The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-10

He went out without another word. As though fulfilling instructions all ready given, two men bound the prisoner in a box resembling a port able Turkish bath. The others vanished but the half-caste fingered and, although Cook could not stir, bent over him with scowls and curses. To the soldiers real amaze ment, no sooner were they alone than the mans manner changed.
 My name is Hong Kong Harry" he muttered "You will have heard of me from MT. Manning. Don't speak! I see it is SO. Trust me and I'll save you!'
 Cook smiled gratefully. and he was left alone But now. realizing that he had met a most unexpected friend, he was calmer, and so long as he did not struggle to free himself his bonds. though irksome, were not very painful
 The incidents which succeeded each other with a sort of lightning-lixe rapidity during the next few days were so varied and extraordinary that whole volume might be written on them alone. Tn this narrative they can only be vaguely adumbrated. while it is impossible to deal with them in their correct sequence.
 Ali Singh rasar1hlad t~er canrht in a net-a tiger whose sharp claws and sinews of steel could tear huge .,. xa,I baf7ed bv new folds The man seemed to be ubiouitous Never before had his agents been so numerous or so well informed, For instance. while Manring. Bronson and Kemp were scouting for vasuelv described car. whicf, thew ultimately connected With an importer of eastern curios, man rer,ed All Maznan. Ali Singh was not cniv nIenrir~ to marry Neila to Hong Kong Harry, and thus plunge her into misery forever. but had cor+rived +o locate Manning's new residence in West Ninety third street. The very tlav after this house was occnriAd Ali Singh rented dwelling exactly opposite. and actually fer- -r+ad tre r,,e ce himself with aswhole rang of his assistants, while the vacf,t on which Cook was held rrisoner was brousht up the Hudson ,nd ercho,ed o<f tho erd of +h c ;'f'ee
 Cook was given some narcotic and food dressed in fireman's clothee ana 1;terallv carried to Ali Singh's house, ss if in process of being rescued by lie friends after a drunken spree. vhen he came to his senses aRain be was lying in a cellar. bound as be- fore and intensely surprised by the chsrgA of environment.
 R,t he was not fated to remain in orie+ude that evening. From his pal Iet hA co,ld look through an open door into a nassa ee Rv this time he had cor,e +o recoeni7e the features of ,,,oet oe ,-;s iai1Ars. The rra io~ttv be- hevad witt, +~,,e orier+al stoicism.
 IToro Kore Hor-v had taken sev- e-aI orro~+,,r'+ias to ase,,~e hin, that hes,, vvo,,ld co,-,a h,,t hara w,era two rvs,ov,, I,a dreaded One was Ka+ishs +re oSoltcnre v1,o eee,,rnd +o ho+e ta,a v-hite races with a rnalirnar+ inten- ri+v. and the cther was the hroad- fa ced. ever-sr,'lirr Sato. the avjetor
 Somehow. this mans apparent good h,irnor conveyed a greater mera ce thar Ka+isha's frown. Cook under stood, though he could never explain why. that the sturdy little Jap would ,nu~der him instantly if ordered. and rrir while in the act.
 There was much coming and going in the passa geway. Evidently some- thing important was up A tele- phone was secreted in a sort of cup- board, and Ali Singh. whose tall and saturnine figure was not to be mis- taken. had used it several times dur ing the evening. Then Hong Kong Harry appeared, waved his hand to Cook and took out the telephone. eiy-