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Miss Pearl White. Elaine Dodge
Mr. Arnold Daly "Craig Kennedy"
Tha rimoui Solantlfle Detective of Fiction.
Mr. Edwin Arden Wu-Fang
The Chinas Master Criminal
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The New York police are mystified by
a eerlca of murders ana other crime.
'I he pr!niial cine to the criminals In a
warning letter, which ta sent the vic
tim, aliened with a "clutching hand"
'the latest victim of the mysterious aa
Miiiln is Taylor lodtfe, the wealthy In
surance president. Ilia daughter, Elaine,
employs Craig Kennedy, the famous
aclenllfio detertlve, to try to unravel the
mystery. What Kennedy accomplishes
Is te"l hy hla friend, Jameaun, a mi
parser man.
fcseh chapter deals with a new plot
against the lives of Kennedy and Klalne,
but each time the master criminal is de
feated hy the marvelous skill of Ken
nedy. At last Kennedy ulscovers tun
Clutching Hand to he Klnlne'a trusted
lawyer, Heniictt. Ills Identity known, he
ll-es to the den l a Chinese criminal,
who had arslHled lilm In many of hl
criminal operations.
After tho Chlnemnn forces ISennett to
tell the secret hiding place of hl. stolen
wealth, he iflves him a potion which will
suiend animation for months. In this
unconscious state Kennedy eees'Henriett
and eiipposos him dead. It Is the cun
ning displayed by these Chinese crimi
nals In preventing Kennedy from IncatinK
Mnnett s fortune that brings new per
ils to Klalne,
Wu r'anK had first decided to kill
Klalne, as his revenue for the act of
Kennedy, who had prevented him from
taking Bennett's wealth. Instead ha re
ceives from a Chinese coolie vial con
taining the African ticks which carries
the deadly recurrent twver. Ho sends
Klalne home mu-h to her surprise.
While Kenntdy and Janxtaon rush from
the laboratory to greet Klalne Wu Fan
and Long Hin enter and infeot the tele
phone. Kater Kennedy and Jamoson are
near death front the fever, being saved
only by Kennedy's discovery and tho
help of Elaine and a socialist.
CHAPTKR XIX.
The Delude of Death
In an opium den down tn a' cellar In
the heart of Chinatown. Long 8ln lay
in a bunk contemplating what form
of revenge ha might suggest to lilt mas
ter, Wu Fang.
About him were many Chinese, and
even white men, ail dreaming dreams of
the great things they would do, dreamt
uhlrh wnM HltfMlnntrvl Intn hr. un
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as the drug In tho pipes which gave 1
them their shadowy forms.
Hop Ling, the proprietor, was Just
about to hand Long Sin a pipe with a
half-cooked pill when a well dressed
while man entered and atood (axing
about. The other occupants of tho room
eyed him with suspicion and Long Bin,
catching sight of ,hlm as Hop handed
him the lpc, Joined In the general scru
tiny. "Hee, a white devil," ho muttered to
ilop tinder hla breath, calling hla atten
tion to the stranger.
' Ilop Ling moved forward and accosted
the newcomer. "Why does the white
nan visit ua?" he asked suavely, though
coldly.
"I am Jack bprague, the aviator," re
plied the visitor, still looking about. "I
smoke the stuff for my , nerves. Come
across with a Pipe. Bona"
Hop considered a moment, then at a
nod from long Bin whoso -opinion ha
valued highly, led Bprague over to an
empty bunk iivaiby. .
long Hin continued to eye the stranger
critically. Finally as Pprugue settled
hlinm If, the fhiniiinau pulled himself out
of hla bunk and moved to the airman,
"How are you," greeted Iong kiln In
Kngllch.
It was fprague's turn now to be sus
picious of lxing Hin with hla sinister face.
"You are an aviator?" pursued the
I'hlnanian. ,
Hprague nodded. "You said It," he re
plied In laconic alang.
"You fly for money?" Insinuated Long
in. .
"You bet enough of It, returned
Hprague now Interested. i
Iong Kin aquaMaJ down and they talked
and smoked. Half an hour later. Jack
Hprague, hla nerve restored and hit
cupidity aroused by the promises of Long
Hin. accompanied his new friend out of
the hop Joint.
They passed Jhrough the narrow streets
of the Chlnvae quarter and finally en
tered what looked like a squalid tene
ment. There Lung Bin nodded and
whispered to a servant, and a moment
later were admitted to an ante-room of
Wu Pang, the aerpent.
"Master. bowed Long Sin a Wu re-
telved him. "I have here a man whom
'e luay use."'
Wu nodded graciously to Hprague, whil
hit slave bent down and whispered la hli
ear tn deep gutturals, moving hla hanJ
In expressive circlet through the air Wu'
brow clouded, but at last ha seemed t
catch the Idea.
"You mean, then, that ha flies?" I
asked.
lxmg Hin nodded. "Not only does hr
i fly, master." ha amid, "but from his
aeroplane be can drop anything and hit
a mark."
H made a motion with spread fingers
as though a botnb bad been thrown out
Into the air and bad burst.
"Coma w 1th roa," beckoned Wu to
bprague. as ha put oa hit street clothes
to go out.
Somewhat earlier In tha day, Lieutea-
nt Wttert of the army, who had al
rtady interested Kennedy In a new eg
plosive of hit own Invention, trodlte, bad
rvued t'ralg to visit the fort on fcuten
Maud at which be wat stationed, and
'! had taken Klalne down on a v'slt.
Tii'-y nw about everything that was
to be seen, hut the thing that Interested
Kennedy mott was, of rourae, the ex
plosive and the handling of It. In a
storeroom of the fort, not the regular
magazine hut a large building that wat
being used temporarily, the party paused
i moment to watch a number of Soldiers
wheeling In packages from a railroad
aiding near tho fort, handling the ttuff
vtry carefully.
Klalne picked tip from a pile on a table
a peculiar pointed Instrument wl'h a
weighted head.
"That Is one of the new aeroplane ar
rows that are being used In the i.uro--ean
war," explained the lieutenant.
"How Interesting," remarked -Klalne.
How are they used?"
I.leuteaant Waters picked up one and
threw It on the floor, it stuck In the
wood, quivering.
They stood for a moment chatting, then
passed on until at lust "they came again
tr. tho entrance to the grounds of the
fort, where a eentry, pacing back and
forth, saluted.
"Thnnk you so much," said Elaine as
she gave lieutenant Waters her hand.
"Tea, Indeed," agreed Craig. "We have
had a most Interesting visit. l( the
Way, lieutenant, come to my laboratory
tomorrow morning. I would like to show
you one or two very novel effects that
I have been able to get from your In
vention." "I shall be delighted," returned Lieu
tenant Waters, as they parted. .
Just below the gste, on the slope, wat
pile of pipe. None of the party noticed.
hut In one of the pipes, lying flat on hit
stomach, waa a short, undertlsed China
man, ona of the emissaries of Wu Vang,
Hlng Loe by name. With keen ear he
was listening eagerly to all that Ken
nedy aald.
No sooner had Craig and Hlalne disap
peared than King Lee, watching hla
chance while the sentry's back wat
turned, crept out of hit hiding placa and
darted behind another shelter further
along.
Ha kept It up ur.tll at Ui he was out of
sight of the sentry, shadowing Klalne and
Craig.
I waa busy pounding out a atory for the
Rtar when Uralg, having left Klalne at
the Dodge house after their vslt to the
fort, returned to the laboratory.
"Hard at It. I see. Walter," he greeted
at he entered, ruffling up his hair play
fully. . 1
"Well, I'm glad to see somebody happy,"
returned; for I had been wrestling hard
with the Kngllsh language and waa tired.
He threw off his coat and drew on his
arld-etalned smock, then went over to
the window to take up a test which hit
trip with Klalne had Interrupted.
lie went back to the laboratory table
where he waa holding a steaming tube
In the flame of a bunsen burner, whllo 1
continued to hammer the keys. At the
liquid In the tube boiled up It exhaled i
cloud of vapor and Instead of withdraw
ing Jt he let it boil.
"What'a the matter?" I snked. watch
ing him.
"Nothing." he replied absently.
Hot I know that ha waa day dreaming
of Klalne.
I roeo and lighted a cigarette. ( At I
struck the match, 1 happened to glance
out of the open window. There In the
sunlight. I could so what looked like
the reflection of a mirror across the
street In an empty loft.
Ouch!" I cried, at the match burned
down to my flngera.
Well?" demanded Cratg Impatiently
at the breaking up of hla reverie. "What's
the matter with your' '
I,ook out of the window. Crala."
cried, excitedly, moving oer i'!um.
him and taking hla arm. "I believe so
one it watching ua from that empty 1
acros the ttreot."
Walt a minute." ha cautioned, now
thoroughly alive to the situation. "Htoop
down. We'd better not bo seen looklns
over.
At we dodged out of the Una of vision,
Kennedy seised the periscope which we
had used often before and put its Jointed
cctlons together. On hands and kneea
we started acroaa tho floor until we had
come directly under the window.
Craig raised the periscope slowly and
gated through It. There, sura enough, as
I had guessed, in the loft of the old
warehouse down tho street could be aeea
the reflection of the lenses of a pair of
Klasaea In the sunlight. In surprUe wa
rept back and stood up.
"What to It, do you think?" I asked.
"What ehall we dor'
Kennedy did not answer, but contin
ued to revolve the strange thing la hit
nlnd.
The fact wat 'that no anoner had Craig
ntered tho laboratory than the same
living Blng Lea who had fallowed hla
very movement at the fort, came cau
lously down the street Ha stopped be
fore the laboratory, paused a moment.
then went on.
A moment later tho young Chinaman
bad entered the empty loft diagonally
acroaa tho street from ia. Locking the
door carefully, ha went to the window
and cautiously peered out.
Then ba went to a cupboard nearby
and opened it. From a ahelf he took a
pair of opera glaaaea and returned to
the window, leveling thera at our labora
tory and searching Intently. . Thera ha
could aee Kennedy at work by the win
dow, starting his experiment.
Ping Leo waa atlll gating through tho
glaaaea out of the window whea ho heard
soma ona approaching Ida ontaide door.
A abort, a long and a thort tap. the se
cret code, told him that It waa his mat
ter, the Rerpent. himself.
Let Jumped to the door and rung It
open. Wu Fang, fallowed by Ixng Pin
and Hprague, entered.
"Where It Kennedy; It he there?" de
manded Wu.
"Yes aee master." returned the young
Chlntmn, turning toward the window.
They all moved over and took up the
field glasses In turn.
"Where has he been today?" queried
Wu.
i "At the fort on Staten Island with the
white girl and a man, Lieutenant Wa
j tert. They are coming to the workshop
across me sxrrri tomorrow w e-w umn
western maglo with a thing named
trodlte that explodes "
At the word "explodes," Wu glanced
quickly at Bprague.
"I have a plan," he remarked at.Mly,
catheiing them all about Him and as
signing separate partt to each at he out
lined It.
That night at the fort all wat quiet.
In the railroad yards nearby stood a
freight train on a tiding where it had
Imii drilled late, loaded with a fresh
consignment of the new explosive, tro
dlto, from the mills.
A sentry was pacing up and down the
clndera beside the train when a very
tretty girl made "her way along the
tracks.
"ffan you tell me the way to tht trol
ley?" the aaked.
It waa a perfectly ilmple question But
tere waa no mistaking the look she
gave him. Xt was Kllrty Florrle. Bhe
did not want the trolley. Hhe. wanted to
flirt, and she used her eyea effectively.
"Two blocks to the left, madam," tho
sentry returned, setting hit face sternly,
for he had a aweetheart quite the equal
of Flirty.
"Are you . a man?" Flirty taunted,
piqued at her failure.
He heaitated, not knowing just what
to do, then taking discretion to be the
better part of valor, shouldered hit mus
ket and resumed 'his measured tread
back and forth, while Flirty with a
grimace at him disappeared toward the
trolley.
But while Flirty had engaged hla at
tention, 8lng I had come out of, a
hiding placa near the yard and man
aged to tneak back of the ahadow of the
can. '
Between two of tht' cart aat a detect
ive of the aecret tervloa, smoking and
hating hit Job. The Chinaman had
paased the first line of detente. He now
managed to tneak up behind tho tecond.
Ha raited a Chinese club and brought it
down on the head of the unsuspecting
detective, knocking him. out.
The sentry paced by on tho other tide
of the train. Quickly, after he paaaed,
the Chlnainna went through the detec
tive's pockets until finally ha found a
bunch of keys, lie detached ona from
the ring and, still keeping tn tho thadow
at the sentry, paced up arid down, looked
stealthy about until he saw a chance,
then unlocked -the door of the car, and
entered, closing It aafely. .
A few mlnutea later, laden with at
much of the trodlte aa he could well
carry and a bundle of heavy aero arrows.
he stole awty as silently aa. he had
conic.
It waa well after midnight when Ken
nedy and I were preparing to leave the
laboratory. I waa Jutt about to twitch
off the llghti when Kennedy raised hit
hand to stop me.
The Xaraway look on hla face told ma
thnt he had heard a peculiar noise. Ho
looked quickly at the celling.
"Listen, Walter," he cautioned.
I did. There was a nolae above ua on
the roof, apparently aa though tome ona
had slid off.
Craig ' twitched out the light himself
and went quickly over to the table where
he had left the periscope. Carefully put
ting it together again, ho tiptoed over to
the window, put the periscope out and
slowly raised It to the roof.
W gated through the eye-piece. A
isige wnue circle naa been painted on
our roof.
"What doea It meanr' I queried.
Kennedy waa In a brown aiudy. Sjd
denly he clapped hla hand.
"1 think I have It." he exclaimed.
"auar. lane this turpentine. Oo up
d scrub the circle out. if you need
re, get It. Only, remove every trace
the circle."
! took the turpentine and a ttlff brush
hat wat lying on a table and went to
work.
hlle 1 waa scrubbing away for dear
life at the freah point on our roof. Ken
nedy secured a large can of white paint
and a brush and stealthily made his wa
to the rear of the old warehouse acroat
the street
it waa two stories high, and the loft
In which wa had seen the ellnt r th
sun on the glasses wre on a level with
the laboratory. A moment's reconnolter.
Ing wat all that waa neceaaary. Kon
in-ujr iuunu anea rrom which It waa
easy to get to the roof. There he set to
wora, too. immediately, painting a larae
circle on the warehouse exactly like that
on our own roof which I waa erasing.
w a went homo and I. at least, thought
utile mora about the matter.
Quite early the next morning, however,
we gov arouna to the laboratory aaaln.
to prepare for tha visit oe l.int. .,..
Watera In reaponse to Kennedy's cordis
invitation to witnesa the experiments
with trodlte.
Our speaking tuba sounded finally, and
I answered It It waa Klalne. Aunt Jose
phine and Lieutenant Watera, who had
all arrived at tha tamo time.
Most peculiar thing, Kennedy," re
marked tha lieutenant, after the greet
ingt wera over. "Wa bad a robbery
the fort last night op rather, not exactly
at the fort, for that would be impossible.
out rrom a freight car In tha yards.'
"What did they getr asked Craig.
"Some trodlte enough to blow up
bouse and soma of those aeroplane ar
row a."
"If m." oonaiderod Kennedy, gating ta
voluatarfly at tha celling. an thinking
doubtless of the white circle that had
been on the roof. "I think I snail bare
to come out and look It over. 'You hav
no Idea who did It?"
"Not a clue. I wished you would
over te tho fort"
"listen.." cautioned Craig-
Outside we could hear the buzz, as
though a plgantlc chadu were predict
ing warm weather. It waa a peculiar
sound and Kennedy seemed to recognize
It Instantly. He sprang to the window
nnd strained his eyes up at the sky.
"l.nok!" he exclaimed, pointing.
We crowded about the window. There
was an aeroplane pawing over the city.
Instantly I knew what It all meant
the robbery at the fort, the white circle
on our roof, the aeroplane.
"Craig," I whispered In alarm, "can't
we get out In time yet? They're going
to blow ua all up with an air torpedo."
Kennedy merely rhook his head.
"Walt!" ho returned por.fldently, "JuBt
watch that warehouse ever ther'?."
We rlvlted our eyes ou It. It was an
anxloua moment.
Already, had wc known It, Sing Lec had
quietly let himself Into tho loft, taken
tho glaasea from the cupboard, and
lovellcd them again at ut In the
laboratory.
Meanwhile, Sprag'ie, of whom we
learned later, had started his aeroplane
flying from his hanar In. tho suburbs,
and wat now speeding over the city. Aa
he pasted, he peered down, looking
eagerly for the target the white circle.
With one hand he graaped the levers
firmly, while In the other he held an
avlator'a bomb full of the deadly trodlte.
At hurt he taw the target a huge
whit circle on a two-story building far
below. With expert precision ho let go
the bomb and the deadly engine of de
struction swooped down.
Straight to Its mark It went.
The old warehouse across from us
rocked with tho detonation. It seemed as
If the whole top of It were blown to
pieces. '
Tho bomb that had been meaift to tle
ttroy the laboratory, by quick change
of the white circlet, destroyed tho hang
out and the emissary of the Serpent.
Hair an hour later, lxing Bin was ncr
vout'.y reporting to Wu Fang In the secret
den In Chinatown.
"That white dovil, Kennedy, haa de
feated ua again. Master," he raid de
precatlngly. "Again?" demanded Wu, hit facotlvtd
with anger.
"Yea, Master. He taw tho circle wiped
It out and painted a . new one on the
warehouse. The bomb fell, on that and
Sing wat j killed."
. "Soma ona shall pay for that," hissed
Wu.
A servant entered. ' V
"Ah that whlta bird-man It here now,"
cried Wu. "Show him in." '
Hprague had teen the e&plotlon and
the rending of the roof below him and,
mounting high in the aky, had circled
about and flown off. Unaware of tho
mistake that had been made,
ba had
Coma to receive hla pay.
I la entered; smiling confidently. But
they did not congratulate him aa he had
expected and ha stopped surprised. In
stead the two Chinamen glared at him
furiously.
'Wh-what't tha matter?" he managed
to blurt out
"Enough!'' thundered Long Sin.' "Why
you blew up the wrong house-and kjlled
one of tha trusted few."
"Wrong house?" repeated Sprague. "No,
no, J taw tho bomb strike within the
whlto (circle."
Wu Fang, in hit anger, had uncon
sciously been fingering the murderous
dirk on tbe table, now and then shooting
a ausptcloua look at Bprague, aa though
considering whether he had better kill
him. or not. Hprague wat now fully
alarmed.
Kennedy mutt have changed the cir
clet," he cried stoutly In detperation.
"Only that could have saved him," he
went on, pleading; "It waa a mistak.
Listen I will make It good." -
How?" demanded Wu, replacing the
knife to the evident relief of Hprague.
"If you will come with me, I will show
you absolutely."
A hatty conference of tha two celet-
tlala ended in their putting on their
street clothes, and they went out.
Far uptown, on the Eaat Side. Hprague
led them, until they came to a little ma
chine shop kept by a foreigner, Anton
Schmidt.
At Hprague led In Wu and Long Sin.
tho elderly and bespectacled inventor wat
at work at a bench.
"Good morning," Introduced Bprague.
"What can I do for you, gentlemen?"
aaked Shcmldt
"I wish you'd show us your gyroscope
ttablllxer," asked Hprague.
Schmidt proudly led them to a corner.
In an aluminum rate was a peculiar little
flying .wheel aet on gimbals to that it
could rotate in any plane.
Tha Inventor started It going.
"Preaa down on It," tuggetted Schmidt.
"Wu did to. Tbe uncanny little wheel
seemed actually to resent being forced
to move out of the plane in which It had
been started rotating. Try at they would,
they could not budge it. though It moved
readily anywhere, when not revolving.
It was a moat weird mechanical con
trivance. They watched It eagerly.
"You know," explained Schmidt to Wu,
"that when the gyroscope is started
routing in one plane, it tends always to
keep In thut plane."
"With that steadying my airship," put
in Hprague. "there will be no chance for
a mistake the next time. We can aim
perfectly."
"Of course," went on Schmidt, with all
the prlda of an Inventor. "It is enclosed
In this case in a vacuum when in use,
and there Is to little friction that It will
run a long time alone when tha power it
off.".
"Can It be placed on any aeroplane
on Spraguc'tr asked Wu.
"With very little trouble, air."
"I'll buy It. thaW agreed Wu. quickly
producing the money. "Have it packed
up. Hprague will give you directions
where to tend It"
Schmidt called aa assistant and the
gyroacope ttablllxer waa packed neatly
Into a box.
After the explosion lns tha warehouse, 1
Kennedy, thoroughly alarmed for tha I
safety of Klalne, had ordered me to ac- i
company her on another vitt to her:
couxln, alary Brown, at their estate.
Rockledge, near Lake wood, while he
stayed In the city to help Llemenant
Waters trace down the robbery at the
fort. If pnaalblc.
Thus it happened that that afternoon,
early, we were leaving the Dodge house
Klalne, Mary Brown, who waa In the 1
city, and myself In the Dodgo car.
Klalne waa easily reconciled to the
banishment now that the weather wat
fine, and decided to do a little sketching
In the country. Hhe had loaded nie down
with the pleasant burden of her painting
kit, sketch box, folding easel, camp chair,
and a large and gaudy sun umbrella.
Jenninva followed us to 'the car with the
luggage.
As we entered me car, we were all too
hnppy at the Idea of a holiday to notice
that " down the street waa another
young Chinaman, of the same tong as
Hlng I.ce, who had been killed by the
trodlte bomb. Ham Lee waa watching ua
Intentlv, moving up closer, but always
keeping In hiding.
We had all seated ourselves, and Jen
nings had gone back to the house, when
Ham skulked around bark of the car and,
serpent-like, as was- hit master, Wu,
wriggled over, crouching down In the
rcar of the top which waa down and
overhung the back of the car. There he
llstenod eagerly to our animated conver
sation. "Oo over tho Forty-second Street
ferry, Francois," directed Elaine to the
chauffeur. "Then we'll tell you Just how
to strike the best roads In Lakewood."
The apylng Sam waited to hear no
more, but glided quietly up the ttreot, aa
we shot down along tho avenue to the
ferry. .
It waa a delightful ride through the
fresh green country and we arrived at
Rockledge In good time, not very late
In tho afternoon. s'
Mary'a father, Wellington Brown, a
fine middle-aged man of the country gen
tleman type, welcomed ua heartily as we
drove uj.
Rockledgo Has a handsome estate and
the house was one of the show plaoea of
LLakowood. Accordingly Elaine loat no
time In taking advantage of tho recrea
tion In the country which aha bad prom
ised herself.
I had scarcely set down the art para
phernalia when she announced that she
waa going to use It right away. For sev
eral mlnutea I stood on the veranda
overlooking tho bright green terraces,
holding the sketching kit and tho, um
brella and admiring the view.
"You're starting early," a merry voice
called to me.
It was Mary Brown:.
"Yet," I explained. "Elaine wants to
get out Into the flelda- and woods, and
I'm waiting for her. "You haven't teen
her oh hero she la now."
Elaine came trippllng gaily out on tha
porch In the neatest of little aketchlng
i-oaiumes. ,
"Won't you join utr the aaked Mary.
"Thank you. I'm afraid I can't yet
Father haa got all tangled up In his ao
counta and I mutt help him straighten
them out. He alwaya doea that when
I'm not here to run the house."
M paraooi, I bantered, opening
tha guy green and white atrir .h.
I ehouldered It and paraded off with It,
""" Elaine followed laughing. Wo
wamea along tlowly, waving back now
men 10 juary.
It was the flrat real holiday I had had
ror some time, and I waa both happy and
proud to apend it with Elaine. Onlv th
abaence of Kennedy prevented ut from
naving tlfn gayest of times.
Here." the cried at last, "I'm going to
no a landscape, isn't that bit of hill
beautiful? I want you over thera like
that"
"Am I a landacaper I laughed, set
ting up the easel and atlcklng the um
brella in the toft earth.
"Not exactly," -ahe laughed, '"but I
want you to emphaslxe tho beauties of
nature byf contrast. Now will you ba
gOodr
I took a pose where
the started to aketch.
the directed, and
Outside lilt hangar a rough ahed with a
runway before It Sprague waa standing
talking to Wu and Long Bin.
l"See how they atlckr ho Bald, taking
one of the aeroplane arrows which tha
unfortunate Sing Lee had stolen from the
fort and throwing it down on tho run
way, where It burled Itaelf in the wood
and stuck there, quivering.
"You can Imagine what a force gravity
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elves them when they fall from a height,"
lie went on. "Those grooves keep them
always point down, and they are
weighted, too. Take a can of them,
empty It out. They spread like bird shot
You can t miss. And the one that strikes,
well good night!"
"Mater!" interrupted a low voice def
erentially. It wat Ham, who haa hurried to the
hangar after watching Elaine and the
rest of ua ride off.
"Well?" demanded Wu.
"The girl, with anbther, her cousin, has
gone with that alave of Kennedy to a
fiace they call Lakewood, acroaa the
river."
Wu, Ixng Sin and Sprague looked at
each other significantly a moment Then
they moved over to the aeroplane before
the hangar.
Though they did not know it, Ken
nedy had not been Idle. With the aid of
an agency of private detectives which he
often employed for routine Jobs, as well
aa the police and tome secret service
men, he had locatod and let a watch,
with hit characteristic thoroughness, on
every aeroplane hangar In and about
New York. .
Even aa the two plotters moved over
to tho aeroplane, one of Craig' a detective!
lay hidden directly under the runway
Into which Sprague had been dropping
arrows.
Out on the aviation field. In front of the
hangar, Sprague had dragged the aero
plane down the runway and there he
stopped to explain to Wu and Long Sin
the worklngt of the gyroscope stabilizer.
now encased in its aluminum vacuum
case, which Schmidt had delivered and
Sprague himself had attached to the ma
chine. .
"I'll make the flight to Lakewood
easily," he remarked, then, tapping tha
bundle of arrowt, confidently, added,
"and it won't be long before Elaine and
that fellow Jameson are settled, you
bet"
Wu had been much interested in tha
ttablllxer, considering how much it added
not only to the safety of the machine,
but the accuracy in dropping things
from it
"I shall go with you," he said at length
laconically.
Sprarue heaitated. He had not counted
on having a passenger. But he did not
dare to aay to, or oven suggest it
"Very well," he agreed, quickly. "Two
of ut will make it twice aa certain."
He climbed Into the machine and Wu
followed.
"Just twist Jt rapidly," he gave orders
to Long Sin and Sam, indicating how to
ttart the propeller. "Then get out of
line with the bladea. They throw grease
and stuff back with terrible force, close
up."
They did as he directed and tba rapid
staccato of the engine whose cylinders
stuck out like the spokes of a wheel told
of the starting. The two ' Chinamen
Jumped back. ' ,
Quickly and gracefully tbe aeroplane
ran a few feet along the ground, then.
like the great mechanical bird that It
was, rote lightjy In the air and few
away a little speck in the sky.
Kennedy's detective, from his hiding
place, had not missed a motion. As tha
aeroplane disappeared and the two China
men left the field, he crawled out and
quickly made his way down the road.
Meanwhlte, high over the country,
bprague and Wu were flytng, easily
picking out the general direction of Lake
wood. That waa easy enough. But to find
two particular persons In the country
Is not an easy job, even for an aviator
with a bird's-eye view.
People at Lakewood may still recall
the aeroplane that circled again and
again over the town and the beautiful
estatea. Sprague finally located Welling
ton Brown's, but Elaine wat not there
and there was no use wasting the pre
cious arrows on a.ny one else. Wu peered
about eagerly through a field glass.
"There they are over on that hillside."
he muttered with a low, gutteral ex
clamation. fcfure enough, they could see Elaine
under the umbrella quite conspicuously,
with myself nosed tome feet away. ,
"Hurry speed It up." urged Wu of
Sprague, Indicating the exact spot.
Kennedy had hastened out to the fort
eVen before our departure, and there he
had met Lieutenant Watera With soma
other officers and several soldiers, be
npIoi4
With Kdwln Arden as
s if m
went over the scene of the robbery ot
the car In the freight yards.
As they were examining the freight
car, an orderly came running to thenv.
"It there a Protestor Kennedy Bere?
he aaked.
"Yes," spoke up Craig. "I am Mr.
Kennedy."
"Some one on the telephone, air. Tou
can take It at the guard house. Ho says
It't urgent."
Craig hastened across with the orderly.
"i'v located our man," shouted his de
tective over the wire, "an aviator named
Sprague a crook and a dope fiend. Some
how they havo found out that Miss ''
Podge has gone to Lakewood with Mr.
Jameson. Sprague hat 11181 gone In tho
aeroplane, carrytng a bundle of aero
arrows, with that Chinamon, Wu Fang."
"The douce!" muttered Craig. "Well,
you get the local pollfe In force and tur
round the hangar. Arre.Bt them if they
return. I must get to Lakewood mysolf." '
He hung up the receiver and was about
to dash out, when another Idea occurred
to him.
"Lakewood, 616," he almost shouted at
long distance. "Hello oh, Is that Mr.
Brown? Is Elaine there? This Is Ken
nedy. Oono sketching with Jameson?
Well, for heaven's sake, find Jameson at
once and tell him to keep Elaine under
cover until I get there. Good bye."
"Waters," he called, as he hung up
the receiver, "have you got car here
a fast oner
"Yes, I'll get you onoln a minute,"
returned the lieutenant hurrying out,
followed nervously by Kennedy.
Standing by the entrance was aa army
automobile in which Waters had mounted
an aeroplane run for scouting about th
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country after aero spies. Ho leaped intol
the car and Cratg followed.
Take the Tottenville ferry. "We're go
ing to Lakewood." cried Kennedy. "And
let It out"
see -
Down at Lakewood, Mr. Brown, whose
placid life was not accustomed to the
high pressure undor which we had been
livlnar. re nested the message to Wary.
"I'm not quite sure what he is talking
about" he said doubtfully, still looking
at the telephone and rubbing his head.
"Where do you think Elaine and Mr.
Jameson are?" I
"I don't know, but they started that
way," pointed out Mary anxiously.
"Father, we must find them. Mr. Ken
nedy would never have telephoned It It
hadn't been Important"
Wellington Brown, at last spurred into
action by hla daughter, hastily ran out
of the house.
Elaine had been sketching only a few
mlnutea when we heard a shout behind
ua There was Mr. Brown, hatless, his
hair flying, running toward us, waving
his arms wildly. .
"Mr. Kennedy has Just called up," he
panted breathlessly, "and asked me to
tell you, Mr. Jameson, to get Elaine under
cover and keep her there till he comes."
I looked at him amazed. What dlt It
mean? Just then a heard a peculiar noise.
It seemed to come from the sky. It waa
a nolae, which, onco heard, was never
forgotten. I looked up, but could tee
nothing.
'There's an aeroplane somewhere
about," I exclaimed, now genuinely wor
ried over Kennedy's strange message.
"Elaine-please " I cried, taking her
hand and almost dragging her acrost the
field as fast as. I could, followed by
Brown.
The nearest shelter I could see was a
bridge over a email creek and t made
for It as rapidly as I could.
Ws were not a moment too soon. There '
was the aeroplane, with two men In it- I
miiM not distliuruiBh the races, mix i
knew they boded no good.
Vnm-hiirrr " Wu Wag Urgtl
Sprague as ho saw us moving across theV
hillside. "Fly lower so X can drop theeeJ
arrows better."
On toward us swept the maCrUne, as
Wu urged the driver. ,
But we had been warned In time. With
Elaine and Brown, I reached the place
of safety and we crouched dowa under
the stons arch, while far above us. al
though we could not see.Wu Fang gated
furious.
"Make the turn and get away behind
those trees," he shouted angrily abov K
the deafening noise of the propeller. X
"Perhaps If they don't see us, they'll
come out again."
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