The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-07-21

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Quickly now he replaced the receiver
and, having finished their work, Long
Sin and WI Fang stealthily crept out
A second time, as we approached
our apartment after the visit to Elaine,
we were too excited to notice the
limousine in which were WI and Long
Sin. But no sooner had we entered
than Long Sin left the car with a
final word of instruction from his
master
Upstairs, in the apartment, Kennedy
began hurriedly to pack, and 1 helped
him as well as 1 could. We were in
the midst of it when. the telephone
rang and 1 answered it.
''Helloi" l called.
There was no response.
Hello, hello!" 1 repeated, raising
my voice.
Still there was no answer. 1 worked
the hook up and down, but could get
no reply, and finally, Disguised, hung
up.
A moment later, recall now, it
seemed to me as though some one had
stuck pin into the lobe of my ear.
We had scarcely got back to work
when the telephone bell tangled again,
and a second time I answered it.
as Mr.. Kennedy there?" came back
a strange voice.
1 handed the instrument to Craig.
"Hello!" he called. "Who is this?"
No response.
Hello, hello!" he shouted, working
the hook as 1 had done and, in my
case, there was still no answer.
Neither of US thought anything of
it at the time, but now 1 recall that 1
did see Kennedy once or twice press
the lobe of his ear as though some
thing had hurt it.
We did not know until later that in
a pay station down the street our
arch enemy, Long Sin, had been call
ing US up and then, with a wicked
smile, refusing to speak to us.
1T was about a week later that 1
Game home late one night from the
Star, feeling pretty done up. What
ever it was, a violent fever seemed
to have come on me suddenly. The
next morning when 1 woke up 1 felt
lassitude that made it quite hard
enough even to lounge about in my
bathrobe. Finally, feeling no better,
1 decided to see a doctor. 1 put on
my clothes with decided effort and
went out
The nearest doctor was about half
a block away and We scarcely knew
him, for neither Kennedy nor 1 are
exactly sickly.
He sounded me and pounded me,
talked little while on generalities,
diet and exercise, then walked over
to cabinet. and emptied out a few
pills into little paper box.
Take one every hour he said
"Cut your cigarettes to three a day,
and don't drink coffee Four dollars,
please
1 paid him and went back to the
apartment, my head soon in a whirl
from new onset of the fever.
I managed to get back into my bath
robe, and threw myself down on the
divan, propped up with pillows. 1 had
taken the pills, but they had no more
effect than sugar or milk By this
time I was much more delirious and
was crying out.
I saw faces about me, but 1 did not
see the faces which were actually out
by our hall door. WI Fang and Long
Sin had waited patiently for their re-
venge. Now that they thought suffi-
cient time had elapsed, they had sto-
len silently to the apartment door.
While Ling Sin watched, WI listened.
The white devil has it." whispered
WI Fang, as he rejoined his fellhw
conspirator.
How long 1 should have remained
in this state, and in fact how long 1
did remain, 1 don't know Vaguely, l
recall that our acquaintance, Johnson,
who had the apartment across the
hall, at last heard my cries and came
in.
Somehow or other l knew the state
I was in. 1 knew it was Johnson, yet
it all seemed unreal to me- With
great effort l gathered all my scat
tered wits and managed to shout out,
Telegraph Observation-Disclosures"
AT about the same time, up at Rock
ledge. Kennedy and Elaine, with her
cousin, Mary Brown, were starting out
for horseback ride through the hills.
They were chatting gayly, but Ken
nedy was forcing himself to do so.
In fact, they had scarcely gone half
a mile. when Kennedy, who was rid
ing between the two and fighting off
by sheer nerve the illness he felt, sud
denly fell over in half faint on the
looked inside. Then he looked closer.
There was something peculiar about it
and he picked up a blank sheet OF
white paper, busting off the diphraem
on it. There, on the paper, we're in
Vulnerable little black specks.
Just then, outside. Doctor Godow-
skis car drew up and he jumped out,
swinging his black bag Not being ac-
quainted with what we were going
through, Godowski did not notice the
Acknowledged Chinaman who was
watching down the street
How do you do. doctor?y greeted
Craig family. at the door.
What seems to be the difficulty ?"
inquired the doctor eagerly.
Il don't know" returned Craig.
"but l have my suspicious. I'm too ill
to verify them myself, so I've called
on you. Look at Jameson first" he
added
While Godowski was examining me,
Craig managed to get out his micro
scope and was looking through it at
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