Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-02-04

lover dashed from the house, to be In
formed by his excited chauffeur that
Chinaman and Zudora had entered a
taxi which had stood opposite and had
been driven away.
(which way?"
straight aheadT"
"COme on then! And drive like the
devill Did you get the license mum.
ber?"
TOO dark to see. but there was
crack In the tail lamp"
1t was a wild goose chase, for they
never came within sight of red
lamp with crack In 1t. But there
was one thing that John Storm knew
II aught In the way of harm befell his
sweetheart he would kill Hassam An
with his bare hands.
suppose we go down to Chinatown
and make Il try1" suggested the chauf-
feur.
A good ideal
BY dint of inquiry they learned that
Chlnaman and a woman had been
seen entering WI Chang's tea shop.
Storm waited for over an hour, tand as
no one came out he concluded that
this was a case for professional de-
tectives, and he straightway sought
Their aid Together they went over
the records of Chinatown. but Wu
Chang was not a tong man. There
had never been any opium smuggling.
He was one Of the few Chinamen
down In that crime infested hole who
stood clean upon the police records.
Still. they were willing to make thor.
ongh investigation.
Hassam All, still disguised as Chang,
entered the supposed tea merchants
house and found Nine. Du Roy await
ing him. The woman at first thought
him to be Chang himself until he ex.
planned
Can you bring her ont Of the
trance?" she asked
That's the easiest part of it. But
there's no need. She must remain In
this condition until long after you are
out at sea. don't care II she never
comes out Of It."
You're strange kind of uncle"
unused the woman, wondering what
was behind this unnatural attitude of
the man.
That's my business" said Hassam
Ali gruffiy. Now, find me room for
the girl am not going to trust to
luck"
There is walled room. The meth.
od of getting in and out of 1t is Sc
cret."
Il rather believe you can trust me
with the secret" said Hassam All
grimly.
"Follow me, then"
Zudora had to be led. She was phys.
ically capable as ever. but her mind
was temporarily blank Once In the
walled room, she sat down placidly.
after the manner Of persons hypno.
tized. and stared at her hands. II was
all Hassam All could do to resist the
desire to bring her out of the trance
and tell her what was going TO hap
pen. but his bump of caution was alb.
normal She might escape somewhere
along the route. and that would wind
up the affairs OF a certain mystic who
for a commission advised old ladies'
when and how to invest their for
tunes. commission which. by the
way. usually consisted of at least half
of the sums invested.
The real Wu Chang in the mean
| while left the house of Hassam Ali at
what might be called the psychological
moment. Ten minutes later the house
I was under the espionage OF u plain
clothes man. Mr.. Chang, affable ten
merchant. was driven to one Of the
uptown hotels he sometimes frequent
ed. He wanted an alibi. Besides, this
hotel was quite near the hail where
the adopted son Of Mills was TO make
his brilliant speech that same night
Ii was delightful thing TO make
money with right and left hand But,
as has already been said, you cannot
throw two stones with two hands and
hit any given target
Chang went to the hall, took q seat
where he could focus the eye of the
boy and waited patiently for his de.
but II must have been exceedingly
dull business for a mind so keen as