The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-08-14

ready Wong Sin had taken up his St.
don. inst to BE- handy. There be had
been with his servant. playing With
his two trained white rats.
Wong placed them mp his capacious.
sleeves and carefully opened the door,
TO look out Unfortunately he was
just in time to sec the door Of 30
open and Disclose m.
We hurried into gil and shut The
door.
Kennedy mounted . chair and ap-
piled his eye to the detectascope. Just
then Mary and Elaine entered the
next room. Mary opening the dcce
with regular key.
Wont you step inf' she asked.
Elaine did 90 and Mary hesitatsd
| In the hall. Wong Sin had slipped
out. on noisefess feet and taken ref
uge behind some curtains. As he saw
her alone. he beckoned. to. Mary.
There's q stranger In the next
ROOM" he whispered. II don't like
him. Take the money and ~ quickly
40 possible get out and go TO my
apartment"
At the news that there was . sus-
picious stranger about Mary showed
great alarm. Everything was 90 rap
i'd now that the slightest hesitation
meant disaster. Perhaps BY quick
ness even suspicious stranger could
be fooled. she reasoned. At any rate.
Wong Sin was resourceful. She had
better trust him.
Mary followed Elaine into the room.
where she had seated herself already.
and locked the door.
"Have you the money theref' she
asked. !.
eyes," nodded Elaine. taking out
tho package of bills which she had got
from the bank during the halfhouf
delay.
All this we could SEQ by gazing al
ternately through the detectascope.
Elaine handed Mary the money.
Mary counted It slowly. At last she
looked up.
ITS all right" she said. Nov, I'll
take this to that tong leader. He's in
room only just across the hall"
i She went out.
MhNy udu JubS buCCCCuCu AA 6CttAho
on the elevator as Kennedy hurried
down the hall. The door was closed
and the car descended. He rang tho
push bell furiously. but there was
no answer.
He dashed back to the room with
US and jerked the telephone receiver.
"Hello-hello-hell he called.
There seemed to be no way to get
connection. What was the mat
ter?
He hurried down the hall again.
Down in the hotel lobby, with HIS
follower, the Chinaman paused before
the telephone switchboard, where two
girls were at work.
"You may CO." ordered Wong. and.
as his man left, he moved over close
to the switchboard.
Just as a call from 500 flashed up.
Wong slipped the rings on his little
fingers and loosened the white rats
on the telephone switchboard itself.
With shrek the telephone system
Of the Coste went temporarily out Of
business.
Kennedy had succeeded in finding
I the alcove Of the floor clerk in charge
Of the NTH floor. There on his desk
was an instrument having stylus on
! the end Of two arms. connected to .
system Of magnets. It was telauto-
graph.
Unceremoniously Craig pushed the
clerk out of his seat and sat down
himself. II was q last chance, now
that the telephone was out Of com
mission.
Downstairs In the hotel once, where
! the excitement had not spread to ev.
cry one. was the other end Of the cleo.
. trio long distance writer.
It started to write. a. Kennedy
wrote, upstairs:
blouse etectIve-qulek--hoi WON
an with blue chatsIaIns bag, getting
: out Of elevator"
The clerks downstairs saw It and
shouted above the din Of the rat-bait
ing:
"McCann--McCann!"
The clerk had torn on the message
from the telautograph register and
handed It to the house man. who
! pushed his way to the desk.
Quickly the detective called to the
, bell-hops. Together they hurried af
ter the well-dressed woman who had
. just swept out Of the elevator. MARI
, had already passed through the ex
. cited lobby and out, and was about
to cross the street-safe.
McCann and the bell-hops were now
. In full cry after her. Flight was use
less. She took refuge in Indignation
: and threats.
!, But Mccain was obdurate. She
passed quickly to tears and pleadings
II had no effect. They insisted on
|, leading her back. The game was up
!. "Here." cried Kennedy. take her M
! In the elevator. I'll prove the case"
: echss
'"Now--not . word Of who she y n
= the papers. McCann." Kennedy con-
: cluded. referring to Elaine. "You
know, II wouldn't sound wen for the
La Costs. Al for that woman--well.
. I've got the money back. You can
take her off-maks the charge"
A. the house man left with Mary