Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-07-10
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Bring him in," ordered WI as tn,
servant announced that a visitor wa,
outside. Then, as the cripple entered
spryly enough now, he added: Obi
Is you. Well-anything to report?"
RED 70 es," was all that the ex
beggar in his awe at the fierce China
man could find words to blurt out.
| WI nodded. TT Is well. | will cal
you again when need you. You may
co." he instructed.
| No sooner had he gone than the
Others reappeared from behind their
screens and other hiding places as 81
lently as they had gone.
you will all follow me-" directed
WI, gathering together the parapher-
MALTA and shutting the box. Here,
Tom Ling, carry that box for me
carefully, too"
A moment later WI left the secret
apartment, followed by his henchmen
splitting up inconspicuously as they
made their way uptown.
had come into the laboratory and,
not finding Kennedy, had decided to
wait there for him.
Perhaps half an hour later he came
rushing In, his face clouded with
thought and beads of perspiration
standing out on his forehead.
What's the trouble?" | asked anx.
iously.
Trouble enough" he replied, fling
ing off his hat and coat and throwing
on his smock, as he related disjointed-
ly between whites what had happened
And now I'm going to prepare for
the attack, whatever it may be-" he
went on, going over briskly to the lab
oratory table. Where's that nitrate
oh, here 1t Is"
For the next few minutes he was
busily mixing several chemicals while
I watched him curiously in silent ad-
miration.
When he had finished he poured one
liquid from a tube into an atomizer,
then another of the liquids which he
1ad MADE into q nesk.
Walter" he asked. getting ready
to go out and indicating to me to do
he same, Il wish you'd bring along
that rug over there by my sink"
placed the rug before our door and |
lie emptied almost half of the contents
# the flask on 1t. Then he entered |
lie laboratory again, taking care not
20 step on the rug, but over it.
Meanwhile WI Fang and his lieu
'enants had proceeded to the base
nent of our apartment house.
First WI entered the dark cellar
cautiously and beckoned to Long Sin
and the other Cinnamon to follow.
One of his followers carried the Big
Six detectaphone, which he placed on
IN old rickety table which the janitor
Jensen, sometimes used.
We opened the oak case and began
o look about for place to install the
title listening ear by wires that would
un up from this cellar hiding place
o our apartment above.
ugh! Look" cried one of the
'hinamen, pointing toward a corner
I the cellar wall.
WI turned. There was a rat which
ad run out of hole, had seen them
nd scampered quickly across the
DOR and away safely.
1t interested WI and he walked over
D the rathole and examined 1t.
Wait here" he ordered quickly,
,aving his men on guard in the cellar q
1t was not very many minutes later
lat WI returned to the cellar with a
srge cardboard box under his arm. U
mo one has gone In, MASTER" re- a
orted one of the Cinnamon.
WI nodded and turned to another '
no had been engaged in enlarging the q
Ithole In the wall.
Does 1t run upstairs?" he asked. II
Yes. master" returned the other. r.
Then wait here" ordered WI, TAX. .
& up the detectaphone transmitter, e.
9 spool Of wire and the box. u
He left the cellar stealthily and a
W minutes later reached the upper ~
ii, which at the time happened to be y
serted. Somehow he had obtained a "
eleton key which fitted our lock, and ~
tn Its aid he entered our apartment. ~
Quickly he looked about the room. =,
nally his keen judgment told him -
at the corner by the bookcase was -
at nearest over the compartment In ~
3 cellar In which he had left his =,
utenants with the detectaphone. o
WI Fang had a method of wiring IN
the detectaphone that was all his w,
n. He went over to the corner and q,
ew from his capacious blouse m
isel with which he ripped back
ction of the Dashboard. After he be
d removed 1t he made little hole mn
the plaster and laths on the wall.
Next he drew on a pair of thick
ives and carefully reached into the at
steboard box. From 1t he drew 81,
ret. r,
This ferret wore a small leather har-
IS around his shoulders. To this wi
rness WI attached one end Of the tn
re- from the SPOOL and made sure Oh