The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-04-15

AS Sharpe is dropped through the
trap into the fire death of the Chinese
temple he grasps the rope that Anne
has dropped from the oom above and
with the Celestials shouting, throwing
knives at him and trying to prevent
his escape, he climbs up and out of
danger. The Chinese leave a guard
in the temple and go to the door of
the floor above. Sharpe and Anne have
%barricaded it. They batter it down and
Sharpe is forced to make another en-
trance into the temple. By a ISL he
holds the Cinnamon in the room above
long enough to get down thru the trap
in, the ceiling and he overpowers the
two guards.
He has a hard fight but knocks them
out. He obtains the jewel case and
secretes it in the idol, taking the jew
els with him. With all doors locked
he finds a secret passageway that
leads to Nest 1 of the Crime Trust.
He gets a good start but the China
men discover his means of escape and
follow. Iron Hand and Potsdam pass
Sharpe on their way from Nest 1 to
the temple: In the darkness and in the
Chinese clothes they do not know him.
Sharpe hides the jewels at the bottom
of a we'll underneath the nest.
. He hears them, coming along the
passageway from the temple and see
ing no way of escape he goes into Iron
Hands headquarters in the nest and
taking off his robes, he sits down and
light a cigarette when Iron Hand,
Potsdam, Wong Ii and the gang enter.
Iron Hand is amazed. Sharpe smiles
is q cool manner. The mob of Chinese
demand that Sharpe be given up to
them and they are about to tear him
from limb to limb. Iron Hand stops
them as he remembers that Sharpe is
the only one who knows Of the where
about Of the Jewels.
Sharpe walks up to Iron Hand and
makes this request of him for q chance
for his freedom. "Clear your friends
out, get q knife like this and we will
fight it out mar to man. The survivor
takes all" Still the Chinese clamor
for his life. Iron Hand hesitates and
Sharpe sneers and chides him. Iron
Hands rage gets the better Of him
and he agrees to fight it out
"A slip of paper containing the To-
cation Of the jewels is placed on q
desk. It is to be Iron Hands guide if
he kills Sharpe. They then begin their
dnel Anne has heard Of the duel from
the Chinese. She secures q change Of
costume and in the garb of a young
Chinese girl goes to the scene Of the
duel. She gets into the roor, above and
thru a peerhole watches tire battle.
Sharpe drives the william into a cor
rer ard instead Of standing u and
fighting, Iron Hand presses a button
on the wall and several of the gang-
sters rush into the oom with drawn
revolvers Remembering the rl;p Of pa
ner Iron Hand orders his roen to shoot
Sharpe and starts across the room fo1
the paper. The detective grabs him
and uses him as q shield for the bull
let's. He crabs the raper, chews it ur
and swallows it * thew viii not find
out the secret Of the hiding rlace. The
dectective is captured and given over
to the Chinese. Anne provides hin
with a means Of escane. He does rot
recognize her. He breaks thru the
FLOR, reaches a sewer. Some Of the
Ch:nere follow.
Anne notifies Bledsonsard he ard 2
natrol start out to save hira- The
Chirese capture him ard lash him tt
tha r,ow cf a. rrctorfcat. The vince
II dashed. the errire r+arfed ard the
heat headed toward the rocks OF tn
cliff. Bledscn end tn cowbova arrive
"a zee the beat heading for the cliff
ERsed-or believes that Sharreis doora-
I'M. He lorkr for sore nrears ~ aid
him. He thinks sof the motor IA the