LUNG & LUNG.
It is needless to dwell upon the anxiety of the Bradys over the strange vanishing of their accomplished partner.
They were otherwise very seriously inconvenienced.
The Secret Service people, satisfied with the very valuable haul the detectives had made in the line of smuggled opium, now called them off.
The Bradys are not regular Secret Service men.
They have, however, an arrangement with the Government under which their services can be claimed at any time.
The day after Alice's disappearance Old King Brady was notified by Mr. Narraway that the regular force would finish up the matter, inasmuch as he felt satisfied that the heavy loss they had sustained must have bankrupted the smugglers.
Thus under ordinary circumstances the detectives would have made haste to cross the continent and get back to their own business in New York.
As it was, they had no idea of leaving San Francisco yet awhile, of course.
Each day was devoted to the search for Alice.