The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1913-03-06
SYNOPSIS.

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.CHAPTER L.Robert Cameron, capital
Usher. regarding anonymous threatening
letters he has received. The first promise
= sample Of the writer's power on a GER
IAN oay. On that day the head Is mys-
teri9usly cut from a portrait Of Cameron
while the latter is in the room.
CHAPTER-I1.-clyde has a theory that
the portrait was mutilated while the, room
was lnoccupied and the head later re-
Uoved by means of a string, unnoticed
CHAPTER I1I.-Evelyn Grayson, Cam
E snds q with whom Clyde. is in love,
hailed to q tree. wnere ;. hat been used
precy.
SHAPTER Iv.-Clyde learns that a
E ehM y boy employed by Phi!etus Muir.
Pny: an artist living nearby. had borrowed
> f'ne from Cameron's lodgekeeper.
V.--Clyde makes an excuse
70 can on Murphy and Is epulsed. He
Rre eeinns to be investigatine alleged in:
Ending the bowl Of an opium oipe under
Ehe tree where Cameron's portrait was
found. TIL Chinese boy is found dead
hext morning.
CHAPTER VI.-While visiting Cameron
Ia his dressing room q Nell Gwynne mir
FOR ID mysteriou ly shattered.
CHAPTER V~II.-Cameron becomes AZ.
Eiousiy III as a result of the shock. The
s prom 's sieK seReaf f m %afss Sisset on th Ga%:
u against the life Of Cameron. Clyde tells
cameron the envelope was empty. He
Eells Evelyn everything and plans to take
cameron on q yacht trip.
CHAPTER vI11.-The yacht picks up .
boat. He gives the name Of Johnson.
clyde's back IL turned.
CHAPTER Ix-A fruitless search 10
%Sde tor z motor boat seen by the cap
pam just before Cameron disappeared.
CHAPTER x.-Johnson IL allowed to 20
after being closely questioned. Evelyn
lakes the letters to an expert in Chinese
pterature; who ~pronounces them OF Chi
CHAPTER xI.-Clyde seeks assistance
rom a Chinese fellow college student,
E ESSl hseSpG Gsinsm nim IN 70 New xSP 4 staf. |% %hs
Cameron among his countrymen.
!tsfs i fqind one from nan' one . Addison. w siso
speak. OF seeing Cameron in Pekin. Cam
;6sa h. s.f Ia. fa%fs newer been ie 81 CHINA to Clyde
CHAPTER x111.-clyde calls on DR.,
Addison. He learns hat Addison and
Cameron were at one time intimate
friends but had a FALLING out over Cam
eron'9 denial Of having been seen in Pc
kin by Addison. :
CHAPTER xIv.-clyde goes to NEE,
Yup Sing, sees Johnson; attempts to fol-
low him. falls into q basement. sprains
nis ankle ana becomes unconscious.
CHAPTER XV.-Clyde is found by
Miss Clement q missionary among the
Chinese. He Is sick several days as q re-
suit o.. inhalinS charcoal fumes. Evelyn
tells Clyde of q peculiarly acting: anes-
thedc which. renders q person Temporal
Eaty unconscious. Murphy 10 discovered
to have mysterious relations with the Chi
ooDA. 4
CHAPTER xv1.-Ariss Clement prom.
lses to get information. about Cameron,
Slump in Crystal Consolidated, Of which
Cameron is the head. IL caused by . rv4
MOI Of Cameron's Illness.
CHAPTER XvII.-Clyds finds Cameron
on Fifth avenue In. q da2eo and emac1at,
Cd condition and takes him home.
CHAPTER xv11I,-Carneron awakes
from q long sleep n speaks in q strange
tongue. -
CHAPTER XIx.-He gives orders to an
imaginary crew In Chinese jargon. Then
in terror cries: IT didn't kill them.".
Evelyn declares the man is not her uncle.