Meanwhile Long Sin had quickly dived down into the next building. A few moments later he had come out on the ground floor at the rear.
Gazing about to see whether he was followed, he disappeared.
. . . . . . .
Back in the apartment, Elaine and Aunt Josephine were just about to run out when the two Chinamen who had been knocked out recovered. One of them threw himself on Elaine. Aunt Josephine tried to ward him off, but the other one struck her and threw her down.
Before she could recover they had seized Elaine.
With a hasty guttural exclamation they picked her up and ran out. Instead of going down-stairs they crossed the hallway, slamming the door behind them.
As Kennedy and I reached the ground floor we saw the janitor and one of the elevator boys on either side of Aunt Josephine.
"Elaine! Elaine!" she cried.
"What's the matter?" demanded Kennedy, leaning heavily on me.
"They have kidnapped her," cried Aunt Josephine.