For lying upon a mattress
in this place was a pretty, fair-haired girl!
She lay on her side, having one white arm thrown out and resting
limply on the floor, and she seemed to be in a semi-conscious
condition, for although her fine eyes were widely opened, they
had a glassy, witless look, and she was evidently unaware of our
presence.
"Look at her pupils," rapped Harley. "They have drugged her with
bhang! Poor, pretty fool!"
"Good God!" I cried. "Who is this, Harley?"
"Molly Clayton!" he answered. "Thank heaven we have saved one
victim from Ali of Cairo."
V
THE HAREM AGENCY
Owing to the instrumentality of Paul Harley, the public never
learned that the awful riverside murder called by the Press in
reference to the victim's shaven skull "the barber atrocity" had
any relation to the Deepbrow case. It was physically impossible
to identify the victim, and Harley had his own reasons for
concealing the truth. The house on the wharf with its choice
Oriental furniture was seized by the police; but, strange to
relate, no arrest was made in connection with this most gruesome
outrage. The man who dropped through the trap had been wounded
by one of Harley's shots, and he sank for the last time under the
very eyes of the crew of the police cutter.
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