The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-04-04

SYNOPSIS.

Robert Cameron, capitalist, consults
Fnllp clyde. newspaper publisher. re-
earding anonymous threatening letters he
has received. The first promises a sample
OF the writer's power on a certain day:
On that day the head is mysteriously cut
from a 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 i'll as a result of the
shock. Tie third letter appears mysteri-
ously on Cameron's sick bed. 1t makes
greet threats against the life of Cameron
clyde tells Cameron the envelope was
empty He tells Evelyn everything ana
plans to take Cameron on yacht trip
The yacht picks up a fisherman found
ur1Itlng helpleSsly In boat He gives
the name of Johnson. Cameron disap-
pears from yacht while Clydes back Is
turned. A fruitless search is made for -
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
Of Chinese origin. Clyde seeks assistance
from Chinese fellow college student,
prominent Chinaman in New York. Clyde
goes to mept Yup 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 Glenn
emit. missionary among the Chinese. He
Is sick several days as a result OF inhal-
OF peculiarly acting anesthetic which
renders a 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
rumor of Cameron's Illness. Clyde finds
Cameron on Fifth avenue in a dazed and
emaciated condition and takes him home:
speass IN feom cong Ses
clares the man Is not her uncle. Evelyn
and Clyde call on Miss Clement for prom
Used information and find that the China
been
murdered. Miss Clement gives Clyde a
note, asking him to read 1t after he
leaves the mission and then destroy It,.
It tells OF the abduction of a white man
by. 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 to China throws CONSERVATION into
the Chinese. The brougham in which
Clyde and Evelyn are riding in held up
by an armed man. Clyde Is seized by
Murphy and fight ensues Evelyn and
turn home. They find Yup Sing and the
Chinese consul awaiting them Yup tells
BE Lorcha." in which 81 Cinnamon were
deliberately sent to their death by one
Donald M'Nish whom they declare is
Cameron. They declare that M'Nish can
be identified by tattoo mark on his arm.
Clyde declares that Cameron has no such
mark. The nurse Is called in and de-
arm. Clyde goes to Investigate and
finds the patient attempting to hide let
ter. 1t is addressed to Donald MNish.
The letter is from the mans mother in
Scotland and Identifies the patient as
MNish. Confronted by the sole survivor
of the Sable Lorcha"-who, It develops,
is Soy, half-breed Chinaman. recognize
ed by Clyde as Johnson, the fisherman
MNish shoots him and kills himself Miss
Clement gets the whole story from Soy
name is Moran had been a partner of
MNish in the nefarious Chinese trade and
later became his most relentless pursuer.
He was the author of the threatening let
tiers. Soy was responsible for the mystic
rious happenings at Cameron's home by
the aid of the ether of invisibility. Cam
eron was drugged and shipped as a moan
Der of the crew Of tramp steamer bound
for HonRkOnR