The Dickinson press., 1915-06-12

ready Wong Sin had taken up his sta
ton, just to be handy. There he l1ad,
been with his seryant, playing with
hisetwo trained white rats
Wong placed them up his capacious
sleeves andacarsfhlly opened the door
to look out Unfortunately he was,
just y time TO pee the sidoor Of 500,
open and disclose us.
We hurried into 511 and shut the
door. g ~
Kennedy mounted q chair and ap.
piled his eye to the detectascope. Just
then Mary and Elaine entered the
next room, Mary opening the door
with q regular key.
Won't you step In" she asked.
Elaine did SO and Mary hesitate6
IN the. hall. Wong Sin had slipper
cut. on noiseless feet and taken ref
uge behind some curtains. AS he saw
her alone, he beckoned. to. Mary.
There's a stranger in the next
room," he whispered. II don't like
him. Take the money and as quickly
as. possible get out and go to my
apartment"
At the news that there was a sus.
picious stranger about Mary showed
great alarm. Everything was so rap
Id now that the slightest hesitation
meant disaster. Perhaps by quick.
ness even a suspicious stranger could
be fooled, she reasoned. At any rate,
Wong Sin was ~resourceful. 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. #
Eyes," nodded Elaine, taking out
the package of bills which sheshad got
from the bank during the half-hour
delay. % e.
All this we could see by gazing al.
ternately through the detectascope.
Elaine handed Mary the money.
Mary counted it slowly. At last she
looked. up.
TITS all right" she said. "Now, TIE
take this to that tong leader. He's in
q room, only just across the hall"
She went out.
4AOAy AdN JuSI "6uCCO0ucu LII S0tL1u6.
on the elevator as Kennedy hurried
down the hall. The door was closed:
and the car descended. He rang the
push bell %furiously, but there was
no answer.
He dashed back to the room with
US and jerked the telephone receiver.
"Hello-hello-hello!" he called.
There seemed to be no way to get.
a connection. What was the mat
ter?
He hurried down the hall again.
Down in the hotel lobby, with his
follower, the Chinaman paused before
the telephone switchboard, where two
girls were at work. #1
"You may CO." ordered Wong, and.
as his man left, he moved over close
to the switchboard. III
Just as a call from 500 flashed up.
Wong slipped the rings off his little.
fingers and loosened> the white rats.
on the telephone switchboard itself.
With a shrek the telephone system
Of the Coste went temporarily out Of
business. -."s
.
Kennedy had succeeded in finding
the alcove of the floor clerk in charge
Of the fifth floor. There on his desk.
was an instrument having a stylus on.
the end Of two arms, connected to q.
system Of magnets. It was a telauto-
graph.
Unceremoniously Craig pushed the,
clerk out of his seat and sat down.
himself. It was a last chance. now
that the telephone was out Of come
mission. ri
Downstairs in the hotel office, where
the excitement had not spread to ev+
cry one, was the other end of the cleo
trio long-distance writer: .1#
It started to write; as Kennedy
wrote, upstairs: "
blouse Observation-Disclosures wonn~
an with blue chatelaIne bag, getting
out Of elevator"
The clerks downstairs saw it and
shouted above the din Of the. rat-haita
ing:
"McCann-McCann!" r'
The clerk had torn off the message
from the telautograph register and
handed it to the house man, who
pushed his way to the desk.
Quickly the detective called to the
%bell'hops. Together they hurried af.
ter the well-dressed woman who had
just swept out Of the elevator. Mary
had already passed through the ex~
cited lobby and out, and was about
to cross~the street-safe.
Mccain and the'bell hops were now
In full cry after her: Flight was use.
less. She took refuge in Indignation
and threats. ''.7 -'>" "~@*
But Mccain was obdurate. She
passed quickly to tears and pleadings.
It had no effect. They insisted on
leading her back. The game was upJ
Here" cried Kennedy, take her up.
n the elevator. I'll prove the case"
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