Show 44 0 the exploits of elaine A detective novel and a motion picture drama dy ARTHUR B REEVE w 4 H taa knows novelist end nj A fj armalas of aa tm amig lodes la in collaboration with the paths players lad and the edert film company 0 ji copy rigia 1914 by the 94 r coto bilay all feicht 4 f SYNOPSIS th nw now york police niles ar my mystified stifled by a borses n of mul ders of prominent ma mom the clur clue to 0 o the th murderer is I 1 the warn anit nc letter which in Is writ tie ti it e jm g ignee with a chuu hand the latent t vie vic tim im of th aso assassin assin Is I 1 taylor lydae lid the lie insurance president III laughter t I 1 employs craig cral hennedy the famous df t to 0 t try ry to unravel ill tir mystery what ken eted y ac wom LJ ta wt toll I 1 by his hl friend jamen jame Jam Bun n i newspaper mw pir mail niall THIRD EPISODE th vanishing jewel jewels dancing away avay at my typewriter the day in kennedys laboratory lab orator I 1 wa was startled by the sud eadlen ten insistent rouging ging of tho the telephone near ni ruf I ll ello fello I 1 answered for craig sas ae bt at work at bli his table trying still till to ex tract torae tome clue front the slender evi dence thui thus far elicited in the dodgw mystery oh ir kennedy I 1 heard au an cx cited voice over thi wire ire reply my friend dude 26 martin fartin Is I 1 here her ifer fa is ther has jue us receive a message from until that clutching hand and juet just a moment mir doke I 1 in thi this la to mr vir J cepon ohl camp came back the boico breath icis less and disappointed tt t t me have air ir kennedy quick I 1 had bad already passed the vf 0 to craig and was wa watching hid him keen 3 1 ai as be he listened over it lie motioned to me for a ad ail and pencil that Y near me ine r please read the letter abair ic rt r wf miss dodge dodges lie naked askea adding there isn if n t time for me to see it just yet hut but I 1 int it exactly ea sa it I 1 a mado up of separate ep arato words and type tut ut from newspapers and pasted on note paper I 1 handte him film paper and pencil all right now dodge go ahead 41 aa As he arote he indicated to me by hia hi eyes that he lie wanted me to read tl fl 1 00 0 o lal martin jeweler ki no hah fifth jnue nw new I 1 lork aty pita pit A nu pis hate time failed 11 N deliver deller the he 0 I 1 hall shall rob your mail il diamond fal at itly noon loday today thank you alss 1 dodge continued kennedy laying down the pencil yee yes I 1 understand perfectly iby that lame same clutching hand let me ine sees ho he pondered looking at ble his A atch it la Is now half past eleven ery try sell I 1 ahall shall meet you and aisis I 1 14 4 A L t W A 4 rv r 5 v Gro grid fid ui ua ai at mr martini Martt ni more directly w it lacked ore ilya minutes of noon when heu u A and I 1 dashed up before martins and stud dismissed our taxicab A remal remarkable kable cene scene reeled us as we entered mhd famous jewelry hop shop involuntarily I 1 drew back squarely in front of us a man had end denly raised a revolver 1 and leveled it at us don it cried a familiar voice voica I 1 that Is mr fr kennedy then from a little knot of people elaine dodge sprang forward with a err cry and belied belted the gun suit kennedy fumed to her apparently not half halt so much about the automatic that yawned at him hini ai as abou the anxiety a of the pretty girl TIO who had the too ollain man kerd the gun sturtevant evant martin was a typical so clety business buBl nesi inan quietly but richi richly dressed in abe ml allement lement I 1 glanced aboul about hurriedly s directly in front of nio was a faked up f oada pillar Us store to te As martin co faai the martin himself has as evidently very and very much alarmed in deed no one could blame him for merely to have ten singled out by this amazing master criminal wa was enough to cause panic dante already be he had engaged detective detectives prepared for whatever might happen and they hal baj advised him to leave the diamond diamonds lu 14 the counter clear the tore store and let the crooke crooks try anything it they dared juit just baesa of us and around the coiner cotner aa an we came in we had noticed a limousine which had driven up three faultlessly aul teely attired dandles dandies had entered a doorway dooray down the street aa as we learned afterward apparently going to a fashionable tailors bleb occupied the second floor of at the old fashioned building the first floor been renovated and made ready for renting had wo vio been there a moment sooner we va might have seen I 1 suppose that OBO one of them nodded 0 to o a taxicab daiv er who wa was standing anding it at a public hack land stand a few feit up the block the driver nodded unos back at the man in spite of the excitement kennedy quietly examined the showcase which wae was indeed a veritable treasure trea store nf of brilliants slowly the hand bands of the clock camo barer together at coon noon we all gathered about the showcase with ita its glittering hoard of wealth forming a circle at a respectable die dis tace tt ce in deep lunged tones ones the clock played the chulds written ritten I 1 believe by handel then it began striking clothing nothing had bait happened a all breathed it sigh of relief A avell ve 11 it ie Is still there therel exclaimed murtin pointing painting at the shows showcase ase with a forced laugh suddenly came a rending and crashing sound it seemed as an if it the very floor on which we e stood as giving way the showcase with all its priceless contents went smashing Bm ashing into the eel lir below the flooring bene beneath att the case cast had been cut through all crowded for forward viard razing at the black yawning cavern down below three men nien covered with smocks and their faces aces hidden by masks masts had knocked the p prop aay a ay from the of the ce cellar itar which aich they had bad saved sawed almost through at their leisure and the showcase had landed eight or ten feet below belo shiv ered red into a thousand bite bits A voile of shots whizzed past us and another ancibor while one crook was vas hastily stuffing the untold wealth of jewels ino a burlap bag the others had drawn revolvers and were faring tip through thi holsi in the floor des pera tely ook look I oyt out cried someone behind us u beffre we could recover from our arat surprise sur price and return the fire one of at the desperadoes had taken a bomb from under his smock lighted it and thrown thron it up through the hole in the floor it sailed up over our heads and land ed near our little group on the floor the fun fum sputtering ominously I 1 heard an exclamation of fear from maine kennedy had pushed bis his way past us and picked up he the deadly infernal machine in hia his bare hands bands I 1 watched him fascinated As near us as he e dared he approached the hole hols in the floor still holding the thina than oft at arms length would he never throw lit it lie was coolly holding it t allowing the fuse to burn down closer cloi r to the explosion point it was now within less than an inch of sure death suddenly he railed raised it and hurle the deadly thing down through the hola bol we could hear bear the ans of the crooks as it struck the cellar boor floor near meave the store quick re rs ig out can aa voica down below the crooks were beat inic ing a hasty retreat through 9 secret entrance which they had effected the bagi the baff we could hear abst of them bellow the bombran bombi bom brun runt I 1 cred cried another 1 gruffly the explosion that bat fol folio lovied ed lifted us u fairly off our fet feet A As the sma moa e from the explosion cleared away kennedy could b been the first to run forward meanwhile 11 LItIns tin det had rushed down a flight of back etain stairs that ld ird into a coal cellar lmh lh coal sho els VA bars bare anything they could my hinds hands on they attacked ticked at th the a door that opened forward from the coat coal eel tar lar into the front basement bai ement where the robber had been A moment and dennett bennett paused on the brink of he abyss which tho the bomb had made wa waiting biting for the moke smoke to decrease then they began to limb climb down don over the tap rie explosion had met 1 the basement abre but the ire tire had not much headdy by the tim liny reached the ba badent sent quickly kennedy rai to oe tie door into the coal fallar and opened IL it prom the other tide side martin fol lowed by the police and the delicti lives ves burst ia in fire cried one of the policemen leaping back to turn in an alarm from the special apparatus upstairs all except martin began beating out the flame flames using tuch such weapons as they already held la in their bands hands to batter lown dovin the door to martin there was one thing para mint m int the jewels la in the midat of at the confusion elaine closely followed by her friend susie made her way fearlessly fearls saly into the etise of smoke down the i eherts are your jewels mr ur martin cried kennedy kicking the precious burlap bag with his foot toot as if it bad had been so much ordinary merchandise and turning toward what waa was in his mind the important thins thing at stake th the direction taken by tho agents of the clutching hand thank heavert hc he aveni avent ejaculated martin fairly pouncing on the bag and tearing it open they get away sway with alth them after all aill he exclaimed examining the contents with writh satisfaction a 0 0 a 0 0 events were moving rapidly the limousine bad had been standing anding at innocently ly enough at the curb near inear tie 08 corner comer with the taxicab dote close behind it it less than tin ten minutes after abey had entered three well dressed men came out of the vacant shop apparently from the tailors above and climber leisurely into their car an the last one entered be he bait turned to the taxicab driver biding from passersby by the sign of the clutching hand fland which be the taxicab driver returned in the same manner then the big car whirled up the avenue all this we learned later from a street sweeper sweep r who was at work near by down arl bilo below w while the police and detectives were putting out the fire kennedy was examining the wall of at the cellar looking bor or the spot where shere the crook had escaped A secret door he be exclaimed as he paused afler tapping along the wall to determine te to character you can see bow the force towe of the explosion has loosened it sure enc iab when he pointed it out to us it ras tas plainly visible one of the detectives picked up a crowbar and otherie othe artill v ri o 0 tae hastily selected implements they biad seized to it the ore started in to pry it open As it yielded kennedy rusted his ay through elaine always utterly fearless followed ahn tb n the rest of us went sent through there teemed to be nothing bow how ever that would filp us up in the cellar next door and 0 o nedy mounted the steps of a in the rear the stairway led to a eort sort of storeroom full of at barrels and boxes but otherwise characterless aben hen I 1 ar or rived kennedy was gingerly holding up the smocks which atch the crooke crooks had worn OM were en cu th the right dright trail commented elaste as he ahomed them to her but where here do you suppose the owners are aret craig shrugged rugged ih bis his shoulders and gave a quick look about evidently they came in from and went away by the street he be old ened hurrying to the door followed by elaine on the sidewalk he be gazed up the avenue then catching eight of the street cleaner called to him yee yes eo so replied the in roan an stolidly looking up from his work 1 I see three gintle gittlemen men come out and get into an automobile atch indich way did they go got as ailred ked kennedy for answer the man jerked hn 1 thumb over his shoulder in the general direction uptown with keen glance kenned strained hie his eyes far for up the avenue he be could descry the car threading if its war la in and out among the others other fl just about disappearing A moment later craig caught tight of the and booked roo ked bli finger at the driver who answered promptly pro aptly by cranking hie his engine you that limousine standing IL uror 14 1 crais yes nodded tha the chauffeur with a show bow ot of alertness well follow it ordered kennedy ju jumping lato the ab yee yes sir air craig wax was just about to close the door when a slight figure flashed past us and mainly foot toot vaa was placed on the step alcue Ti cAie mr ur kennedy pleaded E balne let me m they may lead to my fathers layer slayer she aid said it so eAm earnestly estly that craig could scarcely arcely ic have rt it b he had wanted to do eo to just as istria and kennedy were moving off i came out ci e ine vacant tore store with bendett a anil nd the detectives cral I 1 cried where are you going kennedy Kentie dj etude stuck hie his head out of the window and I 1 am quite sure that be he was ax not altogether dir pleased that I 1 trai not with him chasta chast a that limousine he about ed back bolow ua us in another car A moment later he be and elaine were vere gone uennett bennett and I 1 looked about nere ak attl a couple ot of cabb down there I 1 out at the other end at 0 the block ill take one a you take the othi abo ho belaef dennett bennett went ent la in vie the other c cai I 1 dnn t know but it mu e no difference r we eoon soon loel lost them our driver be dewever wever wa was a really clever fellow far ahead cow now we could see the limousine drie around a camerl making a dangerous swerve ken nedye cab foll ossed alet tl eT bously biear a pole dut but the taxicab aras was no to for the powerful limousine on uptown they went vent the on only IV thing preventing the limousine from escaping belt being ig the rear fear of pursuit by raffle traffic police if 11 the driver let out peel speed they were con lent tent to manage to keep just far enough to be out of danger ot of having kennedy overhaul them As tor for us we followed as a beet best we could on uptown past the city line and out into the country there kennedy lost eight altogether of the car he wae was trailing worse than that we so lost sight light of at kennedy still wo we sept kept on blindly trusting to luck and common sense in picking the road I 1 was peering ahead over the drivers shoulders Bh the window down trying to direct bla when we approached pro ached a fork in the road here wax was a dilemma which must be decided at once rightly or wrongly aa As we e neared the crossroad I 1 gave an involuntary exclamation beside the road read almost on it lay the figure of a man our driver pulled up with a jerk and I 1 was as out of the car in an in stant there lay kennedy someone had blackjacked him lie was groaning and just beginning to show signs of consciousness as I 1 bent oer the matter old man I 1 asked helping him to bis feet he lie looked about dazed a moment tapu ahn seeing me and comprehending be pointed excitedly bu but vaguely iely Ela elalee El alne inel he lie cried kid magnel Elal nel Is 0 0 0 0 what had really happened as we a learned later from elaine and others was that when hen the crossroads was reached he khe three crooks in the iliou mine had stopped long enough to speak to a an accomplice stationed there according to their plan for a getaway lie was a tough looking individual who have been hobing it to the city hen a few minutes later ken nedy end and elaine had approached the fork their driver bad had slowed up as if in doubt which ay to tu go craig bad stuck his head bead out ot at the window aa as I 1 had done and seeing the crossroads had told the chauffeur to stop there atoo too the hobo did a car pasa a here just now a big car called craig the man put h hl hand to hie his ear f PA if it only halt half comprehending which way did the big car got go re p pitted kennedy the hobo approached the taxicab sullenly as it he be had bad a grudge 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