Show T The he Yellow i Menace By Louis Tracy SYNOPSIS Mr fl Thomas H. H Clark Unit United d States Stales consul at the Chinese Chines treaty treat port of or Kan- Kan koi worried over oer the activities of 01 All Singh who has succeeded In banding torether to- to ether rether l the e antagonistic races o of the t far r ka Kast t writes to Manning confidential lIol state department agent at Washing Washing- ton All Singh's niece Mlle Mile Najla Naila Is l I ai-I t being being- educated J at Vassar r college A riot breaks out which Is quelled queUed by bv All Singh who seems to bear hear a a. charmed life I AU All I Singh sails for the United States States- StatesMan MannI Mannine Man Man- nI nine g takes steps to prevent his entry ItIs Itis it itis is reported that All Singh is drowned It Jt later develops that this was waa a ruse TUse that All Singh is in th the United States He threatens the life lite of ot Banker Bronson Bronson's s daughter Margaret who Is a a. chum of ot Mile 1111 Najla May Manning and Margaret Margaret Mar Mar- garet Bronson are walking Jn in the garden gardena when they are r render rendered unconscious n Margaret a Bronson Is sn taken n t to a Chinese Joint in New York where she as asa asa asa a hostage until her hel father withdraws his support of Senator Johnston's Johnstons bill Manning a ln and young Bronson rescue the girl Senator John Johnston ton Is 18 found dead In the library Najla Najia ajla saves her old friends from rOm a similar fate She explains that Senator Johnstons Johnston's death was brought about by bv a poisonous Insect 1 HalT Harry mal makes es violent love to Najla She Is rescued from his clutches b by Captain Pt Kemp B Bronson's automobile automobile automo automo- o bile e is wrecked c mr In a aB chase a after All i Singh who again escapes Senator Stevens an advocate of oC the law Is assassinated Margaret Bronson Najla ajla and and May Manning Banker are decoyed Bronson S in nn an ars arsa Is a auto as as- Najla Is put on the torture torture torture tor tor- ture rack She Is saved by Harry Harr who shuts off oft the electric current May Najla Manning are n still fil file e escapes held prisoners but Margaret ar All Ali re rei Singh i and g gand and his minions steal an airship Najla Najia saves the life lite of oC Harry Barry From the airship All Singh wrathfully wrathful views s a a. military tournament In New York Tork May Manning and Margaret Bronson are again Manning decides to give himself himself him him- self up to AU Alt Singh to save the girls Harry temporarily deserting All Singh tells Captain Kemp how to outwit outwit outwit out out- wit All Singh Manning gives himself up At a signal the police rush in There is a furious Curious battle Manning lanning and the girls are rescued but All Ali Singh who seems to bear beal beara beala a charmed life again escapes Although Najla Is at the Manning home All AU Singh occasionally manifests his h hypnotic powers powers pow pow- ers era over her Harry attacks May Manning A saves her herand herand and Harry after a I beating Two of ot AU All Singh's men who steal an n aeroplane arc are killed when the machine which had been fixed to fall tall at ata ata ata a certain height plunges to earth Harry warns Manning Manning- that All Singh is 15 going to steal a submarine just Invented Before Manning can prevent it All AU Singh boards the submarine with the inventor of ot the air all lock with which 1 the boat Is equipped AH AU Singh is prevented prevented prevented pre pre- vented from stealing the boat by the inventor when the latter atter finds out that h ho he has been tricked d d I By this time Cook had recovered his self possession You can spare yourself any any further further fur fur- ther thel explanation h he sa said d quietly I 1 suppose you are All Ali Singh i THe tall taU man bowed bravely His satellites suddenly became awestricken awestricken awestricken awe- awe stricken stricken- and bent in deep salaams Well Ven continued Cook youve been fooled as usual Mr Singh r The I formula of Is where neither you nor any other thief can hope to lay hands on it All Singh's face grew yellow with rage not alone because of the prisoners prisoner's prisoners prisoner's prisoners prisoner's pris pris- oner's contemptuous Indifference but owing to the fact tact that he feared lest lestan lestan lestan an elaborate plot might in truth prove absolutely useless Search liim he cried imperiously and two orientals examined most thoroughly every article In the officers officer's officers officer's cers possession Cook as it changed carried no important documents whatsoever eer A ball ban program program curious curious symbol of civilization in his present state state and and a small sum of money were alone produced When Ali All Singh was certain that his spies had hati misled him again his hiS' rage became a fearful thing Disregarding the prisoner rison l' l for the moment he turned on a I. I terrified Chinaman like a a. wild beast I In future the penalty of or all aU who i J fail tall will be Immediate Immediate- 1 death he snarled death V The men fell to the deck gibbering some som prayer ayer for mercy but Ali All Singh motioned imperiously to two of his satellites and while Cook watched the scene with fascinated eyes he saw the wretch tied led hand land and foot toot and carried out of ot the cabin A few seconds later af r rhe he heard a loud splash Such was the end of ot the hapless I zealot who had unwittingly deceived his master mastel After many days davs some I II fishermen at the mouth of or the Hudson Hud Hud- Hud HudI HudIson I i I I alt alt- son found the floating body an and other unsolved cd m mystery was added to the many registered b by the New York I al I police The waters had hardly closed over the victims victim's head bead before All Singh turned again to the captive officer I You have witnessed the means by which 1 I t enforce my will he saidI said I r I now give you three days daos without food or 01 drink in which to change your your mind If It during that period you decide to tell me how and where I r can CUn I obtain the formula of I will keep my promise e and free vou v u At the end of that time should you still remain stubborn you will wUl be slowly slowly slow Blow ly y tortured to death I have spoken He lie went out without another word I As though fulfilling instructions al already already al- al ready given two men bound the prisoner prisoner pris- pris oner in a box resembling a portable Turkish bath The others vanished but the half caste lingered and al although although al- al I tho though gh Cook could not stir bent bent over I him with sc scowls I and nd curses To the soldiers soldier's real amazement no sooner were they alone than the mans man's manner mann manner man man- n ner r changed My ly name Is tarry he muttered You will have heard of me from Mr Manning Dont Don't speak I see it Is so Trust me and Ill I'll save I you Cook Coo s smiled gratefully and he was left alone But now realizing that he had met a most unexpected friend he was calmer and so long as he did not struggle to free himself his bonds though Irksome were not very painful The incidents which succeeded each other ohel with a sort of tI ra rapIdity rapidity rapidity ra- ra during the next few days das were were- so varied and extraordinary that thata a whole volume might be written on them alone In Jn this narrative they can only be vaguely adumbrated while Itis It itis is impossible to deal with them in their correct sequence All Ali Singh resembled a tiger caught in a net net net-a a tiger whose sharp claws and sinews of steel tee could tear huge gaps in the toils and yet ct was ever efer baffled baffled baffled fled by b- new folds fold The man gran seemed t to tobe be ubiquitous Never before had his agents gents been so numerous or so well wen in informed in- in formed For instance while Manning Bronson and antl Kemp were scouting for fora a vaguely described car which they ultimately u connected conne with an Importer I of Eastern curios a man named All Ali Ali All Singh was hot not only planning planning pani plan pan i ning to marry marJY Najla to Harry and thus plunge her into misery t forever but had contrived to locate I Mannings Manning's f new new residence in inVest West Vest rest third Ninety-third street The very day after this house rouse was occupied d All Singh rented a dwelling exactly opposite and andI I actually tenanted the place himself with a whole gang of his assistants while the y cht on which Cook was held a prisoner was b In ought brought up the i Hudson and anchored off the end of the street Cook was given som some narcotic and food dressed in firemans fireman's clothes an and 1 literally carried to All AU Singh's house as If In process of being rescued by his friends after a drunken spree When he came to his senses again he was lying in a cellar bound as before and intensely surprised by the change of environment But Bat he was not fated to remain inquietude inquIetude In Inquietude quietude that evening From his pallet pallet pallet pal pal- let he could look through an open door into a passage By this time he had hal halcome come to recognize the features of ot most of ot othis his jailers The majority behaved with true oriental stoicism Harry had taken several opportunities to assure him that help hep would come but there were two whom he dreaded One was Katisha the odalisque who seemed to hate the white races with a malignant intensity and the other was waa t the e broad faced Sato the tho aviator Somehow this mans man's apparent good humor conveyed a greater menace than frown Cook Cool understood though he could never explain wh why that the sturdy little J Jap p would murder murder mur mur- der him Instantly If or ordered ered and grin while in the act There was much coming and going in the passageway Evidently Evidently- some something thing important was up A telephone i iwas was secreted In a sort of 01 cupboard and All AU Singh whose tall and saturnine figure was not to be mistaken en had use used it severn several times during the eve eve- ning Then Harry appeared appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap waved his hand to Cook and numa took out the telephone giving gibing a number number num num- ber her with marked Impatience At that instant Cook noticed a door I opening furtively and Sato's Gatos head had ap ap- ap- ap For once the smile smite had quitted quitted quit quit- ted the mans man's face It was replaced now by bv a It look of or angry ry suspicion Cook lid did not know whether or not to warn his hill friend but decided that Interference tn- tn in interference just lust then would simply serve to betray the tile fact that an un- un existed between them so remained silent Harry obtained the number number number num num- ber he wanted and was so 50 eager to give a message that he neglected to take precautions against being overheard Cook heard distinctly what he was saying Watch out for yourself Mr Man Man- ning All is in New York and Captain ln Cook is a prisoner in this house which is situated Sato leaped like a panther springing on his his his' prey pre but Harry warned by some sixth sense that he was in danger dropped the telephone and was able to close with his Ills assail assail- ant Sato yelped something in a foreign foreign foreign for for- eign language The astounded prIsoner prisoner prisoner pris prIs- oner could not follow the words of course but It was easy to gather their drift It was as though the Infuriated Japanese had said plainly So you are the traitor I have suspected suspected suspected sus sus- you OU for tor a a. long time Now I make an end of you Y The assassin however had woefully underestimated the half- half castes caste's strength Over and over again during his ill III fated association with All Ali Singh ong Harry had hadi I showed how strangely nature had hadi i i erred in fitting an erratic and ill governed govI governed gov- gov I soul to an almost perfect body The two men metr fought like catamounts Each knew It was a a. struggle to the death and each used hands feet and andI teeth as though they were the animals animals animals ani ani- I mals the they resembled But the Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese must have realized early in the game that his hour had come He had met an adversary skilled as he lie himself himself himself him him- self in every trick of 01 jiu-jitsu jiu anc and eminently better bettor fitted for a combat ol of this sort Slowly but surely Hong kong Harrys Harry's wiry fingers' fingers closed r round und I I the little mans man's bull neck with the th thumbs meeting across his jugular I vein rein Their legs were in folds like I so many writhing snakes but the muscles muscles muscles mus mus- cles of or the Japanese gradually re relaxed relaxed relaxed re- re his feet dragg dragged d limply on the floor his eyes protruded and his tongue lolled out He would have died had hadnot hadnot hadnot not All Singh Single appeared and commanded command command- ed Harry Barr to let go his grip Then assured that Sato would not die All Singh went off abruptly He mean meant to punish Harry in some sopie other way Ivay The soldier of course hardly grasped I the significance of ot this scene but the half caste had given him the best oJ ot otI j assurances that All Singh numbered at I least one deadly enemy in his household house house- hold j I Good for you ou he said You fixed I that Jap fine I only hope that I shall shaH shallI I be able to bear a hand when his master mastel is done for Naturally poor Najla could not come under her wretched uncles uncle's dread mesmeric control without yielding Hence Bence to her friends' friends great surprise All AJI Singh sent her back to them and she was actually being greet greeted d with joy at the moment Manning received that mysterious telephonic message from Harry The way in which It was broken off showed that the halt half caste had llad either cither been dIsturbed disturbed dis die or attacked It was annoying that the Interruption had come at the very ery Instant Harry was about to re reveal reveal reveal re- re veal All Ali Singh's new abode But that could not be helped The warning itself must be acted on and Police Captain Kemp wh who was standing at Mannings Manning's elbow at once Issued the most stringent orders to a score of 01 de detectives detectives detectives de- de and police already very much on the qui vive vine But Bronson seeing something peculiar peculiar peculiar liar In Najla's manner and noting her reluctance to part with her hat a a. large handsome piece of ot millinery was as assured assured assured as- as that she was still in a trance He examined the hat and his suspicions suspicIons suspicions were aroused so he caused the girl to be taken to her bedroom She Sheat Sheat Sheat at once fought furiously In the excitement it was not noticed that a Japanese In the street was I watching the the- doorway closel closely with evident Intent as was n-as as discovered afterward afterward afterward after after- ward to signal his confederates at the ri right ht moment Meanwhile Manning and Bronson did not scruple to tear the hat to pieces and came on a curious contrivance secreted in the crown They placed this on a chair guessing by intuition that the destruction of or the hat would stop its action in some presently undefined undefined undefined un un- defined wa way When Najla was so pinioned that she she could not move instant and close search 1 was made of the neighborhood Nothing happened so far as the police poUce knew but in actual fact All AU Singh saw save that a deadly scheme had been frustrated frustrated frustrated frus frus- and was waa himself compelled to escape from hid house and anti make of oft off in ina a car When matters had somewhat calmed down the object concealed in the hat was examined It proved to 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