The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-11
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I = get .nls s.ory from you' craas.
The day before, IN the suburban
house. the Clutching Hand had been
talking to two OF his emissaries, an at
.tractive young woman and man
They we're F1irty F1orrte and Dan
the Dude 81.
Now, want you to get Kennedy
he said. The way to do It is to sep.
tarate Kennedy and Elaine see?''
All right. Chief, we'll do It," they
replied.
when F1irty Florrie began by getting
published In the papers the story
which had seen
The next day she called me up from
the suburban house. Having got me
to promise to see her, she had scarce.
ly turned from the telephone when
Dan the Dude walked in from the next
room.
He's coming she said
Dan was carrying huge stag head
with beautifully branched pair OF
antlers. Under his arm was coil OF
wire which he had connected to the
inside Of the head.
!: "Fine!" he exclaimed. Then, point.
ing to the head. he added, Its all
ready. See how fixed it? That ought
to please the Chief.
Dan moved quickly to the mantel
and mounted stepladder there by
which he had taken down the head.
and started to replace the head above
the mantel.
He hooked the head on nail
There" he said, unscrewing one Of
the beautiful brown glass eyes Of the
stag.
Back Of 1t could be seen camera
shutter.
zone Of those new quick shutter
cameras" he explained.
Then heran a couple or wires along
the molding around the room and into
"a closet. where he made the connec.
ton with sort OF switchboard on
which q button was marked, SHUT.
TER" and the switch, WIND FILM"
Nov, Flirty." he said, coming out
of the closet and pulling up the shade
which let food of sunlight into the
room, you see. ! want you to stand
here--then. do your little trick
Just then the bell rang.
That must be jameson. she cried.
n 'sNow-set to Gyour corner"
With last look Dan went into the
closet and shut the door.
Perhaps half an hour later Clutching
Hand himself called me up on the
telephone. It was he-not the Star
as learned only too late.
4 'Ai5 Lsfiff -
had scarcely got out OF the house,
as Craig told me afterwards, when
F1irty Florrie told all over again the
embroidered tale that had caught my
ear.
Kennedy said nothing, but listened
'intently, perhaps betraying in his face
the skepticism he felt.
You see, she said, still voluble and
eager to convince him, = I was only
walking on the street. .Here-let ms
show you. It was just like this
She took his arm and, before he
knew, It. led him to the spot on the
floor near the window which Dan had
indicated. Meanwhile Dan was Lis.
tening attenHvely in his closet
..Now-stand there. You are Just
5ns was-only ] didn't expect any
thing" f5
She was pantomiming some one ap.
preaching stealthily while Kennedy
watched her with interest, tinged with
doubt. Behind Craig IN his closet,
Dan was reaching for the switch board
button.
you see. she said advancing
quickly and acting her words. 4he
placed his hands on my shoulders
so-then threw his arms about my
neck-sols ~
She said mo more, but imprinted a
deep, passionate kiss on Kennedy's
mouth, clinging closely to him. Be,
fore Kennedy could draw away, Dan
lin the closet, had pressed the but
ton and the switch several times in
rapid succession. .
h7that's very realistic" gasped
Craig, a good deal taken aback by the
sudden osculatory assault.
h He frowned.
..I-I'll look into the case he said.
backing away. There there may be
some scientific explanation but
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fastened to make his adieux-
How little Impression the thing
made on Kennedy can be easily seen
from the fact that on the way down
town that afternoon he stopped at
Martins. on Fifth avenue. and bought
\ a ring very handsome solitaire. the
finest Martin had in the shop.
1t must have been about the time
that he decided to stop at Martins
that the Dodge butler. Jennings. ad-
mitted a young lady who presented a
card on which was engraved the
name ss55s
Miss Florence Leigh,
20 Prospect Avenue.
N AS he handed Elaine the card. she
looked up from the book ;she was read
ing and took It.
All right. show her In. jennings
III see her" .3.