The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-03-07
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SYNOPSIS.


Robert Cameron. capitalist, consults
Phinp Clyde newspaper publisher re-
earding anonymous threatening letters he
mas received. The first promises a sample
OF the writer's power on a certain day.
On that day the head is mysteriously cut
from portrait of Cameron while the lat
. yer Is In the room Clyde has a theory
mat the portrait was mutilated while the
room was unoccupied and the head later
removed by means of a string, unnoticed
Q cameron. Evelyn Grayson, Cameron's
niece with whom Clyde Is in love, finds
the mead OF Cameron's portrait nailed to
q tree, where II had been used as a
Si rsget' clyde pledges Evelyn to secrecy:
Ciyde learns that a Chinese boy employed
by Philatus Murphy. an artist living
nearby, had borrowed a rifle from Cam
eron's lodgekeeper. Clyde makes an ex-
e Gus to call on Murphy and is repused
ne ne pIetends to be Investigating alleged
Intractions OF the game laws and speaks
9t nnding the bowl of an opium pipe I'M
S Ser me tree where Cameron's portrait
osad next morning. While visiting Cam
eron In his dressing room a Nell Gwynne
mirror Is mysterlously shattered. Cameron
shock The th,r9y ,s III as result Of the
9usly on Camerons sick bed. 1t makes
:n,, threats against the life of Cameron.
empty. He tells Evelyn everything and
plans to take Cameron on a yacht trip
Inc yacht picks up fisherman found
drlfting helplessly in a boat. He gives
the name OF Johnson Cameron disap-
pears from yacht while Clyde's back is
turned. A fruitless search is made for
motor boat seen by the captain just be-
iore Cameron disappeared. johnson is al
lowed to go after being closely questioned
Evelyn takes the letters to an expert in
Sspinese literature, who pronounces them
o. Cninese origin. Clyde seeks assistance
from Chinese fellow college student
VINO recommends him to Yup Sing. most
prsminent Chinaman in New York. The
latter promises TO seek information of
cameron among his countrymen. Among
Cemeron's letters is found one from one
Aodlson, who speaks of seeing Cameron
Srared TO Clyde that he had never been in
Shlna- 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
Deen seen. In Pekin by Addison. Clyde
goes 70 meet Yup Sing, sees Johnson. at
ment, sprains his ankle and becomes un-
conscious. Clyde is found by Miss Clement
= missionary among the Chinese. He is
SICK several days as a result of inhailng
charcoal fumes Evelyn tells Clyde of a
peculiarly acting anesthetic which renders
a person temporarily unconscious. Muir
latlons with the Chinese. Miss Clement
promises to get information about Cam
eron slump In Crystal Consolidated, of
which Cameron is the head, is caused by
a rumor Of Cameron's 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
ners to an imaginary crew In Chinese
1argon. Then in terror cries: IT 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 1t has Just been murdered Miss
Clement gives Clyde note asking him to
read It after he leaves the mission and
then destroy It, 1t tells OF the abduction
Of white man by 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 ap-
pearance In New York OF the man they
supposed they had shipped to China
throws CONSERVATION into the Chinese.
The brougham in which Clyde and Eve,
Ign are riding is held up by an armed
man. clyde Is seized by, Murphy and a
night ensues. Evelyn and Clyde are res
cued by the police and return home. They
md Yup Sing and the. Chinese consul
awaiting them. Yup tells Clyde the story
OF the crime of the sable Lorcha," in
which 81 Cinnamon were deliberately sent
TO their death by one Donald M'Nish
whom they declare lie Cameron.