Bones looked around. In the bright moonlight he saw the _Zaire_ moored to the shelving beach, saw Hamilton, and turned his head to the empty cairn. "Good Lord!" he gasped. "O Sleepless One!" said Hamilton softly, "O bright eyes!" Bones went blundering to the cairn, made a closer inspection, and came slowly back. "There's only one thing for me to do, sir," he said, saluting. "As an officer an' a gentleman, I must blow my brains out." "Brains!" said Hamilton scornfully. * * * * * "As a matter of fact I sent Bosambo to collect the ivory which I shall divide amongst the three chiefs--it's perished ivory, anyhow; and he had my written authority to take it, but being a born thief he preferred to steal it; you'll find it stacked in your cabin, Bones." "In my cabin, sir!" said an indignant Bones; "there isn't room in my cabin, sir. How the dickens am I going to sleep?" THE END POPULAR NOVELS BY EDGAR WALLACE PUBLISHED BY WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED. _In Various Editions_. SANDERS OF THE RIVER BONES BOSAMBO OF THE RIVER BONES IN LONDON THE KEEPERS OF THE KING'S PEACE THE COUNCIL OF JUSTICE THE DUKE IN THE SUBURBS THE PEOPLE OF THE RIVER DOWN UNDER DONOVAN PRIVATE SELBY THE ADMIRABLE CARFEW THE MAN WHO BOUGHT LONDON THE JUST MEN OF CORDOVA THE SECRET HOUSE KATE, PLUS TEN LIEUTENANT BONES THE ADVENTURES OF HEINE JACK O' JUDGMENT THE DAFFODIL MYSTERY THE NINE BEARS THE BOOK OF ALL POWER MR. JUSTICE MAXELL THE BOOKS OF BART THE DARK EYES OF LONDON CHICK SANDI, THE KING-MAKER THE THREE OAK MYSTERY THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE FROG BLUE HAND GREY TIMOTHY A DEBT DISCHARGED THOSE FOLK OF BULBORO' THE MAN WHO WAS NOBODY THE GREEN RUST THE FOURTH PLAGUE THE RIVER OF STARS _Made and Printed in Great Britain by_ WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED, LONDON. TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES Every effort has been made to remain true to the original text; minor changes have been made to regularize spelling and hyphenation within the book. The _ character has been used to indicate that the enclosed word(s) were originally typeset as italic font; on line 7136, where an inverted "Y" was present in the original text, this character has been replaced with a "+".