The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-07-17
SYNOPSIS.


Robert Cameron capitalist. consuits
whip Clyde, Newspaper publisher re.
@urding anonymous threatening letters he
nas received. Tho first promises q sample
II tho writer's power on n certain day.
2n that day the head is mystcriously cut
prom a portrait OF Cameron while the lat
var Ia In tho room while visiting Cam
+sfon IN his dressing room Nell Gwynne
mirror Is myStGriOuHly shattered Cameron
pscomes seriously III Us n result Of the
shock. Tho third letter appears mysteri-
9usly on CdmerOnH sick bed. II makes
direct threats against the life Of Cameron
clyde tells Cameron the envelope was
SIMPLY, II" tells Evelyn everything and
plans IN tHhe Cameron on a yacht trip.
ne yacht picks up fisherman found
dTftting helplcssly in a boat lie gives
ehs name ~ Johnson Cameron disap-
pears from yacht while Clydc's back Is
gnrned fru"lcss search IL made for a
motor boat seen by the captain Just be-
pore Cameron disappeared. johnson ls al
lowed O. 20 after being closely questioned
EVELYN lakes the letters TO an expert in
mines" literature, who prOnounCca them
from Chinese fellow college student,
VINO recommends him to Iup sing most
prominent ChinnmRn In Now York clyde
Foes 10 meet iup Sing se"s Johnson. Mt
tsmpH 10 FOLLOW him. falls into a base
fnent sprainH his ankle and becomes I'M
coraclour clyde II found by Miss Clem
>nt, missionary among the Chinese. He
~ SICK several days as result uf inhal.
or peculiarly acting ancsthCtlc which
renders person temporarily Unconscious.
murphy Is discovered 70 have mysterious
relations with the Chinese Miss Clement
eron. Hlump IN Crystal Consolidated OF
which Cameron II the head, is caused by
q rufnor OF Cameron'a Illness clyde finds
Cameron on Tifth avenue I'm n duEed and
enaciated condition and takes him home.
Cameron hWakos from long sleep and
speaks IN strange tongue. Evelyn de-
rlares tho man is not her uncle. EVELYN
and clyde call on Miss Clement for prom
fsed Information and find that the China
man who was 10 give Il has lust hoen
murdered Miss Clement gives clyde a
rote. asking him to read II after he
leaves tht mission and then destroy IT,
II tells OF tho abduction Of a white man
by Chinese who shipped him back 70
China The man Is accused ~ the crime
OF Gable Lorcha" In which 100 Cinnamon
were killed The appearance in New York
" the man they supposed they had ship
ped 70 China throwa Consideration into
Che chin.ae. The trougham In. which
BY an armed man Clyde Is sNzcd by
Murphy and II fght ensues EVELYN and
CLYDE arc rescued by the police and re-
turn home. They md Yup Sing and the
clyde the story Of the crime NJ the "Sa-
bic IorchR." in which ~ Cinnamon were
Deliberately cent 10 their death by one
Donald NJ Sish. whom they declare Ia
Cameron They declare that MNlsh can
be identified by q tattoo mark on His arm
clyde declares that Cameron has no such
mark The nurse is called in and d.
scribes a tattoo mark on his paticnte
arm Clyde goes TO Investigate and
fnds the patient attempting 10 hide let
ter II Is addressed TO Donald M'Nlsh
The letter ~ from the mans mother In
Scotland ma Identifies the patient ns
MEish Confronted by the sole survivor
~ the Sable I.orcha"-who Il develops.
Sc Soy n half breed Chinnman, rccoRniZ-
cd by Clyde rs johnson, the fisherman
M'Elsh shoots him and Kills himself Miss
Clement gets the whole story from Soy
before he dies. Murphy. whose right
name II Moran had been partner OF
NJ EIsh In the ncfarious Chinese trade and
later became his most relentless pursuer
Vie was tho author Of the threatening let
ters Soy was responsible for the mystic
rious happenings at Cnmerop'a home by
tho aid ~ the ether Of invislbilitY Cam
cron was druRgcd and Hhipped ms mem
ger Of tho crew OF a trHmn steamer hound
for TOngkonE Clvdc Evelyn and DR.
Addison who has discovered his error In
ruistakinC M'NiEh for Cameron. ovcrtake
the tramp steamer at Port Said and res
cue Cameron.