Show W the I 1 tie exploits of elaine A detective novel and a motion picture drama by ARTHUR B REEVE the lvell known and rj jj 1 4 Prec eted la Is with the myers jmj 1 tie the film ampy 1211 1 by tb the star cpanor all SYNOPSIS the new now york police are mystified by a wies of murders and other crimea crimes the I 1 principal I 1 11 cipal clue to the criminal la Is the warn rai loir 9 letter which la Is lent sent the victim victims signed with a clutching hand tho the latest victim of the rn ster lous assassin Is I 1 taylor nodee dodge the insurance ln urance president ilia its daughter elaine employs kenned kennedy the h famous dentine scientific detective to try to 10 unravel u the mystery iny tery what kennedy ac la Is told by hia his friend jameson A newspaper new paper man r t enraged at the deter cuned effort which ia laine anil craig ken nedy are Irn anakin aking to put an end to hia his crimea crimes the clutching chin hand iland aa an thia this strange criminal la is known resorts to all sit orta sorts of the most diabolical schemes to 4 put them out of tr tt way each chapter of the story tella tells 6 a new plot against 1 th their e ir lives and anet of the way the great detective ufa use all hia his kill skill to save thia this pretty girl ctrl and him himmel seii from death thirteenth EPISODE 10 THE DEVIL worshipers elaine was seated in the drawing room with iab aunt josephine one after dicion a when her lawyer perry bennett dropped in unexpectedly he lie had hardly greeted them when the butler jennings in ha his usual im passive manner announced that aunt josephine was an wanted on the telephone no sooner aero elaine and bennett alone than elaine turning to him exclaimed last night I 1 dreama l that father came to me and told me that it I 1 would give up kennedy and put my trust in you I 1 would find the clutching flaud I 1 don t know what to think of it bennett who had been listening intently moved over nearer to 1 balne and bent over her elaine El alne he bald in a lo 10 low w tone hia his ton eyes looking ht into tier lier wyn you mutt know that I 1 love you then giro give me the right to protect you it was has four our fathers dearest with wish I 1 bel believe leie that wo he should marry let me share your dangers and I 1 wear swear that sooner or later there will bo be an end to the clutching hand ulve me your cruder flakne ho lie urged and make me tl happiest so nan an in all tho the world elaine listened and not as sennett bennett continued to plead tor for her answer walt wait a little whilo until tomorrow the she replied let it be si j you wish hen then agreed bennett quietly ilo lie took her hand and kissed it pas slon lone tely an instant later aunt josephine returned elaine unstrung by what had happened excused herself and went into the library involuntarily her mind traveled 4 back over the rapid succession of at 1 1 adepts fi veits of the past few weeks and dho part that she had thought at 1 least kennedy had como come to play in mer life then sha thought of at their recent misunderstanding might there not be come some simple explanation of it after all 11 II which cho the hal missed what should ehe she do L she solved tie problem by taking up the telephone and asking for ken nedye edys number 0 0 4 0 0 I 1 waa was chatting with craig in his laboratory and at the same time was at ching him in his experimental work just as a call camo came on the tolo acl phone ho he was as pouring some acid into a test tube to complete a reaction the telephone tinkled and be he laid I 1 down ine ane bottlo of acid ca a his disk dask hiie moved a few steps to answer iho the call whoever the speaker wa as craig emed seemed deeply interested and not aLn knowing owing who WAS wits talling on the wire I 1 waa was eager to learn whether it was anyone connected with the case of the clutching hand les thie this Is mr kennedy I 1 heard craig eay stay r I 1 over toward him and whit whis pored eagerly Is there anew A little impatient at being interrupt ol ad 01 kennedy waved me off oft it oc cuffed to me that he might need a pod nt and thirll ani n maka a note onto nf of some information end I 1 reached over the deck desk for or thora them As I 1 did to my arm inadvertently struck the bottle battle of acid knocking it over ever on the top of the desk its con lenta streamed out saturating tatu rating the telephone wires before I 1 could prevent it in trying to right the bottle my hand came in contact with the acid which burned like liquid fire and I 1 cried out an palo 1 craig hastily laid dos down n the receiver seized nu and rushed mo me to the lack back of the laboratory where he drenched roy my hand with a neutrally ing liquid he ile cound alk the wounds caused by br the add which proved to be slight after alt all ana then returned to the tele aang to his a evident annoyance ho dis dim covered that the acid had burned through the wire wires id cut oft all connection tion ut anh the hp nM nf or the line elaine aaa impatiently for a re first eager birds of la 17 to find at last that kennedy had bad apparently left the telephone without any explanation or apology why bo he rang off she exclaimed angrily to herself an a she hung up the receiver and left the room 0 0 0 a in the center of a devious and wind ing way quite unknown to all except those who knew the innermost Inn ermont secrets of 0 tho the chinese quarter and eren even unknown to the police there was a dingy tenement house apparently inhabited by hard working chinaman but in re allty tho the headquarters Quarters of the ous devil worshipers a sect of satan lite banned even in the celestial em pire 4 tho the follower followers of the cult comprised some of the most dangerous chinese criminals thugs and assassins besides a number of dangerous characters who belonged to various chinese chloese secret societies at the head of this formidable organization was long sin th bo high priest of 0 the devil god and long bin sin had as we know already joined force forces with the notorious clutching hand the room in which the uncanny rites of ane devil worshiper worshipers were conducted was As ti large apartment decorated in to chinese style with colored portraits of some of the devil deities and costly silken hannings hangl hang ings beside a large dais depended a is huge chinese gong I 1 on the dais itself stood or rather sat an ugly ligure covered with some sort of metallic plating it almost seemed to be the mummy of a chinman covered with gou goll leaf lent into this thin room camo came long sin at tired in an elaborate silken robe he lie advanced and before the dais date with its strange figure and laid down an offering before it thi this performance was witnessed by twenty or thirty chinaman iho knelt in the rear of he room at the same time an aged chinaman carrying a prayer dhel entered the place and attar profiling pro faling himself d devoutly ev outly placed the nachine on a sort art of at low stool or ta bourette and began turning it slowly muttering A tem moments later litter long sin who had been bowing before the metallic figure in deepest reverence suddenly sprang to hia his feet ilia ills glazed eye and excited manner indicated that labud received a from thoi th apa ps of the strange god the worshipers aiho ho had prostrated themselves in awe ame at the eight sight of their 11 high agh priest ib the unholy frenzy all rose to their feet and crowded for ward long bin struck several blows blown on the resounding gong and then raised his olce in solemn tones jiing chau the terrible demands A consort she is to be foreign fair of face and with sith golden hair at tho the same time in a room of the adjoining house the clutching hand himself was busily engaged in making the most elaborate pr preparations ep for some soma nefarious which bl his fertile wind mind had evolved the room had been fitted up as a mediums parlor two of the clutching hands most trusted confederate and it bard hardt faced aced ionian oman of middle age dresley in plain ack lack were puling the finishing touches to this apartment when their chief clit entered ered clutching hand iland gazed about the room team new now 8 and nd then giving an order or two to ma make ke more effective the me for the purpose which he had in mind finally ho nodded in approval and stepped over to the fireplace chere logo were burning brightly in a rate pressing ing a spring in the ile the master criminal erected an instant the logs in clr fireplace still burning burn lag els disappeared appeared immediately through the bottom of tha brick tiling and a it metal covered them an aperture oi ened at the back as if it by magic magle through this opening clutching hand made hi his way quickly and dis a appeared ppe ared emerging on the other side of the peculiar pecullar fireplace clutching vand pushed asedo a cur curtain which barred tho way and looked into the chinese temple taking up a position behind the metallic figure on the dais the bad had by tair time fin dished their devotions it euch such they might be called ind and the last onedas one was leaving while long sin stood alone on the dais the colte noise of tho bad had scarcely died away when clutch ing ilard stepped out I 1 follow me ho he ordered hoarsely soiling long sin by the arm and leading 1 I m a aray they through the passage way ay a 0 the fireplace and having entered the room clutching hand iland 1 began briefly explaining the purpose ct or the that had been made long sin wagged his head in voluble approval elaine waa standing in the library gating at Renn kennedy edys thinking over ever recent events and above i all the rebuff over the telephone which tho supposed she the had decet rec elred red jennings entered with ith a card gard on a salver silver elaine took it and aw saw with sith surprise the th name ot of her caller MADAM MADAME E medium beneath the engraved name were the words written in ink I 1 I 1 bare have a message from the piru spirit of your fa ther yes I 1 will ice see her bar cried elaine eagerly la in response res ponee to the butlers in sh she followed jennings into the ad joining room and there found herself faco face to face with tho the hard featured woman who had only a few moments before left the clutching hand iland elaine looked rather than spoke her inquiry your father my dear purred the medium with a great pretence of suppressed excitement appeared to me the other night from the spirit world I 1 was in a trance and be lie asked me to deliver a message to you what waa was the messaged mes message saget asked elaine breathlessly now aroused to intense interest 1 I must go into a trance again to get it replied the insinuating eky and if you like I 1 can try it at once provided wo we can bo be left lone alone long enough seated in her chair the bedlum muttered wildly tr vr a few moments rolled her yes eyes and with some convulsive movements pretended to go in to a trance suddenly the curtains were pulled aside and aunt josephine and ben wh h ji bad had just come in entered 1 I can do nothing here exclaimed starting up and looking about me severely ere you must coma to my chamber where we shall cot rot be interrupted 1 I III said elaine lexe l at the intrusion at tatt moment 1 I must have that message I 1 mast all this elaine demanded aunt josephine hurriedly elaine poured forth to her aunt and B bennett ennett the story of th the mediums visit and the promised message from her father in the other world aunt josephino who waa was not one easily to be imposed on strongly objected to El alnes proposal to accompany to the chamber but elaine would not be denied it might be safe for elaine to go 90 bennett finally aug suggested to aunt J josephine se I 1 it j you and I 1 accompanied her A few moments later in the dodge car elaine the medium and her two escorts started for the chinese quarters at the house the medium opened the door with her key and ushered in her three visitors entering the room the medium at once prepared for the by pulling down the window shades suddenly an indistinct face was as seen to ta be piering through the black curtain A voice deep sepulchral waa as beard heard la in slow and coleran tones 1 I am bako the spirit of taylor dodge I 1 will give no message until one named josephine leaves the room no sooner had the words been uttered than the medium came writhing out of her trance what happened happen she asked locking at elaine elaine reported the spirits words we can get nothing it your aunt stays here added insisting z P el tp y X aa A X 4 t 1 A elaine Is I 1 hurried through the hidden passage in the fireplace that aunt josephine must go your father cannot speak while she ho Is present aunt josephine annoyed by what s e bad had heard indignantly refused to go to and waa was deaf to all Elal nae plead 1 I think it will be all right 0 finally acquiesced bennett seeing bow how bent elaine waa was on securing t tb message me caage ill stay and protect her ber k aunt josephin Josephl nw finally agreed very well then she protested marching out of at the room in a high state of at indignation atlon she sho had scarcely left the bouse house however hen ben ehe she began to suspect that all was net as it ought to be in fact the idea had no kocner occurred occurred a to her thau than she decided to call on kennedy and she ordered the chant four to take her 03 quickly aa possible to the laboratory 0 0 0 0 0 0 kennedy had not been beau la tn abo laboratory all the day astr my experience 1 P tp with th arid and I 1 iwas 3 impatiently awalter awal awat tir his at last there c came a knock at the door and I 1 opened it hurriedly there was a messenger boy who ho handed me a note I 1 tore it open it I 1 wa was from kennedy and read 1 I hall shall probably be way away for two or three days call up elaine and tell her to beware of a certain madame Sa I 1 I 1 wae was still puzzling over the note and was juet just about to call up elaine when the peaking speaking tube wae was blown and to my surprise I 1 found that it wae was aunt josephine who had called where Is mr kennedy the he asked greatly agitated he ile haa has gone away for a few days I 1 replied blankly ile ie there anything 1 I can jo jot ot sl e wae was very excited and hastily re to what had happened at the parlor of the medium I 1 what waa was her name I 1 cried acx bously 31 madame adame bhe she replied to my surprise eur prise astounded I 1 picked up craigs note from the I 1 h a desk de m it and aa d banded h a n ded it I 1 t to her without a word she read it with breathless eagerness come back there with me please she begged almost frantic with fear now something terrible may have happened 4 aunt josephine had hardly left sa betsky when the trance as resumed suddenly from te tile mysterious shad owe ovis of the cabinet cab inot there appeared the spirit of long sin whose death elaine still believed she had caused when adventuress mary blary had lured her to the apartment elaine was trembling with fear at the apparition aa As before a strange voice bounded sounded in the depths of the cabinet and again a message was heard in I 1 luw ow solemn tones 1 I am keka and I 1 have with me long sin ills blood cri cries es for yen geande elaine was overcome with horror at the words then a adim dim ghostly figure alpar antly that of long sin appeared app ea red with arms outstretched the figure glided from the cabinet and approached blaine lip 1 a a she shrank back farther fart h er in fright too horrified even to scream at the came same moment the medium drew draw a vapor pistol fram her dress and as the ghost of long sin leaped at elaine darted forward and shot a stream of vapor full in bennetts face bennett dropped unions unconscious claus the lights in the darkened room flashed up and several of the men of the clutching hand rushed in quickly the fireplace was turned on its cleverly constructed con ted hinges revealing the 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