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They entered. The car rolled along the narrow streets, the booq hooting loudly to clear the hodgepodge of humanity out of the way.



Long Tom settled back luxuriously on the cushions, entirely unaware that he was riding to a death trap.







Chapter II



CAVES OF BONES





IN the Hotel Londoner, Homar hurried to get the note from Long Tom's room. as he had been hidden to do. In Egyptian, Homar's name meant "donkey." The fact that he seemed always half asleep had earned him the cognomen. He was neither slow-moving nor stupid, however. He was a sharp fiend, or he would not have been in Pasha Bey's crew.



He had very little difficulty picking the lock of Long Tom's room. Entering, he seized the note. He drew a kabrit from a pocket, with the idea of burning the paper. Then, on second thought, he put the match away and stuffed the missive inside his burnoose. Pasha Bey might find use for it, for there was such a thing as blackmail in Egypt.



He turned to depart.



The door had opened and closed while Homar was getting the paper, but he had not been aware of this. The thing had happened with great silence.



Nor did Homar, upon leaving the room, notice that the window at the end of the corridor was open. He scuttled down the stairs, anxious to join Pasha Bey in the killing.



A moment after Homar vanished, the giant bronze form of Doc Savage appeared in the open window. He had been outside, hanging to the ledge by his fingers. Furthermore, it was he who had opened and shut the door of Lang Tom's room so silently. Doc had come upstairs in time to witness the undeniably suspicious act of Homar in picking the door lock.



He followed Homar. Doc knew all the signs. Trouble was once more seeking out him and his men, as it had a habit of doing. He was intent on finding out what it could be this time.