Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-10-15


servant announced that visitor was |
outside. Then. as the cripple entered.
spryly enough now. he added: "Oh-it |
is you. Well-anything to report7"
RED roses" was all that the ex-
beggar in his awe at the fierce China
man could find words to blurt out.
WI nodded. ct is we'll. l will call
you again when need you. You may
co." he instructed.
No sooner had he gone than the
others reappeared from behind their
screens and other hiding places as 81
lently as they had gone.
"You will all follow me-" directed
WI, gathering together the parapher-
MALTA and shutting the box. Here,
Tom Ling, carry that box for me-
carefully, too"
A moment later WI left the secret
apartment, followed by his henchmen,
splitting up inconspicuously as they
made their way uptown.
/ had come into the laboratory and,
not finding Kennedy, had decided to
walt there for him.
Perhaps half an hour later he came
rushing in, his face clouded with
thought and beads Of Precipitation
standing out on his forehead.
What's the trouble?" l asked anx-
iously.
Trouble enough" he replied. fling
ing off his hat and coat and throwing
on his smock, as he related disjointed-
ly between whites what had happened.
"And now I'm going to prepare for
the attack, whatever 1t may be-" he
went on, going over briskly to the lab
oratory table. where's that nitrate
oh, here 1t Is"
For the next few minutes he was
busily mixing several chemicals while
| watched him curiously in silent ad-
miration.
When he had finished he poured one
liquid from tube into an atomizer,
then another of the liquids which he
had made into flesk.
Walter" he asked, getting ready
to go out and indicating to me to do
the same. 81 wish you'd bring along
that rug over there by my sink"
placed the rug before our door and
he emptied almost half of the contents
| of the flask on 1t. Then he entered
the laboratory again, taking care not
to step on the rug. but over it.
|
Meanwhile WI Fang and his lieu
tenants had proceeded to the base
ment of our apartment house.
First WI entered the dark cellal
cautiously and beckoned to Long Sir
and the other Cinnamon to follow
| One of his followers carried the BIZ
Six detectaphone, which he placed OF
an old rickety table which the janitor
Jensen, sometimes used.
We opened the oak case and begar
to look about for place to install thu
little listening ear by wires that woult
run up from this cellar hiding place
to our apartment above.
"Ughl Look!" cried one of thu
Cinnamon, pointing toward a corne
of the cellar wall.
WI turned. There was a rat which
had run out OF hole, had seen then
and scampered quickly across tn
floor and away safely.
1t interested WI and he walked owe
to the rathole and examined 1t.
"Wait here" he ordered quickly
leaving his men on guard in the cellar
It was not very many minutes late
that WI returned to the cellar with |
| for ri ri 10 arx,a
mo one has gone in, MASTER" re
ported one of the Cinnamon.
WI nodded and turned to anothe
who had been engaged in enlarging tn,
rathole In the wall.
"Does 1t run upstairs?" he asked.
Yes. MASTER" returned the other.
"Then wait here" ordered WI, tab
ing up the detectaphone transmittei
the spool OF wire and the box.
He left the cellar stealthily and
few minutes later reached the pppe
hall, which at the time happened to b
deserted. Somehow he had obtained
skeleton key which fitted our lock, an
with its aid he entered our apartment
Quickly he looked about the room
Finally his keen judgment told hin
that the corner by the bookcase wa
that nearest over the compartment Il
the cellar in which he had left hi
lieutenants with the detectaphone.
WI Fang had a method of wirin
in the detectaphone that was all hi
own. He went over to the corner an
drew from his capacious blouse
chisel with which he ripped back
section OF the Dashboard. After h
had removed It he made a little hol
In the plaster and laths on the wall.
Next he drew on pair OF THO
gloves and carefully reached into tn
pasteboard box. From 1t he drew
ferret.
This ferret wore a small leather hal
ness around his shoulders. To thu
harness WI attached one end OF tn
J wire from the spool, and made sur
} that the spool would unwind readil,
Then he reached into his pocket an
drew out rat. AS he held them, on
: In each hand, he let the ferret get
good look and smell OF the rat as
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