The Springdale news., 1915-05-07

there came 2 knock at the door and opened it hurriedlE. There was mes senger boy who handed ne 8 note. tore II open II was from Kennedy and read T shaH probably be away for two CT three days Gall ap Elaine and tell her 10 beware Of d certain Madame saTetszE
 was stiII pazzllnE over the note and was just about to call up Elaine when the speaEssg tgbe was blown and @ my surprise found that 1t vas Aua9 Josephine &H9 mad called
 Where Is 3Er kaaaeG32 saa asked greatly agitag-t
 fa has gone away for ! se0 days l replied 5Eaahly Is there anything cH aa2e
 vas very excited and hast r lated what mad la#5 #5e1aG at tEe 1arlcF a6 taa medium.
 What was her name cred aax= -auslg
 Madame savetssy" she replied. ta ay surprise.
 Astou1ded. I picked ID cratE-s note from the desk and handed t to her without a word She read t win breath3ess eagerneas.
 Come back there with me. please. she begged. almost frantic win fear now Something terrible may have happened
 
 Amt Josephine had hardly left sa= =vetsky when the trance was resumed. Suddenly from the mysterious shadz oWs af the cabinet there appeared the spirit of Long Sin, whose death Elaine still believed she had caused when Adventures Mary had lafad her 70 tHe apartment.
 ElaIEe was trembling with fear at t1e apBaritiaa.
 A before. q strange voice sounded 5n tae depths of tHe cabinet and aqaIn message vas heard Ia low solemn tones
 au keza and hava with n4e Lonssin. His blood cries fer veaa Elaine was overcome Vf+h horror af# z4e words
 Then a azm, ghostIy figure. aBpar= eetHg= =fhat= =of- Long Sin, appeared
 Win arms outstretehed. the figure g-ided from the cabinet and approached Ela#He She shrank back farther a se34ht. tea horHtaed even to scream Af The same moment the medium irev 3 vaper pistol rom her dress. and as the ghost af Long Sin =Ieaped ar Flame. savetzkv darted forward and shot ! stream of vapor f4Il ia Benaetts face.
 Reanett dropped unconscious. the -gh-s in fhe darksned room flashed -eD and several =af the men of the Giutehing Hand fashed=Ia
 Quickly the fireplace A=as turned on its eleverlg= eonstrpcted. hinges. re= eealiag the hidden passage.
 Before any effective resistance could be made Elaine and Bennett were hustled through the passage securely bound. and placed on q diyan in curtained chamber back Of the altar of the devil worshipers
 
 II was at that moment that I. little dreaming Of what had been taking place. arrived with Aunt Josephine at the house Of the medium.
 She answered my ring and admitted IS. To our surprise. the seanee room was empty
 Where Is the young lady who was here7" I asked
 Miss Dodge and the gentleman just left q few minutes ago" the medium explained, as We looked abous
 happened to notice torn handker- chief lying on the floor It flashed over me that perhaps 1t might afford a clue
 As passed it. purposely dropped my soft hat over It and picked up the hat, securing the handkerchief with out attracting Savetsky's attention. Aunt Josephine was keen now for returning home 10 find out whether Elaine was there or not No sooner had she entered the car and driven off than I examined the handkerchief + was torn. as if it had been crushed in the hand during q struggle and wrenehed away I looked closer h the corner vas the initial [ :
 That was enough Without losing another precious moment I hurried around to the nearest police station, The sergeant detailed several r0undsmen and man in plain clothes and together We returned Co the house laying careful plan to surround it secretly while the plaineiethes man and obtained admittance
 
 Meanwhile. the Chinese devH wor- shipers had again gathered in their cursed temple and Long Sin. fn his priestly robe. appeared on the dais. The w0rshipers kotowed rever- ently to him, while Tt the back again stood the aged Chinaman patiently y,4