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m "It's another war of tbe tongs," bo wont on. "Thar hare 'om periodically, you know, and there's alwayi a few of tbo naooa-fseed boya anuffad out, which ain't much loot nohow. But tola Um? they Interfered, 70? 00a, with you and *4iea Orayaoa. and tbay beat up that driver of our buas-carriaga something fierce; and the Commlsslonsr's laauad order* to put tbe whole yellow popula? tion ou tbe pan If neceaaary to get the onea what la reeponalble." "Were any arreata made?** X In? quired. O'Hara smiled. "Were any arrests made?" be re^sted in a tone that In? dicated supreme pity for my Ignorance. "Why. we 1 jok 'em in by tee whole aale. We lowered the net and dragged It and you ought to ace what come up. There was one fellow, a aklnny old goeser half-breed, neither Chink nor white man, but a altmy mixture of all that's bad In the two. We've had him rn tbe griddle all night Talk about the third degree! He got it good, and he's made enough admissions already to seud him straight to the chair." "And Murphyf" I suggested. "He's a tough one, that lad! When they'd brought blm to, they figured they'd get him to convict himself In tbe earns old way. But there' was nothln* doing. He Just shut his trap, and not a word would he answer one way or the other. But his turn'U come, all right I've got It on him, Mr. Clyde. While I've been shadowln' him for the past month I've picked up a bunch of stuff that will come In good. To be? gin with, his name ain't Murphy. It's Pat Moraa. and his mug's at head? quarters." "His mugr "Sure! In the Rogue's Gallery. And his record's there too. He's done time, already." "For whatr "For sfabbln' a man In the back." It requires no great mathematical ability to put two and two together. a The result Is always either four or twenty-two. 80, In logic, the answer Is Invariably either right or wrong Mur? phy had stsbbed a man In the back; McNlah carried the scar of a knife wound under his shoulder blade. There were the two and two. "What were the facta?" I asked, with kindled interest. "Whom did he stab* When? Where?" "The bloke'a name," O'Hara an ewered. after a momenta thumbing of hla note book, "was MseNlchol?Doug laaa MacNlchol. It was In Buffalo, in 1900." My putting together of namea could hardly be a coincidence. , "Pat Moran served five years In Au? burn." the dstectlve added. "You don't know what became of McNIsh?I mean MacNlchol?" "No." "Nor any facta about the cause of the stsbblng?" "Tost s easy got." O'Hara Informed ?e. "Hut It ain't In the record, at beadquartera. What la there, though, la that Moran had lived In Chinatown In Frisco, snd was arreated there and tried for smuggling opium, but was ac? quitted for lack of evidence." For a moment I atpped my coffee In tbough'tul silence. "The skeleton guy knows Moran, all right." O'Hara broke In. "Tou mean the half-breed?" "Yes. He giv* that away." "What doea he call himself?" "He'e knowr In Chinatown as John 8oy. He aays he's a cook." Once again I waa busy with two and two. Unless all signs failed this John ?oy snd IVter Johntmn and the Kura etan cook of the 8ab1e Lorcha were a single entity. "O'Hsrs." I said, finishing my cof? fee, snd putting down the cup and sau? cer. "1 hare the key witness 1n this ease You snd I together sre going to take him with us and hare him con? front both Murphy and John Soy. I promise you the result will be Interest? ing." The detective looked Ms perplexity. "Some one who knows them?" he asked. * I"n>?? I sm very much mistaken," 1 snsw? red, "It Is some one who knows fetal both better than any other pcr eon In New York. 1'nles* eg Is Just now engsged In constructing enig? mas simply for the bewilderment of us mortals, tho wltneas I have la the man whom Murphy atsbbed In the back, In Buffalo, eight years ago.* But before I could carry out my plan there were several minor mut? ters whh u claimed my attention. Erer since reading the note which Mlas Clement placed 1n my hands I had been uneasy concerning her safe? ty. To Judge from OTIarn'c ropOft Chinatown had b*?en In a ferment most of tho night, and I feared lest tbe blame for the disturbance be vis? ited upon the brave woman mission ary snd some messures of veng"igsssj meted out to her. " >r half an hour I tried unsurce fully to reach her by telephone The Mission did not answer. With my anxiety Intensified by this repeated failure. I ordered my motor car around at orte?, and taking O'Hara with mo, made the trip to Pell atreet In record time, despite obstructive trucka and other vehicles which wer? ?neountarad. the hour being still oarly, in maddening frequency. Eager Inquiry ot none too loquacious nelghbora eventually elicited the In? formation that Mlsa Clement, alivo and uninjured, had started at day* break, If not Indeed befor?, to hunt up a brother of th? murdered Ling Fo. In Long Island City. Half an hour later, having stopped at Bellevue hoapltal on the way up town to Inquire as to the condition of Elol Lacoate. the Injured chauffeur, and leave Inatructlons that every? thing poaelbl? ahould be done for h1a comfort. I alighted from the car at the door of Dr. Maaaay'a office on Waat Ftfty-eixth atreet I trtwt I am not that typo of man1 which, whan guilty of error, dellghta to ahlft tba responsibility to other ahouldara. I had email excuse to make for myaelf in confounding Mr Nlah with Cameron, yet I confeaa I had much l?ae for the family physi? cian, who had been ao easily deceived. Dr. Masaey greeted roe almost jo? vially, but checked hlmeelf ae he ob? served the seriousness, tho coolness even, of my manner. I "Our?our patient Is not worse?'* he questioned, taken aback. "No, doctor9 I answered, tempted , to a giim humor, "that would be im? possible, I fancy." Fjfif a second he regarded mo with frowning Incomprehension. i "Our patient,'* I repeated with a sarcastic emphasis that could not be nils-understood, "long ago, I fancy, reached the limit of blackguardism." The doctor's eyes widened, his lips parted and he stood agtfast. "But?but?I don't quite see." he stammered. "You have quarreled with Mr. Cameron? You have?" "No, no," I returned, Interrupting him. "Would to God I had him here to quarrel with. Miss Crayson was right. The man you have been using your skill upon is no more Robert Cameron than I am." I hardly knew whether to be Irritat? ed or amused by that which followed. Dr. Massey threw back his head and roared with boisterous laughter. "Ha! Ha! Ha! That's the rich? est kind of a Joke, my dear fellow!" he exclaimed, as his mirth subsided. "Not Robert Cameron? Why. do you know, Mr. Clyde, how many years I have been his physician? No. Of course you don't. Ten years and over, and I know Cameron as I know my? self." "Then tell me," I said, irritation having its way, "why on earth ho ever had the initials D. M. N. tattooed on his left arm?" The doctor's quick changes of ex? pression were becoming an Interest? ing study. The smile which had lin? gered after the laughter now gave way to a lowered brow and pursed lips. "A tattoo mark on his left arm?" he repeated, slowly. "There's no such thJng there." "But there is." I Insisted; "there is, at least, on the left arm of the man you've been treating." Dr. Massey was still thoughtful. | "There is some mistake." he decld? ed. "No. there Is no mistake," I as? sured him. "Miss Grayton's eyes were better than either yours or mine. She saw at once that this outlaw waa not her uncle, and you and I fancied w? knew better. If you are still un? convinced, doctor. HI run you up in my car, which is at the door, and you shall satisfy yourself. Meanwhile I'll give you some of the confirma? tory evidence." He went with me; and to him and O'Hara. at tho same time, I related the dumfoumling occurrences of the previous night. "And what did this McNish say?" the doctor inquired, when I had fin? ished. "Did he admit the masque? rade?" I "He became delirious. There was no getting a sensible word from him. My own idea is that the delirium was feigned." | "Possibly." "Isn't it equally possible, doctor," . I asked "that he has been feigning since the first?" "No," was his answer. "I don't think so. He may have exaggerated bis symptoms, when conscious, to gain time; but If ho had been able to think clearly he would hnve secured that letter before laut night. You may rest assured that that was the first opportunity he had. after regaining the power of thought continuity. And still," he continued, "I am not en? tirely convinced that he is not Hoh? eit CrtUiMron. If It Ik merely a resem? blance, as you claim, then it is tho most remarkable cn-,? of likeness that I hav?? ever encountered. Moreover, there Is one thing wo inunt not lose sight of. His abductors, aj has been demonstrated by everything they have done, are an unusually clever and cunning lot of men. To counterfeit age. so far as tho tattoo mark is con? cerned, is not s<> dlffir"lt as you might. Imagine; and 1 should have to sec th<? ?car before admitting that It Is not of recent origin Tho letter might b?V? been ? forgery, or a real letter, se? cured and placed In Cameron's pocket for this very purpose, And hypnotlo suggestion would anally eiplaln hit de sir#> to se< tire ind tattroy It. The um of a foreign tongue In ids dementia even could be accounted for in tho ftiimn way." It. wan natural tint Dr. Massey should exsrt his ingenuity to reconcile theee divergent points. To htm It j seemed, se It hed to me, thst a mis- . take as to the identity of the patient was Incredible. But now I simply shook my hssd In negation. "Walt until you see him again, doc? tor," I requested. "Walt until you read his face, not for what Is on the sur face but for what Is behind It." The motor, drawing a swift diagonal to the curb, came creeplngly to a halt before tbe Cameron house. Ab I waa about to alight. Dr. Mastey laid a do- j talnlng hand on my arm. "If jour conclusion Is correct. Clyde." he said, gravely, "what course do you propoie to take? Do you real- j ize what is involved? Don't you see that your conviction and mine la one thine, but that to convince the public is an entirely different matter? Can we afford to give this man up for his crimes until we bavs Cameron actu? ally hers to prove that It la not he who was thus involved sixteen years ago? In the recent result of developments I had not thought of that. But I saw j now thst it presented a problem no ; less perplexing thsn some of those j which bsd just been solved. CHAPTER XXV. Enemies Fsc* to Fsce. As events shaped themselves the problem presented by Dr. Massey found a speedy iolutlon. Had I been compelled to grapple with It unaided j I am not yet sure w^at course I should ; have pursued. Of ray own volition I mu it have hesitated to take a step which could not fall to throw suspi? cion?at least among the only par-1 tlally informed?upon my absent and , defenseless friend. But all choice In j the matter was denied rne. I arranged with Dr. Massey that he 1 should go unaccompanied to his r.a tlent's room, and, without so much as j a hint that he was cognizant of what, j had transpired on the previous night, make whatever examination he deemed necessary to a definite conclu ?km, In the meantime, having learned from Checkabeedy that Evelyn was in the breakfast room. I Joined her there. Her curiosity had ripened by a night's suppression; and having dismissed the ! footman who was serving her. she at once demanded the fulfillment of my promise to tell her everything. "It's another case where you have the right to say, 4I told you so!' I be? gan, as I took a chair next to her. | In her wide blue eyes I read that she divined my meaning. "Yes," I went on, *'the man upstairs rs not your uncle. We have been nursing a vip*r. It seems, who prom? ises to give us a deal of trouble be? fore we are through with hlra." There was no need for her to ques? tion me. Rapidly, succinctly, I told her the story I had learned from Yup Sing; told her. too. of the scene in J the bedchamber, after I had left her j on the previous night; and showed h#r the letter from McNish's poor old Scotch mother. "There, there," I soothed, as in si !~nce but with quivering Hps and eyes overflowing, she started to read the tremblingly penned sentences a sec? ond time. "I'm sorry for the dear old creature, too. but?" "Philip," she interrupted me, her face and voice alike pleading. "Let us send him hack to her!" I "Send him back!" I repeated in amazement j "Yes. WTe can. can't we? We don't have to give him up to those horrid Chinamen, do we? He's well enough | to go, Isn't he? Why can't wo call a j cab. give him enough money for his passage and send him, at once? There's a eteamer sailing this morn? ing, isn't there?" For Just a moment I was on the point of yielding. Seldom has a vil? lain had a more puissant advocate than had McNlsh In this enthusiastic, j resolute girl, spurred to his salvation by the pathetic appeal of that mater- ? nal yearning which breathed from ev? ery line of the letter before her. The unselfish purity of her cause illumined and transfigured her. Her beauty was rudiant. I "Answer me!" she Insisted, impa? tient at my silence. "Isn't it possible? Isn't it really the very best way out of a difficulty? It will never do to admit that we have had that man here in mistake for Uncle Robert, you know." "But there is something you have forgotten, my dear child," I objected, with all the mildness I could bestow Upon the words. "In your wish to give Joy to this poor old mother?and in that I am with you heart and soul? you have quite overlooked the fact that we are still with scarcely a scin? tilla of information concerning the 1 present whereabouts of your uncle." "Oh, no, I haven't," was her prompt rejoinder, "hut I don't see what that has to do with it, except that it makes It 'ill tno more necessary to pretend t.iut we still believe this McNlsh is he, How will Rending McNlsh abroad hinder " And they she broke off, suddenly, .is T had rather expected she would, knowing what a keen brain she had and how once she got a clear per? spective on the situation, she must see again the very point she had suggest? ed once herself, and which I had still in mind. "You mean," she began again, speak? ing very slowly now. as she mentally focused the conditions, "that We must hold McNlsh as a hostage, and only give him up when they return I'nclo Robert to us?" "Exactly," i agreed. ".lust mm two armies do that are at war exchange prisoners," "Isn't there any other way?" she) asked, frowning "Oh, there must be, I don't care ? straw, you know, for that wlcl cd man; but, Philip, think of his poor old mother!" "I do think," I told her. "I've boo* I thinking, ever since I read her lettter, and If It were possible, Evelyn, I'd give the reprobate his chance for her sake, little as he deserves it. But I've been thinking of Cameron, too. Ha may be somewhere on the high seas, as Miss Clement's note implied, or he may be a prisoner in s oma under? ground dungeon of Chinatown. Wher? ever he is, we are safe in concludiug he is neither comfortable nor happy. Why, then, should we consider, to come right down to practicalities, this old Scotch mother of an infamous son. when the safety?the life even?^of one we both lov? to dearly may at this moment be at stake?" I flattered myself there was no gat ting away from this argument. It seemed to me conclusive, but the let? ter had stirred tho sentimental depths of the girl's nature, and she refuaod to yield without one last effort. "I know, Philip. I appreciate every word of what you have said; but couldn't wa And out what wo want to know through Miss Clement? She must have a lot more information than she put In that little hurriedly written note. Or, couldn't O'Hara find out for us?" Before I could answer her, Check* heedy stood in the doorway. "Dr. Massey has Just come down, Mr. Clyde," he said, "and would you spare Mm a moment in the reception room?" I turned to Evelyn. "Shall we have him in here?" 1 asked. And at her consent, Checka beedy, a moment later, led the doctor to us?a very changed doctor, a very decidedly less cockfiure doctor than I had encountered earlier that morn? ing in his Fifty-sixth street office. Even In his bow to Evelyn I detect? ed the shamefaced humiliation he was suffering. "We take off our hats to your per? spicacity, Miss Grayson," he said, confirming my reading. "I had never thought such a modern real-life in? stance of Lesurques and Dubosc pos? sible." "Then you admit?" I asked, smiling. "Candidly. There is no question. Yet I could have sworn yesterday that I was attending Mr. Cameron. It is the most remarkable resemblance I have ever seen." Evelyn asked him to be seated and I drew out a chair for him. "Ard how do you find the patient?" I inquired, when he had sat down. "Quite normal in every respect save one. He is in a highly nervous state. Ho is endeavoring to maintain the fic? tion that he is the gentleman we sup? posed he was. He evidently learned his lesson from Mr. Bryan, before we suspected anything. It is really won? derful how well fhe does it, consider? ing that he never saw the man he is trying to impersonate." "But he must know that he has been discovered. He certainly knows I have this letter." "A desperate man will battle against the most overwhelming odds," Dr. Mas sey observed, "and he is a desi>erate man " "You gnve no sign that you knew?" Evelyn asked. "Not the elightest. I pretended that I believed him Mr. Cameron." "Put Mr. IJryan must have?" I began. "On the contrary," said the doctor, "Mr. Bryan knows him only as the Mr. Cameron he has nursed from the first. He would be the last man to in? dicate to his patient a knowledge of anything untoward." "Miss Grayson and I were Just dis? cussing a course of action when you arrived, Doctor," I explained, "but had reached no conclusion. Last night I arranged with Yup Sing, who is prob? ably the most prominent and best edu? cated Chinaman in New York, and his friend the Chinese Vice Consul to meet me here today at noon. The chances are they will bring a United States deputy marshal with them, with a warrant for McNlth'f arrest. Now if we give him up, what will be the result? He will still maintain that he is Cameron in spite of our knowl? edge to the contrary. Yup Sing and his clan will insist that he is right and that we are wrong, and our chances of finding Cameron will dwin? dle. It isn't reasonable to expect that those engaged in the abduction plot will confess to their error and inform us as to Cameron's place of detention, is it?" Dr. Massey knitted his brow behind the bow of his glasses and pursed his thin lips. "We are certainly confronted by a very trymg complication," he udmitted with characteristic pravity. "Miss Grayson has suggested that we send McNlsh abroad?at once, on a steamer sailing this morning." "Mr. Bryan could go with him," Evelyn volunteered. "If the United States authorities have a warrant for him," the physi? cian argued, "that would only delay matters. They would arrest him on landing." There was no question as to tho ac? curacy of this deduction. "And tho newf.paixus." 1 added, "would be sure to publish columns of speculation. ... if we could ouly wring an admission from McNish It would simplify matters." "Isn't there some one you could confront him with?" Dr. Massey ask? ed, and hope rose within me at tho suggest Ion. "As far as I enn make out, from what O'Hara tells me," wan my re Joinder, "the police have in custody now the Eurasian cook who, I ixdlcve, lias been McNlsh'a Nemesis these six ben years, if we could brini those two miscreants face to face, McNish would be sure to betray himself." "Then arrange it by all means/1 Urg4 d the doctor. "Hsve McNIb? taken there, you meant** "Or have) tho Eurasian brought hero." And so, ultimately through the of floes of O'Hara, who all this Mmo had been awaiting me in the tonneau of my car which still stood at the door, John Soy, accompanied by two plain clothes men from the Detect Ire Hu reau, was brought from the Tombs to that sumptuous home on upper Fifth avenue. I say "ultimately** because his com? ing was delayed beyond all patience. Hour after Lour passed. The morn? ing dragged by with periodic tele? phone excuses from O'Hara. Tbe hearing was in progress before the police magistrate. . . . 3oy had been held for the grand Jury. . . . The mag? istrate would hava to sign a permit and be could not be approached until he came off the beach. . . . Soy had gone to tbe Tombs. . . . Tbe wardes was at luBcbeoa and could not be seen for half an hour. Meanwhile Dr. Masaey, impelled by the necessities of als practice, had departed, and Tup Sing and the Tice consul, Chen Mok, had arrived and bee a relegated to the reception room. To my relief, Checkabeedy reported thac they were unaccompanied. Mean? while, too, Evelyn had received a call from Miss Clement and had leatued with some diimay that the mission? ary's Ill-fated informant bad left with her no more definite information re? garding Cameron's transportation than that which she had already con? veyed to us. "We're Just starting in a taxicab," came at length from O'Hara over the wire. "We'll be there In less than half an hour." And in less than half an hour they came, an Ignoble, vulgar quartette against a stately, pompous back? ground. I met them In the great hall, stand? ing before the broad, sculptured chim? ney-piece. * I TO BE CONTINUED) OPPOSE HIGH LICENSE BILL. Messrs. Belser and Eppe Against Granting Charleston Special Liquor System. Columbia? Feb. :?.?Messrs. Eppe and Belser were two of tho members of the House who strenuously oppos? ed the bill giving Charleston a high license system for the sale of liquor, which measure passed the House by a majority of seven votes and was sen! to the Senate. Mr. Eppe held that the bill would not reduce the Illicit traffic in liquor In Charleston as the auth<?r of the bill and other of its ad vocates claimed. Mr. Belser gives in the journal of last Thursday his rea? sons for voting- to strike out the en? acting words of the Charleston liquor bill. He says: "1 do not think Char? leston county or any other county in the State, under existing conditions, should be allowed to grant licenses for the wohlesale of whiskey <>r other alcoholic liquors in this State." Mr. Holser also opposed on constitu? tional grounds the passage of the in? heritance tax bill which is still before the house, it having been made a special order for Tuesday night. Mr. Dick as chairman of the ways and means committee has his hands full getting up the appropriation bill. Tho ways and means committee holds dally meetings. EVERYBODY SHOULD ATTEND. May be Years Before National Corn Show is Again Held in South. Columbia, Fob. 4.?"Everybody in terested In the South's development should make haste to urge farmers to visit the National Corn Show. It may be years before we have this great educational exposition in *he South again, and the danger1 i. it many farmers will learn too late of Its sur? prising importance and value." So said Editor Clarence Poe of the Progressive Farmer after a thorough Inspection Of the great Columbia Ex? position, which closes February Sth. "I am really astonished both at the range and the educational value of the exhibits." Mr. Poe continued 'Many farmers have thought because it is called the Corn Show that it deals only with com. On the contrary, it should be called the National Corn Show and Farm Life Exposition. Ob? ject lessons in all sorts of improved methods of farm life are made so plain that he who runs may road. Many a farmer Will barn more from these vivid and practical demonstra? tions than he would b arn from a whole year's reading of bulletins and books. 'Seeing Is believing' and h< ro the farmer sees with his own eyes ex? actly hon Improved methods pay in erop growing, in care of live stock, soil management, and the Improvement of farm life In all its phases. One day at the Corn show will give < farmer as much practical, permanent instruc? tion as a month at an agricultural col? lege. Let everybody come. Tie- lbXI Cough Medicine I "i have used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy even since i have been k< r ms; house,*' says i C Humes of Mar bury, Va "i consider 11 one of the I k -1 rentedi< m i ever usi i\ M > children have all taken 11 and m works like n ? harm l4%or ? olds and whooping cough ! it is exc< lb nl. For sale by all deal . rs a.i t. LEGISLATIVE MAUERS. C EX KRAL AS8HMBIA' WILL COX \ EXE TUESD \1 NM.H l. Warehouse Hill W ill Im- l ir>?i lo Coiue up This Week; um Rotating to in Murance Companies; Newspaper BiU Mill on Calendar. Columbia, Feb. 3.?The (i?nerai As? sembly will convene for its fourth Week on Tuesday night at 8 o'clock and full calendars will face l?oth houses. It is expected that two ses? sions each day, one in the morning and the other at night, w ill take place dur? ing the remainder of the session, for if this legislature runs th.* accustomed forty days it has just three weeks more. Tho Senate will tackle the ware hause bill on Tuesday night. This matter will "ause an extended debate and Senator Mcl^aurin, its author, will open with a speech in its favor, The bill proposes a state warehouse system for storing cotton and pro? pose a tax of 25 cents on every bale raised or sold in the state. The bill requiring outride insurance companies doing business in tho state to invest part of their reserve in se? curities of this state will come up Wednesday. Lills to tighten up the primary laws, compulsory school at? tendance, abolishing the hosiery mill at the state penitentiary, and giving a per diem to Circuit Judges will be considered during the week. The two cent rate bill is also expected to be? gin its stormy Journey through the Senate this week. The House resolutions to pr^be the alleged railroad contributions during the recent campaign and ascertain what legislators hold free passes and positions under corporations, and the resolution calling on Senator Tillman to prove his charges of railroad do? mination of the legislature are on the foot of the calendar. There does not appear to be any hurry to reach them. No lines have been drawn yet be? tween the I {lease and anti-Blease fac? tions and it appears that the working harmony between them will continue, at least through the next two weeks. The working part of the session has now been reached. The joint assembly w ill meet at noon on Wednesday to elect a judge of the first circuit, Maj??r William L. (Haze of Orangeburg who was elected to the position, having declined to ac? cept on account of ill health. The election will probably be hotly con? tested. Several candidates are groom? ing themselves for the race. The inheritance tax bill is one of the big measures which the house will be called on to dispose of during the present week. It is claimed for the bill that it will shift the tax burden to the shoulders of the rich legatees who are able to bear it. Opponents of the measure hold that it is uncon? stitutional and allows the majority to levy a special tax on the minority. The election of Benjamin Ryar. Tillman to his fourth term as United States Senator from South Carolina passed w ithout incident in spite of many rumors that his election might be blocked by his newly made politi? cal opponents?not his enemies of long Standing". 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