Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1915-08-14

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laicry
Ana so while Kennedy vas drawing
ntar together thv net about Wu. that
wis criminal had already PLANNED an
attack nu him in uu unexpected guar
ter
Down iu Washington tho very morn.
INK thtt our purauii of wa csmo 90 a
head. tho officials of tue navy depart
meut both naval and civil. woro has
ms the hnal conference al which they
woro 60 accept officially kouncdya
marvellous Invention. which IL was econ.
ndoniy believed. would ultimately
make war impossible
SEATED about long table in ono OF
Tho board rouma Wrfn not only tho on
GERS but tho officials Of tho department
whose sanction was necessary for the
final step iy window pnt woman
photographer. who waa tunBCrbing
ihr notes of tho momontnua meeting
They had just completed The oxnml.
nation % the torpedo aud laid be CA
me end 81 the table scarcely an arms
icngth from the atcnographcr A. she
finished page of notcn aho glanced
quickly at a watch on her wrist Il
wnH exactly three O'Clock
Hastily she reached over Tor tho tor.
podo and With ono fNift. client moyu-
mcnt toasod IL out ~ tho window.
Down below ln a olump 90 rhodo-
dcndrona for several moments had
been crouchlug ono OF the mem who
had horne tho orders 10 Wu Fang at
tho uimuEe meeting GA tho promon.
tory
His eyes seemed rlvrtrd nt tho win.
dow above him suddenly tho supreme
momout for which this dasiardly plot
had been timed came. A tho torpedo
model dropped from the wiu6oN. ho
daUcd forward. caught "a. turned aud
In an instant he was gene
Wa Fang himself had returned after
setting M motion tho foroca which no
found necessary to call TO aid tho Tor.
aign agents ia their plote against Ken.
uody's torpedo
As Wa approached the door " hIa
den and MSS about 90 enter hia eyes
foll on cur outpost. the blind hcrEar
Instantly hia ausplcious were aroused.
flo looked the heggar ovvr. with \
iruwn. thought q nomcnt. then turned
aud Instead OF entering went up tho
street
Ito made tho circuit Of tho block
and now camo % an alley on tho next
street that led back 60 the huildlng in
which no bad HIS den, stu frowuing.
he gRzed about. saw that ho WAS not
followed. and catered doorway
Up the stairs he made his way until
he camr to an empty loft Quickly ne
went over 60 the blank wall and began
feeling cautiously about as Il for a
secret sprins hidden IN the plaster
"No one IN tho hack room. said
Kennedy rviolning me In tho den
itself with tho prisoner. Hes out. all
right"
Before Craig was mirror As he
looked into a.. at an angle. he could
see part 81 tho decorations 81 tho
wall behind him actually opca out For
an instant the eva face OF Wa Fans
appeared
Without a word. Craig walked into
the back room. A ho did 50. Wa
Fans kniie IN hand stcplthlly orcued
the sliding panel lts loA length and
noiselossly entered the room behind
me With knlfc appraised for Instant
action. he moved sloser and closer 10
nae lie had almost reached me and
paused 60 Eloat az he poised the knife
ready 90 strike. when / heard shout
from Kennedy and a SQUIRE.
Craig had leapcd out from behind a
screen near the doorway to the back
room who're he had hidden 10 luro Wa
on. Wsth a powerful grasp be twisted
the knife from wu's hand and Il feu
With a chatter on the aooy. I was al
Wa myself an instant later. He was
a powerful nghtcr, hut W. managed 10
snap the handouts on him u0All,. also
walter. PAINTED kennedy. straight,