The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-07-13


she must have caught sight Of one or
two Of the policemen who had incau-
tiously exposed themselves from the
hiding place In which I had disposed
them before we entered. At any rate,
Savetsky did not lose iot of her re-
markable composure.
I'm sorry" she remarked merely,
but I'm afraid my control is weak
and cannot work today"
She took step toward the door,
motioning us to leave. Neither of us
paid any attention to the hint, but re-
manned seated as we had been be-
fore.
Almost before knew what she was
doing, she made dash for something
in the corner of the room. 1t was
time for open action, and l seized her
quickly.
My detective was on his feet In an
instant.
I'll take care of her." he ground
out, seized her wrists in his viselike
grasp. You give the signal"
rushed to the window, threw up
the shade and opened the sash, wav-
ing our preconcerted sign and turned
again toward the room.
With sudden accession of desper-
ate strength. Savetsky broke away
from the plainclothes man and again
attempted to get at something con-
cealed on the wall. had turned just
in time to fling myself between her
and whatever object she had in mind.
AS the detective took her again and
twisted her arm until she cried out
In pain, hastily investigated the wall.
She had evidently been attempting to
press a button that rang concealed
bell.
What did 1t mean?
Elaine, now completely unconscious,
was being held by the Cinnamon,
while her arm was smeared with
sticky, black material from the caul-
dron Of Long Sin.
Suddenly the aged Chinaman with
the prayer wheel stopped his inces-
SAINT, inpious turning, and. rising, held
up his hand as II to command atten-
ton.
"This is nonsense" he cried in a
loud voice. why should our great
Ksing Chou desire white devil? I, a
great-grandfather demand to know"
Shaking with rage, Long Sin or
dered the intruder off the dafs. But
the aged devotee refused to go.
Throw him out" he ordered his at
tendants.
For answer, as the two young
Cinnamon approached, the old China
man threw them down to the
floor with quick 1iu-jitsu movement.
Furious now beyond expression,
Long Sin stepped forward. He seized
the beard and queue of the intruder.
To his utter amazement they came
off
1t was Kennedy.
With his automatic drawn, before
the astonished devil dancers could
recover themselves, Craig stood at
bay.
Long Sin leaped behind the big
gong. AS the Chinaman rushed for
ward to seize him, Kennedy shot the
leader of Long Sins attendants and
struck down the other with a blow.
Kennedy seized Flames yielding
body, and, pushing back the curtain to
the anteroom, succeeded in gaining it
and locking the door into the main
temple.
Bennett was still lying on the floor
tightly bound. With few deft cuts
with a Chinese knife which he had
picked up, Kennedy released him.
At the same time Cinnamon were
trying to batter down the door, Ken
nedy's last bulwark 1t was swaying
under their repeated blows.
While Kennedy was thus besieged
by the devil worshipers in the ante
room, several policemen and detectives
gathered in the seance room with us,
next door, where Savetsky was held a
defiant and mute prisoner.
had discovered the bell and, taking
that as a guide, started to trace the