The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1915-06-24

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Chinaman seemed to sense his nroa
ence. He rose swiftly and swuno
around.
The two arch-enemies gazed at eoob
other moment silently. Each knou,
1t was the final, fatal encounter
Slowly WI drew a long knife on5
leaped at kennedy, who grappled with
him. They struggled mercilessly
In the struggle Craig managed 70
tear the torpedo out of Wu's hands
just as they rolled over. It fell on -
rock. Instantly an explosion tore .
hole in the sand, scattering the gravel
all about.
Relentlessly the combat ragged Ont
on the wharf itself they went, right IN
to the edge.
Then both went over into the water
locked in each others viselike grip,
Even in the water they struggled
franticallly.
My search for the escaped crool-
was unsuccessful.
Somehow, however, it led me across
country to a road. AS l approached
heard a car and looked up. 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 back with me-" urged. eve
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 heard something
that caused me to start 1t sounded
like an explosion.
There's the place-over there" I
pointed, pausing and indicating the
come the explosion.
What was it? We did not stop a
moment, but hurried in that direction.
We reached the shore, where we
saw marks of the explosion and of a
fight. Out on the pier I ran breath
lessly. 1 rushed to the very edge and
gazed over, then climbed down the
slippery piling and peered into the
black water beneath.
A few bubbles seemed to ooze up
from below. Was that all?
No, as gazed down l saw that some
dark object was there. Slowly WI
Fang's body f1oated 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, as
peered about for Kennedy.
There was nothing more there.
"Craig!" called desperately,
"Craig!'
There was no answer. The silence,
the echo of the tapping water under
the wharf was appalling, mocking.
- I managed to call the secret service
men, and they got WI Fang's body up
on the wharf.
But could not leave the spot.
Where was Craig? There was not
sign of him. I could not realize it,
even when the men brought graphing
irons and began to search the black
water.
and heard, in a daze.
1t was not until late that night that
I returned to the Dodge house.
1 had delayed my return as long as
I could, but 1 knew that l 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 she saw
me.
did you get them?" Elaine asked
eagerly.
l could not speak. She seemed 10
read the tragic look on my haggard
face, and stopped.
"Why," she gasped, clutching at INC
desk, what is the natter"
AS gently as I could l told her OIL
the chase, of leaving Craig, of the e1'
plosion, of the marks of the struggle
and of the finding of WI Fang.
AS I finished l thought she would
faint
"And you-you went over every
thing about the wharf?"
Everything. The men even draggee
for the"
l checked myself over the ld'0i"'
word.
Elaine looked at me wildly. though
that she would lose her reason. DIV
did not cry. The shock was too gres'
for that.
Suddenly I remembered the noO"
Before left him-the last time
blurted out, che wrote note-to YOU
1 pulled the crumpled paper 1Fon
my pocket and Elaine almost tore
from me-the last word from MIN
and read:
Dearest may not return untIl Wv
case 10 settled and | have founo LII
stolen torpedo. Matters involving y"
lions Of lives and billions OF oo''a,'
hang on the plot back of 1t. NO "a.
ter what happens, have no fear
me. Lovingly, onN'o mi
She finished reading the note an
slowly laid it down. Then she picAs