Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1915-04-03

IS lhdI yOh, NrtlS sue Il teu eN'
citedly
no this ia Mr.. jameson"
"Oh, Mr. Jameson. I've discovered
the Clutching Hand paper, ~. ...
gan. moro and more excited
Have Won read them? ,c
the voi'c quickly.
"Eo, shall II"
Then don't unsenl them" cauji0Tft
the voice. Put them back exactly as
You found Thorn and I'll tell Mr.. Ken
ucdy tie moment ! can get hold Of
him"
IN ri,ht' said Elaine. I'm dc
that Aud ploa'' ret him as soon as
you possibly can"
Il will"
I'm going out shopping now" she
returned, suddenly. Put. tell him TT
be right back right away"
! Very well"
! Hanging ND 'ho receiver, Elaine
dutifully replace t'c par.re tu the
box and returrgJ tNl boz t' its earrot
hiding place. r~o.'1~ the ruri"- a'l
/ sliding the uanol Shut.
A few wi~r.,s Ia'or era 1orl ne
house in Tho Dodge car
Outside orr laboratory l.g~'rc uP
against railing. Don o." TYn'. an
emisSary OF the Clutchiug I'9"d. whose
dress now greatly hol;rd lis undcr-
world ''monniker." had been shadow
ing US. watching to 500 when we left.
The moment we disappeared. he
raised his hand carefully above his
head and made tine sign Cf The Clutch
ing Hand. Far down the stro't. i'm
closed car. the ClutchinC Hand him
self his face masked. EavC an an
sWering sign
\ moment later he left the car. Eaz-
ing about steaithjly. Not a soul was
in siaHt and he managed TO make his
way 10 The door Of our laboratory
without bair~ observed
Probably he thought that the pa
pers might be at Che laboratory. for
he had repeatedly failed to locate
them at the Dodge house. At any rate
he was busily engaged in ransacking
drawers and cabinets, N the lab0ra.
tory. when the tclept one suddenly
rang
An instant he hcsitated Then. dis
guisirE his voice as much % h. could
to initiate mine, he took up The re-
ceiyer
Hello" he answered
His face was study in all that f.
was DIRK as he realized that il was /
Elaine calling He clenched his crook |
ed hand even more yicioUsly. /
Have you read them?" he asked, |
curbing his impatience as she unsus- ,
pectingly poured forth her story. sup
possedly to me-
Then don't unseal them" lie has
tened to reply. Put them back
Then there can be no question about
them You can open them before wit
nesses"
For moment he paused. then ado
ed: Put them back, and tcr 20
one OF their diSkovery. will te
Kennedy the moment can get hi.
Clutching Hand studied for a M
ment and then grabbed the telephone
again.
Hello. Dan" he called when he got
his number. Miss Dodge is going
shopping. ! want you and the other
Falscrs 10 follow her-delay her all
you can. Use your own judgment"
II was what had come TO be known
in his organization as the Brother
hood of Falsers," There. in the back
room OF low dive, were Dan the
Dude. the emissary who had been loi-
tering about the laboratory. a gun
man. Oago Mike. a couple of women,
slatterns. one known as Kitty the
Hawk. and boy of eight or ten. whom
they called Billy.
"All right. Chief" shouted back
Dan, their leader, as he hung ND the
telephone after noting carefully the
hasty instructions. Wen do it.
trust u.s."
With alacrity the brotherhood
went their separate ways.
Elaine had not been gone long from
he house when Craig and ! arrived
here.
Too bad" greeted Jennings, but
Miss Elaine has just gone shopping
Ind | don't know when she'll be
back"
Aunt Josephine greeted us cordially,
Ind Craig set down the vocaphone
package he was carrying.
I'm not going to let anything hap
zen here 70 Miss Elaine again IL
an help it, remarked Craig in a low
one, a moment later. gazing about the
hrary
What are you thinking of doing?"
skcd Aunt Josephine keenly.
I'm going TO put in a vocaphone,"
.e returned, unwrapping it,
What's that" she asked.
a loud speaking telephone-con-
ecto' with my laboratory. ne ex-
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