Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-18


phine IN the library when. not long
after WIS car slid out Of the maze or
streets Of Chinatown. II stopped few
blocks below The Dodge house. With
Long sin, WI got out and assisted
Inez ont.
walk up the avenue you know the
house, he directed liner. then, turn.
Ing to the roughs inside the carr add
ed: you will calculate to catch up
with her directly In front Of the house.
After thai, 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 fopghs.
Elaine had just finished the book
and laid It down.
Suddenly. almost underneath the IL
brary window. she heard agonizine
screams Of Help. Help.'
An instant later Jennings came
rushing into the library from the hall
and threw open the window to look
ont
Inez had been just about to pass the
house when WIS car drove up and
stopped. without warning. apparent
". two toughs had leaped out and
seized her.
~Oh. they're trying to kidnap that
poor girl cried Elaine. remember
ing her own terrible experience.
Jennings was out Of the door IN .
moment followed by Elaine and Aunt
Josephine in great state Of excite
ment.
But the moment the toughs saw aid
coming from the Dodge house they.
ran to the car as II thoroughly fright
ened and drove away as swiftly e
they had come. while Inez sank down
on the sidewalk, seemingly overcome.
Take her into the house. Jennings
directed Elaine soothing Inez. who
by this time had faxed perfectly
convincing case Of Mysteries.
In the library. where she was placed
in an easy chair. Elaine. her aunt,
Marie and Jennings gathered about.
while between smelling salts and cold
water Inez. weeping and trembling
like the good actress that she was,
managed to tell q pitiful story Of how
she was just poor lady's maid who
had lost her position and now was
pursued on the streets hy white
sIaxers.
H0h. please. miss. may st.-~ here
awhile tin feel betterT she pleaded
sOh II I could only work for you and
the kind lady who IL like . mother
she sobbed. turning from Elaine to
her aunt.
II was touching story, and It
reached the hearts It was intended
for.
Don't worry TN see you through
this affair." nodded Elaine. wiping
away the girls tears and smiling
brayely at her. Take her upstairs.
Marie. She can find plenty to do In
this big house, I'm sure
Even while Inez was looking her
thanks from her swollen teary eyes,
already the car containing the toughs
had drawn up around the lower cor-
neF, and WI and Long Sin had taken
the places Of the thugs.
Everything worked fine, master, Z
reported the gunner. .
had gone over to the apartment
after kennedy had perpetrated his
little Joke with the new cigarette
lighter, and there found several let
tiers waiting for him
Having nothing better to do, ! decid-
ed to 60 back to the laboratory. where
| left him at work. and take along the
mail in case there might be something
important In II for him
He opened one or two letters, then,
came to one which had laid on his
desk in plain envelope. addressed.
evidently in disguised hand. He
tore II open and read IT with scowl.
..Well, Walter, what do you think
OF that 2 he remarked, tossing It over
to me.
read II in aStonishment:
Another attempt IL about 10 be
made to kidnap Elaine Dodge.
A FRIEND.
4 looked at him and shook my head
blankly. while Craig took up the teles
phone and called the Dodge house. 8
No one answers. he muttered.
working the Telephone hook up and
down, bat I'm sure someone took
on that receiver over there and lis
tened in. Operator will you ring
that number AGAIN.
Unable to get any reply over the
Dodge telephone, Kennedy thought a.
moment. then scrawled in his familiar
hand on the bottom of the anonymous
note, sealed 1t In another envelope di-
rected to Elaine. and called a messen-
ger. B..
Inez. meanwhile, had. transformed
herself into fulI,aedged maid. look.
ing very pretty in her neat cap and
apron. and making herself useful in a
hundred ways about the Dodge house.
Without being obtrusiye she was
seldom out Of hearing OF the tele-