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Show tr,i The Box Elder News. TWO had it repel red he remarked to Aunt wnielrto record something; r"nd yoUr fool! fv fi Josephine Suddenly bis face lighted fnils.jare'a no combating Miss tatls-tix- l . Theresas up. , Ah an Idea?, he exclaimed. She overwhelmed all 'arguments No one .will eye rethink tpjook (aside by- - the- - very exactness of. her person-,- ' that." ality. "Now, Mrs. Dodge, he said finally, as he had completed installing the - Elaine departed, speechless, properly 8quelched,'Tollo wed by her chaufthing and hiding tbqwlre under-carpetfeur.. (ill J j and rugB until it ran out to the a closed car, such as Meanwhile, connection which he made with the had stood across from the laboratory, telephone, "dont breathe a word of it had drawn up not far from the Dodge to anyone. We dont know whom house.,Neax lt,,was am an in rather to trust or suspect." Bhabby clothes and a visored cap on Elaines car had stopped .finally at which ds in a shop on Fifth avenue.. She stepped Window lettering, "Metropolitan out and entered, leaving her chauffeur f He carried a company. Cleaning J ' f to wait-t bucket and A email extension ladder. As she did so, Dan and Billy sidled -- In the darkened recesses of the car along the crowded sidewalk. r was Rie Clutching - Hand himself, Dan the Dude- - left Billy" and Billy masked as usual He-hahis watch surreptitiously drew from under his in his hand and was giving most minCoat a half loaf of bread. With a ute instructions to the window cleanglance about, he dropped It Into the er about something., As the latter gutter , close to the entrance to turned to a observer would Elaine's car. Then he withdrew a Ti- have noted go, sharp the Dude, (hat it was Dan J ' ' " "1 ' Ji ttle distance. ' ' still further disguised. Elaine came out and A few moments later, Dad appeared (When her car, Billy, looking as at the servants entrance of the Dodge forlorn as could be, shot forhouse, and rang the bell. Jennings, ward. Pretending to spy the dirty who happened to be down there, came piece of bread in the gutter, he made to the door. a dive for lt, Just as Elaine was about sa"Man to clean the windows, to step Into the car. g luted the bogus cleaner touching his Elaine, surprised, drew back. Billy hat in a way quietly to call attention picked up the piece of bread and with to the words on ! and drawlng,frm kll the actions of having discovered a his pocket a faked written order. treasure began to gnaw at It voraAll right, nodded Jennings ex- 1 ciously, I Shocked at the disgusting sight, she tried1 to take the bread away from The Exploits of Elaine A Detective Novel and a Motion Picture Drama I f fj fc ' She ' j t One i the maids eras sweeping to the hall ks Dan went towrd tb were-the-wor- . to-th- e ooraer, as if by a t deep, loud nj voice. to wash fl n Help! Help! Murdgf ! i "I wpnder whether ,1 locked jthose They are strangling me! windows!! muttered --Jennings, paus- -' . Iha.,pffect was terrific. I 1 guess Id beting in the hallway. Clutching Hand and Dak, ter make sure.! . la crime, as they were, ti He had taken only a step toward dazed,' overcome for the-the library again when Dan watchfully the startling effect caught eight of him. It would never They looked about Net a- do to have Jennings snooping around Then, to their utter co"a there now. Quick action was neces- from the helmet again, eat Dan knocked over a costly vibrant sary. warning. j V Sevres'vaeeTHelp! Murder! ' Police ' "There clumsy see what- - youve Kennedy and I had bf done!; berated' Jennings,! starting to over the vocaphone, for the pick up pieces.! jf j, nonplused at the fellows Dan had ' acted his part 'wen and Then we heard from promptly.-- , In .the library Clutching instrument: Hand was busily, engaged at that moment beside the secret panel search Chief, hurry. The Falser down I The girl herself l ing' for the spring that released What It meant we did mi )m He ran his finger diking the woodwork, Was almost beside Craig hr suchere and there without pausing he ma to get the fr 'H 1J ordered inrhip)r,ri 3r.i, l ceeding.0 ephone. If there was any I 4 "Confound it!" he muttered, searchthem.. Only Instant actlonfwof . ?) V' ing. feverishly.' rh.Ki J t, however. What to do? f'-- i ..Kennedy, having made the arrangements with .the telephone company by 'We could - 'hear the mfcfi which. bq ,had a clear. wire from the Inal plainly fumbling now. : "Yes, thate the Clutching! Dodge house to his laboratory, had rejoined 'me there and was butting on repeated.il f sing j ; ' "WaiL'. I cautioned, the finishing touches oh his Installala coming 1, j, ,, ., tion Of the vkcaphone: ' tihjn.n v ast .f. Every jBy a sort o? lastlnot h a and then he would witch It on, and we would listen la recognize the sounds. I Loi t Elaine!. he exclaimed, Ti It a he demonstrated toe .wonderful Instantly followed. In fl Bttle, instrument, (! to ifflau.Wa I had, can tell it the sounds of m VT.j Pretested In CoOiboratioa With the Pethe PUyers end the Eclectic Film Company Oopjrrlcfct, Itli by the Star Company All Foreign Rights Reserved f THURSDAY, FEBRUAR y nFor seized the telephone and eagerly called Kennedys number. The New York police are mystified by a "Hello, answered a voice aeries at murders of prominent men. The "Is that you, Craig?" she asked ex- principal clue to the murderer Is the warm itedly inf letter which la sent the victims, signed with a clutching hand." The latest vict "No, this Is Mr. Jameson. tim Of the mysterious assassin Is Taylor "Oh, Hr. Jameson, Ive discovered Dodge, the Insurance presidents His daughter, Elaine, employs Craig Ken- the Clutching Hand papers, she benedy, the famous scientific detective, to try to unravel the mystery. What Ken- gan, more and more excited. "Have you read them? came back nedy accomplishes is told by his friend Jameson, a newspaper man Elaine is kidJ & the voice quickly. naped by the Clutching Hand, but Is res, cued by Kennedy, who has discovered her "No; shall I? whereabouts through using third degree "Then dont unseal them, cautioned methods on one of the crooks. the voice., Put them back exactly aa you found them and PR tell Mr. KenEIGHTH EPISODE nedy the moment I can get bold .of him. , Thn Hidden Voice. "All right" said Elaine. IH do "Jameson, wake up! And please get him as soon as that. The atraln of the Dodge case was J ' j you possibly can." beginning to tell on me, for It was ' . I will."1- v shuffto' keeping ns at work at all kinds of out shopping now, she Im '"He has going seized her I hours , to circumvent the Clutching i'P I cried in an agony of stq jjas tell him 111 him.'--- ' "But suddenly, returned, Hand, by far the cleverest criminal be I know its dirty, miss, whimpered j We could now hear evt.f right hack right away" , with whom Kennedy had ever , had but it's the first food Ive seen Billy, , was going on In, the rt"Very well;, ,f ' t to do. anything was wildly excited., Aa Hanging up the receiver, Elaine ,for four days." , ' I leaped out of bed, still In my paInstantly Elaine was full of symreplaced the papers In the dutifully Here was speechless. 1 and stood moment a for jamas, staring box and returned the box to Its secret pathy. She had taken the food we had Installed. , It had wf about. Then I ran Into the living ! and away. That would not suffice. But what could we do? f room. I looked about, rubbing my hiding place,' pressing the spring ' "Whate your name, little boy? she the I looked blankly at Kenf shut panel sliding yes, startled,' No one waa there. ' ' A few minutes later ahe left the asked. 1 was equal to the emergency L "Hey Jameson wake up!" ,, he replied, blubbering. . Billy house in the Dodge car, He calmly turned the fiwtl It waa Bpooky. , ,, , "Where do you live? t Outside our up laboratory, leaning Then, at the top of llw Where the deuce are you? I de"With' me mother and father shouted: "Help! Help! Foil against a railing, Dan the Dude, an manded, are strangling me!" emissary of the Clutching Hand, whose theyre sick nothing to eat Suddenly I heard the voice again He was whimpering an address far dress now greatly belied his underJ looked at him in amapcmi v no doubt about it, either. u over on the East side. shadowbeen world bad monnlker, he think, he coul.dOnr did, ""Here I am over on the couch! Get Into the car, Elaine' directed. us, watching to see when we left : ing away? , up' scratched I my head, puzzled. There "Gee but this is swell, he cried, moment we disappeared, he The It al works both ways,! was certainly no one on that couch. with no this time p; fake, raised his hand carefully above his fOll "Help! Murderl Police!? fA On they went, through the tenement laugh greeted me. Plainly, though, head and made the sign of the ClutchWe Could hear the asteJi it came from the couch. I went over ing Hand. Far down the street,1 in a canyons, dodging children and pushtog of the two men. , to It and, ridiculous as It seemed, be- fclosed car, the Hand him- carts, stopping first at a grocers, then Clutching hall now, we could hearWlini( gan to throw aside the pillows. butchers1 and a delicatessen. self,1 his' face masked, gave ah an- at preaching in answer to , cai4' There lay, nothing but & little ob- swering sign. I Finally the i stopped where Billy Aunt Josephine help JefinaagJ directed. hobbled followed long oaken box, perhaps eight or ten out, Billy moment A later he left the car, gazand others, all shouting ootj n Inches square at the ends.. In the face about stealthily. Not a soul was by Elaine and her chauffeur, his arms were cries in the library!' ing were two peculiar square holes, and in, piled high with provisions.. She waa The deuce! What Is iT tvr( sight and he managed ?o make his indeed from the top projected a black disk, a lovely Lady Bountiful as a ' to the door, of our, laboratory , " voice. way, gruff about the size of a watch, fastened on without being observed, crowd of kids quickly surrounded the man in armor! hi .The f car. a swinging metal am. In the face of Probably be thought that the paing Hand. . In the meantime Dago Mike and the disk were several perforated holes pers he at 'for the might laboratory, ,,Here they come, too, ' 1 picked up the strange looking he had repeatedly failed to locate Kitty the Hawk had gone to a wretchThere was a parting sc ed before In flat, which Billy stopped. wonder, and from that magic them ht'the Dodge house. At any rate thing There take that! ( oak box actually came & burst of he was busily engaged in ransacking Kitty sat on the bed, putting dark A loud metallic rlngin circles under t her a black. j eyes with , p laughter. drawers and cabinets, in the laborathe vocaphone. ened, cork. She was Como over to the laboratory, right tory, when the telephone Then silence! Kennedy Shows Elaine, the Little Instrument That Saved Her Life.1 suddenly emaciated, but it was very, thin and ' away, pealed forth a merry voice. rang. dissipation that r ' n.Dih , j What had happened? had done it. Tve something to show you." Dago Mike was corre, An instant be hesitated. Then, disIn the library, recoverin mining the order and finding It ap heard the window cleaner and Jen- crock "Well, I gasped, "what do you guising his voice as much as he could spondingly poorly dressed. of surprise, Dan j He had paused beside the window parently all right nings, but thought nothing of it at the know about that!" to imitate mine, he took up the reHand. ' Clutching Dan followed him in, taking the lad- the time. to look out Shes coming, he anVery early that morning Craig had ceiver. What is it? der bucket and Aunt nounced Once, however, Craig paused, and I upstairs, where finally.' Hello! he answered. got up, leaving me snoring. Cases Then about. looking saw him listening more intently than j Kitty hastily jumped into the rick- Josephine was still reading. never wearied him. He thrived on ex'His face was a 'study in all that Hand quickly took in the . .. man "The Usual. i to , , clean the while windows, ety ' took bed, Hike up a crutch citement. was dark as he realized that It was The man in armor! that was standing idly in a corner. maam, apologized Jennings. X- - He had Theyve gone out, he muttered, out gone over to the laboratory Elaine calling. He clenched his crookbut surely there is some one In the She coughed resignedly and he limped Oh, very well, she nodded, taking and eet to work in a corner over an ed hand even more viciously. Dan was almost dead forlorn. ' They had assumed up her book, to go. Then, recalling Dodge library. about, other of those peculiar boxes, exactly at Have you read them? he asked, the weird thing. I listened, too. The thing was so like that which he had already left in curbing his impatience as she unsus- their parts, which1 were almost to the the frequent injunctions of Kennedy, Here they come, too , she sensitive to of even & whisper could that paused long enough burlesque speak poverty, when the door cur rooms. , as, down the gasped, pectingly poured forth her story, be magnified, and I certainly did hear was pushed open and Billy burst in, quietly to Jennings. j Half an hour afterward I walked , to me. , hear the family shouting;, here followed chauf-feur. watch she him,"'and and Elaine 'Stay by something. the Into the laboratory, feeling a little Then dont unseal them, he hassomeone was In the libraf f went out u whispered as she Kennedy frowned. What was that sheepish over the practical joke, but tened to reply. "Put them back. With a parting thrust "Oh, ma oh, pa, he cried' running Jennings nodded, while Dan opened scratching noise? Could it be Jen- Hand none the less curious to find out all Then there can be no question about sent Elaine reeling forward and kissing his pseudo par- a window and set to work. nings? Perhaps It was Rusty. ' about It them. You can open them before witShe held on to only a c now Elaine decided to home. Just as we then overcome could ents, go Elaine, with a symdistinguish What Is It?" I asked. Indicating the nesses." From his closed car, the Clutching sound as though someone had moved papers. He had the gre pathy, directed the chauffeur to lay apparatus. them. They were tom an For a moment he paused, then add the Hand gazed intently at the; Dodge about tbtngB on a shakj table. A vocaphone," he replied, still ed: Put them back, and tell no anyway. He house.. ladcould Bee Dan on the Just not then the door opened again. Jennings," cried laughing, "the loud speaking telephone, one of their discovery. I will tell Mr. All Finally, with all the vel now washing the library window, Craig. went were He der, out this genuinely surprised time, the little box that hears and talks. Kennedy the moment I can of which he was capabl him. his get back He looked toward him me a at moment The Hand rushed at It .talks, right , out . In meeting, the armo Clutching Hand studied for a mosDan turned slowly and made the same stealthy noise was repeated, too no transmitter to hold to ment back his gloved fist, and and then grabbed the telephone of the hand. Turning to his sign Its the exHand! he Clutching the mouth, no receiver to hold to again. out squarely to a vicious s chauffeur, the master criminal spoke claimed excitedly.) You see, this transthe ear. a' few hurried words In a low tone and Hello, Dan," he called when he got A moment later Dan hurried Into blow. . mitter is so BenBitlve that it picks up his number. "Miss There-ta- ke ! that! he Rmled is the driver hurried the off. Dodge going podge library, even a whisper, and the receiver is The suit rattled furiously?'88 A ( few minutes later the driver shopping. I want you and the other For heavens sake. Chief, hurry!" placed back of those two megaphone& Falsers to follow her delay her all might have been seen entering a near- he whispered hoarsely. "The Falsers it spilled the vocaphone, fclP'S . . t' u - i like pyramids." . on ' floor. the you can. Use your own judgment iounty must store and going Into the teleby drug have fallen down." The girl hert i He was standing at a table, carefulAn instant later those it? i . i ) I . It was what had come to be known phone booth,,. Without, a moments self is coming!" ly packing up one of the vocaphonea in his ' as rushed. In. Mi ' But the ClutcUad hesitation he called Dan himself had no time to waste.' the "Brother; organization upon the. Dodge and a lot of wire. - , were and out hood t of gone (Dan bailor Marie and anin He house, Elaines Falserai, i, back the retreated There, into the piaid, "I believe the Clutching Hand haa hallway just as dow, the criminal carrying tfevenii swered. was door Jennings for the been shadowing the Dodge house, he room of a low dive, 1 were Dan .the opening part of the; precious paper l8lting "Is Jennings' there? ; he 'asked. Elaine. ; u i . , , ,1 continued thoughtfully. "As long as Dude, the emissary .who had been loi,,1 ,j him about "Tell a the friend a wants Some, ran to Elaine, to , Marie took her wraps and left her, gunlaboratory, we watch' the place, too, he' will do tering speak , window. The ladder had 1 to1 him." p i j b a t f man, ti of while Dago Mike, women, couple Elaine numerous her handed os8 nothing. But If we should seem,1 ' away and the criminals one known as Kitty the 9: V rTWalt a minute," ahe answered. Ill packages to Jennings. . fiei tentatiously.: not to be watching, per slatterns, t JMli and or ten, whom Dan Watched every motion, i .'j get him." ui haps he may try something.' and we Hawk,called a boy of eight i sAudre i.i- 11 "Pot " them away, Jennings," she been whisked away. Billy. i , Marie went toward the library, leavmay be able to get a clue to his iden- they ' 3 t Hello! i Hello!' Hello "Xll ' J s the off the hook. Dan said softly.1 ''' vrtght," , shouted back ing telephone Chief," over this vocaphone., See?, tity 2 was , washing , the windows, half leader, as he hung up the Jennings had obeyed1 and gone up- voice, apparently from noif Haight v I, nodded.. "Weve got to run him Dan, their after a pii stairs. Elaine moved, toward the li- 4 "What to that?" cried outside tie while telephone halt, house,, Jen the noting carefully down somehow, T agreed. , to1 be nto She had was this Dan tUtveE bii risen al. , "WeU took by instructions. a do hasty,. brary.,, or two trying it busy, Tory quiet step "Yes, ha said, taking his cost and. gazing about, wondering attate as though It wag apparent that he was behind her,, in the same direction. 1 hat , am going to connect up one 4.trust us; tii) la the library Clutching Hand was vole Suddenly her eyefi gev Watching Dan closely! , alacrity a the Brotherhood Of these things In Hiss Dodges libra3 "A n ftlend went, of youre wants to smalt now ' frantically? searching, for' the armor scattered ail over;4 ffeeivee ways; ry- and arrange with the telephone ' Elaine-ba- d . . to jroa over the telephony Jennings, spring. Ho heard" Etotov costing and She spied the little oak not been gone long from company for a clear wire so that we I!110 or? 4 ' said Marie, as i she). came Into thn dodged behind the curtains again just "Elaine! . the house when Craig and I arrived t can listen in here, where that feUow '' ti es she entered. 3 sm ""Apparently the voice f there. IUraryifiow s i will never suspect. Mai a had Borides' "With that butler Too ttLf it ifiThq 'a bad, greeted Jennings,' "but responded slowly with a hasty look about,' she saw-At about the name time that Craig " covert glance at Dan. ..., no one Then she went quickly to the to her ears. K1 J r the has Just gone shopping , and I sallied forth on this new mis- -' Miss Elaine ' tahda "Yes eried.! " No I she sooner and know had found dont when Craig! she'll 1 be the spring and pressed they gone however panel, alon, Elaine was arranging some flow1U . k i c tbsn Dan climbed ell the way into the it So many queer things had vocaphon-tspeis That my f era on a stand near the corner of the hapBert ef 1 Instinct oKenmdy room, ran to the door and looked By f Aunt Josephine greeted us cordially, after pened to her. since ahe went out that box that hears and talks, "rsfrlend' Dodge library where the secret panel Seemed to Sounds. thet Recognize n them.. Then he ran to the window, ahe had begun to worry over the aafe-t- to her.,, "Are you all the vocaphone ' was In1 which her father had hidden and Craig He Exclaimed Turning Across and down the Elaine! Yes all right thanka I ' of the papers., .. package he was carrying.) 0 i the papers tor the possession, of which v. street, the 1. 3 Palo, ( not going to let anything hapiljr D The panel opened. They were there, phone ! MV, the . Clutching , Hand ,t had murdered etU Clutching Hand was1 gazing at the In 3 'wdy understood house. to He here She had Miss all had seen Dan , Elaine pen m j xShe If him. tor' again right ) t disappear opened the box and prim, spick and span, middle-age1 can help it, remarked Craig la & low and suspected that the time had coma took them out, hesitating to break the She seized the helmet and 1 woman entered. ei , f ,, She bad moved away from the table, zi I keep to the n which vocaphone moment h Sure tone, later seal was, before about the as she the did ' enoughthere gazing but, so, her dress caught alga of Miss St&tistlx, of the organKennedy arrived. 1 the Ji ud uj) In something in the woodwork. She library. id 1,1 ised charities, .she announced, look- the bandLi .He hastily got out of the x Stealthy and tiger like, the' Clutch- tached and wasl holding J "What are "" l!' herself. , hurrled. up Hand you thinking' of doing? ing around sharply, ' 1 saw caruand the street-ing , tried to loosen it and In 'so doing All crept up behind her. Aa he h your car Kennedy had been ealH4$ a touched the little metallic spring on asked Aunt Josephine keenly; r1 standing outside miss, and the chil- this time the, chauffeur was keeping did po, Dan gazed in through the 1 . intently over the tnad Tm going to put In a .vocaphone. dren , below told me you were up here. Jennings busy over the telephone tenlng from the halL which her dress had caught with nf f IV KJ.1t ' ' , p It had been some .whether trumped-uWith he. dering a spring. Clutching Hand j , story returned, unwrapping it iir came up to see whether .yon were Instantly, to her utter surprise, the so way. In As the criminal master business 'came at leaped In "Whats i moved. Elaine, she slid asked. thstr It open, disclosing by panel znatchlng at the paaiding really deserving poor. .. j.- - t the he cried ijf ladder through the open window pers.! Elaine clung to them tenacious"A loud speaking telephone con(It works-ye- MT She laid a marked emphasis on the s r strong box. to Dan , was on guard,' listening down the ly, In spite of the surprise, and v! Hi aia Elaine took it amused, looked at tt nected with' my laboratory ' he ex- word, pursing up her lips. There was Mu,,,) j,. j f, , they Ge - A "Elaine!. hallway. from ' for struggled signal , Dan, , and them. Clutching Hand a moment then carried it to a table plained, 'repeating what he had al- no mistaking the apprehension that came back "Yes, Craig, Hd back of the pop-tie- r holding one hand over her mouth to n u 1 1 5 i ready told me. whlle she listened al- these fine birds of prey had of her, Clutching Hand and opened Jennings was returning, j , I prevent her screaming. Instantly Dan faithful little Instrument at the latest scientific Inside were some nepers, sealed la most "Are you all right? U Tve finished . these : 3 an theto, aiding hto chief. t .( : window, an- was envelope and marked "Llmpy Red wonder.. i 'sn1 ,, "Why wh whats ,,, the , matter nounced ' Tes all right? : Choke ' her! Dan as J the her!" was butler He Dont Strangle reappeared. looking about trying to fig- esked Elaine, fidgeting uncomfortably. CotTespondence." heaven! breath "Thank, let her scream! he ground ouL't This man is a gunman, that wom- "Now, Ill Clean the hall windows.", i ''.JThey must be the Clutching Hand ure out just where It could be placed me arid h H pushing followed They like a to Would shadow. Jennings fought she best viciously. advantage, when he approached an to a bad woman the boy 1s .Billy papers!, she exclaimed ,to herself, No1 sooner had ' they 1 gone: than succeed ?(1 It was two desperate, unLiterally, he kissed that N-a- s ' the Bread Snatcher, she answered hesitating a moment in doubt what to the salt of armor. If It had been human! men Hand scrupulous came Clutching one frail CO. from "I against gtrL M stealthily you have brought It back and precisely, drawing ; out a card i ,J (TO BB CONTOT beitod the porttona'i, from b r , Suddenly, the man In armor SYNOPSIS. ! d i , , . 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