The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-03-28

c0anC9 meeting Win OhHSIOH vi lnO
Fourth of July. CT which Cameron
himself had already told me. would
have saved her this recital, but It was
new to DR.. Addison and so / allowed
her to proceed.
1T was plainly evident to Moran"
she pursued, that McNish-or at
least the gentleman he supposed was
McNish-did not recognize him, and
his delight at this discovery was I'M
bounded; for 1t gave him opportunity,
quite unexpectedly, to arrange all his
plans for a most ingenious campaign
Of torture. What that campaign con-
sisted Of. of course, you already know,
Mr.. Clyde, and presume DR.. Addison
does, too"
YES" l replied. 81 have told the
DOCTOR"
What you don't know, though" she
added, rs how 1t was managed"
I'VE have been told something about
amyl pearls" suggested.
AMY peerls?" queried DR.. Addison,
curiously.
With as much clearness as possible
l explained to him what l meant by
using this admittedly inaccurate term.
'1ncrediblei" he exclaimed. Can 1t
be possible that there is such an an
aesthetic as this, and we have never
even heard Of 1t before?"
There can be no doubt about its
existence" l answered. 81 myself have
experienced its effects, though / have
never actually seen 1t put in opera
ton"
But it was Miss Clement who was
most convincing.
81 have never seen either It or its
effects, Doctor" she said, but l am
willing to believe even more marvel
lous things than that where the Chi
nese are concerned. You must remem-
Der that as race they are most jea-
lous Of their knowledge as we'll as
their possessions. Just now, after all
their many centuries Of civilization
greater in some respects than our
own, we are beginning to learn some
thing Of them and their ways, and
should not be at all surprised to dis
cover that in chemistry. in medicine
even, they have forgotten more than
we know. Soy assured me that not
only for days, but for weeks, he him
self came and went about Mr.. Cam
eron's-or, as he called 1t, McNish's-
country place without being either
seen or heard, simply by using this
ether of invisibility. 1t was he who
delivered the three letters. 1t was he
who cut the head from the portrait,
and 1t was he who broke the mirror;
and yet no one saw him on the
grounds or in the house, and indeed
there were very few who saw him In
the vicinity. Again and again, he as
sured me, he could have taken his vic
TINS life but that he was intent on
inflicting a punishment more protract-
eddy horrible than mere sudden death"
who wrote the letters?" asked.
Moran"
81 thought so. And Moran killed
the Chinaman who worked for him"
NO; there you are wrong. Mr.
Clyde"
Then who did,"
Soy himself He learned Of how
that boy, unable to control his hatred
of the man who had slain some one OF
more of his kinspeople, carried back
the head that had been cut from the
portrait, borrowed a rife from Mr.
, Cameron's own gamekeeper, and shot
the canvas full of holes. 1t seemed to
Soy, then, that in spite Of all his and
, Moran's careful preparation this would
surely involve trouble, and that once
r more their quarry would slip through
their fingers. And to prevent the pos
= sibility Of any more unrestrained fer
vor on the boys part. Soy beat him t.
+. DEATH"
I 81 know Soy, or Peter Johnson al
, he called himself. managed the kidnap
D ping from the yacht" l said, but
!. shall never understand how It wal
a done. Did he speak Of that?"
!. "Over and over again. It was h,
j. who learned of the intention to TAX
[ the cruise. At first they thought the,
d would have to change their plans an,
: carry their enemy of before he had
o chance to take to his yacht. But So
maintained that that would be to-
8 crude a method; whereas to let hin
D think that he had escaped and wa
y safe away, and then, at the very me
| ment of his triumph. to snatch hiI
3. from seeming security, would be tn
h very refinement of cruelty the avenge
" so much desired. And so the prope
ties were secured at some fabulou
o lgure-I forgot just what they pal
g. for that fast power boat-the seen
10 was set, and the great act of tn
drama, with Soy still the star. wa
., | CARRIED IN successfuI climaX"