Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1915-06-25
SEVENTEENTH EPISODE

N't tin' hhN NttN ltli bA the hlus
nnrtra when they had NO mysterious
y spirited Elaine away from tho
apartment 81 WA Fang aho had dis
appeared "a completely 40 n she had
vanished Into thin air.
Kennedy waa frantic Wa and Long
Sin thomaolyon seemed 10 have ven.
iabed. TOO. Where they held her. what
had happened 10 her. was a sealed
book Aud yet NO move ~ ours was
made, no matter how frrrat. that Il
did not seem 10 be- know to them II
was 90 though weird uncanny oyo
Stared AZ u.s. Watching everything.
Craig neglected na possibility in
his eager search $50 oven visited tho
little house 10 the country winch
Elaine bad given 20 Aunt rabby. ana
spent HrYrnl hours examining the
collapsed fublorrauosn chamber IN
tho vain hope that u might Yield a
clue iut II had aot
unencnpably, ho was forood 20 the
conclusion that not ouly Elalnoa
amazing disappearance. but tho tragic
hucccnalon OF events Witch had pre-
cedcd u had beea caused M some
way by the curioualy engraved rlng
which Aunt Josephine had taken from
her.
Gratis had taken possession OF tho
mystic rims himself. aud now. forced
back on lhlH sole clue. Il had occurred
TO him that Il the ring Nefo rn ,aiu.
hhle, other attempts would. without
doubt be- mado 20 X, posnoaalon 10 H.
! camo into the " goralory. one AFT
ornoon, 20 nud kct nody surrounded
hy jewclcr'a tools. hard az work max
ing hN eN~et copy oi tho ring.
What de yon think OF a. Waitorf"
he asked holding az the replica.
Perfect | replied. admrlngly
what are you goins TO do with itf"
y cant say yeti nnnwnrod Ken.
nody iurlornly, but n / understand
these Chinese criminals at All. hnew
that the only way We can ever track
them IL through some trick pcrhapa
Inc replica VIII augbeai something 70
VA later"
Lots see n Aunt Josephine has re.
ceiyed aay word" be rcmarhod alb.
iapl3 putting on his hat aud coat
ana uoddlng 60 mo 70 follow.
Kennedy and we're not the only
Visitors 20 the aub,crranean chamber
where u had seemed that tho clue
20 $40 clu,ching liand's mnllonn
mlfht ho found.
u was az though that hidden. watch.
'"s eye followed us. Tho Night after
our own unsuccessful search. WI
Fang, accompanied BY Ione Sin. made
his way into the cavern.
wa examined tho safe which had
been broken into.
Lone Sin was now going over tho
Ns'n 81 the cnvern minutcly, hts close
net heady black eyes examining cvery
square inch Of 4.
A saddes how cultural exclamation
caused Wa 20 turn to him quickly
long Sin had discovered. back on The
avbfie = long ohlune slot. cut into IN.
mock Above Il were some peculiar
marks
Wa hurried over 10 HE henchman.
and together they tried 10 deeinhcr
what had been scratched on tho rock
IA iong Sins slendor and sinis,or
torelnEer traced over tho inacrlptlon
WI suddenly caught him BY tho ii.
bow.
The rine'" he criod. "a a, las. he IN.
'erproied The meaning OF tho cryptic
characters.
hut what about tho rinrs F0r mo.
ment Wa looked az the slot Ia deem
thought Then he reached down and
withdrew a ring from his own Eager
aad dfppped L through the slot.
They listened 4 moment rhoy could
hear tho ring tinkle M though Il were
running down some sort OF trackuke
dcelivlty inside the rock. Thea. faint.
", they could hear Il drop II had
sa'ivn into little cup OF compart
men, below at their feot.
Nothing happened. wu recovered
his ring nut he had hit at last upon
The Catching Hands secret
Bennoit had devised ring tocs
which would open the treasure vadlti
No other ring except tho one which
he had 80 carefully hidden was Of the
flse or weight that would move the
lever which would set the machinery
working 70 open the treasure house.
Asaln WI tried another OF hls own
rirga and third tlnlos l.ons STA