Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-25
in Moving Pictures
A DETECTIVE NOVEL
AND A
MOTION PICTURE DRAMA
Presented by This Newspaper Collaboration With the
Famous Pathe Players.

from the finger post that pointed each
way to williams and Brownlee avenues.
Late that night Kennedy left his apart
ment prepared to follow the instructions
In the note which had been so strangely
delivered I'm the vase.
As he climbed into roadster he tucked
the robe most carefully into a corner
under the leather seat.
For heavens sake, Craig" / gasped
from under the robe, '1et me have a lit
tie air."
l had taken my place under the robe
before the car was driven up in front Of
the apartment lest some emissary of WI
Fang might be watching to see that there
was such trick.
''You'll get air enough when we get
started. Walter" he laughed back under
his breath. apparently addressing the
engine.
Kennedy was a hard driver when he
wanted to be. and enough was at stare
tonight 10 make him drive hard He
whizzed along in the roadster and I was
indeed glad enough to huddle UP under
the robe.
We had reached a point in the suburbs
which was deserted, and I did not rec
ognize a thing when he pulled up by the
side of the road with a jerk I peered
through a crease in the corner OF the
robe and saw him slide out from under
the wheel and stand by the side OF the
car, looking up and down. Amend of US
the road curved sharply. and / had no
idea what was there. though Kennedy
seemed to know the place.
A moment later he pulled the robe
partly off me, and bent down as though
examining the batteries on the side Of
the car
Get out on the other side in the
shadow Of the car. Walter" he whispered,
hoarsely. Go down the road a Bit
only cut in and keep under cover. This is
Williams avenue. You'll see a big rock
Hide behind It. Ahead you'll see Brownlee
avenue. Be prepared for anything.
shall have to trust the rest to you. I
don't know myself what's going to hap
pen.
l slid out and went along the edge Of
the road, as Craig had directed, and
finally crouehed behind a huge rock,
feeling as much tension as II I had been
a boy playing at wild west. Only this
might at any moment develop into the
reality of a wild far east
After a moment, to give me a chance,
Craig himself left the car pulled up close
by the side OF the road and went ahead
on foot. At last he came to the cross
roads Just around the bend, where, in
the moonlight, he could read the signs:
williams avenue" and Brownies
avenue He stood there a moment, then
glanced at his watch, which registered
both hands approaching the hour of
twelve. He gazed about at the deserted
country. Had the appointment been
hoax, after all. a scheme to get him
away from the city for some purpose?
Suddenly, at his feet in the dust OF the
road something heavy seemed to drop.
He looked about quickly. No one was in
sight.
He reached down and picked up a little
Chinese figure. Tapping 1t with his
knuckle, he examined 1t curiously. It was
hollow.
From the inside he drew out a piece Of
paper. He strained his eyes in the moon
light and managed to make out:
The Serpent is all-wise and his fang is
fatal You have signed the white girls
death warrant.
Beneath this sinister warning was
stamped the serpent of WI Fang.
1t was not hoax. and Kennedy stood
there moment, gazing about in tense
anxiety. Had the uncanny eye observed
his every action? Was It staring at him
now in the blackness7
Meanwhile, had made my way
stealthily, peering into the bushes and
careful not even TO step on anything
that would make a noise and was now, as
have said, crouched behind the big rock
to which Craig had directed me. heard
him go along the road and look about
cautiously, but could hear and see moth
ing else.
l had begun TO wonder whether Ken
nedy might not have made a mistake
when. suddenly from behind the shadow
OF another rock ahead of me. but toward
Brownlee avenue. saw the tall. gaunt
figure of man rise in the moonlight,
almost as II IT had sprung from the very
earth.
My heart gave a leap as he quickly
raised his right arm and hurled some-
thing az far as he could in the direction