Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-07-10

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
80 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 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.
for an hour" he said in a loud, dis
tinct tone. Jameson, will you escort
miss Dodge homer"
why, certainly" I replied with
alacrity.
A moment later we all left the room,
chatting in forced tones about 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-
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
ne inserted the skeleton key in the
lock. Then, swinging the door open
he entered. He looked about
minute. The apartment was empty.
Slowly Long Sin walked over to the
able and began examining the articles
IN 1t. 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 small, soft brush
painted the mouthpiece of the pipe
With the liquid from the vial.
He laid the pipe down as he found
and beat hasty retreat.
We had scarcely time to drive to
llaine's house when message
cached US from Kennedy directing us
o return and meet him several
Quares below our apartment.
We did so Immediately. There was
.ennedy with Chase and three or four
oliceman.
I'm ten minutes want you to raid
lie apartment he said, looking at his
'atch. Il am going in there now"
He entered the building and, as he
pened our own door, drew a gun,
licking the door open and retreating
step. No one was there and he :
ent In. 4
Craig looked about a moment. On :
e surface, nothing had been dis
rbed. He went through the bed
'oms. Nothing was disturbed there.
Slowly he went back again to the Q
'orway, all the time careful not to I
ep on the rug. Starting near it, he
gan spraying the floor with the Il
omizer. q
It was one Of his own Inventions,
hich he called "photo-mat." a
AS the spray fell on the carpet and IL
rdwood it developed Long Sins foot G.
ints exactly. u
Carefully Kennedy followed them
the chemicals brought them out. d.
ing Sin had not walked around the al
ON much, evidently, as Craig ad- Ct
need slowly along the floor, still III
raging AS each step came out 1t NJ
Is apparent that Long Sin had done 81
tie else but go to the table and
an leave.
Craig looked at the table q moment. m
ere seemed to be nothing on 1t that Ut
uld attract man of Long Sins tai IN
is. Mechanically, Craig picked up IN
pipe lying there and looked at 1t
ntemplatively. He shifted at the sll
'uthpiece. There was a peachstone ca
Iell co
Cyanide" he muttered to himself IN
der his breath, laying the pipe down NO
gerly. w
FOR a moment he thought, then a
lden impulse seemed to seize him. 90
mind was made up. He moved w
ser to the marked Dashboard. Sud. 40
lly he utfered n sharn crv tnl