The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-08-11


paper ana nanded II 10 me:
There must be detectaphone in
this room. Talk about the weather.
anything-while 1 locate it,
Finally Craig went over to his desk
and took out small piece of appara-
tus
He placed a peculiar telephonelike
continuance attached to one end of
it up to his ear. He adjusted the
magnet and carried the thing carefully
about the room.
Suddenly he paused and his face
wrinkled. He stopped down and made
mark with pencil on the Dashboard.
1t was at that moment that Elaine's
car stopped outside the apartment.
"Oh," she cried with an eager sigh
of relief at seeing Kennedy all right,
as she almost ran toward him. I'm
so glad you"
She stopped short as Craig motioned
to her to be silent. She did not under
stand, and for the moment stopped
nonplused, as he picked up a pencil
and began to write on pad instead
of meeting her advance.
An instant later her mobile face
looked up at him in wonder as she
read:
Every word we say is being over
heard through a detectaphone in the
wall. Don't be surprised at anything
1 say"
Then he walked deliberately over to
the wall near which the instrument
was concealed and leaned down to in
sure his words being heard distinctly
by those listening.
81 am going over to the laboratory
for an hour" he said in a loud, dis
tinct tone. Jameson, will you escort
miss Dodge homer"
why, certainly" 1 replied with
alacrity.
moment later we all left the room,
chatting in forced tones about hun
| bred inconsequential things. Craig
banged the door.
But before we left he reached into
his pocket and took out the flask and
atomizer which 1 had seen him place
! there. He poured the contents of the
flask on the rug.
1 accompanied Elaine to her car and
we drove away while Kennedy left
the apartment on foot.
Downstairs, WI Fang had been lis
tening at the other end of the detecta-
| phone.
Their attention was soon at fever
| heat when Elaine entered our rooms.
| WI, Long Sin and the others listened
| breathlessly.
The Cinnamon waited until they
board US go out. WI then handed
Long Sin vial and a key. You I'M
: derstand?"
Yes, master" nodded Long Sin
with an evil leer.
He hastily climbed the stairs from
the cellar to our apartment. For a
| few seconds he stood on the rug as
/ he inserted the skeleton key in the
lock. Then, swinging the door open
cautiously he entered. He looked about
minute. The apartment was empty.
| Slowly Long Sin walked over to the
table and began examining the articles
on it. Finally he picked up Kennedy s
pipe, and again his inscrutable face
| lighted with diabolical joy.
He took the vial quickly from his
pocket, and, with a small, soft brush
painted the mouthpiece of the pipe
with the liquid from the vial.
He laid the pipe down as he found
it and beat hasty retreat.
We had scarcely time to drive to
Elaine's house when a message
reached us from Kennedy directing US
u return and meet him several
i squares below our apartment.
We did so Immediately. There was
Kennedy with Chase and three or four
policeman.
In ten minutes want you to raid
the apartment he said. looking at his
watch. 81 am going in there now"
He entered the building and, as he
opened our own door, drew a gun,
kicking the door open and retreating
a step. No one was there and he
went in.
Craig looked about a moment. On
the surface. nothing had been dis
turbed. He went through the bed
rooms. Nothing was disturbed there
Slowly he went back again to the
doorway, all the time careful not to
step on the rug. Starting near it, he
began spraying the floor with the
atomizer.
1t was one of his own inventions
which he called a 'photo-mat."
AS the spray fell on the carpet and
hardwood it developed Long Sins foot
prints exactly.
Carefully Kennedy followed then
as the chemicals brought them out
Long Sin had not walked around the
room much evidently. as Craig ad
vanced slowly along the floor, still
spraying AS each step came out il
was apparent that Long Sin had done
little else but go to the table ant
then leave.
Craig looked at the table a moment
There seemed to be nothing on it tha1
would attract man of Long Sins tai
ents. Mechanically. Craig picked VI
his pipe lying there and looked at i
| centempIatively. He shifted at tn.
mouthpiece. There was a peachstons
smell.
Cyanide" he muttered to himself
under his breath, laying the pipe dowI
gingerly.
Fer a moment he thought, then
sudden impulse seemed to seize him
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