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leader of Long Sins attendants ana
struck down the other with a blow.
Kennedy seized Elaine's yielding
body, and, pushing back the curtain to
the anteroom, succeeded in gaining it
and locking the door into the main
temple.
Bennett was still lying on the floor
tightly bound. With a few deft cuts
with a Chinese knife which he had
picked up Kennedy released him.
At the same time Cinnamon were
trying to batter down the door, Ken
nedy's last bulwark. 1t was swaying
under their repeated blows.
While Kennedy was thus besieged
by the devil worshipers in the ante
room, several policemen and detectives
gathered in the seance room with us,
next door, where Savetsky was held a
defiant and mute prisoner.
l had discovered the bell and, taking
that as a guide, started to trace the
course of wire which ran alongside
the wall
To the fireplace l traced the. bell
and, in pulling on the wire, l luckily
pressed secret spring. 70 my amaze
ment the whole fireplace swung out
of sight and disclosed a secret pas
sageway.
looked through it.
1t was almost at that precise instant
that the door of the anteroom burst
open and the Cinnamon swarmed in,
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she must have caught sight Of one or
two of the policemen who had incau-
tiously exposed themselves from the
hiding place in which l had disposed
them before we entered. At any rate,
Savetsky did not lose jot of her re-
markable composure.
I'm sorry" she remarked merely,
''but I'm afraid my control is weak
and cannot work today"
She took a step toward the door,
motioning us to leave. Neither of US
paid any attention to the hint, but re-
manned seated as we had been be-
fore.
Almost before knew what she was
doing, she made a dash for something
in the corner of the room. 1t was
time for open action, and l seized her
quickly.
My detective was on his feet in an
instant
'Ill take care of her." he ground
out, seized her wrists in his viselike
grasp. You give the signal"
rushed to the window, threw up
the shade and opened the sash, wav-
ing our preconcerted sign and turned
again toward the room.
With a sudden accession of desper-
ate strength, Savetsky broke away
from the plainclothes man and again
attempted to get at something con-
cealed on the wall l had turned just
in time to fling myself between her
and Whatever object she had in mind.
AS the detective took her again and
twisted her arm until she cried out
in pain, l hastily investigated the wall,
She had evidently been attempting to
press a button that rang a concealed
bell.
What did it mean?
Elaine, now completely unconscious,
was being held by the Cinnamon,
while her arm was smeared with
sticky, black material from the caul-
dron Of Long Sin.
Suddenly the aged Chinaman with
the prayer wheel stopped his inces-
SAINT, impious turning, and, rising, held
up his hand as If to command atten-
| ton.
This is nonsense" he cried in a
loud voice. why should our great
Ksing Chou desire white devil? I, a
great-grandfather demand to know"
Shaking with rage, Long Sin or
dered the intruder off the dais. But
the aged devotee refused to go.
"Throw him out" he ordered his at
tendants.
For answer, as the two young
Cinnamon approached, the old China
man threw them down to the
floor with a quick iiu-jitsu movement.
Furious now beyond expression,
Long Sin stepped forward. He seized
the beard and queue of the intruder.
To his utter amazement they came
| off,
1t was Kennedy.
With his automatic drawn, before
the astonished devil dancers could
recover themselves, Craig stood at
bay.
Long Sin leaped behind the big
gong AS the Chinaman rushed for
ward to seize him. Kennedy shot the
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urged on by the insane exhortations Of
Long Sin.
To my utter amazement, l recog-
nized Kennedy's voice.
In the first onslaught Craig shot one
Chinaman dead, then closed with the
others, slashing right and left with the
Chinese knife he had picked up.
Bennett came to his aid, but was
Immediately overcome by two China.
men, who evidently had been detailed
for that purpose.
Meanwhile Kennedy and the others
were engaged in terrible life and
death struggle.
Finally, Long Sin, Selling a large
wall-hanging, leaped upon Kennedy
from the back and threw it over his
head, almost suffocating him.
1t was just as the Chinese was about
to overpower him that l led the po-
lice and detectives through the pas.
sageway of the fireplace.
1t was glorious fight that followed.
But Long Sin and his Cinnamon were
no match for the police. and were soon
completely routed, the police striking
furiously in all directions and clearing
the room.
Instantly Kennedy thought Of the
fair object of all this melee. He
rushed to the divan on which he had
placed Elaine
AS she opened her eyes for an in
slant she gazed at Craig, then at Ben
nett. Still not compromising just
what had happened, she gave her hand
to Bennett. Bennett lifted her to her
feet and slowly assisted her as she
| tried to walk away.
Kennedy watched them, more stupe-
fed than if he had been struck over
the head by Long Sin.
Police and detectives were now TAX
ing the captured Cinnamon away, as
Bennett, his arm about Elaine, led her
gently out.
A young detective had slipped the
bracelets over Long Sins wrist, and l
was standing beside him.
Kennedy, in daze at the sight OF
Elaine and Bennett, passed us, scarce
ly noting who we were.
AS Craig collected his scattered
forces Long Sin motioned to him, as
if he had a message to deliver.
Kennedy frowned suspiciously, He
was about to turn away when the Chi
naman began pleading earnestly for a
chance to say a few words.
"Step aside for moment, you fell
lows, won't you, please?" he asked. II
will hear what you have to say, Long
| Sim"
Long Sin looked about crafty.
"What is it?" prompted Craig see
ing that at last they were all alone.
Long Sin again looked around.
swear that l will go free and not
suffer" he whispered, land l will be-
tray the great Clutching Hand"
Kennedy studied the Chinaman
keenly for a moment. Then, seeming
ly satisfied with the scrutiny, he nod
ded slowly assent
AS Craig did SO. | saw Long Sin lean
over and whisper into Kennedy's ear.
Craig started back in horror and sur
| prise.
tTo BE coNTINUED.)
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den Passage in the Fireplace.
that Aunt Josephine must go. Your
father cannot speak while she is pres
ent."
Aunt Josephine, annoyed by what
she had heard, Indignantly refused to
go and was deaf to all Elaine's plead
ings.
Il think 1t will be all right" finally
acquiesced Bennett, seeing how bent
Elaine was on securing the message.
I'm stay and protect her"
Aunt Josephine finally agreed. Every
well, then" she protested, marching
out of the room in a high state of
indignation.
She had scarcely left the house,
however when she began to suspect
that all was not as it ought to be, In
fact, the idea had no sooner occurred
to her than she decided to call on
Kennedy and she ordered the chauf-
feur to take her as quickly as possible
to the laboratory.
Kennedy had not been in the labo-
ratory all the day after my expert
ence with the acid, and | was mpa.
tiently awaiting his arrival At last
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Jennings entered with a card on a
salver. Elaine took it and saw with
surprise the name of her caller:
MADAME SAVETSKY,
Medium.
Beneath the engraved name were
the words written in ink: 81 have
message from the spirit of your ia
Their"
Yes, 1 will see her." cried Elaine
eagerly, in response to the buffers in
quiry.
She followed Jennings into the ad-
joining room and there found herself
face to face with the hard-featured
woman who had only a few moments
before left the Clutching Hand.
Elaine looked rather than spoke her
inquiry.
Your father, my DEAR" purred the
medium, with great pretence of sup
pressed excitement, appeared to me
the other night from the spirit world
!, was in trance and he asked me to
deliver message to you"
What was the messenger" asked
Elaine breathlessly, now aroused to
intense interest.
Il must go into trance again to get
it," replied the insinuating Savetsky,
land if you like l can try it at once,
provided we can be left alone long
enough"
Seated in her chair, the medium
muttered wildly for few moments,
rolled her eyes and with some con-
vulsive movements pretended to go in
to trance.
Suddenly the curtains were pulled
aside and Aunt Josephine and Ben
nett, who had just come in, entered.
Il can do nothing here" exclaimed
Savetsky, starting up and looking
about severely. You must come to
my seance chamber where we shall
rot be interrupted"
81 WILL" said Elaine, vexed at the
intrusion at that moment. Il must
have that message-I must"
Whats all this, Elaine?" demanded
Aunt Josephine.
Hurriedly, Elaine poured forth to
her aunt and Bennett the story of the
mediums visit and the promised mes
sage from her father in the other
world
Aunt Josephine, who was not one
easily to be imposed on. strongly OBJ
iected to Elaine's proposal to accom-
| pany Savetsky to the seance chamber,
but Elaine would not be denied.
ut might be safe for Elaine to co.
Bennett finally suggested to Aunt Jo-
sephine. eff you and l accompanied
her."
A few moments later in the Dodge
car, Elaine, the medium and her two
escorts started for the Chinese quar-
tiers.
At the house the medium opened the
door with her key and ushered in her
three visitors.
Entering the room, the medium at
once prepared for the seance by pull
ing down the window shades.
Suddenly an indistinct face was seen
to be peering through the black cur
tains. A voice, deep, sepulchral, was
heard in slow and solemn tones.
II am Eeko-the spirit of Taylor
Dodge. l will give no message until
one named Josephine leaves the
room"
No sooner had the words been ut
tered than the medium came writhing
out of her trance.
What happened?" she asked, look
| ing at Elaine
Elaine reported the spirits words.
I'VE can get nothing if your aunt
stays here" Savetsky added, insisting
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Jennings entered with card on
salver. Elaine took it and saw with
surprise the name of her caller:
MADAME SAXETSkY
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pointed instrument and that Of care
fully selected detail. In his long golden
wears il has been the draughtsmanship
Of the brush, and Of substance synthe-
sized. seen in the large. And as it has
matured IL has taken ever subtler and
more profitable account Of movement
until il has come TO be. quite literally,
a clairyovant thing, means whereby
he has put life itself upon the canvas.
Here arises that possibly irrelevant
matter Of greatness TO which we have
alluded. In 1873, when Degas visited
the United States, staying with his
brothers IN New Orleans, he painted
"Le Bureau de Cotton" picture which
we well remember seeing IN Paris III
teen years ago. The cotton brokers'
turning over their samples or reading
their papers. in this int-rior afforded
the artist motive utterly prosaic.
They threw him back upon his tech
niouc and nothing else. Degas was
well content. All ne wanted to do was
70 register the thing seen, and that, on
the whole, is all that he has ever want
ed to do. The unreasonable riches OF
the imagination, Of the spirit, he has
cheerfully permitted to go by the
board. and the remuneration if we may
so cha. actcrize a process involving no
regrets has cost him much. It has not
merely narrowed the scope Of ms
thought. conhning him TO the race
course. the ballet, the cafe, the laundry,
and so on, for his themes. It has
blankctcd mis- inventive powers. 1t has
restricted him in the transcendently
important field Of design. On the other
hand. it did not close the door to a
certain poignant emotion.
This cynical cxplolter Of a prodlgious
manual gift this disintercsted reporter
of the thing seen, could not remain
insensitive to the appeal Of mere hu-
man nature. 1t might not touch his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-04
rvpes Once Revolutionary Which Now
Seem Almost Classical.
BY ROYAL CORTISSOZ.

,UE exhibition which opens to-day the Brooklyn Museum
i 1t
American paintings which that the
suaout hundred representing sixty aristshave
brtted to Jury other words, appear
,cren Will be criticism of its list,
r on valid grounds. While have noted omissions with
~ expecting that the Museum should
everybody of this The thing that
oud lot of interesting pictures The principle of independence
which proceeded eNctes only the fund
$4,000 which be increased has been collected for the purchase
v show. The big gallery which has been taken
the will be kept for month All this delightful is
line excellent policy which has made the exhibitions Wash
n desirable Nothing has been said about the the
meme bu, fairly to will become
iure this its good fortune
-r acccsSion departments These include the
M Richard Canfeds large collect Of Autographs by Whistler
editions Avery other things But
pp augy this practical taken S of American
For collector this the month of the Beginning
Of Monday April - the engangs and chngs brought
ber General BraytOn Ives viii be sold at the American
Art Gacc dispose of the 1928 prints and
m one of will be without its really exciting moments All of
amateurs the fore for the combat We wish
that some one might present with comfortable his credit
~ there public spirited subscribers the Print Room of the Public
library L. opportunity strengthen that useful department.
vice might be performed the energetic soul who would urry around
the next begging boOwingo otherwise acquirnga fund
for the use of the Print Room at this sale
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talty like his is too interesting to be
arbitrarily curbed.
A painter OF kindred virtues is Mr..
Henrik Lund, the Norwegian. who is
having an exhibition Of pictures, por-
traits, Autographs and etchings at the
Bourgeois gallery. The pictures. scenes
out of doors done in broad splashes of
color, are not particularly attractive,
and the painted portraits also suffer
Little from Mr.. Lund's rather summary
craving and brushwork. But in char
octerization, especially about the eyes
of his stters, he has rare gift. These
swift, vivid impressions of his fairly
Jingle with life. Their simplicity is an
ether point in their favor. Mr.. Lund
gets his eloquent effects with the
fcwest possible touches The litho-
graphs and etchirgs might be de-
scribed as snap shots if they were not
marked By a personal accent lifting
them into finer category. This is di-
rect. manly work. little crude, hut
only as genuinely powerful work is
sometimes crude.
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title of a picture contributed by Monet.
Degas didn't like il. He wanted them
to call themselves independents"
Miss Cassatt, too. would have preferred
that title. She had no ideas of "Im-
pressonism," so called. She wanted
merely to be free, to be modern. Thus
she went neither to Manet nor to
Degas for anything like formal tuition.
Their ideas reacted upon her art, but
in the development OF the latter she
cndeavored to follow a course of her
own.
To draw well and truthfully. to make
her color beautiful, to bring light into
her pictures, to manipulate oils or
pastel with the right feeling for the
character of her medium this was her
ambition, and not any Grass emulation
Of the men whom she nevertheless
knew for her masters. She prolited by
their teaching only as she had proGted
by the teaching of the earlier European
painters, with an open mind. 1t was
Characteristic Of her, as she sought to
clarity her ideas OF design, to go for
some Of her inspiration to the art Of
Japan. At the bottom OF all her striv-
ings was that same artistic rectitude
which allies Degas with lngres. 1t is
amusing to reflect that Miss Cassatt
and Degas were once grouped with the
"revolutionaries. To-day their pictures
are seen to possess an almost classical
sobriety and balance. 1t is because
their workmanship is both individual
lied and sound. Miss Cassatt is not.
any more than Degas, a difficult type
Her merits lie upon the surface, the
merits of close observation and tender
ness, OF good drawing. Of thoughtful
composition, of work well done.
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THE MODERN IDEA SET FORTH
BY TWO BRILLIANT PAINTERS

Journ' Among his contemporaries the
man OF his choice was lngres, then a
veteran sustaining the old classical
tradition against the rising forces Of
roman ''''S'" commanded by Deia-
Groin DegaS could admire them both,
TO De sue with the easy iiberal'ty Of
an artist essentially intellectual but
ms cult Ior lngfes remains with him,
IL is SAID TO TINS day. And here the
TASK OF explanation is surely simplicity
itself 1T is not necessary to trace the
adventures OF Degas among Italian,
Du'ch and Ffencn masters with metic-
uIous soI'cItude for the identification
oil TINS or that thread ~ his resultant
Developments He has been. first and
I"s'' draughlsman. and one can see
readily enough how Ingres came to h
MS I'cnest source Of inspiration. The
master oI Non'"Uo"h inlua'ed nm INTO
''e O'""'' anu 'ne grandeur OF the
'''''s 'i'"' IS' j" 'he hoOieS' sense
D'e"' mas Eo"e on drawing
mag ''''''''E ever since
HIS color has truth IRE, distinction,
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He is skilful and yet preserves an a.
most artless qualit. in the exercise OF
his skill, painting his delightfully."-
American subjects as though with no
thought save for the sweetness of land
scape sentiment. He has no brilllance
of stvle. but then he has no Sticky cul-
tivated manner" His workmanship IS
Straightforward and il it IS not par
ticularly original it is. at all events, en-
cacing and adequate. There is very
delicate, intimate note in such pictures
Of his as "The Mill Race" by the
River and "Old Sawmil at Four
Winds" They are sensitive, lovely por-
traits of places. Altogether Mr. Pres
TON. leaves an inspiriting impression.
So likewise, in his different way,
cces Mr.. Jonas Lie, at the Ralston gal
lerv. Where MIR. Preston is all light
ness and sparkle Mr.. Lie is for a ruder
force. His studies made in the city
streets. before huge buildings, or along
tle waterfront, are like his Panama
rictures-bold and broad. Controlling
his exuberant energy is a good sense
of composition, and he has, too, a keen
feeling for light and color. Witness, IN
illustration of this trait, the luminous
BEND in the Brook" the brilliant
"Nasturtium and Aster," and the suave
quality of his beautiful snow scene,
the Norwegian Village Nh Lie IS
rot infrequen,ly in danger Of forcing
the note, he Is so very vigorous that
a; times he threatens TO pyerdo his adj
n.irable breadth, his rough picturesque
ness. But it is a pardonable fault. Vi
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mark left upon a ballet girl by her
backbreaking routine. He knows the
absinthe fend's stigmata, so to say.
His working women are obviously the
victims of their toll. When he draws
the nude you can tell at once whether
he has used a professional model or
some poor drudge the body reveals
the pressure Of its usual clothes.
Whatever he paints he paints with
ruthless csndor. Nor is he deferred by
the intrinsic ugliness Of given mo-
tive. 1t is the truth. the bald human
fact. that amuses him. Beauty, SEN
suous beauty, and the beauty Of grace.
Of youthful form and of suaye move
ment, strays in, as it were, unasked.
In either case, whether his subject be
engaging or repulsve, he moves US by
his splendid power and his rich per-
sonal force. He is one of the out
standing eXemplars of the fact that
style, original genius. will triumph
over any limitations.
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Technique and Sentiment in the Art of
Mary Cassatt,

To turn from Degas to his old COM
rade, Mary Cassatt, is to turn from
cynicism to the domestic affections.
The picture that she sent to the Salon
of 1873, when she was finding her way
as a young artist in Paris, was one of
girl Offering a glass OF water to
bull fighter; but the subjects b. which
she has made herself known have been
almost uniformly drawn from the nurs-
cry, from the drawing room, from the
happy lawns Of b :utful homes. She
has painted mothers and their children.
Her whole work is saturated in senti-
ment. But that sentiment has never
been strained; it has never had any
thing mawkish about it; nor has it
been cultivated with an anecdotic pur-
pose. Miss Cassatt has simply been
sympathetic toward women and chill
dren of the gentlest sort, as Degas has
been sympathetic toward his hopelessly
SOPHISTICATED models. Otherwise she
has worked from psucb the same point
of view.
She. too. is tireless student of the
thing seen, a technician wreaking her
self upon life We have recited the
principal events of her career before, at
the time NJ. Segard published his biog-
laphy, a year ago, but we may repeat
some of the t.ings said then. Like
Dcgas, she began her pupilage under
the old masters in Italy, where she
studied Correggio, and at the Prado
and in Antwerp, where she devoted
herself to Rubens. Returning to Paris
in 1874, she struggled for a time to ad-
lust herself to the prevailing condi-
tons Of the Salon NJ. Segard tells of
4 background lowered in key to satisfy
the jury but she began to live when
she came into contact with the paint
ings of Manet. Courbet and Degas.
These men she recognized as her true
masters" and at this time she helped
TO make history. When, in the spring
of 1879. Degss and his friends organ
lied the fourth exhibition through
which they sought to challenge the Off
cial wing of the French school they
were still outlaws, but were beginning
TO make themselves felt. They got
their name from Impression the
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Recent Works by James Preston, Jonas
Lie and Henrik Lund.

The minor shows of the week include
some charming things. Mr.. James
Preston, at the Braun gallery, has a
number of winter scenes, which in the
beauty of their color and the freshness
of their atmosphere exhale, as a mat
ter of fact, the very airs Of spring.
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feed his eye and rouse his curiosity.
The unmistakabe burthen Of his vivid
transcripts of modern French life is
the burthen Of just so many social doc
umcnts. Dcgas knows precisely the
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form or expression than the line Of
some craftsman with twice his per-
sonal force. In sheer human nature
this is one of the raciest, most con-
vincing exhibitions Of the season.
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IONS AND OTHER MATTERS OF FINE ART

would appear to be one Of taste. lie
seeks the architect who will make him
the kind of design that he likes. Every
thing else he takes for granted. Ae-
cording to the American Institute OF