The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-07

E~QlhQnG6s RQ0n1ss
spite OF the fact that 1t was broad
daylight, it was running. His face
puckered
They are using no current at pres
5ent in the house. z he ruminated '.yet
the meter is running
He continued to examine the meter.
Then he began to follow the electric
wires along At last he discovered e
place where they had been tempered
with and tapped by other wires.
THE work OF the Clutching sHandl E
he muttered.
Eagerly he followed the wires to
the furnace and around TO the back.
There they led right into little
water tank Kennedy yanked them
out. AS he did so he pulled some
thing with them. 5s.a
wo electrodes the villain placed
there he exclaimed, holding them up
trump hantly for me to see .
Yves replied. ubfously, but
what does it all mean %
Why, don't you see? Under the In
huence Of the electric current thu wa
ter4WaE decomposed and gave Of oxy-#
gen and hydrogen. The free hydrogen
passed up the furnace pipe and COM
bining with the arsenic IN the wall
paper formed the deadly arseniuretted
hydrogen
He cast the whole improvisedse cleo
trolysis apparatus on the floor and
dashed up the cellarTsteps.
I've found ill., he cried. hurryfng
into Elaine's room. s.I t's in this room
"a deadly gas arseniurettet hydro
gen,
He tore open the wind ows.
Have her moved. e he shouted to-
Aunt Josephine Then have vac
uum cleaner go over every inch Of
wall, carpet and upho1stery.'s'
Standing beside her, he breathless-
~ explained his discovery. 81 hatwalls y
paper has been loaded down with
arsenic, probably paris green or
8schweinfurth green. which IS acetoar-
ssenite Of copper. Every minute you
are here you are breathing Earseniuret-
ted hydrogen. This C1utchinE Hand
Is e. dia lical genius. Think OF it
poisoned wall paper!
No one said 9a word. Kennedy
reached down and took the two
sGlutchinE Hand messages Elaine had /.
received. shall want to study
these notes. more too, E, he said. hold
ing them up to the wall at the head
of the bed as he flashed his pocket
lens them. Youssee, Elaine. may
be able to gets ething from5stndy
ing the Ink. the pa per, the hand writ
Ing - g fss ssss9
Suddenly both leaped back, With 4
cry
Their faces had been several inches
apart Something had hizzed between
them and literally impaled the stwo
notes onsthe wall.
Down the street, on the roofasof
carriage house, back OF neighbor's
might 1 have been seen the uncouthshg-S
Sures OF the shabby South American IN
dian crouching behind chimney and
gazing intently at the Dodge house %
As Craig had thrown open Elaine,a
window and turne to Elaine the figure
had croucheds closer to the chimney.
Then with an uncanny determina
ton, he slowly raised the hlowgun to \
his lips. Il
y jumped forward followed by Doc
tor Hayward. Aunt Josephine and
Marie. kennedy had peculiar look
as he pulled ont from sth eSwall ia blow
gun dart similar In every way to that
which had killed Michael.
Craig! Easped blaine. reaching up
and laying her sbft white hand on his
arm In undisgui fear for him. t.you#
you must give up this chase for the
Clutching Hand! ''s s
live up the chase for the Clutch
Ing Hand g" he repeated IN surprise
q Never! Not until either he or IT is 4
dead .'"s
There was both fear and admiration
mingled ii her look, as hs reached
down and patted her dainty shoulder
encouragingly.
Continued next sunday s