Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-06-05
TWENTIETH EPISODE
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION.

WI rang sat AZ a "a Die IN MS apart
ment. hidden behind the squalid and
b~alconied exterior Of a Chinatown
tenement. Before him were a glas 50
dish and a bottle. which contained sew
eral sticks OF phosphorus immersed In
water. and a small capillary glass
tube.
For a moment. however. he had laid
aside the strange paraphernalia and
was writing a note. As he finished he
tapped a bell and silently a Chinese
servant appeared in answer.
Take this letter 10 that white wom-
IN. Inel." directed WI. ad~ing. Give
Il to her yourself-and II she is there
return with her"
The servant bowed and WI returned
To work on the curious machine he
was devising.
He had completed his iabors when
his trusted lieutenant. Long Sin. en-
tered.
For what did the master summon
me-" asked Long Sin. d~eferentially.
Come here" beckoned Wa. Behold
this
With a pair OF tweezers he seized a
small stick Of the phosphorus under
water and slowly brought il "a the sur
face. Almost instantly the dangerous
element burst int. flame. giving OF a
dense white smoke.
Here | have a capillary tube. as the
white devils call II in their science.
~en on WI. pointing out the glass
tube. by carefully bending IL and ar
ranging the outlet OF the water I can
set a fire anywhere at any time I
choose"
Even while he was showing the
devilish invention TO Long Sin, his ser
van had sought the deliberately fur.
nished apartment of the white woman
10 whom the note had been addressed.
She was an attractive young WON
an. known as Innocent lnez. Except
for a certain coarseness. she strongly
Yesembled Elaine. both In features and
figure.
Inez turned languidly as her colored
maid ushered in the servant Of Wa.
took the note and read IL with inter
est.
Wait she said with n sudden &C
cession OF energy. nodding al the same
time TO her negro maid 10 bring her
hat and coat. Il will go with you
Thus a few minutes later Inez en-
tered the secret den ~ WI Fang.
"Ah-this is the young woman" in
troduced WI To Long Sin.
Carefully planning each detail down
70 the smallest possibility of error. WI
Fang and Long Sin completed their
arrangements and. finally. with lnez
left the apartment. on the street an
automobile was waiting AZ the curb.
while not far away two touchs from
the neighborhood stood.
As the Cinnamon and the woman
came out WI beckoned 20 the waiting
r~oughnecks. "Come-gct In lively.
he ordered
They climbed into the car and the
Ave criminals Nhirled RAPIDLY uptown.
Kennedy had often been amused a.
~ n'Nfi hdNNAR ~ MAUI y
needed II. and il had occurred 10 him
70 devise a very novel cigarette light
er for my benefit
n was simple enough. consisting 81
q small battery connected BY small
wires 10 one OF a pair of cuff links.
One link had In its face a very fine
wire. only a fraction of an inch long
To the link Craig had soldered the
wires from the battery and arranged
them so that they ran up under his
coat sleeve through the armhole OF the
vest TO the battery. which he carried
in his vest pocket.
lie had just completed his work
when he heard me coming and hastily
drew on his coat.
We'll. what's new greeted.
Nothing In particular he replied
Have q cigarette"
He handed his cigarette case 10 me
and I took one. Then. u~msuspecting.
] began 10 search my pockets for a
match. but. as usual. could not find
one.
Al last. half mockingly. he lighted
his cigarette apparently on his cuff
link
What new-fangled sort of thing is
that" I asked In surprise
Il thought II might amuse you" he
smiled. explaining the arrangement as
he opened bis vest and showed me
how he made the electric connection