The Washington times., 1919-03-02

| launch, hoated by.
Unbinding Knowles and Henderson,;
the entire party loaded into the ma
chine and. proceeded YEARLY back TO
the hotel. The recent excitement and
the fact that the girl they all loved
was still in danger, madesthe forget
their jealousies. Leaving Mcguire
and his friends at the entrance, after
firm promise to call them when
needed, the three officers went up to
Henderson's room. There, Kimb2ll
produced the formula he had obtained
from the ring.
1--WE can do no more tonight"
| Knowles said. '"The tunnel Is flood
ed tOgethe1/ with the entire conduit
system OF /the city. and who knows,
perhaps Wu Tsang and Madeline ere
both drowned in that dan1nable tenn
pie. AS soon as day breaks we VIII
comb the entire city in force and res
cue Madeline from Wu: Major Pull
man will give US the aid, OF his entire
police force, and, IL necessary, we can
call on the military authorities, al
though as you know, none Of us 3fe
prepared to let this thing get pub
licity. 1t would be fatal to our plans,
even though it would cirSumvent our
antagonists" 20
Major Pullman" gaspfd KirAball
suddenly recollecting. e was TO
be at the water front with the police
launch. Ny God,-that explosion, the
wreckage in the tunnel! 1t looks as
If we must depend on our own ehorts
after ALL" -
"The thing to do now is to get some
rest" interposed Captain Henderson,
I'VE must, above all, guard. the
formula now in your possession
Kimbau Wu will most certainly sbe
after it. He must know by now that
you have his diamond ring. That
yellow devil who was throttling you
must have told him, unless WI is
drowned. which, somehow, have a
feeling he is not"
''I will put IL back in the ring and
sleep with it on my fingeFS declared
Rimball.
mot So" protested Captain Hen
derson, I'VE must find z a-better hid
ing place than that. Surely we three
white men can show the Oriental up
in cunning guile"
aI have It," cried Henderson. ut
is logical TO assume that WI, II he
comes after the ring, will come TO
KimbaIl's room. viii sleep there
instead Of him. Wu owes me dept
of gratitude for saving his life: and.
least not murder me, as he ntght
Kimbau. Meantime we Will hide the
paper as follows" He pressed the
button, and dinected the bell hop
Who answered TO bring him platter
of English Walnuts and a nut cracker.
The two other officers gazed on,
nystefied. Now Major Knowles,
Henderson said, bring in several of
those models OF hand grenades you
were showing me earlier in the day.
Major Knowles returned with several
small. round objects, studied with
sharp knobs, which he handled with
care. The grenade was his own in
vention and was intended for Use, In
the war. He had several models, on
l a miniature scale, filled with a small
quantity OF explosive, capable only OF
/ bursting the shell, to show the action
Of the explosive. Carefully the three
men opened several of the walnuts and
extracted their contents. Into each
empty shell grenade WIS fitted and
the two halves OF the shells glued
together.
Finally. selecting a walnut with a
/ large worm-hole, Henderson placed
therein the precious paper. The
walnut placed on the bottom of the
platter. The loaded walnuts were
carelessly scattered around on top.
Should any one by chance search
this room, I'll lay odds he will not
find the formula" Henderson said.
HE may get close to il, but / fancy
we will know it before he cracks
the proper nut"
Knowles and KimbaIl retired to
the adjoining room, while Henderson
partly undressed and lay down to a
fitful slumber. All three men were
prepared for the coming day, to
again take up the fight.
f =
WI Tsang reclined on a cushioned
couch. in the dreamy, Ssemi-conscioUs
trance Of the opium smoker OF long
indulgence. In his mind he had pos
session of the golden formula. which
would bring the magic wealth into
his grasp.
Once let him get back to China with
the formula safely in his possession
and there he would stay to rest his
bones at last with those OF his an
cestors.
The door swung open and, the
trembling figure Of the Chinese chsuf-
feur of the purple touring car was
led before him. In a few words the
PROSTATE wretch told him Of the re-
cent events and about the diamond
ring. kicking tho groveling China
man to- one side, WI rose from his
couch and strOde from out the room.
The girl might Wait This night he
would regain possession of the ring
and the formula Then he would fnd
a way to make this palefaced woman
talk and he would finally triumph.
r + 2 a.
CHnging like a cat to the coping
on the ledge outside the hotel. q sup
pie figure worked swiftly but surely.
It scratched a circular mark on the
window pane with a keen-edged, i'm
plement A small square section Of
court plaster was then firmly nxec
across TIE upper part OF the circle. A
few short taps served to detach the
segment of glass, which the court
plaster held like a hinge and kept
from falling. Slowly, the sinuous
hand Of the intruder worked its way
through the hole.
Gently then the window was raised
and the sinister, yellow countenAnce
Of WI Tsang was outlined by the
feeble rays OF the night light. In a
moment the Oriental was bending
over the sleeping officer, like sdme
night prowIing beast about to spring
upon it's prey. The recumbent form
tossed fretfully, disturbed even in
sleep. by the sinister spirit near
and the face Of WI Tseng softened
momentarily as he thought Of his
- fhe man