The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1913-02-28
SYNOPSIS

Robert Cameron, capitalist, ccnsults
Philip Clyde. newspaper publisher. re-
xaroIng anonymous threatening letters te
has received. The first promises sample
of the writer's power on a certain day.
I'm mat day the mead Is mySteriousi| cut
from portrait OF Cameron while the ial-
Ter - In the room Clyde has theory
that the portrait was mutilated while the
room was unoccupied and the head late.
removed by means OF a string, uhnnS lVtu
by Cameron. Evelyn Grayson, Came. on
niece. with whom clyde Is In love, lnus
the head OF Cameron's portrait nailef 10
tree, where II had been used as
target Clyde pledges Evelyn to sec ecN;
clyde learns that Chinese boy employed
ny Philatus Murphy. an artist hfihs
nearby. had borrowed a rife from Cam
erons lodgekeeper Clyde makes an eN-
cuse to call or Murphy and Is repi seq
lie pretends to be investigating alleged
attractions or the game laws ana sp' AXIS
81 nbdfng the bowl OF an opium pipe un-
der the tree where Cameron's PORTRAY
was found The Chinese boy Is tcand
dead next morninx While visiting Cim-
cron in his dressing room a Nell Gwynne
mirror Is mysteriotisly shattered. came ron
becomes seriously IN as result OF the
ousiy on Cameron's sick bed. II makes
direct threats against the life OF Cameron.
clyde tells Cameron the envelope was
empty. He tells Evelyn everything ana
plans to take Cameron on yacht trip;
The yacht picks mp fisherman fcHan
drifting helptess,y In boat tie gives
pears from yacht while Clyde'- back Is
turned. A frultiess scarf IL made for
motor boat seen hy i,~ captain just be
fore Cameron disappeared. johnson Is al
iaWed to go ate. being closely questioned,
Evelyn takes lice letters to an expert IN
chinese literature. who pronounceS them
of Chinese orisin. Clyde seeks assistance
from q Chinass fellow college student.
who recommends him tn Yup Sing. mcst
prominent Chiusman in New York. The
lrtttr promises 10 seek information OF
Cameron among his cOGntrymen. Among
camefon's letters II found one from one
Addison. who speaks AT seeing Cameron
in Pektn. Cameron had frequently de-
clsred to Clyde that he hsd never ,. been 70
learns that Addison and Cameron were 81
enc time intimate friends. but had a fall
ms out over Cameron's denial OF having
bren seen In Pekin by Addison. Clyde
goes 60 meet Yup Sing. sees Johnson, at
tempts to follow him. falls into base
ment. sprains his ankle and becomes un-
conscious. clyde Is found by Miss Clement.
n missionary among the Chinese. lie In
sick several days as a result or tnhalins
charcoal fumes. EVELYN tells Clyde OF
peculiarly acting anesthetic which renders
= person temporarily unconscious. Muir
ply is discovered to have mysterious re-
lstiens with tho Chinese Miss Clement
promises to get Information about Cam
rron. Slump In Crystal Consolidated. of
which Cameron Is the head. In caused by
= rumor of Camerou's Illness Clyde nnds
Cameron on Firth avenue in dased and
-naciated condition and takes him home.
Cameron awakes from long sleep and
speaks in strangs tongue. lie gives or
,frrs TO an imaginary crew I'm Chinese
5aresn Then In terror cries: II didn't
kin 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 Just been murdered. Miss
Clement gives clyde note asking him to
road IL after he leaves the mission and
then destroy il. II tells OF the abduction
of n white man nv Chinese who shipped
him back to China The man Is accused
OF the crime OF the sable Lorcha" In
which 100 Cinnamon were killed The an
pearance in New York OF the man they
supposed they had shipped 10 China
throws conformation into the Chinese.
The brougham in which CLYDE and Eve.
lv1 are riding Is held up by an armed
man,