The Dermott news., 1915-05-06
Kennedy Discovers the Secret of tho
 Poisoned Room.

spite of the fact that it was broad daylight, it was running His face puckeHed
 They are using no current at pres ent iu the house he ruminated. yet the meter is running"
 He continued to examine the meter Then he began 10 follow the electric wires along At last he discovered place where they had been tempered with and tapped by other wires.
 The work of the Cmtching Hand,' he muttered
 Eagerly he followed the wires to the furnace and around to the back. There they led right into a little water tank Kennedy yauked them cut As he did so he pulled some thing with them.
 Two electrodes the villain placed there" he exclaimed. holding them up triumrhantly for me to see
 Yves replied. dubiously. but what does it all mean2.
 Why, don't you see? Under the :n- tueuee O. the electric current the wa ter was decomposed and gave off oxy- gen and hydrogen The free hydrogen passed up the furnace pipe and com bcius with the arsenic in the wall paper formed the deadly arseniuretted hydrogeu."
 He cast the whole improyised cleo troIysis apparatus on the floor and dashed up thp cellar stpps
 I've found iti@ he crie> hurrying into Eaine's room It's in this room
 deadly gas-a arseniurette, hydro gen.
 He tore open the windows
 Have her moved, he shouted to Aunt Josephine Then have a vac uum cleaner go over every inch of wall. carpet and upholstery"
 Standing beside her, he breathless- ly explained his discovery. That wall paper has been loaded down with arsenic. probably paris green or SChweinfurth green. which is acetoar> sonite of copper Every minute you are here you are breathing arseniuret- ted hydrogen. This Clutching Hand is a diahoical genius. Think of it. poisoned wall paper!"
 No one said a word Kennedy reached down and took the two Clutching Hand messages Elaine had received. 'l shall want to study these notes, more. too" he said, hold ing them up to the wall at the head of the bed as he flashed his pocket lens at them You see, Elaine. I may be able to get something from study ing the ink. the paper the hand writ ing"
 Suddenly both leaped back. with a cry.
 Their faces had been several inches apart Something had whizzed between them and literally impaled the two notes on the wall
 Down the street, on the roof of a carriage house, back of a neighbours. might have been seen the uncouth fig ure of the shabby South American In- dian crouching behind a chimney and gazing intently at the Dodge house.
 As Craig had thrown open Elaine's window and turned to Elaine the figure had crouched closer to the chimney
 Then with an uncanny determina- tion, he slowly raised the blowsun to his lips
 l jumped forward, followed by Doc tor Hayward. Aunt Josephine and Marie. Kennedy had a peculiar look as he pulled out from the wall blow, gun dart similar in every way to that which had killed Michael.
 "Craig!" gasped Elaine. reaching up and laying her soft, white hand on his arm in undisguised fear for him, you you must give up this chase for the Clutching Hand!"
 Give up the chase for the Clutch ing Hand?" he repeated In surprise. Never! Not until either he or I - dead!"
 There was both fear and admiration mingled in her look, as he reached down and patted her dainty shouldss encouragingly.
 TO BE coNTINUEDl