The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-18

besides other apparatus, Two good
sized spools OF fne wire.
What's all that" i asked inquisi-
lively .s
Y Another OF the new instruments
that scientific detectives use. he re-
sponded, scarcely looking up, a little
magnetic wiza.:d, the telegraphone.'s.
Which is q. ] prompted.
Something we detectives might use
ITO take down and can telephone con;
versations and other such converse
tions. When it is attached properly
to telephone. 1t records everything
that is said over the wire. The record
is not made mechanically on a cylin-
der, but electro-maEnetica1ly on this
wire
Craig continued to tinker tantaliz-$
ingly with the machine which had
been Invented by Dane. Valdemar
Poulsen.
He had scarcely finished testing the
telegraph when the laboratory door
opened and a c1ean=cut young man
entered.
Kennedy, knew. had found that the
routine work OF the Clutching Hand
case was beyond his limited time and
had retained this young man, Raymond
Chase, to attend to that.
Just now what worried Craig was
the situation with Elaine, and I fan
Ecied that lie had given Chase some
commission in connection with that
I've got it. Mr.. Kennedy, greeted
/ Chase with quiet modesty.
Good" responded Craig heartily. T
knew you would z. e
Got what, asked a moment later.
Kennedy nodded for Chase to an.
swer.
I've located the new residence qf
Flirty Florrie,' he replied.
saw what Kennedy was after at
once. Flirty Florrie and Dan the Dude
had caused the quarrel between him
self and Elaine. Dan the Dude was
dead. But F1irty Florrie might be
forced to explain 1t.
That's fine he added. exultingly.s
Nov Ill clear that thing up
He took a hasty step to the tele-
phone, put his hand on the receiver
and was about to take 1t of the
hook. Then he paused. and saw
his face working
Finally his pride. for Kennedy's was
a highly sensitive nature, got the bet
ter Of him.
he said, half to himself, mot
Yet"
Elaine had returned home
Alone, her thoughts naturally went
back to what had happened recently
to interrupt a friendship which had
There must be some mistake" she
murmured pensiyely to herself, think
ing OF the photograph Flirty had given
her. Oh why did I send him away?
\ Why didn't believe him ?''
AIechanically, she put out her hand
to the telephone.
She was about to take OF the re-
ceiver, when something seemed to
\ stay her hand. She wanted him to
come to her.
Crnig's eye fell on TIL telegraphone.
and an idea seemed to occur to him.
Walter, you and Chase bring that
4 thing along he said a1moment later
At last NE came to the apartment
house at which Chase had located the
woman. ,
ow, Chase he directed, you
needn't go In with Sus. Walter and ]
can manage this now. But don t get
Y out OF touch with me. shall need
You any momen certainly, tomor.
row ~ III y.
Kennedy slipped on a badge in
scribed: ephone insp ector.'
Waiter he smiled, you're elect
ed my helper "a
we entered the apartment house
hall and found a negro boy In charge
Of the switch oard. s
Tou look over the switchb board,
Kelly he winked at me, while test
out the connections back here. There
must be something wrong with the
wires or there wouldn't be SO many
complaints
/ He had gone back to the switch
board while the negro. still unsuspi-
cious. watched without Sund erstandinss
what 1t was all about. ".
81 don't knoW,C Craig muttered final
us; for the benefit OF the boz, but q
think I'll have to leave that tester,
after all. Say. IL Il put It here, you'll
have to be careful not To let anyone
NEEDLE with 1T. II you do, thereT bat
\ the deuce TO pay. see2' NJ
Kennedy had already started to- fas.s
ten the telegraph to the wires he5
had selected from the tangle.f
At lastHhe finished ndSstood up. f
Don't disturb II and dom let any
one else touch it,. he ordered. Bet
ter not tell anyone hats the best
way. I'm be back for It tomorrow
probably. ss NJ sl9s
as. sab y nod led the boy, with ~
bow, as heEwent out
Back In the new hang.out the
Clutching Hand was laying down the
law to his lientenanta and heelers,
when Slim at last entered.
Huh growled the master Grim.
inal. conveying the fact that he; was