They reached the
hands of many an opulent and abandoned 'profiteer' of Damascus,
Stambul--where you will. Molly's picture would be one of many.
Remember that hundreds of pretty girls disappear from their
homes--taking the whole of the world--every year. Clearly,
English beauty is popular at the moment! And," he added
bitterly, "the arch-villain has escaped!"
"Ali of Cairo!" I cried. "Then Ali of Cairo------"
"Is the biggest slave-dealer in the East!"
"Good God! Harley--at last I understand!"
"I was slow enough to understand it myself, Knox. But once the
theory presented itself I asked Wessex to get into immediate
touch with the valet he had already interviewed at Deepbrow. It
was the result of his inquiry to which he referred when we met
him at Scotland Yard to-night. Captain Vane had a large mole on
his shoulder and a girl's name, together with a small device,
tattooed on his forearm--a freak of his Sandhurst days------"
"Then 'the man with the shaven skull'------"
"Is Captain Ronald Vane! May he rest in peace. But I never
shall until the crook-back dealer in humanity has met his just
deserts."
THE WHITE HAT
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MAJOR JACK RAGSTAFF
"Hallo! Innes," said Paul Harley as his secretary entered.
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