Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-04-24
HORACE
HAZELTINE
SYNOPSIS

Robert Cameron. capitalist, consults
Philip Clyde. newspaper publisher, re-
Farding anonymous threatening letters he
has received. The first promises a sample
% the writer's power on certain daN.
on that day the head ~ myst'riously cut
from portrait OF Cameron while the lat
Ter Is In the room. While visiting cam
eron In his dressing room a Nell Gwynne
mirror Is mysteriously shattered. cameron
becomes seriously III as result OF the
shock The third letter appears nysteu-
ously on Camoron's sick bed II makes
direct threats against the life Of Cameron.
clyde tells Cameron the envelope was
empty. He tells Evelyn everything aud
pans TO take Cameron on "A yacht UP;
The yacht picks up "a fisherman found
drifting helplcsslv I'm a boat. He gives
the name Of Johnson; cameron disap-
pears from yacht while Clyde's back is
turned. \ fruitless search is made for a
motor boat seen by the captain Just be-
foru Cameron disappeared Johnson Is al
lowed 10 20 after being closely questioned.
Evelyn takes the letters to an expert In
Nflu'sg literature. who pronbun"es thcm
OF Chinese origin. clyde seeks assistance
from a Chinese fellow college student,
who recommends him 10 Nup Sing, most
prominent Chiuaman In New York. Clyde
goes 60 meet Nup Sing. sees Johnson. At
tempts 90 follow him. falls into base
msnt. sTrains his ankle and becomes un-
conscious clyde IS found 10y Miss Glenn
emit missionary among the Chinese lie
IS sick several days as a result OF inhal-
ing charcoal fumes. Evelyn tells Clyde
OF peculiarly acting anesthetiC which
TENDERS person temporarily Unconscious.
MURPHY is discovered to have mysterious
relations with the Chinese. Miss Clement
promises to get Information about CAM
eron. slump in Crystal Consolidated, OF
which Cameron Is the head. Is caused by
q rumCr Of Cameron's illness. clyde finds
Cameron on Ftfth avenue In a dazed and
Cmaciated condition and takes him home.
Cameron awakes from a long sleep and
speaks IN a strange tongue. Evelyn de-
clares the man Is not her uncle. Evelyn
and Clyle call on Miss Clement for prom
tsed Information ana find that the China
man who was to give IL has Just been
note. asking him to read II after he
leaves thH mission and then destroy II.
j. tells OF the abduction ~ "a white man
~ Chinese who shipped him back TO
China. The man is accused Of the crime
OF sable Lorcha'''in which 100 Cinnamon
were killed The appearance in New York
OF The man they supposed they had ship
ped % China throws CONSERVATION into
The Chinese. The hrouEham in which
Clvde and Evelyn are riding in held up
b. an armed man. CLYDE is seized by
Murphy ana fight eusues. Evelyn and
Clyde are rescued by the polio. and re-
turn home. They find Yup Sing and the
Chinese consul awaiting them. Nup tells
CLYDE the story 81 the crime 81 the "Sa-
bic LoTcha." in which p Cinnamon were
deliberately sent 20 their death by one
Donald NNish. whom they declare Is
Cameron. They declare that " Nish can
be identified by q tattoo mark on his arm.
CLYDE declares that Cameron has n, such
mark, The nurse Is called In and de-
series a tattoo mark on HE patient :
arm clyde goes 20 investigate and
-fnds the patient attempting 20 hide let
ter. " Is addressed 20 Donald MNisn.
The letter is from the mans mother in
Scotland and Identifies the patient as
M'Nish. Confronted by the sole survivor
of the Sable Lorcha''- IL develops
ed by clyde AS johnson. the fisherman
M'Nish shoots him and kills himself