The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-05-21
'''TIhe Golden
Scorpion"
CONTINUED From Yesterday
PART III
CHAPTER I
w SAX KoHMER
CspyvAgAs By Rss<rs y. ncRssas . C


minor difficulties have beef
.moothed away. We remain face u
face with the major problem: wh'
Is The Scorpion and 20 what enc
ar, his activities directsdr-
CASTOR Max shrugged his shoui
der~ and smiled at pr. stuart
I'VE come 20 Zara el'khaia- AIS
called Mile, Dorian. she comes be
cause OF what have told TO IN
Scared nan from Paris. she come
to obtain that dangerous inforina
ton which IN to be sent TO SEQ,
land Yard. she comes. In woro
from The Scorpion
Consider the co~lcd man who's
shadow Dr. Stuart has seen on TIVE
occasions: once behind the curtain
Of his window and once cast ty th'
moonlight across the lawn Of hi'
house lie may be The Scorpion
Max paused imprcsavely. looking
around at those in the commission
ers room
And what IL the weapon which
the eowied man twho may be -Th'
ScorpionD uses TO remove DIR
STUART IL n . frighuul weapon
my friends. II Is a novel and deadi,
weapon. IL IL a weapon OF ~hicH
science knows nothing blue raS
Of the color produced by mercury
yapor lamp, according 20 DR.. stuar'
who has seen n. and producing ar
odor like that Of q blast furnacs
according to myself. who smslioe
IR,
One Of my most important In
vestiga TORS, IN which had th'
honor and the pleasure 10 be asso
clatsd with inspscior Dunbar. led e
the discovery OF a dangerous groui
controlled By certain MI
King
-Ah- crsed Dunbar. hts tAwn,
eyes sparkling with abatement :
was waiting fov thar
I knew you would Be- waiting TO
L. Inspector. II was An opium syn
dicaie you Observation-Disclosures
again to the assistant commissioner
Z recall the case." rcpiisd tn
commissions.
DO you recAn tn to~-oot "a
piaincd to this day--cf the plans o
the Haley torpedoy-
-perfecfiy.- replied he opmmir
-ioner. and Dunbar also nodded II
| firrnafiveiy.
VERY wen. A similar nafiona
| loss was sustained about the Sam
time by my own government be
lievc also that ] am correct In stat
ing that the late Sir Brian MLpa,
was q member Of the British cabins
at the time that tho Haley plan
were LOST
The assistant commissioner looket
puzzled
1T was generally supposed ira
Sir Brian Malpas was addicted u
drugs" he remarked. "And am no
surprised to learn that he patron
izcd this syndicate 70 which yos
refer. but" he paused. smiiini
satanicaliy. Abr he added =.
sect I seer'
You perceive the drin Of m,
arrument?- cried Max You ErasI
what mean when 7 say that W
WERE too hasty7 This syndicat'
existed for . more terrible purpos<
than the promuIgating OF . Chines'
vics: 1t had In lts clutches mer
entrusted with netionni secrets. ma'
Of genius but slaves Of a horrfpl'
drug. Under tbs influence OF tina
drug. my friends. how mary o
these secrets may ubey not hav'
d!vulged7"
His words were rsceivcd IN hushet
silence.
what became OF thons stoieS
plansr" he continued. speaking nov
in n very low voice TN the stress
Of recent years has the Haley tor
pedo made its appearance 20 that W
might learn TO which government thu
plans had been taken7 Who is II tina
collects such things and for what pur
pose does Re collect thcm7'
Let us have your own theory. NJ
Max" said the assistant commits
sioncr.
CASTOR MAJ shrugged hts shout
ders.
'It II not worthy OF the name of I
theory" he replied. -the surmis'
which I have made. But recently
found myself considering the fac
that The Scorpion might just con
ceivably be a Chinaman. Now. Mr.
King we believe. was a Chinaman
and Mr.. King as I am now con
WINGED. operated not for a persona
but for a deeper. political purpose
He stole the brains OF genius and nc
cumulated that which he had stolen
The Scbrpion' destroys genius. Is 4
not possible that these contrary op
erations may be part OF common
plan7"
CHAPTER II
You are not by any chance" sug
restcd Stuart smiling slightly. hint
ing at that defunct DOGGY. the Vel
low Perrin"
"Ah"' cried Max. but certainly
am not, DO not misunderstand me
This group with which we are deal
ing IL shown 10 be not Of nationa
but Of an international character"
II have believed It for nearly two
vears--ever since the grand duke
died. And now. you said. remem
Der. that you had made a note thu
nature Of which you would communi
cate"
Yes replied the assistant com
missioner--"a small point. but one
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