Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-02-18


Storm had heard cry. This 10 what
had taken place behind the aIcove;
+ Chang. ctiifo0s 70 ienth what zudora
would Sd0Q brauMht shmxsbnck 10 her
senses and. reasonably secure In his
haven from outside Interference. pass
ed HIS haRds trfore her face Over
mis- shbihler reerS his assistant, his
beady eyes hlinking NJ the beaniy ~
the prisoner,
Slowly Zudnrn returned To the world
The faces hacking dawn At her We're
sufficient She gnvpa cry, And this
cry Storm heard Instantly Chang and
his assistant seized her mud hound aud
gagged her Then the oriental tried to
throw her hack int0 the trance. but he
failed. for Zud0rn was NOT taken I'M
awares this time. She was bewildered
and could NOT dream what had hap
pened since thar moment she had
started for the rope which hung from
her boudolr window. The two wills
fought for q minute. and then Wu
Chang stepped back, signing, He had
wasted too much power that night
The girls mind was now free. how
| ever well her body was bound.
| So he left her for the night At
dawn she would be on the high seas.
The sooner the better. no far as he was
concerned. When that liner drew out
of her slip Hassam Ali would, place
in his hands 1000 shining disks OF
gold. But the answer to n telephone
call at dawn dismayed Wp Chang.
The liner would not sail until 4 In the
afternoon. Ships do not always sail
on scheduled time. ...f .-,.,
As for Storm, he did not take his
clothes OF at all. and he was some
thing OF wreck when he ate a meager
breakfast. He had heard Zudora call
for help as plainly as II he had seen
her. He thought and thought ana
finally, recalling certain curious fen
lures In WI Chang's house. fell upon
what be believed to be the true sOlu-
ton. A secret room behind that al
cove, from whence the voice had
come! He seized the telephone and
routed out half dozen grumbling de-
tectives. Storm was coming power;
n turn Of the wheel might lift him to
the position of district attorney. and
the detectives wanted to be on the
right side of him In that event.
There was bit Of blum In his dec
laration that he had been mysterious
" appraised Of the fact that there was
a hidden room in WI Chang's house
and that ZudOra was there. The detec-
tives were still skeptical.
To return to Zudora. She was s1ll
as Chang had left her-bound. gagged.
helpless. There was only one bit or
consolation-her mind was her own.
Through a small high window-out-
wardly giving the appearance OF De
longing to the next house--the sun
poured in brightly and warmly. She
gazed about eagerly, endeavoring vain
Iy to find something sharp upon which
she could saw her bonds. The room
. had been and evidently still was a
kind Of seclusion for WI Chang wnen
I he desired to pursue his MODES OF cur
ture., There waA astable. upon when
stood a Feader's magnifying glass at
tached to a frame. Quickly IudOra
calculated the rays Of the sun as tns
, inspiration came to her. She was quite
!. obliyiOus to the sudden sounds coming
family through the wall. II she could
but reach that table: Fortunately she
, was not hound to the chair. She rose
slowly and took short little jumps, bal
ancing herself nicely. II she stumbled
, and fell gOOdby liberty
II took three minutes to reach tue
table. With her elbow she hltched the
glass so that the sim fell full upon IL
Instantly the book beneath emitted
hit Of smoke. ZudOra turned about 40
that this burning ray became focused
upon the hempPn cords. She felt the
smart and sting OF flame upon her
wrists. But that was nothing Tue
. raw was shrivellng the rope; she c0nld
smell It: She strained suddenly at her
wrists-and was free!
Pistol shots!
She listened. A pounding began to
take place against the wall outside.
Her lover. had found her!
Storm aud the detectives had entered
unceremoniously this time. and nne
: bit Of warfare ensued. Chang lost HIS
temper and in doing 80 lost his liberty.
When the battle was over and Chang
was in irons they got into Hud0ra's
DrIsnD And thpv found trap under
mat. and below they found the
source Of WI Chang's fortune thou
! sands Of cans VI opium and still rar-
Their below big room half filed with
the dpv0tpPs Of the drug
: later Hassam All sat In bis mystic
room and heard from her own lips
Zudora's remarkable adventure. +n