Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-03

crept stealthily. He had scarcely got
within reach OF WI when the AAart
Chinaman seemed To sense bis pfrs-
ence. lie rose swiftly and s~uns
around.
The two arch-enemies gnIed me each
other a moment silently. Each kns~
IL was the inat. fatal
Slowly W. drew u long knife aud
leaped az Kennedy. Who srappl-d With
him. They struggled merciIessly.
In the struggle craig managed u
tear the torpedo out 81 wuis hands
just as they rolled over. II fell on .
rock. Instantly Al explosion tore .
hole IN the sand. scattering the gravel
all about.
Relentlessly the combat RACED. uyt
on the wharf itself they ~eLt. right ~
10 the edge.
Then both went over nto the water.
locked In zach others viselik- Er:p-
Even In the water they struggled
f~ranticallIy.
Ny search for the escaped eroos
Was unsuccessful
Somehow. however. II led me across
lAAAl w u lbA4 NJ \ ARhI1&Ah&& "
heard a car and looked nv. There
were the secret service men. called
them and stepped out of the bushes.
They stepped and jumped Out OF the
car. and | ran to them.
Come bach with me-. 7 urged We
found two Of them One d. dead.
Craig sent; me 10 trace the other I've
lost the trail Perhaps you can md "
for me"
We crashed through the brush
quickly. Suddenly | heard something
that caused me 20 start. II sousdsd
like an explosion.
There's the plsce-oyer there"
pointed. pausing and indicating the
direction ~ the wharf whence had
come the explosion.
What Was II? We did not stop .
moment. but hurried IN that direction.
We reached the shore. where ~s
tight. Out on the pier | ran breath.
lessly. ! rushed 10 the very edge aud
gazed over. then climbed down the
slippery piling and peered Into the
black water beneath.
A feg bubbles seemed 10 ooze "
from below. Was that ALL
No. as ! gazed down saw that some
dark object MAS there. slowly Mu
Fang's body fioated 90 the surface aud
lay there. rocked b. ia. waves. Deep
in his breast stuck his own knife nth
lis handle 81 the sign OF the serpeAli
reached down and seized him. a.
peered about for Kennedy.
There MAS nothing more there.
Craig" ! called desperately.
Craig"
There was no answer. The silence.
the echo Of the lappias water ulasT
the wharf Mas appalling. mockinE
managed Co call the secret service
men. and they got Wa fans's body ~
on the wharf.
But ! could not leave the spot
Where was Craig There VAS not .
sign OF him. | could not realize a.
even when the men brought graphing
irons aud began 10 search the black
water.
II was all a hideous dream. sa~
and heard, In a daze.
IL was not until late that night that
returned 10 the Dodge house.
| had delayed my return a. long a.
could. but | knew that ! must see
Elaine some time.
AS | entered even Jennings must
have seen that something Was ~rong.
Elaine who Was sitting IN the library
with Aunt Josephine. rose as shu sA~
me.
Did you get them" Elasne asked
eagerly.
] could not speak. She seemed 20
read the tragic look On my haksard
face. and stopped.
Why. she gasped elutchink NJ the
desk, what Is the natter"
As gently as ! could | told her al
the chase. q leaving Craig. Of the On.
plosion. Of the marks Of the struggle
and Of the finding Of WI Fang
As ] finished ! thought she ~oald
faint.
And you-you went over every
thing about the wharf,"
Everything The men even dragged
for the"
checked myself over the fatsfal
word
Elaine looked at me wildly. I thought
that she would lose her reason. She
did not cry. The shock Vas too great
for that.
Suddenly | remembered the nots
Before | left him-the last time 1
blurted out. he wrote y note-to you"
pulled the crumplrd paper from
my pocket and Elaine almost tore Il
from me-the last word from him
and read
Dearest may not return until shs
case 10 settled and I have found ths
stolen torpedo. Matters involving msL
lions OF lives and billions o. uoIiars
hang on the plot back ~ Il. Ne nat
ter what happens. have no fear. Trust
me. Lovingly. CRAIG.
She finished reading the note aud
slowly laid IL down. Then abs pIck.d
IL up and read Ii again. slowly abe
turned 20 me.
HE told me- N frn.s 49, - -