The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-04-19
SYNOPSIS.

Robert Cameron. capitalist; consults
Phihp Clyde. newspaper publisher. re-
has received. The first promises a sample
OF the writer's power a certain day.
on that day the head is mysteriously cut
from portrait Of Cameron while the lat
ter Is in the room. Clyde has theory
that the portrait was mutilated while the
room was unoccupied and the head later
by Cameron. Evelyn Grayson. Cameron,s
niece with whom Clyde Is in love. nnds
targeN Clyde pledges Evelyn to secrecy.
clyde learns that a Chinese boy employed
by Philatus Murphy. an artist living
erons lodgekeeper. Clyde makes an ex-
cuse to call on Murphy and is repulsed:
He pretends to be investigating alleged
OF finding the bowl of an opium pipe un-
der the tree where Cameron's portrait
6sad ' next morning. m "Vfi While Visiting Cam
eron in his dressing room a Nell Gwynne
mirror is mysteriously shattered. Cameron
shock. The third letter appears mysteri
eusly on Cameron's sick bed. 1t makes
greet threats against the life OF Cameron:
Clyde tells Cameron the envelope was
epty. He tells Evelyn everything and
pans to take Cameron on yacht trip;
As4fe1ng heiplessly in a boat He gives
~ name OF Johnson. Cameron disap-
psars from yacht while Clyde's back is
rotor boat seen by the captain Just be-
Sofe Cameron disappeared. Johnson Is al
kWed to go after being closely questioned.
evelyn takes the letters to an expert In
chinese literature, who pronounces them
q Chinese origin. Clyde seeks assistance
from a Chinese fellow college student.
VINO recommends him to Yup Sing, most
prominent Chinaman in New York. The
lAtter promises to seek information OF
cameron's 1 letters us is found found one ae from one
Addison. who speaks Of seeing Cameron
IN Pekin. Cameron had frequently de-
China. Clyde calls on DR.. Addison. He
learns that Addison and Cameron were at
one time intimate friends but had a; s,Yrs fall
been seen in Pekin by Addison. Clyde
goes to meet Yup Sing. sees Johnson. at
ment sprains his ankle and becomes un-
conscious. Clyde Is found by Miss Clement.
a missionary among the Chinese; He Is
charcoal fumes, Evelyn tells Clyde OF
peculiarly acting anesthetic which renders
a person temporarily unconscious. Muir
lations with the Chinese. Miss Clement
promises to get information about Cam.
which Cameron is the head is caused by
a rumor of Cameron's illness Clyde nnds
on Ph na takes IN b homs nna
Cameron awakes from long sleep ana
speaks In a strange tongue. He gives or
@ Sarson. ~ r. Then mn in terror cries: II didn't
xiii them" EVELYN declares the man is
not her uncle. Evelyn and Clyde call on
Miss Clement for promised information
and find that the Chinaman who was to
give it has Just been murdered Miss
Clement gives Clyde note asking him to
read 1t after he leaves the mission and
then destroy it. 1t tells Of the. abduction
OF white man by Chinese who shipped
him back to China. The man Is accused
OF the crime Of the "Sable Lorcha" In
which 100 Cinnamon were killed. The ap-
pearance in New York of the man they
hoy had 9hiDDed to China
throws consternation into the Ct Chinese. n.s
lyn are riding is held up by an armed
man. Clyde is seized by Murphy and a
fight ensues Evelyn and Clyde are res
cued by the police and return home. They
find Yup Sing and the Chinese consul
awaiting them. Yup tells Clyde the story
OF the crime OF the sable Lorcha' IN
to their death by one Donald M'Nish.
whom they declare is Cameron. They de-
clare that M'Nish. can be Identified hy va a
tattoo mark on his arm. Clyde declares
that Cameron has no such mark. the
nurse is called in and describes a tattoo
mark on his patients arm. Clyde goes
to Investigate and finds the patient at.
terrpting to hide letter. 1t Is addressed
to Donald M'Nish.