The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-10-02
Il shall be delighted" returned Lie


Just below the gate, on the slope,
was pile Of pipe. None Of the party
noticed. but in one of the pipes, lying
fiat on his stomach, was short. un-
dersized Chinaman, one of the ennis
saries Of Wu 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 1t 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. see, Walter" he greet
ed as he entered, rufhing up my hair
playfully.
rose and lighted cigarette. AS I
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!" I
cried excitedly. moving closer to him
and taking his arm. Il believe some
one is watching US from that empty
loft across the street."
'Wait q minute" he cautioned, now
thoroughly alive to the situation.
"Stoop down. Wed 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 1t. There, sure
enough, as I 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
Craig 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
a 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 cupboard near by
and opened 1t. From 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 when
| he heard someone approaching his out
| side door.
Lee jumped to the door and nuns
| It open. WI Fang, followed by Long
Sin and Sprague, entered.
"Where is Kennedy-is he there?'
demanded WI.
"Yes-see-master," returned the
young Chinaman, turning toward the
window.
They all msved over and took up
the field glasses In turn.
Where has he been today?" Queried
WI.
"At the fort on Staten Isand with
the white girl and q man. Lieutenant
| 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.
IT have q plan," ho remarked subtly,
gathering them all about him and as.
signing separate parts to each as he
outlined 1t. .,
That night at the fort all was quiet.
In the railroad yards near by stood q
| freight train on siding where 1t had
| been drilled late. loaded with q fresh
| consignment Of the new explosive.
trodite, from the mills.
A sentry was pacing up and down
| the cinders beside the train when q
very pretty girl made her way along
| the tracks.
"Can you tell me the way to the troll.
ley?" she asked.
It was q perfectly simple question
But there was no installing the look
she gave him. It was Flirty Florrie.
She did not want the trolley. She
| wanted to firt, and she used her eyes
effectively.
"Two blocks to the left, madam
| the sentry returned, setting his face
sternly, for he had q sweetheart quite
the equal Of F1irty.
"Are you . manr' F1irty taunted
| piqued at her failure.
He hesitated not knowing just what
to do, then taking discretion to b
the better part of valor. shouldsred
his musket and resumed his measured
tread back and forth, while B1irty
with . grimacs ct him. disappearsd
toward the trolley.
But while y1irty had engnged hi1
Isftontiou ainR Lee had come out a