The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-12-09
SECOND EPISODE
"The Mutilated Hand
CHAPTER v.
"Ali Singh Strikes"

Manning understood the true in
wardness of All Singh's astound-
ing appearance In New York. If
ever man was dead and drowned at
sea surely this eastern adventurer had
been thoroughly disposed OF. Yet here
he was, not only alive, but actually es-
tablished In the United States in such
presumably secure position MS to
launch threats against financial lu-
minary like Mr.. Bronson!
The explanation of this seeming
contradiction. however, was simple
enough. The arch plotter had provid-
ed himself with double! At work In
the stokehold of the Moyitia was a
Lascar of unusually tall stature. This
man changed places with All Singh Mt
TIE required time. wore his princely
garments and conducted himself with
the same dignIfled rctlccnce which his
master had shown throughout the voy-
age. Moreover. he committed suicide
cheerfully Mt All SinGh's bchest.
Indeed. the gravest difficulty cncoun.
tered by the authorities In their fight
against the new anarchy was found In
the readiness with which It's disciples
sacrificed their lives In order to save
its arch priest.
1t was an easy matter for All Singh
himself, taking his turn with the other
begrimed nondcscrlpts feeding Goals to
the furnace, to cause the fire which
led to the scene described by the de-
tective.
Manning ascertained, too, that Malta
left Vassar hurriedly in compliance
with IN urgent summons from her I'M
Gle. Some OF her fellow students no.
:, ticed that she had been miserable and
ill at ease during many days, but she
Contldcd In no one, and her secret de-
/parture came as a surprise. Obvious
~ the training Of an American uni
versity and the close intimacy Of life
with American. girls of her own age
formed the worst possible prelude to
an active share In All Singh's nefari-
oussdesiSns.
Possibly the unhappy girl suspected
the worst. but the claims Of kinship
were strong, and gratitude, too. played
its part. since All Singh had met with
no niggard hand the necessary eX-
penses OF her college career. 1t might
DO assumed. of course. that she had
not the slightest knowledge of the real
nature of the campaign which the man
had undertaken.
Yet her heart must have quailed
when first she entered the rendezvous
named in his letters. All elbows OPT
lum joint was pre-eminent among the
unsavory dcns which cumber the east
side water front of New York. The
squat, tumbedown building seemed
only to contain wretched store, whose
dusty and fly bitten junk could not be
worth more than few dollars, all
told. The apartment entered from the
street was dark and forbidding and
evil smelling enough. but these I'M
pleasant features seemed only to be
accentuated by further progress. The
place was frequented by the lowest
type OF Chinaman and set OF white
wastrels whose sole aim In life was
to stupefy their senses by drugs.
1t was through such n doleful and
Iaffrighting environment that the girl
was led when she made herself known
ito All Chow. But genuine surprise
Awaited her. At the back Of the ten
cement and overlooking the East river
was a suit of apartments so spacious.
well lighted and luxuriously furnished
that the transition from the interior
ismacked rather OF necromancy than OF
everyday existence In staid New York.
Here, too. the girl found men Of
eastern mien and garb. gathered to do
homage to her uncle and apparently
anxious to treat her with the respect
and grave courtesy due to her lineage.
The one Earring note I'm n company
which might have come straight out
Iof the pages OF the ARABIAN Nights"
was struck by Hong Kong Harry, the
half caste whom Police Captain Kemp
had summed up very accurately as a
dope iend.
This degenerate possessed that I'M
Usual combination Of personal attri-
butes. an unsound mind In a sound
body. Although his brain was afro
pbied ny stimulants and narcotics, his
slight but perfect physique had not
yet given way to the poison. In hap
pier circumstances he might have be-
come an athlete of international fame.
He, Of course, affected to despise the