Show the ate exploits of elaine ela ine A detective novel and a motion picture drama by ARTHUR B D REEVE rhe lvell it known Nav nelll ellit end nj aas M 4 g CW of me A crall cw cenney as arf preg created prea anted ted ie in collaboration with tho the patha flayer players and the eclectic film company UK pit by U the star company all 1 atod tk SYNOPSIS the i new tork pollee are mystified by a series of murder murders and other crime crimes the principal rin cipal loal clue to the criminal is 1 the warn g etter letter which Is 1 cent sent the victim signed with a clutching hand the latest vico biln of the mysterious assassin Is I 1 taylor bodge r the insurance president HI his aughtr tiler elaine employ employs craig kennedy he famous scientific eclen detective to try to unravel the mystery what kennidy kennedy ac comp lishes Is I 1 told by hie his friend jameson Jaroe eon newspaper man dragod at the deter inea d effort which elaine and craig ken jady are making to put an end to his til crime the clutching hand as an thie this trance i criminal is I 1 known reietta to all oram i of 0 the most diabolical ch enni to ut them out of the way each chapter f the tie tory story tell tells of a new now plot again against their lives and of the way WILY the treat great de v uses ue all h hr is ski abill I 1 to ave save this pret y girl irl and himself from death ELEVENTH EPISODE THE HOUR OF THREE with ath the ominous forefinger of bis his clutching ahing hand extended the master blaster ninal emphasized bis his instructions 0 his ill minions perry bennett nen nett her lawyer ie Is in avor r again with elaine dodge he aa t saying she and kennedy are a the outa outs even yet but they ay r become reconciled then she shell 11 aye e that fellow on our trail again afore ore that happen we must get b see beef eef it L was wag in the latest headquarters 0 which blob craig had chased the crim at I 1 in one of the toughest parta parts of ow york yorks great river front section now went on the clutching hand I 1 I 1 ant you slim to follow them as what they do where they go its er birthday something bound to ur that will give you a lead all auve ive got to do la Is to use your head bead t me a 0 it t was aa as clutching hand bad had bald said laine alne a birthday she bad had received any ny callers and congratulations in numerable um erable costly and mid beautiful to I 1 sno is of remembrance from her count beoo ci friends and admirer admirers in the of the dodge house line laine aunt josephine and susie mar in were ere sitting discussing not only he i happy occasion but more the many ange events of the past few weeks well said a familiar voice olce behind hem m what would a certain blonde oung nog lady accept as a birthday at from her family fatally lawyer ml all three turned in surprise oh mr lir bennett cried blaino flow ow startled us elaine hesitated she was thinking ot t so 0 much of his big words aa of ken ed dy to them all however it temco that she vaa ras unable to make p her mind what in the wealth of er r luxury what she would like suite susie martin bad had been wondering lether bether now that bennett was here he e was not de do trop as ste ate looked at er wrist watch satch mechanically aa As he e did so an idea occurred to her chy not one of these she cried Pul sheb indicating the watch fa her r ha has some beauties at the shop oh good exclaimed elaine how reel then 1 alts ts all go to the shop said aid anett misa martin will personally induct the tour and we shall have it r pick of the finest stock it lt was as too gay a party to notice a aletter figure follon following ing them in a cab chatting with animation the three oved over to the watch counter bile the crook with a determination it ot to risk missing anything entered he ie hop shop door too mr thomas asked susie as her clerk bowed to them please low ow misa dodge the wrist watches aler sas as telling about unobserved the crook walked over ear enough to bear what was going i a at ladt with much banter and yet are elaine selected one that was in eed a beauty and was about to snap on her dainty wrist when the clerk interrupted 1 I beg your pardon he suggested but I 1 d advise you to leav it to be emulated it if you please reluctantly elaine handed it over the clerk A moment later they went out and the car again i As they did so slim who had been liking king over varlonus icings in the ext eit case as it undecided came up to 0 watch counter I 1 I 1 in making a present he remarked F to the clerk how about oe ole bracelet watches the clerk pulled out some of the taper ones no 10 he aid said thoughtfully pointing otray t a tray in the aho showcase case something ke those ile e ended by picking out one iden rally like that which elaine had a sc tod and started ta to pay for it it better f have lt it regulated repeated i 6 ho 0 ile lie objected hastily shakia 11 head bead and paling ming the money quick its a present pe eIll and nd I 1 w want it to au ht III tok took the 0 o watch aca and left the WIT loran the kennedy L arking f oter over an n oblong 0 oak box eith teea inch inched in lalith half halt as a high in the box I 1 could see ate beside besides other apparatus two good sized poola of fine wire ire white what all that I 1 asked anquist lively another of c the new now instrument instruments that scientific detectives use he responded pon sPon ded scarcely looking up a little magnetic wizard the which Is I 1 prompted something Soni ething we detectives might use to take down and can telephone con and other such conversa tiong when it li Is attached properly to a telephone tele it records everything that is I 1 eald said over the wire the record fit I 1 not made mechanically on a aylin der but electro magnetically on this wire craig continued to tinker tant altz bagly with the machine which had been invented by a dane valdemar poulsen he ile had scarcely finished testing the when the laboratory door opened and a clean cut young man eLt tittered ered kennedy I 1 knew had found that the routine work of the clutching hand casp beyond hie his limited time and bad retained this young uan tian raymond chaee chase to attend to that just now what worried crat brals waa was the situation with elaine and I 1 fan tan cled that he had civen given chase some in connection with that 1 I ve got it mr kennedy greeted chane chase with ith quiet modesty good clod responded craig heartily I 1 knew you would I 1 got what hat I 1 I 1 asked a moment later kennedy nodded for chase to an awer 1 I ve located the new now residence of 0 flirty florrie he replied I 1 saw what kennedy was after at once flirty florrie morrie and dan tae tao dude had caused the quarrel between him self and elaine dan the dude mole was dead hut but flirty florrie be forced to explain it chato fine ane he added exultingly now ill clear that thing up he ile took a hasty step to the tele phone put his band hand on the receiver and sea as about to tako take it off the hook then be he paused and I 1 saw hie his face working finally his pride for kennedys was a highly sensitive nature got the bet ter of him no he be said halt to himself not dot yel yet elaine had bad returned borne home nione lone her bar thoughts naturally went bach back to what had happened recently to interrupt a friendship which bad been the twee sweetest test in her life there must be some mistake min take she murmured pensively to herself think ing of the photograph flirty had given her oh why did I 1 send him awaya away why I 1 believe himl mechanically she put out her band to the telephone she aas ae about to take off the receiver when something seemed to stay her hand she wanted him to come to her craigs eye fell on the and an idea seemed to occur to him walter lou and chase bring that thing along be he said bald a moment later kt i last vo e came to the apartment huse h use at which chase had bad located the woman now chase he directed you go in with us uis walter and I 1 can manage tl la 18 now but don t get nut out of touch with me I 1 shall need you yon any moment certainly tomor 1 row i kennedy slipped on a badge in scribed ascribed bed telephone inspector Ini 1 walter he be smiled rallied youre elected my helper we entered the hall and found a negro boy in charge of the switchboard ou look over the switchboard kelly he be winked at me while I 1 test out the connection connections back here there must bt be something wrong rong with the wire or there here t be so many complaints M he ile had gone back to the witch switch board while the negro still clou clous watched without understanding what it as all about 1 I 1 aint inow I 1 now craig muttered final ly for the benefit of the he boy but I 1 think III bare have to leave that tetter teste after all say if I 1 put it here you 11 have to be careful not to let anone an one meddle n ith fill it if it ou do there 11 be the deuce to pay sea acet lC kennedy ennedy had already started to fasten the telegram phone to the th a sires alres he hd had elected from the tannie at last he be finished and stood up dont disturb it and don t let any it he ordered bet one else le touch that a the best ter not lall tell anyone way wa III ba be back for it tomorrow probably ya tah gah nodded the boy with a bow as a be he went want out 0 a back in the new bang out the clutching hand liand as laying down the and be heeler eleff lieutenant law to big when bum at t lat last entered 11 huhl uhl growled the mister crin crim inal conveying the fact that he be waa was rell relieved eved to see urn LIM at aaa lut where have you been ive been kot cot back off on a little job myself and slim apologized profusely ye yes mr lr he replied hastily well I 1 went over to the dodge house and I 1 aw saw tham fl finally nally I 1 followed them into a jewelry shop that lawyer ought bought a wrist watch so go I 1 bought one jut just like it IL I 1 thought perhaps a could give it to me growled clutching hand elbing seizing it the moment slim adli off played it JL and dont don t butt inscey in see from the capacious capa clout desk the ma man ter criminal pulled it set of mail small drill drills 1 and other jeweler jewelers toola tools and placed them on the table all right he relented now do you eee see what I 1 have jut just thought of no thie this la Is juat just the chance look at me carefully be he piled plied hia his handa to the job regardless of time there ho he exclaimed at last hold ing the watch where they could all see it it seel he its pulled out the item stem to set net the hand hands and lowly slowly twisted twitted it between lie bin thumb and finger anger he ile turned the hand hands until they were almot almost at the point ot of three clock then he held the watch out where all could cee gee an the minute band hand touched three from the back of the case aa as it from the channg itself a little needle per haps a quarter of an inch jumped out it teemed seemed to come from what looked like merely a small insect in the decoration you ee tee what will happen at the hour of three I 1 he asked no one said a word sord as he held up a vial via which he had drawn f tom om his pocket on it hey they could read the la bel Ri clau 11 one of the most powerful poisons in the world be he exclaimed enough to kill a regiment regimen tl they fairly gasped ard looked at it with horror exchanging glance glances opening the vial carefully 1 be he dipped la in a thin piece of glas and placed a tiny drop in a receptacle back of the needle and on the needle itself 1 I 1 to ant my invention InTent ton to go off at three be he concluded tomorrow forenoon it will bare have to be delivered early and I 1 don t believe we shall be troubled any longer by mies bites elaine dodge he added veil ven calmly he wrapped up the apparently innocent engine of destruction and handed it to slim see that ehe she gets it in time timp 11 bo ho eald said merely 1 I will air lr ansu answered ered slim taking it gingerly 0 0 0 0 flirty florrye had bad returned that aft amoon late from some expedition on which alch che the bad had been sent rankling in her heart yet wa was the death of her lover dan the dude thue thus when ehe she arrived home she he went sent to the telephone to report and called a cumber number greenwich I 1 hello chief she repeated this in i flirty have you done anything yet in the little matter we taked talked about say saybe be careful of namee names over the wire came a sr gawl awl you know what I 1 mean yee yes the trick III ie to pulled off at three the he exclaimed loob 1004 woodby by and thank you ith hie his well known caution clutching chint iland habd did not even betray it he could names over the telephone help belt it flirty bun hung up the re rett r ith the manes of the de parted dan night eoon soon rest in 0 0 0 0 0 0 the next day early in n the forenoon man with a mail small package a carefully young done up cam came a to the dodge house from martin the jeweler jewelers for ho ba aid said to jennings al at amlie dodge the door elaine and aunt josaphine were 11 bitting in I 1 the he library when jennings announced him cried elaine oh its ll 11 my watch him in a show elaine put the w watch on her and admired it d slim aekes all it la is answered anwer ed el eliane aicia you yes v yes go 0 e r early ably the same me mornin morning kennedy again to the apartment apart ment around went not jagt ta to be b seem lou horse hor se and C by flirty re recovered covered the Tog together ethar we carried it to the I 1 labor abom tory there he let set up a little instrument that looked like ft a wedge sitting up on end in be the face of which was a dial through it be he began to run the wire from the spools pool and taking an earpiece put another on my head bead over tny my ean ears lie ile turned a switch and we a listened eagerly first came several calli calls from pepie people with bills and she be put them off most adroitly then we heard a call that caused kennedy to look at me quickly stop the machine and start at that point over again what I 1 wanted he said aid as a we a listened in give me greenwich hello ratio I hello fello chief this la to flirty have you done anything yet in the little matter we a talked about say be careful of names over the wire you know what I 1 mean ye yes the trick will be pulled ob off at it three 0 clock goedl goodby good by and thank yoni youl good by craig paused and considered a minute then moved to the telephone theres only one hint thing to do and that a to follow out my original scheme he said energetically information please where Is greenwich he be asked a moment later the minutes passed thank you sir air he cried writing down on a it PAO pa aa am address on the west side near the river 1 front then turning to me he exclaimed walter were weve got him at bastl craig rose and put on his bin tat and coat thrusting a p pitr dr of opera glassed loto into his pocket in fir case we should want ant to observe the place at a die dle tance I 1 followed him excitedly the trail aaa as hot 0 0 0 0 0 kennedy and I 1 came at last to the place on the west side where the crooked streets curved off instead of keeping on until be came 1 to the place we sought he turned off and quickly slipped behind the shelter of a fence there was a broken board i in fit the fence and he bent down baling gazing through with the isern across the lot was as the now hang bang out A somewhat dilapidated old fash lash fored brick house of several generations back through the glass el we could see an countenanced evil crook slinking along he ile mounted the steps and rang tang the bell turning aa Is he be waited prom from a small aperture in the doorway looked out another face equally eril evil under cover the crook made the sign of the clutching Clutch lne hand twice and was admitted admIt tea chati the place pit 11 right kennedy with ho hurried to a telephone booth where he called overal numbers then 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