The Forrest City times., 1913-06-20
SYNOPSIS.

Robert Cameron, capitalist. consults rni.p Clyde, newspaper publisher. re- has received. The first promises sample of the writer's power on a certain day. On that day the head Is mystertously cut from portrait of Cameron while the lat that the portrait was mutilated while the room was unoccupied and the head later removed by means of string unnoticed by Cameron. Evelyn Grayson. Cameron 8 niece. with whom Clyde Is in love, finds the head of Cameron's portrait nailed to q tree. where It had been used as Mrget Clyde pledges Evelyn to secrecy: Clyde learns that Chinese boy employed oy Philatus Murphy. an artist living nearby, had borrowed a Siie from Cam sron's lodgekeeper Clyde makes an ex- ecuse to call on Murphy and Is repulsed: Tie pretends to be Investigating alleged of finding the bowl of opium pipe un- aer the tree where Cameron's portrait %as found. The Chinese boy is found dead next morning While visiting Cam sron In his dressing room a Nell Gwynne h-ifror is mystertously shattered. Cameron bscomes seriously Ill a result of the shock The third letter appears mysteri- eusiy on Cameron's sick bed. Il makes direct threats against the life of Cameron. Clyde tells Cameron the envelope was empty. He tells Evelyn everything and The yacht picks up B fisherman found drifting helplessiy in a boat He gives the name of Johnson. Cameron disap- pears from yacht while Ciyde's back is turned. A fruitless search is made for a motor boat seen by the captain just be- fore Cameron disappeared. Johnson Is al lowed to go after being closely questioned. Evelyn takes the letters to an expert In Chinese literature. who pronounces them ef Chinese origin Clyde seeks assistance rom A Chinese fellow college student. vho recommends him to Yup Sing. most prominent Chinaman in New York. The nTnntqpa information Cameron among his countrymen. Among Cameron's letters is found one from one Addison. who speaks of seeing Cameron h Pekin. Cameron had frequently de dared 10 Clyde that he had never been In China Clyde calls on Dr. Addison. He learns that Addison and Cameron were at enc time intimate friends. but had a fall fng out over Camerons denial of having heen seen in Pekin by Addison. Clyde Fces to meet Yup Sing. sees Johnson. at tempts to follow him. falls into a base 9ent. sprains hi. ankle and becomes un- conscious Clyde Is found by Miss Clement. . missionary among the Chinese. He Is sick several days as a result of inhaling charcoal fumes. Evelyn tells Clyde of a peculiarly acting anesthetic which renders . person temporarily unconscious. Mur- ply Is discovered to have mysterious re- htions with the Chinese. Miss Clement promises to get information about Cam sron. Slump fin Crystal Consolidated. Of which Cameron is the head. is caused hv . rumor of Cameron's Illness. Clyde finds Cameron on Fifth avenue in a daZed and subaciated condition and takes him home Cameron awakes from A long sleep and speaks Tn a strange tongue. He gives or der- to an imaginary crew in Chinese tsrgon Then in terror cries: 'I didn'' kiu them '" Evelyn declares the man |: not her uncle. Evelyn and Clyde call or Miss Clement for promised information and And that the Chinaman who was tc give it has Just been murdered. Miss Clement gives Clyde note asking him tC read it after he leaves the mission and then destroy it II 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' ir which 100 Chinamen were killed. The ap- p~arance fin New York of the man they supposed they had shipped to China throws consternation into the Chinese The hrougham in which Clyde and Eve
 tyn are riding is held up by an armed man Clyde is seized by Murphy and q arht ensues. Evelyn and Clyde are res eued by the police and return home. They and Yup Sing and the Chinese consu awaiting them. Yup tells Clyde the story sf the crime of the Sable Lorcha," 1T which s7 Chinamen were deliberately sent to their death by one Donald M'Nish whom they declare is Cameron. They de clare that NJ Nish can he identified bv 2 tattoo mark on hls arm. Clyde declares that Cameron has no such mark. Th' nurse Is called in and describes a tattoo
 mark on his patients arm. Clyde goe' Co investigate and finds the patient at tempting to hide a letter. Ii Is addressed eo Donald M'Nish