The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-12-30

ever, his limbs were subjected to any
real strain, Ali Singh stopped the ma
chinery and picked up shallow dish
containing some clear liquid. He han
died 1t very carefully and arranged 1t
on the platform Of the rack. Then he
spoke:
with your eyes you saw" he said
''and with your effeminate face you
may have attracted foolish woman's
desire, but your half breeds heart is
| wholly Christian, 80, when this nitric
| acid reaches your face only the heart
will be left as all else will be obliter-
| ated"
Realizing now the horrible fate ir
store for him, Hong Kong Harry al
ternately yelled for mercy and shrieked
curses at his tormentor ALI Singh
seemed rather amused. He even wait
ed minute or two as though enjoy.
ing the TRADE. Then he touched the
switch, and the rack commenced its
slow motion again.
May Manning had kept her wits
about her when the door closed on the
hapless man. who, from being an enc.
my, had become friend. Even in the
stupor Of the moment she fancied that
the lock had not caught properly. In
vestigation showed that she had not
erred, and the def use of a hairpin
enabled her to open the door.
Desperation lent her courage. She
sped along dark passage and UP
winding stairs, emerging into a small
room some thirty feet above the ground
level. But there was window, and
stout wire, coming through the branch
es of tree, was attached to an in
sulator within reach.
Hurrying back to her friends. she
convinced them that they might escape
If prepared to make daring attempt.
Twisting the sheets on the pallet into
a rope. the three girls went swiftly
and silently to the room. opened the
window and attached the rope to the
staple of the insulator
May did not hesitate a second. She
swung her 1.-THE young body outward
and commenced the descent. She and
the others feared that the rope might
break. But 1t held stanchly. 1t was
the staple which gave way. precipitat.
ing the girl to the ground ere she had
covered half the distance.
She fell lightly, however, picked her
self up and, realizing that further de-
lay might be fatal, waved hand to
her terrified friends above and vanish
ed among the trees. They knew that
she was going to bring help. Perhaps
1t was better so. Even though they all
got away, they might be retaken,
whereas q rescuing force would not
only safeguard them, but capture the
miscreants responsible for so much
crime and disaster.
Meanwhile there was another dra-
matte element in the situation which
the arch conspirator had no knowledge
Of. BY fast car and speedy motorboat
the forces Of the state were hurrying
to that dreary marsh. Police Captain
Kemp brought a strong body Of uni
formed police, but he and Manning
were agreeably surprised by a notable
accession of strength in the shape of
the company of soldiers who had spent
the early hours Of the night In vain
search for their lost captain.
The men were sure, of course, that
some evil had befallen their leader
since he would never have left them In
that mysterious fashion. They assum-
ed that he must have become stunned
by falling on a rock and, subsequent
ly, while making half conscious efforts
to regain the road, slipped into one of
the quagmires with. which the place
abounded.
Manning's assurance that their cap
tain's fate would be cleared up by an
assault on the deserted house was re-
ceived at first/with incredulity.
"Why, sir" said a noncommissioned
officer, we've searched every inch of
that ruin. 1t contains nothing but
rats"
you're not far wrong" was the bit
ter answer. But the rats we shall
now dig out from its foundations are
OF a peculiarly dangerous species. IN
less 1 am mistaken we shall find there
is nest of Chinks and Malays, and
every man among them is criminal Of
the worst sort. Tell your men to be
ready with both rife and bayonet
They must take as many prisoners as
possible but any man who resists or
tries to escape must be shot or stabbed
without hesitation"
The astonished soldier saluted. 1t
was easy to see that he remained quite
incredulous, but he arranged his men
In a Gordon and closed in behind the
police. At that very moment May
Manning ran up.
Day was breaking. and a cold. clear
light rendered all things visible within
a sufficient radius to prevent even a
rabbit from slipping through the ever
narrowing ring unseen. The ruined
house remained silent as the grave. yet
by this time Manning was so cognizant
of Ali Singh's methods that he was
sure OF many stealthy eyes marking
the advance Of the troops. Nor was
he mistaken. May was sent to the
waiting cars, and the attack began at
once. AS the first policeman dashed
up the steps leading to a tumbledown
veranda shot rang out, and the man
fell with bullet through his shout
der. That tocsin of war astounded the