Omaha daily bee., 1915-06-13

oIlls OF Faul1ne.
made dash at him and quickly over
powered him. swapping the bracelets on
his wrists.
Watch him, Walter" directed Craig
as he made his way into the back
room.
In the devious plots and schemes OF
WI Fang his nefarious work had
brought him into contact not only with
criminals OF the lowest order. but with
those high up in financial and diplo-
matte circles.
Thus II happened that at such a crisis
ms Kennedy had brought about for him
WI had suddenly been called out OF the
city and had received an order from a
group OF powerful foreign agents, known
secretly as the intelligence office, 10
meet an emissary at a certain rocky
promontory on the Connecticut shore OF
Long Island Sound the very day after
Kennedy's little affair with him In the
laboratory and the day before the letter
from washington arrived.
Though he was MORALLY afraid OF Ken
nodys pursuit. there was nothing TO do
but obey this imperative summons.
Quietly he slipped out OF town the more
readily when he realized that the SUM
mons would take him not far from the
millionaire cottage colony where Elaine
had her summer home. which, However,
she had not yet opened.
There, on the rocky shore. he sat gag
ing out at the waves. waiting, when sud-
denly, from around the promontory. came
boat rowed by two stalwart sailors. II
carried ms passengers two dark complex
toned. dark haired men. foreigners evil
IDENTIFY. though carefully dressed so as TO
conceal both their identity and nation
ality.
The two mysterious strangers saluted
WI.
I'VE are under orders from the. intelli-
gence office" introduced one who seemed
TO be the leader. Ito get this American.
Kennedy.
Information has just come TO u.s." the
stranger went on. that Kennedy has in
vented new wireless automatic torpedo.
Already letter II on It's way Informing
him that It has been accepted by the
navy"
The other man who had been drawing
cigar-shaped outline on the wet sand
looked up I'VE must get those models"
he put IN adding both OF them-the one
he has and that the government has. Can
Il be done?"
II can get them" answered WI sim
isteriy.
Down in WASHINGTON the very morning
that our pursuit OF WI came TO a head.
tho officials OF the Navy department, both
naval and civil. were having the final
conference at which they were 20 accept
officially Kennedys marvellous inven-
ticn which, II was confidently believed,
would ultimately make war impossible.
They had Just completed the examine
ton 81 the torpedo and laid II on the end
OF the table scarcely an arms length
from the stenographcr As she finished
page Of notes she glanced quickly at a
watch On her wrist. 1t was exactly 8
o'clock.
Hastily she reached over for the tor
pedo and with one swift. silent move
ment tossed in out OF the window.
Down below. In a clump OF rhododen-
drons, for several moments had been
crouching one of the men who had borne
the orders, 70 WI Fang at the strange
meeting on the promontory.
His eyes seemed riveted at the window
above him. Suddenly the supreme mo-
ment for which this dastardly plot had
been timed came. AA the torpedo model
dropped from the window, ne darted for
ward. caught IL, turned and in an in
slant he was zone.
WI Fans himself had returned after
setting In motion the forces which ne
found necessary 70 call TO aid the foreign
agents In their plots against Kennedy's
torpedo.
As WI approached the door OF his den
and was about TO enter his eve fell on
our outpost. tho blind beggar. Instantly.
hts suspicious were aroused. He looked
the beggar over with a frown. thought a
moment. then turned and instead OF en-
tering went up the street
He made the circuit OF the block ana
now came to an alley on the next street
that led back Of the building in which he
had his den.
mo one in the back ROOM" said Ken
nedy. retolning me In the den itself with
the prisoner Hes out all right"
Before Craig Was a mirror. As he
looked into II at an angle. he could see
part OF the decorations OF the wall be-
hind him actually open For an instant
the evii face Of Wa Fang appeared.
Without a word Craig walked into the
back room. As he did so. WI Fang.
knife In hand. stealthily opened the slid
ing panel its full length ana nolselesly
entered the room behind me. With knife
appraised for instant action he moved
closer and closer to me. He had almost
reached me ana paused 20 gloat as he
poised the knife ready TO strike. when
heard shout from Kennedy and a scuf-
fle.
Craig had leaped out from behind a
screen near the doorway 70 the back
room where he had hidden TO lure WI on.
I was st WI myself an instant later.
He was a powerful fighter. but we
managed to snap the handcuffa on him
finally also.
Walter" painted Kennedy. straighten-
ing himself out after the fracaa. 'T'n
stay here with the prisoners. Co get
the police"
hurried out and rushed down the
atreet seeking an officer
Up IN the den. Wa Fang. silent. stood
with his back 20 the wall. soowling sui
lenly. Close beside him hung a sort OF bell
cord. just out OF reach. kennedy. revolver