The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-08-19
TWENTY.SECoND EPISODE
TIE OPIUM ~smuo6LERs.

George. the Dodge chauffeur. had
Just returned 70 the garage in the rear
o. the house with the car and was
working over e. He was so intent or
locating a strange noise in the engine
that be did not see the ~serpentine eyes
OF WI as be peered into the garage
through a small window.
WI was not alone. As always. he
had been able 70 secure an assistant IL
the devilish scheme he had in mind.
not a sinister. evtl.faeed fellow, but a
neat, quiet. apparently honesi.looking
young mechAnician.
George was bending closely over the
engine as he speeded 8; Up 10 see What
was the cause Of the rattle. when the
door Of the garage opened quietly. on
;iptoe WI and the young ~mechau.cian.
a man named Johnson. slipped IN,
Johnson carrying an automobile robe,
The next oue the two had leaped
upon the d~e.erseless George Johnson
threw the r-he over his head. while
WI wound N about with a rope He
was completely and Instantly put out.
just then. working as u BY the
clock, for such was the precision O.
Wu's plans. a closed car, muFed
down. slipped up TO the garage door
They hustled the unresisting George
into the car. Johnson taking the place
az the wheel and WI sitting Oh guard
in back with George. bound and almost
surocated.
George was loyal. II anything.
Threats and brides had no effect on
him. eve after he had come 10 IN Wu's
secret den.
There is paper. pen and ink"
threatened WI. Write wha; ! tell
you"
George remained not!onless, de.
fanL
You will not" shrugged W.. mask.
ing lis impotence behind al assumed
n~ochzlance.
Slowly he picked up e nurderous
dirk, which lay on the table before
him, and felt The poin; ~thogEhtfg!,y
A deep, guttura! order Kissed from the
~Serpeut's lips Instantly two ot ths
servants seized George. while the
third bent his head back. As We
raised the knife, :, was more than
even the iron nerves Q: CeoFgs could
stand.
He broke down.
Take the pen, directed VI, add.
Ing as George took &; mechanically
Write
Both Elaine and Aunt Josephine
were much surprised at the nozap.
pearance q George IN the morning.
Il was explained, apparently. when
Jennings, the butler. ushered IN the
neat and quiet young man who %
litely told a story OF an accident 10 his
dear friend George. as be handed :
Sote 20 Elaine.
Il think you'll DO" nodded Elaine.
Jennings, will you show Johnson how
10 get to the garage"
For a long time Kennedy had been
peTtecting a miniature wireless te.e.
phone Of his own invention. and the
activities OF WI Fang now caused h.u
70 hasten his work.
X vas the next morning after the
capture o! Long Sin tina, Craig got the
instrument working 20 his satisfaction.
was delighted. for ! had been much
Interested liz following his work on e..
You. see, Walter" Kennedy ex.
planned, setting a little black box or
the laboratory table. I've got this
thing down 10 an ~irreducible minimum.
It's the most compact affair imagin.
able. See, ] open the face OF the box.
lift up these miniature aerials OF the
inverted l. type. Here IL the transmit.
ting apparatus. there the receiving. all
tuned. ] press this lever"
He paused. A. the other end Of the
table stood an exact duplicate OF the
nrst instrument
A he pressed the lever the buzIer
In the other telephone sounded.
I'm going 20 ask you. Walter" he
went on. folding down the little seriAls
and shutting up the box. TO take this
other instrumen; over 10 Elaine"
Out on the Atlantic. tossing oyer the
choppy seas. a dingy old schooner Was
tAeking her way toward New York hAr.
Dor. The captain. Jake Gregor. was a
disreputabie looking man. as were both
his craft and his crew OF mixed whites
and Chinese.
cregor had come nj on deck and