The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-04-05
SYNOPSIS.

etH pert Cameron. capitalist; consults
rniHp Clyde. newspaper publisher. re-
Sarding anonymous threatening letters he
mas received. The first promises sample
q the writer's power on q certain day.
On that day the head Is mysteriously cut
from portrait of Cameron while the lat-
yer 10 in the room. Clyde has a theory
that tho portrait was mutilated while the
room was unoccupied and the head later
oy Cameron Evelyn Grayson. Camesons
niece, with whom Clyde Ii In love. nnds
tne head OF Cameron,s portrait nailed 70
Thsas csds pedss. haa eyn used 10
clyde learns that Chinese boy employed
by Philatus Murphy. an artist living
nearby. had borrowed a rife from Cam
eron's lodsekeeper. Clyde makes an sx-
infractions Of the game laws and speaks
der the tree where Cameron's portrai.
va. found. The Chinese boy IL found
dead next morning. While visiting Cam
mirror 10 mysteriously shattered. Cameron
becomes seriously Ill as result OF the
shock. The third letter appears mysteri.
ously on Cameron's sick bed. 1t makes
direct threats against the hfe Of Cameron
Clyde tells Cameron the envelope was
plans to take Cameron on yacht trip
drifting heiplessly in boat He gives
the name OF johnson. Cameron disap-
pears from yacht while Clyde's back Is
turned. A fruitless search is made for a
motor boat seen by the captain Just be
lowed to go after being closely questioned
Evelyn takes the letters to an expert in
Chinese literature. who pronounces 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
Cameron among his countrymen. Among
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 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
fsmnts soss 70 tn mes soloW HIM s falls into base
ment sprains his ankle and becomes un-
conscious. Clyde is found by Miss Clement.
sick several days as a result Of inhalins
charcoal fumes. Evelyn tells Clyde OF a
peculiarly acting anesthetfc which renders
n person temporarily unconscious. Mur-
ply is discovered to have mysterious re.
iations with the Chinese. Miss Clement
promisss to get Information annsaSaed anSat am nt
which Cameron is the head, is caused by
rumor OF Cameron's illness Clyde fnds
,emaciated condition and takes him home:
Cameron awakes from a long sleep and
speaks in a strange tongue He gives or,
jargon. Then in terror cries.: Il didn't
Kill them" Evelyn declares the man ia
not her uncle Evelyn and Clyde call on
Miss Clement for promised Information
and nnd that the Chinaman who was to
give II has just been murdered MISS
Clement gives Clyde note asking MIN 70
read 1t after he leaves the mission and
then destroy IT. 1t tells of the abduction
of white man by Chinese VINO shppeG
Of the crime OF the sable I.orcha" 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,
Ivn are riding Is held up by an armed
man.