Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-28
sEvERIEENTR EPISODE

The WATCHING EYE.
Not clue had been left by the kid.
nspers when they had so mysterious
" spirited Elaine away from the
apartment Of WI Fang. She had dis
appeared as completely ias II she had
vanished into thin air.
Kennedy was frantic. WI and Long
Sin themselves seemed to have van.
ished. too. Where they held her, what
had happened to her. was q sealed
book And yet no move of ours was
made. no matter how secret, that 1t
did not seem TO be known to them. II
was a. though q weird, uncanny eye
glared at Us. watching everything.
Craig neglected no possibility in
his eager search. Heieven visited the
little house IN the country which
Elaine had given to Aunt Tabby, and
spent several hours examining the
collapsed subterranean chamber In
the vain hope that It might yield a
clue. But Il had not.
Unescapably. he was forced to the
conclusion that not only Elaine's
amazing Disappearance. but the tragic
succession OF events which had pre-
coded Il had been caused, In some
way, BY the curiousay engraved ring
which Aunt, Josephine had taken from
her. .
Craig had. taken possession OF the
mystic ring himself, and now, forced
back on this sole clue. 1t had occurred
to him that II the ring were so valu-
able. other attempts would. without
doubt, be made to get possession of It.
] came into the laboratory. one aft
ernoon. to find Kennedy surrounded
BY jewelers. tools. hard At work max
ing an exact copy OF the ring.
what do you think OF 1t, walter?"
he asked. holding up theireplica.
''Perfecty ! replied. admiringly.
what are{you going to do with it?'.
Il can't say-yet." answered Ken
nedy. forlor1iy. but II / understand
these Chinese criminals at all. know
that teie only way we can ever track
them IL through some trick. Perhaps
tia replica win suggest something to
Is later =
sLct'sssee If Aunt Josephine has re-
celyed any word" he remarked. abb
rultly. putting on HIS hat and coat,
aud nodding to me to follow.
Kennedy and ! were not the only
visitors to the subterranean chamber
Were It had seemed that the clue
u the Clutching Hands millions
might be>found.
Il was as though that hidden, watch
Ing eye followed us. The night after
arr own unsuccessful search, WI
Fang. accompanied by Long Sin, made
bis way into the cavern.
WI examined the safe which had
been broken into.
Long Sin was now going over the
srails ofthe cavern infinitely, his close
ret, beady black eyes examining every
square inch,of It.
A sudden low cultural exclamation
caused Wu to turn to him quickly.
Long Sin had discovered. back Of the
debris. long oblong slot, cut into the
mock. Above It were some peculiar
marks. . -
WI hurried over to his henchmAn,
ard together they tried to decipher
what had been scratched on the rock.
A Long Sins slender and sinister
fc.senger traced over the inscription
wz suddenly caught him by the ell
boz.
'srhe ring!" he cried. as at last he in
terTreted the meaning Of the cryptic
oksrSSters.
Bui what about the ring? For mo-
meat WI looked at the slot in deep
Thought Then he reached down and
withdrew q ring from his own finger
and dropped It through the slot.
Faes i,stened moment. They could
hes- rs ring tinkle as though it were
running down some sort Of tracklike
ceasivl.y srside the rock. Then, faint
ly. .se7 coald hear it drop. It had
fsilep into a little cup Of q compart-
fnehs hslowSet their feet.
Eess.ag happened. WI recovered
bis rike. gu: he had hit at last upon
the Cisic5.rg Hands secret!
Beuzets Lao devised ring lock
which .s:-i5 cJer the treasure vault!
Nc e.ts. rszg except the one which
he A.s 60 csrdfo.'y hidden was Of the
slre " weight that would move the
lover eh!cs ~ozkasss the machinery
vork,ng &c sSrae ffe treasure house.
nAsaia WI :sSsd saother Of his own
-,ncs :Ss .E:sz ,iue: Long Sin
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