Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-05-08
SYNOPSIS

Robert Cameron. carI'aWet curgu'ts
Iniip clyde. newspaper publisher, re-
Fardlng anonymous thrrs'nuiuE Ieiirfs he
mas received. The first promises sample
OF the writer's power ON certain day.
On that day the head i- mystNrluISlr cut
rom a portrait ~ Cnmerou while ne lat'
Ter H. In the room. While visiting cam
eron In his dressing room G Ntl GwFnno
mirror Is mysferiuuSly shattered Cameron
becomes seriously sd as r. result OF the
shoCN. The third letter appears mystgrl-
onslN on CamorOU's sick bed. II makes
direct threats against the lfU ~ Cameron.
Ice tells Cameron the onV.. "p' vas
empty. He tells Evelyn oy"rytAlus ana
plans 10 take Cameron on yacht trip.
me yacht picks UP a fisherman found
I,rifting helplcssly in boat II" gives
the name OF Johnson. Cameron dlsap-
pears from yacht while Clydo's back is
turned. 4 fruitlcSs search is made FOR
motor boat seen by the captain Just be-
iore cameron disappeared. Johnson is al
lowed 10 20 after being closely questioned.
EVELYN takes the letters to an expert in
Nhinese literature. who proHouncos thom
OF Chinese origin. Clyde seeks assistance
from Chinese fellow college student.
who recommends him 10 Yup Sing. most
prominent Chinaman In New York clyde
goes 10 meet Iup Sing. sees Johnson, at
tempts to follow him. falls into a base
ment. sprains his ankle and becomes I'M
conscious Clyde Is found by Miss Glen
ent, a missionary among the Chinese, He
Is sick several days as n result OF inhal-
ing charcoal fumes Evelyn tells CLYDE
OF q peculiarly acting anesthetic which
Murphy is discovered to have mysterious
relations with the Chinese. Miss Clement
promises TO get information about Cam.
ernn, slump In Crystal Consolidated, or
which Cameron II the head. Is caused by
n rumor Of Cameron's Illness. clyde finds
cameron on Fifth avenue In dazed and
enaciated condition and takes him home.
Cameron awRkes from n long sleep and
speaks IN n strange tongue. EVELYN de-
ciares the man Is not her uncle. Evelyn
ana clyde call on Miss Clement for prom
tsed Information and find that the China
man 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.
u tells 81 thc abduction Of a white man
by Chinese who shipped him back 10
China The man Is accused Of the crime
Of sable Inrcha" in which 100 Cinnamon
were killed The appearance IN New York
Of the man they supposed they had ship
the Chinese The brougham in which
Clyde and Evelyn are riding IN held up
by an armed man. Glide is seized by
Murphy and a fight ensues. Evelyn and
Clyde are rescued by the police and re-
turn home. They ind Yup Sing and the
Chinese consul awaiting them. Hup tells
foie Iorcha." - which n Cinnamon were
deliberately sent TO their death by one
Donald M'Nish- whom they declare Is
ha Identified by a tattoo mark on his arm
Clyde declares that Cameron has no such
mark The nurse &c called IN and de-
arm. Clvdc goes % investigate and
finds the patient attempting 70 hide n let
ter II is addressed 10 Donald M'Nish
The letter Is. from the mans mother In
Scotland and Identifies the patient ~
M'Nish Confronted by the sole survivor
stf she Sable Iorcha"-who IL develops
Is Sow \ half breed Chinaman. recogniZ-
"a hy Civde az johnson. the fisherman
M'Nish shoots him and kills himself " rs
Clement gets the whole story from Soy
before ne dies Murphy. whose righ,
r1arne IS Moran. had been a partner %
M'Nish In the rrefs rious Chinese trade and
later becs me his most relentless pursuer
He was the author Of the threatening let
Tors Sow was responsible for the mystic
rious happenings at Cameron's home BY
the aid Of the ether az iuyisibiNty. Cam
eron was drugged and shipped as n mem
ser Of the crew OF tram steamer bound
for HonEkong Clvde. Evelyn and Or.
Addison who has discovered his error IN
rnistaking M'Nlsh for Cameron over'al<e
the tramp steamer al Port said and res
che Cameron.