Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-04

brought 1t TO Kennedy.
! III II il really a bomb" ] remarked
why not put the thing out Of commits
sion7"
mo, no, Walter" he cried quickly.
| shaking his head III It's a chemical
bomb. the water might be just the thing
TO make the chemicals run together and
set II off.
He took the bomb and carefully placed
Il under the wonderful rays, then with
| the microscope over his eyes studied the
shadow cast by the rays on its sensitive
screen. For several minutes he con-
tinued safely studying It from every
angle, until he thoroughly understood Il.
| It's bomb. sure enough" Craig ex-
claimed looking UP from It at last TO
me. IT'S timed by an ingenious and
! noiseless little piece of clockwork, in
there. too. And it's powerful enough to
blow us ALL the laboratory included. to
kingdom come"
| As he spoke. and before could remon-
strate with him, no took the Internal
machine and placed II on a table, where
| he set TO work on the most delicate and
dangerous piece Of dissection of which I
have ever heard.
Carefully unwrapping the bomb, and I'M
screwing one part while he held another
firm, he finally took out OF II bottle Of
liquid and some powder. Then he placed
few grains OF the powder on q dish
and dropped on II a drop or two OF tho
| liquid. There was a bright flash as
the powder igrited instantly.
Just what / expected" commented
Kennedy with a nod, as he examined the
clever workmanship of tho bomb.
One thing that interested him was that
part Of the contents had been wrapped
In paper 20 keep them in place. This
paper he was now carefully examining
\ with a microscope.
As nearly as / could make out. the pa
per contained part OF a typewriter
chemical formula which read:
"rincture of Iodine. Three parts Of
| He looked up from his study OF tho
microscope 10 Long Sin.
Tell me iust how II happened that you
got this bomb" he asked.
| Without hesitation the Chinaman re-
cited tho circumstances, beginning with
tho note by which he had been sum-
moned.
"a note7' repeated Kennedy. eagerly.
! was It typewritten7"
4 Long Sin reached into his pocket and
produced the note itself. which he had
not burned.
As Craig studied the typewritten mes
sage from the Ciutching Hand could see
that he was growing more and more ex-
cited.
AT last he has given US something
| typewriter" he exclaimed. ITO most
people, I suppose. II means that type
writing 10 the best way TO conceal iden-
tity. But there are thousand and one
ways Of Identifying typewriting. Clutch
ms Hand knew that. That was why he
was 20 careful TO order this note de-
stroyed. AZ for the bomb he figured
that II would destroy itself"
He was placing one piece OF typewrit-
I ing after another under the lens, scru-
thinking each letter closely
Look. Walter" he remarked at
length. taking n fine tipped pencil and
pointing at the distinguishing marks as
he talked. You win notice that all the
It's In this note are battered and faint
az we'll as trifle out OF alignment Now
I will place the paper from the bomb IN
der the microscope and you will also see
that the IT'S In the scrap OF formula
have exactly the same appearance. That
indicates without the possibility OF a
doubt, taken In connection with a score
OF other peculiarities In the letters which
i could pick out. that both these were
written on the same typewriter have
selected the 'TE because II is the most
marked"
strained my eyes TO look. SURE
enough. Kennedy was right There was
that unmistakable identity between the
rs IN the formula and the nots-
Kennedy had been gazing at tho floor.
his face puckered In thought as looked.
Suddenly he clapped his hands together,
as II he had made a great discovery.
i've struck it, he exclaimed. jump
ing up. II was wondering where l had
seen typewriting that reminds me OF this
Walter, get on your coat and hat. We
are on the right tran at last"
Aunt Josephine was In the library
knitting. when the butler. jennings an
nounced us. We were admitted at once
for Aunt Josephine had never quite un-
derstood what was the trouble between
Elaine and Craig, and had a high regard
for him.
Where is-Niss Dodger' inquire,
Kennedy. with suppressed excitement. a
We entered.
II think she's out shopping. and
don't know Just when she viii be back.
answered Aunt Josephine. with som
surprise. "why9 Is Il anything i'm
portant-any newsr'
Very important" returned Kennedy
: excitedly. Il think ] have the best clu
yet. Only-it will be necessary 10 lool
) through some OF the household CORE
spondence Immediately to see whethe
; there are certain letters. wouldn't b
surprised II she had some-perhaps no
very personal-but must see them"
Aunt Josephine seemed nonplussed q
/. first I thought she was going to refus
TO allow Craig 20 proceed But final
she assented.
Kennedy lost no time He went 70
desk where Elaine generally sat, an
quickly took out several typewriter let
ters- One after another he examine
them closely. rejecting one after another
r until finally he came 20 one that SCENE
d 10 interest him.
\ lie separated II from the rest and fe
20 studying II. comparing II with the pa