Anthony Melville Rud

“ Such as Irene had witnessed had been carried through more for the purpose of dragging a confession out of her than because of any further hope on the part of the tong that the secret of the manuals could be pried out of the man. ”

“ The two men have been at work part of a year, at the present time. Occasionally an enthusiastic letter— enclosed in a plain envelope and post-marked New York City, which is not the place of their endeavor— comes to Cube, telling of great progress. Each one Cube burns carefully after reading it aloud to Irene.
He takes no chances, in spite of the fact that one of the wounded Chinese sent back a message— carefully translated by Benson— to the effect that neither Cube nor Irene Jeffries ever would have the manuals again. What the tong would make of the message was problematical. ”

“ Harris!” countered Irene, smiling as her arm replaced itself about the shoulders of her fiance. “Don’t you think we’d make a good team? Cube says we’ll just take the cases that you think are open-and-shut.” ”