The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1915-06-24

| laboratory and the day before the
letter from Washington arrived.
There on the rocky shore, he sat
gazing out at the waves, waiting,
when suddenly, from around the prom
ontory, came a boat roWed Dy Two
stalwart sailors. 1t carried as pas
.sengers two dark-complexioned, dark
haired men, foreigners evidently,
| though carefully dressed so as 20 con-
ceal both their identity and national
ity.
AS the boat came up to strip OF
sandy beach among the rocks, the sail
ors held it while their two passengers
| Jumped out. Then they roWed away
as quickly as they had come.
The two mysterious strangers salut-
ed WI. 1--WE are under orders from
| the intelligence Office" introduced one
| who seemed to be the leader, ito get
| this American, Kennedy
Information has just come to us,
| the stranger went on, that Kennedy
| has invented a new wireless auto
| matte torpedo. Already letter is on
| it's way informing him that it has been
accepted by the navy"
The other man, who had been draw
| ing a cigar-shaped outline on the wet
| sand, looked up. 1--WE must get those
models" he put in, adding, both of
| them-the one he has and that the
government has Can it be done?"
| 81 can get them," answered WI sin
| isterly.
And so, while Kennedy was drawing
near together the net about WI, that
willy criminal had already planned an
| attack on him in an unexpected quar-
| ter.
Down in Washington the very morn
| ing that our pursuit of WI came to
head, the officials of the navy depart
ment, both naval and civil, were hav-
| ing the final conference at which they
were to accept officially Kennedy's
marvellous invention, which it was con-
fdently believed, would ultimately
| make war impossible.
| Seated about long table in one of
| the board rooms were not only the OFF,
GERS but the officials of the department
whose sanction was necessary for the
| final step. By window sat a woman
stenographer, who was transcribing
| the notes of the momentous meeting.
They had just completed the exami-
nation Of the torpedo and laid it on
the end of the table scarcely an arms
| length from the stenographer. AS she
finished a page of notes she glanced
quickly at a watch on her wrist. 1t
was exactly three o'clock.
Hastily she reached over for the tor
pedo and with one swift, silent move
ment tossed it out of the window.
| Down below, in clump of rhodo-
dendrons, for several moments had
| been crouching one of the men who
| had borne the orders to WI Fang at
the strange meeting on the promon-
tory.
| His eyes seemed r1veted at the win
dow above him. Suddenly the supreme
moment for which this dastardly plot
had been timed came. AS the torpedo
model dropped from the window, he
darted forward, caught it, turned and
in an instant he was gone
WI Fang himself had returned after
setting in motion the forces which he
found necessary to call to aid the for.
eign agents in their plots against Ken
nedy's torpedo.
AS WI approached the door of his
| den and was about to enter, his eyes
fell on our outpost, the blind beggar
Instantly his suspicious were aroused
He looked the beggar over, with a
frown, thought a moment, then turned
and instead of entering went up the
| street.
He made the circuit Of the block
and now came to an alley on the next
street that led back to the building in
which he had his den. Still frowning
he gazed about, saw that he was not
followed, and entered doorway.
| Up the stairs he made his way unit
he came to an empty loft. Quickly he
went over to the blank wall and begar
feeling cautiously about as if for g
| secret spring hidden in the plaster.
mo one in the back room," sale
Kennedy, rejoining me in the der
itself with the prisoner. Hes out, al
right"
Before Craig was a mirror. AS he
looked into it, at an angle, he could
see. a part of the decorations of the
wall behind him actually open out. Fol
an instant the evil face of WI Fans
appeared.
Without a word, Craig walked int
the back room. AS he did so, WI
Fang knife in hand, stealthily opened
, the sliding panel it's full length an6
noiselessly entered the room behint
me. With knife appraised for instan
J action, he moved closer and closer t.
me. He had almost reached me ant
: paused to gloat as he poised the knit,
ready to strike, when I heard a shou
from Kennedy and scuff1e.
Craig had leaped out from behind
/ screen near the doorway to the bac]
t room where he had hidden to lure w,
on. With powerful grasp he twiste,
4 the knife from Wu's hand and it fel