The Washington times., 1919-03-02


Dressed slouchify, Fuller and Snyder
Iounged Ieisurely up the alley. They
paused TO rest near the passage-way
leading into the basement OF the ho-
tel. Soon they. were joined by the
figure of the fireman on duty at the
furnaces with whom they had become
chummy, hoping thereby to have a
means Of entrance and egress 70 the
hotel in case of need. .
"It's a cold, raw night, bo," said
Snyder, ''and this Is some burg for a
guy who wants q little something to
cheer him up.3
To this the fireman assented surlily.
He was tired and besides had been on
a bat the night before. He would
have staked his right hand for swig
of whiskey. Fuller and Snyder took
turns in kidding him along and rous-
ing his thirst. When the suffering
fireman had been sufficiently led on,
Snyder slyly produced a bottle OF
bootleg whiskey and the three men
proceeded to drink II up
Suddenly. soft footsteps could be
heard padding along the alley over
head. Fuller swiftly reached the man
hole and peered outside. IT'S WI
Tsang," he whispered, in an aside to
his companion. I'll get him as he
passes and well do him, down in this
hole" Walt a minute" hastily inter
jected the more crafty Snyder. You
fool Don't you sec, he's going after
the swag; he's got to come back this
way and Mr.. Chink will bring it to us
like a nice little boy. Then, well,
guess we can find means OF disposing
Of him." and his glance stTayed to
the hot furnace glowing in the semi
darkness of the interior. The figure
approached so closely to Fuller'5 head
that he could have grabbed IL by the
legs, then suddenly jumped for the
coping and commenced to climb up
the wall with marvellous dexterity.
AS Wu Tsang dropped out of sight
the astounded Fuller, who was about
to pounce upon him, quickly recover
ed himself, and spTang into the man
hole after him. Shocked by the eX-
plosion Of the nut and his sudden
fall, WI Tsang. struggle however he
might, was no match for the desper-
ate man who believed he had the
precious formula in his possession.
A weird light seemed to shoot
out from the eyes of the Cinnamon
and his lean, yellow hands waved
mystic undIIations before the face
of the still form of Fuller, who seem
ed as one stricken with nerve
paralysis, falling slowly to the floor
and even as Snyder sprang to Full
lers aid, the Oriental fixed him with
a brain stupefying gaze and he, too.
sank inert.
WI Tsang gazed for a moment on
his victims, now apparently slumber-
ing peacefully then raised himself
through the man-hole. He made a low
Kissing sound through his teeth, re-
peated several times. Four Cinnamon
came at the peculiar half-run Of the
Chinese, up the alley. 1t was the work
of a moment to transfer the hypno-
tized men to the aIleyway. At another
signal from WI Tsang a large purple
touring car. backed up. Placing the
unconscious men in il the party of
Cinnamon sprang into the machine,
which shot forward with a burst of
speed turned the corner on two
wheels and sped up Pennsylvania ave-
nue..
Securely bound, ,SFuller and Snyder
were placed on a divan in the un-
derground torture chamber of WI
Tsang.
"Dogs of a palIid breed." hissed
the enraRed Chinese. "May the graves
of your ancestors he despoiled and
dishonored! You have dared to inter
fere with plans OF a Mandarin OF
China. When my fOrebears ruled
over the richest province Of the
Flowery Kingdom. in the year Of the
Great Monsoon, the Poet Liu told of
the snow-faced savages 10 the West
Did he not say, And the white
leopard shall clash with the yellow
tiger, but the tiger, being old with
cunning and guile, shall prevail in
the endT"
He turned and spoke in a rapid,
gutturaE speech to the yellow thugs.
They hastened to carry out his or
ders.
As the executioners sprang at Fuller
and Snyder a shrek penetrated the
murky interior. Madeline had rolled
on her side and was taking IN ths