They are
going to have an anniversary of the founding of the Chinese
republic soon and of the Chinese New Year and they are afraid that
if the war doesn't stop they'll be ruined."
"Which tong does he belong to?" asked Kennedy, still scrutinising
a photograph through his lens.
"Neither," replied O'Connor. "With his aid and that of a Judge of
one of our courts who knows the Chinaman like a book we have had a
conference this afternoon between the two tongs and the truce is
restored again for two weeks."
"Very good," answered Kennedy, "but it doesn't catch the murderer
of Bertha Curtis and the Jap. Where is Clendenin, do you suppose?"
"I don't know, but it at least leaves me free to carry on that
case. What are all these pictures?"
"Well," began Kennedy, taking his glass from his eye and wiping it
carefully, "a Paris crime specialist has formulated a system for
identifying revolver bullets which is very like that of Dr.
Bertillon for identifying human beings."
He picked up a handful of the greatly enlarged photographs.
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