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

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Evelyn asked.
/ Not che slightest. l pretended that
] believed him MI. Cameron"
But Mr.. Bryan, must have" I
"on the contrary" said the doctor,
MI. Bryan knows him only as the
MI. Cameron he has nursed from the
first. He would be the last man to in.
dictate to his patient a knowledge of
anything untoward."
Miss Grayson and I were just dis
cussing a course of action when you
arrived, Doctor" I explained, but had
reached no conclusion. Last night I
arranged with Yup Sing, who is prob
ably the most prominent and 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 q warrant for McNish's arrest.
Now II We give him up, what will be
the result? He will still maintain that
he Is Cameron in spite Of our knowl-
edge to the contrary. Yup Sing and
his ! will insist that he Ia right
ana that we are wrong. and our
chances Of finding Cameron will dwin-
die. 1t Isn't reasonable to expect that
those engaged in the abduction plot
Will confess to their error and inform
ua as to Cameron's place of detention,
10 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.
Miss Grayson has suggested that
we send McNish abroad-at once, ON
a steamer sailing this morning."
Mr.. Bryan could go with him."
Evelyn volunteered.
If the United States authorities
have q warrant for him." the physi-
clan argued, that would only delay
matters. They would arrest him on
landing"
There was no question az to the ae.
curacy Of this deduction.
And the newspapers" I added,
would be sure to publish columns of
speculation. 80. If we could only
wiring an admission from McNish it
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 al I can make out, from
what O'Hara tells me-" was my re.
5oinder. the police have in custody
now the Eurasian cook who. I believe.
has been McNish's Nemesis these six.
teen years. II 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
mean?"
"Or have the Eurasian brought
here"
And so. ultimately through, the Of.
fees of O'Hara, who all this time had
been awaiting me in the tonneau OF
my a which still stood at the door,
John Soy. accompanied by two plain
clothes men from the Detective Blu,
reau, was brought from the Tombs to
that sumptuous home on upper Fifth
avenue.
1 say ultimately" because his com,
ing was delayed beyond all patience.
Hour after hour passed. The morn,
Ing dragged by with periodic tele,
phone excuses from O'Hara. The
hearing was in progress before the
police magistrate. 80. Soy had been
held for the grand jury. The mag.
istrate would have to sign a 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 be
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 to the reception room,
To my relief, Checkabeedy reported
that they were unaccompanied. Mean,
while, too. Evelyn had received a call
from Miss Clement and had learned
with some dismay that the mission,
ary's Inflated informant had left with
her no more definite information re,
garding Cameron's transportation
than that which she had already con.
veyed to us.
Were just starting in a taxicab,'
came at length from O'Hara over the
wire. "We'n be there in less than halt
an hour"
And in less than half an hour they
came, an ignoble, vulgar quartette
against a stately, pompous back
ground.
I met them in the great hall, stand.
ing before the broad. sculptured chin.
ney-piece.
The three detectives were more OF
less Of a piece-gross. coarse, red.
faced men whose hands and fee,
seemed out Of all proportion to their
size. bulky as 1t was. OF the three
O'Hara, possibly because Of familiar.
ity, struck me as the least offensive.
But after all 1t was not the detectives
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