The Monmouth inquirer., 1919-09-25


trance, and in so doing looked into a
pair of cool blue eyes.
Gentlemen" said Miss Lucille,
this is Mr. McKabe, of the China
town plain clothes Squad"
McKabe nodded his head and
perched himself on the edge Of chair
fidd1ing with his battered derby.
9TH young lady has given me the
lay" he began. Now just what'jer
want to do?"
Dual, who had lifted himself to at
tention, upon the entrance of the de-
tective, Immediately answered:
1--WE want to find this girl and as
sure, her safety, and we want the as
sistance of your people. and as time is
an important factor. we want to act at
once. If you already know the main
details, you can suggest the proper
moves"
McKabe frowned, placed his hat on
a table close beside him and locked his
wfry fingers about one knee.
"From what Miss Foot told me 1
reckon the best bet would be to try
and glimpse this Greek Annie, whom
you think brought the girl from Salt
Lake If we can cross her trail most
like it will strike somewheres pretty
close to the girl. There's just two
places where l think we'd be most
likely to pick her up-one is the Pa
cific Avenue dumps-what most folks
call the Barbary Coast, an the other is
the Chinatown District.
"The last is the best, because right
now most of the avenue places is pref
ty quiet, an they amt pullin' much
rough stuff over there. But the chinks
always have KEEP US guessing, an I
guess they always will. Lately these
white slave people have been maxim
A good deal of use of them, too. Only
last summer we dug out six girls what
a ehink was holdin', an sent them
back to their people, an at that we
couldn't git a conviction. The chink
brought a dozen witnesses to prove the
girls was boardin' with him, an we
couldn't prove it wasn't so. Of course
we knew all right, just as we did when
we grabbed three girls a Teller was
shipping out to China often vessel.
That's the way they work it. Girls
what lays down easy they keep here
and send out over the country. Them
as won't they're beginnin' to send out
of the country"
"But how do they git by with that
sort of thing right under our eyes?"
inquired Colonel Mac.
Under our feet would be a better
way to say it, my friend" said Nc
Kabe. Were wise it's goin' on, but
stoppin' it's like the old recipe for rab-
bit stew-frst catch your rabbit. An
they're just like rabbits. Folks will
tell you that the new Chinatown is a
sort of model settlement with the
worst features of the old one left out
a. sort of expurgated edition, but
that's cause they don't know. When
they rebuilt they was told to cut out
all them underground passages an
dives an that sort of thing-but did
they? I'm askin' you. an the answer
is: they done what they pleased.
"There's miles of them runways
they're worse than any rabbit-burrow.
They can git a girl or a dozen down
there an then you try an find them.
Everything is snarled up like puzzle
picture. They can move them girls
ten feet, an anybody huntin' them
will be as far off as they would in
New York, so far as findin' them goes.
Oh, it's sweet game!
''Of course we have dug some of
them out, but God knows how many
we missed Still we kin try. That's
why they sent me. I know Chinatown
pretty well, an l understand bit of
their lingo l spend lot of time up
there, an most folks think I'm just a
professional guide That's my lay.
an l amt been uncovered yet. So if
you'll take my advice, I'd say, let's
cover the town, an maybe we can
fasten on this Salt Lake agent.
He reached into pocket, drew out
the badge of Chinatown guide and
pinned it on the breast of his coat.
81 quite agree with you, Mr.. Nc
Kabe," Dual assented. in keeping
with your suggestion / would advise
that we go as a party, seemingly, of
tourists under your leadership. Miss
Foote must go along, at all events, to
Identify the woman when we meet
her, and Colonel Sheldon and Mr..
Reich know the girl"
McKabe rose.
you're runnin' the show" he re-
marked "We may as well set out"
"And I suppose" sneered Reich,
that you think this woman you're
hunting is going to walk up and let us
see her Do your" He turned to
Dual.
"That is exactly what I do sup
pose" Semi replied. GAS to her Volt
ton m the matter, that is a different
affair. At present, however, she has
no reason to believe that we are in
the city, and will feel no special need
for keeping concealed. Now think
we are ready. Comet"
He moved toward the door,
We left the hotel and McKabe led
us through Union Square, where the