The Forrest City times., 1913-06-13
HORACE HAZELTINE
SYNOPSIS.

Robert Cameron. capitalist. eons1lts Phihp Clyde. newspaper publisher. re esrding anonymous threatening letters he nss received The first promises sample ef the writer's power on a certain day
 On that day the head is rnysteriously cut From portrait 0. Cameron while the laf- that the portrait was muulsted while the room was oncccupied and the head later removed oy means of string. unnoticed sy Cameron Evelyn Grayson. Cameron 3 niece Sith whom Clyde is in love. finds the head of Cameron's portrait nailed to . tree. where II had been used as ass% Clyde pledges Evelyn to secrecy. %tyde learns that Chinese boy employed ey PtHiatu. Murphy. an artist living nearby. had borrowed rife from Cam efons iodgekeeper. Clyde makes an e1- Suse to call on Murphy and Is repulsed. lie preseD6s to be Investigating alleged infracttons Of the game laws and speaks e hndtng the bowl of An opium pipe un- der the tree where CaneTon's portrait vas found. The Chinese boy Is found dead next morning While visiting Cam sron in his dressing room Nell Gvynne mirror is rnysteriously shattered Cameron becomes seriously III as result Of the shock The third letter appears mysteri- eusiy on caneron's sick bed IT makes cirect threats against the hfe of Cameron. Siyde tells Cameron the envelope was empty He tells Evelyn everything and !hs yacht picks up fisherman found drifting heiplessly in a boat He gives he narne of Johnson, Cameron disap- pears from yacht while clyde's back ts turned. A fruitless search Is made for a
 motor boat seen by the captain just be- lore Cameron disappeared Johnson i. al soved to go after being closely questioned
 EFeiyn takes the letters 10 an expert in Chinese literature who pronounces them sf Chinese origin. Clyde seeks assistance rom Chinese fellow college student. ~ho recommends him 10 Yup Sing. most prominent Chinaman In New York. The Mtter promises to seek information of Cameron among his countrymen. Among cameron's letters is found one from one Addison. ~ao speaks Of seeing Cameron an Pekfn- Cameron had frequently de- elared to Clyde that he had never been in China Clyde calls on Dr. Addison He Aarus that Addison and Cameron were at one time intimate friends. but had fall tag out over Camerons denial of having seen seen in Pekin by Addison. Clyde goes to meet Yup Sing. sees Johnson. at
 empts to follow him. falls into a base- 1ent. sprains his ankle and becomes Un- conscious Clyde is found by Miss Clement . missionary among the Chinese. He Is sick several days as result Of inhaling charcoal fumes. Evelyn tells Clyde Of a peculiarly acting anesthetic which renders person temporarily unconscious Mur
 rhy h discovered to have mysterious re- tadens wrh the Chinese. Miss Clement promises 10 get information about Cam sfon- Slump in Crystal Consolidated. Of which Cameron Is the head is caused by . rurnor of CamerOns illness Clyde finds Cameron on Fifth avenue In a dazed and emaciated condition and takes him home Cameron awakes from a long sleep and speaks in strange tongue. He gives or aers 10 an imaginary crew in Chinese $Argon. Then in terror cries T didn't kill them" Evelyn declares the man Is not her uncle. Evelyn and Clyde call on Miss Clement for promised information and find that the Chinaman who was to give it has lust been murdered Miss Clement gives Clyde a note asking him to read lt after he leaves the mission and shen destroy Il. It tells of the abduction of a white man by Chinese who shipped aim back to China The man is accused st the crime of the Sable Iorcha" Tn which 100 Chinamen were killed. The ap- pearance in New York Of the man they supposed they had shipped to China throws consternation into the Chinese. The brougham in which Clyde and Eve syn are riding is held up by an armed man. Clyde Is seized by Murphy and a Aght ensues Evelyn and Clyde are res cued by the police and return home. They end Yup Sing and the Chinese consul awaiting them Yup tells Clyde the story ef the crime Of the Sable Lorcha." Tn which v Chinamen were deliberately sent 10 their death by one Donald Nj S ish, whom they declare Is Cameron