Show I The he Yellow Mena e Louis By Tracy I SYNOPSIS Thomas H. H Clark United States consul consul consul con con- sul at the Chinese treaty port of Kankol Kankol Kan- Kan kol koi worried over the a activities of AH AU Singh who has succeeded In banding to together together together to- to gether the antagonistic races of the far East writes to Errol Manning confidential confidential confidential state department agent at Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington All AU Singh's s niece Mlle Mile Najla Is being educated at Vassar college A riot breaks out which Is f's quelled by All AH Singh who seems to bear a charmed life All Singh sails for the United States Manning Manning Manning Man Man- ning takes steps to prevent his entry ItIs Itis It Itis is reported that All Singh is Is drowned Is It later develops that this was a ruse that thatAH I AH All Singh is in n the United States s He t it tet threatens e g the life of Banker Bronson's so I daughter Margaret who is a chum of M Mlle Mile Ile Najla May Manning and Margaret Bronson are walking In the garden when the they are to rendered unconscious Margaret Bronson is taken to a Chinese Joint in New York where she Is held as a hostage until her father withdraws his support of or Senator Johnstons Johnston's bill Manning Manning Manning Man Man- ning and young Bronson rescue the girl Senator Johnston is found dead in the he library Najla saves her old friends from om a similar fate tate She explains that Senator Johnstons Johnston's death was brought I about by a poisonous insect Harry makes violent love to Najla She is rescued from his clutches by Captain Kemp Bronson's automobile is wrecked In chase after All Singh who again es es- es I capes Senator Stevens an advocate of the law is assassinated MarY Margaret Margaret Mar Mar- garet Bronson Na Najla la and May Y Manning Mannin are re decoyed in an auto and Banker Bronson is assassinated Najla Napa Is put on the torture rack She Is saved by Harry who shuts off oft the electric but it Margaret current t soC an May Najla Manning are g gs s still escapes ilca hell held IJ prisoners AH AU Singh and his minions steal an airship Najla saves the life of or orM M tk Harry From the tho airship sr gri Alla All Singh wrathfully t views a milita military tournament tournament ment ment In New ew York ork May 1 Manning Manning and Margaret Bronson are again Manning decides to give himself up to I All AU Singh to save the girls Her Harry y temporarily deserting AH AU Singh I tells Captain n Kemp how to outwit A AH All Singh 1 Manning Manning- n ficI gives himself up isAi At Ata ie a signal the police rush h In n. n There Is a furious battle Manning and the girls are rescued but All AH Singh who seems to bear a charmed life again escapes Although Although Although Al Al- Al- Al though Najla is at the Manning home All AH Singh oc occasionally manifests his hypnotic powers over her Harry attacks May Manning A detective saves her and releases Harry after a beating Two of AH Ali s Singh's s men who t steal an aeroplane are killed when the machine which had been fixed to fall faU at a a. certain height plunges plunge to earth To Mays May's horror the two men roseand rose roseand roseand I and evidently Intended leaving the room b by the very door Behind which she was hiding But her eyes had been busy as well as her bel ears and she had noticed a couple of closets In the hall One of these was evidently a repository for coats and hats and might well be visited by any anyone one departing de departing de- de I de-I parting from the house So she chose the other and Was overjoyed on hearing hearing hear hear- hear I ing All AU Singh and his host taking hats hats and umbrellas from the neighboring I closet However the unexpected was waa happening happening hap hap- pening that day with a a. vengeance Mr Smithson locked the front door behind him For some reason probably by a subtle contriving of All AU Singh the building seemed to have been emptied of or all its ordinary occupants occupant So the girl found herself t trapped mopped since the only windows left op open n were well wen above the ground She Sho heard a car arrive from Somewhere somewhere somewhere some some- where and drive e off oft again and was profoundly thankful that her own little runabout was standing on the other side of the street and ana would hardly attract at attract attract at- at tract notice But she was now as eager to be gone as she had been to re remain remain re- re main while All AU Singh was wheedling Smithson Into the right frame of mind for his nefarious purpose A window in the hall seemed to be at a practicable ble height yet being In the house of an inventor was waa secured by some tricky device which no ordinary person person per per- son could hope to manipulate More by good luck than good management tho the girls girl's fingers ringers pulled a string inthe In Inthe Inthe the right direction and she was able to raise the sash Soon she was In her car and speeding speedIng speed speed- ing along the roadway She did not know where to go but her Intuition pointed to the wheel tracks of All AU Singh's automobile as the surest guide There had been a shower recently BO so BOIt It was not difficult to detect the marks of two rear tires of or different patterns and she was rewarded for Ingenuity by seeing a fast traveling car at the farther farther far farr ther end of the first long straight stretch of road encountered But there were more uncharted rocks ahead Mays May's car could neither overt overtake overtake over- over t take e nor rival th the high nl h powered flowered g machine machine ma ma- chine in which All AH Singh was bringing Smithson to possible death and c certain disgrace The higher one reached the base fully ten minutes ahead of his I pursuer M Moreover Smithson's presence convoyed convoyed convoyed con con- voyed the conspirator past aU all manner of and sentries whereas POOP May found the way barred by the very first sentry who stood across the path with fixed bayonet and forced her to stop It was usel useless ss to try and convince the man that she was Mr Mannings Manning's sister and the beater bearer of news of tremendous tremendous tremendous tre tre- importance He did however show that he was not a fool by sending a messenger to the officer commanding the guard Though skeptical this gentleman so far credited the girls girl's story as to conduct conduct conduct con con- duct her to the office of the commandant commandant commandant com com- mandant where her brother and Bronson Bronson Bronson Bron Bron- son would probably be found All this meant delay and the girl knew bitterly bitter bitter- ly that Ali All Singh worked with precision precision precision preci preci- sion and dispatch Still she realized that even the best best of submarines cannot cannot cannot can can- not be with the expedition of an automobile so so though excited and al almost almost almost al- al most hysterical she poured forth a re remarkably remarkably remarkably re- re lucid story when admitted at last to the serious conclave then taking taking- place between the naval men and the representatives of the secret service The commandant and his second in command though polite were evidently Inclined to regard Marys Mary's outburst as the of an overwrought mind but Manning no o less than Bronson and Police Captain Kemp knew otherwise and their earnestness stirred the naval officers Into Instant activity The whole party reinforced by non noncommissioned non commissioned officers and men gathered gathered gathered gath gath- ered en route hurried to the pier alongside alongside alongside along along- side which the curious superstructure of a submarine which has suggested to the scoffer the shape of a coffeepot should have been visible It was omi- omi none that the conning tower was even evenar then slowly submerging since no arrangement arrangement arrangement ar ar- ar- ar had been made with the authorities au au- au- au auby for an experimental dive that day Doubt swiftly grew Into conviction when they came on the bodies of two marines whose duty it was to guard each end of the little pier It was as ascertained ascertained ascertained as- as subsequently that these men had been shot from behind by missiles resembling darts and a doctor who had traveled extensively extensively- in the far East recognized the effect of a a blowpipe In the offing stood the patrol boat and it was evident that her officers and crew were simply Interested in the sinking of the submarine as an ordinary ordinary ordinary nary item of the days day's work They were promptly hailed and steamed In closer As soon as they knew that something was wrong a boat was lowered lowered lowered low low- ered to the submarines submarine's conning tower which was Just disappearing The sailors had to be careful in this matter These under underwater ater craft are capricious creatures and the slightest fouling of the cable might prevent the boat from rising thus bringing about a real disaster All that was possible now was that the patrol launch should keep In touch with the submarine follow follow follow fol fol- low her closely and be at hand to 10 board her when she rose Naturally no one could be sure as to the precise facts The men afloat shouted 1 that they had seen Mr Smith Smith- son bring a stranger on board loard oard and de descend descend descend de- de into the Interior of the submarine submarine submarine rine leaving the airlock open Soon afterward two other men followed and as these were also unknown to the patrol patrol patrol pa pa- a close watch was kept The newcomers closed the airlock behind be behind behind be- be hind them and the submersible began to sink at once a quite natural performance performance performance per per- which lulled even the slight suspicions raised by the fact that Smithson was accompanied by three unknown Individuals There was nothing to be done now but to wait Air bubbles bubble and patches of oil floating lazily on the surface showed the whereabouts of the sub sub- It happened by chance that her two periscopes were not mounted so those on board must be in complete ignorance of the preparations made above for a warm reception the moment moment moment mo mo- ment the vessel reappeared Thus half an hour pass passed d a half hour of inaction though of tense ex expectation ex- ex Then a strange thing hap A mans man's head and shoulders hap I shot into sight with a ef effect effect effect ef- ef and v vanished again only to re reappear reappear reappear re- re appear after a couple of seconds It was Smithson Blood was streaming streaming streaming stream stream- ing from his forehead and flowed in such measure once he remained on the surface that his features soon became unrecognizable But lt the fact tact that he was swimming with strong steady strokes showed that his wound though ghastly could not be very serious Soon gasping for breath he was was drawn on board a boat and brought to the quay At the same game time another boat laden with officers from the patrol naturally eager to ascertain what the extraordinary nary incident was pulled alongside and the whole party gathered around the Inventor Smithson was so exhausted ex- ex exhausted ex hausted that he could hardly stand and was evidently enfeebled by loss of blood from a a. deep cut wh which ch one of or the officers contrived to bind up with witha a a. handkerchief b but t he could not be restrained from purring forth an amazing na narrative Ive been in broad daylight avs to by a set of Chinks he hea said brokenly a fellow who called called himself Mr Maz- Maz az- az nan and said he was the agent of or orthe the the the- theNo No mames here Interrupted Manning Manning Man Jan ning emphatically Smithson seemed to be puzzled for tor a moment but grasped the essential fac fact that his statements must be guarded Well VeIl never mind about names he wheezed This M brought the best of credentials He showed me letters of introduction from men I know quite well How However ver lets let's get getaway getaway getaway away from that He lie pl played me for a sucker and I fell at once I actually invited the swine to come and see my air lock in operation I brought himon him himon himon on board meaning to give a partial without actually submerging submerging submerging sub sub- merging and to my complete astonishment aston aston- astonishment two little brown men aston I crept down below after us I was about to protest when one of em laid me out I with a spanner givin ivin me this and he touched his bandaged head significantly significantly significantly sig sig- The next thing I 1 knew I Iwas Iwas Iwas was being But I managed to keep my wits I had been a fool but was willing to pay a fools fool's price If only they didn't kill me I resolved to lie doggo until the chance offered that I might smash the air airlock airlock lock control Once that was gone everyone on board was doomed of course except the man who might contrive to creep into the tho air all lock chamber And I meant to too be that man too Yes by gosh I did did i And I won out gentlemen Those three devils were so keen to get the ship under underway way way let let me tell you they knew all about the machinery that machinery that they took It for granted I was a goner They had to go forward you know In order to use the sinking pumps and then came my opportunity I bust the control control con con- trot with the same spanner which nearly bust me and made a Jump j for forthe forthe forthe the ladder I couldn't resist i ithem them one shout so that they might know what was comin to them And what is that broke in Manning Man Man- ning with an eagerness which re revealed revealed revealed re- re an almost agonizing hope that his troubles and those of his country might bo be at an end The Inventor was surprised almost pained that anyone should not know the true effect of his contrivance Why h he sHouted In a queer cracked voice theres not enough air In that submarine at this moment to keep the life lite In a white mouse for more than a few minutes Shell She'll not rise now until she's hauled up and you'll find three dead men aboard of her the her the one that I took care of and his two pals What do you mean by the one you took care off on of said Manning Oh I forgot was the airy answer One Ono of the little fellows ran after me and grabbed my ankle so 80 I soaked himon him himon himon on the head with the spanner and drove e It In an Inch or more At last lasU breathed Bronson The words sounded like a prayer of thanksgiving a a. prayer r which Manning l echoed for tor AH AU Singh was now surely dead To be continued next Monday |