The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-12

-Not al All II - thdl-Or ruin FOR
you.
Then I must consent You have the
'Nhip-hsEd You must make good.
lowever- Tel me where this message
IS"
And HolLrook, with utmost amaze
luent heard Ling Foo reply
This MESSAGE Is now In possession
o. a reporter Cor the Evening Budget.
FEl'ip Hoibrook by name. From aim
ne must secure It. I have already be-
gun operations 10 that end
liolbrook drew = long breath.
so the Chinaman is rakins M.
llought He is simply PLAYING vim
Brewster The message left by John
r. CioliSh in my possession. indeed i
Un'y 50 IL were"
II, was through an agent Of mine
who IS employed in the district att5r-
neg g ofice-you see how frank 7 am.
Mr. Brewster-that / learned that this
reporter Is On possession OF the mes
sage said the Chinaman. ..I hardly
think that he knows himself that ne
has H. But an exercise or analytical
reasoning might easily reveal the Sc
cret 70 him. and we must take no
chances We shall get that message
Then We agree that We are partners
in this enterprise
Yes said Brewster. Il see NJ
other way. But. first Of all. tell me
what this message is
This was also the great question VI
brating in the reporters brain. lie
eagerly Bent forward TO hear the re-
ply. The earnest way in which the
Chinaman had last spoken had made
HoIDrOok doubt his opinion % Ing
FOo's veracity- He wondered n. after
all. the real clue lay in his possession
without mis- knowledge of that fact
The Chinaman was about 10 speak.
when, sJartingIy and abruptly. arrived
tie UneNpected-the happening which
changed the situation in "A flash
Bradley Sinclair, changing his pos
trre IN the darkness, through some
mischance. slipped on the ladder and
came fiOunderinE down on HOlbrO0EE
shoulders The reporter lost his hold
and together the two watchers fen
their hands and feet striking violently
against the partition. BY good Cor-
tune they did not fan completely.
however. but they both managed 10 re
gain a hold On he ladder and thus
lessen their fall. Fer a second or 50
they chung % the rungs. breathIeSs
ard angry. then above them they
heard a cOmmOtion. the sounds Of ex-
cited voices in the secret shrine and
"a laundering OF heavy blows against
the wall
oh. confound the Iucz.-' groanei
sinclair It's all up with us nov
HoIbrook- Let's get out OF this A.
quick as we can-and keep your re
voIver handy"
They began a hurried descent OF the
ladder
Meanwhile. in the secret shrine
dozen men. LED BY Brewster and Ling
Eco. were breaking through the wall
with axes and knives and clubs
IT the first sound % the noise within
the PARTITION. the Chinaman had
Ieas1ed into frenzied life and u1Otio1
~ eve been spied uponr' he cried
10 Brewster This may mean death
and ruin TO US both
He had rung the bell and his FOL
lowers had thronged into the room
Down with this partition, There
are spies behind fl. Some OF yOu-FOr-
tescue. An Ling. Lhblanc- and Sage
run 20 the street Tell MartineIH. who
IS in nv motor-car. how the matter
stands Surround the whole block 20
70 lie houses on either side and in the
n block back Of this house. and see
II you can catch these men. We've
got 70 have them Then everybody
must leave this place and meet ~ The
dock rendezvous"
Under the united assaults OF Ling
FOo's men, the wall was quickly torn
away. A light was flashed into the
hole. completely Illuminating the SHAFT
and revealing Sinclair and HoIbrook
who were nearing the bottom
Crashi-A shetland another-sad
anotheri
But the two men kept on.
Brewster squeezed through the open
ing aNove snyi S>arted down the lad
der af,er him came Ling Foo. who
was followed by several 81 his gang
In the dark depths OF the excavs-
ton. in the passage leading 10 the sIe-
vator. a battle Of revolvers vas wsg-
ed. The sulphurcus smoke half suTo-
Gated the coIlDztants- The reports
crashed Ike thunder in the narrow
space and the flashes came like light
ming at night.
Sinclair and the reporter. however.
reached the elevator ahead OF their
pursuers. slammed the door % the
cage almost IN their faces. firing a.
they did so. As the car rose. ths
scream OF a wounded man rang IN
their ears
Sinclair ran rapidly through the up
stairs gallery, thence through the IT,
brary in front and peered through a
window. Three men in evening dress
came running from Fifth avenue to-
ward the house.
'-On with your hat and cloak and
shoes he painted to HoIbroOk- The -
porter obeyed.
Now for the roof
Sinclair led the way to the roof and
across the house tops almost TO the end
Of the block. Here he tapped on a
scuttle which. after a while. was open
ed by a man in the livery % a club
servant
This IS the Oriental Club. a very
small and rather exclusive place FOR
men Of a certain clique" said Sinclair
They're used TO my nocturnal visits
from the house-rOofs- Here We A.
safe. Let's get drink and SIT down a
while. And. do you know, HoIbrook.
7 hardly think e would be safe for
YOU TO pass this OF any night alone ln