The Ely miner., 1915-09-03
TWENTY-FIRST EPISODE
THE EAR IN THE WALL.

Elaine sat in the library reading one
morning when her maid Marie entered,
carrying a long pasteboard box, dain-
tily tied with ribbon.
Some flowers for you, Miss Elaine,
I think" she said handing the box to
her mistress
Marie left the room, and Elaine, az
ter contemplating for moment in
keen anticipation what she thought at
first was gift from Craig Kennedy,
opened the box. There lay splendid
bunch of long-stemmed red and white
roses.
Nesting in the green leaves was a
little white note. She picked it up
expectantly and tore it open.
Instantly, however, her face
blanched Instead Of billet doux, it
was the most fearsome threat yet
which the savage Chinese master Grim.
inal, WI Fang, had sent in the venge-
full vendetta which he had sworn on
account of the loss of the Clutching
Hands millions.
Elaine had scarcely time to exclaim
at it's dire meaning when Kennedy
himself entered.
Good morning. he greeted cheer
ily then cut the greeting short as he
caught the Mortified expression on her
pretty face. why, what's the mat,
Ser?"
Elaine was too terrified even yet to
speak. All she could do was to hand
him the note:
The first victim shall be Craig
Kennedy or your aunt. You may
choose. Place the red roses in
the window for your lover, the
! white for the siIver-haired one.
At the end appeared the mysterious
sign of the serpent, darting from his
fangs a death more than figurative.
"Wh-what shall l do?" she ap-
pealed
Craig did not answer directly. He
could not. Thoughtfully he walked to
the window and gazed out There was
only a dirty, bent cripple standing by
the corner selling papers to pedes
trians.
Kennedy's forehead wrink,ed il
thought He turned and walked bach
from the window. Mechanically he
picked up his hat and cane, then lait
down the cane again.
Il must look into this at once" he
said, lifting the flowers and putting
them back into the box carefully, as
If he expected trouble to come of the
affair.
'You-youll be very careful
Craig?" pleaded Elaine, as they lef
She library and went into the hall.
Il will be-for you," he repeated
with a reassuring smile. OH for
got my cane"
Quickly he returned to the library
leaving her standing in the hallway
There he had purposely left his sticl
on the table beside the flowers. Ht
selected some from the bunch c. rec
roses and hastily stuck them in a vase
end placed the vase on the window
sill. Then he picked up the cane ant
rejoined Elaine in the hall.
Outside the Dodge house the dirty
bent cripple looked about cautiousl.
put of the corner of his eye.
Suddenly he paused as If he ha,
caught sight of a mendicancy Office
bearing down on him. There on th
window sill of the library was a vas
cf red roses. Hastily he shuffled OF
on his way.
AS fast as his supposedly bent bod,
could straighten itself safely out h
hurried downtown with one idea-t
reach the secret apartment of w
Fang, the serpent.
WI, Long Sin and several other Chi
namen were gathered about table o.
which was long oblong oak box. Il
the cover, which was open, were fas
tened on the inside two fiat spools o
si,ken-covered wire. At each end O
The box was placed an ordinary stol
age battery, and in a compartment be
tween, besides switches and conneG
tions, were what looked like six set
of headgear much resembling thos
worn by wireless operators.
"This," said WI, holding up a littl
black disk about as large as watch
with dozen or so little perforation
in the face, "is the white devils littl
mechanical eavesdropper-the detet
taphone-the ear in the wall. BY it
aid we shall learn all about our enc
mics, where to strike, when to"
He stopped short as a servant er
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