The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-28

fsoitH W'fs ufuhAtfHfu ana fNs
door was opened. Out thru tn,
moving curtain OF fog shone the rec
glow from stove. A grotesau,
silhouette appeared outlined upor
the dim redness.
you wantchec me7" croonod Sir
Sin Wa.
Il do ripped Kerry. I've
called 10 look for opium"
He stepped past the chinaman intc
tho dirniy lighted room. on n tea
chest set beside the glowing stove
the little door OF which was open
stood n highly polished squat wooder
Image. Rilded and oolored red and
green. II was that OF leering Chi
naman. possibly designed 10 repre-
sent Buddha. and It's jade eye;
seemed 20 blink knowingly In Tho
dancing rays from the stove.
! "Sin Gin Was joss" murmuret
the proprietor. AS Bryce closed the
outer door. ME shince him up
makec jors glad. Number one piece,
joss"
Him. said Kerry. "sorry 20 In
terrupt your dcvotions. Light US"
Alice vclly plopcr." crooned Sir
Sin WA.
lie took mp the joss tenderiy and
bore II across the room. Opening q
little cupboard set low down near the
floor he discovered lighted lantern
This he took out and set upon tn,
dirty table Then he piaced tbs
image on a shelf in the cupboard
and turned nmilingiy 10 his visitors
II want TO see your wife, Kerry
said TO Sin Sin wa. Fetch her"
Sin Sin Wa turned his hands
palms upward.
Me no hab rotehee xtfee- no
murmured.
Kerry took one pace forward.
Fetch her" he said. sor-" He
drew a pair OF handouts from the
pocket Of his ollskln.
'syelly bad LUX" murynured Sin
Sin Wa. Catches tloubie for yifee
no got"
Kerry Bit savarr,y n, his chewing
gum. CHANGING aside AZ Bryce.
did you ever see his wifs-. n.
snapped.
mo. sir. didn't know he baa
one"
..So bah ro.ebec nu,urreS CT,
Sin Wa "she yeliv had woman"
Kerry stared nj him with an ex.
precision in which animal ferocl,v
and heiplexsn.rr wcro oddly blended
Then,
-rrvee- he ,at8 ~,,,v here I'm
going 20 search In. house.
VERY good dr.
Kerry turned ami, "a The China.
man
as thrr. anvon. un,.a,rx-- he IA.
mandcd.
.Sobosx hab Gin Gin w, al,
um.c lopcsou,a ca,che. shinum
him loss
Kerry dropned IN. hanseuffs baek
int IN. noekc, =, ,t. otistIr ara
,ook out an electric torch with
never another glance n, Gin Sin wa
n. went on, into the passar. ana
b~ran 20 uoun, IN. Stair rre..,,lv
finding bin.cI, h, room ,,f,ed
with all @orts Of unsayory rubbish
ana containing n large eunhoara He
uttered an exclamation Of triumph,
open the cupboard door. Before him
hung n row OF ragged clothes. Di.
rccting the ray OF the torch upon
the unsavory collection. he snatched
coats and hats from the hooks upon
which they depended and hurled
them impaiiently on the floor.
when the cupboard was empty he
stepped into II and began 10 bang
upon the back.
''lf ever | sounded n brick WALL
he muttercd. I'm doing II now"
Tap where he would. there was
nothing in the resulting sound to
suggest tina, that part Of the wall
behind the cupboard was less solid
than any other part.
Kerry descended the stairs. Snap
ping off the light OF his torch. he
stood feet wide apart. staring at
sin sin Wa. He turned suddenly TO
Bryce.
Go back and fetch two men," no
directed. II should never find my
way"
very good. sir.
Towards II o'clock that nigh, the
fog beran slightly 20 M, A. Kerry
crossed the bridge over I.Imehouse
Canal no could vaguely discern the
dirty water below.
Turning to the right. Kerry walked
on for some distance. He had made
n careful study of the geography OF
the neighborhood. and altho the fog
was still dense he found his way
without much difficulty to the street
for which he was bound. Some Is
PAGES along the narrow thorourhfare
no came upon someone standing by
a closed door set I'm a high brick wall.
Kerry took out his torch and shone
n white ring upon the smiling coun-
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