The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1913-04-11
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SYNOPSIS.

Robert Cameron, capitalist. consults
Philip Clyde. newspaper publisher re-
EArding anonymous threatening letters he
has received The first promises a sample
of the writer's power on certain day.
On that day the head Is mysteriously cut
from portrait OF Cameron while the lat
eron In his dressing room Nell Gwynne
mirror is mysteriously shattered. Cameron
becomes seriously Ill as result OF the
shock. <The third letter appears mysteri-
ously ca Cameron's sick bed. 1t makes
direct tHfeats against the life or Cameron.
Clyde tells Cameron the envelope was
empty. He tells Evelyn everything ana
plans to take Cameron on yacht trip:
the yacht picks up fisherman FOUND
drifting helplessly In boat. He gives
the name OF Johnson. Cameron disap-
pears from yacht while Clyde's back Is
turned. frultless search Is made FOR "A
motor boat seen by the captain Just be-
lowed to go after being closely questioned.
Evelyn takes the letters to an expert In
chinese literature. who pronounces them
OF Chinese origin. clyde seeks assistance
from a Chinese fellow college student,
who recommends him To Yup Sing. most
prominent Chinaman In New York. Clyue
goes TO meet Yup Sing. sees Johnson, at
tempts to follow him. falls into base
ment. sprains his ankle and becomes un'
conscious. Clyde is found by Miss Clen-
emit Il missionary among the Chinese. lie
IS sick several days as a result Of inhal-
ing charcoal fuipes. Evelyn tells CLYDE
or peculiarly acting anesthetic when
Murphy IL discovered 10 have mysterious
relations with the Chinese. Miss Clement
promises to get Information about cam
eron. Slump in CRYSTAL Consolidated. or
which Cameron Is the head, is caused NV
n rurnor Of Csmeron's Illness. CLYDE finds
Cameron on Firth avenue In dazed ana
enaciated condition and takes him home:
Cameron awakes from long sleep ana
Speaks In "A strange tongue. EVELYN de-
clares the man - not her uncle. EVELYN
and CLYDE ca Il on Miss Clement for prom
ised information and ind that tive China
man who was to give II has just been
murdered. Miss Clement gives CLYDE n
note. asking him To read II after he
leaves the mission and then destroy IT,
II tells OF the abduction OF n white man
nv Chinese who shipped him back 10
China. The man is accused OF the crime
Of sable I.orcha" I'm which 100 Cinnamon
were killed. The appearance In New YORK
of the man thew supposed they had ship
ned 10 China throws CONSERVATION into
the Chinese. The brougham in which
clyde and Evelyn are riding In held up
bv an armed man. Clyde Is seized by
Murphy AMI fight ensues. EVELYN and
CLYDE are rescued by the police and re-
turn home They find Yup Sing and tive
Chinese consul awaiting them. fup tells
hlc Lorcha" IN which ~ Cinnamon were
deliberately sent to their death hv one
Donald M'Nish. whom they declare Is
Cameron They declare that NJ NiSh can
ba identified by tattoo mark on his arm.
CLYDE declares that Cameron has no su"h
mark The nurse Is called In and de-
scribes n tattoo mark on MS pttlent :
arm. Clyde goes TO investigate ana
nnds the patient Attempting to hide let
ter 1t is addressed to Donald M'Nish.
The letter ia from the mans mother in
Scotland and Identifies the patient az
M'Nish Confronted nv the sole survivor
~ the Sable Lorcha"-who. II develops.
10 Soy n half-breed Chinaman, recognize
ed nv CLYDE as Johnson. the fisherman
M'Nish shoots him and kills himself Miss
clement gets the whole story from Soy
before he dies. Murphy whose right
To haH
M'Nish In the nefarious Chinese trade and
later became hts most relentless pursuer.
lie was the author OF the threatening let
ters. Soy was responsible for the myste-
rious happenings at Cameron's home by
the aid OF the ether Of tnvisibtlity. Cam
aron was drugged and shipped as mem.
her W the crew OF a tramn steamer bound
FOR Hongkong CLYDE. Evelyn and DR..
Addison, who has discovered his error In
MISLEADING M'Nsh for Cameron: oVertake
the tramp steamer at Port Said and res
Cameron.