The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-12

Voc Il claim TO mercy said do
not coInt upon What have .oa taHvn
from here7'
sac srssped the lapela Of my coat felt
how remhcf.
I VIII tel YOU all l CANAL daret' she
painted eagerly. feartaiy. Il should kno"
how to deal with ,oar friend. but with you'll
lost! II you could only undersand~yoo
would not he cruei" Her slight accent "A
added charm to the musical voice. Il am not Nl
free your Easlan women are What do NA
l must do for It Is the viii O my master-and W.
! am only An YOU no. man II or
yea can give the police! You have ne Il
heart you forget that tried to save you T
once" NIL
had feared that plea tlr her nri- VIZ
entail fashun certainly had tried @ save
me from deadly peril-at the expense Of my
friend. But / had feared the plea-for did r
not know how meet it How could 1 give "
her up, perhaps stand her trial for murder? 81
And fell silent. ana she saw why was
Il
Il may deserve no mercy--I may be
you think. but what have to DO
the police? 1t is not your work to hound
a to death! Could you ever look I
other woman the eyes-one that You loved.
and know she trusted you-f YOU mad
such a thinel All! l have no friend all the
world, 1 should not be here! Do not be y
enemy. my Judge, and make me worse than ! :"
am, my friend, and save me-from hint II
the beautiful face close to NINE her l.
breath famed my cheek. Have mercy me! n
honestly would have given
half OF M worldly possessions to have been ffF,
spared the decision which knew I must come =
willing accomplish of DR. Flu Manchuf
Furthermore. she was oriental and her code
%s' ess'',: y. a'ss ss from BE 'a
IDEAS. Maryland Smith had really told that
-slaIa-IEs..- theIA-
other why / loathed the
idea of becoming her captor. Ii was almost
tantamount 10 betrayal Must soil my hands
with such work now7
Thus-I suppose-ner seductive beauty
guing against my Of right The jewe.ed
fingers grasped shoulders nervously, and
her slim body quivered against mine as she u m
watched with ali her soul in her eyes-ln to
an abandonment pleading despair, Then bin
remembered the fate Of the man in whose room saw
stood. sig
You iured cadby to his death" said mig
shook her of fer
NO! no. she cried wildly. cutohins at
me-. No! swear hy the holy name did not
! did not, l watched him-spied Upon
}es, But hsten~-t because he would
be warned that he his death! could say
him! An am not so bad as that! ! Will tell you
have taken his notebook and the last page
ana burned them Look; in the CRATE. The book wa
too big steal / twice and could not I'M
it There. Will let ao?"
s'If you Will tell where and how Or, Flu
Manchu-yesr'
Her hands dropped backward step
new terror upon her,
Il dare not. noti'
Then you would-lr you dared?"
she watching intenty.
Not If you would so find him!' she said.
And with ali that thought her to be. and ster
justice that / would have had myself l fe
the hot blood leap my cheek all which tho word
implied She grasped my arm.
Gould you hide from him II you-an
told you all know
The Authorities"
"Ah!' Her flashed They put tn
rack II they choose. never would 1 speak
Never little wordF
She up her head scornfuily Then the prou
glance sofened again.
But VIII speak for your
Closer she came. and closer until she could whispe
my
Hide from your police-from him-from everybody
and will no longer be his save!'
My heart beating with painful rapIdity: had no
counted this warning wi:h a woman; moreover 1t
harder than could have dreamed of For some time
had been that by the charm her personality
the ant or her pleading she had brought from
my judgment seat-had made IT all bat Impossible TO
g9 IN aSanGary what shoad d@ whai aoad do
aa sF and ~aFsn ta s s
from NOT n e !A h ten epnea m on @
P ease P 10 s ' 900 6aa oa turned gently
Ma alesh" came her soft whisper. but I afrait
TO od Ss a nave 81 o b Ter hsfe one
,a m'm GSme TO you whenever you Will take me ans
:, eLsat footstePs battered down the stairs heard
her e on doo s he and visitor raj
~ 81 asss sHo9 one e 'Ss
Of the chnese soetees beeVe but all sorts Of 3f
hs Know a Sn @ any
We stood il bis room al New scotland Yard bendina
s@ cadS9s sfs
1edy had the srl done her work that combustion had
Hot been complete.
What do make this? said Smith. -
HanchbaCk lascar went up unlike I"
others TIL Shen- Yam there h
doubt about the name, Think turned
booming SOUND lascar | could
ident- for days . SUSPECT
: T IIxsd; night in different make snatch
The pgtail again'' raped Weymouth.
Sne evidently burned the all together
continued Smith. They lay fiat. and this the
spe tor! Ne~-we have reference hunchback. and
what follows this: lascat tamong
other person4l went up some presumably
at Snen- Vans sand did not down again. Cadby,
who was there disguised noted booming sound Later.
he identified the lascar In mortuary. We
means OF a.ng the GATE OF this visit to shenYan.s but
was murderud by Fn-Manchu! It sheer superstition.
however. Bur that Cadby o to
place different makeup is evident,
and that the Tuesday night proposed last night
reasonable deduction The pigtal is prin~
body" = h
Inspector Weymouth nodded airmatvey. and smith
gant cd at his watch.
Exactly 10 r. he said Il will trouble inspector.
Tor the freedom OF fancy wardrobe There Is me