Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-08-06

| breathed in prayer to herseif as sne
lifted out tenderly the little wireless
| telephone.
She opened it. pulled up the little
| aerials, and pressed the lever.
/ "Hello-hello-Cra ig-hello!
1t was her last chance. Would II
| work?
BY this time we had come in the
revenue cutter to the old dock that
was known as the Van bort jetty.
AS we swung around to it, with Ken
nedy and Brainard / leaped out. We
gazed about, hunting for signs of the
opium smugglers. All was as still
as grave, except for the ominous lap
| ping of the waves.
ground. There in the light of the Ian
tern / saw one of those square-toed
| footprints which we had come to
know so well--the print of Chinese
| shoe.
The footprints led UP from the dock
to an old, deserted, dilapidated house.
| We paused moment before it. Just
| then a door opened and a Chinaman
appeared.
With a cry he darted back, but we
| were at him. There were others in
| side, too, but they we're easily over
powered.
| Prodding the reticent Celestials, we
retraced our steps to the jetty. Brain
ards men carrying the opium. At the
dock we loaded our prisoners and the
contraband on the cutter.
1t was plain that although we had
captured the dope, the ship which had
brought it had escaped, and, worst of
all, WI had again slipped through our
fingers.
Brainard gave the order, and we
left the wharf AS we stood gazing
from the captured opium to the prison
ers, Brainard was visibly elated.
Shake he said laconically to Craig.
Whether 1t was that he was dis
appointed at the failure to land WI
| or whether he had a premonition that
all was not well, somehow Kennedy
did not share the elation. He extend
ed his hand mechanically.
Just then a buzz, as if a bell had
rung startled us. 1t was SO unexpect-
ed that exclaimed, although the next
minute realized that it was from the
wireless telephone Craig had asked me
to bring from the laboratory.
Kennedy seized the box, opened 1t
hastily and clapped the little receiver
to his ear.
"Hello-hello-yes, this is Craig.
Where are you-what?"
OF course we could hear only one
side Of the conversation, but from the
look of intense horror that passed
over Kennedys face knew that some
thing terrible must have happened to
Elaine.
But at Craig's next words myself
gasped.
'"If you can get light" he almost
shouted, thrust it out of the portfolio
to guide us. But We'll find you any
way. Keep up your nerve
We crowded about him.
"Brainard - pair of glasses -
quick" he cried, dashing to the bow
of the cutter, "and full speed down
the bay"
Briefly, as he swept the horizon
ahead, he repeated the tale Of Elaine's
kidnapping.
We strained our eyes.
"That's observation-disclosures speed"
cried Craig at last.
Far off, almost out on the ocean, we
could see tiny twinkle of light slow
ly waving back and forth.
In her prison Elaine had talked to
Craig. afraid to raise her voice too
high.
AS she heard Kennedy's instruc-
tions. she replaced the receiver ana
rose quickly to her feet from beside
the suitcase. She looked about. There
was dingy oil lamp suspended from
a beam of the deck above.
She seized it and ran to the port
hole. Back and forth she waved 1t as |
far as her arms would permit.
AS the schooner now slipped along, |
Gregor. who had left the man at the
wheel, was gazing off, not particularly
happy at the prospect of not touching
a port for long time again. Sudden
Iy he became aware of peculiar,
though slight, CLEAN on the water He
leaned over the rail farther. Below
and a bit forward of him he could
catch a glimpse Of light moving
ALONG tho side of the boat
"Confound that wench!" he NUT
tered in sudden fury, turning and
Selling up boathook lying on the
deck.
Raising it, he leaned far over the
rail. Then he brought the boathook
down suddenly on the lamp, smashing
1t into a thousand bits as they Missed
into the water.
Elaine drew back in horror. In ner
hand was merely the handle OF the
lamp. It seemed as if her last hope
had been blasted.
"Cap'n-look over the stern--to
port!" cried one of the men on watch.
He pointed, and Gregor raised his
glass as the rest, including the CHINA