The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-12

Goo Ntll Uut ths uEht ~ gns ~ tEr
.Irefnr lamps flashed ON thH French
ms1'r face and tEa mystery that
rHJ taeH pguiluE me for d seek vas
Solved 10 IsELl
z went hack 40 bed. ur.thrE o.
uruarhuF HlEE'Hs. uuI payInr ans
attention 20 h.t rrrfunttHrT apn'n
s.ta D titpt r1uuJiy happily ns one
should Who knows that on che mon
Hoa Et VII acquire "a fortune
NUh the other psrrruEsF 4 a.1rHi.
uark6d neat daY submitted 90 iho
usual examination 81 my baEuET. 7
saR the reporters bg=iuE abaul ihe
tlrsluaca. .nl EugW that abe afirr
noon hcaasres would hr devoted 90
tba l1ss of iho Rlrcioua ltanfc
Pearl q rhuckltd ~ ! thought ~
the story that could o. written, Dor
would NOT a. printed in the prwapa.
rers. You sre I had no doubt AZ 90
my success 4 lad pirfgea the dis'
Fu.se 81 Opportunity.
Outside thr Customs shed ] fol
lowed me porter with my hasEase "a
taxi i tald the chauffeur 90 drive
my thinEs to me Hotel lteEna, took
hE number % assure myself of his
honesty. ana then waited. ia "a few
minutss tha onr-ryri man arrived.
IIis porter handed his BAGS % a
TAI driver The onstycd man
climbed Into the cab
And I climbed in after him, He
would have cxpostulatcd. save that
/ pressed something aEaiuag his ribs
tho something being tho muzEle az an
automatic pistol, The driver dii not
sec this by,play. and when ! told him
that would accompany his rasscu.
ger. made no objection 10 closed
the door upon us, climbed into his
scat and started the cah
"whAt 90 you wunte demanded
the oueryed man,
smiled chrorfllly % hlm. your
rlrth eye" / told him, pressed the
muEzis harder against his chest NO
use In crying out d would be San
Tor you even II you live" ! warned
him.
Thsrs. in the center - crowded
West Street. no removed bis glass
oye and handed u 90 me A. tho next
corner I Knocked on tho window. and
the chauffeur stopped. I aiiEh'ed
waved an airy ndiou 20 my onrrycd
friend. and strollod hlithcly across
town. n little later 10 pick up "a tax
and drive 60 the ReElnR.
Afraid ~ pursuit. HAD ] not al
ready conquered tho one-eyed man
Z Afraid OF the polirul Would Hlgglns
who had cunsplrcd AZ the stimulation
OF n robbery. IA order 20 avoid the
payment OF a tremendous duty con
/ ices his own attempt az crimof
For tho minute that I had dis
covered tho whereabouts OF tho Ia
nno's Pearl. understood why hir
aims had discussed business with ~,
Z white Eagle. Tho milllonairo'H no
I toroius parslmony had caused him e
invoke tho supcr.erook's AID st De-
Z fmuding the Customs. That was th'
only possible explanation q all That
I had beViliercd me.
How had / discovered tho where
Hi5uis or tho pearls simply cnopgh
I tho one.oyod mans glass oyo hht
been gray Ia the smoke room; u wa
green when tho electric llghl flashc,
upon Il ln tho lounge. Instantly
understood why the white Eagle hnt
printed his bizarre advertisement
Among the applicants for member
ship In bis club. DO had found th'
I criminal willing 20 AID him. IN hi0
( hirthemncn ~ tho desire % JOSIAH
[ Higgins 60 dcfrIud his government.
Would the ons.cysd man have r.
turned tho pearl 10 Higgins later on
or would he have delivered u 70 IN
White Eagic7 Would there have
been honor among these thieves
Ask mo somo sasler question. Asl
me. Tor Instance, what did when
arrived az my room 10 tho Regina
will tell you; l deity took apart The
two halves Of the green glusa eys
which had been surrendered 20 me
and kissed the RANGES Pearl.
( I had been righ, IN my theory
! where the csrrion lies, tho vul,ur'
flies.
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