Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-05-22
EIGHTEENTH EPISODE
the VENGEANCE OF WI FANG.

THE VENGEANCE OF WI FANG.
Elaine was still In the power of WI
Fang. Kennedy had thwarted the
Chinese master criminal In his search
for the millions amassed by the
Clutching Hand. But any Joy that he
might have derived from this success
IVES completely obscured by the fear
that WI might wreak some diabolical
vengeance on Elaine.
Nor were Kennedy's fears unfounded.
WI and Long Sin had scarcely reach
cd the secret apartment when the
subtle Chinaman began to contem-
plate revenge.
Long Sin was smoking a Chinese
pipe. resting after their hurried flight.
while WI. the t~ireless. was seated at
. table at the other end OF the room.
At last WI Fang took up a long Chit
nese dirk from the table before him.
looked at II. turned II over. felt its
edge. He rose and deliberately walked
across to a door leading into a back
room.
On a couch lay Elaine. and with her.
~ a guardian. was Weepy Mary.
As WI, the Serpent. entered and
advanced slowly toward Elaine. she
crouched back from him In deadly
fear.
Slowly he drew from under his robe
the Chinese dirk. He felt the edge OF
II again and gazed significantly at
Elaine.
Ii was a critical moment.
Just then Long Sin entered. One
of the Ave milliobs waits outside" he
reported simply. with a bow.
wv understood II had been a pleas
ant fiction OF his that although he did
not, of course, absolutely control such
q s~tupendous organization. he could.
by his subtle power. force almost I'M
limited allegiance from the simple
coolies In that district OF China from
which he came.
Out In the front room. just a mo-
ment before, a knock al the door had
disturbed Long Sin. and a Chinese
servant had announced a visitor. Long
Sin had waved TO the servant TO usher
him In. and a poorly clad coolie had
entered.
He bowed as Long Sin faced him.
where IL the master?" he had asked.
Long Sin had not deigned TO speak.
With Q mere wave OF his hand he in
dictated that he would be the bearer
OF the message. and had followed WI
through the door of the back room.
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rupted In the brutal vengeance which
had first come 10 his mind. He
shesthed the knife and. still without
. word. went back into the main room,
giving q nod to weepy Mary to guard
Elaine closely.
WI eyed the coolie until the new
conner could almost feel the masters
penetrating gaze. although his head
was bowed In awe. Quickly the coolie
thrust his hand under his blouse and
drew forth a package. With another
bow he advanced.
For your enemies. o master" he
said, handing the package over 10
WV.
The coolie started 10 open the pack
age, removed the paper wrapper. and
then a silk wrapping inside. Finally
he came to a box. from which he drew
q leather pouch. each operation con
Quoted with greater care as IL became
evident that he contents We're espe-
cially precious In some way. Then he
took from the pouch a small vial.
What Is it," demanded WI Fang.
o. the coolie displayed IL.
The coolie draw forth now a magni-
tying glass and a glass slide. Opening
the vial with great care he o
something out OF the slide. then
placed II under the lens.
Look" he said simply.
WI bent over and looked. Under
the lens what had formerly seemed to
be merely a black speck OF dirt be-
came now one Of the most weird and
uncanny little creatures to be found in
oil the realm OF nature. II seemed TO
be al legs and feelers moving at once.
A normal person would have looked
ct the creature only with the greatest
repugnance. WI regarded IL with a
sort OF unholy fascination.
"And Il is?" he queried.
sWhat the white man calls the Afri-
can tick which carries the recurrent
fever" answered the coolie deferen-
TALLY.
A fash OF intense exultation seemed
20 darken WI Fang's sinister face.
SWAT" he said to the coolie. as he