Gilpin observer., 1911-09-14

Honest George himself, refraining
from mentioning my name. Dress
yourself in your Oldest and shabbiest
clothing; you cannot overdo. this
since the neighborhood is question.
able and a welldressed man would
Immediately become an object of sus-
picion. Do not wear the ring; keep 1t
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 well by burning
this Immediately. Pray believe me
yours to command in all respects"
There was no signature.
Amber frowned and whistled over
this. Undoubtedly from Laber-
touche," he considered But why
this flavor of intrigue? Does he
know anything more than I do?
presume he must. It'd be a great
comfort if Hold on. News
Of the Fs.' That spells the Farrels.
How In blazes does he know anything
about the Farrells? I told Quain
nothing. Can 1t be a trap? Is
1t possible that the chap who took
that photograph recognized 2"
The problem held him in perplexity
throughout the evening meal He
turned 1t over this way and that with
out being able to arrive at any COM
fortfng solution. Impulse In the end
decided him-impulse and glance at
his watch which told him that the
time grew short 'T'll CO." he de-
clared. mo matter what It's nearly
nine, but the Lal 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 the
lessly ebbs 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-and- One
| Nights. The Lal bazar seethed round
him noisily, with a roaring not unlike
that of 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 a policeman whose
tunic. helmet, and truncheon were SO
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 white-gloved thumb down the wide
thoroughfare.
You carn't miss it, sir-s'ylors'
boardin' '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 to take care Of myself"
Nevertheless 1t was with a mind
preyed upon by forebodings that Am.
ber 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
its proprietor A bench, running the
width of the structure, was thick with
sprawling loafers, who smoked and
sput and spoke a jargon of the seas
the chief part of which was bias
phemy Within, visible through win
'dows never closed, was a crowded bar
room ablaze with fiaring 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 1t.
And he entered.
Compared with the atmosphere o.
that public room a blast from hel
were sweet and cooling. thought Am
ber: the first Whit he had Of II all bu
staggered him: and he found himself
gasping. perspiration- starting from
every pore. Faint with disgust he el
bowed his way through the mob Il
the bar. thankful that those abou
him, absorbed in the engrossing occu
patton Of getting drunk. paid him no
the least heed. Flattening himsel
against the rail he cast about for tn,
proprietor. A blowsy. sweating bar
maid caught his eye and without
word slapped down upon the slopp!
counter before him glass four An
gers deep with unspeakable whisky
And he realized that he would have (,
drink It; to refuse would be to at
tract attention. perhaps with unpleaa
ant consequences. IT'S more thai
bargained for" he grumbled. ma
king q pretence Of swallowing tn
dose, and to his lage relief manaG
ing to spill twothfrd Of It down tn,
fses,4 ak his aaa& HyhaA h. iis.ss