s telegraphic dispatch about Phil

s due at eleven o'clock a.m. on Wednesday, the 9th of October, at Suez. The Mongolia plied regularly between Brindisi and Bombay via the Suez Canal, and was one o

t route from England to India by the Cape of Good Hope was abridged by at least a half. The other was a small, slight-built personage, with a nervous, intelligent face, and bright eyes peering out from under eyebrows which he was incessantly twitching. He was just now manifesting unmistakable signs of impatience, nervously pacing up and down, and unable to stand still for a moment. This was Fix, one of the detectives who had been dispatched from England in search of the bank robbe

or the twentieth time, "that thi

he way is of no account to such a craft. I repeat that the Mongolia has been in advance of the

e directly fr

ve p.m. Have patience, Mr. Fix; she will not be late. But really, I don't see how, from the des

and a scent is like a sixth sense which combines hearing, seeing, and smelling. I've arrested more than one of

Fix, for it was

n't often have such windfalls. Burglars are getting to be so cont

ucceed; but I fear you will find it far from easy. Don't you see, the desc

rascally faces have only one course to take, and that is to remain honest; otherwise they would be arrested

s not wanting in a t

mediately expected. The weather was clear, and slightly chilly. The minarets of the town loomed above the houses in the pale rays of the sun. A jetty pier, some two thousand ya

x, according to habit, scrutinised th

ow half-

ome!" he exclaimed, as

off now," return

ill she sto

hundred and ten miles from Suez to Aden, at the other end

o from Suez dir

utting in

so as to reach the Dutch or French colonies in Asia by some other route. He o

ly shrewd. An English criminal, you know, is alwa

a India, which was less watched and more difficult to watch than that of the Atlantic. But Fix's reflections were soon interrupted by a succession of sharp whistles, which announced the arrival of the Mongolia. The porters and fellahs rushed down the quay, and a dozen boats pushed off from the shore to go and meet the

up to him and politely asked if he could point out the English consulate, at the same time showing a passport which he wished to have visaed. Fix instinctively took the passport, and with a rapid glance rea

ur passport

's my m

ur mast

yed on

nsul's in person, so as t

that nec

indispe

e is the

quare," said Fix, pointing to

r, who won't be much please

d to Fix, and retu