The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-08

who preyed on humanity.
 Manning deprecated any prolonged discussion.
 ''We are only guessing at the best, , he said despondently. T must see Kemp and carry on an even more ac. tive campaign. If only we could find that motorboat in which Hongkong Harry escaped or lay hands on the half caste himself should feel more satisfied. Are you two going out?"
 "Yes," said Margaret. We shall be in your car, and we do not intend to leave the main streets"
 | That's all right" nodded Manning. 'I don't wish to alarm you, but com mon prudence suggests that no precau- tions should be relaxed now" The girls went off in the car, and Manning rang up Kemp. He had made an appointment and was descending the steps with Bronson when a detec- tive met them and announced that the police were still conducting an active search for both Hong Kong Harry and the launch.
 That's good" said Manning. q was just talking to Mir. Bronson about that very thing"
 | The man saluted and withdrew. As they turned into the road Manning and Bronson were surprised to see the car coming back. Najla was the first to alight. She was greatly agitated.
 "Oh, MT. Manning" she cried, q am sure we were being followed by an automobile containing some of All Singhs men,"
 Manning glanced down the long road.
 "There is no other car in sight now" he said.
 "No; they left us as soon as it was i obvious that we were coming home" | "Well," he said, "the fact only bears | ago. You are safe here, and 1t is al most impossible that you should be at 1 tackled in Central park or Fifth ave nue. Be careful. Keep your wits about you and trust no one whom you | do not know"
 l The girls decided not to pursue the contemplated shopping expedition that morning. They would remain at home | with May. So the men left them with | an affectionate farewell At the very | last moment some vague foreboding seemed to stir Manning.
 q think,' he said gravely, "you had better keep close indoors while Will lard and I are out. Perhaps this trag- | edy of Senator Stevens death may be 1 oJ1 I,yvi ho Iox
 All three girls promised compliance | To make up for lost time the men took | the car.
 | No other unpleasant incident marred that bright morning. After long con- sultation with Kemp, Manning and Bronson went home for luncheon. The meal was just ended when the tele- phone rang. and Manning announced elatedly that the missing motorboat had been located on the Jersey shore of the North river.
 l "We are to join Kemp and the police at once," he said. "Now, girls, be good and maybe we shall soon all be happy!'
 l Two hours later the telephone rang Margaret Bronson, smiling, picked uL l the receiver. Her shriek of dismay brought May and Najla running to hel side.
 l "Oh, listen to thisw she walled. MT l Kemp says that there has been an au tomobile accident at Tappan. Errol and my brother are injured. He says, Come at once. Police chauffeur will bring you here.'"
 "Of course we'll go with you," sobbed the distracted May.
 | The butler was instructed to keep a sharp eye for the police automobile, and the girls had hardly donned their street attire when the machine was announced. Sure enough, man in of fcial uniform arrived. None of his distraught passengers noticed that he was somewhat careful to keep his face averted.
 Najla kept her wits about her better than the others. For one thing she, poor creature, was not flying to the side of an injured lover; for another the eastern temperament is fatalistic.
 Be that as it may, Najla was the one who discovered that, although the sup posed official automobile was disre- garding the city's speed regulations during a swift rush north, another car was following in their wake and held within distance of a hundred yards or so through every twist and turn of the road.
 Her suspicious once aroused, she gave closer heed to the policeman chauffeur Somehow the shape of the back of his head, the very set of his shoulders, suggested horrid doubt Unquestionably he was not cast in the mold of the average well built and athletic New York policeman. Yet she forced herself to be calm, realizing the folly of any precipitate act. When, however. the man turned his head at bend in the road and stole swift look at the pursuing car she recognized the features of a Mongol and knew then that her worst fears were Justi fled. But she did not lose her self con trol. Hastily untying her motor veil she whispered to Margaret Bronson who sat next to her:
 T have been thinking for some min utes that we have fallen into trap l I am quite sure now. Our driver is one of Ali Singh's men, and there are probably others in car behind us"
 Margaret, despite the terror which