The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-06-12
HORACE
HAZELTINE
SYNOPSIS.

Robert Cameron. capitalist. cousults
Fhlllp clyde, newspaper publisher. re-
farding anonymous threatening letters he
mas received, The first promises u sample
~ "a" writer's power on Il certain day.
IN mat day the bend IL mystcriuusly cut
rom a portrait ut Cameron while the lat
ger n IN tho room. clyde has a theory
thh' N" portrait was mutIatel while th"
EvpW was GnoeCuped and the head later
.e"lnN"d hf means Of a string, uuuuucrd
~ cameron, Evelyn GTlysOu. tuWrruns
nee, with whom clyde ~ iu love rnds
n" head ~ CdmcrOn'a portrait nailed TO
= Tree, where # lad been used ns II
sArE'l clyde pledges Evelyn 10 secrecy.
hyde learns that Chinese boy employed
~ Phiiaius Murphy, an artist living
l"arby, had borrowed a rinc from Cam
IRON indE"hccp"r Clyde makes nm eN-
use e. .1ll on Murphy and ls r"puls"d.
nc ur'ituIq 10 be- investigating alleged
uIL'rupu. ~ ia" game laws and speaks
u hndlnE the bowl " an opium lIpr un-
Ter tho tree whore CamcrOn'H portrait
"iS found. The Chinese boy is found
erou In his dressing room q Nell Gwyuue
hirryi Is myE'yriuuely shattered Cameron
becomes s"Iuualy ~ as result uf the
shock Tho third letter appears wystcrl.
PUSSY on tumuruu's sick bed II makes
.lIr.f threats against the lie NJ Cameron
.'Fd" tolls Cameron the envelope was
Empty, lie tc!H Evelyn everything and
plans To take Cameron on q yacht trip
The yacht picks Up Il fisherman found
1f!bng h'plresly In boat He gives
~" name Of Johnson, Cameron dg1p-
3'1's from yacht while Clydc's buck Is
I'Tn0d. a fruitl"ss search ~ mad" for
actor boat seen by the captain Just be
.ni" cameron disappeared johnson i9 al
owed 10 go after being closely questioned
G'clyn takes the letters to an expert In
shlu"sr literature. who pronouncug them
p hincse origin. Clyde seeks assistance
rom Chinese fellow college student
"hp recommends him to Yup Sing, most
prominent Chinaman In New York Tho
niirr promises to sock Information OF
cameron among his Countrymen. Among
EamerOu's letters IL found ono from one
ADDISON, WHO speaks Of seeing Cameron
a. Pekin. Cameron had frequently de- |
slhr"d TO clyde thnt he had never been In |
nina. clyde calls on Or. Addison lie |
earns that Addison and Cameron were al |
'ne time Intimate fricndg, but had fan. |
nE out over CamcrOn's denial OF having I
oe"n seen In pekin by Addison clyde /
goes o. meet iup Sing sees Johnson. ut ,
t"mpis 20 follow him falls into II base !
di'nt, sptalus his ankle and becomes I'M
conscious. clyde Is found By Miss Clement. |
& missionary among the Chinese He ia /
tlrk several days as n result II lnhnling
thHgoa. fumes Evelyn tells clyde OF a |
pe'uihty acting nncsthetlc which renders
1 person temporarily unconscious Muir
pny Is discovered to have mysterious re-
ailnus with the Chinese Miss Clement
promises 10 gct information about Cam
trOu Slump In Crystal Consolidated OF
> rumor Of Cnmcrou's Illness. clyde finds
cameron on Fifth avenue In dazed and
'unclltcd condition and takes him home
cameron awaltCs from long sleep and
speaks In strange tongue. He gives or
iers to an imaginary crew In Chinese !
argOn. Then IN terror cries: II didn't
Sill them" Evelyn declares the man Is
rot her uncle, Evelyn and clyde call on
Miss Clement for promised information
md ind that the Chinamun who was 10
,iy" It has Just been murdered Miss
clement gives clyde a note asking him 10
cad II after he leaves the maslnn and
hen destroy Il. II tells OF the abduction
II "a white man by Chinese who shipped
lin back "a China Tho man IL nccused
Il tho crime OF tho 'Snblc Iorchu" in |
Which ltl Chlnnmen were Killed Tho APP !
i"uruncc in New York 81 tho man they
imposed they had shipped TO China |
hr',rs conformation into the Chinese
10 brpugh1m IN which clyde and Eve
yn arc riding IL held up by an armed
ann. ClDlc ~ polz'd by Murphy and a ! ,
ght cusucs Eycly" md clyde are res
uCj hy the police nni return home They !
nd lup Sing and the Chinese consul ,
waiting them Nup tells clyde tho story
{ IN" crime nt tho sable Lorcha." In
hI 20 p Chlrnwcn wer" deliberately scut [
, their death by one Donald M'Nish,
HON thoy declare IL Cameron.