The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-19
THE MAN WITH
THE MASTER MIND
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returned bearing in his powerful arms |
the unconscious form of a young wom- |
an. The figure in the stern sat fixed
and motionless.
bound her. Its she, It's she"' he
muttered. Clarke felt her pulse. ''She's
only tainted" he said. We fell to chat
ing her wrists and Dudley scooped up
a handful Of sea water and bathed her
brow.
Then a new danger arose. From the
direction of the ship we heard the reg
ular rise and fall OF oars.
His shots have aroused the opium
Ship" said Clarke. Make tow OF
the doctors boat. Sexton. and We'll put
into land. We can laugh at them. |
They dare not come In close"
AS we neared the shore our pursuers
fell off, and soon we heard the sound |
OF their oars dying away in the direc-
ton of the ship. Miss Mason had re-
covered consciousness and was clasped
in Dudley's arms.
At Clarke's direction pulled the doc |
tors boat alongside. Clarke thel
turned to the silent figure in the stern,
and swapping his fingers said: oliver !
Dixie, you are free
Free. free" shouted Dixie. jumping
up. Thank God. thank God!'
At the tavern, after Miss Bason had
been safely slowed away in a clean,
warm bed by the motherly landlady,
We patched together the ragged threads
OF the story over the best in the land
lords cellar.
First" said Clarke, eff you are Oil
yer Dixie, whose was the body that DIR.
Withersbee shipped to Chicago in an
opium case?"
"He was another attendant, a young
fellow by the name of Frank Williams.
We were very similar in appearance,
even TO the filings in our teeth L
think Withersbee picked us out that
way so that If one of us disappeared
and cry was raised he could furnish
the body of the other, which you may
be sure would have all the evidences of
a natural death. Williams was not
quite so amenable TO the doctors hyp-
notic influence as l was and i think
got too close TO some of his secrets.
suppose Withersbee gave his opium
crew orders to make way with him and
they killed him and shipped him to a
fictitious address in Chicago. l prob
ably would have gone the same way to-
night
How did you get in his power?"
"I answered an advertisement for a
hospital attendant and came out here.
From that moment i was under With
ersbee'S influence completely. Most of
the time 1 was in a hypnotic state, but
when / wasn't my mind was so weak
that / dared not break away from him.
] knew when he brought Miss Mason
there and that some of his Chinese
agents had kidnapped her. l knew he
was trying to force her to marry him.
II didn't worry much about her, for
he treated her well and she seemed to
be IN no danger from him, and l had
seen so many terrible things in cases
where he didn't want to marry them
that I was sort of hardened to ii any
way. / was the Waterman of the whole
place after Williams disappeared, and
the only white man about the inStitu-
ton. all the rest being Chinks. 1 talked
with Miss Mason on the sly sometimes,
but l paid no attention to her appeals
until one day she mentioned the name
of Mr.. Dudley here. He was one of my
boyhood football heroes and l deter
mined to do something.
"One of the Chinks, by the name of
Ham Dong. was going to Chicago to
see some OF the members of his tong
and to sell opium. He and 1 were great
friends, and l thought maybe I could
send word somehow by him. All I
dared to write was the name of this
town, and even then my courage failed
me- and / spelled il backward Ham
Mr.. Dudley's door without asking what
II was all about. l never thought he
would do II, but 1 figured if he did
Mr.. Dudley would follow up the clue
some way. i was in mortal terror for
weeks after. for Withersbee could read
my mind like a book. 1 tell you 1 was
glad when 1 opened the door and saw
you three men. for even hypnotized as
1 was felt that Mr.. Clarke here was
h fG aCte TO
know that Mr.. Clarke was reading my
thoughts and I gave him all the infor-
nation I could"
And you did IT WE'LL returned
Clarke."You have cleared up nearly ali
the points about which was in doubt"
But I'm still very much in the
dark" I said. 1T is not fair. Dudley
has known more all along than have"
only since we left you at the creek"
said Dudley. II was as much mysti-
fled as you before then"
But. Clarke, how did you see through
all this when We were in Chicago?"
Il didn't see through IT by any means
Only / saw some things which you did
not. Part Of 1t you know. Then a con-
Meeting link was the zinc can, which
I recognized at once as one used in.
smuggling opium. I picked up the
threads of Miss Mason's case where
had dropped them before, and the list of
guests confirmed my hazy recollection
that there was one from Etteso- The
name of the town did not strike me the
first time, of course. but the name of
the doctor did, for while turning the
case over in my mind I thought of
something which I should have remem-
bered the first time. 1t was that once
in n Clark street opium den 1 had
heard the name 'Withersbee' in a eau
tious whisper. Ny visit to Chinatown
confirmed this. / have a Chinaman
there that ] depend on a good deal,
and in reply to my question of who was
the greatest dealer In struggled opium
in the country he whispered 'Withers-
bee.' swearing that he would never live
TO see another day for having told.
After that the trail was easy"
But what was that thing you hit
him with which bowled him over so ?
] first thought il was bomb"
EVERY man, as a disagreeable per-
son named Shylock once remarked. no
matter how strong his personality may
be. has some pet aversion. Napoleon's.