The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1915-06-24
Acros. the hail. although ". did nos

know II at the time. I'm room $40, ais
ready Wong Sin had taken up his sta
ton, just to be handy. There he had
been with his servant. playing with
his two trained white rats.
Wong placed them up his capacious
sleeves and carefully opened the door
to look out. Unfortunately he was
just in time to see the door OF 500
open and disclose us.
We hurried into Sill and shut the
door
Kennedy mounted a chair and APP
piled his eve to the deteetascope Just
then Mary and Elaine entered tho
next room, Mary opening the door
with regular key.
Won't you step i'm" she asked
Elaine did so and Mary hesitated
in the hall. Wong Sin had slipped
out on noiseless feet and taken ref
use behind some curtains As he saw
her alone he beckoned. TO. Mary
There's stranger in the next
room he whispered Il don't like
him Take the money and as quickly
as possible get out and go to my
apartment
At the news that there was a sus-
picious stranger about Mary showed
great alarm. Everything was so rap
i'd now that the slightest hesitation
meant disaster Perhaps by quick
ness even a suspicious stranger could
be fooled, she reasoned At any rate.
Wong Sin was resourceful. She had
better trust him.
Mary followed Elaine into the room.
where she had seated herself already,
and locked the door.
Have YOU the money there" she
asked
Yes" nodded Elaine. taking out
the package of bills which she had got
from the bank during the half-hour
delay
All this We could see by gazing al
ternately through the detectascope.
Elaine handed Mary the money.
Mary counted II slowly At last she
looked up
Its all riant.'' She said. Now. I'll
take this - that tong leader He's in
a room only lust across the hall"
Sha went out
Mary had just succeeded in getting
en- tho elevator IS Kennedy hurried
down the ball Thu door was closed
and the ear descended He rang the
push be'l furtouslv but there was
no answer
He dashed hack 70 the room with
Us and ierked the telephone receiver.
Hello hello hello he called.
There seemed to be no way to get
connection What was the mat
ter
lie hurried down the hall again.
Down I'm the hotel lobby. with his
i follower. the Ghinaman paused before
i the telephone switchboard. where two
/ girls were at work.
"Yeu may co. ordered Wong, and.
~ his man LEFT. he moved over close
+ to the switchboard.
lust as call from 5o9 flashed up.
Wong slipped the rings off his little
fingers and loosened the white rats
on the telephone switchboard itself
With shrek the telephone system
Of the Coste went temporarily out Of
business
Kennedy had succeeded In finding
the aleove of the floor clerk In charge
/ of the fifth floor There on his desk
was an instrument having a stylus on
the end Of two arms, connected to a
system OF magnets II was telauto-
graph.
Unceremoniously Craig pushed the
clerk out OF his seat and sat down
himself It was a last chance. now
that the telephone was out of COM
mission
Downstairs in the hotel office. where
the excitement had not spread to ev-
cry one, was the other end of the cleo
trio long distance writer.
1t started to write. as Kennedy
wrote, upstairs
"House Detective-quick-ho wou,-
an with blue chatelaine bag, getting
out of elevator"
The clerks downstairs saw 1t and
shouted above the din OF the rat-baie
ing
McCann-McCann,"
The clerk had torn OF the message
from the telautograph register and
handed ii to the house man. who
pushed his way to the desk.
Quickly the detective called to tho
bellhops Together they hurried az
ter the well-dressed woman who had
just swept out OF the elevator, Mary
had already passed through the ex-
cited lobby aud out and was about
TO cross the street safe.
Mccain and the bell-hops were now
in full cry after her. Flight was use
less. She took refuge in indignation
and threats.
But Mccain was obdurate. She
passed quickly to tears and pleadings-
1t had no effect. They insisted on
leading her back The game was up.
Here" cried Kennedy, take her up
in the elevator. I'll prove the case