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Elaine. equal to anything. did 50. and
Craig bent down and cranked the en-
CINE II started on the FIRST spin.
"See:" he exclaimed. There wasn't
anything. after SIl.~
He took a step toward the taxicab.
Mr. kennedy--iock Quit" cried
Elaine. .....-..-~.. s-
Craig turned Eut Il was too late.
The rouShiooking fellow had away
eaed TO life. Suddenly he stepped up
behind Kenrcdy with blackjack As
the heavy weight descended Craig
cTumplod up oa the ground uncon-
scfcus.-..
With a scream. Elaine turned and
started &c run. Eat the chauffeur
SEIZED her arm.
Say. DO, lie asked of the rough fet
low. what docs CMtCh.Rg Hand want
with her? Quick! There's another
cab likely to be along In a moment
with that fellow Jameson in it,
The rough fellow. with an oath,
seized her and dragged her into the
taxicab. Go ahead" he growIed. In
dicating the road.
And away they sped. leaving Ken
nedy unconscious on the side OF the
road, where we found him.
80
What are we to dor asked help
lessly of Kennedy, when We had at
last got him on his feet -.. 49,.
His head still ringing from the force
of the blow Of the blackjack. Craig
stopped down, then knelt in the dust
of the road, then rantahead a bit,
where. it, was somewhat muddy. .
(Which way-which way?" he NUT
tered to himself. ILL.,.
thought perhaps the blow had af-
fected him and leaned over to see
what he. was doing Instead, he was
studying the marks made by the tire
OF the Ciutching Hand cab. 49,.
More slowly now and carefully, We
proceeded. for mistake meant losing
the trail of Elaine. j. a.. tiu.s II" !.
We came to another crossroads and
the driver glanced at Craig. Stop"
he ordered. r..
In another instant he was down in
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Martin at Mr.. Martins store directly"
II lacked Eve minutes Of noon when
Kennedy and / dashed up before Mar
tins and dismissed our taxicab.
A remarkable scene greeted US as
we entered the famous jewelry shop.
Invoiuntarily drew back. Squarely
In front OF us man had suddenly
raised revolver and leyeled It at US.
-Don't!" cried a familiar voice.
s-That Is Mr.. Kennedy"
Just then, from little knot CT peo-
lie. Elaine Dodge sprang forward
With a cry and seized the gun.
Kennedy turned to her, apparently
not half so much concerned about the
automatic that yawned at him as
about the anxiety of the pretty girl
who had interviewed. The too eager
plain-clothes man lowered the gun
sheepishly
Sturtevant Martin was typical so
ciety business man. quietly but richly
dressed
In the excitement ] glanced about
hurriedly
Directly in front Of me was sign
tackled up on pillar, which read
s.This store win be closed at noon To-
day. Martin q Co."
All the customers were gone
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THIRD EPISODE
The Vanishing Jewels.

Y
Banging away at my typewriter the
next day, In Kennedyis laboratory,
was startled by the sudden. insistent
ringing Of the telephone near me,
Hello" ! answered, for Craig ives
at work at his table, trying stirl to ex
tract some clue from the slender evi
dence thus far elected In the Dodge
mystery.
"oh, Mr.. Kennedy" ] heard an ex
cited voice over the wire reply. my
friend, Susie Martin. Is here. Her "a
ther has Just received messas. froiu
that Clutching Hand and"
Just moment. Miss Dodge In
terrupted This Is Mr. Jamesougr
-Ohis came back the voice. breath
iless and disappointed. 'Let me have
Mr.. Kennedy quick. .
had already passed the telephone
TO Craig and was watching him keen.
~ As he listened over It.
He motioned to me for pad and
pencil that lay near me.
Please read the letter again, slow
err Miss Dodge" he asked. adding,
there isn't time for me to see fl
Just yet. But want It exactly You
say II Il made up OF separate words
and type cut from newspapers and
pasted on note paper?"
] handed him paper and pencil.
@All right. now, Miss Dodge. &c
ahead" 80
AS he wrote he indicated TO me by
his eyes that he wanted me to read.
! did 80: 81
sturtevaht Martin. Jeweief.
No. 7sell Fifth Avenne. New York CITY
Sir-As you have failed 10 deliver the
$1,000 shan rob your main diamond
case atexactly noon today
"Tbank you, Miss Dodge" continued
Kennedy, laying down the pencil.
Yes. understand perfectly signed
By that same clutching Hand Let
me sec" he poiidereh. looking at his
watch. 1T Is now haif-past eleven.
Very well. I sBalTmeet sou and Miss
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Copyright Company Foreign
SYNOPSIS.

/ The New York police are mysti7ed by a
series OF murders ~ prominent men. The
principal clue 10 the murderer Is the warn
ing letter which Is - Mt the yig't.ms, signed
with "clutching hand" The latest vic
tim Of the mysterious ASSASSIN - Taylor
Dodge, the Insurance president. His
daughter, Elaine, employs Craig Kennedy.
the famous scientific detective, 20 try 10
unravel the mystery. What Kennedy Bc-
composites il told by his friend, jameson.
q newspaper man T..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-08

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Gloves at &c are Chamoisette
Gloves.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-03

Just a hatpin. perhaps" broke in
Cleek. nodding his head. Just so, just
so. The companion one to this, eh?''
He pOunCed swiftly on her hat which
had been thrown on a nearby chair and
drew forth a long pin. the replica of
the one with which the lift boy had
been murdered.
Cleek watched her sharply. prepared
for anything. everything. The replica
of this pin has been found. Miss North" "
he said. lin the body of the poor boy
who guarded the room-thc boy who
was murdered for a theft"
Miss North gave a little gasp of'hor-
ror. Murdered" she echoed turning
swiftly upon CIeeL with outthrown
arms. "Oh. the poor. poor faithful boy!
But you don't care to accuse me of
doing it. do you?"
"Others will" said Cleek enigmatic-
ally-"so perhaps dear lady it would
be better to leave well enough alone.
Suppose you meet me at the Hotel
Royal tomorrow morning. and then
shall possibly be able to tell you why
you went back to the hotel after you
had driven away from IL in taxi.
Il won't come-I won't. l WON'T"
The curious one-sided smile looped
up the corner of Cleek's mouth. oh
yes, you will. dear lady" said he calm
ly. as he crossed the door, for. IL not,
the police will certainly arrest you on
my evidence. Good afternoon. Miss
North" and before she could utter fur
ther protest. Cleek was gone. clatter-
ing down the stairs like a boy.
And II was precisely ten minutes TO
two by the great clock in st. Martins,
Westminster, when the door OF Boron
offs sitting room was opened and
CIeek came In. His face wore an In
scrutable look, hut the superintend-
ent, who had arrived some seconds
earlier, and was polishing the top OF
his bald head with a silk handkerchief.
true sign OF nervous tension on his
part, felt his heart beat a little fast
er as he heard the smooth, round
tones Of the man who had done 30
much for the Yard and the Yards COM
mon good.
Yet his nrst words were hardly en-
ooura aging.
Cleek had crossed to the Vioilnist
and stood tapping HIS fingers on the
arm OF the chair. Pom me soul, Mr.,
Boronoff." said he In his best "biither-
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had the impcrtinence to build right
against the hotel wall.
The worst of it is that they built right
up against one OF the most beautiful win
dows in this suite. 1t shut off the light,
air and view, furnishing instead view
directly into one OF the picture palace
ventilators. The best We could do was
simply to board up the window with lath
and paper right over it. 1t was over
there back OF that table,
lust So said Cleek
They passed out into the hallway,
where he stopped a moment, and
twitched his head backward at the door.
Lock and bolt this door, too, when
you went to dinner, Mr.. Paradihe?"
But. yes, of certainty. ] always did
that. 1t was locked on the inside, and I
came through the inner door leading into
the sitting room. just as we have done
now"
Found it locked when you came in the
next morning."
Yes. precisely as had left it,
HIM. / sec. What's that, Mr.. Mar
kom? No. I don't think the thief came
by the window, nor yet by the door. 1
dare say he approached in quite another
direction. I've seen all the rooms now,
haven't 1? First comes the sitting room.
then the bedrooms and bathroom and
this little boXroom. Now, what about the
lift boy?"
Naturally. we have kept that part Of
the mystery as quiet as possible" put
in Mr.. Mantoine. sadly. The body is
lying upstairs. and the police are In pos
session OF the ROOM"
Mr. Narkom nodded. and in utter ST.
lence the three men assembled to the room
wherein a young lad lay in the majesty
of death.
stabbed, and with a thin dagger.
too" said Mr.. MRntoine in an awe
stricken voice. 1T must have broken
in the murderer's hand-for we found
the head of 1t a little distance away.
He handed Cleek a small object, like
miniature cross, set with imitation
gems, such as one can buy any day
at Earrs Court for a shining.
Him" Cleek pinched UP his chin
rehectively. Looks more like a wom-
ans hatpin-whatT'
But at that Victor Paradine gave q
little cry His face blanched. NO,
no." he almost shrieked. TT cannot
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The Mystery of the Lost Stradivarius

I be! It's a dagger I know. 1 know 1t
must be. 1t must be-
Cleek switched round and looked at
him sharply for a moment. not NOV
ing. not making so much as a sound.
Then may / ask if this, er-thing,
Mr.. Paradine. is familiar to your he
said serenely. Have you ever seen 1t
before?''
"Mr. Headland! Oh, don't ask me
it is so preposterous-so absurd-yet
l could not help noticing-we had one
visitor yesterday. a Iauy-MIss Vera
North"
The English violinist. eh?''
And the noted suffragette." ejacu-
lated NarkOm. BY jove, that's got
it,"
But Paradine b oke into a volley of
protest. Il won't have it. ] won't have
it," he cried. "Boronof will tell you
she wouldn't. she couldn't do such a
thing as that, even II he did" He
broke off, and a look almost of horror
passed over his face.
Whats that? What's that" raped
out CIeek, his voice like the swapping
of whip. What did NJ. BoronOff do.
eh?"
Refused to let her touch it," whis-
pered Paradine. his voice shaking with
emotion. He is so good. so polite to
everybody. and always especially to
women. but Mademoiselle North was
very bitter-she was to have played at
another great concert, which was
postponed for ours and her haranGue
so angered Sascha that he rang for her
to be shown out"
Mr.. Narkom looked at Cleek-Cleek
looked at Mr.. Narkom.
This alters the complexion of things
certainly" he said after a moments
pause.
Paradine grittcd his teeth-'If
thought her capable of such a thing"
he broke in disjointedly.
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Women are Capab BILE of most things
Mr. Paradine." said Cleek. He bent OveI
the dead body Of the murdered boy
It's a pity the dead can't speak, ism
fit?'
We'll. well, I'll think it over i
looks as il the case is a more difficult
one than I thought. I'll let you know
tomorrow"
And without more ado turned upor
his heel and walked abruptly out ot
the room, followed by the manager anC
NJ. Victor Paradine.
without waiting to be asked Cleek
made his way to the sitting room of the
great violinist and as Cleek came into
the room, he saw him seated, pen in
Matchmaking notes on the paper be-
fore him.
Paradine clutched at Cleek's shout
der. Come away. Mr.. Headland. The
maestro is composing Perhaps a
great symphony will express his loss
better than mere words. Go. do your
best, for Gods sake. but do not dis
turb him"
ObeyinE his energetic pushing, Cleek
the manager and Mr.. Narkom retreat
pavement the superintendent turned
and faced his famous ally with some
thing akin to curiosity upon his
smooth. shining countenance.
ANY ideas, old chap"
"a few. Wen drive down and see
Miss Vera North II you don't mind"
I'll have a warrant for her arrest
II you like" threw in Narkom with a
little shiver of excitement.
Gently. gently. my friend-mice are
easier caught than rats. and I'd like
to know why they have poisoned their
victim first before stabbing him, for
one thing"
Good heavens. man. What makes
you say such a thing as that?'
Amy doctor will be able to tell that
the boy was given q glass of brandy
with chloral in II. He was stabbed
afterward and placed In the right po-
sition. and the keys were obtained
while BoronoR and Paradine were
asleep"
"Drugged probably" exclaimed
Narkom. ''Of course. II fits In. The
suffraEettes have been made the
'scapegoats for q good many crimes
they never had anything to DO with.
we know that old fellow. but this Is
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different. And murder. too. My God
never thought they'd come to that" Mr..
Narkom tried to be fair. but woman
suffrage did not appeal to him.
We'll, well. now let's not jump al
conclusions. Mr. Narkom," answered
Cleek, and here we are" The car drew
up outside a tall building. which fiaunt-
ed in one window the badge of the
woman militant.
Cleek-with a contented little smile
on his face-vanished through the
portals OF a woman's club of which
Miss Vera North, viOlinist and suf-
fragette, was the brilliant secretary.
He found Miss North a handsome wo-
man OF about thirty-five. evidently OF
a highly strung. nervous temper
amcnt.
Il suppose you have come to make
me apologize to that cad BoTonof." she
broke out. when Cleck had described
his mission. Well to begin with. I'm
not going TO. and If he's too upset to
play. so much the better.
Upset my dear lady, said Cleek.
fixing his calm eye blandly on her. He
can't very well play. If you've stolen
his VIOLIN
She gave a little scream OF amaze
ment; her face went white.
stolen his violin! What do you
mean?"
In few rapid sentences he told her
all of BOronoffs crazy whim to play
upon no other violin but his own. of
the loss of the great Stradivarius and
the heartbroken owner:
81 suppose you didn't lose anything &
at the hotel yesterday" Cleek said
smoothly after a slight pause. Mean
while she sat staring out of the win
dow opposite. and he chewed his nails
in silence.
NO" she jerked out at last. Not
anything of any Importance at least.
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and never leaves his hand, and I sleep
in the next room to him. Besides, we
neither of us heard a sound, nor were we
disturbed in the night"
Hum. 1 see. Well, that settles that
theory unless the seal ring were dupli-
Gated.
M. Boronofr." continued Cleek, return
ing to the main room of the apartment
and addressing the brooding violinist,
may We interrupt you just once more,
please? Your ring
"Eh? My ring. what OF my ring?"
answered the Russian as If startled by
the words addressed him.
Only, my dear sir, that We must make
sure that it would be impossible to dupIi-
cate it. May l see-no pray do not both
or to remove 1t. l will simply look at it
on your hand"
STOPPING quickly. CIeek took the great
artists hand in his and examined the
ring. Very interesting. very interesting -
he murmured, holding Boronoff's hand in
his and turning the ring first this way
and then that.
mo, monsieur, 1t could not easily have
been duplicated. and these gentlemen as
sure me that the ring exactly fitted the
seal, as it was found. You have worn
this ring long, monsieur. and never re-
move it,
Long. yes, YER long and l nevaire re-
move it."
SO l would suppose answered Cleek,
with his queer one-sided smile. ''Ah, well,
that clue exploded. What's next"
Toying with a bit of sealing wax from
the safe he strolled back to the scene of
the robbery and turning to the window
glanced out across a narrow courtyard.
What's going on there" he said irrele-
vantly-''looks a bit OF a rubbish heap
WHAT
Yes. sir another of those internal pic
ture palaces grunted the manager. '.as
II We haven't enough of them already!
\ building strike is on now, so work is
suspended. Saturday was the last day
and now it is a deserted, useless syesore.
On the other side OF the court they have
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WHAT, mademolseIie, SOON you DO
me the honor to follow me-per haps
you did me the honor to take into pos
session something of my property
Prithee-come down, my dear"
Il will not" rejoined Kitty-"h
choose to stay here tbs none Of your
business"
The dark flush of anger came to
Count Sachio's swarthy features.
Listen, my sweeting," said he, II
have no time to waste words with yop
or anyone. You have what is mine,
and what ! want. Come down-you
must-either alive or dead. One day
you will find that Count Sachio is not
one with whom you can idly trifie-
Quick now, the paper"
Pale and terrified, for a moment al
most unnerved, the unhappy girl made
no answer.
Ready, guards" commanded Sachio
to his men. Take aim. You, there
drag her out of yonder tree"
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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| city? We have been together in more
than one peril-we have well-nigh per-
| ished together score of times-and
together we have avenged ourselves.
Do you find no augury in that? Sol
diers who fight together and who win
to safety together usually are friends
why should not we be friends?"
He advanced toward her now, his
arms extended, in his face all his
awakened passion as he saw her once
more SO close at his side.
What" exclaimed Kitty, pushing
him back. "Surrender-you ask me to
surrender! Why should L? We are
but now out of a situation which
leaves me disposed for anything but
light matters. Why should / think of
you at all, monsieur lie comte, who
have been indeed the cause of SO
many of these perils which you men
ton now. Until 1 find the missing
half of my coin I have another mis-
sion in life, and other matters to con-
slider, than to talk Of such things as
these you now suggest"
She turned from him. He stood look
ing after her, baffied and unhappy, |
smiling sadly as he saw her go.
"One time, mademoiselle," said he |
to himself-"some day! Tomorrow
may bring another day"
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Art Of Japan.

A certain fastidiousness, certafrs
love of scrupulous and clearly ORDER.
belongs to the Japanese character; ws
find it in their manners, their habits
their furniture, in all their workman.
ship. The word exquisite, so efteE
vaguely misapplied, is an epithet truly
applicable to the art of Japan. The
faults of this character are a, tendeacv
to the smallness which often goes Wits
neatness. The Japanese do not work
under the pressure of abundant ideas
and torrential emotions; they do nosi
fall into the excessive extravaganza
which sometimes besets the Chinese
But their unfailing sense of style COM
pensates in great measure for their
lack of more genial exuberance.
Taste with them, as with artists like
Velasquez and Whistler, becomes no
mere negative avoidance. One mighs
well compare the Japanese genius fEz
some aspects with the Latin genius,
as it is shown in much of the poetry
of the Romans and of the French.
where telling economy of words and
fneness of handling are made to COM
pensate for a slightness or even COM
plete absence of matter.-Laurence
Binyon, in the Atlantic.
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his adversary. He stood now trapped
like the meanest of these retainers
about him, and neither could find
hope.
'The wheel, the Wheel called Sa-
chic at length. Stop him, men-he is
opening the water gates-stop him at
once" .. .:,.
Himself and few men endeavored
to go at Frederick, but met the irate
Kitty, who put up tigerlike resis-
lance to protect her comrade at his
work. The sound of shots came, the
mingled sounds of much confused lam
| entation from those now threatened
with drowning in these deep .subter-
ranean passages.
What" exclaimed Cortislaw to Sa-
chic, lis 1t my fate to drown like
rat here in their palace? Quick, Sa-
chic, offer them peace-offer them
treaty"
Even the sense OF chagrin was lost
to Sachio now in his terror for his life
and that Of his sovereign. He; ad-
vanced through the water as best he
might until he caught the attention of
Frederick, still busy at his task.
NHalt, Count Frederick" he cried.
"Wait-we offer parley-we offer
truce-we offer you peace, If SO You I
will protect the life of our sovereign
$50 then,' exclaimed Frederick, |
your sovereign is here?"
II admit he is" said Sachio. Il ad- |
NIT also that you have the upper hand |
of us once more. We cannot perish |
like SO much vermin here-stop your |
cursed wheel and give us respite, or !
soon it will be too late" !
Are you sincere, Count Sachio?"
demanded Frederick-"may we be-
lieve your word? We have had cause
to doubt 1t more than once"
Doubt it then no more. Cut of
these foods which are drowning us
inch by inch, and we will leave your
palace and leave the town. / give you
my word and that of my sovereign.
"Why, thens' said Count Frederick,
smiling, agreed, and very cheerfully.
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| corner oi the room, NAN nloanlns Ia
helpless terror.
And yet now, at the last instant,
1t was Count Frederick himself to
whom it was given to devise plan,
desperate in itself, yet, as it CHANGED,
effective.
His eyes fell upon a great wheel,
rusty and long disused, which thrust
out of one corner of the room. AS
he saw it his gaze kindled with the
sudden thought which it suggested.
He knew what 1t was and what it
meant-what hope it offered now.
Keep them talking" he whispered
to Kitty, in a quick aside. Engage
them for Just a moment-keep them
busy-wait."
Count Frederick knew that this
wheel and the levers beyond con-
trolled the drainage outlet OF the
great moat which surrounded the
rear portion of the castle. Those low
er gates once opened, there was moth
ing to prevent flooding of the subter-
ranean passages. The moat waters
had been used for that very purpose
in the past-so ran tradition-and
great had been the slaughter wrought
upon ancient enemies of Gretzhoffen
through that very means. Here they
manded of the past its secrets-here
they were surrounded by all the grim.
memorials of the past. Why, then,
thought Count Frederick, why not use
that past and the means that once
had been sufficient to it?
He laid his hand upon the wheel.
It had not yielded to an arm less pow
erful than his, and even his strength
was necessary to its limit before he
could force it to yield, long disused as
it had been here. But at length 1t
did turn a little, and then more and
yet more.
The result was beyond all calcula-
tion. There came the sound of rip
pling, and then of rushing waters. 1t
came in the passages back of the IN
vaders. 1t filled the stone Aoors along
the corridors. 1t Tapped their feet. 1t
DaShSo tilCii dhhlOS. IL TOoc SWlIIly
to their knees. And then consterna-
ton seized upon all those who but now
had stood triumphant, haunting, men
acing. OF a truth, the trapped crea-
lures had turned and wrought their
own vengeance.
Quick, get to safety" commanded
Frederick now. And even as he and
his companions found a little higher
level in another chamber whence
they could see the work of the wa
tiers on their foes, those foes them
selves began to cry out in terror at
the mysterious enemy against which
they could not battle.
'Your Majesty" exclaimed Count
Sachio now to the tall figure at his
side-"your majesty"
King Cortislaw It was who had been
summoned to see the last struggles of