The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-07-18

From his hiding place kennedy
crept stealthIly He had scarcely got
within reach Of -Wu when the alert
Chtnaman seemed 70 sense his pres
ence. He rose swiftly and swung
around.
Fhe two arch-enem4es gaxed at each,
other q moment silently. Each knew
it was the anal. fatal encounter.
Slowly wn drew p long knife ana
aeaped at Kennedy. who grapp1e4 with
him. They struggled merclIessly.
In the struggle Craig MANAGED to
tear the torpedo ont OF Wu& handfs
lust as they rolled over. It fell on =
rock. Instantly; an explosion tore p
hole in the sand scattering the gravea
All about.
Relensiessly the combat raSed. Out
on the wharf itself they went right up
to the edge.
Then both went over into the water
locked in. each Others viaelike grip.
Even In the water they struggled
franticallly.
nv search for the escaped crook
was unsuccessful.
Somehow, however, It led me across
country to q road. As ] approached
heard car and looked up. There
were the secret service men. I called
them and stepped out OF the bushes.
They stepped and jumped out of the
car and ran to them.
4.Come back with me- I urged. I'VE
found two of them. One is dead,
Craig sent me to trace the other. I've
lost the trail. Perhaps you can find It
for me"
We crashed through the brush
quickly. Suddenly Iheard something
that caused me to start. It sounded
like an explosion.
There's the place-over there"
pointed, pausing and indicating the
direction Of the wharf whence had
come the explosion.
what was It? We did not stop q
moment, but hurried in that direction.
We reached the shore, where we
saw marks Of the explosion and OF
fight. Out on the pier ran breath
lessly. rushed to the very edge and
Razed over, then climbed down the
slippery pfling and peered into the
black water beneath.
A few bubbles seemed to ooze up
from below. Was that all2
No, as gazed down I saw that some
dark object was there. Slowly WI
Fang's body hoated to the surface and
lay there, rocked by the waves. Deep
In his breast stuck his own knife with
it's handle of the sign OF the serpent!
reached down and seized him. ao 1
,peered ahout for Kennedy.
There was nothing more there.
sCraigi" / called desperately,
"Craigl"
There was no answer. The silence.
the echo of the tapping water under
the wharf was appalling, hooking:
I managed to call the secret service
men, and they got WI Fang's body up
on the wharf. IT,
But i could not leave the spot.
Where was Craig? There was not
sign of him. could not realize It,
even when the men brought graphing
Irons and began to search the black
water.
It was. all a hideous dream. saw
and heard, In daze.
1t was not until late that night that
4 returned to the Dodge house.
had delayed my return as long as
I could, but knew that / must see
Elaine some time.
AS i entered even Jennings must
have seen that something was wrong.
Elaine, who was sitting In the library
with Aunt Josephine, rose as che saw
me.
did you get themf" Elaine asked
eagerly.
j could not speak. She seemed to
read the tragic look on my haggard
face, and stopped.
why she gasped, clutching at the
desk, .swhat is the matter?'
AS gently AS could told her OF
the chase, of Heaving Craig, of the ex-
plosion, of the marks OF the struggle
and of the .dnding of WI Fang.
As i finished / thought she would
faint.
And you-you went over every
thing about the wharf2"
Everything. The men even dragged
checked myself over the fateful
word.
elaine looked at me wildly. thought
that she would lose her reason. She
did not cry. The shock was too great
for that.
Suddenly remembered the note.
Before / left him-the last time"
bluEted out, che wrote note-to you.p
i pulled the crumpled paper from
my pocket and Elaine almost tore It
from me-the last word from him
and read:
1earest-I may not return until tho
case 10 settled and I have found the
stolen torpedo. Matters involving mil
lions of lives and billions of dollars
hang on the plot back Of Il. No mat
ter what happens, have oifear. Trust
me. Lovingly, CRAIG.
She finished reading the note and
slowly laid It down. Then she picked