Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05

naarkable thing. Wonder n It's y0Af4I
madam ,glancing at Zuiliha. e1
catehr' And mot until he saw . -
Of gold spin through the arr and Nm
into Zuiiika's lap did tho major Re-
msmber that promise of last night.
rather s thick sang s1 out young young Sasn.|
ham Seaforth. Indignantly. a. 1utliiaI
caught the coin in her lap 'Blese n q
know what you call manners. but 70,
OF passing them in this part OF thsI
world. I oan assure you"
'Awfully sorry. old chap No offense.|
I assure you" said Cleek. more aainins|
than ever. az Zuilika. having picked up3
the piece and looked at IL. disciaimed|
all knowledge of IT. and laid It on the
edge OF the table without any further
interest I'm 1t or him. "Just to s1ow,
you know. that Ler-couidn't have mssntI
anything disrespectful. why-er-youl
all know. don't you know. how jolly
much l respect senorfta Rosario, by|
catch. too. and see IL the blassad|
thing's yours" And picking up the|
coin he tossed II into her lap Just -as|
he had done with Zuilika-
She. too caught II and examined Il,
and laughfngly shook her head
mo. not mine. she said. Il have,
not seen him before To the finder
shall be the keep. Come. sit hero. win
Yes thanks" said Cieek: then Drop
ped down on the sofa beside her. and
took tea as serene1y as though there|
were no such things in the world as|
murder and swindling anu puzxlingl
police riddles to solve.
And the major. staring at him. wasI
as amazed as ever. He had said. lastI
night. that when the coin fell theI
answer would be given. and yet It hadI
fallen and nothing had happened. and
he was laughing and flirting with
Senorfta Rosario as composedly and aasI
f.H
after he had finished his second cup OIL
tea. and immediately following ths|
sound of some one just beyond theI
veranda rail whistling the lively. hit
There" 'the silly ass seemed to be-
come a thousand times sillier thanI
ever. He set down his cup. and. turn
ing to Anita. said with an insane sort
of giggle- 7 say, yon know. here's al
lark. Let's have a game OF slap hand.
you and what? Know 1t, don't you q
You try to slap my hands and I try ltoI
slap yours, and whichever succeeds IN
don't you know. Come on-start -har|
up" 80
And. Anita agreeing. they fell forth.
with to shaping away at the backs OIL
until, all of a sudden. the whistler out.
side gave one loud. shrill note. and
there was great and mighty change.
Those who were watching saw Anita's|
u, -
sharp metallic click" and saw them
as suddenly dropped again to the 7ac-
compartment Of a shrill little scream1
from her ashen lips. and the next mo-
ment CIeek had risen and jumped away
from her side clear across TO where
Zuililsa was: and those who were
watching saw Anita jump up with O |
pair of steel handouts on her wrfetD
just as Dollops vaulted up over the vac
randa rail and appeared at one window,
.vryh 10 Dat r.fo pad NJ q
mond poked his body through a third. |
and the opening door gave entrance TO |
Supt. Narkom.
The police" shrilled out Anita in 81
panic Of fright. 'Madre de Dfos. the
police"
The major and his son were on fhsir
feet like q shot. Zuilika, with a faint, |
startled cry. bounded bolt upright. like
an imp shot through a trap door. but
before the little henna tanned hands .
arms went round her from behind tight
and fast as a steel clamp. there was
another metallic Click" another shrill +
cry and another pair of wrists were in T
gives. -
Come in. Mr.. Narkom: come in. con-
stables" said Cleek, with the utmost
composure. Here are your promised
prisoners-nicely trusted. you see, 30
that they can't get at the little popguns
they carry-and a worse pair of rosses
never went into the hands of Jack
Ketch!"
"And Jack Ketch will get them.
Cleek, II I know anything about It.
Your hazard was right your guess cgr-
my case; the mummy itself has been
removed-destroyed away With
utterly-and the poor creatures body IL
there!'
terly bewildered major found voice 10
squeak at last
Mummy case! Body! Dear God in
heaven. Mr.. Cleek. what are you hint.
ing at: he gasped; ,,., IouI You don. don't
mo. major. I don't" he made reply.
II simply mean that he killed her! The
body in the mummy case is the body OF
Zuilika. the caliph's daughter! This is
the creature you have been wasting
your pity on-see"
With that he laid an intense grip on
the concealing yashmak, tore 1t away
and SO revealed the closely shaven,
CHASTITY hued countenance Of the cor
my God! Chichester himself!' said
the major in a voice Of fright and sur.
prise. -
Yves, Chichester himself, major. In .
few more days he'd have withdrawn
the money and got out of the country.
body and dill. il he hadn't been nabbod.
the rascal. There'd have been NO trac-
ing the crime then. and he and me
eenorita here would have been In clover
for the rest of their natural lives. But
there's always that bright little bit OF
Bobby Burns: to be reckoned with. You
know: The best laid schemes OF mice
and men, etc-that bit. But the Yards
got them and they'll never leave the
country now Take them, Mr.. Narkom.
they're yours!'
How did guess it," said Cleek. re-
plying to the majors query. as they sat
late that night discussing the AFFAIR:
well, I think the first faint mixing OF
1t came when I arrived here yesterday
and Bmelt the oyerpowerfng odor OF the
incense. There was SO much OF 1t. ana
1t was used so freQuently-twice dAy
that 1t seemed to suggest an attempt
to hide other odors Of a less pleasant
kind. When I left you last night
my chamber. and a skeleton key soon
let us In. The unpleasant odor WAS
rather pronounced in there But even
that didn't give me the cue. until
happened to find in the fireplace con-
siderable heap Of fine ashes. and In the
midst of them small Jumps of a gummy
substance, which knew to result from
the burning Of myrrh. l suspected from
that and from the nature of the ashes
that q mummy had been burnt. and as
the inference was obvious. laid hands
on the two cases and tilted them. One
was quite empty. The weight Of the
other told me that 1t contained sofne-
thing q little heavier than any mummy
ought to be.
Il came to the conclusion that there
WAS a hody In II fnfecfed f,ll of arsenic.