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else did your father keep papers? l
point in desperation at the desk. He
takes one last look at the safe, shoves
all the papers he has strewn on the
floor back again and slams the safe
shut
Now, come on, he says, indicating
with the gun that he wants me to fol-
low him away from the SAFE At the
desk he repeats the search. But he
finds nothing. Almost / think he is
about to kill me. Where else did your
father keep papers? he Kisses fiercely.
still threatening me with the gun.
Tam too frightened to speak But
+, at last / am able to say, IL don't
know!' Again he threatens me. AS
God is my judge cry, Z don't know
1t is fearful VIII he shoot me?
"Thank heaven! At last he believes
me- But such look of foiled fury
have never seen on any human face
before.
sit down. he growls, adding, at
the desk do.
"'Take some of your note paper
the best l do that, too.
And pen,' he goes on. My fin
gers can hardly hold it.
'Now-writel' he says. and as he
dictates, l write
"This?" interjected Kennedy, eager
ly holding up the letter that he had
received from her.
Elaine looked 1t over with her drug
laden eyes. YES" she nodded, then
lapsed again to the scene itself. HE
reads 1t over, and as he does so says,
Now, address an envelope. Himself
he folds the letter. seals the envelope.
stamps it, and drops it into his pocket,
hastily Strengthening the desk
Nov go ahead OF me-again.
Leave the room-no, by the hall
door. We are going back upstairs
| obey him, and at the door he
switches of the lights. How l stand
1t do not know. go upstairs me-
chanically into my own room-l and
this masked man.
Take of the kimono and slip
persl' he orders. do that. Get into
bed!' he growls. crawl in fearfully.
For a moment he looks about-then
goes out-with a look back as he
goes. OH OH That hand-which
he raises at me-THAT HANDi'
The poor girl was sitting bolt up
right, staring straight at the hall
door, as we watched and listened.
fascinated.
Kennedy was bending over. sooth-
ing her. She gave evidence of COM
ing out from the effect OF the drug.
l noticed that Bennett had sud
denly moved step in the direction
Of the door at which she stared.
by heavensl" he muttered, star
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| spray out and overcome her instantly
He steps away from her moment and
replaces the now empty vial in his
pocket.
Then he took box from his pocket,
| opened 1t. There must have been a
syringe and a bottle of scopolamin.
Where they came from do not know,
but perhaps from some hospital. /
shall have to find that out later. He
went to Elaine. quickly jabbing the
needle. with no resistance from her
now. Slowly he replaced the bottle
and the needle in his pocket He
could not have been in any hurry now,
fer it tales time for the drug to
work"
Kennedy paused. Had we known at
the time, L.ichael--he of a sinister
face-must have been in the hallway
that night, careful that no one saw
him. A tap at the door and the
"Clutching Hand" must have beckoned
him. A moments parley and they sep
arated-"C lutching Hand" going back
TO Elaine, who was now under the In
ffuence of the second drug
Our criminal" resumed Kennedy
thoughtfully, may have shaken
Elaine. She did not answer. Then he
may have partly revived her. She
must have been startled. 'Clutching
Hand perhaps, was half crouching,
with big ugly blue steel revolver
leveled full in her face.
Zone word and / shoot!' he prob
ably cried. Get up!'
Trembling, she must have done so.
Your slippers and a kimono, he
would naturally have ordered. She
put them on mechanically. Then he
must have ordered her to go out of
the door and down the stairs. Clutch
ing Hand must have followed, and as
he did SO he would have cautiously put
out the lights"
We were following. spellbound, Ken
nedy's graphic reconstruction of what
must have happened. Evidently he
had struck close to the truth. Elaine's
eyes were closed. Gently Kennedy led
her along. Now, Miss Dodge" he en-
couraged, "try-try' hard to recollect
! just what it was that happened last
night-everything"
AS Kennedy paused after his quick
recital, she seemed to tremble all over
Slowly she began to speak We stood
awestruck. Kennedy had been right!
The girl was now living over again
those minutes that had been forgot.
ten-blotted out by the drug.
And it was all real to her, too-ter-
ribly real. She was speaking, plainly
in terror
Il see a man-oh, such a figure
with a mask. He holds a gun in my
face-he threatens me. put on my
kimono and slippers, as he tells me.
! am in daze ] know what / am
doing / don't know. l go out
with him. downstairs, into the library"
Elaine shuddered again at the recol-
! lection. ugh! The room is dark.
the room where he killed my father
Moonlight outside streams in. This
masked man and come In. He
switches on the lights.
"'Go to the safe. he says, and /
do 1.-THE new safe, you know. DO
you know the combination? he asks
me. Yes l reply, too frightened to
say no.
Open it them he says, waving that
awful revolver closer. do so. Hast
lily he rummages through 1t, throwing
papers here and there. But he seems
not to find what he is after and turns
away, swearing fearfully.
Hang it, he cries at me. Where
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HONEYMOON HOUSE
BY GEORGE MUNsoN.

"Of what use is my success now"
sighed Robert Loring, when Elsie
cannot enjoy it with me?''
At thiTty-two years of age Loring
had suddenly become well known as
an architect. 1t was his work on the
Municipal building, subsidiary part
of which had unexpectedly fallen to
him to design, owing to the death of
the original architect, which had
brought him fame. And now he had
been commissioned to build half-mil-
lion dollar house for John Merivale,
an elderly banker, known as the rich
est, most eccentric and most kind
hearted man in the state.
Loring had known Merivale slightly
when he was boy, but no doubt the
banker had long ago forgotten him.
He had had hard life. Born in lux.
ury, he had been cast into poverty on
the untimely death of his father. At
twenty-five he had married Elsie Foth-
eringall, reputed the prettiest girl in
Baltimore society. Then came the
SAtAoh oh0 Cca4S VI DAlbCA PCFCASyl 49,
minating in their separation. Elsie
had taken her maiden name again,
and for six years he had not seen her.
Their quarrels had been due to his
poverty. Elsie, accustomed to every
luxury, could not understand living on
$15 a week. She had no idea of the
struggles young professional man
must undergo She thought Robert
idle. And he had been too proud to
go to her when his income began to
mount, first to two thousand a year,
then to three thousand-now to eight
thousand dollarsl
He sighed, for he still loved Elsie,
and made his way down to old Meri
Wales office. The same pride which
had led him to shun all his acquaint-
ances now forbade him to remind the
banker of his former acquaintance
with him. And evidently Merivale
had not the least remembrance of
him.
i am going to build myself man
sion in my old age" he ehuckled. "and
] have seen your work on the Munich
Dal building. 1t is splendid. sir. And
] want you to do something eQuaiiy
good for me, because"-he paused !
am going to marry again, ana " 70
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Merivale, and asked him to come and
see it.
You've finished it just in time, be-
cause we are to be married next
month" answered the banker. "And
what do you think, Mr.. Loring?
haven't told my future wife word
about it! MY! Won't she be pleased
with it?''
He looked critically at the photo
graph which Loring had Just handed
him
Its a dandy honeymoon house" he
said. Now, Mr.. Loring, / can't make
definite engagement to go out and
look at it, but I'll call you up when I
have a morning to spare and arrange
to meet you there"
1t was some five days later that
Loring received his telephone call.
Merivale was to motor out to the sub
urb and meet Loring, and he would
take him back in his machine.
Loring found that the banker had :
not arrived when he reached the
place. AS he stood looking at the
house the bitter thought would intrude
itself upon his mind that it would
have made just the place for Elsie
and himself. He had been thinking
of her good deal lately
Then it was that he saw her.
She came round the house, and for
the first time in all those years they
stood face to face. He gasped. 1t
was the same Elsie. but more woman
ly, more matronly, and with a look Of
maturity upon the beautiful face.
"Robertl' she cried.
"Elsie!"
And in that instant all the past was
forgotten, and they stood clasped in
each others arms. Meriyale was as
completely forgotten as though he had
never existed, never come into their
lives.
1t was not for several minutes that
they remembered. And Robert. re-
leasing her, looked into her face in
doubt and terror.
you are to be-married againl" he
whispered.
Il hate him, Robert"
Robert Loring's eyes suddenly per-
ceived the banker standing in the door
way Of the new house. There was q
look on his face that startled Loring.
1t was the expression of man who
was amused!
He came down the wide steps brisk
ly and planted himself in front of
them.
80 you've made up again, have you,
young people?" he asked, laughing as
though 1t were the greatest joke in
the world "Then I win my bet"
Your betl.' cried Loring.
Eyes. / bet myself a new hat
against this house that 1t would come
about You see, young people" he
explained. 81 knew that you loved each
other. Mr.. Loring, when. after sever
al years of wooing. Miss Fotherlngall
agreed to become the wife OF an old
man, was the proudest old man in
the world. But realized, though she
did not know it, that she still loved
the friend / had made when / was a
younger man and you we're boy.
hadn't forgotten you, Bobby, though
you seemed to have forgotten me- And
so-well, laid little plot, and. as
I've lost my bet, the house is for your
second honeymoon"
Copyright 1915. by w. G. Chapman) .
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arm, and voice whispered: wait,
you chumpi"
It was Kennedy. He had whipped
out his automatic and had carefully
leveled it at the door. Before he could
fire, however. Bennett had rushed
ahead.
l followed We looked down the
hall. Sure enough, the figure of a
man could be seen disappearing
around an angle. l followed Ben
nett out OF the door and down the
hall.
Words cannot keep pace with what
followed. Together we rushed to the
back stairs.
Down there, while go down the
'front.'" cried Bennett.
/ went down, and he turned and
went down the other flight. AS he did
SO Craig followed him.
Suddenly, in the drawing room, /
| bumped into figure on the other side
of the portieres. seized him.
| We struggled. Ripi The portieres
came down, covering me entirely.
Over and over we went, smashing a
lamp. 1t was vicious. Another man
attacked me, too.
I've got him-Kennedy!" l heard
a voice pant over me.
A scream followed from Aunt Jo-
sephine. Suddenly the portieres were
pulled OF me.
THE deucel" pulled Kennedy IT'S
Jameson"
Bennett had rushed plump into
me, coming the other way, hidden
by the portieres!
If we had known at the time, our
Michael of the sinister face had
gained the library and was standing
in the center of the room. He had
heard me coming and had fed to the
drawing room AS we finished our
struggle in the library he rose hastily
| from behind the divan in the other
room, where he had dropped and had
quietly and hastily disappeared
through another door.
| Laughing and breathing hard, they
helped me to my feet 1t was no
joke to me. was sore in every
bone.
well. where did he go?" insisted
Bennett.
q don't know-perhaps back there"
! cried.
/ Bennett and l argued a moment,
/ then started and stopped short. Aunt
Josephine had run downstairs and
was now showing the letter. into
Craigs hands.
We gathered about him euriously
He opened it. On it was that awe
some Clutching Hand again
Kennedy read it. For a moment
he stood and studied it, then slowly
crushed it in his hand.
Just then Elaine, pale and shaken
| from the ordeal she had voluntarily
gone through, burst in upon us from
upstairs. Without a word she ad-
vanced to Craig and took the letter
from him.
Inside, as on the envelope. was
that same signature of the Clutching
Hand
Elaine gazed at it, wild-eyed, then
at Craig. Craig smilingly reached for
the note, took it, folded it, and UNI
coneernedly thrust it into his pocket.
MY God!" she cried, clasping her
! hands convulsively. and repeating the
words of the letter. YOUR LAST
| WARNINGi
eTO BE CONTINUED.)
Motion pictures of the Exploits OF
Elaine are shown at the Mount Holly
Theatre every Monday night.
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brought to him.

: Drought 10 ulu.
/ watched curiously. He took out a
bottle and what looked like a little
! hypodermic syringe, thrust them into
his pocket and, for once, oblivious to
/ my very existence, deliberately walked
! out of the laboratory.
I did not propose to be thus cava-
lierly dismissed. / suppose 1t would
| have looked ridiculous tc third par
ty, but followed him as hastily as il
he had tried to shut the door on his
own shadow.
We arrived at the corner above the
Dodge house just in time to see anoth-
er Observation-Disclosures.
"And, Perry" we heard Elaine say,
as we were ushered In, someone has
even forged my name-the handwrit-
ing and everything-telling Mr.. Ken
nedy to drop the case-and ! never
knew"
She stopped as we entered.
That's the limit" exclaimed Ben
nett. Miss Dodge has just been tell
ing me-"
Yes" interrupted Craig. Look,
Miss Dodge, this is it"
He handed her the letter. She al
most seized 1t, examining it carefully,
her large eyes opening wider in won
der.
This is certainly my writing and
my note paper" she murmured. but
never wrote the letter.
Craig looked from the letter to her
keenly. No one said word. For
a moment Kennedy hesitated, think
ing.
Might I-er-see your room. Miss
Dodge?" he asked at length.
why. certainly" nodded Elaine, as
she lead the way upstairs.
1t was dainty little room, breath
ing the spirit of its mistress. In fact,
it seemed a sort of profanity as we
all followed In after her. For mo-
ment Kennedy stood still, then he
carefully looked about. At the side
Of the bed, near the. head, he stopped
and picked up something which he
held in the palm of his hand l
I OCAS V'OAs 0O1ACLAlA6 E4Cd01CQ III tnO
morning sunshine-some little thin
pieces of glass AS he tried deftly to
fit the tiny little bits together he
seemed absorbed In thought. Quick
ly he raised it to his nose, as if to
smell 1t.
Ethyl chloride!" he muttered,
wrapping the pieces carefully in a
paper and putting them inside his
pocket.
An instant later he crossed the
room to the window and examined it.
''Look!S he exclaimed.
There, plainly. were marks OF a
Jimmy which had been inserted near
the lock to pry 1t open.
Miss Dodge" he asked, might T.
might ! trouble you to let me see
your arn?"
Wonderingly she did SO. and Ken
nedy bent almost reverently over
her plump arm examining 1t.
On 1t was a small dark discolora-
ton, around which was a slight red
ness and tenderness.
That" he said slowly. sis the
mark Of hypodermic needle"
AS he finished examining Elaine's
arm he drew the letter from his peck
et- Still facing her he said in low
tone, Miss Dodge-you did write this
letter-but under the influence of the
new twilight sleep"
why. Craig" / exclaimed excited
ly, what do you meant"
Exactly what say. With Miss
Dodges permission shall show you.
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BY small administration of the drug,
which will injure you In no way. Miss
Dodge, / think l can bring back the
memory Of all that occurred to you
last night VIII you allow me?"
mercy, mol" protested her Aunt Jo-
sephine. who had entered the room.
Il want the experiment to be tried"
Elaine said quietly.
A moment later Kennedy had placed
her on couch in the corner of the
room.
Nov, Mrs. Dodge" he said, please
bring me basin and a towel"
Aunt Josephine. reconciled. brought
them. Kennedy dropped an antisep.
tic tablet into the water and care
fully sterilized Elaine's arm just above
the spot where the red mark showed.
Then he drew the, hypodermic from
his pocket-carefuIly sterilized 1t,
also, and filing It with scopolamin
from the bottle.
sJust a moment, Miss Dodge" he
encouraged as he jabbed the needle
into her arm.
She did not vince.
please lie back on the couch" he
directed. Then turning to us he add
ed. 1T takes some time for this to
work. Our criminal got over this fact
and prevented an outcry by using
ethyl chloride first. Let me recon
struct the scene"
AS we watched Elaine going under
slowly Craig talked.
THAT night, he said. 'warily, the
masked criminal of the 'Clutching
Hand bent over, his arm crooked.
might have been seen down below us
In the ally. Up here, Miss Dodge,
worn out by the strain OF her fathers
death, let us say, was nervously try
ing to read, to do anything that would
take her mind off the tragedy. Per-
haps she fell asleep.
Just then the 'Clutching Hand ap-
peared He came stealthily through
that window. which he had opened A
moment he hesitated, seeing Elaine
asleep Then he tiptoed over to the
bed, let us say, and for moment
looked at her, sleeping.
A second later he had thrust his
hand into his pocket and had taken out
small glass bulb with long thin
neck That was ethyl chloride-a
drug which produces quick anesthe-
STA. But it lasts only 3 minute or two.
That was enough. AS he broke the
glass neck of the bulb--letting the
pieces fall on the floor near the bed
he showed the thing under Elaine's
face. turning his own head away and
holding handkerchief over his own
nose. The mere heat of his hand Is
enough to cause the ethyl chloride to
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The. formation OF partnership as pro-
lessor and aide IN crime science between
Craig Kennedy. university chemistry pro-
fessor, and Walter Jameson, newspaper
man. Is once followed by their becom-
ing Interested in a series of murders by
a. master criminal who leaves no other
clue to his identity than the sign manual
Of "CMtching Hand" Elaine Dodge.
whose father fs one OF the latest victims
Of the mysterious murderer, witnesses
the beginning OF Kennedy's scientific in
OF the murder.
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It was some time after these events
that Kennedy. reconstructing what
had happened, ran across, in strange
way which 7 need not tire the reader
by telling. Doctor Haynes. head of
the Hillside Sanitarium for Women.
whose story ! shall relate substan-
tally as we received it from his own
lips:
1t must have been that same night a
distinguished visitor drove ur in cab
to our Hillside sanitarium, rang the
bell and was admitted to my Office
am, by the way, the experimenting
physician, and that night was sitting
with Doctor Thompson, my assistant.
In the office discussing rather inter
esting case. when an attendant came
in with card and handed it to me. 1t
read simply, "Dr. Ludwig Reinstrom.
Coblenz."
Here's that Doctor Reinstrom,
Thompson, about whom my friend In
Germany wrote the other day" re-
marked, nodding to the attendant to
admit Doctor Reinstrom
! might explain that while i was
abroad some time ago / made a par
ticular study OF the "Daemmersehlaf'
otherwise, the twilight sleep''-at
Freiburg where it was developed, and
at other places in Germany where the
subject had attracted great attention.
/ was much impressed and had i'm
ported the treatment to Hillside.
While we waited reached into my
desk and drew out the letter to which
referred, which ended, recall:
"As Doctor Reinstrom is in Amer
lea. he viii probably call on you. ]
am sure you viii be glad to know him.
with kindest regards. am,
"Fraternally yours.
EMIL SCHWARZ, M. D.,
Director, Leipsic Institute OF Medi-
cine"
Most happy to meet you, Doctor
Reinstrom," greeted the new arrival,
as he entered our office.
For several minutes we sat and
chatted of things medical here and
abroad.
What is It, doctor" asked finally,
that interests you most in America"
"Oh," he replied quickly with an ex-
pressive gesture, 1T is the broadmind
edness with which you adopt the best
from all over the world. regardless Of
prejudice. For instance. am very
much interested in the new twilight
sleep OF course. you have borrowed
It largely from ~, but It interests me
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-23
OUTDOOR SPORT GAINING
GREAT POPULARITY HERE
Golf Courses Are Good, Tennis Has
Strong Hold and Baseball
Still Holds Own.
TRANSPORTING MAKES STRIDES
West-End Gun Club Grows Rapidly,
in Estimation of Local Sportsmen.
Business and Professional Men Are
Deeply Interested in Organization.

In the line of outdoor sports Rich
mond is fast becoming n factor. The
Country Club of Virginia boasts of one
of the finest golf courses In the South,
the Deep Run Hunt Club is we'll known
for Its drag hunts; the Climbers. under
tho mana cement of Jack Dunn, have
raised the standard of baseball; the
hermitage is tennis and golf asso-
citation OF real merit. and last, but not
least, the West End Gun Club has
again put Richmond on the shooting
map
Trap shooting. like baseball, is pri-
marily an American game, and If it
continues to Increase in popularity in
the years 10 come as it has done in
the last ten years, it is destined to be
one of. If not our greatest. door
games.
Compared with other games. the cost
through an entire season for a very
reasonable amount Guns specially
bored for close. hard shooting. such
can be purchased as low as SIS, though.
perhaps the average target gun is
bought around $50 to SIS.
~, &c. IA BOY interested ,t;T in target shoot
forms of amusement He feels more
like man To shoot side by side with
niSniE respected business and
these same men will take pleasure in
teaching him the fine points OF the
game, and watch with interest his Inn
provement. OF all the games. trap
shooting seems to he freer from jeal-
ousies and vice. as little or no betting
takes place. and drinking is absolutely
prohibited on gun club grounds The
rules of the West End Gun Club re-
quire an application for membership
to be signed. which must contain the
recommendation of at least two club
members, and must be posted at the
clubhouse for inspection by the clubs
membership. II no objection is regis
tered against the applicant. the mem
bership committee elects and the sec
rotary is instructed to notify appli-
cant OF his election. BY applying to
NJ. S. Hart, secretary of the club. a
list OF the clubs members can be OBJ
tanned. Colonel Barton IT. Grundy,
John c. Easley. ST. George NJ. Ander-
son, Thomas w. Purcell and NJ s Hart
compose the membership committee
for 1915.