Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-02-05

lover dashed from the house, to be m
formed by his excited chauffeur that
Il Chnaman and IlillrN had entered Il
taxi which lad stoul opposite and had
heen driven HtNaN
Which wayt"
straight iIieadl'
",one on then. And drive like the
,ctii' Di you get the license mum
hVr4
"'roo dark to see, but there vas a
rack III the tail lamp"
II WAS 4 Wild goose chase. Tor they
never came within Sight of a red
lamp With crack in it But there
was one thing that John Storm knew
II Hught in the way of harm befel his
sweetheart he would Kill Ilussam Ali
With his bare hands
Suppose we 90 down to Chinatown
and make Il tryf' suggested the chauf
teirr
A good idea,
By dint Of inquiry they learned that
a thinaman and woman had been
seen entering WI Changes tea shop.
storm waited for over an hour and as
no one came out he concluded that
this WAS II ease for professional de
tcctiveS. and he straightway sought
their MI, Together they went over
the records of Chinatown, but WI
Chang was not 4 tong man. There
had never been any opium smuggling.
He was one Of the few Cinnamon
| down IN that crime infested hole who
stood clean upon the police records.
Still. they were willing TO make Il thor
oagh investigation
Ilassam Ali. stIl disguised rs Chang.
entered the supposed tea merchants
house and found Nine. Du Roy await
ing him The woman AT first thought
him to he Chang himself until he ex
planned
can you bring her ont OF the
! trance" she asked
That's the easiest part of 1t. But
there's no need She must remain In
this condition until long after You are
ont ut sea | don't care il she never
4 comes ont of it,
You're Il strange kind Of uncle,
nrSed the woman. wondering what
/ WaS behind this unnatural attitude OF
the man
That's my business said Ilassam
4 All gruilly. Nov. find me Il room fol
the girl | am not going TO trust tc
luck
There is Il walled room The meth
ID Of getting in and out Of it is Sc
,ret p"
Il rather believe YOU can trust mt
with the secret" said IIassam Al
grimly mo ,e,'
FOLLOW me. then
Zltdara had to be led. She was phys
ieaIly capable rs ever but her mint
was temporarily blank once in tho
4 NIHltu IhlilIl, Slt Nill Nlphl l'l'lN lAilN
after the ualtAcr Of persons hNpno
tized. ana stared II her hands. 1t was
lll uasSam Al could do to resist The
desire To bring her out Of the trance
4 ma tell her what was going to hap
j pen but his hump Of caution was alb
RoruNI she might escape somewhere
along the route. and that would wnt
un the affairs of certain mystic VIII,
for n commission advised old ladie
when and how To invest their for
tunes, a commission which. 10y tn
8ay. usually consisted Of at least hal
~ HE sums invested.
The real WI Chang III the NEAR
Willie left the house Of llasSam All q
0hat might be called the Psychologist
moment Ten minutes later HE hous
vNS under the espionage Of Il plt
othcs pan. Mr.. Chang ailabIe Ie
merchant, was driven to one Of IN
uptown hotels he sometimes frequent
rd. He wanted an alibi Rcsides, 'hi
hota was quite near the hall Wher
lie adopted son Of Mills was TO max
his hi lliaut speech that same nlgh
II WAS i delightful thing to max
money With right ana left hand RIl
MS has ahoady been said, Won cannc
throw two stones with two hands an
nit amy given target
Chang went to the hall, took sen
whore he could focus the eye of tn
hoy ANA waited patiently for ms d'
nut II must have been exceeding
duh business for mind so keen u