The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-08-04

substituted the note she had written.
Eyes, ma'am," she replied, handing
Elaine the faxed note.
Elaine read it. 81 didn't know about
the rummage sale before" she COM
mented, as She went into the library,
but / guess I'll have to give them
something"
She sat down for a moment to look
over a new fashion magazine. Out
side in the hallway Inez was reading
the note which the messenger boy
had brought, with the warning post
script written by Kennedy under
meath. She knew, as she destroyed
it, that it was only a part of Wu's
subtle plan to alarm Kennedy and
start him on false scent.
1t was not many minutes later that
the bell rang again, and this time
Jennings answered the door, disclos-
ing the expressman with a heavy
trunk.
'Oh, I guess that's my trunk" Inez
exclaimed. May have it taken up to
the attic, out Of the way?"
The men carried the big trunk up
of trunks, some old furniture and a
great many old dresses hanging up.
AS they set it down she signed the
receipt for it, and the expressmen
dumped downstairs.
For a moment she leaned over the
railing and looked after them to make
sure that she was alone, then hastily
locked the door and ran back to the
trunk to unlock it.
First she took out the chair which
WI had devised and placed it near the
clothes hanging up. Next she re-
moved the phosphorus mechanism
and placed it in the shadow back
of the chair, piling up some excelsior
and other dry stuff over and around it.
Inez had scarcely completed her
arrangements when it occurred to
Elaine, down in the library, that she
had done nothing yet about the letter
from the Women's Guild.
Il wonder what there is upstairs
that 1 can give Them" she thought,
as she re-read the letter. Il think
I'll see."
She started up, just as Inez was
leaving.
The adventures in the attic heard
Elaine coming and quickly slipped be-
hind a door, letting Elaine pass her,
without being seen.
In the attic Elaine started to take
down and examine several dresses for
the rummage sale, laying them aside
one by one.
An attic is always place that calls
up memories of the past, and Elaine
soon began to think of things that
were suggested by one after another
of the discarded dresses. Besides,
some of them were scarcely worth
sending, anyway. She sat down, alb
sently, in the chair to think it over
Suddenly a secret spring released
set of bands that automatically and
swiftly clamped over Elaine's arms
and about her body and neck, holding
her in a grip of steel. At the same
time vapor bulb in the back of the
chair shot out its smothering fumes,
rendering her unconscious.
Elaine was caught in trap.
Inez in silent exultation opened the
attic door just a trif1e. Then her
slender hand reached in and took the
key from the inside, shut the door and
locked it from the outside.
| Stealthily Inez crept downstairs
from the attic and into Elaine's room.
There, taking care that neither Marie
nor Aunt Josephine was about, she
opened the closet and took out the
dress, coat and hat which Elaine had
worn when she was kidnapped by WI
and stuffed them into a suitcase. Inez
closed the suitcase quickly, threw on
| her own hat and coat and left the
house unobserved.
Half an hour later she entered the
| opium joint on Mott street
| There were both WI and Long Sin
carefully examining blonde wig made
up as closely as possible to resemble
the golden masses that were the
crown of Elaine's beauty. Four or
FIVE other Cinnamon sat and stood
about at respectful distance.
Have you the clothes?" asked WI,
greeting Inez.
"Yes," she returned. "All has been
done exactly as you ordered"
Good" complimented WI. Then
you may prepare yourself immediate
ly."
In the meantime second trap was
being prepared for Kennedy. The
note of warning regarding Elaine was
merely first step in the entangle
ment.
We were in the laboratory and
Craig was at work testing some chem
icals. about to pour liquid from a
beaker into a test tube. He paused
posing both in his hands, listening
Outside we could hear what sounded
like scratching at the door.
BE quiet just minute, Walter
whispered Craig, moving on tiptos
toward the door.
The fact was that young China
man had crept up cautiously and wal
crouching there in position like
that OF a runner about to start in (
race. Actually he was merely wait
ing for Kennedy to open the door
but it looked as though he were listen
ing.
II AS Craig threw open the door b.
started OF like racer. APPARENT.
dropping piece Of paper in his hurry
darted out after him, while Grail
stopped and picked up the paper. thel
stood gazing after us.
Down the hall the young Chinamal
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