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Show DEATH CUTS SHORT CAREER. Author of "Elusive Isabel" Titanic Victim. The literary world was shocked and grieved when it was laarned that Jacques Futrelle, the novelist, whose stories had won for him thousands of admirers, was among those lost in the wreck of the Titanic. Mr. and Mrs. Futrelle had been abroad gathering material for another novel and were returning home to complete their ihor. The fact that grim death has stepped step-ped in and cut short the career of this fascinating and brilliant writer intensifies the interest of the reading public in his com-plete works, especially espec-ially "Elusive Isabel," one of CIS greatest stories, which will be published pub-lished in this paper in serial form In the near future. We have been singularly fortunate In securing this story at this time, and believe our readers will appreciate appre-ciate the fact that this paper is keeping keep-ing abrea-si of the t'cies. |