The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 29, 1924, Page 8

“The Beacon BY FRED V. START HERR TODAY a Cle 4 at, meets p is man in the I house in has been From hts bidin Toba in th ® m id : possess NOW GO ON WITH THE rp CHAPTER St ENARD, his eyes siist vanced toward Toba. his hands togethe } “The woman Belongs to us," } said smoothly. “We obtained her only after much trouble, She is very valu able to us.” Toba flashed a scornful glance at “I will buy her,” she said. | Renard bow “This girl is yours for ing gold pieces from your ts! delivered here,” said Renard. “{ will take the girl back and re turn with the money.” Toba was eagerly alert now, Re-| nard shrugged his shoulders. | “We must have the gid pleces| first,” he countered. “Then you may have the girl.” | Toba frowned. “Tt will take weeks before I can return,” she said. “Besides, we would have captured this woman tonight If you had not interfered with our plans.” Renard bent low in a bow. | “Dear madam,” he said, “permit me to call your attention to the fact that we were merely first.” Toba permitted a smile to flicker at her lips, altho her eyes remained dark and glowering. “Very well,” sho said. “Fortunately I have an amount here sufficient to Spare me the trouble of returning to| the island for the money.” “Goodt’ exclaimed Renard. The| others of his gang bent forward eagerly. This was rare good fortune. “I will send for the money,” said ‘Toba. “It will be delivered here In an hour. In the meantime, I want to Warn you against treachery. “As powerful you are,” sho! warned Renard, “you could not es-/ cape my people or their vengeance if} you betrayed me.” Renard tried to take her hand “My dear woman, nothing is farther from my mind,” he said, | smiling. Toba moved haughtily | away. She turned to one of the | guards. “The: & car below, In it are my | friends. Send one of them to me,” she} said, dropping into a chatr and non- chalantly lighted a cigaret. | Clark gasped. He did not know} ‘Toba smoked. He could not realize that this was the same woman he had known on the island. | , The guard left the room. He was | gone several moments, whilo all in| the dragon room waited silently. | Clark saw Marian gazing in wonder at Toba, What was pass- ing his mind was passing in hers. Toba, the savage, now Toba the lady of fashion, the cold ad- yenturess of a tong night in Seattle’s Chinatown. Clark examined the levers of the Hevolving eye in the dragon's head. They were many and varied and Tabeled beneath them, probably | Reratched on at a later date and by a Jater generation of Chinese tongmen, Clark found instructions in English. By studying them Clark found that in rotation he could set the dragon's *ye to work. The guard returned, bringing 20,000 shir H | heart was that of a lion. | madam, you and land held ft with both hands, A Story of Seattle and The South Seas Hill Mystery” | WILLIAMS another woman, garbed In black like Toba. the stairs Toba and her companion swept their long back cloaks aside and Clark saw that long knives gleamed tn their hands feared that © women might to open and thru wh last all the sacks were before Renard and he b eagerly over them, ripping ¢ open, spilling their bright tents on the floor while members of his gang kneeled and counted the coins The task was a tedl Toba tired. us one an tod “T want th eyes He looked at Toba long and hungrily and Clark, watching him from above, knew what was going on in his mind, These women, unprotected except for their puny men—what was to prevent him from holding them for the treasure remaining on the Island? Toba, too, seemed to sense } sire and change of hear scornful, unafraid, the kn gilearn. ing in her hand “I am tired of waiting,” she said “Give me the girl.” Renard came toward her, his hand extended, his lips smiling, his eyes unusually bright. “How can we ik you? Really ust know each other better, We mig! 4 He sprang at her, seized he she could not raise her h ft, He spoke sharply to the men behind, spoke tn a foreign tongue, and they sprang from thelr seats at the table, Clark saw Toba’s companion raise her arm. He caught the flash of her dagger as it de- scended to Renard’s back. And the master of that criminal ring wilted beneath the blow. While Renard’s men watched, aghast, Toba stooped and laid Renard upon the floor. He lay here, his eyes wide open LETTER FROM LESLIE PRES-|) COTT TO RUTH EL! DEAR RUTH NGTON nd I'm cor that I migh 1 Lusiness woman in time. 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