The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-07-13

| from mentioning my name. Dress
yourself In your oldest and shabbiest
clothing; you cannot overdo this
since the neighborhood is question
able and a well-dressed man would
Immediately become an object of sus-
picion. Do not wear the ring: keep it
about you, out of sight Should this
fail to reach you in time, try tomor.
row night between eight and ten. You
would serve us both we'll by burning
this immediately. Pray believe ms
yours to command In all respects"
| There was no signature
Amber frowned and whistled over
this. Undoubtedly from L.aber.
touche," he considered But why
this flavor OF intrigue? Does he
know anything more than l do? l
presume he must. It'd be great
comfort If Hold on. News
of the Fs.' That spells the Farrels.
How In blazes does he know anything
about the Farrells? told Quain
nothing. Can 1t be trap? Is
1t possible that the chap who took
that photograph recognized ="
| The problem held him in perplexity
throughout the evening meal. He
turned it over this way and that with.
out being able to arrive at any com.
forting solution. Impulse in the end
decided him-impulse and a glance at
his watch which told him that the
time grew short. I'll 60" he de-
clared, mo matter what. It's nearly
nine. but the Lai bazar's not far"
In the face of Doggott's unbending
disapproval he left the hotel some 20
minutes later, having levied on Dog
gott's wardrobe for suitable clothing
Once away from the Great Eastern
he quietly insinuated himself into tho
tide of the city's night life that tire
lessly GIBBS and flows north of Dali
housie square-the restless currents
Of native lifts that move ceaselessly in
obedience to impulses so meaningless
and strange to the Occidental under.
standing. Before he realized it he had
left civilization behind him and was
breathing the atmosphere, heady and
weird, of the Thousand One
Nights. The Lal bazar seethed round
him noisily, with roaring not unlike
that of a surf in the hearing of him
who had so long lived separate from
such scenes.
AT a corner where there was more
light he came upon policeman whose
tunic. helmet. and truncheon were go
closely patterned after those of the
London Bobby that the simple sight
of them was calculated to revive con-
fidence in the security of ones person.
He inspected Amber shrewdly while
the latter was asking his way to Hon.
est Georges, and in response jerked
a whitegloved thumb down the wide
thoroughfare.
You carn't miss it, sir-s'ylors'
hoardin 'ouse. all lit up and likely a
row on at the bar, Mind your eye,
guv'nor. 1t ayn't plyce you'd ought
to visit on your lone"
Thanks; I've business there.
reckon 10 take care of myself
Nevertheless it was with a mind
preyed upon by forebodings that Am
Der stumbled down the cobbled way.
reeking with filth, toward the estab-
lishment of Honest George,
He stopped in front of building
whose squat brick facade was let
tered with the reassuring sobriquet OF
it's proprietor. A bench. running the
width of the structure. was thick with
sprawling loafers, who smoked and
spat and spoke jargon OF the seas.
the chief part OF which was bias
phemy. Within, visible through win
dows never closed, was crowded bar
room ablaze with haring gas Jets, up
roarious with voices thick with drink
One needed courage of no common
order to run the gauntlet OF that
rowdy room and brave the more Sc
cret dangers of the infamous den
You've got to have your nerve with
YOU" Amber put It. but | suppose
it's all in the game. Let's chance it,
And he entered.
Compared with the atmosphere OF
that public room blast from he'll
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Der; the first Whit he had of 1t all but
staggered him; and he found himself
gasping, perspiration starting from
every pore. Faint with disgust he ell
bowed his way through the mob to
the bar, thankful that those about
him, absorbed in the engrossing OcCu'
patton of getting drunk paid him not
the least heed. Flattening himself
against the rail he cast about for tho
proprietor. A blowsy, sweating ba:'
maid caught his eye and without a
word slapped down upon the sloppy
gers deep with unspeakablo whisky.
And he realized that he would have to
drink It; to refuse would be to at
tract attention, perhaps with unpleas
ant consequences. ITS more than
bargained for he grumbled, ma
king prctence Of swallowing the
dose, and to his huge relief manag
ing to spill two-third Of ii down The
front Of his coat. What he swallow
ed bit like an acid Tears came TO his
eyes, but he choked down the cough,
and as soon as he could speak paid
the girl Where's the boss?" he
asked.
GRO BE CONTfNUED)