The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-09-25

could not have seen wu Tang, ana
Long Sin inside gazing out through
the corner Of the curtains. They wero,
| IN European dress now. and had en-
IDENTITY come prepared for just what
they knew was likely to happen. I
We were admitted by the faithful
Jdnningp and almost ran into the y
'brary. XXI
con cfait." cried Elaine. a. Ken
ns1t Almost speechless. seized herihy
ybr fSw seconds none OF VI could
to3oH Then. followed Q yeritable Hood
6f eager conversation. =
Wont you come and stay with
me few days up in the country.
dearr' urged Mary at last. Hin
Elaine thought a moment then
turned to Aunt Josephine. sS6
"Yes," considered her aunt. IT think
It would do you good" a fi
Still she hesitated, then shyIy looked
at Kennedy and laughed. You. too.
Craig, must be tagged out" she said.
frankly. Come up there with us and
take a rest" II
Kennedy smiled. T shall be de-
lighted" he accepted promptly.
We chatted, then left few mo-
ments later SO that Kennedy could
pack.
Aro,,rd A. no-ca~ <vorr tho 1ohoro
tory, as we dashed out, had been. as
I have said. WI Fang and Long Sin
looking out from the limousine No
sooner had we disappeared across the
campus than their driver started up
the car and they sped around to our
apartment.
Cautiously they alighted and walked
down the street. Then, making sure
they were not observed, they entered
and mounted the stairs to our door
way. Long Sin was stationed down
the hall on guard, while Wa Fang drew
from his pocket blank key, a file and
candle. He lighted the candle and
held the key in its flame until It was
covered with SCOT.
| Then he inserted the key into the
keyhole, turned It and took the key
out. He filed the key. trying 1t again
and again. Finally he finished and
opened the door. Reckoning Long Sin.
he entered our room.
As they stood there WI Fang gazed
about our living room keenly. He was
| evidently considering where to place
| something.
Finally his eye rested on the tele-
phone. It seemed to suggest an idea
to him and he crossed over to 1t. Care
fully holding down the receiver on the
hook, he unscrewed the case which
holds the diaphragm, while with his
clever fingers he held the rest of the
instrument intact. Then he removed
from his pocket the vial which the
! coolie had given him and placed its
contents on the diaphragm itself.
Quickly now he replaced the receiver
and. having finished their work, Long
Sin and Wu Fang stealthily crept out.
| A second time, as we approached
our apartment after the visit to Elaine,
we we're too excited to notice the
limousine in which we're WI and Long
Sin. But no sooner had we entered
than Long Sin left the car with a
flnal word Of instruction from his
master.
Upstairs, in the apartment, Kennedy
began hurriedly to pack. and helped
him as well as could. We were in
the midst OF It when the telephone
rang and answered IL.
| "Hello!" called.
| There was no response.
Hello. hello!" repeated. raising
my voice.
Still there was no answer. worked
the hook up and, down, but could get
no reply, and finally. disgusted, hung
| up.
A moment later, recall now, It
seemed to me as though some one had
stuck pin into the lobe Of my ear.
| We had scarcely got back to work
when the telephone bell tangled again,
and second time answered 1t. y
"Is Mr.. Kennedy there?" came back
a strange voice. ~
l. IL handed the instrument to Craig.
| "Hello!" he called. "Who Is this p
No response.
Hello. hello!" he shouted, working
the hook as I had done and, In my
case, there was still no answer.
Neither of us thought anything of
1t at the time, but now recall that
did see Kennedy once or twice press
the lobe Of his ear as though some,
thing had hurt It.
We did not know until later that in
a pay station down the street our
arch enemy, Long Sin, had been call
ing us up and then, with wicked
smile. refusing't to speak to US.
- ss
1t was about a week later that i
came home late one night from the
Star, feeling pretty done up. What.
ever It was. violent fever seemed
to have come on me suddenly The
next morning when woke up felt
lassitude that made 1t quite hard
enough even to lounge about In my
bathrobe. Finally, feeling no better
I decided to see a doctor. put on
II INV C1ofhaa with n decfdod ofPorf and