Show 1 the exploits of elaine 0 A detective novel and a motion picture ure drama by ARTHUR B REEVE the rhe lvell known novelist and the creator of c craig kennedy stories Pre la in collaboration with the pathe players player ind and the e film company copyright 1011 1014 by the str star company all rights I 1 mitt red SYNOPSIS the new york polke police are mystified by a series of mur murdena dera anil and other oilier crimea tho 10 principal clue to the criminal la Is the warn I 1 faff letter which la in sent the victims of gleaned agnf with aletter rah ft a clutching clutch lm hand the latest intent alo of the mysterious assabi sin Is 1 taylor lor dobsa the In insurance murance president ahli ila daughlee daug elaine employs employ craig kennedy the famous scientific detective to try to unravel the mystery matery kennedy ac comp liphes Is toll told by lili film friend jameson i a newspaper man at al the deter f mined effort which elaine anti and craig kennedy riedy are imaging to put an AH end to hla film crimea ohp Clu clutching hand an aa thin him tranise tra stra nire criminal Is known to all orta aorta of the lie mc most g t diabolical schemes to put p ut t alinn inn out of 0 the way auch chapter of 0 the story atory mollii of a new plot against their lives and of thi the way the great detective all hla big skill to save this pretty girl and himself from death ELEVENTH EPISODE THE HOUR OF THREE with the ominous forefinger foren neer of his clutching iland hand a 0 abed tho master criminal his instructions to hit blk minions perry gennei bennet her lawyer la Is in favor faor again with blaine dodge he ha was saying baying she and kennedy are on the outs obita oven even yet let but they i may become reconciled then shell have that hat fellow on our trail again defore before that hal we must get h ba 1 it was in the latest headquarters to which carnig had chased the criminal in one ot of the toughest parts ot of nw yorks great river front section now went on oil the clutching hand 11 1 I want you ion to follow them see boa what they do ft where hero they go its her birthday Some things bound to occur that will give ghe you a lead all youve youre got to do Is to use your head get me 0 4 0 0 0 it wall as as clutching iland hand had bad said Elal El alnes noa birthday she had received many callers and congratulations congratulation in i numerable costly and beautiful tokens of remembrance from her co countless friends and admirers in the conservatory of the lie dodge house elaine aunt josephine and susie mar afar tin were sitting discussing not only the happy occasion but more the many strange events of 0 the past few weeks well said a familiar voice behind them what would a certain blonde young lady accept as a birthday present from her family lawyer all three turned jn in surprise oh ob mr dennett bennett cried elaine how flow you iou startled UBI net elaine hesitated she was thinking not cot so BO much 0 tits his words as of kennedy to them all however it seemed that she was unable to make up her mind what in the wealth of her lux luxury tiry what she would like susie martin had been wondering whether now that hat hennett bennett was here she be was not de trop as site she looked at h er wrist wilst watch mechanically As i she did so an idea occurred to her why not one of those she cried impulsively indicating the watch va father hits has some bonie beauties at the shop oil oh rood good exclaimed elaine how sweet then lets all go to tho the shop said bennett miss alias martin will personally conduct the tour and we shall have t our pick of the finest stock istock lt it was too gay a party to notice a sinister figure following lu in a cab i chatting with animation the three moved over to the watch counter while tie the crook with a determination riot not to kitik missing anything entered the shop door too air thomas asked susie na as her fathers clerk bowed to them please show aless dodge the wrist watches father was telling about unobserved the crook walked over near enough to hear what was going on at last with much ba banter anter and yet care elaine selected one that was indeed a beauty and was about to snap it 11 on her dainty wrist when the clerk interrupted 1 I 1 beg your pardon lie he suggested but id advise you to leme leave it to bo be regulated if you iou please reluctantly elaine handed it over to the clerk A moment later chev went out and or ec ered the car again As aa they did so BO SIN allin who ila had been looking over various things in the ii ext case as aa it undecided came up to the watch counter im making junking a pre present teut lie ho remarked confident confidentially ally to the loik laite how about those bracelet watch natch the clerk pulled LI cl c L some of the cheaper ones no he said thoughtfully pointing out a tray in the showcase something like those v lie he ended by picking out one identically tic tilly like that which elaine had se lecter and started to pay for it hotter better have haie it regulated repeated thu clerk no he objected hastily shaking his head bead and paying the money quickly its a present and I 1 want it tonight ao 10 ha took the watch and left the store la th alio 0 laboratory kennedy tied y wad wa working over an oblong box per have hain eighteen inches in length and halt as high in the box I 1 could see besides other apparatus awo wo good sized spools of fine wire all that I 1 asked inquisitively another ot of the now new instruments that scientific detectives use lie he responded spon ded scarcely arcely ec looking up a little 11 magnetic wizard the which Is I 1 prompted something ve wo detectives might use to take down and coil can telephone conversations and other such con conversa yerma eions alons when it Is attached properly to a telephone it records everything that Is said over the wire T the he r record ec ord to la not made mechanically on a cylinder but electro magnetically on this wire craig continued to tinker tant altz angly with the machine which had been invented by a dane valdemar poulsen lie he had scarcely finished testing the when the laboratory door opened slid and a clean cut young man entered kennedy I 1 knew had bad found that the routine work of the clutching hand case was as beyond tits his limited time and had bad retained this young man raymond chase to attend to thit just now what worried craic was the ho situation with elaine und and I 1 fan clod that he had given chase some commission in connection with that ive got it mr air kennedy greeted chase with quiet modesty good responded craig heartily 1 I knew you would got what I 1 asked a moment later kennedy nodded tor for chase to answer ive located the new residence of flirty florrie he replied 1 I saw what kennedy was after at once flirty florrie and dan the dude had caused tho the quarrel between himself and elaine dan the dude was dead out but flirty morrie florrie might be forced to explain it fine he added exultingly allow ill clear that thing up ile he took a hasty step to the telephone put hla his hand on the receiver and was as about to take it oft off the ho hook then lie he paused and I 1 saw his bis face working finally tits hla pride for Kenn edys was a highly sensitive nature got the better of him no he said halt to himself not yet elaine had returned home alone her thour thoughts lits naturally went back to what had happened recently to interrupt a friendship which had been the sweetest in her life there must be sonio 1 mistake she murmured pensively to herself thinking of the photograph flirty had given her oh why did I 1 send bead him away why I 1 believe him mechanically she ax put out her hand to the telephone she was aa about to take off the he receiver when something seemed to stay her hand she wanted him to come to her craigs eye fell on an the and an all idea seemed to oscur occur to him walter you anti ami chase bring that thing along he said a moment later at last we canie came to the apartment house at which chase had located the woman now chase he directed you go in with us walter and I 1 can manage this now but dont get out of 0 touch with roe me I 1 shall need you ou any moment ceita certainly tomorrow kennedy slipped on a badge inscribed bed telephone inspector walter ho he smiled youre loure elected my helper we entered the apartment hourd hall and found a negro boy in charge df cf the switchboard you look over the switchboard kelly he h at me while I 1 test out the connections back here there must be something wrong with the wires or there here be so many complaints I 1 I 1 lie he had gone back to the switchboard while the negro still unsuspicious watched without understanding what it was all about 1 I 1 dont know craig ni muttered tittered finally for the benefit of tho the boy but I 1 think ill have to leave that tester after all say it I 1 put it here aull have to bo be careful not to let anyone meddle with it if you do therell be the deuce to pay see kennedy had already started to fasten the tt to the wires lie he had selected from the tangle at last he finished and stood up dont disturb it and dont let anyone else touch it he ha ordered delter riot not tell anyone the best way ill be back for it tomorrow probably yas sah nodded the boy with a bow as he h went out 0 0 0 0 0 0 back in the new hangout hang out the he hand wn was laying down the law to his lieutenants and heelers he elera when slim at list last entered groler gr oled the mater criminal conveying tho the fact that ho he was considerably relieved to gee eee him at last where have hava you been ive been off on a little job myself and got back slim apologized profusely yes yea sir air he replied hastily well I 1 went over to the dodge house and I 1 saw them finally I 1 followed them into a jewelry shop that lawyer bought a wrist watch so I 1 bought one just like it I 1 thought perhaps we could give it to me growled clutching iland hand seizing it the moment slim displayed it and dont butt in see ace from the capacious desk the master criminal pulled a set of small grills drills aises vises es and other jewelers tools and placed them on the table all right lie he relented now do you see what I 1 have just thought of no this Is just the chance look at me carefully he plied piled his hands to ton the job regardless of time there he exclaimed at last holding the watch where they could all see it seel see ile he pulled out the stem to set the hands and slowly twisted it between tits his thumb and finger ile iio turned the hands until they were almost at tho the point of three then he held the watch out olit where all could see As an the minute hand touched three from the back of the case as if from tho the chasing itself a little needle perhaps a quarter of an inch jumped out it seemed to come from what looked like merely a small insect inflect in the decoration you see what will happen at the hour of three he asked no one said a word as lie he held up a vial via which he had drawn from his pocket packet on jt it they could read the label niclous Ric inu one of the most moat powerful poisons in the world he exclaimed bu enough ugh to kill a regiment they fairly gasped and looked at it with horror exchanging glances opening the vial carefully lie he dipped in a thin piece of glass and placed a tiny drop in a receptacle back of tho the needle and on the needle itself ive sat my invention to go off at three ho he concluded tomorrow forenoon it will have to be delivered earl yand I 1 dont believe we shall be troubled any longer by miss alias elaine podge dodge he be added venomously calmly he wrapped up the apparently innocent engine of destruction and handed it to slim see that she gets it la in time ho said merely 1 I will sir air answered slim taking it gingerly 0 0 0 flirty florrie had returned that afternoon late from some expedition on which she bhe had been sent rankling in her heart yet was the death of her lover over dan the dude thus when she arrived home she ahe went to the telephone to report and called a number greenwich hello chief she repeated this Is flirty ifa have ive you done ant anything bini by flirty recovered the telegraph ona together we carried it to the laboratory there he set up a little instrument that looked like a wedge sitting bitting up on end in the face of which was a dial through it ho he began to run the wire from the spools and taking an earpiece put another on my head bead over my ears eara lie he turned a switch and we listened eagerly first came several calls from people with bills and the she put them off most adroitly then we heard a baft that caused kennedy to look at roe me quickly stop atop the machine and start at that point over again what I 1 wanted he said as we listened in give roe me greenwich I hello lello hello chief this to Is flirty move have you done anything yet in the little matter we talked say be careful of names over the wire ayou you know what I 1 mean yes the he trick will be pulled off at three good goodby good by and thank youl you gocia by craig paused and considered a minute then moved to the tha telephone theres only one thing to do and to follow out my original scheme he said energetically information please where Is greenwich lie he naked asked a moment later the minutes passed thank you sir he cried writing down on a pad an address on the west side near the river front then turning to me he exclaimed walter weve got him film at last craig rose and put on his hat and coat thrusting a pair of opera glasses into tits his pocket in case we we should want to observe the place at a distance I 1 followed him excitedly the trail was hot 0 4 kennedy and I 1 arme at last to the wace place on the wet debt side bide where tho tha crooked streets curved off instead of keeping on an until he be came to the place we sought he turned off and quickly slipped behind the shelter of a fence there was a broken board I 1 in the fence and lie bent down gazing through with the opera oera glasses glasrot gla sros across the lot was the new hangout a somewhat dilapidated old fash cloned brick house of 0 several generations back through the glass we could seo see an evil countenanced crook slinking blinking along lie ho mounted the steps and rang the bell turning as aa he waited from a small aperture tn in the door v v ay iy y looked out another face equally evil under cover the crook made the sign of the clutching iland hand twice and was admitted the place all right ahls lils kennedy with satisfaction lie ho hurried to a telephone hune booth where he called several numars numbers then we returned to the laboratory from the table he picked up a 1 I 1 e AN craig kennedy seized El alnea aines arm broke the beautiful bracelet and ripped the watch off her wrist yet in the little matter we talked about say isay be careful of names over the wire came a growl you know what I 1 mean yes the trick willbe pulled oft off at three ocl ock good site she exclaimed bood by and thank you with ilia hla well known caution clutching liand hand did not even betray names over the lite telephone it lie he could help it flirty hung up the receiver with satisfaction the manes of the dt db parted dan might soon boon rest in peace leacel 4 0 0 4 the next day early in the forenoon a young man with a small package carefully done up came to th the a dodge house from martana Mart Alar lna tins the jewelers for miss ailse dodge he said to jennings at the door elaine and aunt josephine were sitting in the lie library when jennings announced him oh ob its my watch cried elaine show him in elaine put the watch on her wrist and admired it la Is it all right asked slim yes yea yes answered elaine you I 1 may go 4 0 0 a 0 baay the bama me omica kennely Kenn cly went ground around again to the apartment house and nd cautious loua not to bo be soon 1 small coll coil over which I 1 had seen him working and attached it to the bell and some batteries lie ile replaced it on |