The Dolores star., 1915-04-16

-Jsse tAsa the Ulstchiss Hand ~
peesod. He ea0o oeealthny through
that wiDdow. which - haA opsasd. 4
moment hs hssitatsA. sssins ulaias
asleep. Thso hs tiptesd over To the
bed, LEI % cay. and tos nomsnt
looked ct her. slsspins.
A second later he had thruse his
hand Into his pocket and had taken out
. small glass bulb with . long thin
neck. That was ethyl chloride-a
drug which produces . quick anesths-
sia- But II lasts only minute or two.
That was enough. Al be broke the
glass neck Of the bulb-letting the
pieces fall on the floor near the bod
he showed the thing under Elaine's
face, turning his own head away and
holding . handkerchief over his own
nose. The mere heat Of his hand IL
enough to cause the ethyl chloride to
spray out and overcome her instantly.
He steps away from her . moment and
replaces the now empty vial In his
pocket
Then he took box from bis pocket.
opened II. There must have been .
syringe and Q bottle Of scopolamin.
Where they came from ! do not know.
but perhaps from some hospital. !
shall have to md that out later. He
went to Elaine, quickly jabbins 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 II takes time for the drug to
work"
Kennedy paused. Had We known at
the time, Michael-he Of . sinister
face-must have been In the hallway
that night. careful that no one saw
him. A tap at the door and the
"Clutchlng Hand" must have beckoned
him. A moments parley and they sep
arated-"Clutching Hand" going back
to Elaine, who was now under the in
nuence Of the second drug.
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, was half crouching.
with big ugly blue steel revolver
leveled full in her face.
lone word and ! shoot he prob
ably cried. Get up!'
Trembling. she must have done SO.
Your slippers and . kimono.' he
would naturally have ordered She
put them on mechanically. Then he
must have ordered her to 60 out of
the door and down the stairs. Clutch
ing Hand must have followed, and as
he did SO he would have cautiously put
out the lights"
We were following, spellbound, Ken
nedy's graphic reconstruction Of what
must have happened. Evidently he
had struck close to the truth. Elaine's
eyes were closed. Gently Kennedy led
her along. Now. Miss Dodge" he en-
couraged. "try-try hard to recollect
Just what It was that happened last
night-everything"
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r.c,,.i .hs ss.msS ~ ,rsmh,s Al, over
sIov,v .hs h.,.n ~ .na.I We .,ood
awestruck. Kennedy had been right!
The girl was now living over again
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anu was :" Ie.' " usl' 'oC,s
Truly Ie.h DUG WE 'pe.'"s' p's'"''
IN .eIlor
sec . man-on. sucn = nsur-
WIN . mask nc no'o' : gun IN my
tsce-ne tnrea.ens me- ! put on my
.'mono ano shppen - no .ens me.
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ooine-anc ! CONT Know. 30 OUT
WIN nim' oowns'airs' ihto 'ne library
Elaine murdered again at the recoi'
lection. ugh! The room Ii dark.
the room where ne killed my father
Moonlight outside streams In. This
masked man and ] come In. He
switches on the lights.
Go to the cafe he says. and !
do it-the new safe. you know. DO
you know the combination! he asks