THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN THE SECRET THE UMCORN LITTLE mawHERGE THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN THE SECRET THE UMCORNNEWS IN BRIEF N alarming rise in the number of rob- beries has been reported in the past few weeks. Daring pickpockets are operating in the larger stores, the cinemas and street markets. A well- organised gang is be- lieved to be at work. The police are using their best men to put a stop to this public scandal. What are you doing here ? Looking For bar- THE SECRET THE UNICORN How about starting in eyes Open, and catch| | the Old Street Market? Ehese crooks . Tintin said he was going there this morn- ing. Perhaps we'll meet him. ood idéa. Lets Why, there are Thomson and Thompson. i Eight bob for |... Highly confidential !... =" ety fhe lok. Special operation: pickpockets. | & ee : Buk that didn't stop us from Finding this job-lot o walking sticks . neBut that’s absurd!... You must have lefe it ak home... or perhaps you've lost it ? See? You've My wallet’s been stolen! always got Eo haggle a bit, here. No, I'm sure someone's stolen it! Just the sort of thing | that would happen to you!... Togo and let someone pinch your wallet ! Here, you hold these sticks. [' Goodbye ! We're going to report this | straight away Here, let me pay For ea] = ee sae yas ‘F a | Thanks very much, Se Are a a aa Tintin. We'll pay Ee Xe a a you back tomorrow. Ls) \) Mee Stop thief!... Help!... y suitcase!...Special Branch! Special Branch!... What's going on ? You can tell that_.to the Inspector! They caught some q thieves red-handed. fn | say, Snowy, isn't semen lee It really is a beauty. I've at a Fine ship ! a good mind to buy it For Captain Haddock.. A quid. [t's a unique specimen. Its a very old...er... very old type of ga\liard. Sorry, sir. I just sold it fo this young gent. for seventeen and lil buy it From you. Look here, young Fellow, I'm a collector... How much did you pay? L'll give you double For it! Thanks, but I'm keeping it. I'm sorry, sir, but its not For saleI'm sorry, sir, but this ship is not for sale. Look, ['ll give you a Fiver for it! ox Look here: [| want to give this ship toa friend of mine. I'm nat selling ita so please don't Now why were az they both so It really is superb., Captain Haddock will be delighted. Forgive me if | am too insistent But as | explained, ['m a col - lector - a collector of model ships. And I would beso very grateful if you would agree to sell me your ship. Exactly! Now I have Very well. But think other ships just as good it over. I'll give you as yours, and we could my card, so that if you change your mind exchange them so that your Friend... [t's no good, I should n't Please don't goon. count onit ! lim keeping it.Look, now it’s Luckily it's not broken ! What's happened ? Snowy !... What have you done ? too bad. 1 can soon mend it. This time it Hello, Captain. must be the Just the person Captain, ( I wanted to i ia Tintin, Thundering Wuere--- where did you Find ificent 1 this ship ? Le ole oe vw the Old Street Market... Ten thousand thundering typhoons !... What a re- markable coincidence!... Imagine!... you'll see! remarkable ! No! Come with me: then | [ Remarkable! ... [t's reallyNo, it’s one of my But pact Eake a closer look ancestors, Sir at t at ship in the back - ground... 4 reign of Charles i |Ehe Second. [t's just like Ene one you eres a name here. Loo saw in my room, isw'E it ? there, in tiny letters ; UNICORN xac aoe Ss € same ip! .: It’s identical? So there is: UNICORN. ‘E you Ehink that's I'd never noticed it. remarkable ? JF mine has the same name, that'll really be Funny... Maybe there's a Hame on mine too...Hello?... Yes... Ah, it’s you... Well, has your ship got the same nawie 7... What did you say ?... Yes... Yes, stolen!... Do he's the I suspect anybody? No one at all... at only pos- sibility... least... Look Captain, Tl ring you It's been stolen? later... Just you wait, Mr. lvan [vanovitch Sakharine ! I've ahunch that we're off on one of our adventures Something tells me he's goine toget a surprise when he opens the .. door! Ah, there you are!... Come in... : What ?... Expecting me?... [ was expecting you. Then you know why I've come. .. and that Im waiting For you to explain how iE comes to be here ! You've come to tell me that you'll sell your ship after s this where you keep your collec- tion?... ve come to tell you, sir... that my ship has been stolen...You are mistaken, young man. Ive had This wasn’t the ship:... — we can soon tell - this ship for Not this one!... Yours ust after you'd gone, my more than ten years!... : hip Pell over and the main- 2 was,in Fact, exactly the ove abe years ; Eee 6 same, but it wasn’t this mast was broken. I put rying to buy it From it back, but you can see less than Ewo hours where it broke. So we'll 8 ¥ look at your mainmase, iF you don’t mind ! I can understand your sur- prise. I myself was amazed to Find an exact replica of my own vessel in the Old Street Market. And because it seemed so odd, [ did alll could to persuade you to part with rE It’s nok broken! we» This isn't It's extremely odd ! I must tele- Two ships exactly phone the like the one in the Captain ak in's) picture... He'll the same UNICORN. That's all right! if you Find yo now, Fifi: ped rai 2 It really is un- believable how long people can chatter on the telephone ! More than a qua er of an hour!have been the second man As for my burglar, i€ must who tried Eo buy My doors open!... - a x a Ss wh = Ss = = 2 3 o wn s = ad = cL m~ = What can The gangsters! What have they done to my books be the matter now?... ss = Ten Nek| | ey PAS) 7 : F wel Ne v K y di ie Burgled twice in one day... Not bad at all! onl tite I won 9 searched der whak they were lookin They've place... Very queer thieves: Ehey haven't taken pletely Whak have they taken this time ? This one is com The vandals ! ruined !...Hello, How are you?... Good heavens! Whatever's happened 7 Er... nothing really... just a Jittle spot of bother, in the Old Street Market.. Did you get your I'm afraid not. wallet back But £ bought a all right 7 new one this morning, and and... r... yes... a Slight mis- un derstanding. Anyway, we've come to pay you the money For those sticks, We called last nighE, but you were out. Great Scotland Yard!.., That man we met last might on Che stairs, on our way here!,.. | remember how + he bumped into me!... He bumped into me, too! Goodness gracious ! b bbed mY Quite tall... coarse Features een robbed again! ... black hair... small black moustache... blue suik... brown hat... That's him... the man from the Old Street What was he like? Miserable thieves! A brand He's right !... We must report new wallet! Come along, it at once... Thomson, we muse report this right away! But he couldn't have stolen your wallet last might, when you only bought ib this morning . here's something im what you say... Hey, Thompson, wail For me. Where are you?...Poor old Thomsons, they do have rotten luck!... There seems Eo be quite an epidemic of larceny and house- What are you after, Snowy ? Oh well, let's try and get these papers sorted out... Why, it's not a cigarette... it's a little scroll of parch- ment... A cigarette, under there? That's a Funny place... But Ehis iswt mine! Where ever did it come From?... Let's have a closer look at (Oss But it’s all gibberish! And where onearth did this parchment come From, anyway 7Great snakes! I've got it... This parchment must have been rolled up inside the mast of the ship. It Fell owt when the mast was broken, and it rolled under the And that explains something elce! ... Whoever stole my ship knew that Ehe parchment was hidden there. When he discovered the scroll had gone, he thought 1 must have found it. That's why the thief came back But why was he $0 anxious Eo get hold of it ? [F only it made SOME SENSE... then al least... I wonder... But... of course! «+. That muse be it! There's Ho other answer. and searched my Flat, never guess- ing the parchment was under Tintin, you're a real Sherlock Holmes! Quick, Snowy! ... We must reasure, Snowy !... Come see the Captain Yes, 1 | on, this is going to be és, I'm absolutely certain it must be The old lazybones ! Captain Haddock? ... No, didn't He's still in bed! see him go out. Hasn't he an- the bell? That's funny.. Perbaps he's itt? No one at home. Perhaps he's gone out. I'll ask his land - Til? He might be... His light's been on all wight... Wait!... He must bein. | can hear a naise.., We must Find out at once.Captain!... Captain! Open the door!... 1E's me... Tintin... No... a locksw uld be a bet ea! Nope... can’t doit. guv' We must Force the door. J'Il The door's bolted... be responsible for the damage...Avast, pirates! Avast there! Avast, you dogs!... Sea- Buccaneers|... f ; gherkins!... Baboons * busters! ,, Bagpipers! f ... Gallows - Fodder ! We've won!... Thats got them Play-acting?...This isn't a onthe run!. ...Witha y i) * aD : ane — Yes, he's one of t i : your ancestors, ace i Look at these diamonds !These are worth more than six times a No, that's not why { came. So saying, he laughed king's ran- " I came to tell you thak those sardonically, picked up Did you come here who annoy me pay dearly for his glass and drained it just Eo tell me their folly! Tomorrow morning | | at a gulp, like this... that ? [ shall hand you over to my are: Aud that Flock of lambs iow just so how to adwinis-l =. ter a lin- gerivig R That's enough, Captain Very well. Towards night fall, Go on with your the UNICORN with her pirate story... crew sighted a small island. Soon she dropped anchor in asheltered cove... Abominably!... Yes abominably..- that's the word Darkness Fell ; the pirates Found the UNICORN s cargo of rum, broached the casks, and made themselves abominably Just as you like, Tintin... Now ARARA- where was [? AARAAH | The pirates were abominably Hey, what's the idea?... [ only wanted to You don't have to, [ quite under -That's Funny! Now there are two glasses! i : 2 Just you wait, my lamb- Done it! That's one In the meantime Sir Francis strug tne! Ration on ‘Aine "e taaita “Opes ' Sir Francis Haddock doesn't soon give you something to remember him by... gled desperately to Free himeelf..: On your guard, Red And with these words he No, ona bottle Rackham: here I come! hurled him- - oF rum, rolling self... On che pirates z, on the deck Like that ?... He opened iE, Unarmed’... put it to his “This Yes, he puts down the bottle... You sing and carouse, little ind eee aud ciitzc a cuklass. Then, lambe tae. J m oFF Eo Ehe he says, “I need all my wits looking Eowards the Fo'c'sle magazine ! about me” With chat, he where the drunken roistering puts down the bottle... still goes on...You know, of course, the mag- “LA ay . There !... The party azine ina ship is where they aril ail S a won't be complete store the gunpowder and gd b i Without some Fire- Now I must make haste ! : i you'd blow us sky- There's just time For me. De igh’. Gam .. Well, you won'l to leave the ship before | i Rompe that pleasure! she goes up! iw "I CTF WM skin you alive, AGES. And IJ) pluck those Feathers, squawking ! Fancy-dress freebooter! fresh er pirate! Pithecanthropus ! =. Retreat as you may, \ [tl run you through you cannot escape (rattling porpoise ar) ) i ii ee SSS 7 a a ra AE = NAS ho] ok oy.) wil - al ~ i Cy = " (~~ eer pi = rs 7 ch eeAud as he Fought, Sir Suddenly, nimbly parrying With one swift blow From his heel Francis kept thinking a thrust, he leapt Eo one he extinguished gm he Fuse! of that Fuse, about to side... touch of f the der ak any mo- 4 , Red Kackham,my temper’s rising! That's Ehat! May heaven For- give your wicked soul ! Now to light and) : o one has seen me: they're still - rinking. Quick, into the jolly -boat ... Enough delay ! another Fuse...| Jushe look at the j-jolly-boat... |[sh,.. ish ——— going Nonshensh * Youre away... sheeing shings... 1, you'sh drunk... So perished the UNICORN, that stout ship commanded by Sir Francis Haddock. And of all the pirates aboard her, not one es- caped with his life... What happened to Sir Francis after On the last page of the manuscript | there 1s asort of Will, inwhich he bequeaths to each of his three sons a model -built and rigged by him- self - a model of the very ship he once blew up rather than leave har | to the pirates. There's one funny | detail: hetells his sons to mave Ehée mainmast slightly aFt on each mode| “Thus,” g@ he con- “the truthg will out": He made Friends with the na- | | tives on the island, and lived | among them for two years. Then | | he was picked up bya ship | which carried him back home.| | There his journal ends. But | vow comes the strangest thing| im the whole story ... That's it, Captain!... Red Rackwawm’s Ereasure will be ours! |What do you mean ¢ ene reels know? He Because if his ghee "s east t How must have bedn a very par- had obeyed o you know: Why do you suppose ticular man, and se iin the ald scien san | emcees! ———_| | eae trend ocean cuniaimack ouearh In that case, he would ae e ment hidden in the of the three ships 2 have moved the masts | | P ship | bought in the himself. Why did he each mast : Old Street Market. Fell his sons todo it? Here it is --- My wallet !... Someone's aealen oe You've probably What was on the parchment? Seat Mega MARe 6 Bs las ok Wait...er... yes: Three No, it's been stolen, It brothers soyned- that's the was Laken in the bus, three sons. Three Vaicorns in on my way here. | remem- company sailing in the noon- ber being jostled... day Sunne will speak- that means we must get the three ships to deliv- er their secret : the three parch= ments. The rest «isn x - A Ean 13 CSA er You know where the second scroll is 7 For tis Prom light that light will dawn. And then shines forth... and then some numbers, and at the end, alittle cross follows the words the Eagles... that's all. [ don't know yet, but I'm sure that if we can collect the three scrolls together, then we shall find Red Rackham's diamonds.! already know where the second one is. Come on, Captain! who's got Ehe second UNI- This is it: he lives here, at HELP!.. HELP!.. HELP !... Number ,@ 2!.a ia i Look! The Foot of the mast is hollow : the parchment has Thundering typhoons! We aren't the only ones hunting for, Red Rackham3 le eS \\ Ooooh! Lord loveus! [ts Mr. Sakharine... Someone's wurdered Mr. Sakharine' .. No, he's alive: his heart's beating. He's Now, if there's a victim, there must be a culprit. A brilliant deduc- tiou! Now we only have to Find him... and he can’t be far away. Tobe precise : he isn't Faraway... In fact, there he is ! Tintin, look there! The second UNICORN... 2 and the mast's broken! I'm sorry. We're on duty. On duty we can have no Friends! i) Quite right! We're here Eo clear up Ehis busi- Ly Cavey a a wt 1 (SS ) a o =Me, the culprit ? You dare accu se met... Miserable earth- worms! , . DSea Crab-apples!... Goosecaps !... Gogglers!... Jelly-fish! Captain! Captain! Calm yourself ! Now, to work! We must look for Fingerprints. What happened to you, Mr Sakhar- ine? A man came here last night, to offer me some Fine old engravings. As [ bent over to look at them [ felt a pad clamped over my Slave-traders!,. Sea-lice! .-.Black-beetles !...Baboons'! Yes, please calm yourself, Captain. You see, if you really had We only said thak by way of an experiment... What sort No doubt it was chloroform, For I became uncon- SCIOUS ... been guilty, you'd have beew upset. As itis, we are vow quite convinced of your innocence. F |) RAs 1 Very odd... To be precise... Can you smell something burning ?Your magnifying-glass! Ha‘ha! ha!... your magnifying-glase... and the sum:...Ha! hat hal. . | He was vather fat. Black hair, and a litkle black moustache. He wore @ blue suit, and a brown hak, IF things goon like this, Red Rackham’s treasure will disappear from under ; 5 our noses... al Yes. ['m afraid case. What wan in the Old Street Market! A man who tried to buy the ship [ found in che Old Strect Market. You know him too: he's the one you met on the stairs on your way to see me last might. You suspec- ted him of stealing your wallgE... Simple enough... IF you only think Look, someone seems to be waiting for us outside my Stop laughing in chat stupid way! Try to concentrate on the Can you describe the man who came to offer you those engravings? Wait... [ seem to have seen him before but I can't tell where... By the way, do you know mine has been stolen too’... No! [t's extraordinary how many people let Eheir wallets be stolen! It's so easy not to... Here, you try and take mine... Childishly simple, iw fact, But now we must leave you to your investigations. Goodbye...I'd like a word with you, please Mr.Tintin. But not here, if you don't mind. It would be quietey = | in your Flat... Take care!... They... they will kill you... too... Sparrows 7... What do you méean?... Crumbs, he's fainted |...MN £24 MOTNA 1g... SHOOTING DRAMA N unknown man was shot dead in Labrador Road just be- fore midday yesterday. As he was about to enter No. 26, three shots were fired from a passing car which had slowed down opposite him. The victim was struck by all three bullets in the region of the heart. He died without regaining consciousness. But look here: it says in the paper that he's dead. Yes, the papers were told he'd died. The crooks will believe he didn't give them away, so they won't be on Eheir guard, pm and they'll get caught Here comes our bus at last! Poor devil. No one will ever know what he meant when he poink-éed Eo Ehase sparrows. Hello, Captain! Come in... I'm just Celephon- ing the hospital For hews of the wounded wan. -. It's no good: he's dead. FS Hello? ... Is that the House - Surgeon? This is Tintin. Good- morning, Doctor. How's our injured man? Just the same? Still unconscious’... Is there any hope? A little... : yes... Thank you. Goodbye. Ah, I see now. But | still wonder whakl thak poor chap meant, pointing at those Sparrows... — So do [, Captain. It's all very mysterious. “To be precise: very mys- teriqus”, as the Thom- Another day watching For pickpockets all over the place. I'll be glad to get back home. My wallet! ... This Eime L've got you, yeu scoundrel !Hello 7... Yes, it's me... Ak it’s you... Yes... yes... What? [t's amazing... | [ll come at once...Ah, Captain!... To see the Thomsons : they've There's no mistake: it's mine all With Me... found my . wallet! Ss He had seven in his pockets. The day's takings, na Teli me: how did you manage to catch the thief ? Catch him?.,. Well, to be quite honest, we only managed to catch his morning-coat % a Here's the parchment From the UNICORN's mast. Look,Captain... Er... that's | ae good... Sy i) The trouble is that the coat doesn't Look at these stitches; they give us any clue about its owners wake up a number. That identity... wieans the coat has been to the deaners recently. Yes, it's certainly a morning- coat. How odd fora pickpocket to wear a thing like this. “Good ness, you're right ! So... to Find the thiefs name and address, we've only got to trace the cleaners who use this mark. Quick, we'll make a list of cleaners From the telephone directory, and start hunting for the thief at once !Se i // S i AO | oe a1 fF! eal oe. ——— But it's addressed to Peel Look... Mr. Tintin? Here's the dinner service you ordered. you.. Right! the chloroform's | | done the Erick. Quick, Yes, but there's same mistake. He hadn't ord- , Severed ind [ eae A OTS ea ee\ Snowy!... Snowy!... | careful! You'll Fall ! he dog's gone crazy: look at him chasing that van. It's Fuuny: he never leaves his master, as a rule, Mrs. Finch!... Mrs. Finch!... Tintin ign't in his room! Not in?... “ Then where IE looks very much as if I'm a prisoner... tN MA / ft WT Ap ss — ; | I ae a: : 7 po n earth pi. Fh ee ATH weesNobody there! But | wasn't dreaming: someone spoke! Who are you, and what do you want with mé? Who am 1 ?... You must allow me bo remain Anonymous... And why did | have you kidnapped 7 You have guessed that, wo doubt... e * * * * As you like. But J warn you: I know of several ways to loosen stubborn tongues... ['ll give you -Ewo hours to tell me where you hid those scrolls, then if you won'E Ealk, you'll soon see Ehe sort of But f tell [ am! Who... you ?... Yes, someone Ha! ha! ha!... That Frightened you, didn't it ?... Come over to the door... a ew, | ee. | Lo ] want to know where you have hidden the two parchments you stole Me’ I stole Ewo parch- ments?... But I never had more than one. ae eh FORE es Now I'm in a fine mess! How do | get out oF Ehis on who are And where are you? Who aw 1? [am c-he ghost of the captain of the UNICORN! Come on now, let's be sensible! I'd collected two of Ehe three scrolls: you took them From me. That night whew | had your Flat searched, only the third one was found... in your wal- jet. Where are the other two!Two hours! ... Two hours to get out of here! ... How can I doit? [ wonder if I could use this beam as a battering - ram, against the door... Hopeless! | cau hardly lift it... First ['A better block up -Ehis speak- ing tube with my handker D, chief Then wo ome will hear any noise I mayth And pull! ... Heave-ho!,.. Heave-ho! ... Puen tie eee arent’ Heave-ho!... Weave!... TN po — SX 4 2 Ook ee i ay) bp Start again: I've rel simply got to move Ae Aha! [ts good to be nice and cleaw again.Now I'll tie a small stone to the cud of this string, like this... Yes, a muFfled thud. “s+ | That's odd...Sounded Tt shook the whole as if it came From the cellars... From the cellars ? But... Hello?... Hello Tintin ?... We must get to the bottom of this. Hello?... Hello? .,,That’s | | Come with me; we'll see what's By thunder! lt must happening. be Tintin. I expect he's calling us - to te!| us where Ehose scrolls are hidden...Little devil, Stop! ... he's bolted! Stop!... it moved | she goes Hooray, There! That Armour... i e pen ae ( wy) | , Pes , ee rp Week te Re Naat a ‘i ie a Ty) eee bat Per Me ley m oI ae Bia Ta PH EEL tht Mubarak \ peer | By thunder, he's : Ehe =n oO ree TT) au aed Ca os L| rs ) ie 2 $ = < 7 L") 3 — = s = = = = Careful! We must be last ga wall’s cracked already, Over there... Now, one g Prom all plenty of hid- ing places here. But a 7 od Prot = | F A 5 Ll en rh cellars = = a 3 a a —_ the There are Bed ig Bete S EAA Y i eos ee THA Ae Ma has pape et [t's a musical-box It Fell over, and Started to playYou won't 7 That's too bad for you! I'll count So, my Friend, you thought you'd be smart and hide ina suit of armour. Well, youre caught : come on out! up to three and then I fire. One... two... Confound it! He wasn't inside Ehe armour! Whew! What luck! +++ They've gone pase. I'fl just slip out... Stupid ! Thats not NL 4 On you go, Tintin! Tintin: it's acuckea- eyge You're in clock striking. Come, let's get on wich i-. Yes, it’s nothing. A bul- let ricocheted off the armour and struck Ehat gong over there. Come on, don'E let's waste Eime.,.There he is!... Stop!... Stop... &, oe A counting-Frame!... or I'll shoot! ; ey that gives me an idea...And wow, tough guys, it's your ; turn to be locked in... Seam \ L po , AS °\> yan oUt . ; io “ A Nh ay : |? O Neer titi FOr ||!) pac Aririt yy | Sf 7 : angsters arrested 5 =) . —| No time to lose. | must have these g Little devil! He'll pay dearly for this... So sorry ko have to leaveNow | see what he meant - the man who was shat - pointing to the birds. He was giving us the name of his attackers! . Just look at this letter... Hello... yes... it’s me... yes... Who's speaking? What ? Timtin!.,. 1... Where are you? Hello?... Hello?... Hello?... Hello?... Are you there’... | Hella, Captain! I'm até Marlin- spike Hall... Bring the police! . What?... No, not in Greece - in Marlinspike Hall! Starlings bite 2 ss» Hello? ... Hello?. .. Starlings bite what? .. What am 1 doing here?...1.. Quick, let's ring up the Captain... Marlinspike, Mar linspike -ér... L... no, | hadn't heard I'm Mr. Bird's wew secretary. Please excuse me, sir. Didn't you know that 7... Hello, Nestor!... A young ruf- fian’s broken into Ehe house! Stop him telephoning his ac- complices! We're coming at once. Don't let him get away, i you do! Captain ! What ?_.. Martin‘s Hall! bike?... Hello?... Hello*... Thunder - ing typhoons ! What 's going on?Marlinspike Hall! ... Marlin- ke! Hello, Captain? Can you hear met... I'm at Marliuspike Hall! No, Marlinspike's the PN name! A ame?..., Hello! He's rung of fF! There's only one thing ko do - run For it - double quick! —Where's he gone? Quick foo tellus! Did he have Ciwme There!... There he goes!... He was hidimug behind the. door. } aK / pre? 10The Front door just slammed . Get up, you Ewo. He'll escape Crumbs, they're Missed! He's disap- wd after me again! | | peared among the trees! Qcy - + iH | i { a i ty at it ij r - yf 2 AMID 7 ray + fest Fetch Brutus, Nestor!| | What ax enor - Quickly ! mous park: it’s like a Forest... Brutus 2 — Very well, sir ial i)Goon, Find him! We musn't Brutus!... Here Brutus! jose Che scent. 5Yes, my mind's made up. [ MUSE isk Every- i Ba What shall [ do?... [F Lrun ae they'll let the dog go and I'll have them on my Erack. But if... We're nearly there; that barking isn't Far off. : The joke's over, you gang- ¥ f Beast Hands up! } — We can have a nice comfortable chat there while we wait for the police to arrive...What about He'll have Dont talkl... woof! woor ! Nestor? bolted, the and keep 7 on 5 Fool ! moving. Brutus! Get him, Brutus! Hold your dog! Hold him... you L'il shook... Brutus! Brutus! Be quiet, All right... get going! for heaven's sake ! Back to the house! Mind you don't let him go! I repeat, it's you ['ll shoot ! They're coming back . But... oh dear! He's taken them prisoner!That's that! And now, gentle- men, we'll go tothe police - station ! Theyre coming back this way: they'll pass under the ground - Floor win - dows. Perhaps there's SOME WAY... Where are they going? ... Oh, [ see: that little wretch is taking care to put Brutus back in his kennel. Keep cool, Nestor ! ny ((\ a i » wt a | Se es ta ur Oh, dear,| didw't hit him hard enough... fee ot you this Eime, young Friend!Come out here, Nestor, and You, walk in Prout ! bring some strong 1 [ don't have to tell cord with you. you- one False move and I'Il shoot you like a dog! Snowy! Good old 2 Great snakes!... Suowy!... You man- That sounds lik the two Thomson And there's Captain Haddock!... Hooray ! Ha, bully!... Ha, pir- ate!...Ha, pickled herring ! Captain! Look out, Captain! ... What are you doing?That thug had come round -he was just going ghook you... Let me go!... I keep telling Ah, here come | [t's Ehis little ruffian, lt'c-true; Nectar you- it's all a mistake: I'm Thomson and | this little wretch who acted in good faith. wot the one to arrest... tee broke into the house and 1 heard his master terrorized my masters , say | was a crim- he's a real gangster, Mr. inal. Nestor be- Detective... lieved it. Then your masters are the criminals, My wallet! My wal- But your wallet's there... Look what's left of my bottle of let! Ike's incredible! three - star bran- ar i dy! 1t's all Aud what's more, pene se ae eee has their faull!... | we have a warrant stolew ie! They're gang- | for their arrest. sters!... s dizzards!. baboons! By the way, what about that pickpocket’... Have you managed fo lay hands on him? We got his name from the Quiet! Quick! Listen Stellar Cleaners: he's called to me ! p Aristides Silk. We were just about to pull him in when we were ordered to arrest the Bird brothers, and here we are... NoE yet, but it won'k be longWe'll Follow you, Nestor’. Don’t Forget; it’s to be , three- star! There, my man, How youre free. And we'll use these handcuffs for your masters: Gentlemen, Ehere has been a miscarriage of justice! This man is innocent, as Timtin said. Won't you take off these handcuffs... and let him go and Fetch me another bottle brandy? . Now, Captain, yes... Just after your telephone call- | |... where they still had the tell me how you ight . and | didn't understand a little-birds-man. After hovering came to be J em, Someone between life and death, he'd here. p hospital...| | just come round and identified his attackers: the Bird brothers, antique dealers of Marlinspike Hall. 1t was only when I heard that name... ¢ We shouldw'Et have left the -+» that [ understood what = : police with those two you mean€ on the telephone. There was vio time to lose: l warned the police at once, and we rushed here Look '.., one's escaping!...there! He's the mast rd A car! That's He's just turned the corner ! ié dangerous of tm a car starting . the two: he ; mustn't get away !We'll Eake care of the other one Now, my Friend, [‘m waiting for aw explanation... I'm saying nothing ! Yes, and when we were trying to res- tore the model we came across the parchment: jE 5s message intrigued us. My brother Max soon decided jt referred to a treasure. But it spoke of three unicorns ; so the First thing was to find the other two... You know we are antique dealers. We set to Wait: J'Il give you a hand Perhaps you don't know that your victim recovered yesterday, and divulged | Our victim ? [...Barnaby wasn't dead .»» Weused allour contacts: the people who comb the markets for interesting antiques; the people who hunt through attics; we told them tofind the Ewo ships. After some weeks one of our Spies, a man called Barnaby, came and said he'd seen a simi- lar ship in Ehe Old Street Mar- ket. Unfortunately, this Ship had just been sold fo a young man; Barn- aby Fried in vain co buy tt From him. Road-hog!... Cyclone!... Bashi- bazouk!... Steamroller ! Ss Very well: l'A better tell you everything, When we bought this house, two years ago, we found a little model ship in the attic, im very poor con- dition... Yes, we know the rest. [t was Barnaby whom you ordered to steal my UNICORN. But because Ehe parchment wasn't there, hé came back quad ransacked the place- again unsuccessfully. And then? Then? Oh vell, |... I'd better tellBarnaby came back empty-handed, Then he suddenly remembered the ether man who'd been trying Eo buy the ship from you. We told you : And next day he yisited Mr. Sakharine, chloro- formed him, and stole the third parchment... to make you give up Ehe two parchments you had stolen From us a Few days after the shooting, [ see. But I couldn't have stolen -them as I didn't know you existed! But I wonder... Perhaps rl was... Steady ! He-e-eave ! ... to you. Panicking in case he'd given the whole game away, Max caught up with you in a few séconds, and shot Barnaby ac he stepped into your doorway. That's right. But after hed given it tous, he and Max quarrelled violently about the money we'd agreed he should have. Barnaby demanded more, but May stuck to Ehe original sum. Finally Barnaby went, furiously angry and saying we'd regret our mean wess. When he'd gone, Max got cold Feet: supposing the wretch betrayed us? We jumped iuto the car and trailed him: our Fears were justified. We saw hin speaking... [ understand se far: but cell me, why did you kidwap me7 Yes, perhaps it was Mr. Sakharine who took the two scrolls? Hurrah ! That's it! ... He's managed to Come on, Captain, we'd better off for me... help this poor chap...Give if back 2... That's im- possible... Max has it in his pocket ! night. Good morning. Are you going out?... [ just came to ask you,.. Sh! Mum's the word ! Come with us! Me. Sakharine? He's gone away, young man, He won't be back for a fort- One! Great snakes! we haven't even got that! The Bird brothers took it! But we cau get it back’ Captain, as soon as we return we'll See Mr. Sakharine. ['m gure he took the two Give me back the parchment you stole from my room ! Yes, weve got one Ring up the police- station at once, give them a description of Max Bird, and his car number - LX 188. Then we'll go straight back Fo town... He would be away! In the meantime I'll go and That doesn't make sée the Thomsons. Perhaps things any easier! they ‘ll be able to tell me they've Found Max Bird, . .I arrest you in the name of the law! l'm sorry to interrupt you, Mr. Silk, but could you ex- plain -he meaning of all this ? | | wonder if by some | &xEraordinary co- incidence... Yes, you! You are athief, sir!... A thief! Aristides Silk, retired civil ser- vanE: a thief! [t's a mistake, gentlemen, a shocking mis- I... er, yes... Well, 1... you see, I'm nota Ehief : certainly not! But L'm a bit ofa... kleptomaniac. [E's something etrouger than Tam: I adore wallets. So -.. [... just Find ong rom time to time. 1 puta label on it, with the ] venture to say, gentlemen, that chis is a unique collection of its kind. And when | tell you that it ouly took me three mouths to assemble you'll agree that it’s a remarkable achievement WS lt's amazing! All a these wallets i ry Iphabetical i PT & VF ( di W/} PA And here are the two pieces of parchment !... Captain, Red Ereasure isGoodbye! Don't Por- get to have a look under the letter T! froperty of Thomson... property of Thompson... Thomson... Thompson ... Thomson... Thompson... Thomson ... Homson ... Thompson... Thompson.. Not exactly, but thanks to the clues we gave, they managed to catch him Erying to leave the country ae} Here, Thompson, hold my stick while L just deal with Ehis gentleman... Under letter T 2 Look under T? Why under T? ours: it’s easy enough to say. We've Found two of the scrolls, 1 know, but we still haven't got the third... What about the third parchment? ... Did you Find ikon him?,., Goed gracious! this belongs “Property of Thompson “ ! This is yours!... Co i ke 6S See eS eel = [, KA 7 vain | - a dl yi ba i a ~*~ wae 4 4 nM AS Hello ?... Yes, it’s me -.» Good morning... What! you've arres- ted him ?.., Yes, he had it. We're bringing italong to you. But first we've got a little account to settle with this troublesome antique dealer...No! No! and No! You can go on hunting if you want to, put S've had enough: | give up. Blistering barnacles to that pirate Red Rackham, and his Ereasure! I'd sooner do with- out it; I'm not racking my brains any more trying to make sense out of that gib- berish! Thundering typhoons! What a thirst it’s given me ! '¥ i in!,.. The message is right when ... and hold them, “sailing in com- HS oot i Cantaie it says that it is ME rai pany’ in Front of the light. Look now ! the light that light will See what comes througn!... dawn!” Look, [ put them Cogether.. . Thundering typhoons ! The Humbers and letters are completed, and itA latitude and a longitude! Obviously telling us where the UNICORN Let's see... first we need aship... We cam charter the S|RIUS, a trawler be- longing tomy Friend, Captain Chester... Then we need a crew, some diving suits and all the right equipment for this sort of expedition... That will take us a little time to arrange. We'd bet- Red Rackham's treasure will Now, Captain... When do we leave on our treasure: hunt ? But of course it won't be easy, and we shall certainly have plenty of adventures on our treasure-hunt... You can read about Ehem in RED RACKHAM’S, TREASURE]