Marble Hill press., 1920-06-03

and SOLD I, lie Il % he traced and
your npdinss reported 80 that our
chief cah make arrangements Ia check
this evil ~ iIs source IL. can de very
little until you have something icnnit.
q report, IT. actual siartingpolu etc.
and that means the siarling.Is,lnt ~
rhcc Mlng, Upon your success will
r"si the honor ot Kidding the world ~
deep gray curse. wish y"u G"d'
speed "a NJ"
Lexington knew that his hands acre
trembling, lie read this nual ln,i1ic
tl"n again and again. until every
phrase was uAforgctabie. Much ~ his
friend came to him from the page. the
worldwide significance ~ his rFpnd
In this trcachernus land. con was
humble before the trust ~ Great
America. lie burned 10 do we'll. The
matter ~ korrsh. the deep grn, curse.
was not at all clear Co him. he had
Hn uncomfortable suspicion that he
knew the stun.
Afternoon vas frightful witt dust
and sun glare Night came cold. yet
not IN the natur. 90 q relief con
drank howl ~ hrnwnlsh goat. milk.
and cracked Ike chip b.iN r,n hls
teeth u native biscuit. lie brushed
the ashes from his ilps. AMI found
himself staring at nothing. While the
meaning ~ his mission grew larger
within him Something had come ~
last 90 steady him. The under world
had always trusted hlm-snmr'hlus
nn' granted 20 many-hut now Do was
hunnrri by the government. An'hofi
~ believed IN him. tested t.H. and
sent him e. uurav"l n poisonous vrh
tie rrcnlls~i certain things b. had
told Andrew March. almost amounting
o. confessions. Now that b. knew
his friend 60 be q federal officer. be
wondered what March mus' have
thought ~ tho~@ recuuntings II made
con smile lie was more A--nly
aware nov ~ the intimate vHys in
which the elder man had studied him
before irylns him In the pr's"H' task
ilr planned to wait q week II need
he. in the hope that Chee Mne would
come. lie spcculaied that the chimes"
had probably returned 10 Tisn isln Co
regain his trouhlesome trunks - ac.
counting for delay In rcachng shan.
sung. II N. week passed and brought
NJ traveller. Lexington meant 20 enter
the Gohl without a map.
Having given orders that his servant
should have the day to himself he
turned over and mapped again For
the remainder of the day there were
pleasant matter. Co think over. until
BE- discovered that his boy hal gone.
taking the two fresh beasts Doubt.
less with the aid ~ the villagers N"
oil deyll had red hack eastward. away
from the devils ~ the unknown
The fact tina, the village was agA inst
him did not deprrss Lexington as II
must formerly have done Now h.
had 10 sustain him tho assurance ~
his own country that he had been
chosen. that men ot power trusted
him. The second day hr found himself
quite generally ignored In the stony
ghost ~ city although the old woman
and her two sons continued o. accept
his silver for food and q rpof.
Late In the afternoon ~ the third
day. when his patience was waning
camel OUTFIT appeared to eastward
I, could not he his rrudlgnl driver
Con went forth TO show himself ilc
was done with suhierfurc. and II"
village offered no concealment. had he
wished 10 hide. There were half
dozen men IN IN" approaching party
or. on closer look. two men and
their servants, all bobbng nearer on
Camels
Chez Ming was heading the outflt
lie sat under Tapping sunshade
His dry face was unchanged. al.
though his soul became curse
against the western youth who had
persisted lie hated the steadiness az
Levington's eyes and the half smile,
remembering the brutality OF his mus.
cular equipment. but most OF all he
longed TO blight the power and pene
trztion Of Cons brain. Yet. so far as
the countenance indicated, when he
regarded his white enemy below him.
Chez Ming might have been in the
act OF serving coffee at Cecil wedger's
elbow, instead Of riding shaggy
beast in these outlands OF Mongolia.
But the master Of the other outfit
was n white man. Beneath n sloping
Chinese straw hat, the face was gray
and strong and touched with sadness.
Con answered the greeting Of Andrew
March.