The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-05-10

k2tsrt Cameron. capitalist. consults
PtaI9 Clyde newspaper publisher. re
saFIlus ar"nF nous threatening letters he
mas received IN" first promises a sample
OF II" writer's power on a certain day.
On that day IN. head is mysterl0Usly cut
from IL portrait OF Cameron Will. the lat
ter Is In the room. Whil. visiting Cam
eFon In bis dressing room Nell Gwyune
inlirpf is mysterlously shattered. Cameron
bte"H's seriously III as result IF the
Fhegk- The third letter appears mysteri-
0uEly on tamrrUn-s sick bed. X makes
dif".t threats against the llfe Of Cameron,
clyde tells Cam. ron the envelope was
empty He tells Evelyn everything and
plans 10 TAX" Cameron on a yacht trp,
The yacht picks up ii fisherman found
the name Of Johnson. Cameron disap-
pears from yacht while ciyde's back is
turned. A frlitl-s- search is made for
motor boat seen by the captain Just be-
fore Cameron disappeared. Johnson is al
ig"1d 10 go after h-ing closely questioned
IEt4Fu taxes the letters 10 an expert In
Chinese literature. who prOnounCes thcTn
1t Rt4ufs' origin CLYDE seeks assiStIut.
from Chinese fellow college student.
WI" recommends him TO iup Sing most
prominent 'hiuaWan Ia New York. Clyd"
Eo"H 10 meet Iup Sing. sees johnson. at
neut. spralus his ankle and becomes un-
conscious CLYDE ls found by Miss Gle
"nt. missionary among the Chinese- H@
- 7lFE several days as "A result Of inhal-
Ing char, Oal fumes EVELYN tells CLYDE
OF 9 peculiarly acting 1nest.irng which
renders a person temporarily unconscious.
MURPHY is discovered 10 have mysterious
relations with the Chinese. Miss Clement
promises To- get Information about Cam
@rou. slump In CRY stul Consolidated Of
"H1'h cameron is the head Is caused hN
"A rlmor OF Cam-run's illness. clyde finds
Cameron On Effth avenue In a dazed and
eipsriated condition ard takes him home
Cameron awakes from a long sleep and
speaks In a strang" tongue Evclvn de-
ciares the man is not her uncle Evelyn
and clyde call on Miss Clement for prom
iFed Information and ma that the China
man who was To give Il has Just been
murdered. Miss Clement gives clyde
note, Afking him to read II after j."
leaves the mission and thrn destroy it,
II tells OF th" abduction OF a white man
By Chimes" who shipped him back to
China, The man is accused of the crime
OF "Sah,e lorcha" in which 100 Chinamen
were Killed Tie appearance in New York
of the man they supposed they had ship
ped TO China throws CONSERVATION into
the Chinese. The brougham in which
bT an armed man. CLYDE Is seized hy
Murphy and a fEhf ensures Evelyn and
'ivds are rescued by tn" police and re-
turn home. They find Nup Sing and the
Chinese conSu. awaiting them iup tolls
fiyd" the story Of the crime of the 'Sa-
bio Lorcfla." In which 97 Chinanen we're
deliberately sent 10 their death by one
Donald NJ NIHh. whom they declare Is
Cameron They declare that N Nish can
be Identified by tattoo mark ON his arm.
ClFGo declares that Cameron has no such
mark. The nurse is called in and do
scrbes q tattoo mark on his pauent's
finds the patient attempting 10 hide let
ter. It Is addressed TO Donald N'Nish
Tho letter is from the mans mother in
Scotland and Identifies the patient as
NJ Nish- Confronted by the sole survivor
OF the sable Lorcha''-who. Il develops,
Is Soy. ha1f-breed Chlnnman, reCogniz-
ed by clyde as Johnson the fisherman
M'Nish shoots him and kills himself Miss
Clement gets the whole story from Soy
before he dies. Murphy, who's" right
name Is Moran. had been partner OF
NJ Nish in the u"farious chinese trade and
later ha~n'ne his most relentless pursuer.
He was the author Of the threatening let
tiers Sow WAS responsible for the myste-
rtnus happenings. at Cameron's home by
the aid of the ether Of inVisthilttT. Cam
eron was drugged and shipped as a mem
Der OF the crew Of tramp steamer bourd
rnr Hougkong.