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BYTJOPRIS rKEVIOfS CHAPTKHS
The New Tork polio, ar mystified by
a series of murder and other crime.
The principal clue to th. criminal U a
w.rnlna lotter, which la sent tha vic
tims, aimed with a "clutch Ins hand."
Tha latent victim of tha mysterious aa
nasln la Taylor Dodge, tha wealthy tti
uranc president Ml daughtair, KUlne,
employs Crals; Kennedy, tha famoua
sr-t.rrtlflo detective to try to unravel the
mystery. What Kennedy accomplishes I
told by his friend Jameaon a newspaper
man.
Bach chapter deals with new plot
-ajralnst tha live of Kennedy and Blainet
but each time tha marter criminal 1 de
feated by the marveloua skill of Ketv
nedy. At 'la at Kennedy dlcovera tha
"clutching: hand" to ba Elaine' truated
lawyer, . Hennett
With Bennett rone, Klaina and Ken
nedy are confronted by Wu Fane, a
, Chine criminal. Hla continuous plot
tin; awalnet their Uvea bring new peril
to Elaine and cull for greater skill on tha
run of Kennedy. Wu Fang plana the
Idnaping of Elaine to revenge tha loss
., ef Ln 8ln. He accompllsne thla by
flrt kidnaping tha Uodso chauffeur. At
night Klolna I put on board a schooner
which. Is returning to China after un
loading a cargo of opium. A carrier
piaeon . give the clue for locating the,
opium, and F.laine la saved by a United
fHatea revenue cutter ly means of a
wireless telephone Invented by Ksnnedy.
CHAPTER XXIII.
; The Supreme Test
' Elaine had dropped In one afternoon to
ae Kennedy at tha laboratory.
Craig was working over a straight
backed chair which stood close to tha
wall. On the arms wens ehort straps
apparently to fasten down; the anna of
: the altter.
A they chatted Elaine watched Craig
xamtnlng tho chair and .ep.
.'. dally the left arm. on which was placed
a metal disc In such a way that tha
wrist of anyone alttlng In tha- chair
would be strapped In contact with it
Finally Kennedy attached a pair of
ilcctrlc wires from beneath the chair
arm; conneotln with the dlao and run
"ITg down on. of th. -nc
ftroutrn a crack In th. floor to the back
room of the laboratory.
What is ttr asked Elaine. "It looks
Ilk. a death chair.'
Scarcely a. bad a. that.- Ugh
Kennedy. Uiing 9-"mI
dial which had a ainirl. "hand. WaUT
Intended to be swung around by aom.
force throush the graduated scale on IU
"face.- "TM is the phymograph-
Untlflo 'third degree.'"
Indicating both the. chair and the dial
It reads a person's thought and feel
ings through the prasaur. of th. blood.
Bit down in tha chair. I'll show you.
Oive me a penny for mx thoughur
.i vi. ceDtlca.Uy. sitting down.
. Before aha knew it, Craig had lightly
strapped her arm. and had picked up
the dial now attached to tha wire, lead
ing to the. disc. He sat down on the
-arni of the chairs tUl holding the dial
' fr.ia Hand.
Ji.-. 1.1. thnr hand stole about
v.. i..V. .hoodera. Bhe did not reads.
Kennedy ..wa. looking at the dial. Tha
pointer which had been at rest mv -r
henan alowly to. turn through several
Ton have a good, strong, healthy,
. normal li-art." remarked Craig, aasum-
i . n.dicl tone foretfouiily, then add
i .rti,iv.' "This dlal-rwell. ft regls-
.r. current that only that eonaum.
mute diagnostician, lltUe Dan Cupid, can
eplln." ..
lie' held the dial before her with
'"worry laugh. .Klalne did not know flulte
what to make of It. Had her acientlflo
lever stoltn a marvh on her? Bhe
hi ished and bit her Hp. But she could
i help being liupreaaed, even though
did not, ouite understand.
VI1ee unlaaten the atrapa, Craig,'
slie said In pretty confusion.
. (iladly now." he hinted.
At hlfh Elaine Wuhod even 6per.
' I waa on my way up from the Star of
fice when I happened to spy a fac. In
the crowd that aeemed familiar. It wa
- of a Chinaman, and although I could not
Juitt place him. I knew that I had aeon
h'm somewhere btfore. I looked after
htm Intently a. moment as h. paaaed.
B'irely thla was one- ef Wu Fang'. nx
sensers. I decided to play detective.
Not many minutes before, down In that
secret den In which the serpent. Wu, con
cocted his "villainies', that worthy had
been at work again tlrtJeaa
With subtle satisfaction, he had held In
hla hand, which wa. carefully gloved In
rubber, a small glass tube, perhaps three
qu.rter of an inch long and not over an
tifchth of an Inch In diameter.
In the tube we. a minute, but almost
prtceleas particle ef this strange element,
radium.
For a moment Wu regarded It, then
took up a handXercMef that lay before
hint. Already h. had ripped a atltoh or
two from the seam In the hem. It
nttppd th little radium tube into the hem
of U.e handkerchluf. Then h tapped a
bell on the taile and a few aeoond. later
a (lilnea servant entered.
While he had been waiting. Wu had
hmi til itUM a nota. Carefully be
folded up the handkerchief and laid it
in a antall leaden oaae. As th servant
lx.d, -M'u finished and sealed the letter.
Iff re," he said gruffly, "take this
httor and tbe olhur thing to Ines, You
know the address."
Not knowing about the dastardly design
of W, I followed his nwaaeirger. never
theless. '
On uptown went wntn he came to
rather ordinary lonklrvg apartment hwuse.
He went In without discovering that I
was following.
I glanced about. N one waa) watching
me, Then to be sh re that I would recog
nise the house, I noted it by marking a
small cros. with a pencil .a th. stone
work of the steps.
I did not know at th. tlrm but I found
out later that, upstair, th. messenger
rapped at a door which wu answered
by a maid, a mulatto with a marked
gypsy cast, of features.
"Let him come In, then," returned In
Tbe maid opened the door into the halt-
way and admitted the messenger. Ines
took the note and the "lead ease, waving
to the maid to leave her. Then she fere
open th. note and read:
"Have her bind the enclosed ever her
eyes. If In place three mlnutea. blind
ness will result In a few days."
"TcH the master I shall bave it done
aa he dlrecta," sh. .aid to th. Chinaman
to th. door.
Ines turned and went int. th. back
room, her boudoir, where th. maid was
waiting.
"Here, Cissy." she said, opening
closet. "I have your gypsy ooatume ail
ready."
"Now. I want you to put this on," sh.
continued, giving th. maid Instructions,
"Her. In this bog I have a handkerchief
which I want you to use. Tie It over her
eyes, and keep it there three minute, at
least; longer, If you can."
A. I looked at th. house outside, it lm
mediately occurred to me to let Craig
know what had happened and I sought
the nearest telephone booth and called
tn. laboratory.
-Elaine had Just gone when I called, un
and I told my story of having seen and
iraiiea mo messenger and marking th
nouse. ,
"Good for you. Walter." eonrratuUted
Craig. "Oct inside and see who is thar.
I'm glad you marked th. house. J'H be
mere right away."
All right." I replied, aa I hung un tha
receiver. "I'll get In. Good bye."
ines nad been m her beudolr examin
ing the gypsy costume and telling Cissy
now 10 put it on when I rang the bell.
au i i. .
Be. who It is, Cissy." she ordered.
As th. maid went out int. the next
room Ines moved ever to th. portieres
and stood ter where she eould see and
hear without being seen. Bhe gated
through into th. Mvlng room There, to
her utter surprise, she must have seen
Cissy ushering me in,
The maid brought ma a chair and I
took it. I did not notlov however, that
sh was careful to place it tn a partic
ular spot, with the back to th. wall; In
fact It seemed very safe to me for from
th. ohair I could ee the whol. room.
I laid my hat and gloves on th. ta
ble. As I did so one glove must have
dropped on- th. floor In an Inconspicuous
place by th. leg of th. table.
I sat down, while the tnalj 'eft m
for a moment to call her mistress.
Ines entered and I arose-.
"Won't you sit down?" she ashed,
with exaggerated politeness, "For what
am I indebted to you for this visit?"
"WeH," I replied, "perhaps you recall
the last time w. mat."
Ines stood by th. table, listening to
mr4 I thought a hit mockingly. As I
spoka her hand moved to tha edge of
the table.
Suddenly, before I knew It, th. room
swam before my eye and atl was black
ness.
Inet , had moved her hand over and
had pressed a secret knob In th deeora-
tlor.s of the table top. A bar In th wall
Just beside my head had sprung out.
striking me a terrific Mow and knock
Ing me out.
The. maid, who had run In, and Tnes
lifted me up, unootutcloua, and carried
me- Into , the back room. There they
dropped me down in m heap In a corner,
while the maid finished dressing In th.
gypsy costume.
It was scarcely fly fnlnotes -after that
that Kennedy cam to th entranc to
the apartment. There h noted the mark
which I h3 mad and told him to lock
for.
H. had )ut dwideA to go !s. when he
heard a noise. It was Cissy arrayed
In: all her glory, going out. with a part
Ing word of instruction from Ines. He
drew back Into a convenient hiding
place tn an angle of the hall.
As ha watched he aaw what waa appar
ently a gypsy woman come out of the
apartment He looked after her a mo
ment, then mr.de up hla mind to go in,
and rang the bell
I waa still unconscious and Ines waa
standing over we when aha heard the
noise outside and th tinkle of the hell.
Hastily, aha seised up th neareat rover,
a blanket, and thr it over m. Then
sh went boldly into the living room and
opened the door.
Craig unconcernedly took tha very
chair In which I had been sitting and
aat down nonchalantly, as Ines motioned
to It
As Craig watched her keenly, however,
h waa able to discover that, underneath
her calm exterior, she was very nervous
and excited.
"Well?" demanded Kennedy with an
enigmatical smlla. "Tou didn't expect to
ma again so soon, did you?
Ines aeeme d to b overcome for th mo
ment Bhe rose and moved over to the
table.
"Welt a minute." Interrupted Kennedy
Tome tack and alt down. I have some
thing to say to you
Sh did not. however. Nervously, her
hand gripped the table and moved along
toward the secret knob.
Kennedy noticed It But he had not
moved his chair fmm the position In
which it had been placed for me. At
that moment though, hla eye fell on my
glovo which I had inadvertently dropped
on the floor. He reached down and picked
It up.
Aa he did so, the bar in the wall flew
out Just missing his head as he bent
over.
Seeing that her scheme had failed, Ines
made a dash for the door. Instantly Ken
nedy took in the situation. He sprang to
his feet, followed and seised her.
"Not so fast, young lady," he muttered
as he graaped her arm.
Then h. stood there a minute examin
ing my glove.
Elaine, on her roturn from the) labora
tory, had gone to the conservatory of
the Dodge house and there was busying
herself pruning the roee bushes, now
and then picking a flower.
Once she happened to glance up at the
end nearest the street Bhe could see a
strolling gypsy going by, and th. gypsy,
apparently, had spied her through the
open window.
"Owed afternoon, mistress," greeted th
gypay coming up to the fence. "Wouldn't
you Hk. to have me read your for
tune r
Tes," sh. said, "I don't believe a word
you fortune teller, say. But I would ilk.
to have yog try." she added, a. sh. led
th. fortune teller through the greens.
Aunt Josephine happened to enter the
conservatory Just then and looked In
quiringly at Elaine as she saw her
strange companion.
"I'm going to wav my fortune read.
auntie," laughted her nleoa, "ron't you
want yours r
"Tou silly girl." smiled Aunt Josephine,
IndHlgently.
Th. gypsy seated Elaine at a tab and
then started In various ways to tell her
fortune not a very difficult thing for
ner to do with aH th. Information sh.
had.
rutting opposite Elaine, ah toek
ifclalne . hand a looked at. It carefully.
"Tou are tn danger from a powerful
irieniai criminal. announced th.
gypsy at last
Elaine was, to say th. least. Impressed.
"H. is a very dangerous man," went
n th. gypsy, pretending to read It la
Elaine's hand.
"And that Is net all," th. gypsy hinted
"In darkness I could mak you see th.
vision of your persecutor and his den
Sh. Bedded knowngly at Elaine and at
the same time, from a fold In her dress.
drew out the lead caae, managed to open
k and took out the handkerchief. Above
the table sh. twisted It Into a flat band.
Let me .how you," sh. said, handing
th. handkerchief to Elaine, Tl. that
over your eye.."
Elaine was sitting with her own hand
kerchief In her hand, but. she turned
quickly. When she faced the gypsy again
she had a bandage flat over her eyes.
"Isow, mlstrees, try -let yourself go."
rged the gypsy. "Let me guide y.ur
mind. I will ahow you.
Elaine did try to put herself in the
frame of mind the gypsy wanted. There
they aat In tho conservatory, the gypsy
with her own eyes bond, though In such
a way that she could manag. U catch
a glimpse of Elaine undor her own band
age.
"Do you see anything T' sh. ashed.
"Not yet," returned Elaine. .
"Try let yourself go-forget this room.
forget time," urged the gypsy.
Craig looked up from my glove to the
face of Inex.
"Where Is Mr. Jameson?" h. demanded
sternly. ,
"1 don't know." sh. replied, facing him
defiantly.
As they entered her boudoir. Kennedy
my foot protruding from th. b'.ktiket
sh. had thrown over me. He pulled It off,
Well!" he exclaimed, starting back
I II be "
Ills exclamation was cut short by the
r'nglng of the telephone bell. Ines took a
step toward It.
"None of that." Interrupted Kennedy.
slopping her. "You keep quiet Ml an
swer It. Hello!"
It seemed thst. perhaps half an hour
after he had dispatched the messenger
to Ines, wu decided to call her vp to
see whether everything was going as he
had planned. He had asked for her num
ber. As the operator gave him tho call
he heard a man's voice answering.
instantly he was all suspicion. He
waited to hear no more, but quickly hung
up the receiver.
Ho It happened that Kennedy git no
answer. "Hello-helle!" he repeat!.
Ktlll there was no answer.
ror a moment he looked at Ines. "You
liav. a remarkable face," he remarked
at length. "Tour composure is wonder
ful. But young lady, I believe that that
was your Chines, friend. Wu Fang. At
any rat. I am going to try to find out."
At last Craig succeeded la getting back
tha operator.
"IH you think you can locate that
can J- ha asked.
As he held th. wire he glanced mean
ingly at inex. tfhe did not move a muscle.
"No, I can't locale it exactly." r.m.
back the reply a minute later from the
girl at th. telephone exchange. "But It
cant, from Chinatown somewhere on Tell
street I think."
Kennedy thanked her, hung up the re
ceiver and faced Ines. 11 was Just tn
Urn to catch her about to destroy Wu'a
message. Seisbig her hand he bent It
back until her fingers unclasped. There
waa th crumpled not. H. took It and
read:
"Havo her bind th. enclosed over her
eye If In plac three mlnutea, blindness
wUl result within a few daya.
Craig seised th. telephone and called
th Iodg house.
Bom minute, passed after Blalo. had
bound th. handkerchief over her .yea.
Sh. aat oppoalt. th gypsy, but try aa
sh. would, ah could so no vision that
sh. did not herself conjur. up.
"Mr. Kennedy on th. telephone," an
nounced Jennings.
Aunt JvMphtue had been watching the
gypsy and Elaine with an air of amusement
"Will you answer It auntie?" asked
Elaine. "Tell htm 1 11 call him tip In a few
minutes."
Aunt Josephine followed Jennings out
and went down the hall to the library.
where she picked up the receiver which
Jennings had left lying on the desk.
"Oh, Mrs. Dodge, is that you?" Craig
asked anxiously. "Where's Elaine?"
"She's. In the conservatory. There's a
gypsy here. They're sitting there like a
couple of ninnies waiting for a vision of
"Good heavens," interrupted Craig, "not
with a handkerchief over her eyes, Is
she? Tes? Quick tell her to rip it off
yourself quick quick!"
Aunt Josephine knew Craig too well to
stop to ask why. In great excitement she
dropped the telephone and almost ran
fiom the library.
Without a word, Aunt Josephine tor
the bandage from Elaine.
The gypsy was on her feet In au In
stant with an air of sneering triumph.
Tou you criminal!" cried Aunt Jose
phine. "Help! Jennings, help!"
Waa It too late? Hal the bandage
t-een on Elaine's ' beautiful eyes long?
Surely It waa mora than tho fatal three
mlnutea.
In th. apartment of Inex, Kennedy was
now endeavoring to get Aunt Josop.llne
en th. telephone again. But neither he
nor th. central oeuld seem to get any
answer from the Dodge house.
Meanwhile I was slowly recovering con
sciousness and had managed to get on my
feet Dased though I was still, I could
see that Kennedy had discovered some
thing terrible, In order to have hsd to
neglect me so long.
He waa working the receiver up and
down frantically now. Finally he hung
1: up. By the expression on his face I
gathered that, whatever it waa, he 'eared
th. worst His face wrinkled In thought
h. gaxed. . perplexed, first at Inex, cold
and defiant then toward me. He seemed
greatly surprised to see that I waa my
self again so soon, after being laid out
flat
"How do you feel, old man?" he asked.
"Pretty good," I managed to stammer.
"Walter," he asked earnestly, "do yon
think you could watch thla girl now?"
"Then take this gun," h. directed.
"Don't let her touch a thing and keep
your ey. peeled all th. time. She', a
t.ugh customer. I want you, as seen as
you feel able, t take her over to the
laboratory and wait"
I nodded and, scarcely waiting t say
a word more, be dashed out,
"Why, Auntie, what's the matter?"
asked Elaine, wondering at the sudden
ness with which th. bandage had been
torn from her eyes. "What dee. It all
mean?"
"You-you criminal!" repeated Aunt
Josephine accusingly at the gypsy, then
turning to Elaine, "why, Craig called up
and warned me not to let her put any
thing over your eyes. I didn't watt to
hear any more.
"Jennings." cried Aunt Josephine, "seise
that woman!" .
As Jennings approacher her. the gypsy
suddenly developed a remarkable strength.
She gave him a shove that sent him
reeling. Hla foot caught on th. edge of
th. fountain and he .tagaered a minute. I
unaeie to recover his balance, then, with
a great splash, fell in. Tho gypsy turned
and fled through the palms. Elaine and
Aunt Jooephlne following her.
VJ V p
to the glass wall that formed the Inner
end of th. conservatory. Further retreat
was Impossible. Bhe seised a little rustic
chair and dashed It through the glass.
Cautiously, but quickly she managed to
make her way through the opening she
had broken.
Jennings had, by this time, picked him
self out of the fountain and, dripping.
Joined Elauae and Aunt Josephine In the
chase.
It was at that moment that a cab
pulled up furiously before th house and
Kennedy leaped out and rushed in. The
gypsy had gained Just time enough. If
sh had gone on, Kennedy might have
seen her outside.
The others were apparently looking for
her In every direction except the right
one. Bhe saw her chance. 8t:althllv ah
managed to slip out of the garden by the
back way.
As Kennedy dashed down th hall and
into th. library, he met Elaine's maid,
Marie, running, and as pal as a ghost.
For heaven's sake. Marie," he panted,
"where are they all?"
"In th conservatory, air," sh canted.
"Didn't you hear the glass break?"
"Glass?" he repeated, running ahead of
her now.
Kennedy cam upon Elaine. Aunt
Josephine and Jennings still vainly
arching about Just as they lost track
of the gypsy.
"Where did she go that way?" asked
Jennings.
"Hang th. gypsy." Interrupted Craig.
"Let her go you missed her anvwav.
But Elaine toll me what happened?"
Aunt Josephine reached down and
picked up the handkerchief she had torn
from Elaine', eyes. "Sh. bound t over
her eyes." she explained to Craig.
Kennedy examined th. handkerchief
closely. Evidently he was looking for
something concealed In it and did not
find it
Perplexed, h. looked first from Elaine,
then to Aunt Jcscphln.
"Ar. you looking for th. gypsy's hand
kerchief?" Elaine asked finally, awing
hla astonishment Then she stooped and
picked up another handkerchief from tho
floor. "Here It la. It didn't look very
clean, so when ' she wasn't looking I
dropped It and used my own."
Kennedy was speechless with relief.
He took the other handkerchief and rap
idly ran his hand over It At last he
came to a little hard lump In the hem.
He ripped It open. There waa th. llttl.
tub of radium.
"You'r lucky," he exclaimed. "If you
tvtA had tltat tub over your ya It
would bar don It. work In a few
minutes. Tou might not feel It for soma
time, but you would have been blinded
at least in a few days. If not hours."
. For the moment he forgot about Ines.
Then, suddenly, he recollected.
"Oh. by the way," he exclaimed. "I've
had Walter take a woman over to the
laboratory. He. must bo there by this
time. I wish that you would get your
things on and go over with me. I think
that you can help me get something out
of her. She's as cool, calm and calcu
lating as a sphinx. But I have a scheme
that may lead ua at last up to this
devilish Chinaman."
Left alone with Ines, I began to fol
low out Kennedy's Instructions.
I did not know It at the time, but
Just as we were shout to start and were
moving toward the door the gypsy,
breathless and fagged, reached the hall-
jway of the apartment Bhe was about to
go In when sne nearu jnci auu
going out She dropped bark Into the
convenient shelter whl'Jt Kennedy naa
used before and when we came out we
did not see anyone In the hall. As we
disappeared she emerged and cautiously
followed ua.
In spite of my fears, Ines went with
out a scene to the laboratory, we en
tcred, I at leant not knowing that a
pair of black eyes watobed every move
ment. The fake gypsy saw us go In,
then hastily cam out of a doorway Into
which Bhe had ellpped and hurried down
town. Sit down-there," I directed, pointing
to a chair.
Inex obeyed coolly. I watched ner mi
nutely. e
It was not long after. I arrived, how
ever, that Kennedy and Elaine Joined
me at the laboratory.
Kennedy had evidently carefully pre
pared Just what he Intended to do.
Quickly he forced Inex Into the chair
which he had already Bhown Elaine and
fastened the strap, about her arms.
"Walter, will you and Elaine go lnt
the next room?" he asked as he finished
securing the woman.
A moment later he followed, carrying
the dial of the sphymograph. He fastened
It to the concealed wire, that connected
with the arm of the chair, describing to
us In a whisper the action of the strange
little Instrument which by blood pressure
read not only the diseases of the heart,
but even the secret emotions.
He had purposely left the door between
the front and back rooms ajar, but he
did not Intend that Ines should hear this
explanation: "We know that Wu Fang's
headquarters are on Pell .treot" he con
cluded to us In a muffled tone. "The
sphyomograph will tell us the number
If wo ask her the right questions. She
may keep silent but she cannot conceal
her feelings from this Instrument "v
Already, although we did not know it,
the gypsy had gone straight to Wu
Fang's apartment Wu had been getting
anxious about his scheme when his ser
vant announced that ' Ines's maid was
outside.
"Bring her In immediately," Wu thun
dered. The maid came in, frightened,
blurting out what had happened to her
and what she had seen at the apartment
of her mistress. Wu listened, his face
scarcely repressing the raging fury he
felt.
It ( was only a few minutes after ho
had been warned by the gypsy that Wu
himself glided Into the hall leading to
the main room of the laboratory. He
listened a moment, then, hearing noth
ing, was about to open the door with his
skeleton key. As he started to do so
hl, ,ve fell on the fire escape outside,
He reconsidered. Perhaps It would be
best to reconnolter. Snake-like, he
wormed I.I. way up th. fire escape which
led to the back room. There, as wo
grouped ourselves about the aphygmo
graph while Kennedy explained his plan,
Wu's sinister face gaxed in at us for a
moment, then withdrew. Silently he
made his Way down again to tho ground.
In the back room Kennedy took hla
place near the doorway, while Elaln.
and I bent over tho dial.
"Now, Walter," h. began in an as
sumed rhetorical tone, "you remember
wo traced that fellow Wu Fang to Pell
street Let me see, what was that num
ber? Oner
He paused. I saw the needle Jump
allghtly at the mention of Pell street
then fall back at the number "one."
"Two?" went on Kennedy.
The heedle scarcely oscillated.
"Threo four five." came slowly.
Ines's face, though we could not see
It, was tense and set Sh seemed de
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termined not to betray a thing. Tet the
harder she tried to control the outward
expression of her fecllngi. the more she
betrayed herself by the Inward blood
pressure which the uncanny little in
strument before us recorded.
As Kennedy kept on counting tho In
dicator slowly but steadily rose, regis
tering her suppressed emotion. Elaine
snd I watched the dial, bending over It
with Intense Interest.
Outside In the hall Wu had again com
to the laboratory door. This tlmo he
drew out his key and softly opened It
and entered. For a moment he stood,
confronting Inex, alone in the chair.
Quickly he raised his fingers to his lips,
Indicating silence.
Kennedy kept on counting. As he
neared the rlnht number Wu drew a re
volver and raised It high over his head.
Twice lie shot Into the sir.
Suddenly, Just before the shots, the
dial had unaccountably lumped ten or a
doxen points. What did It mean? I
held It up and Kennedy looked at It In
wonder. He was about to take a step
toward the laboratory when the pistol
shots rang out. The dial hand fell back
to aero. '
nr.. .ua into the laboratory.
lay back In the chair, aope-rently dead.
Not a soul was In signt, dm '
door was open.
"Come on," shouted Kennedy, nurry
ing out Into the hall, ma I was about to
stop before Inex.
I followed and Elaine came along after
me. pausing at the door to watch us run
down tho hall.
Slowly a cabinet under the latoratory
table, bdek of her, swung over and the
evil, murderous face of the Chlnest mas
ter criminal appeared from the refug
to which ho had dropped after the shots
which he had fired to frighten Inex.
Silently he crept toward Elaine, standing
with her back to him.
With ore powerful movement, he swept
Elaine back Into the laboratory and to
the floor and slammed the door, locking
It. Another Instant and he ran to Inez
and unfastened her. She had merely
fainted and was now coming to.
Down tho hall we had discovered no
one, when suddenly we heard -the stifled
scream of Elaine. Back we rushed to the
door. But It was locked and Jammed.
Wu had finished releasing Inex by this
time and, with her, rushed into the back
room. As he did so. Elaine managed to
get to her feet and follow in time to see
Wu smash the window to the fire escape
with a chair and half shove Ines through
to safety.
He was about to follow when he spied
tho sphy sinograph and seised It That
brought him face to face with Elaine.
She snatched the record from him. With
an oath he struggled with her for It
By this time Kennedy and I had forced
the door and were in the outer laboratory.
Wu had bent Elaine back over the table
and had drawn a long knife. As he
poised it over her, he heard us coming.
Our shouts seemed to give Elaine re
doubled strength. She broke away Just
as Wu stabbed furiously, and the knife
point was deflected by the syphgmograph.
There was not an Instant to be lost, and
Wu fairly dove out of tho window. A.
we rushed in, Kennedy paused to reas
sure himself of Elaine's safety, but I
plunged after Wu, my revolver drawn.
Wildly I chot down from the window
at his retreating form. He had almost
reached the ground when I saw him
stagger and fail the rest of the way. One
of my shots had take.i effect but I had
used them all.
I started after him. But tut he slid
the last two or three sheps Into a heap
on tho gtonund, Inex caught him In her
arms. Half supporting, half pulling,
she managed to. assist the daxed and
wounded criminal along. At the curb was
a closed car with a driver, waiting. Sho
shoved him in and .tumbled in after Kim
herself, as the car moved swiftly away.
By this time I had reached the ground
nnd reloaded my run as I ran along. I
fired several shots. But though I
struck the car, I don't thtnk I did any
damage, for It ccntinued to gain spued.
The chase wa. hopeless and I stopped,
disgusted.
Back In t're laboratory, as I returned
through the window, I saw that the
strain had been too much for Elaine.
Now that It was over, she had fainted
and Kennedy was Just bringing her
around.
"Confound him," I exclaimed. "I
wounded him, but that girl got him away
from us again."
"Oh. ' murmured El.ilne, faintly catch
ing my words. "I heard the shots. I
was hoping you had ended It all, this
time."
For tbe moment. In his relief at seeing
Elaine still safe. Kennedy seemed to
have fc.fgottcn all about Wu.- My words
recalled lilm.
"Never mind," he reassured, as he tap
ped the little sphygmograph. "Not count
ing the groat Jump of the Indicator when
Inex discovered Wu before her, It regis
tered the highest tension when I men
tioned number fourteen Pell street. Wo
shall find his den not far from that"
Wo gathered about Craig while Elaine
looked at him, elated.
'Then you hnve forsed the last link,"
sho cried, seizing both his hands In her
own.
Kennedy merely smiled and shook hla
head gravely.
(To be Continued.) .
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