Chapter 15

"I know," said Mark Drew, smiling. "I'll hurry on. Pretty soon my father came to the cabin, sat down at his table and began to look over some papers. I dozed off--and woke up with a start. A lean, solemn Chinaman was standing just inside the cabin door. It was my first sight of the man whose birthday my father was celebrating here to-night. "'You are Chang See,' said my father, 'and the _Nile_ sailed without you.' "The Chinaman bowed, and something resembling a smile flitted across his impassive face. "'I see …