The Prescott daily news., 1915-04-06

l forehead was covered with sweat. fol l this had been tremendous exertiou of will power Had the girl been able to turn he would have failed signally
 Be a child" he whispered Be child Now you are young and happy | without a care in the world. You are youngY
 "Oh, yes, I am childr' Zudora be gan to laugh.
 Wu Chang picked up the photogra; 6 of her lover and held it before her There was no recognition in her eve He had won Zudora sat down. Below Storm whistled franticaly aud wondered what had thus delayed lis sweetheart Chang heard these shrin calls
 Go 10 the window, child" he said Iudora got up and walked to the | window. She looked down calmly upon her lover and never made any sign that she saw him. If 1t had been light CT he might have noted the stonineSs of her look, the unnatural pallor.
 What in heavens name has hap | pencd?" murmured the distracted lov CT At any moment Hassam All might appear upon the scene. Still he waited Chang left the room.
 Tt is doner' he said to Hassam An
 Tt is something I've never been able to accomplish She is very strong men tally"
 But at that moment she was think | ing of love-" said the oriental Now we have no time to waste upon dis cussing the science of the thing Tha; young man may at any time become suspicious and break in. Let us act at once. You shall for the present be. come Wu Chang, and l shall remain the servant of Hassam Ali. You have makeup. Come. Hurryv
 In very short time the two return ed to Zudora. They put her hat and coat on and led her from the room.
 Storm Sahib has gone around to the rear" cried the real servant
 Good" said his double To Has sam Ali he said: You and the gir! leave now by the front door. I'll han dle your man."
 Do nothing violent" said Hassam Ali. who. though he greatly desired the death of storm. did not care to have the affair take place on the | premises There was. as had been stated before. no love lost between him and the police.
 He followed Chang's advice without more ado and was snugly inside taxi with Xudora when Chang opened the doc" to storm He made as though to close the door again. but Storm was too quick He rushed in fearleSsly and. as Chang closed in, flung him aside before the Chinaman could put the trick in his leg to throw Storm The lover rushed headlong up the staiss to Zudoras room, saw the rope attached to the bed. the suit case, but no Hudora IIassam Ali had trickcd him Down the stairs he rushed. wild with anger
 Chang awaited him. but for second 1 time he was not quick enough The lover dashed from the house, to be iE- 1 formed by his excited chauffeur thdt Chiuaman and Iudora had entered q taxi which had stood opposite and had been driven away. | (Which way?"
 Straight aheadr Come on then, And drive like tie dewitt Did you get the license mum l ber?"
 Too dark to see, but there was u crack in the tail lamp" It was wild goose chase, for they never came within sight of rrd lamp with Il crack in it. But there was one thing that John Storm knew if aught in the way of harm befell uiS sweetheart he would kill HaSSam All with his bdre hands
 Suppose we go down to Chinatown and make a try suggested the chaut- feur
 good idea!
 By dint of inquiry they learned that 1 a Chinaman and a woman had been seen entering Wu Chang's tea shop Storm waited for over an hour, and as no one came out he concluded that this was 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 fin that crime infested hole who stood clean upon the police records | Still. they were willing to make thor | ough investigations l HaSSam Ali still disguised as ChanU