The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-08-11


Whats 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 it Isl
For the next few minutes he was
busily mixing several chemicals while
1 watched him curiously in silent adj
miration.
When he had finished he poured one
liquid from a tube into an atomizer,
then another of the liquids which he
had made into fesk.
Walter" he asked, getting ready
to go out and indicating to me to do
the same, 81 wish you'd bring along
that rug over there by my sink"
placed the rug before our door4and
he emptied almost half of the contents
of the flask on it. Then he entered
the laboratory again, taking care not
to step on the rug, but over it.
Meanwhile WI Fang and his lieu
tenants had proceeded to the base
ment 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
an old rickety table which the janitor,
Jensen, sometimes used.
We opened the oak case and began
to look about for place to install the
little listening ear by wires that would
run up from this cellar hiding place
to our apartment above.
ugh! Look" cried one of the
Cinnamon, pointing toward a corner
of the cellar wall.
WI turned. There was a rat which
had run out of a hole, had seen them
and scampered quickly across the
floor and away safely.
1t interested WI and he walked over
to the rathole and examined it.
"Wait here" he ordered quickly,
leaving his men on guard in the cellar,
1t was not very many minutes later
that WI returned to the cellar with a
large cardboard box under his arm.
mo one has gone in, MASTER" re-
ported one of the Cinnamon.
WI nodded and turned to another
who had been engaged in enlarging the
rathole in the wall.
Does it run upstairs?" he asked.
Yes, master" returned the other.
Then wait here" ordered WI, TAX
ing up the detectaphone transmitter,
the spool of wire and the box.
He left the cellar stealthily and a
few minutes later reached the upper
hall, which at the time happened to be
deserted. Somehow he had obtained a
skeleton key which fitted our lock, and
with its aid he entered our apartment.
Quickly he looked about the room.
Finally his keen judgment told him
that the corner by the bookcase was
that nearest over the compartment in
the cellar in which he had left his
lieutenants with the detectaphone.
WI Fang had a method of wiring
in the detectaphone that was all his
own. He went over to the corner and
drew from his capacious blouse a
chisel with which he ripped back a
section of the Dashboard. After he
had removed it he made little hole
in the plaster and laths on the wall.
Next he drew on a pair of thick
gloves and carefully reached into the
pasteboard box. From it he drew a
| ferret
This ferret wore small leather har-
ness around his shoulders. To this
harness WI attached one end of the
wire from the spool, and made sure
that the spool would unwind readily
Then he reached into his pocket and
drew out.a rat. AS he held them, one
! in each hand, he let the ferret get a
good look and smell of the rat as II
squeaked in fright.
Finally he pushed the rat into the
hole in the plaster which he had made
and an instant later, loosed the ferret
after It, as if on a leash of wire
There WI stood paying out the wire
as the ferret scampered after the
scared rat.
WI faithfully paid out the wire, hop
| ing lOI- the TcSu1l u0 ndu
carefully.
At last the Juggling at the spool Of
wire ceased. Three sharp jerks told
him he had succeeded. Then WI sci
the transmitter in the hole in the
wall close up to the Dashboard, which
he had replaced.
Perhaps half an hour after our re
turn into the laboratory after Kennedy
had soaked the mat, he decided aftel
much elaboration to attempt to carry
the war into the enemy's country. We
left the laboratory, he to seek some
clue, l to go down to the Star, where
1 had little work to do.
Kennedy had scarcely hidden mt
good-by and turned out of the campus
on the avenue, when he happened tt
see face in the crowd which inter
ested him.
1t was that of the woman who hat
posed as Elaine-Innocent Inez. H,
paused a moment as she went by ant
gazed after her. She had not seel
him. This was too good an opportu
nifty to miss. He turned and followed
her to the Mandarin, chop suey Joint
rs the master in?" she whispered
to the proprietor.
NO." he replied. "but Long Sin i
In the other place."
A short time afterward, as they still
talked, Kennedy after pausing outsid
the chop suey joint. decided to enter
While Inez and Sam were engage,
in earnest conversation he sat down a
table near by with his back to them
AS nearly as he could make out