The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-06-27
:TMENTY-FIRsT EPISODE


TMENTY-FIRsT EPISODE
TIE EAR IN THE waLL
Elaine sat IN the library reading one.
morning when her maid Marie entered
carrying a long pasteboard box dain-
thy tied With ribbon
Some flowers for you, Miss Elaine,
4 think, she said handing the box to
her mistress.
Marie left the room, and Elaine; af-
ter contemplating for a moment N
keen anticipation what she thought at
Arst WIS gift from Craig KENNEDY:
opened the-box. There lay splendid
bunch OF long.stemmed red and white
roSes
Nesting inthe green leaves was q
little white note She picked It up;
e1pectantIy and tore It open
Instantly. however. her face.
blanched Instead Of a billet doux It
was the most fearsome threat yet
which the savage Chinese master Grim
fnal, wa Fang, had sent IN the venge-
ful vendetta which ne had sworn on
account of the loss Of the C1utching
Hands millions
Elaine had scarcely time to exelaim
at It's dire meaning when Kennedy
himself entered.
GOOD morning he greeted cheer
ny, then cut the. greeting short as he.
caught the horrided expression on her
pretty face. why, what's the mat
Elaine was too terrified even veto
speak An she could do was to hand
him the note:
The first victim shall Be Craig
Kennedy or your aunt You may :
choose. Place the red roses In
!, the window for your lover, the
white for the SfIver-halred one
At the END appeared the mysterious
sign OF the serpent, darting from his
fangs 4 death more than dgurative:
.eWh-what shah doc" She ap-
pealed-
craig did not answer directly. He
could not Thoughtfu1ly he waIkedstos
the window and gazed out There was
only dirty, bent cripple standing BY
the corner selling papers to pedes-
TRANS.
Kennedy.s forehead wrtnHed in
thought He turned and walked back.
from the. window Mechanically he
picked up hts hat and cane. then laid
down the cane again.
Il must look into this at once. he.
said, lifting the flowers and putting
them back into the box carefully, as
II he expected trouble to come OF the
anatr.
"You-you,n be very careful
craig9. pleaded Elaine, as they left
the library and went into the hall
Il VIII be-tor you" he repeated,
with q reassuTing smile OH for
got my cane"
Quickly he returned to the library.
leaving her standing In the hallway.
There he had purpose1y left his stick
on the table beside the flowers. He
selected some from the bunch OF red
roses and hastily stuck them in a vase.
and placed the vase on the window
s1H. Then ne picked up the cane and
re5oined Elaine in the hall
Outside the Dodge house the dirty.
bent cripple looked about cautiously
out Of the corner Of his eye
Suddenly he paused as Il he had
caught sight OF mendicancy officer
bearing down on him There on the
window Sill OF the library was q vase
OF red roses. Hastily he shu@ed on
on his way
As fast ais his supposedly bent body
could sradEhten itself safely out he
hurried downtown with one fdea-to
reach the secret apartment Of WI
Fang. the SERPENT.
WI, Long Sin and several ether Chi
namen were gathered about table on
which was q long oblong oak box. IN
the cover, which was open. were las
tened on the inside two nat spooIs OF
snkeacoTered wire At each end Of
the box was placed an ordinary stor-
age bafteTy. and In compartrent be-
tween, besides switches and connec-
lions, were what looked like six sets
OF headgear much resembling those
worn By wireless operators.
This, said WI. holding up a little
black disk about as large as aswatch.
WITH dozen or so little perforations
IN the face. -.IB the white devils little
mechanical eavesdropper-the detec-
taphone-he ear IN the wall BY Its
I'D we shan learn an about our enc
mics. where to strike, when to
He stopped short as servant en-
SEE TIE