Image provided by: YMCA of Ashland; Ashland, OR
About Southern Oregon miner. (Ashland, Or.) 1935-1946 | View Entire Issue (May 24, 1935)
SOUTHERN OREGON MINER YU'AN HEE SEE LAUGHS WNU Servie* SYNOPSIS By SAX ROHMER base. and that some hired killer of ! hla murdered one of the heat men 1 In my department only two nights > ago! Not to add that a consignment ! of drugs, which tuny have been 1 worth several thousand pounds, was 1 lying about there under our very noaee—but, you may take my word I for It, Is there no longer!" "That horrible laughter I heard would certainly point to the fact that Yu-an live See In |>eraon was 1 at Jo Lung's on Friday night." "I'm almost certain." Ilalg snapped, "he was on the dock when the crate* were removed from the Wal laroo! He was the fur-coater! man who sllp(>ed through the gates just before I spoke to youI He drove straight to Joe Lung's!" He sighed, knocking ash from bl* cigarette. “The remote possibility that he may himself be joining the ship at Marseille«, I hnve dealt with, as you know. Durham la on board. But hla first message was admitted ly not encouraging. It merely con- the staircase, two upon the •vile*. Ths new arrival* ordered coffee. The two men seated on (lie settee were of a different type One. ■ slight, dark faced fellow, mlgbl have been a Portuguese lie con ■tantly glanced with uneasy curl- oslty In the direction of the stair- way. The other wu* a thickset, de bauched looking mat of flfty-edd. smoking a dirty old brlnr pipe, who stared straight before him at the opposite wall, lie might have been Dutch or German, although. *• a matter of fact, ho w** Scotch. “Nothing seems to be happeulng,” •aid Dawson ilalg. “Nothing ever doe* happen hera,” replied M. Ballon, of ti.e Buret* "Biota are made and perhaps car ried out, but a* they are never car ried out In Bari*”— he shrugged— “what do we care?" The big Scot drew one gnarled hand ont of hla pocket and banged It on the table before him. The Arab waiter shuffled acroee from some hiding place. "Brandy!” The Arab retired, but almost Im mediately returned. And a* he set more cognac before the customer, he dropped ■ green slip upon the table. Instantly the big man grabbed IL drank hl* brandy at a gulp, and crossed to the stairs. He mounted, unsteadily, drew th* curtain aside, and disappeared. . . "Hello I” mid Dawson Haig. "Something ha* happened. Did you notice?” between this dastardly attempt and I tery boat edged fu. point by point. my call on the marquis! 1 failed, In the direction of Boulogne. Matt Kearney, young American old man—failed miserably My name Stern on to the flat beach It lay, living In London, says aood-by to Yet, you showing no lights. Its propellers hl* sister Eileen, on board the Wal with the chief was mud. laroo. The ship I* conveying li.OOlt.- see. I whs on the right track Yu'an turning lazily. Presently a boat 000 tn gold to Australia. On hla way Hee See was In Limehouse tonight. came out from a shadowy Inlet. home Kearney meets Inspector Daw. son Haig, of Scotland Yard, very Yu'an Hee See directed the murder Two rowers labored at the oars, much In love with Eileen. Haig Is of poor Norwich! I know, now— and very shortly drew alongside. on the trail of opium, which he Is because you heard him laughing. Those five small square case* convinced is concealed In Jo Lung's which hud come from Limehouse warehouse. Called to other duty, "Good G—d! Haig! an Idea . . . were transferred from the motor Haig delegates Kearney, with Do tectlve Norwich to visit th« pise« he may be sailing on the Wallaroo!” cruiser to the boat. Orange Blos and find out what he can. While In Dawson Haig nodded—and grinned. som then stepped gingerly Into the the warehouse Kearney picks up "I hadn't overlooked that [msslbll little craft. supported by Yu'an Hee and carries away a notebook, which Detective Sergeant Durham See. who followed her. Finally he turns over to Haig. Yu'an Hee Ity. See. leader of a band of Internation sails in the Wallaroo as far as Mar came Jo Lung. As the twat swung al thieve*, la at Jo Lung'*- Discov sellles.” away : ering the loss of bl* notebook, he “Pm glad of that.” said Kearney. “You will receive your orders to •end* two of bl* follower* after Norwich and Kearney one of whom Haig stared at him hard, and: morrow,” said Yu’an Hee See rap he realties must have picked It up. “Most blandly," he said, "the idly In Chinese. Haig I* puzsled over cryptic notes Greek gentleman at Jo Lung's re A yellow face surmounted by a in the hook, referring to the Wai- laroo. Soon after leaving Kearney ferred to their establishment In woolen cap peered down from the Norwich I* murdered, but Kearney Stamboul, tonight. He was safe. deck of the cruiser, and: I* not overtaken. While Haig la There's about as much chance of get “1 hear, my lord.” the man re poring over the book, a monstrous creature enters, seise* IL and *•- ting justice in Stamboul as of finding plied, and disappeared. a gold mine lu Shoreditch. But the capes. The two rowers bent to their oar*. Stamboul branch, as well as thnt in Some distance up the little creek a Limehouse, doesn't deal exclusively landing stage projected, and beyond CHAPTER III—Continued In stolen goods, or even drugs. The might tie seen the roof of a wood marquis Is Interested In a third In en hut. At this landing stage “For the considerable sum of two dustry—possibly based upon Siam party disembarked. thousand pounds In cash.” he adde<! bou) but probably not. Yu'an Hee Yu’an Hee See stood staring savagely, “Which cash, when I See Is the biggest slave trader In through the open doorway of challenged him. the Greek produce«! the east I” hut until the men had carried In all from the safe. Infernally clever, • • • * * * “Yea.” HI* companion nodded. five boxes, A board was quickly Damnably, polsonously clever. I’m "But It fa, I think, a* I have said. prie«) up. Its removal enabled a Eileen, a light sleeper, was awuk skirting the edge of this case. Kear There are other rooms here; no larger section of the floor, a con ney. I'm a thousand miles from the ened by the revolutions of the screw doubt some company of fools Is cealed trap, to be lifted. Hough of the Wallaroo. She Jumped out heart of it” meeting In one of them, to discuss wooden steps led down Into dark of bed and peeped out across a de "Personally,” Kearney confessed. the overthrow of Die present Rus ness. The Chinaman watched the serted deck. That dreary panorama "I’m very uneasy about those en sian misgovernment, or something of the Lower Thame* was slipping boxes being stowed In their hidden tries In the memo book.” of that kind. Our brandy swilling cellar. When the work was com- by, a drab and desolate picture. “Not half so uneasy as I am." I She watched for a w'hlle. then I PIeted and a11 ,race'' of hiding friend has been summoned to Join said Dawson Haig. “Something you I closed the shutters snd turned up them.” concealed again; have told me tonight has given me "Possibly.” the other murmured. “Come,” he said to the woman, a clew . . . perhaps too late! That the light The panic of waking “But I should hnve like«! a glimpse alone In that gray morning had left "we have no time to delay." squealing laughter. It was the Bl? of that green slip." her. As she sat there smoking and Perhaps half a mile away, guard Chief you beard—King Rat I Any I reflecting upon a hundred and one I hy a clump of funereal trees, a Even as he «poke «• Porturueae doubt I ever had about his real Iden I things, but chiefly upon the prob- small farm might be seen. Th< clapped hla hand*, ordering the tlty. you have settled! I know now lem of whether she shouh write to woman was III shod for the journey waiter to bring cigarette*. And whom I have to deal with.” Dawson Ilalg. as she had said she an<1 rI"nK ,0 her companion’* «rm when this order was ex ecu tel—a “I'm afraid 1 don't follow." would do. or whether she should »llPnl and fretful. Jo Lung walked green slip accompanied the little “You remember I went to Slnga I wait to see If there was a letter | behind. blue-wrapped packet I pore a year back? I was following They crossed a weed grown court "Nothing Ever Dos* Happer Hers, I rom him at Marseilles, she became The customer visibly started at a clew which I hoped would lead to yard. Jo Lung unlocked the door Replied M. Ballon. I aware of something. . . , sight of It. stood up. a small, lithe the breaking up of a big drug ring of a broken down barn. figure, and started up the stairs as Some one—some one who had a —and I knew fnote this point) that There, a vlslo of blue enamel slated of the words "Nothing to re the other had done. regular, heavy tread — was pacing Jo Lung was one of the group. They and glenmlng sih r plate. apjieared port." I take this to mean that “H'm!” sold Dawson Ilalg “A sec dealt In stolen property (and other I the deck on which her stateroom a large French touring car. Jo there la nothing suspicious about I opened. As be passed and repassed. ond chance mimed. I would give a merchandise as well). Guess where Lung disappeared Into the gloomy the occupants of the cabins men she experienced a rising curiosity year's pay. M. Ballon, to be present that clew led?” shadows of the barn, while the oth tioned In those mysterious note»—" I respecting bls Identity. at this meeting you speak of.” Kearney shook bls bead. “ One of which I* Eileen's! ” ers made themselves comfortable In No doubt a fellow passenger, un The meeting to which Dawson “To the villa, or rather, palace a' "I know.” Ilalg groaned, “and the car. When Jo Lung returned, reasonably awakened, as she had Johore Bahru, of the Marquis Yu an he wore a blue and white uniform I can't get that lact out of my Hnlg referred, was taking place In been, and who. despairing of fur A Hee See—exadmiral of China 1” mind. I have checked the curious a large room two floors above with a smart, peaked cap. ther sleep, had gone out for a walk. “But you don’t mean that he—” “Paris,” said Yu’an Hee See— entry relating to 'Suleiman Bey's, singular company waa assembled. Presently she heard hla return “I mean,” Ha'.g went on quickly I A case of champagne had been Paris notified us this morning that 'straight to headquarters.” 'that be declined to see me. A high ing footsteps approaching from the there la a certain restaurant nf that opened In the center of the floor ly burnished secretary Informed I after end. She turned off the light. I Upon a big. marble topped table "The fact remains,” «aid Dawson name near the Moulin («alette, I'm me that bls excellency had left Sing | pushed the shutter aside and were bottles of whisky, brandy gin. going across this afternoon." Haig, “there Isn't a scrap of evi • • ••••• absinthe and even srak Boxes of apore two days before, He was peeped out. dence to connect the establishment She saw the promenader—a big excellent cigar* lay upon many of full of regrets. Of course, I had The Restaurant Suleiman Bey. of our friend Jo Lung with the no alternative but to pretend to be man In a double-breasted blue over murder! If we could hnve produced adjoining the Place Plgnlle, seemed the smaller tnblea placed before coat; a man who wore a bowler lhe settees. The air was arar, al lleve the liar. And as I left the lhe notebook—It might have proved to be a quiet little place, with place I beard some one laughing' hat, and who glanced aside with to tie a hanging matter for some sleepy, curtained window* and a moat unbreuthable, with tobacco what seemed like definite curiosity smoke. Yes! I couldn't credit It at first body. But, legally. It’* valueless as glimpse, when the door was open, as he passed her door. As the big mnn entered pipe In of a narrow counter where Turkish any more than you could I Then I evidence.” There was nothing In the least hand, and stood, «waving and look coffee might be purchased by remembered something. . . Dawson Haig lighted a cigarette. •The marquis had been shot In the I alarming about him. except That It contained valuable clue* weight Beyond was a curtained Ing about him with bleared eves throat Just prior to the break-up of I ,bat be seemed to be Interested In wild yells of greeting went tip The Is proved by the step* taken to re door. that old regime under which he held lier cab*n- Eileen reclosed Hie shut- cover it But these clues, or what The night was wet. and patrons newcomer seemed bemused by hl» his commission as admiral of the |ter an<l In. And Defective you and I can remember of them, were few. but presently two men riotous reception One could al fleet! His vocal chords were af Sergeant Durham, noting that her frankly convey very little. In the entered. The one who led, a gaunt, most watch the slow workings of Then, evl fected. The Incredible laughter I light had gone out again, passed next place, 1 certainly had a glimpse pale-faced fellow, had something thnt fuddled brain. heard was the laughter of Yu’an along B deck to another cabin which —a horrifying glimpse—In your of the appear nee of the traditional dently having discovered tl.e person Interested him. Opening a heavy rooms, of the murderer of Norwich. artist, notably a shock of graying he was seeking, ho picked his wa« Hee See!” door tie stepped Into a cross alley But. ns you have pointed out. my dark hair, a small mustache, and a to a narrow settee between two enr 'You mean that—” talned windows, on which one miv "I mean that Yu’an Hee Seels Big way, then turned left Into another description might be that of any- straggly beard. He was accompanied by a man lounged In supercilious isolation. Chief—King Rat I And he was at Jo running forward and aft. thing from a ghost to a wild ani This was a sprucely groome Lung’s tonight. It was his memo who might have pass's! for nn Amer mall" book that you picked up. Yon "That's true ican tourist. He was buttoned up Egyptian, hie sleek hl-.ck halt grow Kearney laughed. CHAPTER IV In a white waterproof, and keen Ing very low upon hla cheek hones have heard how ft was recovered I" enough,' he admitted. "Bnt what happened—In Slnga OME passengers on the night “In short, the establishment of Jo blue eyes were visible through the With hla chin clean shaven, ollv- pore?” cross-channel steamer from Bou Lung with vnluable property stolen •lenses of tortoise-shell rimmed spec face and very white teeth he wn a langnrously handsome figure. Dawson Haig finished his drink logne noticed a gray motor cruiser from all over the world, with It* taeles. Apparently the artistic gentleman "Hello, Macllcs," he said, greet and shrugged hl* shoulders. which passed them In a dead calm so-called burglar alarms, and other "On my way back to Johore Bah sea about halfway across. Her ex novel features, must carry on as knew the place well, for he nodded Ing the newcomer In English whirl ru,” Haig replied. "I was Ingenious traordinary turn of speed excited usual entirely undisturbed by Scot to a stout lady who stood behind he spoke with facility but >i allgh the counter, lalsed the curtain In necent. “You are late ly lured Into a Chinese 'bath of their curiosity. You an' land Yard!” feathers’—that’s all I” They must have been even more He looked up, his keen blue eyes the opening beyond, am. the two one other are Inwt to report.” "1 had h—I's work nn a’ ” waa th Intrigued could they have witnessed gleaming savagely across the little entered a lotg, rectangular room “Bath of feathers!” A little stair 't the further end led reply "I hndna a bean I’ve hn “Exactly. Kearney! It's too late the nrrlval of this mysterious craft table. “In spite of the fact that one of up to a curta ned doorway. to go Into details. Incidentally off the French coast. bite nor sii| since yesterday mort though. I got out again . . . and I Only six customers were present: Ing and I walked hero from Calais Stealing through the haze of a the most dnngerous criminals In the there was no possible connection I gray and cheerless dawn, the mys world used tiie place as his London four of these around a table near 'TO BE f'n.NTI'WFJ» S