Bisbee daily review., 1915-04-18

aYou've got to do the trick" the stake was too great Co risk. and she bitterly consented to WiIberson's has. tiy outlined plan of hiding Ruth away somewhere in Sing Wah's precincts un- tll they could once more get their plans into working order
 Before she would leave the place she must indeed see Sing Wah himself
 "Wul the girl be safe hereT she de- manded
 The Chinese looked at her flushed and passionate beauty in silence until she repeated her question. Then he said quietly mud in his own exquisite ly moduIated English: You need have little fear The servants are honest and discreet Aud"-he let his eyes meet hers fully-'T think it is possible that she is safer now than she has been for some time. Good night, mad. amt"
 While Nilkerson and Mrs. Daruell had been hurriedly arranging matters with Sing Wah Drake had gone in search of lodgings nearby. He found them in what had once been noted hotel which had fallen into sad decay. It was In the faded rooms he engaged here that the three met Co consult on the future.
 "The first thing Co do is to get hold of those deeds and papers she has in her grip" said Wilkerson. "G wonder you didn't think to get them before Jean.'
 Tue womans eyes nt with dull hatred. but she made no answer. She watched him fuss with the locks of tbe 1 hand satchel which she had indicated ] as the one in which Ruth carried her | valuables. When 1t opened and Wil- kerson thrust his clutching fingers downward into it Mrs Daneu leaned l forward as if in protest He paid mo ottcnton to her. but continued hls search with ever increasing haste Al 1 last he strengthened up with am oath SO veuOmous and deadly that even ] Drake shrauk back
 'The deeds aren't here" Wilkerson said thickly Shes hidden them"
 But whereF
 
 , kerson's almost stpely intensity of pur- pose The question put his whole prob ! lem before him iu two words-but whereY He shifted his eyes from the l emptied satchel to the curaiued win dow Instantly there .paped before him the picture of the truck turning slowly over in the guch, of the huge pillow of smoke, of the little lances of fire that charged through the dry un- dergrowth as if to preserve to the flames their prey Was it for this that he was a murderer The curtain blew inward before some vagrant wind from tle bay, and Wilkerson drew back in terror.
 ! "What is it, Harryf' demanded Mrs. Darnell. instantly taking alarm. ] "Nothing," he said sullenly. "I was just thinking of something" He turn d on Drake. "Yuuye got to do the trick" be went on.
 II.HHow's thatl" demanded the young er man,
 Wilkerson eagerly formulated his llis plan, ticking of the points on the tips of his quivering fingers
 "FHst you're Everett turned up at
 last. You find her'-
 'In Chinatowng sneered Drake.
 You can easily gain her confidence aod get hold Of the papers, and may bep-
 Drake laughed ugliy. "l look like the kind of joker who would dress up Rs a banker and then proceed to renew my clients acquaintance in a Chinese joint How am ! supposed to know she's there? l tell you. Wilkdrson, that fou cant travel straight even when it pays you. Why in Gods name you i tyer took that girl to that place oi Sing Wah's is beyond my comprehen | sion Any place would have been bet | ter Now you have put the heads of all of us In a moose You know what people will say when"-
 They'll say nothing" said Wilker son furiously, and be proceeded once more to argue that Drake could easily continue to impersonate Everett and in that guise carry their scheme 10 it' profitable conclusion In spite of bis leagerness and sophisry he was unable 10 move either Drake or Mrs Darnei from their attitude of frightened con l | tempt At last Drake agreed to do nj,
 best to make Ruth trust him
 "But | don't like this impersonatioI business" he said firmly "l might g, I to a hotel and hand in my brokers card and ask for an interview, but , l haven't lOsf my senses " , Well" erowled Wilkerson. just se' to it that you worm out of her wherl those papers are"