Show j the ath exploits of elaine A detective novel and a motion picture drama by ARTHUR B REEVE lIeWeN known novelist Nov elitt and die creatural Crea toral the craig kennedy Storie 3 presented Pre tented in collaboration with the he pathe palho players player and A the lh eclectic film company 1414 br lie ac alir all ferfin ma X SYNOPSIS the new york police lira ara led by a series dries of ders and ciul other cairn a the prin cival clur clue to lo tile IH tile tho warn ing nit letter letter waldi ix is bent tile lillinn with a I 1 clutching huni hand the latest vie arn or oc tho I 1 Is tailor dodge tile alio insurance ills draigh draughter ter malue employs crali craig Hen kennedy netly the famous detective to try to unravel th alie c mystery what kennedy ac t Is a told by lils ills friend jameson it i new newspaper r niazi 11 br III ait thi HIP dett leair r mined diffort which elalee and crnek ken ril antly tty are making tu to put an end to his tr arnes the din C clutching hand as this thin 11 criminal IR IH known resorts to 0 o nil all horta or of tile mold diabolical schemes to put them OU out t of 0 the vay ny each chapter ot r th the story atory tells of a 0 new plot against their hi 11 is annl of at tile ay tho the treat great de tecal uses use nil tila his to save sava this llila pretty ty girl and himself from death TWELFTH EPISODE THE BLOOD CRYSTALS ou on your right la is the residence ot at miss elaine dodge who Is the famous master criminal known as tho clutching hand tho the barker had boon been grandiloquent ly pointing painting out tho the residences of noted new yorkers its as the big sightseeing sight seeing car lumbered along through tile tho streets no ono one had paid an any attention ia 10 tho the unobtrusive chinaman ft who ho sat inconspicuously tit in tho the of 0 the car ile he vau mr din wong long sin but no iio ono one saw anything particularly mysterious about an oriental visitor more or less viewing now york city boug was of the mandarin type with long drooping mustache weil vell dressed lit in american clothes arid and con can forming to the new ne customs of oc an oc china anyone however who ft ho had been watching long bill would bould have seen been that lie 10 allowed much interest when eyer byer tiny of tile tho wealthy re residents of ho he city citi were mentioned the namo name ot of blaino dodge seemed particularly to td strike him ila iio listened with alth subtle subal e interest to what tile barker said and looked keenly at the dodge house tile the sight eight car had pasted tho 1 I house when lie gorosp slowly arid and motioned that ho bianto da be let oft off the car stopped lie ho tad lad and slowly rambled away evidently marveling cling greatly at the strange customs of those uncouth westerners R was vas going out when afien she bhe met perry dennett bennett almost anthe on tho r steps of tile the house r 1 I 1 a 0 brought you iou we the watch re marked hennett Dent iett thought id like to give it to you myself ila iio displayed tile the watch which lie ho himself had bought it a couple of ct days before for tier her birthday ile he had called for tl it bini himself self at the jewelers where whee it had now been regulated oil oh thank you ou exclaimed elaine oi t you coma collie in III 7 they had scarcely greeted each cacti other alien long sin strolled along neither or ol them however lind had time to notice tile alio quiet chinaman who ft ho passed tit alid louie house looking at idalee sharply out of the bornt of his big cyp they entered anil and wong disappeared down the street it a beauty cried elaine elnine holding it out from tier her as they entered the library and examining it with great appreciation and oil all do you know the strongest strangest thing th ing happened happen pd yester yesterday dayl sometimes mr kenne kennedy IY acts too queerly for anything site she related how craig had burst in on oil tier lier and aunt josephine and had almost torn the other watch ott off her wrist another watch repeated bennett amazed it must have been a Is take kennedy la Is crazy 1 I dont understand it myself murmured elaine 0 0 4 4 long sin was revolving some dark ani devious plan beneath ills his impassive oriental countenance ile iio was no ordinary personage lit in tact fact lie ho was astute enough to have no record lie he left that to tits his tools toola this remarkable criminal had established himself in a hired apartment down town long sin now in fit rich oriental costume was reclining on oil a divan amok ing a strange looking pipe and playing kith two pot white rats E kach ach white rat had a gold band around tits his log leg to willett which was waa connected a gold chain about a foot in length and the chains ended in rings which were slipped over wonga little lingers fingers ordinarily lie carried tile alio pets up the capacious sleeve of each cacti arm A tittle chinese girl also in native cc mine entered anti and bowed deferentially A aless mary alary carson she lisped in III soft bolt let tile lady enter waved long sin with a smile of subtle satisfaction the girl bowed again arid and silently left tile runita returning with it a handsome very well oil dressed white woman it would be dai alt to analyze just what tho the fascination was vaa that long sin exercised over mary mari carson hut but us its we servant left the room mary bowed almost ns as deferentially as th tho little chinese girl wong merely nodded lit in reply after a moment lie he slowly rose and took fro from in a drawer a newspaper clip alt without a word he handed it to mary she looked at it with interest as aa ono one woman always does at the pic ture tura of 0 another pretty woman it was a newspaper out cut of elaine klaene under which was ELAINE DODGE THE HEIRESS WHOSE BATTLE WITH THE CLUTCHING HAND IS 18 CREATING WORLDWIDE INTEREST now lie ho began at last breaking breakie 9 the silence III show allow you just what I 1 want you to do ile he went over to the wall and took down it a curious long chinese knife from it a scabbard which hung there conspicuously see that lie ho added holding it up before sho could say a word ho had plunged the knife apparently into his own on breast ohl oh cried mary startled she expected to see beo him fall dut but nothing happened wong laughed it was an all oriental trick knife in which tile tho blade telescoped into the handle look nt at it lie he added handing it to tier her long sin took a bladder of water from a table near by and concealed it under his coat now you stab tile me lie ho directed mary hesitated dut but ho repeated tile tho command and she plunged the knife gingerly nt mm him it telescoped ile ho made tier her try it over and she stabbed him more resolutely the water from tho the bladder poured out good cried long sin much pleased now lie ho added seating himself beside her arr 1 I want you sou to luro lure elaine here 4 0 I 1 had been amusing myself by rig ging up tip a contrivance by which I 1 could make it possible to see through or rather over oer a door kennedy who had bein been busy nt at tile tho other end of the laboratory happened hap happ pend enla to look over lit in my direction the big idea walter lie he asked it 11 was I 1 almit admit a rather cumbersome wasi some an and clumsy I 1 jimsy affair well you ou see craig I 1 earla A d you yoi put tho the top mirror through the transom of a door and kennedy interrupted with a hearty burst of laughter daughter but the door has no transom ho he asked pointing painting to ills his own ow n door I 1 scratched my mi head thoughtfully I 1 had assumed that the door would have haie a transom A moment later craig went to the cabinet arid and drew out 0 tubo tube about as big around as a putty blower blotter an and as long now heres what I 1 call my do de lie ha remarked none ot of your mirrors for me 1 I know I 1 said somewhat nettled but what can you ou see through that ix elaine took out the package of bills putty blower A keyhole is just ns as good do you realize how little you can really see bee through a lie ho re plied idled confidently try it over there I 1 did and to tell the truth I 1 could nee merely a little part of the liall then kennedy inserted the is colle look through that jie he di acted I 1 put my eyo eye to tile tho eyo eye piece sud iid gazed through the bulging bens bf 0 the other end I 1 could see almost the whole hall 0 0 4 0 0 elaine was waa playing with rusty when jennings brought in a card on which was engraved tho the namo name miss mary marl carson and underneath in pencil was written B belgian bellof committee how interesting commented elaine rising and accompanying jennings into tho drawing room 1 I wonder I 1 de want 11 t s she he wants py p to greet you miss carson son oli gh greeted liar her visitor yon sen see hilas begett mary diary were getting up this movement to help the belgians and we have splendid backing just let me show you some borne of tho the names on our committee sho she handed banded E aaltio a list ive lust just been sent to see it if I 1 cannot persuade you to join the committee and attend a meeting at mrs RIT ertons she went on why er considered elaine thoughtfully er cr yes yea it must be all right with such people in it can you go down with me now just na as well as aa later agreed elaine they went out together and is as they were leaving tile the house a man who had been loitering outside looked at elaine then fixedly at her companion no sooner had they gone than he sped off to a car waiting around the corner in the dark depths was wag a sinister ister figure the master criminal himself the watcher had boon been an emissary of the clutching hand chief lie he whispered eagerly you know adventurous mary diary well sties shea got elaine dodge in tow low tile the deuce cried cj ln hand then we wa must teach mary diary carson or whoever she Is working for a lesson no ono shall interfere interferon Inter fero with our affairs follow therril them 0 4 elaina and mary diary had gone downtown talking animatedly walking down the avenue toward mrs riving tons apartment meanwhile wong sin still in his chinese costume was waa explaining to another male servant just what lie he wished done dona pointing out tho the dagger on the walland placing the bladder under tinder ills hla jacket A box of opium was on the table and lie ho was giving most explicit directions it was into such a web that elaine was being unwittingly led by mary Boit entering ering the hall hallway yay of the apartment mary rang the bell tile tho servant opened the door and elaine and mary entered lie ho closed tho the door and almost before they knew it was gone into the back room elaine razed gazed about it in illation nut but before slie she could say any anything I 1 mary with a great show of surprise s e exclaimed why I 1 must have made a mistake this mrs airs riving tons apartment how flow stupid of me 11 they looked at each other a moment then each cacti laughed nervously as together tile the started to go out of tho the door it was locked quickly they ran to another door it was locked also just then tile the chinaman entered and stood a moment gazing at them they turned and recoiled from him wong bowed oil sir air cried mary weve made a mistake cant you tell us how to got out no speke englis lie he said gliding out again from the room and closing tho the door L laane arid and mary ilary looked about in despair what shall wo we do asked elaine mary diary said nothing but with a hasty glanco discovered on tho the wall tho the knife which wong had already told her abou she took it from its scabbard As aa 0 a o did fco bo the chinaman returned wl with tit tray ray on which were queer drinks drinis arid and glasses at tho sight of mary with the alie knife ho he scowled blackly laid down the tha tray trav and took n few site sho brandished brandishes bran dished the knife threateningly then as it if her nerve failed tier her fainted letting tho the knife fall carefully caie fully on tile floor so that it on tho landle handle and not on oil tho the mado blado wong quickly raught caught her as she fainted arid and carrying carrl ng tier her out of tho room banged shut the door elaine followed tit in a moment loyalty loyally to pro wet tier her supposed friend but found that the door lind had a snap lock on we other oilier side site she looked about wildly and in a moment wong reappeared As lie ho advanced slowly arid and insinuatingly sho she drew back pleading boutlier nut But lier words fall on seemingly deaf ears caru site she had picked up tho knife which mary iary had dropped arid and when at last wong ong maneuvered to ot get tier her cornered and was about to seize tier her site she nerved herself up arid and stabbed at him biro resolutely wong ong back atia anil fell As lie ho did so ho he pressed tho the bladder which he ha had already placed under life ills coit coat A dark red fluid like blood oozed cored out all over jilin and ran lit a pool on the floor 1 elaine balne too horror stricken cen at what had happened even to scream dropped knife tind bent over jilin him lie ho did aid not move sho she roso rose quickly and ran through the now open door As sho she did so BO wong seemed suddenly to come to life Us ile raised himself and looked after tier her then with a subtle smile sallo sank bank back into his former assumed posture lioB turo on tile floor when klaine reached tho the other room she elio found mary there with the tha achl servant ahr r was giving her ter a glass blasa of water at tho the sight eight of tier her tho servant paused then withdrew in to another room farther back mary now apparently recovering from her faintness smiled wanly anly at elarno its it till all right she bho murmured lio ila la ia a chinese prince who thought we vio callers at the reassuring nod ot at mary diary toward the runt front room elaine was overcome 1 I 1 1 I killed hiral him sho she jn caged to gasp what tried arted mary alary starting up tip and trembling violently you killed him yes yea sobbed elaine ila iio camo at me ed tho the kofl kalte I 1 arck at him tho the two rao ran into the tha oter 4 liew wary buur looked at tile motionless ti body on oil the flour floor and recoiled horrified elaine noticed some spots on her hands and seeing that they were stained by the blood of long sin wiped thel tho spots off on her handkerchief dropping it to the hoor floor ugh exclaimed a guttural voice behind them it was tho the servant who had come coma in you tou kill him with knife iraln listed the chinese elaine was dumb tho the servant did not wait tor for an answer but hastily opened tho the hall door to elaine it clemed that something must be done quickly A moment and all the house would bl b in uproar instead he be placed his bis finger on his bla lips quick no word he said leading tho the wity way to tile tho hall door and oh ob you must not leave that it will be a clue ho he added picking up the tha bloody handkerchief and pressing it into El alnea aines hand band they quickly ran out into the hall go quick lie ho urged again and hide the handkerchief in the bag let zo co one see it ile ho shut the door As aa they hurried away elaine breathed a sigh of relief they lima had reached the street afraid to run they hurried as fast as they could until they turned tile tho first cornor corner they pressed each ot others herc hands bands and parted meanwhile in the front room long sin was on tits his feet again brushing himself off and mopping up the blood it worked very verr well sam he said to thu servant they were conversing eagerly and laughing and did not hear a noise in the back room A sinister figure had bad made its way by means of a fire escape to a rear 1 k Y elk elaine too horror stricken even to scream dropped tho the knife and an bent over him window that was waa not barred and silently ho he had stolen in on oil them they turned at a slight noise and saw |