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Show The Box Elder News. TWO THURSDAY, MARCH 18, last. Where haYe you been? Ive by Flirty, recovered the telegraphone return two wires. Attach them "Has the watch purchased for ill been off on a little Job myself, anil Together we carried it to the labora- to the with bell which I will leave here. Elaine Dodge been dWlveredr' got back. tory. When it rings, rail the house. Jame- asked the clerk. P Slim apologized profusely. There he set up a little Instrument son will lead No, came back the you to It Come, Wal"Yes, sir," be replied hastily, "well, that looked like a wedge sitting up on ter," he reply, watch Mr. Bennett bought Is stll added, picking up the bags. I went over to the Dofige house, and end. In the face of which was a dial. being regulated." 1 saw them finally. I followed them Through it he began to run the wire j Ten minutes later, outside the new Kennedy hung up the receive 1 into a jewelry shop. That lawyer from the spools, and, taking an earcrouched-ua was headquarters, figure, stunned. Drama a and Motion Novel A Detective F;cture bought a wrist watch. So I bought one piece, put another on my head over carrying a small his face The watch will cause her deaf0 package, I like It. just thought perhaps we my ears. hidden under his soft hat and up-- ; three oclock, M said the Clutei i'ere could He turned a switch and we listened turned collar, could have been seen Hand. Swear to leave here wit! Give it to me, growled Clutching eagerly. slinking along until he came to the discovering my Identity and I wj 3 1 Hand, seizing it the moment Slim disFirst eame several calls from peo- steps. you how. You can save her! And dont butt in see? played It. ple with bills, and she put them off He went up and peered through the watch, he hissed, I have set From the capacious desk the mas- most adroitly. Presented in Collaboration With the Patbe Players and the Eclectic Film Company aperture of the doorway. Then he soned All Foreign Rights Reserved ter criminal pulled a set of small Oopyrt gh t, 1914. by th Star Company Then we heard a call that caused j rang the bell. Twice he raised his releasedneedle in a spring that 4 and will plunge It inf bee drills, vises, and other jewelers tools Kennedy to look at me quickly, stop hand and clenched it In the now fa- arm at exactly three oclock, aud placed them on the table. the machine and start at that point miliar clutch. needle is ricinus! All right, he relented. SYNOPSIS. A crook inside saw it through the half as high. In tve box I could see, Now, do over again. That's what I wanted, he said, as aperture and opened the door. The so Craig advanced, furious. As besides other apia-atustwo good you see what I have just thought of Clutching Hand pointed calj The New York police are mystlfled by no? This is we Just the chance. Look at listened in: figure entered and almost before the the clock. It was series of murders and other crimes. The sized spools of flix wire. me. twenty mlnu "Give me 4494 Greenwich." to I clue Is warnthe criminal all the 'Whats that principal asked lnquisidoor was shut tied the masking hand- three! ing letter which la sent the victims, signed tively. "Hello. Carefully he plied his hands to the kerchief over his face, which hid his with a clutching hand." The latest vicWith a mental struggle Ke tim of the mysterious assassin Is Taylor Hello, chief. This is Flirty. Have identity from even the most trusted controlled his Another of t!.. new instruments Job, regardless of time. loathing of the Dodge, the Insurance president. His that scientific del. lives little he There, the done in exclaimed at you holdre he yet lieutenants. anything last, to The crook use," bowed the before him. daughter, Elaine, employs Craig Kennedy, the famous scientific detective, to try to sponded, scarcely chief, who, with a growl as though of oking up, "a little ing the watch where they could all matter we talked about? All right but acunravel the mystery. What Kennedy see It. over names "See! youll hear be of careful t Say magnetic wizard, telegraphone. recognition, moved down the halL lg told by his friend Jameson, me sooner than you complishes He a newspaper man. Enraged at the deterpulled out the stem to set the the wire. Which is?" I pr. ;;i;,ted suspect,esw As he came to the room from which shouted, starting for the door. mined efTort which Elaine and Craig Ken"You know what I mean. we . t. ctives might use I ans and slowly twisted it between Slim had Something been sent on his are mission, to an his Then he came back and liftoff r nedy end to making put Yes, the trick will be pulled off at the same group was seated in the crimes, the Clutching Hand, as this to take down ami an telephone con- - j f18 thumb and finger. He turned the hat, hiding as much as possible ce strange criminal la known, resorts to all versatlons and cl. hands until three were oclock." conversaalmost such they at the thick tobacco smoke. ir orta of the most diabolical schemes to selenium cell, letting the llghrff Good! Good-by- , point of three oclock. and thank you! Put thorn out of the way. Each chapter tions. When It it attached properly You fellows clear out," he growled. on 1 It the story tells of a new plot against to a Good-by.- " Then he held the watch out where Jf "I wat to be alone. telephone, it records everything their Uvea and of the way the great "Only Elaine's life all has could see. minsaved of that is said over the wire. The record uses all his skill to save this pretCraig paused and considered a The old man Is peeved, muttered With a last threat he dashed it As the minute hand touched ty girl and himself from death. is not made mechanically on a cylinute, then to moved the telephone. one. outside, as they left three, He hailed a cab, Theres only one thing to do, and n etlcally on this from the back of the case, as If from returning from? t der, but electro-m- a The weird figure gazed about the ELEVENTH EPISODE steamship wharves not far awaytic the wire. chasing Itself, a little needle, per- thats to follow out my original room to be sure that he was alone. Quick! Inhe' ordered, giving Craig continued u tinker tantallz haps a quarter of an Inch, jumped out. scheme, he said energetically. THE HOUR OF THREE. address on Fifth avenue. lngly with the machine which had It seemed to come from what looked formation. please. When Craig and I left the police he Dodge Minute after minute the polic been Invented by a Dane, Valdemar like merely a small Insect in the decoWhere Is Greenwich 4494? he had given me most minute instrucWith the ominous forefinger of his Poulsen. waited. ration. Was anything asked a moment later. , tions which I was now following out Where was Craig? Clutching Hand extended, the Master You see what will happen at the The minutes passed. He had scarcely finished testing the Thank yon, to the letter. Criminal emphasized his instructions telegraphone when the Just then a tremor grew lsf sir," he cried, writing down on a pad I want you to hide there " he said. laboratory door hour of three? he asked. to his minions. No tinkle, then came the strong bf one an said on near address a as the West man he side, opened and a clean-cu- t word, held young up a barrel back of the house the bell. a vial which he had drawn from his the river front. Then turning to me, Indicating "Perry Bennett, her lawyer, la in entered. Kennedy needed us. next to the When you see a hangout. favor again with Elaine Dodge," he With a shout of encouragemi I knew, bad found that the pocket On it they could read the la- he exclaimed, "Walter, weve got him wire come down from Kennedy, the headquar- the men I was Baying. "She and Kennedy are routine work at last! of the Clutching Hand bel, "Rlclnus." ters, take It and carry it across the old house. dashed out and over s on the outs even yet But they case was One of the most powerful poisons Craig rose and put on his hat and lot to the old house. Attach beyond his limited time and It to the may beoome reoonolled. Then shell had retained this young man, in the world, he exclaimed. coat thrusting a pair of opera glasses Meanjrhile Clutching Hand hjshf: Raymond "Enough bell; then wait When It rings, raid had have that fellow on 4 our trail again. Chase, to attend to to kill Into his a oi in case we should the approached the table to r regiment! pocket, that Clutching Hand Joint Before that happens we musk 'get her his weapon and had noticed the ess Just now what worried Craig was They fairly gasped and looked at It want to observe the place at a disI waited what inseemed to be an eee?" Utile selenium cell. tance. I followed him excitedly. The 31 t tbs situation with Elaine, and I fan- with horror, exchanging terminable time hack of the barrel. glances. It was In the latest headquarters cied that he had given "The deuce! ( was trail he cried, ,cqi Opening the vial carefully, hot Chase some he I saw Finally, a however, coll of fine to which Craig had chased the crim- Commission In connection with ieei planned to get me anyhow! dipped in a thin piece of glass and that wire drop rapidly to the ground from inal, In one of the toughest parts of Clutehing Hand rushed to the i of Mr. Kennedy," greeted placed a tlnv drop in a receptacle Ive Keanedy and I came at last to the a window somewhere above. 1 tqede a then New Yorks great river front section. Chase got it back on of the West the stopped short Outside he . ,ia needle where plaM side with quiet modesty. the dash for It as and on the needle I were to though $e ylng "Now, went on the Clutching Hand,; hear the police and myself. crooked, streets curved off. "Good," responded Craig heartily. "I Itself. rush the trenches, seized my prize "I want you, Slim, to follow them.' knew Hand Ive set shftfs Clutching would. slammed Instead of Invention my to go off at you keeping on until he came apd, without looking back to see where See what they do where they go. Its door and pulled down over it a Lai Got what? I asked a moment later. three oclock," he concluded. "To- to the place we sought, he turned off itfhme from, beat a hasty retrea. her birthday. Something's bound to morrow wooden bar. FT a and nodded forenoon. It anfor will Chase behind to the Kennedy have to be shelter quickly slipped Around the lot I skirted, until at occur that will give you a lead- - All swer. At the desk he paused and delivered early and I dont believe of a fence. There was a broken board last I reached the' place where the you've got to do Is to use your head. piece of cardboard. Then, w&T Ive located the new residence of we shall be troubled any longer by In the fence and he bent down, gaz- police were Get mer waiting. Quickly we heavy Miss Elaine Dodge, he added, vening through with the opera glasses. Flirty Florrie, he replied. pencil, he cliihi, fastened the wire to the bell printed on it, while we battered I saw what Kennedy was after at omously. Across the lot was the new hangWe waited. It was, as Clutching Hand had said, once. barricaded door, a few short feet iii. Calmly he wrapped up the appar- out, a somewhat dilapidated, Flirty Florrie and Dan the Dude Not a sound from the bell. Elaines birthday. She had received had caused He laid the sign on the desk.W16 the quarrel between him- ently Innocent engine of destruction brick house of several generamany callers and congratulations. In- self and Elaine. Dan the Dude was and handed it to Slim. on another piece of cardboard, tions back. Through the glass we Up In the room in the joint the numerable costly and beautiful to- dead. a hand with the index PinpSee that she crudely But In It see could be Florrie an gets crook he Flirty hunched-utime, might kens of remembrance from her countfigure stood by the table. ointing. This he said merely. forced to explain It. placed on a qbp, a slinking along. He mounted the steps He had taken his hat off and less friends and admirers. In the placed It Indicating the desk. I will, sir, answered Slim, Mde and Thats fine, he added, exultlngly. the as bell, rang he turning taking carefully on the table and was now eonservatory of the Dodge house It gingerly. Just as the swaying and bufghe Now Ill clear that thing up. waited. waiting. Elaine, Aunt Josephine and Susie Mar door gave way. Clutching Hand He took a hasty step to the teleFrom a small aperture In the doorSuddenly a noise at the door starred the desk a tin were sitting discussing not Florrie had returned that aft- way looked out another face, equally him. only phone, put his hand on the receiver Flirty pull. It opened up hi; He listened. Then he backed the happy occasion, but more, the many away. and was about to take It off the ernoon, late, from some expedition evil. Under cover the crook made away from the door and drew a revolstrange events of the past few weeks. hook. He closed It with a sardonic the sign of the Clutching Hand twice ver. Then he paused, and I saw on which she had beefi sent. Well, said a familiar voice behind his face in our direction. Just as the In her heart yet was the and was admitted Rankling working. As the door slowly opened there en- crashed in. them, what would a certain blonde his pride, for Kennedys was death of her lover, Dan the Dude. Thats the place, all right, whis- tered another figure, hat over his eyes, young lady accept as a birthday pres- a Finally We looked about. There was when she Thus, arrived home, she pered Kennedy with saiiKfactio" highly sensitive nature, got the betHe collar up, a handkerchief over his ent from her family lawyer? soul In the room, nothing but the went to the telephone to report and hurried to a telei h rie booth, where ' face, the exact ter of him. All three turned In surprise. counterpart of the nium cell, the chairs, the desk. he called several timnbers. Then we first! No, he said, half to himself, not called a number, 4494 Greenwich. "Oh, Mr. Bennett, cried Elaine. "Look!" I cried, catching sigh Hello, chief, she repeated. This returned to the I h j t For a moment each glared at the yet" 'ory How you startled us! Is Flirty. Have you done the index finger, and going over ti From the anything 'irked a other. Elaine hesitated. She was. thinking desk. Elaine had returned home. Hands not so much of his words as of Kenup!" shouted the first figWe rolled back the top. Alone, her thoughts naturally went ure. hoarsely, moving the gun and To them all, however. It nedy. the flat top was a sign: back to what had happened recently the door with his foot closing seemed that she was unable to make Dear Blockheads: to interrupt a friendship which had The newcomer slowly raised his np her mind what, in the wealth of Kennedy and I couldn't wait been the sweetest in her life. crooked hand over his head, as the blue her luxury, what she would like. Then came that mysterious si, "There be some must steel revolver gaped menacingly. mistake, she Susie Martin had been wondering the Clutching Hand. With a quick movement of the other pensively to herself, thinkwhether, now that Bennett was here, murmured We hunted over the rooms, of the hand the first sinister figure removed ing photograph Flirty had given she was not de trop, as she find could looked, at her. 1 Oh, why did send him away? the handkerchief from his face and Where wasnothing that showed a her wrist watch mechanically. As Clutching Hand? W I believe didnt him? straightened up. she did so, an Idea occurred to her. Why was Kennedy? she It was out her Mechanically, hand put Kennedy! Why not one of these? she cried to In the next house Clutching the telephone. "Come over to the center of the Impulsively, Indicating the watch. Fahad literally come out of an up: She was about to take off the reroom, ordered Kennedy. ther has some beauties at the shop." piano into the room corresponds when ceiver, Hand seemed to Clutching something obeyed, eyeing his that he had left. "Oh, good, exclaimed Elaine, how Hastily he threJ stay her hand. She wanted him to captor closely. sweet! his handkerchief, slouch hat, old come to her. 1 "Now lay your weapons on the ta- and trousers. A neat Then lets all go to the shop, said striped pai: ble." Bennett Miss Martin will trousers replaced the old, frayed personally He fell on tossed the down eye a Craigs revolver. telegraphone, eonduct the tour, and we shall have baggy pair. A new shirt, then a sp and an idea seemed to occur to him. The two still faced each other. our pick of the finest stock. vest and a frock coat followed. "Take off that handkerchief! 'Walter, you and Chase bring that As he It was too gay a party to notice a finishing touchdST,;,, It was a tense moment Slowly he lookedput the sinister figure following them in a cab. thing along. he sal a moment later. for all the world like aft At last we came to the apartment Hand to Clutching started Then obey. whiskered foreigner. Chatting with animation, the three he stopped. Kennedy was Just about moved over to the watch counter, house at which Chase had located the At the door of the new to thunder, "Go on," when the criminal a few seoonds x while the crook, with a determination woman. later, I stood with Now, Chase, he directed, calmly remarked. "Youve got ME all police. you not to risk missing anything, entered neednt go In with us. Walter and I right Kennedy, but in twenty minutes the shop door, too. Not a sign of him anywhe Elaine Dodge will be dead! "Mr. Thomas," asked Susie as her can manage this now. But don't get one of the officers. growled He said It with a nonchalance that fathers clerk bowed to them, "please out of touch with me. I shall need might have deceived anyone less a show Miss Dodge the wrist watches you any moment certainly, tomorElaine was sitting In the libii row." tute than Kennedy. Suddenly there father was telling about when Aunt Josephine tur reading flashed over Craig the words: "THE to her. Kennedy slipped on a badge inUnobserved, the croolt walked over scribed: "Telephone Inspector. TRICK WILL BE PULLED OFF AT near enough to hear what was "What time Is it, dear? she ash going THREE OCLOCK 1" "Walter, he smiled, youre elect- Craig i Kennedy 8elzed Elaines Arm, Broke the Beautiful Bracelet and on. Elaine glanced at her pretty ed my helper. There was no fake about that Ken- trinket Ripped the Watch Off Her Wriet At last, with much banter and yet We entered the apartment house If he nedy frowned menacingly. "Nearly three, Auntie Just a cot care, Elaine selected one that was inkilled ball found in and a Elaine In the Hand, would of minutes, she said. little Clutching Jet matter negro boy charge small coil over which 1 had seen him deed a beauty and was about to snap die. If he he must either kill about? Just then there came the sonndp)ror it on her dainty wrist when the clerk of the switchboard. working and attached it to the bell or be killed.fought If he handed Clutching feet be careful of names over And some batteries. He You look over the switchboard, Say running madly down the hallwe-it Interrupted. replaced on the table, while I watched curi- Hand over Elaine was lost He looked They Jumped up, startled. I beg your pardon," he suggested, Kelly, he winked at me, while I test the wire, came a growL e his watch. was at It minYou know what I mean. twenty-fivKennedy, his coat flying and ously. "but Id advise you to leave It to be out the connections back here. There utes of three. "Yes. The trick will be pulled off must be something wrong with the A over his eyes, had aln selenium jammed he cell, if explained. regulated, you please. "What do you mean tell me? de- bowled over wires or there wouldnt he so many at three oclock. Only when light falls on It does It poor Jennings In his Reluctantly Elaine handed it over manded Kennedy with forced calm "Good-bGood! (the exclaimed. complaints. race down the hall. become a good conductor of electricito the clerk. Yesterday Mr. Bennett bought a ' Well," demanded Elaine haught! He bad gone back to the switch- and thank you. ty. Then the bell will ring. A moment later they went out and watch for Elaine," the Clutching wrist With his board while the negro, still unsuspicaution Just before making the connection whats entered the car again. Hand said quietly. "They left it to Hand not even did watched Clutching without cious, betray he Before she knew what was going! over his hat understanding cell. the placed Then be As they did so, Slim, who had been names over the telephone if he could he lifted the hat The regulated. One of my men bought Craig hurried up to her and llterq what It was all about. fell on light looking over various things in the I dont know, Craig muttered final- help it It and the bell rang. He replaced the one 'Just like it. Mine waa delivered ripped the watch off her wrist, bre next case as if undecided, came up to to her today." the I with receiver benefit the of for np the hung ly Flirty but boy, the beautiful bracelet. hat and the bell stopped. the watch counter. "A likely story! doubted Kennedy. ingHe held think Ill have to leave that tester, satisfaction. The manea of the deJust then came there a it up, gingerly. Elaine knock at Im making a present," he remarked For , answer the Clutching Hand speechless. Was this Kennedy? after all. Say, If I put It here, you'll parted Dan might soon rest In peaee! the door. I opened It. confidentally to the clerk. How about to the telephone. . have to be careful not to let anyone he possessed by such an toordlnkb Hello, Chase," greeted Kennedy. merely pointed those bracelet watches? reached for Kennedy meddle next If in It the with The be you therell do, forenoon, day, it found of Bennett? new Ive early the Well, fi The clerk pulled out some of the headquar"One thing, Interrupted the Clutch- 'ealousy the deuce to pay. See? man with a small package ters all right over on the West side. a As he held young the watch np, the secdnjpp" ones. cheaper Hand. You are a man of honor. bald ticked around and the minfbee,, Kennedy had already started to fas- carefully done up came to the Dodge Kennedy picked up the selenium ing"Yes "No, be said thoughtfully, pointing yes. Go on. hand passed the meridian of the hoell cell and a long coil of fine wire, out a tray In the showcase, "something ten the telegraphone to the wires he house. I tell you what to do, you must If had from selected the for the From Jewelers, Martins, which A viciously sharp needle gleamw In he a tangle. like those. placed bag. Then he promise to give me a fighting chance. At last he finished and stood up. Miss Dodge, he said to Jennings at took another bag already packed, then sprang back Into the fillgrmj out He ended by picking out one and, y Yes, yes. It "Dont disturb door. and the let dont anywork them between LJ again. shifting us, we hurried like that which Elaine had seCall up Aunt Josephine, then. Do one else touch It be ordered. "BetElaine and Aunt Josephine were downtown. she gasped again, Well, rh lected, nd started to pay for It Near the vacant lot, back of the Just as I say. the meaning of this?" Better have It regulated." repeated ter not tell anyone thats the best sitting in the library when Jennings roj Covering Clutching Hand, Kennedy way. Ill be back for it tomorrow, announced him. new headquarters, was an old broken-dow- r. Craig gazed at Elaine to silence. y j the clerk. a called number. KenThis Is Mr. his cried Elaine. rudeness, ith Oh, its my watch, Should he defend house. Through the rear of It No, he objected hastily, shaking probably. nedy, Mrs. Dodge. Did Elaine receive she did not understand? She stampAisc "Yas, sah, nodded the boy, with a "Show him in. we entered. his head and paying the money quickas he went -out Elaine put the watch on her wrist I started back In astonishment as a present of a wrist watch from Mr. her foot, and repeated the question i g ly. "Its a present and- I want it to- how, and admired it we entered and found eight or ten Bennett?" third time. night "Yes, she replied, "for .her birthBack in the new bang-ou- t Is It all right? asked Slim. "What do yon mean, elr, by 1 tbs policemen already there. Kennedy He took the watch and left the store Hand was laying down tbs conduct? Yes, yes, answered Elaine. "You had ordered them to be ready for a day. It came this forenoon. Clutching hurriedly. Kennedy hung up the receiver and law to his lieutenants and heelers, may go." Slowly he bowed. raid, and they had dropped in one at faced the Clutching Hand, pnxsled as when Slim at last "I Just dont like the kind of hli entered. a time without In the laboratory,. Kennedy was attracting attention. the latter "Call said: the same Martin, the Hub! up morning Kennedy growled tbs master crimEarly day presents yon receive, he sd Well, men, he them, 1 Jeweler. working over sn oblong oak box, perto the apartment see you found the greeted aU around west again fact tbs waa inal, that bs tenting on his besL "Good aftemocJ conveying place haps eighteen inches In length and right Again Kennedy obeyed. (TO BBS CONTINUED.) considerably relieved to see him at house and, cautious not to be sees Now, in a little while Jameson will The Exploits of Elaine p , , J tot8 black-markin- g Jtl. p ; ' 1 or - h y well-know- n iden-tlcall- - V' ' |