The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-09-02

letter from washington arrived.
There on the rocky shore. he sat
gazing out at the ave waiting.
when suddenly. from around the prom.
ontory. came a boat roUed by two
stalwart sailors. IL carried as pas.
sengers two dark-complexioued. dark.
haired men. foreigners evidently
though carefully dressed SO as - COZ
ceal both their identity and national
ity.
As the boat came up TO a strip %
sandy beach among the rocks, the sail.
ors held II while their two passengers
Jumped out. Then they rowed away
as quickly as they had come.
The two mysterious strangers sAiut.
ed WI. We are under orders trc-
the intelligence Office" introduced ccs
who seemed to be the leader. TO sst
this American. Kennedy"
Information has just come TO -
the stranger went on, that Kennedy
has invented a new wireless SIto-
matte torpedo. Already a letter Is &C
Its way informing him that IL has beck
accepted by the navy"
The other man. who had been draw
ing a cigar.shaped outline on the We,
sand. looked up. I'VE must get those
models" Ne put in. adding. both OF
them-the one he has and that the
government has. Can II be done?"
II "a get them" answered WI sin
isterly.
And so. while Kennedy was drawing
rear 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 u pursuit OF Wa came to O
head. ME officials of the navy depart
ment, both naval and civil. were hav
ing the final conference at which they
were to accept officially Kennedy's
marvellous invention. which II was con
fdently believed. would ultimately
make var impossible.
Seated about a long table In one OF
the board rooms were not only the Off
GERS but the officials OF the department
whose sanction was necessary for the
final step. BY a window sat n woman
stenographer. who was transcribing
the notes OF the momentous meeting
They had just completed the exami
nation OF the torpedo and laid II on
the end OF the table scarcely an arms
length from the s~tenographer. AS she
finished q page OF notes she glanced
quickly at a watch on her wrist. II
was exactly three o'clock.
Hastily she reached over for the tor.
pedo and with one swift. silent move
ment tossed II out of the window.
Down below. in a clump OF rhodor
dendrons, for several moments had
been crouching one OF the men who
had borne the orders to WI Fang al
the strange meeting on the promon
tory.
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, h
darted forward. caught II. 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 a moment. then turned
and instead OF entering went up tn,
street.
He made the circuit OF the bloch
and now came to an alley on the mex.
street that led back to the building II
which lie had hir den. Still frowning
he gazed about. saw that he was no
followed, and entered a doorway.
Up the stairs he made his way unit
he came TO an empty loft. Quickly ht
went over TO the blank wall and began
feeling cautiously about as Il for {
secret spring hidden in the plaster.
No M In the back ROOM" sale
Kennedy. reioining me in the DEF
itself with the prisoner. He's out, al
right"
Before Craig was n mirror. As h,
looked into IL, at an angle, he coulC
see a part OF the decorations OF tn,
wall behind him actually open out. Fo.
an instant the evil face Of WI FAM
appeared.
Without a word. Craig walked int,
the back room. As he did 40, W.
Fang knife in hand. stealthily opene,
the sliding panel It's full length ant
noiselessly entered the room benin,
me. Wrtn knife appraised for instan
action. he moved closer and closer I,
me. He had almost reached me an,
paused to gloat as he poised the knit
ready TO strike, when | heard n shou
from Kennedy aad a scufle.
Craig had leaped out from behind
screen rear the doorway to the bacl
room where he had hidden to lure w
on. With a powerful grasp he twIste,
the knife from Wu's hand and It fel
with a clatter on the floor. | was a
WI myself an instant later. He wa
n powerful fighter, but we managed 4