The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1913-02-20
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SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I..Robert Cameron, capital
!!tet, consults Philip Clyde, newspaper pub
Usher. regarding anonymous threatening
letters he has received. The first romis
2 sample Of the writer's power on a GER
teT!ousiN cut from a portrait of Cameron
while the latter is in the room.
CHAPTER-II.-Clyde has a theory that
the portrait was mutilated while the room
was unoccuDied and the head later re-
moved by means Of a string, %unnoticed
CHAPTER I1I.-Evelyn Grayson, Cam
s snds niece i with whom Clyde is in love,
hailed to a tree, .wnere ha1 been used
hs a target. Clyde pledges Evelyn to Sc
rrecy.
sHAPTER 1v.-Clyde learns that a
ply, an artist living nearby, had borrowed
.CAAPTER V.,,Clyde makes an excuse
To- sali on Murphy and is epulsed. He
Fractions of the game laws and speaks Of
Finding the bowl of an opium uipe under
me tree where Cameroh's portrait was
Pext morning.
n his F1ssa7n v ' VISITING Cameron
Eor@1 Is nlysteriOu ly shattered.
CHAPTER V~II.:-Cameron becomes Sc
F[ h}rd Ie1 ~ as sn a result y y ii Of the shock. The
fron's sick bed. 1t makes direct threats
Eagalnst the life of Cameron. Clyde tells
tells Evelyn everything and plans to take
cameron en- q yacht trip.
CHAPTER vIII.-The yacht picks up a
fisherman found drifting helplessly in q
Roat. He gives the name Of Johnson.
Cameron disappears from yacht while
CHAPTER Ix-A f~ruitless search ia
maoe Tor a motor boat seen by the cap
fain just before Cameron disappeared.
CHAPTER X.-Johnson is allowed to go
Eyer pelng closely questioned. Evelyn
taxes the letters to an expert in Chinese
literature. who pronOunces them of Chi
nese origin.
CHAPTER xI.-Clyde seeks assistance
who recommends him to Yup Sing, most
prominent Chinaman in New York. The
Cameron among his countrymen.
CHAPTER xII.-Among Cameron'e let
SEC neaI - da' ssa,1 one r. from ONO one e A Haz;n who
SSS~eS - oSSAAA III CdlN-
sron had frequently -eclared to Clyde
that hi had never been in China.
Chapter Kill. Cont.
This isn't anything like beri-beri,
Is It, doctor?" / began. Ny ideas of
the disease I mentioned were Of the
haziest character. I knew, however,
that 1t was common in the Orient, and
thither / would lead him.
"Oh. no. Mr.. Clyde" he answered,
suayely enough, now "Beri-beri is
merely the eastern name for multiple
neuritis. You haven't a neuritis or
you would know it. I saw a great deal
of beri-beri in China and on the Malay
peninsula"
D I remember to have heard Cam.
eron say he contracted it in the east?"
! asked, plunging for a connection.
II don't recall that Cameron ever
had It," was his response. And then
his brow grew thoughtful. "Are you
sure he told you that he had; and that
he was attacked while in-in Asia 2"
l noted his hesitation over fixing the
place. and wondered. At all events I
had arrested his interest. Purposely
adopted a tone Of uncertainty.
"N-n-no. I can't say definitely. But
l had an impression that" And there
I paused. When I continued it was
with the direct question: do you hap
pen to know, doctor, whether Cameron
was ever in Picking? 1t seems to me
It vas.
II do know that he was in Peking,"
he. interrupted. almost savagely. HE
was in Picking, in September. 1908. To
be exact. he was there on the four
teenth day of that month. I have rea-
son to know it-a particular reason
to know it,"
After all, how easily the information
l craved had come to me! And yet
I would have been glad to hear the
contrary; for Cameron had assured
me, in all solemnity, that he had never
been in China, and it Jared upon my
conception Of the mans character to
discover that he had tried to deceive
me. I could only conclude that his
purpose was praiseworthy. But DR..
Addison had not finished. :;
"Tell mel" he was demanding, ca.
gerly. "Tell me-! l have excuse for
asking. Has he ever admitted to you
that he was there?"
"Now l come to think Of it," I re-
turned. 'he hasn't. But l had the in
formation from some one, I am pretty
sure"
With an effort the physician COM
manded himself. When he spoke again
he was comparatively composed.
MI. Clyde" he said alphabetically.
Il am not given to discussing personal
matters with my patients, but the fact
that you and Cameron are friends,
and the fact that this subject has
come up, make it almost imperative,
suppose, that l should explain brief
~ the feeling / have just exhibited.
Five years ago Rob Cameron and I
were about as near co~unterparts of
Damon and Pythias as ever existed.
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