The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-07
(Cntinucsl from Our Last IAsuel

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Monte irwin tnrned.so him.
You did your bit. Seton" he said
quietly. .'Thc last words Inspector
Kerry spoke to me before left Eng.
land wcrr In the nature OF a splendid
tribute to yourself. but l win spare
your bushes"
Kerry Is m white N they're
made replied Seton. but VIC should
never have known for certain who
killed Sir Lucien IL hc had not riakcd
his life In that filthy cellar a. he
did.
RITA irwin shudder~d slightly and
drew her furs more closely about
her shoulders.
shall we change the conversation.
DEAR" whispered Margaret
NO.. please said Rita You
cannot imagine how curious I am 20
learn the true detaiis--for. as Monte
says. We have been out OF touch
with things and neither OF un really
knows the inner history Of the af.
fair to this day. OF course. wa
know that HANNAH was a dummy
figure. posed in tho big ebony chair.
He never moved. except TO raise his
hand. and this was done BY someone
seated In the inner room behind the
figure. But who was seated thrreT''
Seton glanced inauiringiy at his
wife. and she nodded. smiling.
"Right-or' he said. III you will
excuse mo for . moment will get
my notes. Hello. here's Gray
A little fwo.seater came bowling
along the road from Cairo. and drew
up beneath the balcony. Quentin
Gray jumped out waving his hand
cheeriIy to the quartet above. and
went in at the doorway. Seton
walked through the fiat ard admit.
ted him.
SORRY I'm iate-' cried Gray. I'm.
pctuous and boyish as ever. nj.
though he looked older and had
grown very bronxed- The chief de-
tanned me-
Go through to them" said Seton
informally. I'm getting my notes;
we're going TO read the thrilling
story OF the HANNAH mystery before
dinner"
Good enough criad Gray. Tin
In the dark on many points"
He had outlived his youthful in.
fatuation. although II was probable
enough that had Rita been free he
would have presented himself as a
sutton without delay. But tho old
relationship he had no desire TO re-
new.
go that when Seton Pasha present
iy rejoined his guests. he found the
among them. He carried a bulky
notebook. and. tapping his teeth
with his nonoclc:
Ladies' and gentlemen" he began
whimsicaIiy. II will bore you with a
brief account OF the extraordinary
facts concerning the HANNAH case.
There were three outstanding
personalities dominating what we
may term the HANNAH group"
continued Seton. I'm order OF i'm.
portance they were: Sin Sin Wa,
Sir Lucien Pyne and Mrs. Sin.
81 shall begin with Sir Lucicn. -
Seton went on. For some years be-
fore his fathers death he seems TO
have lived a very shady life in many
parts OF the world. In Buenos Ayres
the exact date does not matter--he
made the acquaintance Of n variety
artistic known as La Belle Lola, n
cuban-Jewess. good looking and I'M
scrupulous. cannot say IL Sir Luz
Glen was aware from the outset OF
was a married woman. But II IL
certain that her husband. Sin Sin
Wa, very early learned OF the in.
trigue. and condoned 1t.
How Sir Lucien came TO get into
the clutches OF the pair do not
know. I think, personally. that
opium was probably responsible.
For sin Sin Wa appears throughout
In the character Of drug dealer.
These three people really become
interesting from the time that La
Belle Lola quilted the stage and
joined her husband in the conducting
Of concern in Buenos Ayres. which
was the parent. IL | may use the
term. OF the Kazmah business later
established In Bond 1T. From n
music.hall illusionist, who came to
grief during South American tour,
they acquired the Oriental waxwork
figure which subsequently mystified
so many thousands Of dupes. II was
the work OF a famous French artist
in wax, and had originally been
made to represent the Pharaoh
Harnesses IT,, for a Paris exhibition.
ALFRED in eastern robes, and worked