Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-05-03

swung away:
"You will receive your orders to-.
morrow" said Yuan Hee See rapidly
in Chinese.
A yellow face surmounted by a
wooden cap peered down from the deck
of the cruiser, and:
II hear, my lord" the man replied,
and disappeared.
There came whirr Of powerful en-
gines, a deep forceful churning, and
the gray streak shot away southwest,
swiftly to be swallowed up in morning
mist. The two rowers bent to their
oars.
Some distance up the little creek a
landing stage projected, and beyond
hut. At this landing stage the party
disembarked.
Yuan Hee See stood staring out
through the open doorway of the hut
until the men had carried in all five
boxes. A board was quickly pried up.
Of the floor, concealed trap, to be
lifted. Rough wooden steps led down
into darkness. The Chinaman watched
the boxes being slowed in their hidden
cellar. When the work was completed
and all traces Of this hiding place con-
cealed again:
Come" he said to the woman, I'VE
have no time to delay"
Perhaps half mile away, guarded
by clump Of funereal trees, a small
farm might be seen. The woman was
ill-shod for the journey, and chung to
her companions arm, silent and fret
full. Jo Lung walked behind.
They crossed weed-grown court
yard 10 Lung unlocked the door of
a brokendown barn.
There, a vision of blue enamel and
cleaning silver plate, appeared large
French touring car. 10 Lung disap
peared into the gloomy shadows of the
barn, while the others made themselves
comfortable in the car. When 10 Lung
returned, he wore a blue and white uni
form with a smart, peaked cap.
Paris" said Yuan Hee See
straight W UeuuquaFteIS.
u
1.-The fact remains said Dawson
Haig, there isn't a scrap of evidence
to connect the establishment of our
friend 10 Lung with the murder! If
we could have produced the notebook
it might have proved to be hang
ing matter for somebody. But, legally,
it's valueless as evidence"
Kearney nodded. They had just
finished lunch in a Strand grillroom.
He slipped his coffee thoughtfully Two
days had elapsed, and little or nothing
had been done.
Dawson Haig lighted a cigarette.
THAT 1t contained valuable clues is
proved by the steps taken to recover
it, But these clues, or what you and
can remember of them, frankly convey
very little. In the next place, | GER
tainly had a glimpse-a horrifying
glimpse-in your rooms, of the muir
derer of Norwich. But as you have
pointed out, my description might be
that of anything from a ghost to
wild animal!"
Kearney laughed. THAT'S true
enough" he admitted.
you have seen the medical report
on Norwich! The doctors agreed that
he was bitten by long, curved teeth.
SO far, no one has been able to
identify an animal possessing quite
such teeth.
i'm, ,hfr thr ,fn h iicb 20
Lung with valuable property stolen
from all over the world, with it's So
called burglar alarms, and other novel
features, must carry on as usual Ell
tirely undisturbed by Scotland Yard p
He looked up. his keen blue eyes
table.
"In spite of the fact that one of
the most dangerous criminals in the
world used the place as his London
base, and that some hired killer of
his murdered one of the best men in
Not to add that a consignment of
drugs, which may have been worth
several thousand pounds. was lying
about there under our very noses-but,
you may take my word for it, is there
no longer!"
THAT horrible laughter heard
would certainly point to the fact that
Yuan Hee See in person was at 10
Lungs on Friday night"
I'm almost certain" Haig snapped,
] "he was on the dock when the crates
| were removed from the Wallaroo! He
was the fur-coated man who slipped
through the gates just before spoke
to you He drove straight to 10
Lung's!"
He sighed, knocking ash from his
| cigarette.
'The remote possibility that he may
| himself be joining the ship. at Mar
seilles have dealt with, as you
know. Durham Is on board But his
| first message was admittedly not en-
c0uraging. 1t merely consisted of the
words Nothing to report take this
to mean that there is nothing sus-
picious about the occupants of the
cabins mentioned in those mysterious
notes"
Zone of which is Eileens!