Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-04-12

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n "Whatever's the matter, EileenT
said he. af TEabs
L. "Oh. don't know, Jack!" she replied.
She was angry with herself. I'm be-
having like a perfect little idiot to-
night. And if you ask me why, can't
tell you. It's Just jim-jams. Except
that I think it began with a horrible
looking man wearing fur-collared
overcoat!'' tf d t4te fil
+ "Oh| said Rattray, conscious that
duty called him but held against his
will by the girls unaccountable mood.
when did you see this furry bird?
And was it his collar or his overcoat
you didn't like2' aa
Ills face! He looked into the open
door of my stateroom while Matt was up
In your cabin saw his reflection in
my hand mirror. When turned, he
wasn't there"
DO you mean he was actually in
the room-fur collar and all?" 5@i
"No-foolish idiot! He was stand
ing just in the doorway, and he was
smiling the most. horrible smile
Imaginable
An Englishman"
ooh, no, he wasn't! A Chinaman."
A Chinaman! In fur coat! No
wonder you were shaken up!"
There was a queer musky smell,
too"
Have you seen him since?"
Eyes. I saw him afterwards on the
dockside, looking up at me-"
Il think that settles it." said Jack
Rattray reassuringly. "There was a
bunch of stuff shipped by Chinese
agency down Limehouse way for a
firm in Sydney. Some d-n silly mis-
take. They're hauling it out nova
hi Of job-from Number Three
hold This oriental bird was probably
the half-wit responsible It's given
me more trouble than the specie"
"The specie?"
Yes. We're a Spanish galleon this
trip, Eileen!" Rattray smiled his slow
smile. "Minted gold from the Bank Of
England, consigned to the Common
wealth Bank Of Australia. Look It's
just coming aboard Two millions!"
open lorries were driven onto the
dock. Eileen, looking down, could see.
as tarpaulin covers were hauled off,
that they were laden with small square
boxes.
"How feeble!'' she exclaimed.
where's the regiment of guards with
fixed bayonets?'
mot here, my child. Out of date.
There's a police car full of tees out
side, though! Well,,I must slip off now.
They've rushed this little lot aboard us
at the last moment. and. I've got to
find a safe home for it. Take my tip.
Turn in with book and, if you like,
I'll have nightcap sent along in about
half an hour. Leave 1t to me.
!..You're Kind Pig" said Eileen
and squeezed his arm affectionately.
She had known, Jack Rattray for
three years. He had introduced her to
Dawson Haig i, in Colombo-only a
year ago. - &Ss&&
AS he went off with his slow, long
strides, she turned and entered her
cabin. ~ " - "~'
Looking at the books on the rack
and pulling wry face, she con-
templated unpacking yet to be done.
She had been on board since noon, and
knew she was desperately lazy But,
then, Dawson Haig had stayed to lunch
when it was announced that the ship
couldn't 81. land Matt, the good angel,
had chung on to the last possible min
ute.
"Oh, bother!" she said.
She was tired but excited. Her men,
tai condition puzzled her. This was not
the first time she had travelled alone.
She was used to the sea and had taken
her maiden voyage at the age Of twelve.
The memory of that strange lemon
yellow face, glimpsed between up.
raised flaps OF an astrakhan Collar and
the pulled down brim Of soft black
hat, haunted her ridiculously. OF
course, the man was some Chinese
shipping agent. The apparent evil of
his smile might have been no more
than distorted reflection in the mir
ror.
She wondered If Dawson Haig would
write.
Queer, that odor, like musk 1t
seemed to hang about.
Yes, she would turn in and read
you see, Kearney," said Detective
Inspector Dawson Haig. staring up at
an old print which decorated the bar,
Officially, my hands are tied. It's be.
cause I've always made point of find
ing the loopholes in official regulations
that I've got as far as have"
The bar was sparsely populated
Two firemen, amiably drunk, lolled in
corner A solitary. seedylooking
drinker sat against the wall, smoking
his pipe and taking sips from a tank
ard. shirt-sleeved barman made up
the company.
Kearney smiled at the speaker. He
regarded William Dawson Haig as one
of the most remarkable men in London
a man destined to win an international
reputation. Haig had been at Stony
hurst with Kearney-Michael Kear-
nov now TInited States consul at