out of the laboratory.

The suspense under which Aunt Josephine had been living had told
on her. Her niece, Elaine's cousin, Mary Brown, who lived at
Rockledge, had come into the city to comfort Aunt Josephine and
they had been sitting, that morning, in the library. Marie, the
maid was busy about the room, while Aunt Josephine talked sadly
over Elaine's strange disappearance. She was on the verge of
tears.

Suddenly a startled cry from Jennings out in the hall caused both
ladies to jump to their feet. They could scarcely believe what
they heard as the faithful old butler cried out the name.

"Why--Miss Elaine!" he gasped.

An instant later Elaine herself burst into the room and flung
herself into Aunt Josephine's arms. All talking and half crying
from joy at once, they crowded about her. Breathlessly she
answered the questions that flew thick and fast.

In the excitement Aunt Josephine had seized the telephone and
called our number. She did not even wait to break the good news,
but handed the telephone to Elaine herself.

We left the laboratory on the run, too fast to notice that just
around the building line at the corner stood a limousine with
shades drawn. Even if we had paused to glance back, we could not
have seen Wu Fang and Long Sin inside, gazing out through the
corner of the curtains. They were in European dress now and had