The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-04-11
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SYNOPSIS.

Robert Cameron, capitalist, consults
PhIlip Clyde, newspaper publisher re-
garding anonymous threatening letters he
has received. The first promises a sample
OF the writer's power on n certain day.
On that day the head is mysteriously cut
from q portrait of Cameron while the lat
ter Is in the room. While visiting Cam
eron In his dressing room Nell Gwynne
mirror Is mysteriously shattered Cameron
becomes seriously Ill as a result of the
shock Tho third letter appears mysteri-
ously on Cameron's sick bed. 1t makes
Urect threats against the life Of Cameron.
Clyde tells Cameron the envelope was
empty He tells Evelyn everything and
plans to take Cameron on a yacht trip:
me yacht picks up fisherman found
drifting helplessly In a boat. He gives
the name of Johnson. Cameron disap-
pears from yacht while Clyde's 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
OF Chinese. origin. Clyde seeks assistance
from a Chinese fellow college student
VINO recommends him. to Yup Sing, most
prominent Chinaman in New York. Clyde
goes to meet Yup Sing. sees Johnson at
tempts to follow him, falls into a base
ment. sprains his ankle and becomes un'
conscious Clyde Is found by Miss Glenn
ent. missionary among the Chinese. He
Is sick several days as result of inhal-
ing charcoal fumes; Evelyn tells Clyde
OF peculiarly acting anesthetic which
renders person temporarily unconscious.
Murphy is discovered to have mysterious
relations with the Chinese Miss Clement
eron. Slump in Crystal Consolidated, of
which Cameron is the head, is caused by
a rumor of Cameron's illness. Clyde finds
Cameron on Fifth avenue in a dazed and
emaciated condition and takes him home.
Cameron awakes from a long sleep and
speaks In IN strange tongue Ss EvelEn Ge
and Clyde call on Miss Clement for prom
ised information and find that the China
marde M Miss Clement gives give 'I Clyde
note. asking him to read II after he
leaves the mission and then destroy It.
by Chinese who shipped him bacl; TO
China. The man is accused of the crime
of sable Lorcha" in which 100 Cinnamon
of the man they supposed they had ship
ped to China throws CONSERVATION into
the Chinese. The brougham in which
by an armed man. Clyde Is seized by
Murphy and fight ensues. Evelyn and
Clyde are rescued by the police and re
turn home. They find Yup Sing and the
Chinese consul awaiting them. Yup tells
Clyde the story of the crime. of the "Sa-
bic Lorcha." In which 9I Chinamen were
Donald MNish. whom they declare Is
Cameron They declare that MNish can
be identified by a tattoo mark on his arm.
clyde declares that Cameron has no such
mark The nurse is called In and de-
scribes a tattoo mark on his patient $
Clyde goes 10 lDNeStSdle anu
flnds the patient attempting to hide a let
ter. 1t is addressed, to Donald M'Nish.
The letter is from the mans mother in
Scotland and Identifies the patient as
M'Nlsh Confronted by the sole survivor
OF the Sable Lorcha"-who, 1t develops,
IL SOW. a half-breed Chinaman, recognize
ed by Clyde as Johnson, the fisherman
M'Nish shoots him and kills himself Miss
Clement gets the whole story from Soy
before he dies. Murphy, whose right
name is Moran. had been partner OF
M'Nlsh In the nefarious Chinese trade and
later became his most relentless pursuer
He was the author of the threatening let
ters Soy was responsible for the mystic
rious happenings at Cameron,s home by
eron was drugged and shipped as a mem
Der of the crew OF tramp steamer bound
Addison, who has discovered his error in
MISLEADING M'Nish for Cameron. overtake
the tramp steamer at Port Said and res
cue Cameron.