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note. Go get it."

"Yes, oh wise one," agreed Homar.

"When you have the missive, come to the spot in the catacombs where we are to kill this white man. He
is small and pale, and should be easy killing. But it is just as well to have plenty of help on hand. He who
said too many cooks spoil a broth told a lie."

"Yes, oh great one," replied Homar.

Pasha Bey now returned to Long Tom and salaamed politely.
"My friend was very glad to see me," he lied. "And by the life of your father, I am grateful to you for
letting me talk with him."

"That's all right," said Long Tom impatiently. "Let's hurry along. Our gang is sailing on the Camerionic, a
little after midnight."

They stepped to the street. A neat, moderately expensive closed automobile stood at the curb.

"Our conveyance, my master," murmured Pasha Bey, neglecting to add that the car was stolen, and that
the driver was one of the most accomplished murderers in Alexandria, probably second only to Pasha
Bey himself.

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