The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-09-14
TwENTY-sEcoND EPISODE
THE OPIUM sMueoLERs.

George, the Dodge chauffeur, had
just returned to the garage in the rear
Of the house with the car and was
working over it. He was so intent on
locating strange noise In the engine
that he did not see the serpentine eyes
OF WI as he peered into the garage
through small window
WI was not alone AS always, he
had been able to secure an assistant In
the devilish scheme he had In mind.
not sinister. evil-faced fellow, But a
neat, quiet, apparently honestiooking
young mechanician.
George was bending closely over the
engine as he speeded 1t up to see what
was the cause of the rattle, when the
door Of the garage opened quietly. On
tiptoe WI and the young mechanician.
man named johnson. slipped in.
johnson carrying an automobile robe.
The next moment the two had leaped
upon the defenseless George. johnson
threw the robe over his head, while
WI wound him about with rope. He
was completely and instantly put out.
Just then. working as II by the
clock, for such was the precision of
Wu's plans, a closed car, muffied
down. slipped up to the garage door
They hustled the unresisting George
into the car. Johnson taking the place
at the wheel and WI sitting on guard
in back with George. bound and almost
suffocated
George was loyal If anything
Threats and brides had no effect on
him, even after he had come to in Wu's
secret den.
"There is paper, pen and ink"
threatened WI. Write what tell
you"
George remained motionless. de-
faint.
you will not?" shrugged WI, mask
ing his impatience behind an assumed
nochalance.
Slowly he picked up a murderous
dirk, which lay on the table before
him. and felt the point thoughtfully.
A deep, cultural order Kissed from the
Serpent's lips. Instantly two of the
servants seized George, while the
third bent his head back. AS WI
raised the knife. it was more than
even the iron nerves of George could
stand
He. broke down.
Take the pen," directed WI. add
ing, as George took 1t mechanically,
Write"
Both Elaine and Aunt Josephine
were much surprised at the nonap-
pearance of George in the morning.
1t was explained. apparently, when
Jennings, the butler, ushered in the
neat and quiet young man who po-
litely told story of an accident to his
dear friend. George. as he handed
note to Elaine.
Il think you'll do" nodded Elaine.
Jennings, will you show Johnson how
to get to the garage?"
For long time Kennedy had been
perfecting a miniature wireless tele-
phone of his own invention, and the
activities of WI Fang now caused him
to hasten his work.
1t was the next morning after the
capture Of Long Sin that Craig got the
instrument working to his satisfaction.
was delighted, for I had been much
Interested in following his work on 1t.
You, see, Walter" Kennedy ex-
,,1ofrod IfkfTo hJanlx how ~,
the laboratory table, i've got this
thing down to an irreducible minimum.
It's the most compact affair imagin-
able. See. open the face of the box.
lift up these miniature aerials of the
inverted L type Here is the transmit
ting apparatus, there the receiving, all
tuned. press this lever"
He paused At the other end of the
table stood an exact duplicate of the
first instrument.
As he pressed the lever the buzzer
in the other telephone sounded.
I'm going to ask you, Walter" he
went on, folding down the little aerials
and shutting up the box, ito take this
other instrument over to Elaine"
Out on the Atlantic, tossing over the
choppy seas, dingy old schooner was
lacking her way toward New York har-
Dor. The captain, Jake Gregor, was a
disreputable looking man, as were both
his craft and his crew Of mixed whites
and Chinese.
Gregor had come out on deck and
stood there gazing off at where the
land ought to be. He had just finished
scrawling note on piece of paper
resting on the after cabin roof when
one of the men reached down and from
a small wooden cage took struggling
white carrier pigeon. They fastened
the note. rolled up in sort of quill, to
the birds leg and let the bird loose. 1t
circled up, then. straight as an arrow
darted off landward
They'll be glad to know we're safe
and so near" nodded Gregor "And
confound any revenue men that stand
between u.s."
In a room in tenement WI Fang
and several Cinnamon were steated
talking and smoking.
Outside a nearby window was q
large box which had small sliding
door on the outside, arranged so that
It fell almost at touch, working a
little signal flag on the back of the
box toward the room In which the
Cinnamon were seated
Suddenly there was a fiutter of
wings outside. A pure-white pigeon
seemed to glide into the box and.
as the homing bird did SO. the door
automatically shut. 1t was cage
such as is used for carrier pigeons.
The little flag in the room moved. and
the Cinnamon crowded about the box
as WI opened 1t, reached in and caught
the bird. Carefully he took the mes
sage from the birds foot. AS one Of
them placed the bird In another box
and reset the trap, WI unrolled the
paper and read:
Twenty-six miles southeast Of Sandy
Hook. VIII drop anchor off Staten
Island tonight.
you win let me know If any later
message comes" directed WI to one