The Prescott daily news., 1915-04-06

Sne LOOK Ter icuNe, ledNluS hdSSdui Ali quite satisfied He was reasonably sure that Zudora would be taken off his hands this time and in a manner which would totally bafile all the de tectives in Manhattan. But there was a hurt in it. It was going to cost mon ey. His beautiful gold would be some hundreds lower, for Wu Chang never accepted anything but gold for his services. You cannot mark gold as you can paper money. Wu Chang was the wisest oriental in New York.
 Among the various races which in- habit this earth none is less known than the Chinese. One hears a tale now and then that comes down to the coast, and those who know China be- heve all that comes down to the coast. It is only the casual tourist who is skeptical. There was a certain monk who thought he had discovered gun powder; there was man who thought he had discovered glazing for pottery; there was a German physician who honestly believed that he had discover ed hypnotism. All fallacies of opinion. The Chinese had invented these things. or discovered them, long before the Christian era
 Wu Chang had taught HaSSam Ali all he knew about hypnotism, and hyp, notism vitally concerns Zudora in this episode of her adventures. A bit of greatness which is inherent in all ol thn op proved his ultimate undoing.
 Wu Chang spoke English with re markable tluency Only in his den did he relapse into the gutturals of his na tive tongue. Men applied to his arts as men applied to Hassam Ali
 There lived in New York at this day a wealthy old bachelor who had adopt ed a son The old man was absolute ly alone in the world. and this kind of man has a horror of dying and having strangers divide his money AS this son grew mp he cvincod a stupidity that annoyed his father greatly. Tu- tors by the score gave up the boy as a hopeless job, and if Mills had not possessed a certain amount of vanity Zudora would have vanished from the face of the earth. Curious, isn't it, how these things dovetail? The loss Of an envelope in Singapore may be the cause of the ultimate death of man ill Chicago
 Mills had had dreams of this boy be- coming q great orator, eventually statesman, just as an ordinary father would have dreamed over the career of real son. Mills had one day brag- ged about the boys prowess in this direction ana fooishly entered the boy in an oratorical contest Then he started out to hunt for some one to coach the boy and finally came to the door of a Chinaman! Yes, for a price Wu Chang would make an orator of the boy for one night. This was all Mills desired to ease his vanity The price was rather stiff. but he agreed
 Wu Chang brought the boy under the spell of hypnotism and put a bril- liant speech on the boys tongue. All that was necessary now was the pres ence of Wu Chang at the contest Un fortunately for Chang, this night was close to far more lucrative and dan gerous mission You cannot throw two stones with two hands.
 Zudora had written Storm. and ev- erything was prepared for her flight From crack in the door Hassam Ais man watched her curiously as she packed her belongings. just enough of clothes to see her at her journeys end. Storm was to meet her with an auto She was to leave her room by way of q stout rope
 The Hindu servant returned to his master to report that the memsahib was getting ready to run away. And HaSSam Ali set his scenes immediate ly. Wu Chang was ushered in half an hour later, and he very qutetly changed costumes with the Hindu.
 Remember" warned Hassam Ali, If she sees you or notices anything wrong she will escape"
 Trust me" smiled the Chinaman.
 It was growing dark by now. street light spurted several times and then blazed brilliantly. Zudora heard the rumble of her lovers automobile and pulled up the window without making a sound. She gave the whis- tie agreed upon, and Storm and his chauffeur managed to get the rope up to her. She fastened 1t securely to the foot of the bed
 Not for a moment did she feel any regret. She had for her uncle ccr- tain fondness, but. due to his general codness, 1t had never developed into real love. The only thing she really