Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-03

nedys little AFFAIR with him In the
laboratory and the day before the
letter from Washington arrived.
There on the rocky shore, he sat
gazing out al the waves. waiting.
when suddenly. from around the prom
ontory, came a boat rowed by two
stalwart sailors. IL carried as pas
sengers two dark-complexioned. dark
haired men, foreigners evidently,
though carefully dressed SO as 20 con-
ceal both their identity and national
ity.
AS the boat came up TO a strip OF
sandy beach among the rocks. the sail
ors held il while their two passengers
jumped out. Then they rowed way
as quickly as they had come.
The two mysterious strangers salut-
ed WI. I'VE are under orders from
the intelligence Office" introduced one
who seemed TO be the leader. TO get
this American. Kennedy"
Information has just come to u.s.
the stranger e on, that Kennedy
has invented a new wireless auto
matte torpedo. Already a letter il on
~ WaF nv AAiAA6 hAA Nhok ~ "a oNSo
accepted by the navy"
The other man. who had been draw
ing a ci.ar-shaped outline on the Vet
sand. looked up. I'VE must get those
models" he put in. adding. both OF
them-the one he has and that the
government has. Can II be done?"
Il can get them answered WI sin.
isterly.
And so. while Kennedy was drawing
nea together the net about WI. hat
Willy criminal had already planned an
attack on him in All unexpected quar-
ter.
Down in Washington the very morn.
ing that our pursuit OF WI came TO a
head. the officials Of the navy depart
ment, both naval and civil, were hav.
ing the final conference at which they
were 10 accept officially Kennedy's
marvellous invention. which il was con.
fdently believed. would ultimately
make war impossible.
Seated about a long table in one of
the board rooms were not only the ofi-
GERS but the officials of the department
whose sanction was necessary for the
final step. BY a window sat a woman
stenographer. h was transcribing
the notes of the momentous meeting.
They had just completed the exam:
nation OF the torpedo and laid IL on
the end OF the table scarcely an arms
length from the stenographer. AS she
finished a 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 IL out OF the window.
Down below. in a 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.
His eyes seemed riveted at the win
dow above him. Suddenly the supreme
for which this dastardiy plot
had been timed came. As the torpedo
model dropped from the window. he
darted forward. caught il. 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 a
frown. thought a moment. hen turned
and instead OF entering went up the
street.
He made the circuit of the block
n now came 10 an alley on the next
street that led back TO the building in
which he had his den. Still frowning.
he gazed about. saw that he was not
followed. and entered a doorway.
Up the stairs he made his way until
he came 10 an empty loft. Quickly he
went over TO the blank wall and began
feeling cautiously about as IL for u
secret spring hidden In the plaster.
y one in the pack ROOM said
Kennedy. rejoining me in the den
itself with the prisoner. He's out, all
right"
Dtiolt 1Idis was u mirror. AS ne
looked INTO IL, at an angle. he could
see a part OF the decorations of the
wall behind him actually open out. For
al instant the evil face OF WI Fang
appeared.
Without a word. Craig walked into
the back room. AS he did so, WI
Fang knife in hand. stealthily opened
the sliding panel its full length and
noiselessly entered the room behind
me. With kn Re appraised for instant
action. he mo ed closer and closer to
me. He had almost reached me and
paused TO gloa' as he poised the knife
ready to strike. when | heard q shout
from Kennedy a Id a scufhe.
Craig had LEAP ID out from behind a
screen neal the doorway to he back
room where he hal hidden TO lure WI
on. With a poweri al grasp he twisted
the knife from WI } hand and il fell
with q clatter Oh tn floor. | was at
WI myself an instah. later. He was
a powerful fighter. but We managed 10