The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1915-05-01
TWELFTH EPISODE
the sLooo CRYSTALS.

On your right IL the residence ol
Miss Elaine Dodge. who IL pursuins
tho famous master criminal known q
tho Clutching Hand"
Tho barker had been grandiioQuent
" pointing out &he residences OF noted
New Workers ~ the big Sightseeing
car numbered along through the
streets
No one had paid any attention 70
the unobtrusive Chinaman who sat In.
conspIcuously In the middle Of the car
He was Mr.. Wong Long, Sin. but no
one saw anything particularly mys.
ssrious about an Oriental visitor. more
or less. viewing New York city.
Wong was OF the mandarin type,
With long. dropping mustache. well
dressed In American clothes. and con.
forming 10 the new customs OF an Oc.
cidentalixed China.
Anyone. however. who had been
watching Long Sin would have seen
that he showed much interest when.
ever any Of the wealthy residents OF
the city were mentioned The name
Of Elaine Dodge seemed particularly
TO strike him. He listened with subtle
Interest 10 what the barker said and
looked ksonly at the Dodge house.
| Tho Sightseeing car had passed the
house. when he rose slowly and mo-
toned that he wanted to be let Oh.
The car stopped. he alighted and slow,
" rambled away. evidently marveling
greatly at the strange customs OF these
uncouth Westsrners
Elaine was going out when she met
Perry Bennett almost on the steps OF
tho house.
i've brought you the watch" ~.
marked Bennett Thought "a like to
give II to you myself"
He displayed the watch which he
himself had bought q couple Of dnys
before for her birthday. He had called
for Il himself at tho jewelers.. where II
had now been regulated.
"Oh. thank you exclaimed Elaine,
Won't you come in?"
They had scarcely greeted each other
when Long Sin s,rolled along. Neither
VI them. however, had time 10 notice
the iuiet Chinsman who passed the
house. looking at Elaine sharply out Of
the corner Of his eye, They entered
and Wong disappeared down the /
street.
isn't Il q AeAuty?" cried Elaine. I
holding II out from her ~ they entered
the library. and examining II with
great appreciation. And. oh. do you
know. the stranEese thing happened
yesterday! Sometimes MIR. Kennedy
acts too Queerly for anything"
She related how Craig had burst in
on hor and Aunt Josephine and had
almost torn the other watch on her
wrist.
Another watch?" repeated Bennett.
amazed. 1T must have been mis-.
take. Kennedy is crazy"
II don't understand II, myself" mur.
INJURED Elaine.
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Long Sin was revolving some dark
and devious plan beneath his impas.
sive Oriental countenance. He was NO
ordinary parsonage, In fact, he was
lstute enough to have no record. He
left that to his tools,
This remarkable criminal had estab'
|ished himself In hired apartment
Town town
Long Gin, now In rich Oriental oos.
!ume, was reclining on divan smQk. b
nc . Strengthening pipe and playing
With two pet white rats. Each whitc rat
had . gold band around his leg. %
which was connected gold chain
lbout q foot IN length, and the chains
,ndsd In rings which were slipped {
'ver Wons's little fingers. Ordinarily
10 carried the. pets up the capacious
lsevs OF each arm,
4 little Chinese girl. also In native
costume. entered and bowed dsfsrsn.
tally.
"A Miss Mary Carson" she iispsd In
oft unSlish,
"Let the lady enter." waved Long
In, with smils OF subtle satisfaction.
The GIRL bowed again and silently
lft the room. returning with hand.
ome, very well.dressed white woman.
Il would be difacult TO analyse Just
That the fascination was that Long
In exercised over Mary Carson. But
3 the servant lett the room. Mary
owed almost 90 deferentially - the
title Chinsst GIRL. Wong merely nod
"a In reply.
Astsr Q moment hs slowly rose and
Dek from . drawer . uewspapes clip
~ wllhsst vesd b handed It 70