The Ely miner., 1915-09-03
tered. Almost automatically, at

group disappeared Denlnd screens.
Bring him in," ordered Wu as the
servant announced that visitor was
outside. Then, as the cripple entered,
spryly enough now, he added: "Oh-it
is you. Well-anything to report?"
RED roses" was all that the ex-
beggar in his awe at the fierce China
man could find words to blurt out.
Wu nodded. "It is we'll. l will call
you again when / need you. You may
co." he instructed.
No sooner had he gone than the
others reappeared from behind their
screens and other hiding places as ST.
lentIy as they had gone.
"You will all follow me-" directed
Wu, gathering together the parapher-
MALTA and shutting the box. Here,
Tom Ling, carry that box for me
carefully, too"
A moment later Wu left the secret
apartment, followed by his henchmen,
splitting up inconspicuously as they
made their way uptown.
had come into the laboratory and,
not finding Kennedy, had decided to
wait there for him.
Perhaps half an hour later he came
rushing in, his face clouded with
thought and beads of perspiration
standing out on his forehead
whats the trouble?" / asked anx-
iously.
Trouble enough" he replied, fling
ing off his hat and coat and throwing
on his smock, as he related disjointed-
ly between whiles what had happened.
"And now I'm going to prepare for
the attack, whatever it may be-" he
went on, going over briskly to the lab
oratory table. where's that nitrate
oh, here it is"
For the next few minutes he was
busily mixing several chemicals while
watched him curiously in silent ad-
miration.
When he had finished he poured one
liquid from tube into an atomizer,
then another cf the liquids which he
had made into fiesk.
Walter" he asked, getting ready
| to go out and indicating to me to CO
| the same, 81 wish you'd bring along
that rug over there by my sink
l placed the rug before our door and
| he emptied almost half of the contents
of the flask ON it. Then he entered
the laboratory again, taking care not
to step on the rug, but over it.
|
Meanwhile WI Fang and his lieu
tenants had proceeded to the base
ment Of our apartment house.
First Wu entered the dark cellar
cautiously and beckoned to Long Sin
and the other Cinnamon to follow
One of his followers carried the Big
Six detectaphone, which he placed or
an old rickety table which the janitor
Jensen, sometimes used.
/ We opened the oak case and began
| to look about for place to install the
little listening ear by wires that would
run up from this cellar hiding place
to our apartment above.
ugh! Look!" cried one of the
Cinnamon. pointing toward corner
of the cellar wall.
Wu turned. There was a rat which
had run out of hole, had seen then
and scampered quickly across tht
floor and away safely.
1t interested Wu and he walked over
| to the rathole and examined 1t.
"Wait here" he ordered quickly
leaving his men on guard in the cellar
1t was not very many minutes Later
that Wu returned to the cellar with {
large cardboard box under his arm.
'No one has gone in, master" re
ported one of the Cinnamon.
WI nodded and turned to another
who had been engaged in enlarging the
rathole in the wall.
Does it run upstairs?" he asked.
Yes. master" returned the other.
"Then wait here" ordered WI, tax
ing up the detectaphone transmitter
the spool of wire and the box.
He left the cellar stealthily and ;
few minutes later reached the upper
hall, which at the time happened to bt
deserted Somehow he had obtained {
skeleton key which fitted our lock, anl
with it's aid he entered our apartment
| Quickly he looked about the room
Finally his keen judgment told hin
that the corner by the bookcase was
that nearest over the compartment il
the cellar in which he had left hi:
lieutenants with the detectaphone..
WI Fang had method of wirin:
in the detectaphone that was all hi
own. He went over to the corner ant
drew from his capacious blouse I;
chisel with which he ripped back {
section of the Dashboard. After ht
had removed it he made little hole
in the plaster and laths on the wall.
Next he drew on a pair of thicl
gloves and carefully reached into the
pasteboard box. From it he drew ,
ferret.
This ferret wore a small leather har
ness around his shoulders. To thi
harness Wu attached one end os tn,
wire from the spool, and made sur,
that the spool would unwind readily
Then he reached into his pocket ant
drew out rat AS he held them, On,
in each hand, he let the ferret get
good look and smell of the rat as i
squeaked in fright.