Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1915-05-01

ready Wong Sin had taken up his sta
tjou, just 10 be handy. There he had
been with h.a servant, playing with
Ms two trained white rats.
Wong placed them mp his capacious
sleeves and carefully opened the door
t. look cut Unfortunately he was
iust in time 80 SEQ the door Of 500
open ard disclose rs.
We hurried into 81 and shut the
door.
Kennedy mounted n chair and ap.
piled his eve 10 tn, Gatec.ascope. Just
then N.ry aul E,1iue entered the
next room. N"ry opening the door
with q regular key.
"WCn't you step No" she asked
Elaine did so and Mary hesitated
in the hail Wong SIN had slipped
out on nojselcss feet and taken ref
uge behind some curtains As he saw
hc~ J.Er he bechoned. to. Mary.
There's q stranger in the next
room" 10 whispered Il don't like
him Take the money and as quickly
rs possible get out and so to my
apartment"
IT tho news that there was sus-
piciors strange about Mary showed
great alarm. Everything was so rap
ID now that the slightest hesitation
meant C'e1stor. Perhaps by quick
ness even a suspicious stranger could
! be fcCiCd. she reasoned. At any rate.
Wong Sin was rosourceful. She had
e better trust him
Mary followed Elaine into the room,
where ,ho I'D seated herself already,
and locked the door.
: Have you the money there?" she
asked.
Yes" nodded Elaine, taking out
- the package Of bills which she had got
4 from the bank during T." halfhour
y delay.
All this we could see by gazing al
- ternately through the detectascOpe.
Elaine handed Mary the money.
Mary counted it slowly At last she
loofcd up.
IT'S all right" she said. Now, I'll
take this T. that tong leader. Hes In
room only just across the hall"
She went out.
Mary had lust succeeded in getting
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 jcrkod the telephone receiver.
"Hello-hello-hcllo, he called.
i There seemed t. be no way to get
| a connection. What was the mat
! ter?
i He hurried down the hall again.
| Down IL the hotel lobby, with his
1 follower, tho ChicaTan paused before
/ the teleyhcre swi 'hboard, where two
girls were ct work.
4 "Ycu may Co." ordered Wong, and.
rs bis mou let, lie moved over close
Il 70 the switchboard.
Just a. CT from 500 flashed up.
Won sl.uncI the rings off his little
I rnccr5 c9d lcoscnod the white rats
G? iva - nlore switchboard itself.
vTth 2 Shrek The telephone system
= &C to CcSto went temporarily out OF
t.. busiHe~s.
-
Teaacay had succeeded in finding
% the aIcoyc CT the floor clerk in charge
- OF ~, fifth floor There on his desk
vas an Instrument having a stylus on
q the egd Of two arms, connected to
il system Of magnets. 1t was telauto
C. graph.
s. Urcercmcniously Craig pushed thu
himself 1t was last chance, nov
,o that the telephone was out OF CON
,r mission.
Nv Downstairs in the hotel office. wher
or the excitement had not spread to e'
, a." cry one, vas the ether end of the ele'
"A trio Icngdistance writer.
It started to write. as Kennel
az wrote, upstairs:
10 blouse neutrality-suspicious. won
an with blue ckate!aine bag, gettln
at out Of elevator"
The clerks downstairs saw 1t an
shouted above the din of the rat-bai
aw ing:
no "McCann-McCann!"
.ad The clerk had torn off the messae
from llS lelAulOS4dPH iC6iSbSA GIL
handed it to the house man. VII
IN pushed his way to the desk.
or Quickly the detective called to Ii
The bell-hops. Together they hurried a
nv ter the well-dressed woman who ha
to Just swept out of the elevator. MAI
We had already passed through the e
md cited lobby and out, and was abo'
at to cross the street-safe.
Mccain and the bell-hops were no
wn in full cry after her. Flight was US
vas less. She took refuge in indignatle
800, and threats.
IL, But Mccain was obdurate. 81
,ey. passed quickly to tears and pleading
DOR II had no effect. They insisted
vas, leading her back. The game was u
d a Here" cried Kennedy, take her
lex In the elevator. Ill prove the case.
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