The Raymer enterprise., 1915-09-30
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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
l 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.
II 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" l 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 60 out WI then handed
Long Sin vial and key. you un-
derstand?"
"Yes. 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
a minute. The apartment was empty.
Slowly Long Sin walked over to the
table and began examining the articles
on it. Finally he picked up Kennedy s
pipe. and again his inscrutabIe face
lighted with diabolical Joy.
He took the vial quickly from his
pocket and, with a small, soft brush
painted the ,mouthpiece of the pipe
with the liquid from the vial.
He laid the pipe down as he found
It and beat hasty retreat.
We had scarcely lime to drive to
Elaine's house when message
reached us from Kennedy directing us
to return and meet him several
squares below our apartment.
We did so Immediately. There was
Kennedy with Chase and three or four
policeman.
I'm ten minutes / want you to raid
the apartment he said. looking at his
watch. 81 am going In there now"
He entered the building and. as he
opened our own door, drew q gun
kicking the door open and retreatine
step. No one was there and he
went In.
| Craig looked about moment. On
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 to
step on the rug. Starting near it, he
began spraying the floor with the
atomizer.
1t was one Of his own inventions
which he called "photo-mat.'
As the spray fell on the carpet and
hardwood 1t developed Long Sins foot
prints exactly
Carefully Kennedy followed them
as the chemicals brought them out
, Long Sin had not walked around the
room much. evidently. as Craig ad
vanced slowly along the floor. still
spraying. As each step came out II
: was apparent that Long Sin had done
, little else but 60 to the table and
, then leave.
Craig looked at the table moment
, There seemed to be nothing on 1t that
would attract man of Long Sins tai
, ents. Mechanically, Craig picked W
his pipe lying there and looked at II
contemplatively. He shifted at the
mouthpiece. There was peachstone