The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1913-03-20

~U4ooAteI WHAT Ii mere, though,
is that Moran had lived in Chinatown
Frisco. and was arrested there and
tried for smuggling opium, but was ac.i
quilted for lack Of evidence"
For q moment I slipped my coffee in
thoughtful silence.
The skeleton guy knows Moran. an
right" O'Edara broke in.
You mean the half-breed?"
Yes. He give that away"
What does he call himself?"
Hes known In Chinatown 40 John
Soy. He says he's a cook"
Once again I was busy with two and
two. Unless all signs failed this John
Soy and Peter Johnson and the Eura-
sian cook Of the Sable Lorcha were q
single entity.
"OHara." I said. finishing my COT.
fee. and putting down the cup and sau-
Ger. Il have the key witness In this
ase You and I together are going
TO take him with us and have him con-
front both Murphy and John Soy. I
promise you the result will be interest
ing"
The detective looked his p~erplexity.
Some one who knows them?" he
asked.
Unless I am very much mistaken"
I answered. 1T is some one who knows
them both better than any other per-
son in New York. Unless Heaven ia
just now engaged in constructing enig-
mas simply for the bewilderment of us
mortals. the witness I have is the man
whom Murphy stabbed in the back, in
Buffalo. eight years ago."
But before I could carry out nv
plan there were several minor mat.
ters which claimed my attention.
Ever since reading the note which
Miss Clement placed in my hands I
had been uneasy concerning her safe
ty. To Judge from O'Hara's report
Chinatown had been In a ferment
most of the night. and I feared lest
the blame for the disturbance be WIS.,
tied upon the brave woman mission
airy and some measures of vengeance
melted out to her.
For half an hour I tried u~nsuccess-
fully to reach her by telephone. The
Mission did not answer. With my
anxiety intensified by this repeated
failure. I ordered my motor car
around at once, and taking O'Hara
with me, made the trip to Pell street
In record time, despite obstructive
trucks and other vehicles which were
encountered, the hour being still
early. in maddening frequency.
Eager inquiry Of neutrality-suspicious.
neighbors eventually ELECTED the in
formation that Miss Clement. alive
and uninjured. had started at day
break. If not indeed before. to hunt
up a brother of the murdered Ling
Flo. in Long Island City.
Half an hour later, having stopped
at Bellevue hospital on the way up
town to inquire as to the condition
of Eloi Lacoste. the injured chauffeur.
and leave instructions that every
thing possible should be done for his
comfort. I alighted from the car at
the door Of DR.. Massey's Office on
West Fifty-sixth street.
I trust I am not that type Of man
which. when guilty of error, delights
to shift the responsibility to other
shoulders. I had small excuse to
make for myself in confounding Nc
Nish with Cameron. yet I confess I
had much less for the family physl-
clan, who had been so easily deceived.
DR.. Massey greeted me almost 10
vially, but checked himself as he OBJ
served the seriousness, the GOODNESS
even. of my manner.
"Our-our patient is not worse?"
he questioned, taken aback.
mo, DOCTOR" I answered. tempted
to a grim humor, "that would be i'm.
possible. I fancy"
For q second he regarded me with
frowning incomprehension.
"Our patient" I repeated with q
sarcastic emphasis that could not be
misunderstood. 'long ago. I fancy.
reached the limit Of blackguardism."
The doctors eyes widened. his lips
parted and he stood aghast.
"But-but-I don't quite see," he
stammered. "You have quarreled with
MI. Cameron? You have"
mo. no" I returned. i%nterrupting
him. would to God I had him here
to quarrel with. Miss Grayson was
right. The man you have been using
your skill upon is no more Robert
Cameron than I am"
hardly knew whether to be irritat.
ed Or amused by that which followed.
Dr.. Massey threw back his head and
roared with boisterous laughter.
"Ha! Ha! Ha! That's the rich.
est kind Of . Joke. my dear fellow!"
he exclaimed. a. his mirth subsided.
Not Robert Cameron? Why. do you
know, Mr.. Clyde. how many years
have been his physician? No. OF
course you don't. Ten years and over,
and i know Cameron ~ I know my.
self"
.Thsn tell mo-" I said. irritation
having it, way. why on earth he
ever had the initials D. N. N. tattooed
on his left armf"
The doctors quick changes Of g.
preston were becoming IN interest.
ING study. The smile which had LIN.
4xered aftsr ths laughter now uvs