The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-06-19

ltohw' Cameron. cnpitslist ronaults
Phllp clyde, newspaper publisher. re-
Safaing anonymous threatening letters he
mas received The first promises sample
OF lhr writer's power on a certain day.
On tl,u day the head H. mystrrIuIsly cut
from portrait u Cameron WIN. the lat
Yer Is IN the room. clyde has "a theory
tlht the portrait was mutilntcd while the
fooW was uuprruplrd and the Hcud latrr
''hnv"d hY means ~ a string. uDnnNcrd
ny Cameron. Evelyn GrayHon. Cumcinns
u''t, with whom clyde h In love mas
'hc head Of CHmcrOn's portrait nailed to
a tree, where Il had been used NJ
target clyde pledges Evelyn 10 secrecy.
'IEdc learns that Chinese boy employed
by Philatus Murphy. an artist living
ucnrhy. had borrowed rife from Cam
'fpnh lOdgch"cp'r. clyde makes hu "N-
Gus" TO call on Murphy and rs rcpu!scd.
tc prc'ends to be investigating alleged
attractions Of tho game laws and speaks
q Undlng the bowl Of an opium pip" I'M
Ger the tree where Cameron portrait
waH found The Chinese boy is found
dead NEXT morning While visiting cam
erou IN MS dressing room Nell Gwynne
mirror Is mystcrlously shattered cameron
becomes seriously III as "A result ~ the
shock The third letter appears Wysicri-
ouAly on Cameron's sick bed. u makes
diiect threats against the lie Of Cameron
clyde tells Cameron the envelope was
empty lie tells Evelyn everything and
plans TO take Cameron on a yacht trip.
INC yacht picks up fisherman found
drifting h"lplcgsly In boat H." gives
tho Uanr Of Johnson Cameron I'snp-
pears from yacht while Clydrs bnck Is
turned A fTVltlpgs search " made for "A
motor boat seen by the captain ius' be
f"r" Cameron disappeared. Johnson IL al
lowed "a go after being closely questioned
Evelyn takes the letters to nm expert In
chinese literature. who pr0uOunccs thom
~ Chinese origin clyde socks assistance
from Chinese fellow college student,
WHO recommends him TO iup Sing, most
prominent Chinamnn I'm New York The
latter promises to geek information ~
cameron among hls COuntrymon Among
Camcruns letters iE found one from one
Addison, who speaks Of seeing Cnmeron
In rCkn. Cameron had frequently de-
clarod 60 Clyde that he had never been IN
China. Clyde calls on Or Addison. ilo
teh.n4 TINT Addison and Cameron were NJ
one time intimate friends but had fall |
ing out over Cameron's denial NJ having |
been seen In Pokln by Addison. clyde |
goes TO meet Yup Sing. secs Johnson. Mt |
mcnt, Hpralns his ankle md becomes un- |
conscious clyde In found by Miss Clement |
n. missionary among the Chinese lie IL
uiCk several days M n result NJ inhnllng |
charcoal fumes Evelyn tells clyde Of n |
peculiarly acting ancsthctic which renders |
q person temporarily unconscious. Muir |
tauons with the Chinese Mlss Clement |
promises TO get Information about Cam |
'eron Slump in Crystal Consolidated. of |
which Cameron is the hcnd, Is caused by |
" fuliihI ~ 'hUfTbU llll'hAs 'lNN' INuN |
Cameron on Fifth avenue In n dazed and |
'cmacinted condition and takes him home, |
Cameron awakes from a long sleep and |
speaks In strange tongue. He gives or
dera to an imaginary crew In Chinese |
targon, Then In terror cries II didn't |
klii them" Evelyn declares the man IN /
not her uncle. Evelyn and clyde call on |
Mics Clement for promised information |
ana find that the Chlnumnn who was To
give II has Just been murdered Miss
Clement gives Clyde note asking him to
read II after he leaves the mission and
then destroy II II tells OF the abduction
~ white man by Chinese who shipped
Tim back to China. The man II accused
Of the crime Of the sable IOrcha" In
which 100 Cinnamon were killed Tho mp
in New York Of the man they
supposed they had shipped TO China
throws CONSERVATION into tho Chinese.
The hrnugham in which CIV lc and Eve
Ign are riding IN held up by nm armed
man Clyde IL seized bv Murphy and n
agm ensucs EVELYN and Clyde are res
rued by the police and return home, They
md Yup Sing and the Chinese consul
awaiting them Yum tells clyde the story
NJ tho crime of the sable Iorchn." In
which NJ Cinnamon were deliberately sent
Ia their death by one Donald M'Nish,
whom they declare n Cameron They de-
clare that M'Nish can hc Identified by n
tattoo mark on hiR arm Civdc declares
That Cameron Inns no such mark The
nurse " called In and describes tattoo
mark on his patients arm CLYDE goes
IN Investigate and finds the patient at |
tempting to hide letter. II is addressed
10 Donald M'NIsh.