The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-06-18
TWENTY-SECOND EPISODE
THE OPIUM SMUGGLERS.

oFIS" OWN
George, the Dodge chauffeur had
just returned to the garage in the rear
Of the house with the car and was
working over 1t. 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 deyilish scheme he had in mind,
not a sinister, evil-faced fellow. but a
neat, quiet, apparently honest-looklng
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 a rope He
was completely and instantly put out
Just then, working as If by the
clock, for such was the precision OF
Wu's plans. a closed car, mutfied
down, slipped up to the garage door
They hustled the unresisting George
into the car, Johnson taking the place
met the wheel and WI sitting on guard
back with George. bound and almost
suffocated
George twas loyal, if anything.
Threats and brides had no effect on
him, even after he had come to In Wu's
secret den.
s'There is paper, pen and ink,
threatened WI, Write what | tell
you"
George remained motionless, de
fiant.
you will not?" shrugged WI. mask
ing his Impotence behind an assumed
nochalance.
Slowly he picked up murderous
dirk. which lay on the table before
him, and felt the point thoughtfully
A deep, cultural order Kissed from the
Serpents 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 W. add
ing, as George took it 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-
ltely told a story of an accident to his
dear friend. George, as he handed a
note to Elaine.
81 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 | had been much
Interested in following his work on it
you, see, Walter" Kennedy ex
planned. setting little black box or
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 tbs
inverted L type. Here is the transmit
ting apparatus, there the receiving, al
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 buzzel
In the other telephone sounded.
sim going to ask you, Walter" he
went on, folding down the little aerial:
and shutting up the box, ito take thi:
other instrument over to Elaine"
Out on the Atlantic, tossing over the
choppy seas. dingy old schooner wa;
lacking her way toward New York har
Dor. The captain. Jake Gregor, was {
disreputable looking man, as were boil
his craft and his crew of mixed whites
and Chinese.
nress- had come out on deck ant