Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-06-05

we had little struggle, but he man.
aged to break away and raised his ak
threateningly. A shout from Kennedy
caused him to turn and run down the
flight Of stairs, Kennedy closely be-
hind him.
In the main hall of the apartment
house were two elevator shafts facing
the street entrance, some twenty-five
or thirty feet away Through the
street door the janitor and two or
three other men were running in.
They had heard the noise of the fight
ing above.
Escape to the street was cut off.
We were behind him on the fight of
stairs.
Long Sin did not hesitate a mo-
ment. He ran to the elevator, the
door of which was open, seized the
elevator boy and sent him sprawling
on the marble floor. Then he slammed
the door and the elevator shot up.
Kennedy was only few feet be-
hind, and he took in the situation at
glance. He leaped into the other ele-
vator, and before the surprised boy
could interfere shot it up only few
feet behind Long Sin.
1t was wild race to the roof. Long
Sin had the start, and as the eleva-
tor reached the top floor he flung it
open, dashed out and through door
up to the roof itself.
A second later Kennedy's elevator
stopped. Craig leaped out and fred
his last shot at the legs of Long Sin
as he disappeared at the top of the
fight of stairs to the roof. He flung
the revolver from him and followed.
Without moments hesitation Ken
needy threw himself at Long Sim They
struggled with each other. Finally
Long Sin managed to wrench one arm
loose and raise the Tong ak over Ken
nedy's head.
Kennedy lodged back. AS he did
so he tripped on the very edge Of
the roof and went sliding down the
states of the mansard
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himself in the gutter.
1t was the opportunity that Long
Sin wanted He started across the
rope, which he had stretched from
the apartment house to the building
across the court, with all the deftness
of the most expert Chinese acrobat.
By this time | had reached the roof,
followed by the janitor and the ele-
vator boys.
Kennedy was now crawling up the
mansard, helping himself as best he
could by some of the ornamental iron
work,
Long Sin had reached the roof on
the opposite side as We ran across in
the direction of the taut rope.
A moment later he turned and
bowed at us mockingly, then disap-
peared behind a skylight.
Kennedy did not stop an instant.
"You fellows go to the street and
see if you can head him off that way"
he cried. Stay here, Walter"
Before l knew it he had seized the
rope and was going across to the other
building hand over hand. 1t was
perilous undertaking
Kennedy had almost reached the
other roof when suddenly from behind
the skylight stepped Long Sin. With
a wicked leer, he advanced to the
edge of the roof, his ak appraised. I
looked across the yawning chasm, hor-
rified.
Slowly Long Sin raised his ak above
his head, gathering all the strength
which he had, waiting for Kennedy to
approach closer. Kennedy stopped.
Swiftly the ak descended, slashing the
rope at one blow
Like the weight of a pendulum Ken
nedy swung back against our own
managing to keep his hold
On the rope with superhuman
strength.
There was tremendous shattering
If glass.
The rope had been just long enough
% make him strike window and he
lad gone crashing through the glass
hree floors below.
| dashed down the stairs and into
he apartment. Kennedy was badly
tut.
Help me- quick, Walter" he urged,
moving toward the elevators.
Meanwhile Long Sin had quickly
lived down into the next building. A
ew moments later he had come out on
he ground floor at the rear.
Gazing about to see whether he was
ollowed, he disappeared
Back in the apartment Elaine and
aunt Josephine were just about to
un out when the two Cinnamon who
ad been knocked out recovered. One
t them threw himself on Elaine.
unit Josephine tried to ward him off,
ut the other one struck her and
brew her down.
Before she could recover they had
eized Elaine.
With hasty cultural exclamation
ley picked her up and ran out In
lead of going downstairs they crossed
le hallway slam ming tha door hehtnd