Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-06-21
TWENTY-SECOND EPISODE
THE OPIUM ~sMUGoLERs.

George, the Dodge chauffeur. had
just returned TO the garage IN the rear
OF the house with the car and was
working over II. lie was so intent on
locating a strange noise in the engine
that he did not see the s%erpentine eyes
OF WI as he peered into the garage
through a small window.
WI vas not alone As always. he
had been able 20 secure an assistant IN
the devilish scheme he had III mind.
not a sinister. evil-faced fellow. hut "A
neat. quiet. apparently honestlcOking
young -mechanician
George was bending closely over the
engine as he speeded II up To see what
was the cause OF the rattle. when the
door Of the garage opened quietly. On
tiptoe WI and the young mcchanicilu,
a man named Johnson. Slipped in.
Johnson carrying an automobile robe.
The next moment the two had lciped
upon the defenseless George Johnson
threw the robe over his head. while
WI wound him about with a rope lie
was completely and instantly put out.
Just then. working as III hy tho
clock. sor such was the precision 0f
Wu's plans. a closed ear. muIied
down. slipped up - the garage door
They hustled the unresistinE George
into the car. Johnson taking the place
at the wheel and WI sitting on guard
in back with George. bound and almost
suffocated.
George was loyal II anything
Threats and brides had no effect on
him. even after he had come 20 In Wu's
secret den.
There Is paper. pen and ink
threatened Wa. Write what I ten
YOU"
George remained m%otionless. an
iiant.
"You will not9' shrugged WI. mask
ing his impatience behind an assumed
nochalance.
Slowly he picked up n murdCr0us
dirk. which lay ON the table before
him. and fclt the point t|houEhtfuliy
A deep. cultural order missed from tre
Serpent's lips Instantly two of thr
servants seized George. while the
third bent his head back. As Wu
raised the knife n was more than
even the iron nerves oi George could
stand.
lie broke down.
Take the pen directed WI, add-
ing. as George took 1t mechanically.
Write"
Both Elaine and Aunt Josephine
were much surprised at Tho nonap-
pearance Of George ii The morning.
II was explained. apparently when
Jennings. the butler. ushered In the
neat and quiet young man who po-
litely told a story cf an accident to Ais
dear friend. George. ,as he handed q
note to Elaine.
Il think your DO" nodded Elaine.
Jennings. viii you show Johnson how
10 get to the garage"
For a long time Kennedy had been
perftcting a miniature wireless talH-
phone OF his oWn invention. and tho
activities OF Wa Fang now caused him
to hasten his work.
II was the next morning after tile
capture OF Long Sin that Craig got the
instrument woraing 10 his satisfaction.
! was delighted. for | had been much
interested In following his work On it
You. see. Walter" Kennedy ey-
planned. setting "a little black box on
the laboratory table. 1--WE got this
thing down 70 an irredICIhll minimum
It's the most compact affair imagll-
able. See. | open the face of the box.
| lift up these miniature aeriais ai the
inverted J. type. Here IA the transmit
ting apparatus. there che receiving an
tuned. / press this lever
He paused st the other end ~ the
table stood an exact duplicate oi the
first instrument
AS he pressed the lever the buzzer
IN the other telephone sounded
I'm going 70 ask you. Walter" III
went on. folding down the little aeriais
and shutting Up the box. TO take this
other instrument owe 10 Elaine
Out on the Atlantic. tossing over the
choppy seas. a dingy old schooner was
lacking her way toward New York haT-
Dor. The captain. Jake Gregor, was 2
~disreputable looking man, a. were both
his craft and his crew Of mixed whites
and Chinese.
Gregor had come put on deck and
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