Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-25

II Was at that moment that klaines
ear stopped outside the apartment.
oh. she cried with IN eager sigh
Of relief 1t seeing kennedy all right,
as she almost ran toward him. I'm
so glad YOU
She stopped short a. Craig motIoned
to her to be silent She did not under
stand. and for the moment stopped
nonplused. as he picked up Q pencil
and began to write on pad instead
OF meeting her advance. :
An instant later her mobile face
looked mp at him In wonder a. she
read: g.. ~:
Every word We say b being over
heard through Z detectAphone In the
wall Don't be surprised ut anything
/ say" -. -
Then he walked deliberately over to-
the wall near which the instrument
was concealed and leaned down to In
sure his words being heard distinctly
by those listening
Il am going over to the laboratory
for an hour" he said In . loud, dis
tInct tone. Jameson, win you escort
miss Dodge homer" ,r:s:. =
Why. certainly" replied with
alacrity. -. !. :.
A moment later we all left the room.
chatting in forced tones about hun
dred inconsequential things. Craig
banged the door.
But before we left he reached into
his pocket and took outlths flask and
atomizer which had seen him place
there He poured the contents Of the
flask on the rug.
accompanied Elaine to her ear and
We drove away while Kennedy left
the apartment on foot
= -
Downstairs, Wu Fang had been us
tening at the other end 81 the detecta-
phone. 80 Z
Their attention was soon at fever
heat when Elaine entered our rooms.
WI. Long Sin and the others listened
breathlessly.
The Cinnamon waited until they.
board us 60 out. WI then handed
Long Sin q vial and Q key. You un-
derstand
yes. master. nodded Long Sin
with an evil leer.
He hastily climbed the stairs from
the cellar to our apartment. For q
few seconds he stood on the rug a.
he inserted the skeleton key In the
lock Then, swinging the door open.
cautiously he entered. He looked about
q minute. The apartment was empty.
Slowly Long Sin walked over to the
table and began examining the articles
ON ut. Finally he picked up Kennedy's
pipe. and again bis inscrutable face
lighted with diabolical Joy.
He took the vial quickly from his
pocket. and. with . small. soft brush
painted the mouthpiece Of the pipe
with the liquid from the vial.
He laid the, pipe down as he found
It and beat . hasty retreat.
se - > 3
We had. scarcely dine to drive to-
Elaine,s house when . message
reached US from Kennedy directing us
to return and meet him several
squares below our apartment.
We did so Immediately. There was
Kennedy with Chase and three or four
policeman.
"In ten minutes want you to raid
the apartment he said, looking ct his
watch. Il am going in there now"
He entered the building and. as he
opened our own door, drew . gun,
kicking the door open and retreating
4 step. No one was there and he
went In.
Craig looked about moment. On
the surface. nothing had been dis
turbed. He went through the bed
rooms. Nothing was disturbed there.
Slowly he went back again to the
doorway, all the time careful not to
step on the rug. Starting near It. he
began spraying the door with the
atomizer.
It was one Of his own inventions,
which he called q ''photo-mat.
As the spray fell on the carpet and
hardwood 1t developed Long Sins foot
prints exactly.
. Carefully Kennedy tolloWed them
as the chemicals brought them out.
Long Sin had not walked around the
room much. evidently. 40 Craig adj
vanced slowly along. the noor. still
spraying. As each step came out Il.
was apparent that Long Sin had done
little else but 80 to the table and
then leave.
Craig looked at the table . moment.
There seemed to be nothing on II that
would attract . man Of. Long Sins tai
ents. Mechanically, Craig picked up
his pipe lying there and looked ut II
eontemplatiyeIy He smiled at the
mouthpiece. There was q peachstone
smell. 49,. s.s-.>. x . a.5.s,a
Cyanide" = he muttered to himself
under his breath, laying the pipe down
gingerly.
For a moment he thought. then q
sudden impulse seemed TO seize him.
His mind was made up He moved