The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1915-04-03
EIGHTH EPISODE
The Hidden Voice.

JemeHOn. wake up!"
The strain OF the Dodge case was
beginning 10 tell on ine. for II was
keeping ns At work nj all kinds Of
hours 10 circumvcnt the ciutchins
Hand. by far the cieverest criminal
with whom Kennedy had ever had
anything TO do.
Ieapcd out 0f bed. atili IN my NJ.
jamus. and stood for moment staring
about Then ! ran into the iivinx
room. ! locked about. rubbing my
eyas. startled. No one was there.
Hey Jameson wake up!"
II was spooky
Where e--the dsuer--are you" ! de.
manded
suddenly heard the voice again.
No doubt about II. either.
Here ! am -o,cr on the couch"
scratched my head. puzzled. There
vas certainly no one on that couch.
laugh greeted me piniriy. though.
u came fron the couch went over
"a u and. ridiculous nv II seemed. he
Ran 10 throw aside the pillows.
! There lay nothing but u little oh.
! long oaken box. perhaps eight or ten
inches square nj the ends In the face
were two peculiar square holes. and
from the top projected black disk.
about tue sisc Of watch. fastened on
n swtnglng metal arm. In the face OF
the disk were several perforated holes
picked up the strange looking
thing In wonder. and from that magic
oak box actually came a burst Of
laughter.
Come over 10 the laboratory. right
away" peslsd forth merry voice.
i've eomething To show YOU
Well" saspcd. what do you
know about that"
Very early that morning Craig had
got up. leaving me snoring. Cases
never wearied him. iic thrived on OK.
element.
He had gone over to the laboratory
and set 10 work In corner over an.
other Of those peculiar boxes. exactly
like that which he had already left In
our rooms
HAlf an hour aftcrward walked
into the laboratory, feeling u little
sheepish over the practical Joke. but
none the less curious 20 ind out all
about it.
What IL ~" iasked, indicating the
apparatus,
"A vocaphone." he replied. still
LAUGHING. the loud speaking telephone.
the little box that hours aud talks.
II talks right out In meeting.
too--no transmitter TO hold to
the mouth. no receiver to hold TO
the ear. You see. this trans.
mltter II 80 sensitive that II picks up
even . whisper. and the receiver ID
placed back OF those two mexaphone.
like pyramids"
lie was standing ut table. careful
iy packing up on6 Of the vocaphones
and lot OF wire.
II believe the Clutching Hand has
boen shadowing the Dodge house" no
continued thouEhtfully. AS long ~
We watch the place. too, he viii do
nothing. hut n we should SEEM o.
tsntatiously. not TO be watching. per
haps he may try something. and we
may hc able to get a clue to his tden- !
tity over this vocaphone. see!"
nodded. We've got TO run him
down somehow, I agreed.
Yea" he said. taking his coat and
hat. II am going to connect up one
Of these things In Miss Dodge's libra
ry and arrange with the telephone
company for Q clear wire so that We
can listen In here, whore that fellow
will never suspect"
At about the same time that Craig
and ! sailed forth on this new mis-
sion. Elaine was arranging some now
prs on stand near the corner OF the
Dodge library where the secret panel
was IN which her father had hidden
lhs papers for the possession Of which
lhe clutching Hand had murdersd
him.
She had moved away from the tAblo.
but, a. she did no. her dress caught
b, something IN the woodwork she
tried to loosen II and IN 30 doing
touched the little metallic spring on
which her dress had caught,
Instantly. to her utter aurprise. the |
panel moved Il slid open, disclosing |
! strong bog.
elaine took II. amused. looked q u
! momsnt. then carried II 10 table
ln1 opensd Il.
Inslde wers some papers. sealed n
IN snvsiope and marked "Limpy Req
They must b the Clutching Hand
)apers!" sAs exclaimed 10 heree4,
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