Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-06-20

to pray. There is no more desperate
character than that of religious man
gone wrong. And James Malcolm
Maclles, ex-chief engineer of famous
liner was deeply religious man whom
an irreligious woman had driven down
to hell.
In drink he was a devil incarnate.
And he wanted to pray for strength
to remain sober long enough to save
his poor soul from this last black sin.
But n>7er a word would come.
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AS the motorboat swung into the
reef-sheltered harbor, the truth leaped
at last to Dawson Haig's brain. {.
A suspicion, which for weeks past
longer; perhaps since that day when
the existence of the former Marquis
Yuan Hee See had thrust itself upon
his attention-had clamored for recog-
milton, at last drove home
Drug smuggler-slave dealer-re-
ceiver OF stolen property-yes but at
last the whole scope of this devils
activities presented itself like revela-
ton.
The American yacht, a year ago!
And less than a year earlier, the big
German freighter with cargo insured
for quarter Of million! Both had
vanished, leaving never a survivor
somewhere in the Red sea. There had
been talk about shifting shoal; an
official survey had been made.
Yuan Hee See was a pirate-a mod
ern pirate holding strictly to the
motto of that CHASTITY trade, dead
men tell no .a!es"
This was the man, with his damnarle
organization, in whose power Eileen
lay!
His body was icily cold but his
brain raced like an engine He clenched
his fists. What should he do? What
could he do? Where did his duty lie?
He had deliberately snapped the link
between himself and official support.
He was alone-alone against an organ
lied group of absolutely callous scoun-
drels- operating under the orders If
the most evil man that ever came out
of Asia. The whole CHASTITY conspiracy
became an open book; all his past
knowledge of the group, clues which
had led neutrality-suspicious. at which
the chief had laughed. :.
This last astounding recognition had
brought everything into order. His flu
tile journey to Singapore with it's near
ly fatal terminaton-how near he had
been then to the truth! And what
bloodshed and sorrow he might have
averted had he not failed. Now-was
he to fail again?-with all the facts at
last in his hands?
Eileen!
Eileen he could not think about and
remain sane. Turning to the taciturn
negro who accompanied him, he asked,
do we go far?"
He fully appreciated the position of
Joseph in the scheme of things. Jo-
seph was nominee of the old villain,
Mohammed, at Port Said He had been
given chance to prove himself
Therefore, he was about to be received
by-whom?
Surely not by the man who laughed!
No. Yuan Hee See was too cunning
for that. He would be met by some
chief of staff.
A horrible idea flashed through his
mind-Polodos The Greek unmis-
takably was man with an excellent
brain; man Of culture. And 1t was
Polodos who had taken charge in
Limehouse during the critical hours
which preceded the sailing of the Wal
LARGO.
He remembered how he had cud-
geled his brains for an explanation of
where the leakage had occurred be-
tween Scotland Yard and Sydney. 1t
was painfully clear now. The consign-
ment of drugs-a minor matter-had
been removed, because at the last mo-
ment this greater scheme had suggest
ed itself to the master mind!
''There," the negro replied, and point
ed Ahead on the right, long high
wall began. Beyond it, where the negro
pointed, he saw twinkling lights.
There massive gates heavily rein
forced with scrolled ironwork, opened
onto a courtyard. A big negro in uni
form stepped forward and a quick in
terchange of remarks, meaningless to
the listener, took place between Haig's
guide and the guardian of the gate.
He was ushered into carpeted and
well-furnished room. The guide disap-
peared. But the man in uniform stood
before him. "Chief engaged" he said
in his thick negroid voice. "Some one
see you presently. Have drink?"
Thanks said Haig drily. "Have
you got whisky and soda?"
The man grinned and disappeared.
Dawson Haig looked about him, weigh
ing his chances. This was headquar-
ters-Yu'an Hee Sees base "The girl
is safely on her way" Joseph had
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