said softly, “a word with you.” A chill struck at the heart of the Egyptian. More times than he could remember, a mad desire for the delicate ivory beauty of this woman bad possessed him. But always—always— He glanced about swiftly and then stepped into the shadows with her. “Stand still." Orange Blossom commanded, “and listen. This afternoon you set out on a journey. Is it true?" "It Is true, lady,” said Aswaml Pasha. “Walk now up to the small salon and wait for me. Go at once.” Between fear and triumph his brain was a wasps’ best He had dared greatly all his life. But this he knew waa the greatest risk he had ever taken. Mounting stairs where none met him. he came to the room adjoining which was that cupboard overlooking the apartments occupied by Eileen Kearney. A faint rustling made him turn. Orange Blossom, an ivory statuette enveloped In mist, came in, her finger raised to her lips. With a key she carried, she opened the door of a tiny anteroom, and indicated that he should move forward. A dimly lighted grille appeared on the level of his eyes. “Look down. . . Eileen, wrapped in a delicate oriental robe, lay upon the divan smoking. Celeste, the Frenchwoman, sat beside her. “You see?” Orange Blossom whispered softly. “This is a choice treasure, my friend." Aswami Pasha, a connoisseur, filled bls eyes with the gracious beauty of Eileen. He nodded slowly. Slender fingers gripped his arm and drew him away. Orange Blossom faced him tn the room beyond. The woman In the lacquered room was deliciously pretty. “She la Yu’an’s new toy,” he thought, “and this hell-cat whom I could love or strangle with almost equal pleasure, is going to tempt me to take the rose girl from him. . . “She is not for sale,” said the Chinese woman. "You understand? But today and tonight the house will be empty. It might be managed that she should escape?” “Escape?" The light of a new understanding crossed the dark face of Aswami Pasha. “Hassan es-Suk is eager for his commission," Orange Blossom continued. "She might so easily be overtaken on the road to Keneb. Better still, outside Koselr, near to Doctor Julian

How could they know that she was nor for mle? My lord could not condemn them for ignorance." Aawaml Pasha clenched hia hands and dragged his glance away from that compelling gaze. “She ia beautiful—and would grace your great house at Aswan. Or perhaps my friend, it la dark eyes that excite you?" He turned to her. and greatly daring, rested hia hands upon her satin shoulders. Tbe contact thrilled him. “Will you help me?" She smiled voluptuously. “You don’t speak.” she whispered, swaying ever so slightly towards him. “Yes! But—" in a second he would -have had her in his arms. “Ssh I Quick!" she hissed—and pushed him away. "Go out by the other door I He is coming I . . ." She walked swiftly across the room “1 shall remember, Aswami.’’ she whip pered. "No sign of her. sir." Jack Rattray dropped tbe glasses back into their case. "1 can’t make it out It’s clear, too, that her wireless has failed." Tbe first officer turned to the commander, who stood upon tbe bridge of tbe Wallaroo beside him. It was perhaps an hour before dusk swept down over the Red sea. A long, low Island lay off their port bow; an Arab dhow was creeping out from the tall of it "That win be Jebel Sabaya." said tbe captain. "Yes, star. If the Mount Jupiter lies inside—and it’s quite possible, as the Samuelson tramps poke Into all sorts of rat boles—we can’t do K." Rattray, taking up tbe glasses, searched again, anxiously. He was about to drop the glasses again, when: “By G—d. sir!" be Mid. “lookquick ... under our port bow I" Tbe conning towers of a big submarine were rising above tbe surface! A Marconi operator came bounding onto tbe bridge with a message. Rattray grabbed it. He. tbe captain, and the third officer read It together: “COMMANDER RMS WALLAROO AM SENDING BOAT FOR SURGEON STOP LIE TO URGENT STOP JOHN KENDALL MASTER S 3 MOUNT JUPITER." Captain Peterson glanced from face "What’s this?" bn repeated haMrlly. "Its* a mesMge we darrnt disobey, sir!" Rattray replied. "If anybody else picks It up it sounds harmless enough. Don't yon understand?" The mysterious vessel, now on the surface, ran along beside them, two German- quick-firers trained upon the Wallaroo—then came tbe shrill bowl of a MteH; the shattering bark ot one The the Wallaroo carrying the wireless, crashed with its

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rigging to the deck. There were shouts—shrieks—execrations. Captain Peterson, a very old and haggard man. walked to the telegraph and jerked it to “Stop." The Wallaroo lay almost motionless upon an oily sea. The submarine, running alongside within hailing distance, rang off at the same moment, and lay there beside the liner, - There was a sudden bustle on her deck. They were putting a boat off. . . . The dhow drew nearer. • •••••• Dawson Haig went on duty at noon. His “beat" was some two miles in ex tent But in all the vast gardens and orchards, pavilions and outhouses <t embraced, he met with nothing except numbers of those magnificently proportioned negroes who seemed to grow upon the estate of Yu’an Hee See as freely as palms. These were the eunuchs to whom Kid Brown had referred contemptuously. But Haig realized that they could be very formidable opponents. Tbe sinister Jackal would soon be safe In a drug-induced sleep. Four hours lay before hfin in which to justify his foolhardy enterprise of penetrating alone to the stronghold of the enemy. One elear fact he had grasped. The men allotted patrol duty were no more than watchdogs, probably selected for their known savagery. Haig wondered if hia predecessor had been promoted or assassinated; for his, ob viously, was one of tbe lowliest tasks. Burned up by impatience—not daring to speculate about Eileen—he walked slowly towards the northern extremity of his patrol, And a curious fact obtruded itself. AU the eunuchs 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 tbe distant tree-bordered street which led down to the town. . . . At one point an old lebbekh tree overhung the great walk Haig ran to It, mounted to the lower-most branches, climbed higher, and could see over the wall A straggling procession 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 advantage of it? Along a path bordered by almond trees, he walked. Above everything—he must keep cook Always, Eileen came into the foreground—but he knew, and his conscience 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 had come off in her boat. Up In the captain's room. Aswami Pasha stood by the desk, smiling. He had boarded the WailirOo alone, and apparently unarmed, leaving one man. a recognizable pugilist, on duty at the ladder head. There was something terrifying in tbe Egyptian’s smiling audacity. Captain Peterson’s gray face was very grim. . “I carry three hundred passengers, * said he. "a hundred and eighty of them women and children—or. by G—d! I’d take you at your word.” The Egyptian shrugged his shoulders. ”We are both under orders of my commander in tbe submarine, and you, at the moment, under mine.” “It appears to me. sir," Rattray said, turning to Captain Peterson, “that this thing's an unholy great bluff.” Through a window of the captain’s cabin Aswaml Pasha pointed 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 jeweled wrist watch —“I must notify you that you now olive exactly thr»e minutes in which to make up your mind. Captain." A boat, packed with negroes and manned by tour Arab rowers, was coming from the dhow. The captain exchanged glances with Jack Rattray. “No alternative, sir—none whatever." said the latter savagely. “Passengers come first. We daren’t risk IL" The skipper nodded, and crossing, l swung open tbe door of a safe. He handed keys to the purser. And so. from tbe bullion room between decks, two millions of minted money was removed, taken down the ladder, and transferred to tbe dhow It was contained In wooden boxes, each bolding five thousand pounds, and not too heavy for one man to carry. Tbe j work was done by a team ot huge negroes. In a constant procession, coming and going like magnified black ants, they worked, until all the boxes wtfre removed from the Wallaroo? The transshipment, carried out with admir-Me dispatch under the orders of Aswami Pasha at the head of the ladder, was completed In less than a quarter jrt an hour. CHAPTER XI __ In the control room of tbe sub- : marine Yu’an Hee See received constant messages from an unnamed source. Leu Chow, tbe second in com mand. delivered them: "PAO BENDIGO INWARD TWEN« TY MILES SOU* SOUTHEAST" “BIBBY LINER OXFORDSHIRE OUTWARD FIFTEEN MILES NOB’ NORTHWEST" "AMERICAN FREIGHTER JOHN CLAY ADEN TO SUES TEN MILES DUE SOUTH" On receipt of this third message. Yu an Hee See spoke Into a tube. “There Is too much delay." he said. “Signal to AH to draw off in the dhow." He stud! ed the scene on the Wallaroo. Aswaml. at the head of the ladder, raised his hand signifying? that the order had already reached him. Three negroes carrying chests, the last of the consignment, climbed into the Behind ft CtllrlMlwur fralnaj* «* ivui iulu aguiv **i*rxrr iraLiuvu waited and watched. Jo Lung and the WOP ‘“fTOM OWTINi; V • .

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