The Monticellonian., 1915-07-29
NINETEENTH EPISODE
THE SAVING CIRCLES.

 in the heart of Chinatown, Long Sin Fay in a bunk. contemplating what form of revenge he might suggest to his master, Wu Fang.
 About him were many Chinese and even white men, all dreaming of the great things they would do, dreams which were dissipated into ashes, even as the drug in the pipes which gave them their shadowy forms.
 Hop Ling. the proprietor, was just about to hand Long Sin pipe with a halfcooked pill, when well-dressed white man entered and gazed about. "See-a white devil" he muttered to Hop under his breath. calling his attention to the stranger.
 Hop Ling moved forward and ac- costed the newcomer Why does the white man visit us?" he asked suave- ly. though coldly.
 q am Jack Sprague, the aviator" replied the visitor, still looking about. T smoke the stuff for my nerves. Come across with pipe. boss"
 Hop considered moment, then at a nod from Long Sin, whose opinion he valued highly, led Sprague over to an empty bunk near by.
 Long Sin continued to eye the stranger critically. Finally as Sprague settled himself, the Chinaman pulled himself out of his bunk and moved over to the airman.
 How are you?" greeted Long Sin fin English.
 It was Sprague's turn now to be sus- picieus of Long Sin with his sinister face.
 Are you an ayiator?" pursued the Chinaman
 Sprague nodded You said It." he replied in laconic slang.
 Long Sin squatted down and they talked and smoked Half an hour later, Jack Sprague. his nerve restored and his cupidity aroused by the promises of Long Sin. accompanied his new friend out of the hop joint
 They passed through the narrow streets of the Chinese quarter and finally entered what looked like cfaoiiu AtAt l<OuS olL nodded and whispered to a servant, and moment later they were admit ted to an anteroom of Wu Fang, the Serpent.
 Master bowed Long Sin as Wu received him. q have here man whom we may use"
 Wu nodded graciously to Sprague, while his slave bent down and whis- pered in his ear in deep gutturals, moving his hands in expressive cir cles through the air. Wu's brow cloud ed. but at last he seemed to catch the idea.
 You mean, then, that he flies?" he asked.
 Long Sin nodded Not only does he fly, master" he said, but from his aeroplane he can drop anything and hit mark"
 Sprague. as he put on his street clothes to go out.
 
 Somewhat earlier in the day Lieu tenant Waters of the army, who had already interested Kennedy in a new explosive of his own invention, trod- ite. had invited Craig to visit the fort on Staten Island at which he was stationed, and Craig had taken Elaine down on visit.
 They saw about everything there was to be seen, but the thing that in- terested Kennedy most was, of course, the explosive and the handling of 1t. In storeroom of the fort Elaine picked up from a table a peculiar pointed instrument with weighted head.
 That is one of the new aeroplane arrows that are being used in the Eu- ropean war" explained the lieutenant. How interesting" remarked Elaine. They stood for moment chatting, then passed on until at last they came again to the entrance to the grounds of the fort where sentry. pacing back and forth, saluted.
 Thank you so much" said Elaine as she gave Lieutenant Waters her hand
 Yes, indeed" agreed Craig, we have had a most interesting visit By the way, Lieutenant, come to my laboratory tomorrow morning would like to show you one or two very novel effects that I have been able to get from your invention"
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