Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-03-27
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HORACE
HAZELTINE
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SYNOPSIS.


Robert Cameron. capitalist, Consult'
Philip Clyde. newspaper publisher, re-
farding anonymous threatening letters ne
mas received. The first promises a sainpie
OF the writer's power on certain HAy.
ON, that day the head is mystcrously ,,9'
from portrait OF Cameron while the lht.
Ter Is In the room. clyde has a theotJ
Nhat the portrait was muNlated Whi'c .l.1
room was unoccupicd and the head later
removed by means OF string unuon,yu
oy cameron. Evelyn Graysuu, cam. ron
niece, with whom CLYDE is in love, nnH'
the head OF CRmerons portrait nailed 70
n tree, where II had been used as a
target CLYDE pledges Evelyn t1 secrecy
clyde learns that "A Chinese boy employer
by Philatus Murphy an artist HNlhs
nearby, had borrowed "A rifle from Jam
eron's lodEekeeper. clyde makes an eN-
cuse TO call on Murphy and IS repuls'd
lie pretends to be investigating allfkeu
OF finding the bowl Of on opium pipe un-
DER the tree where CamerOu's poriTali
was found. The Chinese boy Is found
dead next morning. While visiting cam
mirror is mysteriously shattered. cameron
becomes seriously III as a result OF the
ously on Cameron's sick bed u Wakcs
direct threats against the life OF Cameron.
clyde tells Cameron the envelope was
empty. He tells Evelyn everything and
plans to take Cameron on yacht mp;
The yacht picks up a fisherman fouhu
drifting helplessly in a boat He gives
the name of Johnson Cameron dlsap,
pears from yacht while Clyde's back IS
turned. A fruitless search is made TOT q
motor boat seen by the captain Just ne
Tore Cameron disappeared Johnson Is at
jowed to 60 after being closely questioned
Evelyn takes the letters to an expert In
Chinese literature, who pTonounces them
of Chinese origin. Clyde seeks assistance
from a Chinese fellow college student
who recommends him to Yup Sing, most
prominent Chinaman in New York. The
latter promises TO seek information OF
Cameron among his countrymen Amont
Cameron's letters Is found one from one
Addison. who speaks OF seeing Cameron
In Pekin. Cameron had frequently de-
clared TO Clyde that he had never been II
China Clyde calls on Or Addison. H'
learns that Addison and Cameron were a
one time intimate friends. but had fan
ing out over Cameron's denial Of hayinl
been eeen in Pekin by Addison. Clyd'
goes 20 meet Yup Sing. sees Johnson, at
tempts TO follow him, falls into base
nent, Eprains his ankle and becomes un
conscious Clyde r. found hv Miss Clement
a missionary among the Chinese. He Il
sick several days as result OF tnhalini
charcoal fumes. Evelyn tells clyde OF
peculiarly acting anestheuC which render
person temporarily unconscious Muir
ply IS discovered TO have mysterious re
lations with the. Chinese, Miss Clenen
.eron Slump In Crystal Consolidated. o
which Cameron II the head. IS caused b
rumor OF Cameron's illness clyde md
Cameron on Fifth avenue In dazed an
-erraciAted condition and takes him hcm'
Cameron awakes from long sleep an
speaks IN a strange tongue He gives OF
ders 10 an imaginary crew in Chimes
5argon Then IN terror cries: ~ didn'
Kill them" Evelyn declares the man J
not her uncle, Evelyn and Clyde call Q
Miss Clement for promised information
and fnd that the ChinaTnan who was {
give II has just been murdered. Mis-
Element gives clyde a note asking him {
read il after he leaves the mission an
then destroy It. II tells Of the abductio
Of white man by Chinese VINO shippe
or the crime OF the sable Lorcha' 81
which 100 cinnamon We're killed. The NJ
pearance IN New York OF the man the
supposed they had shipped 20 Chin
throws CONSERVATION into the Chinese
The brougham IN which CLYDE and Eve
lvn are riding is held UP by an arme
man