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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-07

lpened. Had he been seeing things, l won.
dered.
From our hidden vantage we could now
see square piece in the floor, perhaps
five feet in diameter. slowly open up as
though on pivot. Beneath it we could
make out a tube-like opening, perhaps
three feet across. with a covered top. II
slowly opened.
The weird and sinister figure of a man
appeared. over his head he wore a pecu-
liar helmet with hideous glass pieces over
the eyes and tubes that connected with a
tank which he carried buckled to his
back. AS he slowly dragged himself out
l could wonder only at the outlandish
headgera.
Quickly he closed down the cover of the
tube, but not before a vile effluyiun
seemed to escape and penetrate even to us
In our hiding places. As he moved Tor
ward. Kennedy gave a flying leap at him.
and we followed with a regular foot ball
Interference.
II was the work OF only a moment for
us 30 subdue and hold him, while Craig
ripped off the helmet.
1t was Dan the Dude.
What's that thing?" I puffed, as
helped Craig with the headgear.
An oxygen helmet" he replied. There
must be air down in the tube that cannot
be breathed''
He went over to the tube. Carefully he
opened the top and gazed down, starting
back a second later. with his face puck
cred up at the noxious odor
Sewer gas he calculated, as he slam
| med the cover down. Then he added to
the policeman. Where do you suppose Il
comes FROM"
why" replied the officer, the St
James viaduct-an old sewer-is some
where about these parts"
Kennedy puckered his face as he sazed
at our prisoner. He reached down
quickly and lifted something off the
mans coat.
Golden hair" he muttered. "Elalne's!"
moment later he seized the man and
shook him roughly.
Where is she-tell meP' he demanded.
inc man snarled some kind of reply,
refusing to say word about her.
Tell me" repeated Kennedy.
'Humphl" snorted the prisoner more
elose-mouthed than ever.
Kennedy was furious. As he sent the
! man rVehhS away from him, he seized
the oxygen helmet and began putting Il
on There was only one thing TO do
to follow the clue OF the golden strands
OF hair
Down into the pest hole he went. his
head protected by the oxygen helmet. As
ne cautiously took one step after another
down series OF iron rungs inside the
hole he found that the water was up
to his chest At the bottom OF the per
pendicular pit was a narrow. low passage
way leading off, 1t was just about big
enough TO get through. but he managed
TO grope along 1t, lie came at last 10
the main yiaduct. an old stone-walled
sewer as murky q place as could well
be imagined, filled with the foulest sewer
gas. He was hardly able to keep his feet
IN the swirling, bubbling water that
swept past, almost up to his neck.
The minutes passed as the policeman
and l watched our prisoner in the cellar
by the tube. looked anxiously at my
watch.
'Craig!" ] shouted at last, unable 90
control my fears for him
No answer. What to do? To 20 down
after him seemed out Of the question.
BY this time Craig had come to a small.
open chamber, into which the viaduct
widened. On the wall he found another
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is something crooked going on here. Fol-
low US in"
We climbed into the window. There
was the same living room we had seen
the day before But t was now bare
and deserted. Everything was gone ex-
cept an old broken chair Craig and
we're frankly amazed at the complete and
sudden change. and | think the police
man was little surprised. for ne had
thought the place occupied.
Come on" cried Kennedy, reckoning
us on.
Quickly he rushed through the house.
There was not thing in II 20 change
the deserted appearance OF the first floor.
At last It occurred to Craig to grope his
way down cellar. There was nothing
there. either. except bin. as innocent Of
coal as Mother Hubbard's cupboard was
Of food. For several minutes we hunted
about without discovering a thing
Kennedy had been carefully going over
the place, and was at the other side of
the cellar from ourselves when saw him
stop and gaze at the floor. He was not
looking, apparently, so much as listening.
] strained my ears. but could make out
nothing Before ! could say anything he
raised his hand for silence. Apparently
he had heard something
Hide" he whispered suddenly to US
Without another word, though for the
life OF me could make nothing out OF IL.
] pulled the policeman into a little angle
of the wall nearby. while Craig slipped
into a similar angle.
We waited moment. Nothing hap.
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HExp[ottsgElatne

all this. Tit doesn't concern me- Please
go"
Florrie had broken down completely and
was weeping softly into lace handker-
chief.
She moved toward the door Elaine
followed her
'Jennings-please see the lady to the
door"
Back in the drawing room Elaine al
most seized the photographs and hurried
into the library where she could be alone
There she stood gazing at them-doubt,
wonder and fear battling on her plastic
features
Just then she heard the bell and Jen-
nings in the hall.
She showed the photographs away from
her on the table.
How are you this afternoon he
greeted Elaine gayiy.
Elaine had been too overcome by what
had just happened to throw it off so
easily. and received him with studied
GOODNESS.
She picked up the two Photographic
she asked cuttingly.
Kennedy, quite surprised, took them and
looked at them Then he let them fall
carelessly on the table and dropped into
a chair, his head back in a burst OF
laughter.
"Why-that was what they put over on
Walter" he said. HE called me up early
this afternoon-told me he had discovered
one Of those poisoned kiss cases you have
read about in the papers Think Of it-all
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synopsis Of Previous Chapters.

Synopsis Of Previous Chapters.
The New York police are mysufied by
series Of murders OF prominent men. The
latest victim OF the mysterious ASSASSIN
Is Taylor Dodge, the insurance president
His daughter Elaine, employs Craig Ken
needy. the famous scientific detective, TO
try to unravel the mystery One OF the
criminals steals into Eaine's room at
night, puts her under the Influence OF the
twilight sleep drug and forces her to
write n letter Diminishing Kennedy. This
trick falls. Later Kennedy learns Of
daring robbery planned by the conspira-
tors. In an effort to trap them Elaine IL
captured and sealed up In a tank. and Is
N the point OF death when Kennedy acct
dehtally discovers her plight and saves
her. In retaliation the criminals make a
desperate attempt TO Mil Kennedy by
erecting an ingenious death-trap in his
liar poison TO Elaine, accomplishing this
by remarkable utilization OF the wall
paper in her room. The poison plot mis-
carries But the criminals are persistent.
one of them is seriously wounded by
Elaine and she is forced TO submit to the
TRANSMISSION of blood operation to save the
scoundrel's life. Help reaches her before
this experiment becomes dangerous. En-
RACED at their constant defeats, the con
spiratorB employ two notorious women Of
the underworld to lure Kennedy and
Elaine to their destruction. Kennedy's
scientific knowledge proves too much for
a queer manner. its uncanny work at
critical moment upsetting a carefully laid
plan TO abduCt Elaine. The criminals In
troduce the death ray and puzzle Ken
needy. but he soon counteracts its de
structive influence.
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at the crook. who sank to the floor.
dropping the chair from his nerveless
hands
Already the policeman had got an am
bulance, which was now tearing along
to us.
Frantically Kennedy was working.
A moment he paused and looked at me
hopeless.
Just then, outside, we could hear the
ambulance, and doctor and two attend
ants hurried up to the door without a
word the doctor seemed to appreciate the
gravity of the case.
He finished his examination and shooS
his head
There is no hope-no hope" he said
slowly.
Kennedy merely stared at him. But the
rest of us instinctively removed our hats.
Kennedy gazed at Elaine, overcome.
Was this the end?
1t was not many minutes later that
Kennedy had Elaine i'm the little sitting
room off the laboratory. having taken
her there in the ambulance, with the doc
tor and two attendants.
Elaine's body had been placed on a
couch, covered by a blanket and tho
shades were drawn. The light fell on her
pale face.
Aunt Josephine had arrived. stunned,
and moment later Perry Bennett. As
looked at the sorrowful party Aunt 10
sephine rose slowly from her position on
her knees, where she had been weeping
silently beside Elaine, and pressed her
hands over her eyes, with every indlca-
ton of faintness.
Meanwhile Kennedy, beside the couch,
with an air of desperate determination.
turned away and opened cabinet. From
1t he took large coil and attached IL to
storage battery dragging che peculiar
apparatus near Elaine's couch.
To an electric socket Craig attached
wires. The doctor watched him in silent
wonder.
Doctor" he asked slowly. az he
worked, do you know of Prof Leduc Of
the Nantes Ecole de Medicn?" y
'Why-yes." answered the doctor. but
what of him?''
Then you know of his method of cleo
trical resuscitation."
"Yes-but-" he paused, looking ap-
prehensively at Kennedy.
Craig paid no attention TO his fears.
but, approaching the couch on which
Elaine lay, applied the electrodes. "You
see" he explained, with forced calmness.
Il apply the anode here-the cathode
there"
The ambulance surgeon looked on ex
citedly as Craig turned on the current.
applying II to the back of the neck and
to the spine.
For some minutes the machine worked.
Then the young doctors eyes began to
bulge.
My heavens" he cried under his
breath; "Look!'
Elaine's chest had slowly risen and
fallen. Kennedy. his attention riveted
on his work, applied himself with re-
doubled efforts. The young doctor looked
on with increased wonder
Look! The color in her face! See her
lips!' he cried.
At last her eyes slowly fluttered open
then closed.
Would the machine succeed? Or was IL
just the galvanic effect of the current q?
The doctor noticed II and quickly placed
his ear to her heart. His face was a
study in establishment. The minute sped
fast.
To us outside, who had no idea what
was transpiring in the other room. the
minutes were leaden-footed. Aunt Jo-
sephine' weak but now herself again, was
sitting nervously.
Just then the door opened.
I shall never forget the look on the
young ambulance surgeons face as he
murmured under his breath: Come here
the age of miracles is not past-lookI'
Raising his finger to indicate that we
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, that to pull a concealed camera! Such an
elaborate business-just to get me VIII
they could fake this thing. supp 40
they've put some one up TO saying she s
engaged"
Elaine was not so lightly affected.
But" she said severely, REFRESHING her
emotion. Il don't understand, Mr.. Ken
nedy. how scientific inquiry into the
poisoned kiss could necessitate this sort
of thing"
She pointed at the photographs accus-
ingly.
But" he began, trying to explain.
No butts" she interrupted.
Then you believe that p
How can you, as a scientist. ask me to
doubt the camera?" she insinuated very
coldly, turning away.
Kennedy rapidly began to see that II
was far more serious than he had at
first thought.
Very WELL" he said with a touch of
Impotence. III my word Is not to be
taken-I-TIr'-
He had seized his hat and stick.
Elaine did not delgn to answer.
Then, without a word. he stalked out
of the door.
saw that what he needed chiefly w.
to be let alone, and he went back to his
chair dropping down into It and banging
mis- fists on the table. Under his breath
he loosed small volley of bitter ex-
pletives. Then he jumped up.
by George WILL" he muttered.
poked my head out OF the door in time
to see him grab up his hat and coat and
dash from the room. putting his coat ON
as he went.
Hes a nut today" exclaimed To nv
self. '''
Though did not know yet of the quar-.
rel Kennedy had really struggled with
hihselt until he was willing to put his
pride In his pocket and had made ND his
mind to call on Elaine again.
AS he entered he saw that It was really
OF no use, for only Aunt Josephine was
in the library.
oh, Mr.. Kennedy" she said limo.
Gently enough, I'm so sorry she ISM
here There's been something troublinr
her and she won't tell me what II Is
But she's gone TO call on a young wo-
man, Florence Leigh. think"
FLORENCE Leigh exclaimed Craig witt
start and frown. Let me use your
lteiephone.
had turned my attention In the lab
oratory to story / was writing, wher
heard the telephone ring. 1t was Craig
Without word OF apology for his rude.
ness. which knew had been purely All
sent-minded, heard him say: walter
meet me in half an hour outside thai
Florence Leighs house"
He was gone in a minute, giving m,
scarcely time 10 call back that would.
Half an hour later I was waiting nea,
the house in the suburbs TO which I hat
been directed by the strange teIephon,
call the day before. l noticed that a
was apparently deserted. The blinds wer,
closed and and ITO Let" sign was on
the side Of the house.
Hello. Walter" cried craiE al last
busting along.
lie led the way around the side OF In,
house TO window. and. with a powerful
grasp. wrenched open the closed shut
tiers. He had Just smashed the wtndov
} viclously with his foot when q policeman
. appeared.
Hey. YOU fellows-wnat are you doln.
thereg' he shouted
Craig paused a second, then pulled hi,
card from his pocket.
Just the man 1 want" he parted
much to the pOlieeman's surprise. Then
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we're to make no noise, he led ne into
the other room.
Kennedy was bending over the couch.
Elaine, her eyes open now, was gazins
up at him. and a wan smile fitted over
her beautiful face.
Kennedy had taken her hand, and a,
he heard us enter, turned half way TO us
while we stared in blank wonder from
Elaine TO the weird and complicated ap-
paratus.
1T is the life current" he said simply
patting the Deduc apparatus with his
other hand.
ITO BE Continued)
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-07

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years. For the first pine or
ten years it would come and
go but each appearance would
be longer and more severe
until it refused to leave at
all until l got so bad that I
could not do any work. At
times there was not a place
on my entire body. except
ing nv face and hands that
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-07

Everything YOU read here today
you can see in the fascinating Pathe
Motion Pictures at the Motion Pict-
ute Theaters this week. Next Sun
day another chapter of THE Exploits
OF Elaine" and new Pathe reels.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-07

Investors with money read the Real
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-07
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WITH PSORIASIS
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-07
CHAPTER Y.
The Kiss of Death

Assignments were given out on the
Star one afternoon, and ! was standing
talking with several other reporters. in
the busy hum of typewriters and click
ing telegraphs.
What do you think OF that?' asked
one OF the fellows. You're something OF
a scientific detective. aren't your"
Without laying claim to such a dis
tinction. took the paper and read:
THE POISONED KISS AGAIN.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-07

What Is II?
/ had scarcely finish. when one OF the
copy boys. dashing past me. called:
You're wanted on the wire, Mr.. jane
son."
hurried over TO the telephone and
answered
A musical voice responded TO my hur-
ried hello, and l FASTENED to adopt my
most polite tone
us this Mr.. Jameson" asked the voice.
YES" replied. not recognizing II.
well. Mr.. Jameson. I've heard OF YOU
on the Star. and Nv just had a very
strange experience. I've had the poi,
soned kiss"
The woman did not pause TO catch my
explanation of establishment. but went
on: 1T was like this; A man ran up to
me on the street and kissed me-and-l
don't know how il was-but became UNI
conseiouss-and didn't come to for an
h6ur-in q hospital-fortunately I don't
know what would have happened II II
hadn't been that someone came to my
assistance, and the man fled thought
the. star would be interested"
Say" I exclaimed. hurrying over 20
on the wire who says she has received
the poisoned kiss"
Suppose you take that assignment
the editor answered. sensing a possible
story.
l took II with alacrity. figuring out the
quickest way by elevated and surface to
reach the address
The conductor OF the trolley indicated
Prospect avenue. and l hurried up the
street until J. came TO the house, a neat,
unpretentious place. Looking at the ad-
dress on the card first TO make sure,
rang the bell.
must say that | could scarcely crlti-
else the poisoned kissers taste. for the
woman who had opened the door Ger.
tainly was extraordinarily attractive.
And you really were-put out by 8
kiss?' l queried. as she led me into a
neat sitting room.
"Absolutely-as much as II It had beer
by one OF these poisoned needles yot
read about" she replied confidently. has
tening on to describe the affair volubly.
I'm clear this thing up" 1 said con.
fidentiy My friend. Craig Kennedy
the scientific detective. is coming oui
here
"oood. That fellow who attacked m,
ought to be shown up. All women ma,
not be as fortunate as l."
We waited patiently Her story Ger
tainly was remarkable. She remembered
every detail up 10 a certain point-an,
then. as she said. all was blankness."
The bell rang and the woman hastene,
TO the door. admitting Kennedy.
Hello. Walter" he greeted.
This is certainly a most remarkab BIZ
case, Craig" said. introducing him. An,
telling briefly what l had learned
And you actually mean to say tina
kiss had the Effect
Just then the telephone interrupted.
Yea" she reasssrted quickly. "Excus
me a second"
She answered the call. -oh-why-
yes he's here. Do you want 10 speak I
himf Mr.. Jameson. it's the star"
"confound it.' exclaimed, Isn't tina
like the old man-drasging me Off thl
story before it's half finished IN order I
get another. IN have to so. IN get thl
story from you. Craig"
The day before. in the suburban hous.
the clutching Hand had been talking I
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-07

Three More New York Women Report
Being Kissed by Mysterious Stranger
Later Fell Into Deep Unconsciousness-
What Is Il?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-07

The day before. in the suburban house.
the clutching Hand had been talking 10
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-11-18
INTERESTING FACTS
ABOUT FLAX PLANT
More Of This Valuable Crop Can
and Should Be Produced
Humus Is Necessary.

Flax is not hard on the land" when
compared with other crops.
Flax should not be grown on the
same field oftener than once in FIVE or
seven years.
Flax wilt germs are carried by the
seed, and live from year to year In the
soil. The formaldehyde treatment
will disinfect the seed.
Flax can be successfully grown on
old lands when properly handled. Do
not SOW fax on fax-sick soil.
Early planting is safest in the long
run.
"A firm seedbed is a necessary.
Harvest the crop when 1t is ripe.
Thresh or stack as soon as possible
when fax gets dry.
Flax in rotation should follow the
hay or pasture crops. A large amount
OF humus is necessary In the soil.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-11-18
SAVED MASTER FROM DEATH
Small Dog 10 Petted as Hero IN the
Paris Hospitals, as Reward
for Faithfulness.

In one OF the Paris hospitals lives
dog, a brown-and-white setter.
named Fend rAir (cleave the air).
who is a real hero OF the war. His
master. a sergeant OF zouaves. is a pa
tient in the hospital. and he owes bis
frail hold on life to the devotion ara
intelligence of Fend rAir. When the
regiment left Algeria for France tho
dog was left behind. but tho faithful
little creature leaped into the water
and swan along behind the ship until
the captain. taking pity on him. had
him taken on board. From that time
he has never left his master.
During the fighting at Rochincourt.
near Arras. an exploding bomb buried
the sergeant and seven other men
with earth They we're badly injured.
and 30 deeply covered that no man
had the strength to fight his way out.
But. luckily, Fend fAir escaped the
bomb. He at once began to scratch.
and he scratched and scratched until
he had reached his master and
dragged him out to safety. The seven
other men died.
Tho wounded sergeant and his dog
were sent from one relief station TO
another until they found permanent
care in this Paris hospital. Good nurs-
ing has saved the man. but too much
attention almost killed the dog; for
the nurses and orderlies fed him so
lavishly that promiscuous feeding had
to be forbidden.
Now Fend rAir lives in the hospital
kitchen. where he has assumed the
duty OF guard, and growls savagely
at anyone who enters the kitchen
unless they belong there. Every day
a nurse takes him to the wards to
visit his master, and Fend FAIR puts
bis nose on the sergeant's shoulder
and stands consented as long as he is
permitted to remain. The great af-
fection that exists between the SER
geant and his dog is very charming.
Youths Companion.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-11-18

kept in a shadeless, grassless lot all
the first summer, never makes a good
COW.
The dairy farmer who keeps so
many cows that he must neglect them
to take proper care of his crops, has
made a wrong division of his opera
tions. The cows should be taken care
of first and only as much land be
cropped as can be well cared for be-
tween milkings.
The good dairy COW is wedge-shaped
in two directions. She is wide in the
rear and narrow in front. She is mar
row on the top of the shoulders and
wide between the forelegs. This shape
gives room for large amount of feed
and for big heart, denoting a strong
arterial circulation.
The man who has so little self-re-
spect that he will allow himself to
work around cows that stand in a
filthy stable lacks considerably of
reaching up to the mark of good
dairyman.