The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-19

| cd for his feats in the gymnasium, seized 1t without a moments hesita- tion and ieaped out.
 AS his body curved toward the ground a shot was heard, and Kemp had the modification of seeing the man drop and crumple up. There was more shooting among the trees, and Kemp, rendered desperate by the mo- tion that Ali Singh might again elude him, bawled out contradictory orders and useless questions. He bade his men stand fast and shoot at sight any one who attempted to break through their line and in the same breath di- rected them to search the garden be. meath, There was much running to and fro and spasmodic shooting among the shadows, but the revolver shots rang out at ever increasing distances, and species of foreboding gripped the hearts of the three men who were so keenly set on the master miscre- ants capture and destruction.
 When the tension became unbeara- ble they left the girls in charge of some policemen and raced downstairs. Soon they found themselves in the midst of a. veritable crowd of police. many of whom were wounded and some seriously injured.
 At least half dozen Asiatics were stretched on the ground lifeless or in. sensible, and twice as many prisoners were already handcuffed in pairs. But there was no Ali Singh among themi
 KnrnD TO 0ad IiIya ry.- usually placid temperament yielded to the strain, and he bawled lurid words which none of his subordinates had ever before heard on his lips. In truth, he was inclined to blame himself for the contretemps, feeling that he ought to have made sure of the prize the in- stant he entered the room, because he had been given just one glimpse of Ali Singh when the latter sent Manning reeling against the wall.
 Of course he would have taken ter rible chance in firing at that moment, ! because the two men and the girls were bundled together in a corner But, no matter who suffered. he ought to have stopped with a bullet the ca- reer of the criminal whose mere exist ence was a national peril. While he was alternately swearing at his men and himself and racing about an overgrown garden in furious speech, he met two detectives conveying Hong Kong Harry, since the half caste ran no small risk of being shot by one of the police who might not have recog- nized him.
 'It's no good Cap" cried Hong Kong Harry despairingly at sight of Kemp You've missed him Again. Thanks to that cursed Sato and his own good luck, he's got clean away
 "HowT demanded the infuriated Kemp.
 Tn an auto"
 Impossible Three of the fastest cars in New York are waiting to take up the chase"
 "Only one car was in that road, and it can't move with two front tires shot to pieces"
 Kemp rushed of. He meant to fol- low the trail in the two uninjured cars. But the half caste felt sure that the higher one would elude pursuit How often had the adroit scoundrel ex- tricated himself from even more threatening surroundings. Therefore was Hong Kong Harry sick at heart Were Ali Singh dead or a manacled prisoner he would have felt himself reasonably safe; but, as matters now stood, he realized that he would sure ly become the object of the higher ones signal vengeance, since there could be no doubting the identity of the traitor who had brought the hounds of the law to the conspirators' lair at such an opportune moment.
 Of course Margaret Bronson and May Manning were blind to every consider ation but the supreme consciousness that they were safe and in their lovers arms. Surrounded by dozens of stal- wart policemen it seemed almost in , conceivable that only a few minutes earlier they had been expecting to see Enrol Manning shot dead before their very eyes. Even when Najla, trem- bling and distraught, was escorted from a cellar in which she had taken refuge when the firing began. they could not understand why she should show every sign of terror at the news that Ali Singh was not captured. "Oh. even yet you do not know that , dreadful manr' walled the girl "He will bs worse than ever after tonights failure. He counted 50 surely on get ting MT. Manning into his power that his anger win pass all bounds. What want wrong7 It seemed to be impos- sfble that he should escape if Hong Kong Harry carried out the insruc tons gave him"
 Don't blame me, Najla," broke in the half caste furiously. "Tn suffer moro for this blundsr than anybody else"
 Manning, only too well aware that fate had cheated him badly in an hour : which promised magnificent achieve : ment, turned to Bronson.
 'It Is too badp' he muttered we ] had a grand chance, but 1t eluded us. } oncs more we have to face the Yellow Menaceg'
 T don't see any reason to howl" said , Bronson stanchly. We've whipped him again. We've got him on the run. } He's beaten, Errol, and he knows ik , Kemp may be at him now good an