The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-07-10

Robert Cameron. capitalist. consults
Phihp Clyde. newspaper publisher, re-
Fhrding anonymous threatening letters no
mas received. The first promises sample
OF ~" Writcr'B power on n certain day.
On that day the head Is mystcriuusly cut
from II portrait of Cameron while the lat
Ter ~ In tho room. While visiting Cam
9ton In his dressing room Nell Gwynne
mirror 10 mystcriously shattered. Cameron
becomes seriously al nB a result ~ the
ehcCk, The ttird letter appears myStcri-
ousIy on Cameron1 sick bed. u makes
direct thrents against the life OF Cameron.
clyde tells Cameron tho envelope was
empty. He tells Evelyn everything ana
plans 20 take Cameron on a yacht trip.
The yacht picks up fisherman found
drifting hclplcssly In a boat lie gives
the name OF johnson. Camefon dlsap-
poars from yacht while Clydes bnck Is
fhrnod n frulticas search Is made for
motor boat seen by tho captain Just be-
fore Cameron disappeared Johnson " al
lowed to go after being closely questioned.
Evelyn takes the letters to an expert In
'hlnrso literature. who pronounce them
or Chinese origin. Clyde seeks assistance
from "A Chinese fellow college student,
who recommends him 10 Yup Sing, most
prominent ChlnHmRn In New York. clyde
GOO" TO meet Yup Sing, secs Johnson, at
t"mptS To follow him falls into base
ncnt sprnins his Auki" and becomes I'M
conscious. clyde ~ found By Miss Glenn
Ont, missionary among the Chinese lie
Sc sick several days ~ u result 81 iulal-
~ peculiarly acting aucsthotic which
renders person temporarily Unconscious.
murphy Is discovered 10 have mysterious
relations with tho Chinese Miss Clement
promises to get Information about Cam
Hrnn Slump In Crystal Consolidated, OF
which Cameron is the head IS caused by
rumur OF CamcrOn's Illness clyde finds
hlucTOn on lt!th avenue In daZcd and
"mncinted condition and takes him home
Cameron Rwakes from a long sleep md
speaks IN strange tongue. Evelyn de-
'lHtcs the man Us not her uncle. Evelyn
and tlydU call on Miss Clement FOR prom
ised information and nnd that the China
man who was to give II has just been
murdered Miss Clement gives CLYDE n
Hpi". aHklnE him TO read II after hc
leaves III" mission and then destroy H.
II tolls OF the abduction Of It white man
By Chinese who shipped him back TO
china. Tho man Is accused OF the crime
Of ''Sab.e lsOrcha' In which 100 Cinnamon
were Killed The appearance In New York
OF the man they supposed they had ship
ped TO China throws CONSERVATION into
tho Chinese. The hr0ugham 81 which
clyde and Evelyn are riding In held up
by an armed man, clyde IL seized by
Murphy and a fight cnsucs Evelyn and
clyde arc rescued by the police and re
turn home They flnd Yup Sing and the
Chinese consul awaiting them. Yup tells
clyde the story OF the crime OF the "Sn-
bic Lorcha." In which 81 Cinnamon were
Deliberately sent 10 their death by one
Donald M'Nish. whom they declare Is
Cameron. They declare that MNish can
10 identified by tattoo mark ON his arm
clyde declares that Cameron has no such
mark The nurse IL called IN and de-
scrlbcs a tattoo mark on his patients
arm. Clyde goes to investigate and
Ends the patient attempting to hide n let
'cr II is addressed 10 Donald MNish.
Tho letter ia from the mans mother in
Scotland and Identifies the patient as
N'NiSh, Confronted by the sole survivor
~ the Sable LOrcha"-who, It develops.
Is Soy. haif-brccd Chinaman: recogniz-
- ny CLYDE as johnson, the fisherman
'M'Nish shoots him and Kills himself, Miss
q IlrnCnt gets the whole story from Soy
before he dies Murphy. whose right
name Is Moran. had been partner OF
M'Nish IN tbc ncfarlous Chinese trade ana
lztcr became his most relentless pursucr.
He wns the author Of the threatening let
ters. Soy was responsible for the mystic
Fious happenings at Cnmcron's homo by
the aid Of the ether ~ invlsiblity. Cam
sron waH druggcd and shipped as nom
her " the crew of a tramp steamer bound
'nr lfongkong