The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-09

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dropped, % replied Craig. passing oVel
to me the paper he had picked up.
| read IN English;
"see what he Is doing and report "a
me In the basement below 116 Mott
street"
Beneath the few words. evidently
orders, was that mystic sign OF the
serpent-the mast OF the arch-crlm.
inal. Wa Fang.
IT'S a clue, Craig!" exclaimed.
For a moment Craig said nothing,
as he turned TO 20 back into the
laboratory For some time he con
tinued TO study the note, as though
revolving something in his mind
Whatever II is" he remarked at
length, I'm going 10 look into IL.
anyhow. While I'm gone, Walter, |
wish you'd just go around and see IL
Elaine is all right
At last Kennedy sauntered In cas-.
ually to the hop Joint on Mott street,
his collar still up and his hat still
over his eyes.
He lounged across the floor among
the smokers and picked out bunk.
while Hop Sing, the proprietor,
brought him a pipe, Kennedy pretend
ed TO light It, but in reality did not
In the back room, by this time Inez
had completed her disguise by placing
on her head the wig and had given
the little finishing touches 10 her
makeup, WI was giving final instruc-
tons to Long Sin and the rest, and
the four Cinnamon ranged themselves
in groups of two on either side of the
door.
Finally WI paused and whispered
something 10 lnez. Then both he and
Long Sin seized two glass globes that
stood on the table. They raised them
high over their heads and smashed
them on the floor, at the same time
stamping their feet terrifcally Inez
screamed as If a murder were being /
committed.
Outside in the den Kennedy heard |
the scream and the crashing OF glass. |
mufled by the door He Strengthened |
up in his bunk. now all attention
Was it some white woman calling
for help in this sinkhole of iniquity?
The door flew open. Sure enough, a
woman appeared. still screaming.
II was only for an instant and she
did not even get across the threshold
With a low cultural exclamation,
Long Sin pulled her back into the
room and slammed the door she had
opened.
II was all done so quickly that Ken
ledy could catch only the most fleet
ng glimpse of her clothes and face.
But that glimpse was enough.
It pparently-Elaine,
Craig sprang up instantly, drawing
lis revolver, and threw himself
gainst the door, recollecting the
message that had come
through the mail.
The door yielded and he rushed
through In an instant the four
'hinamen erouching on either side
eaped on him
The struggle was terrific. He
owned two and seemed in fair way
, win against even such odds, when
he disguised Inez turned, with
rocking laugh, pulling off both the
at and wig.
Kennedy's amazement gave the
hinamen a chance. Before he real
ed it. in MS complete surprise, he
as forced back on the post and held
lere just long enough for Long Sin
, wind a rope around him, binding {,
Is arms legs and body to the post. ;
Then Wu Fang walked over before
i'm and faced him u
Come over here, my dear" he a
llled to Inez. Let me introduce :
rof. Craig Kennedy to you-Innocent !,
Iez. =
by the way ne went on to Inez,
low did you leave the real Elaine?'
Inez looked at her watch. "She is Z
cked in her attic" she replied with j..
'ident enjoyment. "The house will =
art to burn by spontaneous combus- 81,
IN in exactly twenty minutes >
Upstairs in the attic of the Dodge u
use Elaine, in the queer chair. was
st recovering a bit from the effects n.
the vapor =,
Still as the minutes heightened she -,
gan to breathe more regularly as
e stupefying effects of the vapor
IRE off, and was Just beginning to -
)ve her head in the first unconscious
deavors to grasp at consciousness. =,
1t must have been just at this point a'
at, following Kennedy's instructions,
rrived at Elaine's house. ~
AS Jennings led me into the library III
vas met by Aunt Josephine I'd
Craig has gone off on a clue" y"
planned, and has asked me to drop %
to see how things are. Is Elaine all Ii
ht?"
why, I haven't seen her for an hour W.
more" answered Aunt Josephine. ha
think she must have gone out 81
mt you sit down."
There was nothing else to do. On tn
chance that she might come back, de
at down considerably worried now, ia
,ut the note and her absence In
Jpstairs, if we had only known it.
line had now regained conscious fol
IS.
worse than that, the time was up its
the water to be drained off the toe
'sphorus. sid
IS the last drop was siphoned off an
vessel by the capillary tube, the |
dly element seemed to burst into ed
les and white fumes Instantly thn Ha