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TFTE OMAHA SUNDAY BF.K: MARCH 21, 1M3.
A Detective Novel and a Motion Picture Drama
Presented by The Omaha Bee in Collaboration with the Famous Pathe
Players and the Eclectic Film Oo.
Miss Pearl White,
Arnold Daly and "Craig Kennedy"
The FanMHM Scientific Petaetrfa of Fiction.
THETpJ T o T
TPn Afrits TfTnVP
Written by Arthur B. Reeve
The Well - Known Novelist and the
Creator of the "Crai Kennedy" Stories
Dramatized Into a Photo-Play by Charles Goddard
Author of "The Perils of Pauline"
Cast of Leading Character la the Motion Mature B.productloa by the
Tamoae rata riayer
ELAINE DODGE - - Miss Pearl White
CRAIG KENNEDY - - Mr. Arnold Daly
HARRY BENNETT - Mr. Sheldon Lewis
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Everything yon read here today
you ran e In the fanrinatlng rathe
Motion Mrture th Motln Pict
ure Theater thla week. Neit Hun
day another chapter of "The Kxplolt
of Elaine" and new Pathe reel.
yaopsts of Previous Chapter.
The New York pollie are myati.li'd by
aeries of murder of prominent men.
The lateat victim of the. myeterloue aa
aaasin Is Tavlor Ixdge. the Insurance
president. His daughter. Klalne, rra
ploya ralg Kennedy, the famous scien
tific, det'etive. to try to unravel thn my-ti-rv,
One of the crlmlnala Btel Into
Klalne's room at night, puts) her nnifr
the Influence of the twilight sleep drug
and forcea her to write a. letter dismiss
ing .Kennedy. Thla trick fall. Iater
Kennedy learns of a daring robburv
planned bv the conspirators. In an ef
fort to trap them Klalne ta captured and
avaled up In a tank, and la at thn point
of death when Kennedy accidentally
dlacovera her plight and aavew her. In.
retaliation thn crlmlnala make a desper
ata attempt to kill -Kennedy by erecting
an Ingenious death-trap In hla apart
ment. Thev then administer a peculiar
poison to Klalne. acoompllahlng thla by
a remarkable utilisation of the pam
per In her room. Thn polaon plot mis
carries. Put thn crlmlnala -am perals
tent. One of them la seriously wounded
hv Klalne, and ahn la forred to submit
to thn tranafualon of blood operation to
aavn the scoundrel's life. Help reaches
her before thla experiment becomea dan
aetoua. Enraged at their eonatant de
feat, thn conaplratora employ two no
fori one women of thn underworld to lurn
Kennedy and I'Jftlne to their deatrurtlon.
Kennedy' eclentlflo knowledge provea
too much for tha aasassln. Iln employe
a vocorhona In a queer manner, It un
canny work at a critical moment upset
ting a carefully laid plan to abduct
Klalne. The criminal Introduce . thn
death ray' and pussla Kennedy; but he
aoon counteract It destructive In
fluence. Klalnn I trapped and left to die In a
aewer chamber, whera Kennedy flnda
her and with tha aid of hla nlertrlo mar
re! he revives her, after medical science
had failed.
A wiiat watch, with a poisoned needle,
la the next Inatrumnnt employed by thn
criminals to destroy Klalne; thn quick
wit of the detective baffles tha plot.
The Charity Contribution
CHAPTER XIX.
ON YOCR right U tha residence of
Miss Elaine Dodge, who Is pursuing
the famous roaster criminal known as
the Clutching- Hand. ,' , ,
The barker had been grand lloquently
pointing out the residences of noted New
Yorkers as- the high ' Sight-seeing , ear
lumbered along through tha streets. The
car was filled with people, and ha piled
hla megaphone aa though ha were on
intimate term with all tha elty'g not
ables. ,
No on had paid any attention to the
unobtrusive Chinaman who . aat Incon
spicuously In the middle of the car. lie
was Mr. Wong Long Sin. but no one
nw anything particularly mysterloua
about an Oriental visitor, more or leas,
viewing New York City.
Any one, however, who had been watch
ing Long Sin would pave seen that he
showed much Interest whenever any of
the wealthy resident of tho city were1
mentioned. The name of Elaine Dodge
seemed particularly to strike him. lie
listened with subtle Interest to what the
barker said and looked keenly at the
Podge house.
This remarkable criminal had estab
lished himself In a hired apartment dowj
town. It was furnished In rather elegant
American style, but he had added to It
some moat valuable Oriental ciirloa which
gave It a fascinating appearance.
Wong Pin, now in rich Oriental costume,
was reclining on a divan smoking a
strange-looking pipe and playing with
two pet white rats. Each white rat had
a gold band around hia leg-, to which
was connected a gold chain about a foot
In length, and the chalna ended In rings
which were slipped over Wong's little
fingers. Ordinarily he carried the pets
up the capacious sleeve ft each arm.
A little Chinese girl, also In native cos
tume, entered and bowed deferentially.
"A Miss Mary Carson," she llaped In
soft English.
It would be difficult to analyse just
what the fascination waa that Long Sin
exerciaed over Maiy Carson. But as the
servant girl left the room Mary bowed
almost as deferentially aa the little Chi
nese girl Wong merely nodded In reply.
"Now," he began at last, breaking the
silence. "I'll show you Just what I want
you to do."
He went oter to the wall and took down
a curious, long. Chinese knife from a
scabbard wt.lch hung there conspicuously.
See fiat" he asked, holding It up.
Before she could say a word he had
plunged the knife, apparently. Into hla
own breaat.
Oh!" tried Mary, startled.
'he expected to see him fall. But
nothing happened. Wong laughed It
was an oriental trick knife. In which the
blale telesccped Into the handle.
Look at It." he added, handing It to
her.
'""I Kin took a bladder of water from
a table hear by and c nccaled It under his
toat. ' .Vow. you stab me." he directed.
Xary hesitated, tut re repeated the
ronimand. and aha plunged the knife gin
gerly al him. It telescoped. He made
her try It over, and then aha stabbed
him more resolutely. The water from the
bladder poured out.
tlood!" cried Long Sin. much pleased.
"Now." he added, seating himself beside
her. "I want you to lure Elaine here."
I had been amusing myself by rigging
up a lOMtrivance by which I could make
It possible to see through, or. rather,
over, a door. The Idea had been sug
gested to ma by the cytoscope which phy
sic Ur. a use In order to look down one's
throat, and I had calculated that by uaing
three mirrors placed at proper angles I
rould easily reflect rays down to the level
of nay eye.
Kennedy, who had been busy at tha
ether and of the laboratory, happened to
look over in my direction. "What's t!ie
big Idea. Walter?" he a-ikcd.
"Well von roe. IValir' T evnlaJned.
"you pit thn top mirror through the
transom or a door and
Kennedy Interrupted with a hearty
burst of laughter. ";ut suppose the door
has no transom'.';' he nkcd, pointing to
our own doer.
I scratched my head, thoughtfully. I
had assumed ISM the door would have a
transom A moment Inter t'ralg went to
thn cabinet and drew out a tube, about a
hlg around ns a putty blower and aa long.
"Now. hern's uhit t call m d.ii..
scope." he remarked. "None of your
,11 1 1 . "i m iur mc.
"That." he explained, 'is what Is
known as a fish-eye lens-a lens that
looks throuah an a nolo rr , inn a.
greea, almost twice that of the widest an
gle lens I know of."
Elaine waa olavlnv &-iti, tim.i.- -.. u
Jennlnaa hroua-ht in a r-mrA n. .tii..i -
engraved the name, "MIbs Mary Carson,"
mi iiniicrnrnui in pencil waa written.
iieigian rieimr Committee."
"How Interest loir." rnmmnl,j tri.tr...
rising and accompanying Jcnnlnxs back
Into thn drawing room. "I wonder what
aha wants."
"Very Pleased to meet vnu Ml-. -
son," she greeted her visitor.
You see. Miss DodKe," began Mary,
W'e'rn srettlna im thi mr.,...
n v .i.v.iiiimni III IICII
the Belgians, and we have splendid hack
Ing. Just let me show you some of the
namee on our committee."
She handed Elaine a list, which read:
BELGIAN RELIEF COMMITTER.
Mrs. Warhurton Fish.
Mrs. Hamilton Iloekrnan.
Mrs. C. August laelln.
Mrs. Belmont KMngton.
Mr. Itupert Holvay.
I've Just been sent to see If I cannot
tersuado you to Join the committee and
attend meeting at Mra. Hlvlngton s."
she went on.
Why-nr," considered Elaine, thought
fully, "r yes. It must be all right with
such people In It.' . .
"Can you go ddwn with me now?"
"Just at well aa later," agreed Elaine.
Elaine and Mary had gone downtown,'
talking animatedly walked down the
avenue toward Mrs. Rtvlngton's apart
ment Entering tha hallway of the apartment.
Mary rang the bell.
The servant opened the door and Elaine
and Mary entered. He closed the door.
and almost before they knew It was gone
Into the back room.
Elalno gazed about It In trepidation. But
before she could say anything, Mary,
with a great show of surprise, exclaimed:
"Why, I must have made a mistake.
Thla Isn't Mra. Rivlngtnn's apartment
How stupid of me.'" 1
Then they went to the windows. Be.
hind the curtains they were barred and
Iroked out on a blank brick wall In a lit
tle court.
"Oh!" cried Mary, wringing her hands,
stricken In mock panic. Oh, I'm so
frightened. This may be the den of
Chinese white slavers!"
Just then the Chinaman entered and
stood a moment gating at them. They
turned and Elaine recoiled from blin.
Wong bowed. v
"Oh, air," cried Mary, "we've made a
mlatake. Won't you tell us how to get
out?"
"No speke Englls." he said, gliding out
again from the room and closing the
door.
Elaine and Mary looked about In des
pair. "What shall we dor' asked Elaine.
Mary suld nothing, but with a hasty
glance discovered on the wall the knife
which Wong had already told her about,
the took It from Ita scabbard. A a she
did so the Chinaman returned with a tray
on which were queer drlnka and glasses.
At the sight of Mary with the knife ht
scowled blackly, laid the tray down and
took a few atepa In her direction. She
brandished the knife threateningly; then.
j aa If her nerve failed her, fainted, letting
the knife fall carefully on the floor ao
that It struck on the handle and not
on the Made.
Wong qulikly caught her as she faints 1
and carried her out of the room, bang-
, lug shut the door. Elaine followed In a
moment, loyally, to protect her supposed
friend, but found that thn door had
snap lock on the other side.
She looked about wildly, and In a mo
I mcnt Wong reappcarect As he advanced
slowly and Insinuatingly she drew back,
! pleidlug. But her words fell on seem
ingly deaf ears.
elie had picked up the knife winch Mary
had dropped, and when at luxt Wong ma
noeuvred to get her cornered and was
about to ixe her she nerved herself up
and atabbed at hlhi resolutely.
Wong staggered back and fell.
As he did 30 he pressed he bladder
which he had already placed under hla
coat. A dark red fluid, like blood, ooied
out all over hliu and ran in a pool on th
floor.
Elaine, too horror-stricken at what
i happened even to scream, dropped the
J knife and bent over him. He did not
move, fche rose quickly and ran through
the now open door Aa she did so Wong
eeemn,t suddenly to come to life. lit
raised himself and looked after her. then
with a sm.lc sank back Into his former
assumed posture on the floor.
Whoa Elalno ig ta eater roots,
she found Mary there with the Chinese
servant, who waa giving her a glass of
water. At the sight of her the servant
paused, then withdrew Into another room
further back. .Mary, now apparently re-
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Elaine Telling Kennedy of Her
covering from her falntness, smiled
wanly at Elaine.
"It's all right," she murmured. "He Is
a Chinese prlncn who thought we were
callers."
At the reassuring nod of Mary toward
the front room, Elaine was overcome.
"I I killed hlin!" she managed to gasp.
"What?" cried Mary, starting up and
trembling violently. "You killed him "
"Yes." nobbed Elaine. "lie came at me
I had tho knife I struck at him"
' The two girls ran Into the other room.
There Mary looked at the motionless
body on tho floor and recoiled, horrified.
"Ugh!" exclaimed a guttural voice be
hind them.
It was the servant who had come In.
Even bis ordinarily Impassive oriental
face could not conceal tho horror and
fear at the sight of his master lying on
the floor In a pool of gore. Elaine was
now more frightened than ever. If that
were possible.
They quickly ran out Into the hall.
' "Oo-quick!" he urged again, "and
hide tha handkerchief In the bag. Let
no one sn It!"
He shut the door. Aa they hurried
away Elaine breathed a sigh of relief.
Meanwhile In the front room Long
Sing was on his feet again, bruahlng
himself off and mopping up the blood.
"It worked very , welt,i 6sm," he said
to the servae.
They wert,' conversing eagerly and
laughing, and did not hear a nolso In
tho back room.
A sinister figure had made Its way by
means of a fire escape to a rear window
that waa not barred, and silently ha had
stolen In on them.
They turned at a slight noise and saw
him. Genuine fright waa now on their
faces a they looked at him, open
mouthed. "What's all this?" ho growled. "I am
known aa the Clutching Hand. I allow
no Interference with my affairs. Tell me
what you are doing here with Elaine
Dodge."
With a low bow. Wong spread out his
hands In surrender and submission.
"I will tell you, honorablo sir," he said
at length.
"Oo on!" growled the criminal.
Quickly Wong rehearsed what had hap
pened from thn moment thn Idea of black
mall had entered hla head.
Adventuresa Mary had hurried back to
aeo that all wca right. Thla time Mary
was genuinely scared at the foi bidding
figure of which nhe had heard.
"It Is all right." pacified Wong.
"Henceforth we work with tho honorablo
Olutthlng Hand."
Kennedy and I were attll In the labora
tory when a knork sounded at the door.
I went to the door and opened It. There
stood Elaine Dodge.
It was a complete surprise to Craig.
There waa alienee between them for a
moment and they merely looked at each
other. Elaine was palo and woe-hegone.
At last Kennedy took a quick step
toward her and led her to a chalr Ktlll
he felt a sort of constraint.
"What's the matter?" he aaked at
length.
Bhn heattated. then suddenly hurst out:
"Craig 1-1 am a murderess!"
I have never seen such a look cn Craig's
race. I know he wanted to laugh and
say, "You a murdercea?" yet he would
not have offended even her aTif-accusa-tlon
for the world. He managed to do
the right thing and say nothing.
Then ahn poured forth the story sub
stantially as I have act It down, but with
out tho explanation, which at that time
waa not known to any of u
"Oh." expostclnted Craig, "there muat
be aomn nil-lal e It a impossible Impos
sible." "No, she a Be r ted "Look here's my
handkerchief .all spotted with blood."
bho opened the bag and displayed the
blood-apotUd handkerchief. II, took it
and examined It carefully.
"Elaine," he aald. earneatly, not at all
(Mspleaaed. I could see that something
had come up that might blot out the past
unfortunate misunderstanding, "there
simply muat be something wrong here.
Leave this handkerchief with me. I'll do
my best."
There was still a little restraint he
tween them. She was almost ready to beg
Ma pardon for all the foolnese there had
been between them, yet atlll hesitated
"Thank you," she said, simply, as she
left the laboratory.
Craig went to work abruptly without a
rd.
On the laboratory table he placed his
atiendld microscope and several cases of
slides, as well as Innumerable mlcro
rhotographs. He had been working for
some time when ho looked up.
"Ever hear of Dr. Edward Relohert of
the University of Pennsylvania and his
wonderful discoveries of bow blood crys
tals vary In different species?" he atked.
1 had not. but did not admit It.
"Well," he went on. "there la a blood
test so delicete that one might almost say
that he could Identify a criminal by the
M J .i.Ti i- v V -JT
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TL-f .T.tls. C a? ' A ft ' 9 ' al
Experience With the Chinaman.
finger prints, so to speak, of his blood
crystals. The hemoglobin, or red coloring
matter, forms . crystals, and the varia
tions of these. crystals, .both In form and
moleoular construction, are auch tnift
they set apart each species of animal
from every other, and even the races of
msn-perhaps may even act aprt. Indi
viduals. Here, Walter, we have a sample
of human blood cryalals.", .
I looked through tho microscope as he
directed. There I could see the crystals
sharply defined.
"And here," he added, "are the crys
tal of the blood on Elaine's handker
chief." I looked again a he changed the aildcs.
There was a marked difference, and 1
looked up at him qulcly.
"It la dog's blcod not human blood,"
he said simply.
I looked again at the two sets of slides.
There could be no doubt that there was a
plain difference.
"Wonderful!" I exclaimed.
"Te. wonderful," he agreed, "but what
Is the game back of all thls-thafs the
main question now."
Long after Clutching Hand had left
Wong waa giving Instructions) to his
servant and Adventuress Mary Just how
he had had to change his plans as a re
sult of tha unexpected visit
"Very well." nodded Mary, as she left
him, "I will do ss you any trust me."
. It was not much later, then, that
Elaine received a second visit from Mary.
"Show her In, Jennings," she said to
the butler, nervously. .
Indeed, she felt sorry that every eye
must be upon her. Even Jennlnga would
know of her guilt soon.
Anxiously, therefore, Elaine looked at
her visitor.
"Do you know why the servant allowed
us to leave the apartment?" whispered
Mary with a glance about fearfully, as If
the walla had ears.
"No why?" Inquired Elaine anxiously.
"He's a tong man who has been chosen
to do away with tha Prince. He followed
me, and says you have done hla work
for him. If you will give him $10,000 for
expenses he will attend to hiding the
body."
Here, at least, was a way out
"But do you think that Is all right?
Can he do It?" asked Elaine eagerly.
"Do It! Why those tong men can do
anything for money. Only one must be
careful not to offend them."
Mary waa very convincing.
"Yea, I supposo you are right." agreed
Elaine, finally. "I had better do as you j
say. It la the safest way out of the j
trouble. Yes. I'll do It. I'll stop at the ;
bank now and get the money "
They roae and Mary preceded her. .
eager to get away from the houae. At j
tho door, however, Elaine asked her to j
wait while she ran back on soma pre- I
text j
In the library ah took off the receiver !
of the telephone
number.
and quickly called a :
I
Our telephone rang ln tha middle of
our conversation on blood crystals, and
Kennedy himself answered It."
It wsi Elaine asking Craig advice.
They have offered to hufi the thing
up for ten thousand dollar," she said in
a muffled voice.
She seemed bent on doing It, and no
amount of argument from him could
stop her. She simply refused to accept
the evidence of the blood rrystala a
better than what her own eyes told her
she had seen and done.
,!
I IIVIB -'V AVI H MM iivm,, j
answered, without arguing further. "You :
ran do that without exciting suspicion. !
Then go with her to her hotel and hand ;
her over the money."
"All rlght-l'll do It." aha agreed.
"What Is the hotel?" '
Craig wrote on a slip of paper what
ahn told him Room S09. Hotel La Coate." j
"Come on hurry!" he urged. 1
We must have made record time In '
getting to the Coate. It waa an ornate
place, where merely to breathe waa ex-'
penaive. We entered, and by some ex- j
cult Kennedy contrived to get past the
vigilant bell-hops. We passed the tele-,
phone switchboard and entered the .
elevator, getting off at the fifth floor. '
With a hasty glance up and down tha
corridor, to make sure no one was about.
Kennedy came to Room W9. then paused
to the next, 511, opening the door with a
akeleton key. We entered and Craig j
locked the door behind us. It was an j
ordinary hotel room, but well furnished.
Fortunately It waa unoccupied.
Q'lletlv Craig went to the door which
led to the next room. It waa. of course,
locked also. He listened a moment care-'
fully. Not a aound. Quickly, with an ex-
clamation of satisfaction, he opened that
door slao and went Into . i
"Watch here, Walter." he d rected.
"Let mo know at the slightest alarm."
Craig had already taken the brace and j
bit from tha bag and started to bore !
through the wall ln room til, selecting a
spot beh'nd a picture of a Spanish dancer I
a apot directly back of her snapping!
black eye. Me finished quirkly and In Hn hurried down the hall again,
aerted the detectasoopn so that thn lens No sooner had Elaine and Mary act
fitted as an eye in the picture. The eye- unity gone Into the room than Wong and
piece waa In Room 611. Then hn started his servants stole out of S4. across the
to brush up the pieces of plaster on the hall. Somewhere they had obtained a
nor- ' strong but thin rope.
a'C.'i!l, 1 TiSPT ha,ll.r 1 h'RM nd silently Wong tied the han-
He hurried to the door and looked. , , n t,ft u, t ,
.wk. fv,.., . , . . to the handle of o41, which he was va-
There they are, he said, a ho saw .,, .,. . . . .
Elaine '.nd ... . eating. As both doors opened Inward and
r-iaino ana Mary rounding the corner of ; .. . ....
the hall. i w-ere opposite, they were virtually locked.
Across the hall, although wn did not L Th'n kWon "nd b,s B"vnl hurrle1
bnnw it ,i r . . idown the hallway to the elevator.
Wong Sin had taken up his station -uat
I to to handy. There he had been with hla
servant
playing with his two trained
Wone placed them up his capacious
sleeves and carefuly opened the door to
look out. Unfortunately he was Just In
limn t r, -MA tK rn
I -- --- - wi i open ana nie-
U4UIIU US.
Kennedy tno-inted n chair and nnnlled
! his eye to tho detect a scope. jU8t then
i Mary and Elaine entered the next room,
: Mary opening the door w ith a regular key.
"Won't you atep in?" shn asked.
Elaine did ao and Vary hesitated In thn
j hall. Wong had sllrred out on noiseless
ifet and talcen refuse behind some cur
tains. As he saw her alone hn beckoned
to Mary.
"There's a stranger In the next room,"
; he whispered. "I don't like him. Taka
j the money and as quickly as possible get
out and go to my apnrtmcnts."
At the news that thero waa a suepleloua
stranger about. Mary showed great
alarm. Everything was so rapid now
that the slightest hesitation meant
disaster. Terhaps by quickness even a
suspicious stranger could he fooled, sho
reasoned. At any rate. Wong Sin was re
sourceful, fihe had better trust him
Mary followed Elalnn Into the room
when, she had seated herself, and locked
thn door.
"Have you the money there?" Bno
asked.
"Yes," nodded Elaine, taking out tha
packnKB of bills which she had got from
the bank during the half hour delay.
All thla we could see by gazing alter
nately through tho deteetascope.
Elaine handed Mary the money. Mary
counted It slowly. At last she looked up.
"It s all right." sho said. "Now, 1 11
take this to that tong leader. He', ln a
room Juat across the hall."
She went out.
Kennedy, at the deteetascope, waa very
excited as this went on. He now Jumped
off the chair on which ho had he
standing and rushed to the door to head
her off.
To our surprise, In spite of the faot
that we could turn the key In the lock,
it waa Impossible to open ltt
It was only a moment that Craig
paused at thn door. The next moment
he burst Into 609, followed olosoly by me.
With a scream, Elaine was on her feet
In an Instant
There waa no time for explanations,
however.
He ruahed to the door to go out but It
waa locked-eomehow on the outside. The
etieieion Key would not work, at
rate.
any
; He shot tha lock and daahed out call
ing back. "Walter, stay there with
Elaine."
Mary had Just succeeded In getting on
the elovator aa Kennedy hurried down
the hall. The door waa closed and tho
car descended. Ho rang the puah but
ton furiously, but there waa no answer.
Had he got so far In the. chaae only to
be outwitted?
He daahed back to the room with us
and Jerked down the telephone receiver.
"Hello hello-hello!" he called.
No anawer.
There seemed to be no way to get a
c cnectlon. What was the matter?
2CFLDT
THE CLUTCHING HAND
Besse
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U. V A U-s HfUSLM. tLJ 1312 Farnam SI. Omaha. Nebraska
I)oWn ,n ih" nolel lobby' wl,h 1,18 fo1"
: ihp ,1,ln,,"sn BaU!" 'fore the
iri,.j,nooe swucnooara.
He was listening earerlv and .!,
! watching an indicator that told the num-
;hrrs of the rooms which called, aa they
'flashed Into view
! Juat a. a call from fiOO flashed up.
j Wong slipped the rings off his little fin.
gera and loosened the white rats on the
telephone switchboard Itself.
With a shriek the telephone system of
thn Coste went temporarily out of busi
ness. The operators fled to the nearest chairs,
drawing their skirts about them.
There waa the greatest excitement
among all the women In thn corridor.
Such a display of hosiery was never con
templated by even the most daring cos
tumar. Kennedy had succeeded in finding the
alcove of tho floor clerk In charge of the
fifth floor. There on his desk was an
instrument having a stylus on tho end
of two arms, connected to a system of
magnets. It was a telautograph.
Un ceremoniously Craig pushed the clerk
out of his seat and sat. down himself.
It waa a last chance, now that the tele
phone was out of commission.
Downstairs In the hotel office, where
the excitement had not spread to every
one, was the other end of tho electric
long-distance writer.
It started to write, as Kennedy wrota,
upstairs:
"House detectives quick hold woman
with bluo chatelaine bag, getting out of
elevator."
Tho clerks downstairs saw It and
shouted above the din of the rat-baiting:
"McCann McCann!"
The clerk had torn off the message from
the telautograph register and handed It
to the house man, who pushed his way to
the desk.
In the meantime Wong Sin had re
covered his precious and useful pets. Life
in tho Coste had assumed sotnethlnff of
Ita normal aspect, and Craig had suc
ceeded In getting an elevator.
It was Just as Mary was led ln. threat
ening and pleading In turns, that he
stepped off ln the lobby.
There waa. however, still Just enough
excitement to cover a little pantomime.
Wong Sin had been about to slip out of
a side door, thinking all was well, when
he caught sight of Mary being led back.
She had also seen him, and began to
atrugglo again.
Quickly he shook his head, Indicating
for her to atop. Then slowly ho secretly
made the sign of tho Clutching Hand
at her. It meant that she must not
snitch.
Sho obeyed Instantly, and he quietly
disappeared.
Here, cried Kennedy, "take her
ln the elevator. I'll Drove thn ease '
up
With the house detectives and Kennedy,
Mary was hustled into the elevator and
whisked back as she had escaped.
In the meantime I had gathered up what
stuff we had ln the room we had entered
and had returned with Kennedy's bag.
"Wh-whafe It all about?" Inquired
Elaine excitedly.
I tried to explain.
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Just then, out In the hall, we could heal
loud voices, and that of Mary above the
rcat Kennedy, a man who looked like a
detective, ajid some bellboys were leading
her toward us.
"Now not a word of who she Is In thfl
papers, Mc.Cann," Kennedy was saying,
evidently about Elnlne. "You know, It
wouldn't sound well for Xm Coste. As
for that woman well, I've got the money
back. You ran take her off make the
charge."
Aa the house man left with Mary I
1 .w"" , V""r ba,r' w movHl ,nwnr'1
i n"n," wc "ooa rao'
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I to her the big roll of money.
She took "' ,:h rprlre still written
j ln, hrr','T l "O-thank you-I
might have known It was onlv a black-
" ".' she cried eagerly,
I 1 rai he,J 0,lt llls nand n(1 she ,ook 11
I f"1lf.k!y' p"ln,? ln, hl" pyo"- f ralg bow;e,l
pumeiy. not quite Knowing wnat to do
under the circumstances.
If he had been lees of a selentlst hn
might havo understood the look on her
face. but. with a nod to mo, he turned
and went.
As she locked first at him. then at thn
paltry ten thousand In her hand, Elalno
stamped her little foot ln vexation.
"I'm glad I didn't say anything more."
she cried. "No no-he shall heg my par
don first there."
(To bo Continued.)
A Blowup that Failed.
When thn Prussians entered Pari after
Waterloo, Blucher endeavored for rnvengn
to destroy the Pont d'lena, but the
charge of gunpowder failed to explode.
He persisted despite tha protest of Tal
leyrand and the threat of Louis XVIII to
go and stand on tho bridge himself a
threat not carried Into effect But the
second charge only damaged a pile, and
before vandalism could go further Wel
lington came up and his vigorous protest
made tho Prussian general desist.
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