The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1913-03-21


! drew out chair for him
And how do you lind The patient ?"
| inquired, when he had sat down.
Quite normal In every respect save
one. lie Is In highly nervous state.
! tie IL endeavoring to maintain the fic-
ton thar he is the gentleman we sup.
posed he WAS. He evidently learned
his lesson FROM Mr.. Bryan. before we
suspected anything. 1t IS really won
derful how well he does il. consider
ing that Ire never saw the man he is
trying TO impersonate"
But he must know that he has been
discovered. lie certainly knows | have
this letter"
"A desperate man will battle against
the most overwhelming odds" DR. Mas
sey observed and he is a desperate
man."
You gave no sign that you knew"
Evelyn asked
Not the slightest. ! pretended that
| believed him Mr.. Cameron"
But Mr.. Bryan must have" |
began
va INV Noilihiy, sdIu the uOttoi'
MIR. Bryan knows him only as the
Mr.. Cameron he has nursed from the
first. He would be the last man 10 in
dictate to his patient knowledge OF
anything untoward"
Miss Grayson and ! were Just dis
GUESSING course Of action when you
arrived, Doctor" ! explained. but had
M Rl ts3tn act ioh 4
arranged with Yup Sing, who is prob
ably the most prominent aud best edu-
Gated Chinaman in New York. and his
friend the Chinese Vice Consul to
meet ME here today at noon. The
chances are they will bring a United
States deputy marshal with them,
with warrant for McNish's arrest.
Now II We give him up. what viii be
the result lie will still maintain that
he is Cameron III spite of our knowl-
edge to the contrary. Yup Sing and
his clan will insist that he is right
ana that We are wrong. and our
chances OF indiug Cameron will dwin-
die. Ii isn't reasonable to expect that
those engaged In the abduction plot
VIII confess TO their error and inform
us as to Cameron's place OF detention.
is it?"
Dr. Massey knitted his brow behind
the bow of his glasses and pursed his
thin lips.
We are certainly confronted by q
very trying complication, he admitted
with characteristic gravity.
Misc Gruysnn hoe S,.,oa,tad tha.
We send McNish abroad---at once, on
a steamer sailing this morning"
Mr.. Bryan could 60 with him."
Evelyn volunteered
IF the United States authorities
have warrant for him." the physi-
clan argued. that would only delay
matters. They would arrest him on
landing"
There WAS no question as TO the ac-
curacy Of this deduction
And the newspapers" added.
would be sure TO publish columns OF
speculation. =. II we could only
wiring an admission from McNish II
would simplify matters"
Isn't there some one you could
confront him WITH" DR.. Massey ask.
ed, and hope rose within me at the
suggestion.
AS far ss | can make out. from
what O'Hara tells me-" was nv re.
joinder. the police have IN custody
now the Eurasian cook who. believe,
has been McNish's Nemesis these six
teen years. IL we could bring those
two miscreants face to face. McNish
would be sure To betray himself"
Then arrange It, by all means"
urged the doctor
Have McNish taken there. you
meant"
"or have the Eurssian brought
here"
Aud so. ultimately through the Of
fees OF O'iIara. who all this time had
been awaiting me In the ionneau Of
my car which still stood at the door.
John Soy. accompanied by two plain
clothes uen from he Detective Blu
reau. was brought from the Tombs TO
that sumptuous home on upper Fifth
avenue.
| say ultimately" because his com
NS WAS utldytN uli
Hour after hour passed. The morn.
ing dragged by with periodic tele-
phone excuses from O'IIara. The
hearing was in progress before the
police magistrate. Soy had been
held for the grand jury !. The mag
istrate would have to sign permit
and he could not be approached until
he came off the bench . Soy had
gone to the Tombs. :. The warden
was at luncheon and could not he
seen for half an hour,
Meanwhile Dr Massey. impelled by
the necessities OF his practice. had
departed. and Yup Sing and the vice
consul, Chen Mok, had arrived and
been relegated 10 the reception room.
To my relief. Checkabeedy reported
that they were unaccompanied Mean
while. too. Evelyn had received call
from Miss Clement and had learned
with some dismay that the mission
arys Inflated informant had left with
her no more definite information re-
gardiEs CsEercns transportation