The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-08-28

Hand. Openins : tsap door n ~
door q the room n which they w9e
standing, he LED Bennett down . step
ladder into the subterransan chamber
lin which Tong wah I'D = secently
| been preparing his mystsriods potion.
A Bennett sank into chair and
passed his hands over his brow In
utter WEAKNESS, Long Sin poured into
Z cup some Of the liquor Of death
which Tong Wah had mixed. He hand
ID Il to Bennett. who drank Il eagerly.
How do you propose to help mo 70
escapsf" asked Bennett hushily.
without . word Long Sin went 70
the wall. ana grasping one OF the
stones, pressed II back. opening .
large receptacle. In which there were
| two glass cofins apparently contain
| ing two dead Cinnamon. Pulling out
| the coflns. he pushed them before
Bennett, who rose TO his feet and
gaxed upon them with wonder.
Long Sin broke the silence: these
men," he said. ''are not dead; but they
have been in this condition for many
months. Il Is what Il called In your
language suspended animation"
"Is that what you intend to do witty
me 2" asked Bennett, shrinking back I'D
| terror.
The Chinaman nodded In affirmation
as he pushed back the cofiins.
Overcome by the horror Of the idea
Bennett, with q groan. sank back into
the chair. shaking his head as II to In
dictate that tho plan was far too ter
rible to carry out.
With sinister smile and shrus Of
his shoulders Long Sin pointed to tho
cup from which Bennett had drank.
/ "But, dear master. he remarked
suavely. you have already drank
full dose of the potion which causes
insensibility. and It is overcoming you.
Even now" he added. you are too
weak to RISE"
with q malicious chuckle Long Sin
moved closer to his victim and spoke
again.
"Divulge where your seven million
dollars are hidden" he suggested
craftily. "and will give you an anti
dote."
BY this time Bennett. who was De-
coming more rigid each moment. was
unable to speak
|, Slowly, and after desperate strug-
gle, he managed to raise one hand
and pointed to his breast pocket.
The Chinaman instantly thrust In his
: hand and drew out map. r
, For some moments Long Sin exam
: ined the map intently. and. with grin
, of satisfaction. he placed It in his, own
pocket. Then he mixed what he de-
? clared was sure antidote. and. psur-
8 ing some Of the liquor into cup. he
> held It to Benefits lips. s.
" As Bennett opened his mouth q
e drink 1t, Long Sin with laugh slowly
pulled the cup away and poured ita
contents on the floor.
+ BY this time was slowly recovering
r my senses In the secretary's ofice
r where Bennett had left me In the dis
r. guise of the Clutching Hand. Elaine
ID the secretary and the clerks wers
70 gathered around me. doing all the,
1t could to revive me.
Meanwhile Kennedy had enliste'
70 the aid of two detectives and wa
d. securing the city for trace Of Ben
nett or the taxicab in which no hal
b fed.
v Somehow, Kennedy suspected. IN
ID stinctively. that Long Sin might CIV
Of q clue to Benefits whereabouts, AM
II a few moments hter we were AL Of
t. our way In car to Long Sins house
9, Though we did not know Il, Lon
Sin, at the moment when Kennel
C. knocked at his door. was feeling III hi
iy inside pocket to see that the map b
IT. had taken from Bennett was perfectl
IT. safe. Finding that he had It. he smile
with his peculiar oriental guile. The
IN he opened the door and stood Nor
moment, silent.
re where is Bennett" demanded Kel
ne nedy.
he Long Sin eyed us all. then. with
placid smile. said. Follow me. ! WI
he show you"
err There was Bennett. seated rigidly
ret the chair beside the table, from whic
rly the Walls and cups. about which Y
In knew nothing, had been removed.
"How did II happen?" asked Ke
,ed nedy.
vas "Ie came here" replied Long 81
or with q wave of his hand. "and before
ful could stop him he did away with hi'
self"
md well. we've got him." unused Ke
ard nedy. shaking his head sadly. addil
emit after pause. but he Is dead"
/ Elaine. who had followed US dow
ad covered her eyes with her hands q
was sobbing convulsively. thong
led. she would faint. but Kennedy led b
be gently away into an upper room.
Az he placed her In an easy cha
"a. he bent over her, soothingly.
did you-did you-really--lo
,ne him? ?" he asked In . low tone.
, IN Still shuddering. and with an Gag
the look at Kennedy. Elaine shook b
nd beautiful head.
Then, slowly rising TO her feet. .
an. looked ct Craig appealingly.
mo. Forgive me-" murmured Eleh
49,. holding out her hand. Then she add
in voice tense with amotion, tina
"a. you for saving me-"