Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-06-26


dersized Chinaman, one of the ennis
saries of WI Fang, Sing Lee by name
With keen air he was listening to all
that Kennedy said.
No sooner had Craig and Elaine dis
appeared than Sing Lee, watching his
chance while the sentry's back was
turned, crept out OF his hiding place
and darted behind another shelter
farther along.
He kept it up until at last he was
out of sight of the sentry. shadowing
Elaine and Craig.
was busy pounding out story for
the Star when Craig, having left
Elaine at the Dodge house after their
visit to the fort, returned to the
laboratory.
Hard at 1t, l see, Walter" he greet
ed as he entered, rufiiing up my hair
playfully.
rose and lighted cigarette. AS
struck the match / happened TO glance
out OF the open window. There in the
sunlight | could see what looked like
the reflection of mirror across the
street in an empty loft.
Look out of the window, Craig!" ]
cried excitedly, moving closer to him
and taking his arm. Il believe some
one is watching us from that empty
loft across the street"
"vtait minute" he cautioned, now
thc~rughly alive to the situation
"Si op down. We'd better not be seen
looking over"
AS we lodged out OF the line OF
vision Kennedy seized the periscope
which he had used often before and
put its jointed sections together.
Craig raised the periscope slowly
and gazed through it. There, SUR
enough, as | had guessed, in the LOFT
of the old warehouse down the street
could be seen the reflection of the
lenses of pair of glasses in the sun
light In surprise we crept back AND
stood up.
The fact was that no sooner had
Crtig entered the laboratory than the
same spying Sing Lee who had fol-
lowed his every movement at the fort,
came cautiously down the street. He
stopped before the laboratory, paused
moment. then went on,
A moment later the young Chinaman
had entered the empty loft diagonally
across the street from us. Locking
the door carefully, he went to the
window and cautiously peered out.
Then he went to a cupboard near by
and opened 1t. From a shelf he took
a pair of opera glasses and returned
to the window, leveling them at our
laboratory and searching intently
Sing Lee was still gazing through
the glasses out of the window wher
he heard someone approaching his out
side door.
Lee jumped to the door and fun
1t open. WI Fang, followed by Lon
Sin and Sprague, entered.
"Where is Kennedy-is he there?
demanded WI.
"Yes-see--master," returned thu
young Chinaman. turning toward tn
window,
They all moved over and took u
the field glasses In turn.
Where has he been today?" querie(
WI.
cat the fort ON Staten Island witt
the white girl and man, Lieutenan
Waters, They are coming to the work
shop across the street tomorrow
morning to see some western magic
with a thing named trodite that ex
plodes."
At the word "explodes" WI glanced
quickly at Sprague.
81 have plan," he remarked subtly
gathering them all about him and as
signing separate parts to each as he
outlined It,
That night at the fort all was quiet
In the railroad yards near by stood
freight train on siding where 1t haf
been drilled late, loaded with a fresl
consignment of the new explosive
trodite, from the mills,
A sentry was pacing up and dowr
the cinders beside the train when {
very pretty girl made her way alon
the tracks.
"Can you tell me the way to the tro]
!ey?" she asked
1t was a perfectly simple question
But there was no mistaking the looi
she gave him. It was Flirty Florrie
She did not want the trolley. Sht
wanted to flirt, and she used her eye
effectively.
1.-TWO blocks to the left, madam.
he sentry returned, setting his fac
sternly, for he had sweetheart quit
the equal of Flirty.
Are you a MANI" Flirty tauntet
piqued at her failure.
He hesftated not knowing just VIII
to do, then taking discretion to
the better part of valar, shoulders
his musket and resumed his measure
tread back and forth, while Fir
with a grimace at him, disappear
toward the trolley,