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water and carefully storilized Elaine's
arm just above the spot where the red
mark showed Then he drew the hypo-
dermic from his pocket-carctully steril-
ized It also and filiing Il with scopalnmin
from the bottle
Just a moment. Miss Dodge" he en-
/ couraged, as he jabbed the needle into
her arm.
AZ we watched Elaine going under
slowly Craig talked.
That night." he said. "warily. the
masked criminal OF the 'Clutehing Hand
bent over. his arm crooked, might have
been seen down below US in the alley.
Up here, Miss Dodge. worn out by the
strain Of her fathers death, let US say,
was nervously trying to read, to do any
thing that would take her mind of the
tragedy. Perhaps she fell asleep.
Just then the 'Clutching Hand ap-
peared. lie came stealthily through that
window. which he had opened A moment
he hesitated, seeing Elaine asleep. Then
he tirtoed over 60 the bed. let us say,
and for moment looked at her. sleeping
"A second later he had thrust his hand
glass bulb with long thin neck. That
was ethyl chloride-a drug which pro-
duces quick anesthesia. But 1t lasts
only a minute or two. That was enough
As he broke the glass neck OF tho bulb
lotting the pieces fail on the floor near
the bed-he showed the thing under
Elaines face, turning his own head away
and holding a handkerchief over his own
nose. The mere heat Of his hand Is
enough to cause the ethyl chloride ito
spray out and overcome her instantly.
He steps away from her a momdnt and
replaces the now empty vial in his
! rocket.
Then he took a box from his pocket,
opened It. There must have been a
syringe and a bottle of scopolamn.
! Where they came from / do not konw,
but, perhaps, from some hospital shall
have to find that out later. He went TO
Elaine, quickly jabbing the needle with
| no resistance from her now. Slowly he
replaced the bottle and the needle in his
| pocket. He could not have been in any
hurry now. for Il takes time for the drug
TO work"
"Our criminal" resumed Kennedy
thoughtfully, may have shaken Elaine
She did not answer. Then he may have
partly revived her. She must have been
startled, 'Clutching Hand perhaps, waE
half cruching. with a big ugly blue stee
revolver levelled full In her face.
"'one word and l shootr he probably
cried. Get up'
Trembling, she must have done so
Your slipperS and a kimono,' he would
| - hu. -.
on mechanically. Then he must have
ordered her to go out OF the door an
down the stairs. 'Clutching Hand mus
have followed, and as he did SO he woult
have cautiously put out the lights"
We were following, spellbound, Ken
nedy's graphic reconstruction of wha
must have happened. Evidently he haC
struck close to the truth. Elaine's eye.
were closed. Gently Kennedy led hcl
along. Now, Miss Dodge" he eneour
aged, "try--try hard to recollect jus
what 1t was that happened last night
everything"
AS Kennedy paused after his quick re
cital, she seemed to tremble all over
Slowly she began to speak. We stoo
awestruck Kennedy had been right!
The girl was now living over agai
those minutes that had been forgotten
blotted out by the drug
And Il was all real to her. too-terrlbl
real She was speaking. plainly in terror
Il SEQ a man-oh. such a flgure-wit
mask. He holds a gun in my face-h
threatens me. / put on my kimono an
slippers. as he tells me. am in a daze
know what / am doing-and don
know. I gp out with him. downstairs
into the library"
Elaine shuddered again at the recollec
ton. Ugh! The room is dark, the roor
where he killed my father. Moonligh
outside streams in. This masked ma
and come In. lie switches on the lightl
=" Go to the safe he says, and l do It,
the new safe, you know. DO you knoN
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