Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-06-12

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outside. Then. as the cripple entered.
spryly enough now. he added: "Oh-it
is you. W~ell-anythinE to report?'
Red roses was all that the ex-
beggar In his awe at the fierce China.
man could find words 10 blurt out.
WI nodded 1T is well. I will call
you again when ] need you. You may
CO. he instructed.
No ooner had he gone than the
others reappeared from behind their
screens and other hiding places as 81
lently as they had gone.
You will all follow me- directed
WI. gathering together the parapher-
MALTA and shutting the box. Here.
Tom Ling. carry that box for me
carefully. too"
A IN later WI left the secret
apartment. followed by his %henchmen.
splitting up inconspicuously as they
made-their way uptown.
| had come into the laboratory and.
not finding Kennedy. had decided 10
wait there for him.
Perhaps half an hour later he came
rushing In. his face clouded with
thought and beads OF perspiration
standing out on his forehead.
What's the trouble?" ! asked anx-
iously.
Trouble enough" he replied. fling
ing OF his hat and coat and throwing
on his smock. as he related disjointed-
~ between whites what had happened.
And nov I'm going TO prepare for
the attack. whatever II may be he
went on. going over briskly TO the lab
oratory table. Where's tina nitrate
Oh. here il is"
For the next few minutes he was
busily mixing several chemicals while
/ 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 a fesk.
Walter be asked. getting ready
10 go out and indicating 10 me TO do
the same. il wish you'd bring along
that rug over there BY my sink.
| placed the rug before our Goor aud
ne cmptied almost half Of the contents
~ the flask on II. Then he entered
the laboratory again. taking care not
TO step on the rug. but over Il.
Meanwhile WI Fang and his lieu.
tenants had proceeded 10 the base
ment OF our apartment house.
First WI entered the dark cellar
cautiously and beckoned 10 Long Sin
and the other Cinnamon 10 follow
one of his followers carried the Big
Six detcctaphone. which he placed on
an old rickety table which the janitor.
Jensen. sometimes used.
We opened the oak case and began
10 look about for a 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.
II interested WI and he walked over
10 the rathole and examined II.
Wait here" he ordered quickly.
leaving his men on guard IN the cellar
II was not very many minutes later
that WI returned 10 the cellar with a
large cardboard box under his arm.
No one has gone in, master re-
ported one OF the Cinnamon.
Wu nodded and turned 10 another
who had been engaged in enlarging the
rathole In the wall.
Does IL 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
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the cellar in which he had lett his
~lieutenants with the detectaphone.
WI Fang had a method Of wiring
in the detectaphone that was all his
own. He went over 20 the corner and
drew from his capacious blouse a
chisel with which he ripped back a
section OF the Dashboard After he
had removed il he made a 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 il he drew a
ferret.
This ferret wore a 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 IL
squeaked in fright.