The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-09

| naturally | was delighted by the
novelty Of the thing.
Elaine was reading TO Aunt Jose
phine In the library when. not long
after Wu's car slid out Of the maze oi
streets of Chinatown. it stopped a few
blocks below the Dodge house With
Long Sin, Wu got out and assisted
| IneZ out.
walk up the avenue--you know the
house. he directed Inez; then, turn.
ing TO the roughs inside the car, add.
ed: You will calculate 10 catch up
with her directly In front OF the house.
After that. meet us just below, around
the corner"
WI and Long Sin quickly walked
downtown again, while Inez went on
up, followed shortly by the car with
the two toughs.
Elaine had just finished the book
and laid it down
Suddenly, almost underneath the H.
brary window, she heard agonlzing
screams Of Help! Help!"
An instant later Jennings came
rushing into the library from the hall
and threw open the window to look
out.
Inez had been just about to pass the
house when Wu's car drove up and
stopped Without warning, apparent
ly, two toughs had leaped out and
seized her.
"Oh, they're trying to kidnap that
poor grit" cried Elaine, remember
ing her own terrible experience.
Jennings was out Of the door in
moment followed by Elaine and Aunt
Josephine in a great state of excite
ment
But the moment the toughs saw aid
coming from the Dodge house they
ran TO the car as if thoroughly fright
ened and drove away as swiftly as
they had come, while Inez sank down
on the sidewalk. seemingly overcome.
Take her into the house, jennings"
directed Elaine, soothing Tnez, who
by this time had faxed a perfectly
case Of Mysteries.
In the library, where she was placed
in an easy chain, Elaine, her aunt,
Marie and Jennings gathered about, |
while between smelling salts and cold |
water lnez, weeping and trembling |
like the good actress that she was,
to tell a pitiful story of how
she was just a poor lady's maid who
had lost her position and now was
pursued on the streets by white
slavers.
"Oh, please, miss, may I stay here
4 while till feel better?" she pleaded
'Oh-if could only work for you and
the kind lady who is like a mother"
she sobbed, turning from Elaine to
Ter aunt.
1t was a touching story, and it
reached the hearts it was intended
or
Don't worry; I'll see you through
his affair" nodded Elaine, wiping
lway the girls tears and smiling
'ravely at her Take her upstairs,
Marie. She can find plenty to do in
his big house, I'm sure"
Even while Inez was looking her
hanks from her swollen teary eyes,
lready the car containing the toughs
ad drawn up around the lower cor
er, and WI and Long Sin had taken
he places of the thugs.
Everything worked fine, master"
eported the gunmen.
! had gone over to the apartment
fter Kennedy had perpetrated his @
tile joke with the new cigarette
ghter, and there l found several let
rs waiting for him. .
Having nothing better to do, decid- :
to go back to the laboratory, where u
left him at work, and take along the
all in case there might be something b
lportant in it for him.
He opened one or two letters, then Q
me to one which had laid on his 3
six in a plain envelope, addressed u
identity in disguised hand. He II
re it open and read it with a scowl. 81
'Well, Walter, what do you think ~
that?" he remarked, tossing it over II
me. 81
read it in astonishment: ST
Another attempt Is about to be
'de to kidnap Elaine Dodge. th
A FRIEND. Je
looked at him and shook my head in
-nkly, while Craig took up the tele- tr
one and called the Dodge house.
No one answers" he muttered, eS
rking the telephone hook up and tn
Tn, but I'm sure someone took
that receiver over there and lis ST
led in. Operator-will you ring Of
It number again?" gr
Unable to get any reply over the AS
ige telephone, Kennedy thought a re
ment, then scrawled in his familiar eli
I'd on the bottom of the anonymous
e, sealed it in another envelope di- RAJ
ted to Elaine, and called a messen- su
loo
nez, meanwhile, had transformed tru
self into a full-hedged maid, look
very pretty in her neat cap and w
on, and making herself useful in a Gle
dred ways about the Dodge house. mo
Without being obtrusive she was an
Iom out Of hearing of the tele- of
ne, however, and 1t happened that an,
ust the moment when Craig called
she was there to intercept the call. arr
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