Marietta Monitor. (Marietta, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, June 11, 1915 Page: 3 of 8
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THE MARtETTA MONITOR
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Novsllud from th Photo Play of th Bam Kama Produced by tha Vnlvaraa)
Klim Manufacturing Company
SYNOPSIS
i
Hanford Quant maalar criminologist of
tha world flnda that In bringing to Jus
tloa Msrdougal tha murderer of lrd
Aahlelah'e daughter ha haa but Just bs-
gun a flls-and-dnath strugxls wlih a mya-
terlnua maatar criminal in a hidden hut
la Profeeanr Aahlelgli'a garden ha haa
naan an anthropoid apa akeloton and a
living Inhuman craatura half monkay
half man deatroyad by lira In hla room
have apiieared from nowhera black boxea
containing aarraallc threatening nolea
algned by a pair of armlraa handa Mura
and Ienora hla assistants auapact Craig
the profeaaor'a aervant of a double mur-
der Tha black boxea continue to appear
In uncanny fashion Craig la trapped by
Queat but eecapeg to England where
Uuaat Lsnora and tha profeeaor follow
him I-ord Aahlelgh la murdered by tha
Handa Lmora la abducted In London
and reacued Craig la capturad and
capea to Port Bald
TENTH INSTALLMENT
CHAPTER XXII
I THE SHIP OP HORROR
Guest loaned a little forward and
Rated down tha Une of nteamer chain
The profetaor In a borrowed overcoat
and cap wag reclining et full lencth
etudylng n book on seagulls which be
Jiad found in the library Laura and
Lenora were both doilnc tranquilly
Mr Harrla of Scotland Yard wan deep
In n volume of detective stories
: "As a pleaaura cruise" Queat re-
marked trimly "thl little ezcuralon
neeme to be n complete success"
Laura opened her eyea at once
"Trying to get my goat again eh?"
ahe retorted T suppose thet'e what
you're after Going to tell me I sup-
pose tbit it wasn't Craig I saw aboard
thla at earner?
"We are all liable to make mis-
takes” Queat observed "and I am In-
clined to believa that thla is one of
your"
' Laura’ expression waa a little dog-d-
"If he's too clever for yon gnd Mr
Harris” she said 1 cant help that
I only know tket ho came on board
My eyes ere the one thing In life I do
'believe”
' “If you’ll excuse me saying so Mias
Laura" Harris ventured leaning def-
erentially towards ber "there tint a
passenger on board thle ahlp or e
servant or one of the crew whom we
haven't seen We've been Into every
stateroom end we've even searched
the hold We’ve been over the ship
backward! and forwards The cap-
taln's own steward has been our guide
snd we've conducted an extra search
on our own account Personally I
must aay Iha com to the same
conclusion na Mr Quaat At the pres-
ent moment there is no such person
aa tha man wa are looking for on
board thla steamer”
"Then he either changed into an-
other one” Laura declared obstinate-
ly “or else he jumped overboard"
"Come on Harrla you end I prom-
ised to report to the captain this
morning I don’t suppose hell be any
too pleased with us Let's get through
with It -
The two men walked down the deck
together They found the captain
alone In hit room with a chart spread
out In front of him and n pair of com-
passes in hla hand He turned round
and greeted them
“Well?”
"No luck sir” Quest announced
"Tour steward has given us every as-
sistance possible and we have
searched the ship thoroughly Un-
less he has found a hiding place un-
known to your steward and not appar-
ent to us the man 1 not on board"
The captain frowned slightly
"You are not suggesting that this Is
possible I suppose?'
"Quest did not at ones reply He
was thinking of Laura's obstinacy
"Personally” be admitted "I should
not have believed it possible The
young lady of our party however who
declares that ahe saw Craig board the
steamer Is quite Immovable”
"Brown" said the captain turning
to the steward "I understand that you
aay that you havs taken these gentle-
men Into every comer of th ship that
you have ransacked every possible
hiding place that you have given them
every possible opportunity of search-
ing for themselves?"
"That is quite true air” th man
acknowledged v
"You agree with me that it la im-
possible for anyone to remain hidden
in thla ahlpf
"Absolutely sir”
"You hear gentlemen?" the captain
contalnued "1 really can do no more
Wbat the mischief are you hanging
bout for Brown?" he asked turning
to the steward who was standing by
with a carpet-sweeper In hla hand
"Room wants cleaning out badly
air"
The captain glanced distastefully at
th carpet-sweeper
“Do It when I am at dinner then”
he ordered "and take that damned
thing away"'
The steward obeyed promptly Queat
and Harris followed him down the
deck
"Queer-looking fellow that” the lat-
ter remarked "Doesn't seem quite at
his ease does be?"
"Seemed a trifle overanxious 1
Mips Qtpfflt®!
thought when he was showing us
round th ahlp” Quest agreed
"Mem” Harris murmured softly
"aa th gentleman who wrote tho vol-
ume of detective storloa I am reading
puts It to keep our ey on
Brown”
Tho captain who was down to din-
ner unusually early rose to welcome
Quest's little party and himself ar-
ranged the seats
They settled down Into the places
arranged for them
An elderly lady dressed In some-
what oppressive black with n big
cameo brooch at her throat and a
black satin bag In her hand waa being
shown by the steward to a seat by
Quest's aide Bbe acknowledged the
captain's greeting acidly
"Good evening captain" she said "I
understood from th second steward
that the seat on your right hand would
be reserved for me ' I am Mrs Fob-
ton Rowe" -
The captain received the announce-
ment calmly
"Very pleased to have you at the
table madam" he replied "As to the
seating I leave that entirely to the
steward I never interferu myself"
Laura pinched arm and Lenora
glanced away tr a smile Mrs
Foston Rowe atu the menu disap-
provingly "Hora d’oeuvret” she declared "I
never touch No ono knows bow long
they've been opened Bouillon — I will
have some bouillon steward” 1
"In one moment madam"
The professor came ambling along
towards the table (
"I fear that I aa few-momenta
late" he remarked a ha took tha
chair next to Mrs Foaton Row -1 of-
fer you my apologies captain I con-
gratulate you upon your library I have
discovered a most Intereating book up-
on tho habits of aeaguUs It kept me
engrossed until the very last moment
and I am hungry”
"Well you'll have to stay hungry a
long time at thla table then” Mrs Foa-
ton Rowe snapped “Seems to me
that the service la going to he abomin-
able” The steward who had juat arrived
presented a cup of bouillon to Quest
The others bad all been served Queat
stirred It thoughtfully
"And as to the custom" Mrs Foston
Rowe continued "of serving gentle-
men before ladles It la I suppose pe-
culiar to thla steamer"
Quest hastily laid down his spoon
raised the cup of bouillon and pre-
sented It with a little bow to hla neigh-
bor ’
"Pray allow me madam" he begged
"The steward was to blame”
Mrs Foston Rowe did not hesitate
for a moment- She broke up some
togst in the bouillon and commenced
to alp it
The spoon suddenly went clattering
from her fingers She caught at the
aides of the table there was strange
"A Message From th Hands! Look!”
look in her face With scarcely a
murmur ahe fell back In ber seat
Quest leaned hurriedly forward
There was a slight commotion The
doctor came hurrying up from the oth-
er aide of the saloon He bent over
her and hla face grew grave -
“What is It?" the captain demanded
The doctor glanced at him mean-
ingly "She had better be carried out” he
whispered
“Was It a faint?” Lenora asked
"We shall know directly" the cap-
tain replied "Better keep your places
I think Steward serve the dinner as
usual”
The man held out hla hand to with-
draw tho cup of bouillon but Quest
drew It towards him
"Let it wait for moment" he or-
dered He glanced at the captain who nod-
ded back In n few moments the doc-
tor reappeared He leaned down and
whispered to the captain
"Dead!"
Queat turned around
"Doctor” he Bald 1 happen to have
my chemical cheat with ms and soma
special testing tubes If you'll nllow
mo I'd Ilk to examine this cup of
bouillon You might com round too
if you will"
The captain nodded
"I'd better atay her for s time" ho
decided "I'll follow you presently"
Tho service of dinner was resumed
Laura however sent plat after plat
away Th captain watched her anx-
iously "I can't help It" ah explained "I
don't know whether you've bad any
talk with Mr Queet hut we've been
through eome queer time lately I
guesa this death buslneaa is getting
on my nerves"
Tho captain waa startled
"You don't for a moment connect
Mrs Foeton Rowe's death with tha
criminal you are In Search of?” be
exclaimed
Laura aat quite till for a moment
"The bouillon wae offered Orel to
Mr Quest" she murmured
The captain called hla steward
"Where did you get the bouillon
from you eerved— that last cup espe-
cially r he aeked '
"From the pantry juit as usual
sir” the man answered "It wae all
served out from the same caldron"
"Any chanco of anyone getting at
itr
“Quit Impossible sir"
In Quest's stateroom the doctor
the professor Quest and Lenora were
all gathered around two little tubes
which the criminologist was examin-
ing with an electric torch -
"No reaction at all" the latter mut-
tered "This Isn't an ordinary poison
anyway"
The professor who bad been stand-
ing on one side suddenly gave vent to
a soft exclamation
"Walt!” he whispered "Walt! I
have an Idea"
He hurried off to hla stateroom
Tho doctor was poring over a volume
of tabulated poisons Quest was still
watching hla tubes Lenora sat upon
the couch Suddenly the professor
reappeared He was carrying a small
notebook in hla band hla manner be-
trayed some excitement He closed
the door carefully behind him
' "I want you all" he begged "to
listen very carefully to me You will
discover the application of what I am
going to read when I am finished
Now If you please"
"This" he began "la tha diary of a
tour mad by Craig and myself In
northern Egypt some fourteen years
ago Hero is tbs first entry of im-
port: MONDAT— Twenty-nine mile toutheatl
of Port Bald Wo have stayed for two
daya at a little Mongar village I have
today come to the deflnlte conclusion that
anthropoid apea were at ona time denl-
aena of thla country
TUESDAY— Both Craig and I hava been
a little uneasy today These Mongers
Into whose encampment we have found
our way are one of the strangest and
fiercest 0f tha nomad tribes They are1
descended without a doubt from tho an-
cient Mongolians who Invaded this coun-
try some seven hundred years before
Christ but have preserved In a marvelous
way their Individuality aa a race They
have the narrow eyea and tha thick note
base of tho pure Oriental: also much of
hla cunning One of their special weak-
nesses seems to ba tha Invention of the
most hldeoua forma ' of torture which
they apply remorselessly to their ene-
mies WEDNESDAY— This has been a won-
derful day for ua chiefly owing to what
I must place on record aa an act of great
bravery by Craig my servant Enrly thla
morning a man-eating lion found hla
way Into tha encampment The Mongers
behaved like arrant cowards They fled
right and left leaving the chiefs little
daughter Feerda at the brute's mercy
Craig who Is by no meant an adept In
(he use of firearms chased the animal aa
he was making off with the child and
more by good luck than anything else
managed to wound It mortally He
brought the child back to the encamp-
ment )uat aa the chief and the warriors
of the tribe returned from a hunting ex-
pedition Our position here Is now abso-
lutely secure We are treated like gods
and appreciating my weakness for all
matters of science the chief haa today
explain'd to me many of the s-cret mys-
teries of the tribe Amongst other thlnss
he haa shown' me a wonderful secret poi-
son known only to this tribe which they
call Veedemxoo It brings almost Instant
death and la exceedingly difficult to trace
The addition of sugar causes a curious
condensation and resolve It almost to a
white pasts The only antidote la a sub-
stance which they use here freely and
which Is exactly equivalent to our cam-
phor v The professor closed hie book
Quest promptly rang the hell
"Some sugar" he ordered turning
to the steward
They waited In absolute silence
The suggestion which the professor’s
disclosure bad brought to them was
stupefying even Quest's fingers as a
moment or two later he rubbed two
knobs of sugar together so that the
contents should fall Into the tubes of
bouillon shook The result waa
magical The bouillon turned to a
strange shade of gray and began
slowly to thicken
"It is Mongar poison!" the profes-
sor cried with breaking voice '
They all looked at one another
“Craig must be here amongst ua”
Quest muttered
"And the bouillon” Laura cried
clasping Quest's arm "the bouillon
waa mearit for yon!”
There seemed to he somehow
among all of them ' carious Indis-
position to discuss this matter Sud-
denly Lenora who was sitting on the
lounge underneath the porthole put
out her hand and picked up card
which waa lying by Ms aide She
glanced at II at first curiously Then
she ahriekeL
"A message!" she cried "A mes-
sage from The Handa! Look!"
They crowded around her In that
same familiar handwriting waa
scrawled serosa the face of the card
these few words:
To Sanford Quest:
You have sscapsd this time by
"As a Pleasure Cruise” Queat Ramarktd "Thla Excursion Seams to Be a
Suocaaa”
ehanc of fortuna not because your
wits are keen not because of your
own shrewdness simply bscaust
Fate willed It It will not bs for long
Underneath was the drawing of the
clenched bands
"Thera Is no looter any doubt”
Lenora said calmly "Craig la on
board He must have been on deck
a few minutes ago It was bis band
which placed this card on the port-
hole Listen! What's that?"
There waa a scream from the deck
They all recognized Laura's voice
Harris was out of tbs stateroom first
but they were all on deck within ten
seconds Laura waa standing with
one hand clasping tha rail her hand
fiercely outstretched towards the low-
er part of the promenade deck
Through the darkness they hea-d the
sound of angry voices
“What Is It Laura T' Lenora cried
She swung round upon them
"Craig!" she cried "Craig! I
saw hla face as I sat In ray chair
there talking to the captain I saw
man’s white face — nothing else He
must have been leaning over the rail
He heard ma call out and be disap-
peared” The captain came slowly out of the
shadows limping a little and fol-
lowed by his steward who waa mur-
muring profuse apologies J
"Did you find him?” Laura demand-
ed eagerly
"I did not” the captain replied a
little tersely "I ran Into Brown here
and we both had a shake-up”
'"But he waa there— a second ago!"
Laura cried out " '
"I beg your pardon miss" Brown
ventured "but the deck's closed at
the- and aa you can see with - sail-
cloth and I waa leaning over the
rail myself when you shrieked There
wasn't anyone else near me and no
one can possibly have passed round
the deck as you cad see for your
self"
“Very well then" she said "you
people had better get a strait-waistcoat
ready for me If I didn't see
Craig there I'm going off my head"
Quest had disappeared some sec-
onds ago He came thoughtfully back
a little later
"Captain" he asked "what shall
you say if I tell you that I have proof
that Craig la on board?’
‘ The captain glanced at Laura and
restrained himself
"I should probably say a great many
things which I should regret after-
wards" he replied grimly
"Sit down and well tell you what
haa happened in my room” Quest con-
tinued He told the story calmly and with-
out remark The captain held hla
head
"The ship shall be searched" the
captain declared "once more Well
look into every crack and every cup-
board” Lenora turned away with a little
shiver It wsc one of her rare mo-
ments of weakness
"You won't find him! You won't
find him!” she murmured “And I
am afraid!"
a a a a a a
Lenora grasped the rails of the
steamer and glanced downwards at
the great barge full of Arab sailors
and merchandise In the near back-
ground were the docks of Port Sntd
It was their first glimpse of esstern
atmosphere and color
"I can’t tell you how happy I am”
she declared to Quest "to think that
this voyage Is over Every night 1
have gone to bed terrified" 1
Ho smiled grimly
"Coming on shore any of you?”
Harris inquired
"We may when the boat moves up”
Quest replied “The professor went
off on tha first barge Hero he Is
coming hack” fu
A little boat had shot out from the
docks manned by a couple of Arabs
They could see the professor seated
In the stem He waa poring over
small document which he held In hla
hand He waved to them excitedly
"He’s got news!” Queat muttered
He came straight to Quest and Len-
ora and gripped the former by the
arm
"Look!" he cried "Look!"
He held out a card Quest read R
aloud:
Thera la not one amongst you with
tho wit of a Mongar child Good-by 1
Tho Hands!
"Where did you get It?" Quest de-
manded "That's the point — the whole point!"
the professor exclaimed excitedly
"He's done us I He's landed! That
paper waa pushed Into my hand by
a tall Arab who mumbled something
and harried off across th docks On
the landing stage mind!"
The captain came and put hla head
out of the door
"Mr Queat” be said "can you spar
me a moment? You can all come if
you like”
They moved up towards him Tho
captain closed the door of bis cabin
He pointed to a carpet-sweeper which
lay against tbo wall
"Look at that" ba invited
They lifted the top Insldo were sev-
eral sandwiches and a small can of
tea
"What on earth la this?" Quest de-
manded The captain without a word led
them into hla inner room A huge
lounge stood In ono corner He lifted
the valance Underneath were some
crumbs
"You see" ho pointed out "there’s
room there for man to have hidden
especially If ho could crawl out on
deck at night I couldn't make out
why tho dickens Brown waa always
sweeping out my room and I took np
this thing n little time ago and looked
at 1L This la what I found”
"Where's Brown?” Quest asked
quickly
"I rang down for tho chief steward”
th captain continued "and ordered
Brown to b sent np at once The
chief steward came himself Instead
It seems Brown went off without hla
wages but with a hug parcel of bed-
ding on th first barge thla morn-
ing before anyone was about"
Quest groaned as he turned away
"Captain" he declared "I am
ashamed He has been here all the
time and we've let him slip through
our fingers Girls" ho went on brisk-
ly turning towards Laura who had
Juat come up "India's off We'll
catch thla barge If there's time Oar
luggage can be put on shore when the
boat docks"
The captain walked gloomily with
them to the gangway
“Professor" Quest asked "how long
would it take us to get to this Mongar
village you spoke about?”
"Two or three daya if we can get
camels” the other replied T see you
agree with me then aa to Craig's
probable destination?”
Quest nodded
“What sort of fellows are they any-
way?” he asked "Will it be safe
for us to push on alone?" - — -— - -"With
me” the professor assured
him "you will be safe anywhere I
speak a little of their language I
have lived with them They are far
more civilized than some of the in-
terior tribes"
They disembarked and were driven
to the hotel still discussing their
project The professor had disap-
peared for some time bat rejoined
them later
“It is all arranged" he announced
"I found a dragoman whom I knew
We shall have four of the best camels
and a small escort ready to start to-
morrow morning ‘ Furthermore I
have news An Englishman whose
description precisely tallies with
Craig's started off only an hour ago
in the same direction Thla time
at any rate Craig cannot escape ua”
They made their way back to the
hotel dined In a cool bare room and
sauntered out again Into the streets
The professor led the way to little
building outside which a man waa vol-
ubly Inviting all to enter
"You shall see one of the sights of
Port Said" he promised "This i
real Egyptian dancing girl”
A girl who seemed to bo dressed In
little more than a winding veil glided
on to the stage swaying and moving
slowly to the rhythm of the monoto-
nous music She danced a measure
which none of them except the pro-
fessor had ever seen before coming
now and then so close that they could
almost feel her hot breath and Lenora
felt somewhat vaguely disturbed by
the glitter of her eyes
Suddenly Laura leaned forward
"Look at the professor” she whis-
pered They all turned their heads A queer
change seemed to have come into the
professor's face Hla teeth were
gleaming between hla parted Ups hla
head waa thrust forward n Uttle hla
eyes were filled with strange hard
light r He was a transformed being
unrecognizable - perturbing " - Even
while they watched the girt floated
close to where he aat and leaned to-
wards him with a queer mocking
smile Hla hand suddenly descended
upon her foot She laughed still more
There waa little 'exclamation from
Lenora The professor’s whole frante
quivered He snatched the anklet
from the girl's ankle and bent over it
ho leaned towards Mm torraat 1
word streaming from bar Ups The
professor answered her la ber owa lea
fuag She listened to him la ansae-
meat Th angar passed She bald out
both her hands The professor still
argued She shook ber head Finally
he placed some gold la her palms Bho
patted him on th cheek laughed lata
hla eyea pointed behind and reeamed
her dance The anklet remained In th
professor's hand
"Say well get out of this" Queet
said "Th Bins have had enough”
Th professor mad no objection
"Congratulate me" he said "I havo
been collector of Egyptian gold orna-
ments all my Ufo This la tha ono
anklet I needed to complet my collec-
tion It baa the double mark of th
Pharaohs I recognised It at one
Thera are a thousand like 11 you
would think la th bazaars there la
reality there may bo perhaps a dozen
more In all Egypt which are genuine”
They all looked at one another
Their relief bad grown too poignant
for words
"Early start tomorrow” Quest re-
minded them
e e e e e e e
Lenora a few nights later looked
down from tbo etar-etrewn sky which
seemed suddenly to have dropped ao
much nearer to them to th shadows
thrown across th desert by th deno-
tes flames of their fire “v
Laura rose to her feet
"Say I'm going to get a drink” ah
announced
The dragoman who had been hover-
ing around bowed gravely and pointed
towards th water bottles
She took tho hora cup from th
dragoman
"Have some yourself If you wan
to Haaaan” aba Invited
Hasaan bowed gravely fiUed a cup
and drank it off Ho stood for a mo-
ment perfectly still aa though aome-
thlng were coming over him which be
failed to understand Then hla Upa
parted hla eyas for a moment seemed
to shoot from out of hla dusky skin
Ho threw up hla arms and fell over on
hla Bide Laura who had only sipped
bar cup threw it from her She too
reeled for a moment The professor
and Quest came running up attractod
by Lenora’ shriek
"They're potsoned!” ah cried 4
"Th Yeodemsoo!” Queet shouted
"My God! Pull yourself together
Laura Hold up for a minute"
Ho dashed back to tholr little en-
campment and reappeared elmost im-
mediately He threw Laura's heed
back end forced some liquid down her
throat
"It’s camphor!” he cried "You’ll be
all right Laura Hold on to yourself”
He swung round to where tho drago-
man waa lying forced hla month open
but it was too late— th man waa dead
He returned to Laura She stumbled
to her feet 8h was pale and drop
of perspiration were standing on her
forehead She waa able to rise to her
feet however without aselatance
"I am all right now” ahe declared
Quest felt her pulse and her fore-
head They moved back to tho fire
“We are within n dozen miles or no
of th Mongar village” Quest said
grimly "Do you suppose that follow
could have been watching?”
They all talked together for a time
In low voice The profemor waa la-
"Craig!" She Cried "Cralgl I Saw
Hla Face Thera"
dined to scout the theory of Craig haw
ing approached them
"You muet remember” he pointed
out "that th Mongers hate these fel-
lows It was part of my arrangement
with Hasaan that they should leave ua
when we got In sight of the Mongar
encampment It may have been meant
for Haaaan The Mongers hate the
dragomen who bring tourists In thin
direction at all”
They talked a little while longer and
finally stole away to their tents to
sleep Outside the camel drivers
talked still chattering away walking
now and then around Hassada body In
solemn procession Finally one of
them who seemed to havo trten the
lead broke Into an Impassioned stream
of words Soon they stole away —
long ghostly procession — into tMt
night 1
i "Those fellows seem to havo left off
their infernal chattering all of n sud-
den" Quest remarked lully from In-
side the tent
The professor made no answer He
waa aaleep
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