The Ely miner., 1915-09-03
a mark with a pencil on the Dashboard.

a mark with pencil on the Dashboard.
It 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 a 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 detectaphone in the
wall. Don't be surprised at anything
I 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 loud, dis
tinct tone Jameson, will you escort
miss Dodge homer"
"Why, certainly" / replied with
alacrity.
A moment later we all left the room,
| chatting in forced tones about a hun
dred inconsequential things. Craig
banged the door.
| But before we left he reached into
his pocket and took out the flask and
atomizer which had seen him place
there He poured the contents of the
flask on the rug.
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 key. "You un-
| derstand?"
Eyes, 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 ur Kennedy S
pipe, and again his inscrutable face
lighted with diabolical joy
| He took the vial quickly from his
pocket, and, with small, soft brush
painted the mouthpiece Of the pipe
with the liquid from the S1al.
He laid the pipe down as ne found
it and beat hasty retreat
|
We had scarcely timo to drive to
Elaine's house when q message
reached us from Kennedy directing us
|
squares below our apartment
We did so Immediately. There was
Kennedy with Chase and three or four
policeman.
SIN ten minutes want you to rait
the apartment, he said, looking at his
watch. 81 am going in there now"
He entered the building and, as ht
opened our own door, drew a gun
kicking the door open and retreatins
a step. No one was there and he
went in.
| Craig looked about moment. Or
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 tt
step on the rug. Starting near it, III
began spraying the floor with The
atomizer.
It was one of his own inventions
which he called "photo-mat.
AS the spray fell on the carpet ant
hardwood it developed Long Sins foot
prints exactly.
Carefully Kennedy followed then
as the chemicals brought them out
, Long Sin had not walked around th'
room much, evidently, as Craig ad
vanced slowly along the floor, still
spraying. AS each step came out |
was apparent that Long Sin had dom
, little else but go to the table ant
then leave.
Craig looked at the table moment
, There seemed to be nothing on it tha
would attract a man of Long Sins tai
, ents. Mechanically, Craig picked Vi
his pipe lying there and looked at /
! coutemplatively. He shifted at tn
mouthpiece. There was peachston
, SMELL
Cyanide" he muttered to himsel
> under his breath, laying the pipe dow
! gingerly.
! For a moment he thought, then
sudden impulse seemed to seize him
His mind was made up. He moves
closer to the marked Dashboard. Sud
denly he uttered sharp cry.
"Hello-central! Help! Help! IN
poisoned"
At the same time he struck the wal
a blow as though he were falling.
Down in the cellar the six China
men looked at each other in unfeigne'
delight as they heard the call for help
| Quickly Wu pulled the detectaphon
{ receiver off his head.
"Here-take this he ordered Lon,