The Ordway new era., 1915-09-17

letter from Washington arrived.
There on the rocky shore. he sat
gazing out at the waves. waiting.
when suddenly. from around the prom
ontory, came q boat rowed by two
stalwart sailors. 1t carried as pas
sengers two dark-complexioned, dark
haired men. foreigners evidently,
though carefully dressed SO as 70 con-
ceal both their identity and national
ity
As the boat came up to strip OF
sandy beach among the rocks, the sail
ors held 1t while their two passengers
jumped out. Then they rowed away
as quickly as they had come.
The two mysterious strangers salut-
ed WI. 1--WE are under orders from
the intelligence Office" introduced one
who seemed to be the leader. ito get
this American, Kennedy"
Information has just come to u.s.,
the stranger went on, that Kennedy
has invented q new wireless auto
matte torpedo. Already q letter is on
its way informing him that It has been
accepted by the navy"
The other man, who had been draw
ing q cigar-shaped outline on the wet
sand, looked up. "We must get those
models" he put in. adding. both of
them-the one he has and that the
government has. Can it be done?"
II can get them" answered WI sin
isterly.
And SO, while Kennedy was drawing
near together the net about WI. that
willy criminal had already planned an
attack on him in an unexpected quar-
ter.
Down In Washington the very morn
ing that our pursuit of WI came to a
head, the oificials of the navy depart
ment. both naval and civil, were hav.
ing the final conference at which they
were to accept ofiicially Kennedy's
marvellous invention, which It was con.
fidently believed, would ultimately
make war impossible.
Seated about Q long table in one OF
the board rooms we're not only the ofi-
GERS but the oficials of the department
whose sanction was necessary for the
final step. BY window sat . woman
stenographer. who was transcribing
Iu6 uUtt6 VI kuC AuoAuGhSooe AAASSsAsAo'
They had Just completed the. e1ami-
nation of tho torpedo and laid 1t on
the end Of the table scarcely an arms
length from the stenographer. As she
finished q page Of notes she glanced
quickly at watch on her wrist. 1t
was exactly three o'clock.
Hastily she reached over for the tor
pedo and with one swift. silent move
ment tossed It out Of the window.
Down below, in clump of rhodo.
dendrons, for several moments had
been crouching one Of the men who
had borne the orders to WI Fang at
the strange meeting ON the promon.
tory. a. -7sIa ss
His eyes seemed riveted at the win.
dow above him. Suddenly the supreme
moment for which this dastardly plot
had been timed came. As the torpedo
model dropped from the window. he
darted forward. caught 1t. turned and
in an instant he was gone.
WI Fang himself had returned after
setting in motion the forces which he
found necessary to call to aid the for.
eign agents in their plots against Ken.
nedy's torpedo.
As WI approached the door Of his
den and was about to enter, his eyes
fell on our outpost, the blind beggar.
Instantly his suspicious were aroused.
He looked the beggar over. with q
frown, thought moment. then turned
and instead of entering went up the
street.
He made the circuit of the block
and now came to an alley on the next
street that led back to the building in
which he had his den. Still frowning,
he gczed about. saw that he was not
followed. and entered doorway.
Up the stairs he made his way until
he came to an empty loft. Quickly he
went over to the blank wall and began
feeling cautiously about as II for q
secret spring hidden in the plaster.
mo one in the back room." said
Kennedy, rejoining me in the den
itself with the prisoner. Hes out, all
right"
Before Craig was a mirror. As he
looked into 1t, at an angle. he could
see . part of the decorations of the
wall behind him actually open out. For
an instant the evil face Of WI Fang
appeared.
Without =, word. Craig walked into
the back room. As he did 80. WI
Fang knife in hand. stealthily opened
the sliding panel its full length and
noiselessly entered the room behind
me. With knife upraised for instant
action. he moved closer and closer to
me. He had almost reached me and
paused to gloat as he poised the knife
ready to strike. when l heard q shout
from Kennedy and scufile. r.
Craig had leaped out from behind
screen near tire doorway to the back
room where he had hidden to lure WI
on. With q powerful grasp he twisted
the knife from Wu's hand and 1t fell
with clatter on the floor. l was at
WI myself an instant later. He was