The Raymer enterprise., 1911-08-24

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 well-dressed man would
Immediately become an object Of sus.
picion. Do not wear the ring: keep Il
about you, out Of sight, Should this
fall to reach you in time, try tomor.
row night between eight and ten. Yoa
would serve US both we'll 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.
touohe." he considered. But why
this flavor Of intrigue! Does he
know anything more than I dot I
presume he must. It'd bs great
comfort II Hold On. News
of the Fs.' That spells the Farrels.
How In blazes does he know anything
about the Fsrrells! I told Quain
nothing. Can It bs a trap7 Is
1t possible that the chap who took
that photograph recognized 2"
The problem held him In perple1ity
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 glance at
his watch which told him that tho
time grew short. "1'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
disapprovh he left the hotel some 20
minutes later. having levied on Dog.
gotts wardrobe for suitable clothing.
Once away from the Great Eastern
he quietly insinuated himself into the
tide Of the 'city's night life that tire
lessly ebbs and flows north Of Dal.
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 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 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.
fldence 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 1t, sir-s'ylors'
boardin' 'ouse. all lit up and likely a
row on at the bar. Mind your eye,
guv'nor. It 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 mind
preyed upon by forebodings that Am.
ber stumbled down the cobbled way.
reeklng 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
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 flaring gas Jets up.
roarlous 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 hell
were sweet and cooling. thought Am.
ber: the first Whit he had OF It all but
staggered him; and he found himself
gasping. perspiration starting from
every pore. Faint with disgust he el.
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 the
proprietor. A blowsy. sweating bar.
maid caught his eye and without a
word slapped down upon the sloppy
counter before him a glass four fin.
gers deep with unspeakable 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
l bargained for" he grumbled, ma.
king a pretence Of swallowing the