Show ty v cw hiie A ne exploits of elaine A detective novel and a notion motion picture drama by ARTHUR B REEVE thywell known novelist and the creator of the craig kennedy stories Storie 3 presented in collaboration with the pathe players and the eclectic film filin company copyright 1914 by the bitar cominey all fornin a SYNOPSIS the tha new york fork police are arc mystified by rl i cries ot of murders murder and ana other crimes tin the a duo clue to I 1 tho to cr criminal ingnal Is tho the warn ing n to letter e r which la Is sent bent tho the v victims signed with a clutching hand the tha latest vc alm of 0 the mysterious assassin in fit taylor dodge the insurance president his daughter dauK rl Il alno attic employs craig ken hen the famous scientific detective to t unravel the mystery what kennedy ae ac Is a told by his friend jameson Jain ogon ft new maper man enraged nt at the leter rallied mined effort which alaine and craig ken redy are makina to put nn an end to lili lil hi i crimes the tha clutching hand as 4 strange criminal li known resorts to ill 1 torta or of the most diabolical schemes to kopul put thorn out of 0 the way inch bach chapter of UK the alory tells of a now new plot against theli their 1111 alot lives anil ancl oatho way tho great detective ung all III 11 Is sk III to this pretty girl nd front from death NINTH EPISODE t THE DEATH RAY kennedy was reading a scientific treatise one morning white I 1 was banging on an tho the typewriter when a knock nt at the laboratory door disturbed Us hy by some intuition amig seemed to know who it was ile he sprang to open tho door and thero there stood elaine dodge and her lawyer perry bennett instantly craig road read from the startled look on El aines faco face that something dreadful had happened why tho the matter ho he naked asked solicitously 1 A annether An nother letter from the cutch ing Il sho she exclaimed breathlessly craig took tho the letter and wo we hoth both read with amazement are you old an enemy of society if not order crola lC kennedy ennedy to leavo leave tho the country by aby nine tomorrow tomo irow morning otherwise a rinn will drop dead outside tits hla 1 lib oratory every hour until ho it leaves the note was waa signed by the now familiar sinister hand and had added to it a postscript which road read As a token of tits lita leaving have him a vase of lowers flowers in his laboratory window today what shall wo we do queried den ben nott kiett evidently very much alarmed nt at the lotter letter do iri plied kennedy laughing laughin contemptuously at tho the apparently futile throat why nothing just wo we got up as usual tho the next day and quite early went over to tho the laboratory kennedy as was waa his custom plunged straightway into ills hla work and appeared absorbed by it while I 1 wrote thero thera la Is something queer going on walter ho he remarked this tiling thing registers somo some kind of wireless rays infrared infra red I 1 think something tiko like those that they say that italian ullyn claims ho he has discovered and called tho the trays T IF rays illow how do you know I 1 asked looking up from my work that instrument you are using i A invented by tho the lato late professor langley ho be replied his lat riveted on it some time previously kennedy had had bad installed on the window ledge ono one 0 of those arrangements kumm as a 9 busybody which show in a room what Is going on in the Li treet As I 1 moved over to look nt at tho the I 1 happened to glanco glance into the busybody and saw that a crowd was rapidly collecting on tho the sidewalk look cragg I 1 called hastily ile ho hurried oyer over to mo me and looked we could both seo sea in the busybody a group of excited passersby passers by bonding banding over a man lying prostrate on tho the sidewalk the excited crowd lifted him up and boro bore him away and I 1 turned in sur ariso to craig ile iio was looking at his watch it was now only a few moments past nine some time later our door was excitedly lung flung open and elaine and perry hennett arr arrived tred ive just heard of the accident she ehe cried fearfully fearful lr it terrible what had bad wo vo better do for a few moments no ono one said a word then kennedy began carefully examining the and sonic some other recording instruments ho he had bad while the rest of us watched fascinated somehow that busybody seemed to attract me I 1 could not resist looks ling ing into it from to time as ken nt nedy dy worked I 1 was scarcely able to control ny y when again I 1 saw the same icene on the sidewalk before the laboratory hurriedly I 1 looked at tny iny watch it was ten craig Cr alg I 1 cried another instantly lie was at my side gazing a gorly thero there was a second innocent pedestrian lying on the sidewalk while a crowd almost panic stricken gath ored about mm im its no use ho he muttered as wo we gathered about him were beaten I 1 cant stand this sort of thing I 1 will leave tomorrow to south amerla Am Amer erpa tea 2 1 thought elaine dodge would faint at A the hock of his words su BO oom boin after tho the terri terrible blo occurrence out juit ada she looked at him nf it happened that kennedy had some artificial flowers on a stand which lie lind had been using long before in fit the 1 tudy study I of synthetic coloring materials nefora hegoro blaino could recover her tongue ho he seized theta them and stuck thero them into a tall beaker like a vase then lie ho deliberately walked to tho the window and placed tho the beaker on the ledge in ID a most prominent position elaine and bennett nen nett to say bay nothing ot of myself gazed at him awe struck Is Is IB there no other way but to sur surrender rendor she ehe asked kennedy mournfully shook his head im afraid not he be answered slow ly theres no telling how far a fel low who has this marvelous power might go I 1 think id better leave to save you ile he may not content him self with innocent outsiders always nothing that any a 0 MB ma could say not oven even tho the pleadings of elarno her self if could move him tho the thought that at eleven 0 clock a third innocent passerby passer by might llo lie stricken on tho the street seemed to move him powerfully im so BO sorry borry craig murmured I 1 I 1 laine choking back lice emotion and finding it impossible to go on so am 1 I elaine lie he answer an nd tensely hut but perhaps pertin ps when this trouble blows over ile ho paused unable to go on turned and shook ills his head then with a forced gaiety lie bado elaine and perry bennett adieu saying that ver per haps a trip might do him good they had scarcely gono gone out and kennedy closed tile tho door carefully careful when lie ho turned and went directly to tile tho instrument which I 1 had seen him observing so plainly I 1 could see BOO that it was reg something ile he walked fairly close to tho the win dow this time keeping well out of the direct line of it however and thero there stood gazing out into tho street wo aro are being watched lie he sa said d slowly turning and looking at me fixedly but I 1 brint daro dare investigate lost lest it cost tho illo lives of more unfortunates lie ile stood for a moment in deep thought then lie he pulled out a suit case and began silently to pact pack I 1 it t although wo we had not dared to in vesti gate wo we knew that from a build ing across tho the street emissaries of tho the clutching iland hand were watching for our signal of surrender tho the fact was ns as wo we found out later that in a poorly furnished room much after tho the fashion of that which with tho the help of 0 tho the authorities wo we had once raided in tho the suburbs thero there were at that moment two crooks ono one of them was waa the famous or rather infamous professor lacroix tho the other was tho the young oung secretary of the clutching hand this was tho the new head of the master criminal very carefully guarded look cried croix very much excited by the t it t that flint had been produced by hla his in red rays the of 01 I 1 1 la 19 9 the sign the vase laso of flowers how era I 1 y havo have got him tills time lecroix gleefully batted ratted a peculiar instrument beside him apparently it was a combination of powerful elec tile arcs tho the rays of 0 which were shot through a funnel like arrangement into a converted concerted or rather a sort of concentration apparatus f from roni which tho the dread power could be released rop reli ased through a tu bellko affair at the end it was waa ills his infrared heat wave fray engine 1 I told you vou it would work cried lecroix I 1 did not arguo any further A ith craig about hla his sudden rc resolution to go away but ant it Is a very tery solemn proceeding to pad up ill and admit defeat after such a brilliant succession of cases da as had been ills hla until wo met this master criminal ho was unshakable however and tile the next morning wo we closed the tha laboratory laboi atory and loaded our baggage into a taxicab neither of its paid fald much but I 1 saw a quick look of appreciation on craigs faco face as WB WA pulled up at the and saw that El blaines Elal aines noa car was already thero there ile HB seemed deeply moved that elaine shield como come at bur surl nu nn early hour to havo have a last word our cir car stopped and kennedy moved over tm toward ard her car directing two porters whom I 1 noticed that lie ho chose chosa with care to walt wait at ono one side ono one of them was an all irishman with it a slight limp the other a wiry frenchman with a pointed beard in spite of her pleadings however kennedy held to his purpose and as wo we shook hands for tria last time I 1 thought tint that elaine would almost break down wo we finally toro fore ourselves away followed by tho the porters carryl carrying tig as much as they could ron bon voyage vo yago called elaine bravely keeping back a choke in her voice near the gangplank gang in tile tho crowd I 1 noticed a couple ot of sinister faces watching tho the ships chips officers anti and the passengers going aboard kennedys Kenn edys quick oyo eye spotted them too but lie bo did not show in any way that ho he noi ticen anything as toll followed owed by our two porters port cra we quickly climbed the gangplank in there pointed kennedy quickly to the porters indicating our stateroom which was an outer room come walter I 1 followed him la in with a heavy heart outside could be seen the two sinister faces in the crowd watching intently with eyes fixed on tho the stateroom finally ona one ot of the crooks hoarded boarded the ship hastily while the other watched the two porters portera come out of the stateroom and pause ai the tha window speaking back into tho the room BB as though answering commands com nianda then tho the porters quickly ran along tile the deck and down the plank to get tile the rest of tho the luggage they took a 0 small but very heavy box and lugging and tugging hastened toward the boat with it t hut but they were too late the gangplank was being hauled in they shouted but the ships officers waved them back the porters argued but bat it was no use all they could do was to carry the box back to the dodge ca car r miss dodge was just getting in as they returned what shall wo do with this and the ho other stuff asked the irish porter she looked at tile the rest of the tagged luggage find anil tile box which was marked scientific instruments valuable handle with caret capel here billere atle them in there she said anid indicating tho the taxicab ill take care of 0 them meanwhile one of our sinister faced friends had just had time to regain the after following us aboard ship and strolling rolline Bt past the window of our stateroom ile he paused long enough to observe one of the mccu panta studying a map while the other was opening a bag gonel lie ho said to the ot other 1 er craig donned the rough clothes ot at the porter and added a limp and a wig the same baroo sort of 0 exe bAnge of 0 clothes was made by me and craig clapped a vandyke beard on my chin i turns munis the word cautioned kennedy you must smuggle us out ot of the house some way kennedy lost no time in confirming tile hie suspicions auspicious of his bo lumeter ns as to the cause of tile the death of the innocent victims of tile the machinations of the clutching hand hoth both of them he had learned I 1 had been removed to a nearby undertaking shop awaiting the verdict of the coroner we sought bought out the shop and prevailed on the undertaker to let ns its tee see the bodies As kennedy pulled down the shroud from the face of the first victim he disclosed on ills hla fore forehead liend a round dark about the size of a small coin quickly he moved to the next coffin and uncovering the face disclosed it a similar mark what Is it I 1 asked awe aire struck why lie he said ive heard beard or of a viennese one lecroix I 1 believe wo has discovered or perfected an infrared infra red ray instrument which shoots its power a great distance with extreme accuracy and leaves leaved a mark like these we thanked the undertaker for his courtesy and went out meanwhile elaine had called upper up perry bennett sir bennett she exclaimed over the wire just guess who called on me who lie answered talve r give it up mr kennedy and mr jameson she called back Is that so lie ho returned that fine I 1 think he was the kind to run away like that how did it happen elaine quickly told the story as I 1 had told her 11 had a d sit sho 0 known it however bennetts nen valet thomas was at that very mo k 4 A 4 s r Z V son bon voyage cried elaine bravely keeping back a choke in her voice as lie he rejoined him on the dock giving a nod ot or hla his head and a jerk of hla his thumb at tho the ship yes added the other crook and lost roost most of their baggage too slowly tho the car proceeded through tho the streets up from tho river front followed by tile tho taxicab until at last the dodge mansion was reached elaine sighed moodily as she walked slowly in here warlo mario she eho cried petulantly to her maid take these wraps of mine A moment later aunt Joseph josephino Josephl inci no left her and elaine went into the library and over to a table she stood thero there an instant then sank down into a chair taking up kennedys Kenn edys picture and gazing at it with eyes filled with tears just then jennings came into the room ushering the two porters laden W with ith tho the boxes and bags where shall I 1 have hava them put these things lings ti miss elaine 7 ho be inquired oh anywhere she answered hurriedly replacing the picture jennings paused As aa tie lie did so BO one of the porters limped forward ive a message for you miss ho he said in a rich irish brogue with a look at jennings to bo be delivered in private elaine glanced at him BUI then she nodded to jennings who disappeared As aa lie ho did so the irishman limped to the door and drew together the port lerea leres then he came rek closer to elaine A moment site eho looked at him not quite knowing from his strange actions whether to call for help or not nol at n motion from kennedy as ho he pulled off ills hla wig I 1 pulled off tho the little false beard elaine looked nl at us ua transformed startled wh what nhe bhe ei oh im so glad how kennedy said nothing ile he was thoroughly enjoying her ter face dont you understand I 1 explained pla ined laughing merrily 1 I admit that I 1 until vint that lust last minute in the stateroom on the boat when we come back to wave a last goodby good by nut but all the care that craig took in selecting the porters was tho the result of work lie ho did yesterday and tho the insistence with which he choso chose our traveling clothes had a deep laid purpose the change wits anad quickly in tho the stateroom kennedys Kenn Kwin edys roan man throw on oa uia the coat and lu hn lie i wore while ment listening at the port leres intensely interested As aa dennett bennett hung up tip the receiver |