Show LL 4 i he he Yellow Menace Louis By Tracy l me SYNOPSIS R Thomas H H. Clark United States Chinese treaty port of Kankol S suI ul of or Ali All Singh 1 Sted ried over the activities tr f pi 7 I ried has succeeded rat races of oft in far far banding East writes together together to toM confidential state depart- depart 19 of 01 M t agent at Washington Alt Ali Singh's Singh s l Najla is being educated at L sar e ir r college A riot breaks out which 3 welled by byAll All AU Singh who seems to toa toft ft charmed life lite All AU Singh sails f for fort ford led tin a d States Manning Manning takes takes steps to tov t nt his entry Reported that Ali AU this Singh In v vent Later was wasl Tied i-Tied Later develops that this was l that All Singh is In the United use threatens life of Banker Bron- Bron 1 leti tes s' s He Margaret oot as daughter Margaret who Is chum of r e 8 May lay Manning and Margaret E e grog on SS are walking In garden when they rendered unconscious Margaret Bron- Bron 4 s 15 I s taken take to Chinese joint Joint in In New New York o she is held s as a hostage until her herer her herth ere re th her er eL w withdraws thIs dra vs support of of Senator ere sons bill Manning and td ne nS' pg Bronson rescue the girl Johnis John John- Pea is mysteriously murdered AH Alt Altar ar eVe gh's plot to kill Manning is frus- frus e ted ed when Najla comes out of her hype hyp- hyp c e trance and warns him But May lay ping narrowly escapes the trap set sether sether sether her brother when a spider is let Into Alli room bon on a thread AH Ali Singh changes headquarters He leaves Hong Kong i rry with Najla to watch her until she sho ready to leave Harry tries to takeS take antage adage of knowing that she frustrated S V plot to kill Manning by forcing atom at- at ions on her She locks herself in her herm om m a an and calls the police Bronson trails i I Singh part way to his new w SS s a and telephones Manning anning Manning Manning Oi d i two policemen try to find All Singh V fare are taken captives themselves buter but butIn ter er escape In a a. motor boat eat r e that as It may Najla was the theT T who discovered red that althoUgh the OU 61 Eed official automobile was wa 3 d darding dis- dis arding the city's city speed regulations re ct Siring 1 1 ring a a. swift rush north another car carfel c held and anel 13 Ii fo fel owing In their wake thin a a. distances of jf a hundred yards so 60 through ev every ry twist and turn of road Herser Her er suspicion once aroused she gave user ser heed to the policeman chauffeur the shape of the back of his hisa kai d a the very set of his shoulders su suled sug- sug sted ted led a horrid doubt Unquestionably I iwas Iwas not cast in the mold of the erase well built and athletic New New rk policeman Yet Tet she forced hert her her- If t to be Ibe calm realizing the folly of ofay precipitate act When however eer ay y U e man turned his head bead at a a. bend in inSe ine Se e road and stole a swift look at the car she recognized the feares fea- fea res ires of a a. Mongol and knew then that r r i worst fears were Justified But Bute ie e did not lose her self sel control untying her motor veil she ered to Margaret Bronson who at Lt next to her til 1 I have been thinking for some mm- mm tes s that we have fallen into a a. trap Tarn am quite sure now Our driver r is ne of Ali Singh's men and there are others In a a. car behind us TellI Tell I ray ilay y but whatever you do dont don't show showY showy ny y Y signs of alarm Margaret despite the terror which h My t her face wan an and drawn strove compose herself to meet this new Jeril eril erB Cant we make the man stop by hy to the first policeman we neet set she gasped Better Better than that muttered Ill twist this veil Found nd his neck and choke him until e lets go the wheel May hay can drive Fell fell ell her to spring forward and be beeady e eady eady ay to steer the Instant she sees U at t the chauffeur i is in my power n You Rou watch the car in rear so that Gay ay f and I 1 shall know how to act 1 As soon as May Manning showed t her blazing eyes and tense attl- attl ude de that she was ready to take her wart start In a desperate attempt to rid heri her- her elt elt and the others of All Ali Singh's gang i leaped up and with lightning like of her deft hands she rhe chauffeur In an Instant May was wheel and pushing the or to its full extent Mr The chase did cUd not last long Though I Hay did her best urged thereto by Margaret's Margarets despairing warnings the apless Hapless fugitives were swiftly over- over Some one a a man whom Mararet Maret Mar- Mar aret et Bronson believed was Ali All Singh l sprang from the footboard and rasped rasped May Mannings Manning's wrists In a Mutch of steel She was forced to let 6 olof the steering wheel which her Assailant seized and manipulated until ale Jie speed slackened Others came to and had to relax rt ri grip on the chauffeur I In Jn a phenomenally short space of I ne s e each of the three girls was wag gagged jE fid d bound and thrust Int Into th the second secondI r a limousine with blinds closely If I rawn wn So swiftly and mercilessly is s the effected that I capture none of ofU U lQ em hardly uttered a scream And argaret had not erred in her f on of All Ali Singh It was indeed the theaster faster litster aster criminal in person who was ducting this raid Ke He surveyed them with a 0 grim smile 1 they sat huddled on the back seat the automobile with two of his thugs log Ing them It is a a. a areal real pleasure to meet my niece once more he said d the cold malice of his voice was re menacing than many another another's an's ans ns n's s 's loudest rage Unfortunately p I shall Ishall soon be separated again this again this e forever pe e closed the door with a bang oss the river by the Tarrytown nv he Instructed the driver I take ke sure that you are not followed u u and he addressed another man seated by the chauffeurs chauffeur's side be ready to shoot dead anyone who shows the slightest sign of Interference All Ali Singh waited until the closed car had disappeared in the distance Then he entered the other machine whose chauffeur was almost recovered from the strangulation he had been subjected subjected sub sub- to CHAPTER XII A Night of Horror The Chinese excel as a race In the construction of secret exits and and anden en entrances en- en i trances This fact is known to and accepted accepted accepted ac ac- ac- ac by the chief of police in every large city which contains a Chinese quarter In the densely crowded communities communities communities com com- of China itself the local authorities authorities authorities au au- au- au whether native or foreign re regard regard regard re- re gard it as a truism The reason Is not far to seek China Is essentially a democracy governed by an autocrat Every Chinaman be behe behe behe I he princely born Manchu or the coolie emulates the Napoleonic soldier who carried in his knapsack a marshals marshal's marshals marshal's marshals marshal's mar mar- baton In effect the way is al always always always al- al ways open from th the gutter to the highest highest high high- est eat posts and as a a. consequence when the Chinaman bands with his fello fellows s sin In one or other of innumerable secret societies he is well aware that he has hasto hasto hasto to protect himself from officials of his own kith and kin This explanation is necessary if one would r regard gard in its true light the failure failure failure fail fail- ure of some of the smartest members I of the New York police to discover All AH Singh's temporary headquarters in a tumbledown house standing forlornly in New Jersey The den was there yet they could not find it The simplicity of the ruse adopted was its chief feature When Captain Kemps Kemp's men came upon the empty motor boat tied to a rotting pier in a I narrow creek it may be taken for granted that they made a most thorough thorough thorough thor thor- ough search of the neighborhood Not content with his subordinates subordinate's report Police Captain Kemp brought Manning Manning Man Man- M n- n ning and Bronson to the place and conducted a second and even more exhaustive exhaustive exhaustive ex ex- ex- ex search Standing well back from the shore and screened from view by a clump of trees was the house which the detectives detectives detectives detec detec- tives had already visited It had been deserted a generation ago Its stairs were broken its flooring decayed and not a window was intact Nevertheless less although a a. number of sharp eyed and keen witted men men satisfied themselves themselves themselves them them- selves that the building was untenanted untenanted untenanted unten- unten anted aS M a matter of fact more than once they were only separated bY bv a narrow wall from a group group of desperate and well armed scoundrels who might easily have gained the upper hand in ina ina ina a fight All Ali Singh It has been seen was vas ab absent absent ab- ab sent but Hong Kong Harry once Najla was removed gave his chief unfailing service and could be trusted to lead the gang with skill and devo devo- tion Katisha the odalisque too was wasa wasa a a bold and shrewd woman She like the others carried a brace of heavy caliber revolvers and would have fought to a finish However the search party withdrew withdrew withdrew with with- with with- drew little dreaming how near they had come to their quarry They took away the motor boat and returned to t I New York Obviously the whole afternoon afternoon afternoon aft aft- had been wasted and the two young men did not reach Mannings Manning's residence until a late hour They were met by an amazed and mystified butler butler butler but but- ler w who o had devoted the best part of the day to preparations for the reception reception reception recep recep- tion of his master and Bronson as dangerously dangerously dan dan- injured men By this time the man had learned to dread anything anything anything any any- thing out of the common course which affected the Manning l and Bronson household Why sir he cried gazing at Manning Manning Manning Man Man- ning with wide open eyes the telegram telegram telegram tele tele- gram said that you and Mr Bronson were all broken to pieces What telegram 1 demanded Manning Manning Manning Man Man- ning Instantly And where is Miss May May and and the others 1 The three young ladies ladles went off at once sir Good God man what are you talkIng talking talkIng talk- talk Ing about The butler ran to the library table and pl picked ked up the telegram which Margaret Bronson had left there in her agitation One glance revealed the dreadful truth All Ali Singh had triumphed triumphed tri tri- tri tri-I again He had completely fooled the authorities and worst of or orall of all he now held three hostages Kemp was summoned immediately But what could he do What could any man do against the fiendish In Intelligence Intelligence intelligence In- In of the Asiatic A quick alarm was sent out to every precinct in New York and to the New York authorities but the secrecy with which the Inquiry had been conducted hitherto hitherto hitherto hith hith- erto provided a lamentable drawback In a necessarily brief message it was was quite impossible to give full details as ast asto asto t to the characteristics of All AU Singh and his chief associates The sheer hopelessness of the quest affected Manning and the others They had nothing to sa say sat no scheme to advance They simply could watt walt and watt walt yet without hope of result Manning suggested that they should return to the ruined house in New Jersey It was only a counsel of de despair despair despair de- de and well he knew it Had the others agreed he would certainly have vetoed the idea since it must have struck him as preposterous that they should leave New York on a wild goose chase through a bleak district where they must be shut off for many hours from all possible sources of in in- in formation So they tiey t ey sat in the gloom a mournful trio And then a a. strange thing happened one of those madly improbable ble oc occurrences occurrences occurrences oc- oc against which the ordered brain revolts yet of such seemingly tangible reality that the unwilling senses are compelled to accept it Somehow why Somehow why none of them could explain subsequently they subsequently they became aware of a sinister presence in the room They looked up each moved by byth bythe bythe th the same Impulse and fancied they saw All Ali Singh standing in the arched passage which led from library to hall Maddened by the vision and swa swayed ed edby by some Borne uncontrollable impulse both Manning and Bronson drew revolvers and fired In broken baiting words they confessed confessed confessed con con- to a delusion Even Kemp a blase officer of police admitted that he had shared in that awesome hal hal- He be It remembered had never set ey eyes s on All AH Singh yet he described the man so accurately that his friends were stunned Manning was the first to recover his wits Continued tomorrow |