The Ordway new era., 1915-07-23

turned and dashed out after Long Sin
| just as Kennedy picked himself up and
| followed.
caught up with the Chinaman and
we had a little struggle, but he man.
aged to break away and raised his az
threateningly. A shout from Kennedy
caused him to turn and run down the
flight Of stairs. Kennedy closely be-
| hind him. H..f
In the main hall Of the apartment
house were two elevator shafts facing
the street entrance. some twenty-five
or thirty feet away. Through the
street door the janitor and two or
| three other men were running In.
They had heard the noise of the fight
ing above.
Escape to the street was cut on.
We were behind him on the flight Of
stairs
Long Sin did not hesitate a mo-
| ment. He ran to the elevator, the
door of which was open, seized the
elevator boy and sent him sprawling
on the marble floor. Then he slammed
the door and the elevator shot up.
| Kennedy was only q few feet be.
hind. and he took In the situation at
a glance. He leaped into the other ele.
vator, and before the surprised boy
could interfere shot 1t. up only few
feet behind Long Sin.
1t was q wild race to the roof. Long
Sin had the start, and as the eleva-
tor reached the top floor he flung 1t
open. dashed out and through door
up to the roof itself. 81.
| A second later Kennedy's elevator
stopped. Craig leaped out and fired
his last shot at the legs Of Long Sin
as he disappeared at the top Of the
flight Of stairs to the roof. He flung
the revolver from him and followed.
Without a moments hesitation Ken.
nedy threw himself at Long Sin. They
struggled with each other. Finally
Long Sin managed to wrench one arm
loose and raise the Tong ak over Ken
nedy's head.
Kennedy lodged back. AS he did
so he tripped on the very edge of
the roof and went sliding down the
states Of the mansard.
| Fortunately he was able to catch
| himself In the gutter.
| It was the opportunity that Long
Sin wanted. He started across the
rope, which he had stretched from
the apartment house to the building
| across the court, with all the deftness
of the most expert Chinese acrobat.
BY this time had reached the roof,
followed by the janltor and the ele-
vator boys. "
Kennedy was now crawling up the
mansard, helping himself as best he
could by some Of the ornamental iron
work,
Long Sin had reached the roof on
the opposite side as we ran across In
the direction OF the taut rope.
| A moment later he turned and
bowed at US mockingly. then disap-
peared behind skylight. 81
Kennedy did not stop an instant.
| '"You fellows go to the street and
see II you can head him of that way"
he cried. "Stay here. Walter"
Before I knew 1t he had seized the
rope and was going across to the other
building hand over hand. 1t was a
perilous undertaking E
Kennedy had almost reached the
other roof when suddenly from behind
the skylight stepped Long Sin. With
a wicked leer, he advanced to the
edge of the roof. his ax upraised.
looked acruss the yawning chasm. hor-
rified.
Slowly Long Sin raised his AK above
his head, gathering all the strength
which he had, waiting for Kennedy to
approach closer. Kennedy stopped.
Swiftly the ak descended. slashing the
rope at one blow.
Like the weight OF a pendulum Ken
nedy swung back against our own
building, managing to keep his hold
on the rope with superhuman
strength.
There was a tremendous shattering
Of glass.
The rope had been Just long enough
to make him strike a window and he
had gone crashing through the glass
three floors below.
I dashed down the stairs and into
the apartment. Kennedy was badly
cut.
Help me. quick. Walter" he urged.
moving toward the elevators.
Meanwhile Long Sin had quickly
dived down into the next building.
few moments later he had come out on
the ground floor at the rear.
Gazing about to see whether he was
followed, he disappeared.
2 Back in the apartment Elaine and
Aunt Josephine were just about to
run out when the two Cinnamon who
had been knocked out recovered. One
of them threw himself on Elaine.
Aunt Josephine tried to ward him on.
but the other one struck her and
threw her down.
Before she could recover they had