Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-05-17
CHAPTER V-Continued

are you so happy In the mouse OF AS
wami Pasha that you regret to leave
Cairo?"
II have small love for Aswami," she
replied, "and less for Cairo. We are
going, then, to Arabia? There, at least,
I have my comforts-my servants"
''In the morning, Orange Blossom"
He walked slowly towards her. "Y Oh
have until the dawn of tomorrow in
which to talk to me, to bewitch me
with your beauty, and make me more
completely your slave"
The woman smiled up at him as he
bent over her. "You know that I love
you, YUAN" she whispered.
II begin to believe so, since you have
followed me around the world
"Followed?"
"You were free to leave me at any
time"
Dimly the note of a gong sounded in
some place below. $50 now to your
ROOM" said Yuan Hee See. "This is
Aswami who has arrived. l shall be
detained, perhaps for an hour"
In small square room on the
ground floor of the house, furnished
very simply as an office, Aswami Pasha
sat waiting.
To the gang assembled in the Res
taurant Suleiman Bey in Paris he was
known as the Chief, but here he was
an Egyptian gentleman of established
position. Nevertheless, he watched the
6nnr fo;,
vousness not strictly in keeping with
Moslem fatalism.
Yuan Hee See stood framed in the
open doorway, looking at the Egyptian,
his eyes nearly closed. you are an
hour late. What is the explanation?"
ut is simple" was the reply. 1.-THE
pilot made a forced landing, but good
one. We were ten miles from Helopo-
lis-which, think, explains my delay"
ut explains it," the reedy voice con-
coded. Il accept this explanation.
would add that if such accidents occur
to others of our company disaster lies
before us like gulf which no man
can pass"
II have no fears" the Egyptian as
sured him. Here is the roll. l can
tell you where every man of the COM
pany is at the present moment"
cor should be-"
"Some are out of reach, l admit, but
with the others we can get in touch
If you desire it,"
II do not desire it. You are RESPONSE
ble." He raised a plump hand, the
pointed index finger curled. Il do not
wish to see your report. Tell me that
there has been no hitch"
mo hitch"
"Very good. l am perhaps foolish,
but in London everything went wrong.
Since this is our biggest venture, |
thoNgh- that the auguries were unfa-
vorable."
Across the coarse but handsome fea-
lures of the Egyptian momentary
cloud passed, it's passage instantly de-
tected by those nearly closed eyes of
Yuan Hee See.
"You also have been disturbed?"
The voice was very soft but incred-
IDLY high.
mo, no, Excellency" Aswami forced
a smile. Zone of the men rather
alarmed me on the night we met in
Paris
1T was the Scotsman? He must be
watched"
mo, not MacIles. l dstrust him
only when he is sober. Also 1 have
arranged to replace him if necessary.
But Kid Brown exchanged words with
a stranger downstairs in the restau-
rant He went down with Franz Har-
tog, our second engineer, whom he had
thrashed for breach of orders. And
this stranger, except for some Russian
idiots, was the only person in the
restaurant. Too late, he reported the
matter to me, admitting that he may
have been indiscreet."
There was a momentary silence;
then:
"Eepeat to me-" said Yuan Hee See,
"in the mans own words, exactly what
he reported to you, including his de-
scription of this stranger"
Those desperately drab streets which
lead from the docks at Marseilles to
the more habitable quarters of the city
were several inches deep in an I'M
pleasant kind of light yellow mud.
The buildings were yellowish gray !;
the sky was of this muddy complexion
also
Simply too unbelievably pigsty,"
Eileen declared, as the taxi floundered
and thumped through the morass.
"And I'm real sorry started"
That's rather mean of you, Eileen,''
said Jack Rattray, the first officer,
smiling his slow smile. Don't you
think so, doctor"
Doctor Oestler patted Eileen's arm
snothingly.
"At least, Miss Kearney," he said,
sit makes small change. We shall
not be ashore again until we reach
Port Said. Yes? And what does it
matter, this mud and the gray sky
Ha? Presently we shall be convivial
with little cocktail ha? And it
makes small change"
Eileen turned to him and laughed.
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