The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-02-28
CoopshSht, 10, 4. 9. MociGrT ! ' O.
SYNOPSIS.


Robert Cameron. capitalist, consults
Philip Clyde. newspaper publisher, re-
garding anonymous threatening letters ne
has received The first promises sample
of the writer's power on q certain day.
On that day the head is mysteriously cut
from portrait of Cameron while the lat
ter Is In the room. Clyde has theory
that the portrait was mutilated while the
room was unoccupied and the head later
removed by means of string. unnouceo
by Cameron. EVELYN Grayson, Cameron
niece. with whom Clyde Is In love. hnds
the head Of Cameron's portrait nailed to
tree, where 1t had been used as
target. Clyde pledges Evelyn to secrecy;
Clyde learns that Chinese boy employed
by Philatus Murphy, an artist living
nearby, had borrowed rifle from Cam
eron's lodgekeeper Clyde makes an ex-
cuse to call on Murphy and Is repulsed;
He pretends to be investigating allegeo
infractions of the game laws and speaks
of finding the howl of an opium pipe un.
der the tree where Cameron's portralt
SsSs found ST The ch WSs S Ssn rs
eron In his dressing room Nell Gwynne
mirror is mysteriously shattered. cameron
becomes seriously III as result , 0s s1e
ously on Cameron's sick bed. It makes
direct threats against the life OF Cameron.
clyde tells Cameron the envelope wa "n5
plans to. take Cameron on yacht trlp
The yacht picks up fisherman found
drifting helplessly in boat. He gives
pears from yacht while Clyde's back IS
turned. A fruitless search is made for a
motor boat seen by the captain JUST pc
fore Cameron disappeared. Johnson Is al
lowed to go after being closely questioned
Evelyn takes the letters to an expert IN
Chinese literature. who pronounces tnem
from a Chinese fellow college student.
who recommends him to Yup Sing, most
prominent Chinaman in New York the
latter promises to seek lnIormatlom on OF =
Cameron's letters Is found one from one
Addison. who speaks of seeing Cameron
ciared to Clyde that he had never been in
China. Clyde calls on DR.. Addison. he
learns that Addison and Cameron were at
one time intimate friends, but had a fall
ing out over Cameron's denial of having
been seen in Pekin by Addison. Clyde
goes to meet Yup Sing, sees johnson. at
mert. spFains his ankle and becomes un-
conscious Clyde IL found by Miss Clement
a missionary among the Chinese He is
sick several days as a result Of inhaling
charcoal fumes Evelyn tells Clyde of q
peculiarly acting anesthetic which renders
a person temporarily unconscious, MUIR
Iations with the Chinese Miss Clement
promises to get information about cam
eron Slump In Crystal Consolidated; OF
rumor OF Cameron's Illness Clyde finds
Cameron on Fifth avenue In dazed and
emaciated condition and takes him home
speaks in a strange tongue. He gives or
ders to an imaginary crew In Chinese
jargon Then in terror cries: Il didn,
not her uncle. Evelyn and Clyde call on
Miss Clement for promised information
Tive r. has lust been murdered. Miss
Clement gives Clyde a note asking him to
read it after he leaves the mission and
then destroy It, 1t tells of the abduction
~ n white man by Chinese who shipped
him back to China. The man is accused
OF the crime Of the sable Lorcha" In
pearance in New York of the man they
supposed they had shipped to China
throws CONSERVATION into the Chinese
iyn are riding is held up by an armed
man.