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WRITTEN BY ARTHUR B.' REEVE
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Creator of the "Graif Kennedy" Stories
Dramatized Into a Photo-Play by Chaa. W. Ooddard.
"".;: Author of "Tho Perils of Pauline."
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aysMtawla f Freviaa. Chapters.
Tha New York potior ar. mystified by
a series of murders and other crimes,
IThe rr1m-1ral clue to the criminals la a
I warning letter. wM-:h la eent the vlctlme.
I aimed with a "clutching hand," Tho
Uteat victim of tli myrterlous aswessln
iJa Taylor IW!ge. tha wealthy Insurance
I'nmiueni ina naugnter, kaajnei, employs
Craig Kennedy, the famnue .ckffitlflo dc.
teetive, to irr to Unravel tha myatery.
What Kennedy arcompllahee la told by
his friend. JamMttn. a nnwinrwr man.
Kach chapter deals with a new plot
aaatnat the Uvea of KmnMjr and Elaine,
but each tlma tha maator criminal Is
defeated by tha marvelous eKTTi of Kan
il. fv. l"' Kennedy discovers the
(Clutching Hand to ba Elaine's trusted
lawyer Pennett.
With Hnntt rone Elaine snd Kennedy
ar confronted by Wu Fang; a Chlneaa
(criminal. His continuous plotting aaatnat
their lives bring new oerila to Elaine,
and call for greater exltl on the part of
"n P11" the kidnaping
of klalne to revenge tha loaa on Long
bin. He acrompDahea this by first kld-
rapine the podge chauffeur. At nlaht
hiaina la put on board a achooner which
la returning to China after unloading a
cargo or opium. A carrier pigeon aivM
the uluo for locatlna the oi.lum. and
Klnlna la saved by a United Wjitea revenue
I 'J,kmJ" I wlrele telephone
Invented by Kenned)-.
fH4PTF XXIt. 1
A Stern Chase
Wu rang did not let a nlirht pans after
tha capture of h! most trusted lieutenant,
Jxnf sin, without planning revenge.
Enrseed beyond measure at tha auceeas
with which Kennedy had protected both
Hlalna and hlmaelf from his machinations,
b decided on a most dantardly coup. It
was nothing loaa Jhan taking advantage
of Ma position at the ho4 of tha power
ful Chlneaa criminal band and using tha
Sana by whlrh he 'was smuggling opium,
tha drug banned even In his own country.
George, (he Dodge chauffeur, had Just
returned to the garage In tha rear of tha
t house with the car and was working over
it. Ha wss so Intent on locating strange
noise In the engine that ha did not sea
the serpentine eyes of Wu as ha peered
Ir.to the gnjreeo through small window.
Oeorge was bending closely over tha en
i fine as be speeded It up to sea what was
the cause of the rattle, when tha door of
tha garage opened quietly. On tiptoe,
Wu and . the young mechanician, a man
named Johnaon. slipped In, Johnson car
rying am automobile robe.
The next moment tho two haJ leaped
upon the defitnsvlcaa , fleorge. Johnson
threw the robe over his head, while Wu
wound him about with n rope. He was
completely and Instantly put out.
Just then, working as If by the clock,
for such was the precision of Wu's plans,
a closed car, muffled down, slipped up to
the garase door. Thoy hustled tha un
resisting George Into tha car. Johnson
taking the place at the wheel and 'Wu
sitting on guard In back with George,
bound and almoat suffocated.
George waa loyal. If anything. Threats
and brlbca had no effect on him, even
. after he had come to in Wu's secret den.
"There 1. paiwr, pen nnd Ink." threat
ened Wu. -Write what I tell you."
"Take the pen." directed Wu. adding,
as aeorge took it mechaulcallr, "writs."
Mlea IkmIkc: While vlsldng my sister
In ln lali nd City last night after 1 lft
the arK. I had an accident and
sprained my ankle. My friend. Johnson,
who brinsa this note, will dme you fur
a few clnti until 1 am able in le out
Keepeetruily, OKOHOIC.
Isn't that too bad'" ampathlscd
. rialno. handing the note to Aunt Jose
phine. "Is it a bad epralnT"
"J'retty bad. Miss.' replied Johnaen,
. deferentially. '
"Vou va had experience?" queried Aunt
. Josephine.
"Oh, yes'm," replied Johnson. "Five
. years. Here's my license."
"I think you'll do," nodded Klalne.
"Jennings, will you show Johnson how
to get to the garaaeT"
For a long time Kennedy had been
perfecting a miniature wireless tele
phone of his own Invnctlon and tha ac
tivities of Wu Fang now caused him to
beaten his work.
"You see. Walter." Kennedy explained,
setting a little black bog on tha labora
tory table. "I've got this thing duwa to
an. irreducible minimum. It'a the moat
compact affair Imaginable. PeeT I ooea
. tie top of the box. I lift up these
miniature aerials of the Inverted L type.
Here Is the transmitting apparatua. there
the receiving, all tuned. 1 prees this
: lever."
He paused. At the other end of the
table stood an exact duplicate of the first
ln.iruiin-rtt-
Aa he eiressed tha lever tho buxser In
the other telephone sounded.
"I'm going to ask you, Walter." ha
went on, folding, down tha little aerials
and shutting up the box, "to take this
other InMrunwiit over to Elaine."
He placed the wireless telephone In a
bug and a few nilruU-s later I left tho
laboratory.
It must have been Jet at that tints
tliat It occurred to Craig to play a
prtvrttcal ka on me and at the same
tin, teat hU Ineeotton. He went over
to tie Jk in tha laboratory and, laugh
ing to hlinnelf, piesed the lever.
I knew sJmoat Instantly, what was tha
jutaltur. Ttiat was all rtarht. But I was
not the only one who heard tha busacr.
j 'ifce policeman, only a few yards away,
lard It, ad took a step toasrd me,
Here
Elaine Dodge
"Craig: Kennedy"
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aatr vnminai
eyeing me suspiciously, as ha would an
anarchist with a clock-work bomb.
"What have you got In tho bag?" ba
demanded,
For a moment I felt very uncomfort
able. Wou.d he bnl eve meT .
"I've got a wtreleea telephone," I re
plied, mustering up all the assurance of
whlrh I was capable. "Someone Is ring
ing the bell."
"Aw g'wan," ha doubted gruffly, more
skeptical than ever. "Tell it to tha
Judge."
1 tried 'to laugh It off. But Kennedy
kept rinsing the bell and by this time a
crowd had Collected.
"But." I remonstrated, "let ma show
It to you."
Tha officer could not decline, though
he waa more than aver auaptcloua. I
opened tho bog, took out the little wlre-
leas telephone box, opened It, and raised
the aerial.
' "Confound you, Craig." I called,
"you've almost got me pinched for a
red."
"Say, ran that ohatter," began tha po
ll neman, looking at ma as If he were
not sure now but that I waa Just a plain
nut.
Try It y-jureelf," I urged, handing
him tha receiver.
Ha took It gingerly as if it might ex
plode.- but his face waa a study as ho
aotually heard coming, as If from no
where, a peal of laughter from Kennedy,
followed by an elaborate explanation.
"At leaet, Walter," Crel aDoloaiaed.
with pride, "you must admit now that It
works."
"Oh, 11 works all right," I replied,
somewhat cooled down.
1 went the rest of my way unmo
lested and waa finally admitted to tha
Podgs house by Jennings, who was evi
dently engaged In Instructing a new ser
vant in his duties.
"Good morning. Mr. Jamteeon.". Blalna
greeted, adding as she caught sight of
tha bag, "Not going to leave us, are
you?"
"No," I replied. "I've brought you a
preaont from Crnlg-a, wireless telephone.
You sea, ha aays that If you will keep
thlo with you wherever you go. you can
always communicate with him."
How Interesting." sha exclaimed.
"Yes," I agreed, relating the joke
which Craig had played on mo. and. as
briefly as I could. I explained tha work
ing of tha telephone to both Elaine and
Aunt Josephine.
Out in the Atlantic, tossing over tho
choppy seas, a dingy old schooner was
tacking hsr way toward New York har
bor. The captain, Jack Gregor. waa a
disreputable looking man. as were both
hln craft and his crew of mixed whites
and Chinese. He was a brutal faced
mnn, whose whiskers did not Imply
hirsute adornment, but sheer hostility to
rasors and the deoenciea of life. i
Oregnr had coma out on deck and
stood there graslng off at where the
land ought to be. h h..l just finished
scrawling a note on a piece of paper, I
reeling on the after-cabin roof, when one
of the men reached down and from a
small wooden cage took a struggling
white carrier pigeon. They fastened tha
note, rolled up In a sort of a quill, to
the bird's leg and let the bird loose. It
circled up, then, straight . aa an arrow,
darted off landward.
"They'll be glad to know we're safe
and so near," nodded Greaor. "And con.
found any revenue men that stand be
tween ua!"
In a room In a tenement Wu Fang and
several other Chinamen were seated,
talking and smoking. U waa not Vu's
headquarters, but a poorly fu-nlehed
place.
Outside a nearby window was a large
box which had a small sliding door on
the outside, arranged so that it fell al
n.oat at a touch, working a little signal
flag on the back of tha bog .toward the
room in which tha Chinamen were sd.
Now and then as they talked they would
glance at thla box.
Suddenly there was a flutter of wings
outside. A pure whit pigeon seemed to
glide Into the box and, aa tha tiomtng
bird did so, the door automatically shut
It was a cage such aa Is used for carrier
pigeons. The little flag in the room
moved and th. Chinamen crowded about
the box. aa Wu opened It. reached In and
caught the bird. Carefully ha took the
meaeage from the bird's foot. Aa one of
them placed the bird In another bog and
ivset the trap Wu unrolled the paper and
read:
10 A. M.
Inlles southeast of Bsnriy Hook. Will
drop anchor off Btaten leland tonight
"You will let ma know if any later
meaaago comes V directed Wu to one of
his men, aa, a moment later, the Chinese
master criminal left the tenement
Cautiously ha made his way to tha
secret entrance to his own apartment
He had scarcely entered when a China
man, who had evidently been waiting
for hlra. rose and bowed. It waa Hop
Ling, the proprietor of the opium d m.
"la there any newa yet. masterT" ha
asked.
"Yes. Uregor la landing your opium
tonight. I ll have a girl for him to take
back to Shanghai with hbn where aha
caa be soM."
The optun dealer bowed
"be ready at dark tonight" added Wu
as the man Wft
Kennedy bad begun to get closer vn the
trail of Wu and. having dispatched me
to Elaine with the wlrelesa telephone,
it occurred to him that he might siwnd
a few hours profitably sleuthing about
Chinatown aeurchlng for ' clues to the
serpent
lis paused onto by aa eleoUlo light
ft
v ii nee om
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8 ha mevad over
pole to watch a gangster saunter past.
Twice the fellow had walked np and
down tli street, and Kennedy, after
yeing him narrowly, had fancied that
thoro waa something familiar about him.
though he could not placo Mm.
As the gangster slouched by, he lurched
over to tho electric light pole and Ken
nedy felt his hand touched by that of
the gangster. He ( was more than' sur
prised to feel something like a piece of
cardboard surreptitiously sKoved Into
his hand and be clutched it. Tha gang
ster paael, and aa he did so, Kennedy
looked after him, then went over and
read:
"CAPTATN JOHN BRANAIRD,
. V. 8. Secret Service."
Written underneath the engraved name
was, "Follow."
Blowly Craig followed. Bralnard en
tered a sal'ion ty a side door and
seated hlirnelf In a back room. A mo
ment later, Kennedy slouched In and sat
down at the same tablo. Bralnard nodded
and CraJg extended his band quietly. Ho
looked about. They were alone.
"What brings you down hereT" asked
Kennedy In a low tone. .
"A big shipment of opium is going to
be landed 'tonight and I'm trying to
locate the Chinese gang back, of It
Think you can help meT" . .
"Anything to do with that hop Joint up
tho street?"
Bralnard nodded. Would it
clue possibly to Wu Fang?
prove
' "I'll help you," agreed Kennedy.
For so vers I minutes they talked lay
ing out a plan. Finally they paid the
chock and rose to go out. Aa they
reached the aide door a Chinaman passed.
Kennedy drew Brsinard back,
"What's the matter?" whispered tho
Secret Service man.
"Did you see that Chinaman?" ra-
turned Kennedy. "That's Hop Ling. lie ',
runs the opium Joint. I think he's worth
shadowing." j
Keeping discreetly In tho rear of tho j
Chinaman, Kennedy and Bralnard fol-;
lowed until Hop paused before a ram-;
shackle tenement. No sooner had he dis-'
appeared Insldo than Craig and Bralnard
advanced, careful that they In turn were!
noi '"OWed'
They entered and went upstalra. At
last they came to a dcor outside which!
they pauaed to listen. At least two, per
haps more, Cblnajuon were talking in
aide. 'Can you make oat what they are say
ing V asked Bralnard.
"Something about birds,
returned
. I . . " ' wm lner' i
viiij i wo. uii. ruin me aoor. i
jogemer incy catapulted themselves at
tho door and It flew open. Instantly, be-
h2L !..n:.Tl -C"i,1 ?.?.V'r ;
end Bralnard were on them.
One rushed
for a window, smashing It with a chair!
tn.l Irvln. i tx aul ri i jt v. i ..
and helped corner th. other who turned !
out to be Hop IJng. It was the work of I
only a moment to snap the bracelets on
tha two and cover them with a gun. I
"What'a that?" demanded Bralnard,
looking at the box In the window, as
Kennedy moved over toward It
"A pigeon trap. I suspect" Crete 're-'.
plied. "Let's wait." j Finally Wu directed one of his men to
They sat there for several n-lnutes. Bvl- et f algnal. a flashlight on the end
dently the Chlneae had been waiting for of tba Jetty, while he strained his eyes
something. Craig felt that watting might ' through the darknesa for some answer
pay. lug signal.
At last he waa rewarded by the sound I had not reckoned wrong. Far out
of a flutter outside. A click followed ; ver the water came an answering signal
aa the little door shut trapping the ; 'rom the schooner.
pigeon. The signal flag In the room j 'Good!'' exclaimed Wu with aatlafac
moved. i tlon, aa he turned and picked his way
Kennedy looked at It a moment then
carefully opened the door In the back
of the trap and aelstd the bird. From
the qulH on the leg he 'took a tightly
rolled note and read:
S P. ii.
Will be off Van Dort Jetty In two hours.
Gregor .
What di It mean? Threats. Impreca
tions; nothing could extract a word from
the two Impassive riaonera.
"Come," ordered Kennedy sharply of
Hap Ling, not for a moment let ting- his
vexation show In hU fare. "Walk ahead
of ma"
Two of the gang had been eaptured,
but Wu seemed as far away as ever. He
marched Hop along sullenly. . while
Bralnard kicked the other CrUnamea to
hla feet and followed.
They did not have far ta get. Baaroely
a block away stood a policeman and
Craig waived to him.
Quickly, Craig produced cards of Wen.
ttfUailon and they left their handcuffed
prisoners with the understanding that
they were to be held until full charges
could be made against them.
At the first telephone pay station
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fearfully, at far away aa aha could to tha
Craig turned In and called up the labora
tory to which I had returned.
1 think Tvo got the best clue yet,
Walter," he called "You remember
Bralnard? Well I want you to meet me
at the Battery, where a revenue cutter
will be waiting. Bring along that wire
less telephone, too. Ion't forget"
I hung up the receiver excitedly and
tucked the little black box under my
arm aa , I hurried out.
Elaine had dectdrd to motor down to
the country home of one of her friends
Who lived on the shore of New Jersey
and. accordingly, ae the afternoon
called the garage and ordered Johnson
to have tho car ready.
Johnson was courteoualy on the Job.
and when Mare had pecked Elaine's
rips. Jennings carried them out an'
placed them in the tar.
"We'll go over the Staten Island route,
across tho Tottenvllla ferry." directed
Elaine aa she came out of the house.
Johnson touched his hat and a mo
ment later the car started.
How far they had gone she did not
pay much attention. . but sha knew the
roads well. They had come to a fork,
and Johnson veeered off to the left In
stinctively; Elaine knew that th. ,..
hand road waa the more direct, and she
touched a little signal that summoned
tho driver.
i"ing me wrong road." she
oauea. "uo to the right."
"I think you'll find the roads better
this way. Miss Dodge." persisted John
son. It was, however, merely a ruso on his
part to gain time and give some of Wu's
men an opportunity. For, as the car
approached the fork, two roughnecks,
hidden behind a roi-k In the shrubbery,
had been straining their eyes down the
road, and at the approach of the car had
drawn back closer under cover.
Johnson stopped some hundred feet or
down the wrong road past the rock In
answer to Elaine's signal,
As Elaine was becoming vexed at John-
iok'i first show of stubbornness, she
suddenly felt strong arms circling her,
while a huge, very dirty hand pressed
with irresistible force over her mouth,
She struggled, but It was of no use
'To the Van Port Jettv." growled one
roughneck. "They'll be there soon."
Qulcklr. inhnmn .w , .i
to the lower hav alri. nf , ,
stead of the New Jersey ferry.
e a
It was very lata In the afternoon. I
did my best to get down to the Battery
I with tho wireless telephone to meet Ken.
;ncdy and Bralnard, bot it was dark be
fore I got there.
j
hurried down to the dock. I
saw that they had already boarded tho
revenue cutter and were waiting 1m
Pnv. was a fairly sisable craft
j n.uini .i.o .uuani Hnq we rait
off. The wind blew in keenly from the
bay and we spun down the harbor, keep-
'h""P UOk0U, fr any uc'ou
...
Already Wu Fang and a couple of lite
"euten,nU nad on down to th" vn
,)ort J",tv- No meaeage had been ro-
cetved from Gregor, but they felt sure
tnal ne would be there with the schooner.
back up the dork,
On he went alone until ha came to one
of tho deserted manttorui of a generation
or two ago, which lined the shore at that
point. There In a yard beside it stood
Elaine's car, '
"Where la the white girl?" asked Wu,
calling Johnson.
"In the house, master," replied the
mechanician subserviently.
"Walt for me here, then," nodded Wu.
Wu Fang came In silently and moved
over close to her. He said not a word,
but an evil smile spread over his sinister
faoe as ahe shrank back from htm.
, Meanwhile a yawl had put out from tha
schooner loaded with cans of the precious
contraband drug and had pulled up at
the old stone Jetty and dock. Chinamen
hastily unloaded It and started up to
the house laden with the heavy tlna
Aa Wu stood before Elaine, the China
men carrying the dope tlna entered and
began piling them up In an old closet
In the room. At laat they finished put
ting It away.
"AU la done, master," bowed one who
seemed to be lesder.
Wu nodded, then turned to Elaine.
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porthole.
"Go!" he hlaaed. retains: hU finger and
pointing to the door.
Trembling, she obeyed and Wu Fang
and the two toughs followed, one. of the
Chinamen picking up her suitcase. Across
tho almost untravelled road they forced
her, and down on the stone dock, every
footstep dogged by Wu and his emis
saries. "Get Into the boat," Wu ordered.
Bhe climbed down Into the dirty yawl
and the Chinaman tossed her sultcsso
after her.
"If you see that for any reason she is
about to escape," added Wu aavagely,
"do away with. her.'
The yawl tossed up and down on the
rough swells ; that came In from the
ocean,' as the powerful arms of the sail
ors pulled her all through the blacknesg
to the schooner.
There Elaine was lifted over tho rail
and forced across tho deck, down into
the murky, lll-amelllng hold. It milt no
difference to Gregor whether he carried
a cargo of contraband or a white lave.
In his gruff voice he bellowed orders for
getting under way, while the Chinaman,
half pushed Elaine Into a cramped room
amidships.
He set down tha suitcase and w'th a
I grunt and a scowl left' locking tha door
and shuffling along tho passageway to a
steep flight of steps to the deck.
Elaine paced up and down her narrow
prison, distracted.
Suddenly she pauaed a moment va her
eye fell on tho suitcase. There flashed
through her mind the message ' had
given her from Kennedy.
. She) almost seined the suitcase and tore
It open with nervous fingers.
"Oh-wllI it work-will it work?" she
breathed In prayer to herself as she lifted
cut tenderly the little wireless telephone.
She opened It. pulled np the little
orrtals. and pressed the lever.
"Hello hello Cralg-hello!"
It was her last chance. Would It work?
e e e
By thla time we had come in the rev
enue cutter to the old dock that was
known as tha Van Dort -Jetty.
Aa we swung around to It. with Ken
nedy and Bralnard, I leaped out Wa
gesed about hunting- for signs of the
opium smugglers.
"Bee" I cried.
Kennedy bent down, and almost Ike a
trained hound, began to follow the prints
shoreward. Bralnard Joined us aa wa
followed Craig.
The footprints led up from the dock to
an old, deserted, dilapidated house We
paused a moment before it .Just then a
door opened and a Chinaman appeared.
With a cry he darted back, but wa
were at him. There were others inside,
too. but they were esstly overpowered.
In the room they had keen packing
opium tlna,' evidently to be removed to
various hop Joints.
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traced our steps to the Jetty, Bralnard's
men carrying the opium. At the dock
we loaded our prisoners and the con
traband on 'the cutter.
It was plnln that although we had rap
tured the dope, the ahlp which had
brought It had escaped and. worst of all,
Wu had again nlippeil through our
fingers.
Bralnard gate the order and we left the
wharf. As we stood gaxlng from the cap
tured opium to the prisoners, Bralnard
was visibly elated. "Shake," he said
laconically to Craig.
Just then a buxs. aa if a bell had rung.
startled ua. It was an unexpected that I j
ex.lalmed. although the next minute 1
renllxed that It was from the wireless
telephone which Craig hsd asked me to
bring from the laboratory.
Kennedy seised the box, opened It
hsatlly, and clapped the little receiver to
his ear.
"Hello hello yea, this Is Craig. Where
are you what?"
But at - Cralg'e next words, I myself
gasped.
"If you can get a light" he almost
shouted, 'thrust it out of the porthole to
guide us. But we'll find you anyway.
Keep up your nerve."
. We crowded about him.
"Bralnard a pair of glasses quick," he
cried dashing to the bow of the cutter,
"and full speed down the bay."
Briefly, as he swept the horlson ahead,
he repeated the tale of Elaine's kid
napping. We strained our eyes.
"That'a It Bralnard more speed!"
cried Craig at last.
Far off, almost out on the ocean, we
could see a tiny twinkle of light slowly
waving back and forth.
In her prison, Elaine had talked to
Craig, afraid to raise her voice too high.
As she heard Kennedy's Instructions,
she replaced the rrcelver snd rose
quickly to her feet from beside the suit
case. She looked about There was a
dingy oil lamp suspended from a beam
of the deck above.
She seised It and ran to the porthole.
Back and forth she waved It as far as
her arms would permit.
As the schooner now slipped along!
Gregor, who had left the man at the
wheel, was gasing off, not' particularly
happy at the prospect of not touching a
port for a long time again. Suddenly he
became aware of a peculiar, though slight
gleam on the water. He leaned over the
rail further. Below, and a bit forward
of him, he could catch a glimpse of a
light moving along the ride 'of the boat.
- "Confound that wench!" ho muttereel
In a 'sudden fury, turning and seizing up
a boat hook lying on deck.
liaising It, he leaned far over the rail.
Then he brought the boat hook down
suddenly on the lamp, smashing It Into
a thousand bits as they hissed into the
water.
Elaine drew back in horror. In her
hand waa merely the handle of the lamp.
It seemed as If her last hope had been
blasted.
"Cap'n look over the stern to port"
cried one of the men on watch.
"It's a revenue cutter," growled Gregor.
lowering his glass after a quick scrutiny
of the mysterious craft. "Crowd on more
sail start the auxiliary motor."
He volleyed forth his orders hoarsely.
Instantly the deck was In an uproar.
For the moment, In their anxiety to es
cape, they . seemed to have forgotten
Elaine all except the Chinaman who had
been set to guard her. Silently he drew
from his blouse a knife and slipped down
the companionway. i
Elaine heard him pause at the door aa
he looked again at his knife. Then tho
lock turned. The door creaked. But she
had propped a chair well and it held.
Tho Chinaman at the door redoubled
his efforts. He seized v fire axe hang
ing nearby and attacked the door with
that, hacking furiously.
One after another, the table, a cheat,
everything 'movable, Elaine piled up
against the door as It splintered. But It
was of no use.
She moved over fearfully, as far away
as ahe could to the porthole, and looked
at the black water, as ahe leaned far
out then up at the deck only a few feet
above her.
The door crushed In.
The Chinaman, infuriated, caught Just
a glimpse of her through the porthole,
turned and rushed for the stairway.
In the commotion, Elaine had actually
come over the rail unobserved. But she
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Jut then the maldencd face of tha
Chinaman appenred at the hntch. A
moment later his lithe body wormed H
eelf out on deck. As he came nearer.
Klalne retrested further toward Gregor.
"Oh sir,'' ahe pleaded, "save me! I
have done nothing!"
Grrtror, one eye on the approaching
revenue cutter, the other on his ship
and crew, had not seen her till then.
"Get out of the way," he growled,
roiiRrhly pushing her aside. "Save your
self." The Ch'naman came a step nearer.
1 P'ld. 8he Hed alon- tne dark.
i iif-re in me anroims was a maaer. in
desperation, she seised a rung, swung
heraelf around, and started up.
Her relentless pursuer followed, hand
over hand, clenching the knife In his
forth. The're waa no eacnpe. A moment
ahe trembled aloft.
Then from a crosatree, she jumped,
diving far out Into the water. The China
man followed.
Hand over hand he churned the waves
after her.
a a
We were now nearing a low raklah
craft. Though we signalled It. they paid
no attention. Instead, we could hear the
chug-chug of an auxiliary gas engine.
Bralnard sent a shot across the
schooner's bow. Still It did not stop. In
stead, the top sails broke out in splta of
the gale and It headed away faster.
Another shot flashed out from our
gun. Thla tlmo a spar waa carried away,
as the searchlight playing on the
schooner clearly showed.
We were rapidly gaining now.
"Brainard-stop firing for heaven's
ake," shouted Craig from the bow.
"Look!"
AVe followed his finger as he peered
forward tensely.
There In the rigging, hanging perilously,
was Maine. She was standing there
holding a Chinaman at bay.
Suddenly we saw her draw herself up
and deliberately dive Into the waters The
Chinaman eived also. Hand over hand
he went after her. We watched, speech
leas. Kennedy turned and selxed the rapid
fire gun. whirling it around and aiming
carefully.
The Chinaman was a powerful swim
mer and was rapidly gaining on Blaine.
We could even see the gleam of the knife
In the searchlight
Carefully, Craig sighted the gun. The
mistake of a hair's breath meant life or
death.
Not a minute too soon the shot
rlcochetted over the waved The China
man's arms went up In mute surrender.
His head sank below the surface of the
water.
Instantly, Craig and I were leaning far
over the side of the cutter as, with power
off. she slipped along, close to that figure
swimming in the cold, black., water.
Neither of ua paid any attention to
Gregor'a frantic signals of surrender aa
Bramard covered the achooner.
As we passed, Craig reached over and
caught Elame, lifting her bodily into our
boat
"Oh, Craig!" she gasped, as Kennedy,
wrapped his greatcoat about her.
"Bralnard some hot drinks quck," he
ordered as he carried her, half fainting,
to the cabin.
"Thank heaven for the wireless tele
phone," he muttered as he worked franti
cally to bring her around.
"No it was the inventor that did It,"
she murmured, looking up at him, safe.
(To Be Continued.) .
The M retina;.
It was the first time they had met.
Save for a gray, overcast sky, and
heavy rain or snow, the day was perfeot.
He came along rapidly, as waa his
wont, looking neither to the right nor
the left, but gawping at the sky like a
rube.
Much more slowly, she approached from
the opposite direction, walking daintily,
as usual.
She saw him.
"How handsome he 1st" she thought.
"How big and bold and strong looking!
And how rapidly he moves!" ,
But If he aaw her he gave no sign.
A little bird hovered in the air far
above.
"He seems In such a hurry!" she sighed.
And, really, he was going some.
It waa then, for the first and last time,
they met.
The little nanny goat went aalling over
a picket fence with a hurt look on her
piquant face, while the Fast Mall for
New York sped onwards. Detroit Free
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