The Romance of Elaine - Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine" by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
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Godowski had rung the call box hastily for a messenger, when Long Sin, who had managed stealthily to creep up to the doctor's laboratory window, scowled, through at the action--then moved away. While his assistant gathered the apparatus, the doctor wrote: MISS ANNE SEPTIX, 301 W.--th St. Please go at once to the apartment of Craig Kennedy,--Claremont Ave. Surgical case. GODOWSKI, M. D. The boy arrived finally and the doctor gave him a generous tip to hurry with the note. He had not turned the corner, however, when Long Sin appeared. Subtly he played on the boy's cupidity to get him to deliver a note of his own, even offered to deliver the boy's note for him. The flash of a five dollar bill made the rest easy. As the boy disappeared on a fake errand, Long Sin, with the real note hurried down-town, smiling wickedly. "They have discovered the fever, Master," he reported in the den. Wu was beside himself with rage. Before he could speak, however, |
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