Mexico Missouri message., 1913-04-03
By
HORACE
HAZELIlNE
SYNOPSIS.

Robert Cameron. capitalist. cousults
Fninp clyde, newspaper publisher, re-
Earding anonymous threatening letters ne
nss received. The first promises a sainpls
o. the writer's power on r certain Gay ,y,;
On that day the head is mysteriousy cut
from portrait OF Cameron while tho lat
GER is In the room. clyde has theory
mar the portrait was mutilated While w
room was unOccupled and the heHd iate,
removed by means OF a string unnouced
oy Cameron. Evelyn Grayson, cameron
niece, with whom Clyde Is In love, nhus
ne head OF Cameron's portrait nailed 10
tree. where II had been used as
target Clyde pledges Evelyn TO secrecy;
hyde learns that a Chinese boy employed
by Phil2tus Murphy. an artist living
nearby, had borrowed rifle from Cam
sron's lodgekeeper. Clyde makes an eH-
cuse 70 call on Murphy and Is repulsed;
de pretends TO be investigating alleged
tnfractions OF the game laws and speaks
d nndins the bowl Of an opium pipe un.
der the tree where Cameron's PORTRAY
was found. The Chinese boy Is found
sead next morning. While visiting cam.
mirror is mysteriously shattered. Cameron
becomes seriously Ill as a result OF the
snoek' Ihe third letter appears nysIeeti,
ously on Cameron's sick bed. II makes
direct threats against the life OF Cameron,
clyde tolls Cameron the envelope was
simply. He tells Evelyn everything and
plans to take Cameron on a yacht trip.
The yacht picks up a fisherman found
1rifung helplessly in a boat He gives
AtiE OF johnson. cameron hlSdN-
pears from yacht while Clydes back is
turned. A fruitless search Is made for a
motor boat seen by the captain Just be
Gore Cameron disappeared. johnson Is al
lowed 20 20 after being closely questioned.
Evelyn takes the letters to an expert In
chinese literature, who pronounces them
q Chinese origin. Clyde seeks assistance
from q Chinese fellow college student.
Eho recommends him TO Yup Sing, most
prominent Chinaman In New York. The
after promises to seek Information OF
Cameron among his countrymen. Among
Cameron's letters is found one from one
Addison. who speaks OF seeing Cameron
N Pekin- Cameron had frequently de-
elared TO Clyde that he had never been in
china clyde calls on Or. Addison. lie
learns that Addison and Cameron were at
Bne time intimate friends; but had fall
Been seen in Pekin by Addison Clyde
goes 10 meet Yup Sing. sees Johnson. at
tempts 20 follow him, falls into a base
ment. Eprains his ankle and becomes IN
conscious. Clyde is found by Miss Clement.
missionary among the Chinese. He Is
sick several days Ps result 81 inhailng
charcoal fumes. Evelyn tells Clyde Of a
peculiarly acting anesthetic which renders
a person temporarily unconscious. Muir
ply. lie discovered 70 have mysieriio:,u 1 re.
promises 20 get information about Cam
sron. Slump In Crystal Consolidated. OF
which Cameron is the head, IS caused by
a runlor CT Cameron's illness. Clyde finds
Cameron on Fifth avenue in dared and
emacisfed comb ton and takes him home.
cameron 6Aahet from u lDL- sitNp anu
tpeaks in a strange tongue. He gives or
ssrs 10 an imaginary crew in Chinese
largon. Then In terror cries: II didn't
XIII them" Evelyn declares the man II
not her uncle. Evelyn and clyde call on
Mas Clement for promised Information
and find that the Chinaman who was 10
give II has Just been murdered Miss
Clement gives Clyde a note asking him 10
-~eaa II after he leaves the mission and
then destroy st. II tells Of the abduction
81 a white man by Chinese who shipped
nirr back 10 China The man Is accused
81 the crime OF the sable Lorcha' In
witch leo Cinnamon were killed. The APP
oearance in New York OF the man they
supposed they had shipped 20 China
throws CONSERVATION into the Chinese
The brougham in which Clyde and Eve
iyn are riding is held UP By an armed
man. Clyde Is seized BY murphy and a
3ght ensues Evelyn and Clyde are res
sued by the police and return home They
and Yup Sing and the Chinese consul
III the crime OF the sable Lorcha,' IN
which 81 Cinnamon were deliberately sent
10 their death by one Donald NJ Nish
whom they declare Is Cameron.