Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-04-10

Across the hall. although We did not
know II az the time. IN room $40. al
ready Wong Sin had taken up his sta
tion. just 10 be handy. There he had
. been with his servant. playing with
his two trained white rats.
Wong placed them up his capacinus
sleeves and carefully opened the door
10 look out. Unfortunately he W.
just In time ~ see the door Of 100
open and disclose rs.
We hurried into Jll and shut the
door.
Kennedy mounted n chair and ~
piled his eve a. the detectascope. Just
then Mary and Elaine entered the
ueSt room. Mary opening the door
with a regular key.
Won't yon step in" she asked
Elaine did ~ and Mary hcsifated
IN the hall. Wong Sin had slipped
out. on noisclcss feet and taken rel.
uEe behind some curtains. A nc saw
her alone. he beckoned. TO. Mary.
There's a stranger in the next
room" he whispered "I don't like
him. Take the money and w. quickly
a. possible Ect out and Eo 70 my
apartment
At the news that there was n sus-
picious stranger about Mary showed
great alarm. Everything was - rap
III now that the slightest hesitation
meant disaster Perhaps hy quick
ness even 4 suspicious TRANCE could
Be- fooled. she reasoned AZ any rate.
Wong Sin was rescurccful. she had
better trust him.
Mary followed Elaine into the room.
where she had seated herself already.
and locked the door.
Have you the money there" she
asked.
Yes" nodded Elaine. taking out
the package ~ bills which she had rot
from the bank during the halfhour
dclav.
All this We could see ~ gazing Al
~ternately through the dctectascope
Elaine handed Mary the money.
Mary counted n slowly. Al last she
looked up
ITS an right. she said "Now, Il
take this 10 that tong loader. He's IN
a room only lust across the hail.
She went out.
Mari had just succeeded IN getting
IN the elevator as Kennedy hurried
down the hall Tho donr was closed
and the car descended He rang the
push hell f~uriously. but there was
no answer.
lie dashed hack 20 the room with
u and icrkrd the telephone receiver.
Hello hello hello" w. called
There seemed t0 hn M way M ret
a connection. What "a tho mat
ter
lie hurried down the hall again.
Down IN the hotel lobby. with his
follower. the Chiramnn paused before
the telephone switchboard. where two
girls we're M work
You may go ordered Wong. and.
as his man left. he mo- ed over close
20 the switchboard
Just a. a cali from SOC flashed rr.
Wong slipped the rings Df his little
fingers and lonsrncd the white rats
on tho telephone switchboard itself.
With a shriek the telephone system
~ the Coste went temporarily ont ~
business
Kennedy had succeeded in nndinE
the alcoye 81 the foor CLERK IN charge
Of the ffth floor Thcrc ON bis desk
was an instrument having a stylus on
the end NJ two arms. connected in a
system of magnets. II was u tclautO-
graph.
Tncercmoniously Craig pushed mo
clerk out az his seat and sat down
himself II was n last chance. q
hat the telephone was ont ~ COM
mission.
Downstairs iu thy hotel office whore
the excitement had not spread ~ cv
cry one. was the other end 81 thc cleo
trio long distance writer.
II started n write. a. Kennedy
wrote. upstairs.
House Observation-Disclosures WON
an with blue chatsIaine bag. getting
out OF elevator"
The clerks downstairs saw II AMI
shouted above the din cf the rat bait
ing:
NcCann'"
The clerk had torn of the message
from the tc%lautograph register and
handed II 10 the house man. who
pushed his way to the desk.
Quickly the detective called to the
brllhops. Together they hurried af
ter the wc!ldrcsscl woman Who had
just swept out ~ the elevator Mary
had already passed through the OK
cited lobby and ont AID was about
10 cross the strent safe.
NcCaHn and thn hcll-hnra were now
III full CRY after her Flight was usc-
less. She took refuge III Indignation
and threats.
But Mcrann vas Obdurato. She
passed quickly to tears and plr4dinE-
IN had W. effect. They insisted rn
lcadinE her back The game was up.
Here. cried Kennedy take her up
in the elevator. III prove the case"
"N0w-not "A word 81 who she ~ IN