Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-04-17
NINTH EPISODE
THE DEATH RAY.

henneuy was reading a scientific
treatise one morning, while | was
banging on the typewriter, when a
knock at the laboratory door disturbed
us.
By some intuition Craig seemed to
know who 1t was. He sprang to open
the door, and there stood Elaine
Dodge and her lawyer, Perry Bennett.
Instantly Craig read from the
startled look on Elaine's face that
something dreadful had happened
"Why - what's the matter?" he
asked, solicitously.
"A-another letter-from the Clutch
Ing Hand" she exclaimed breath
lessly.
Craig took the letter and we both.
read, with amazement:
Are you an enemy of society? If not,
order Craig Kennedy to leave the country,
by nine O'Clock tomorrow morning. 9th
erwise pedestrian will drop dead outside
his laboratory every hour until he leaves.
The note was signed BY the now IA
miliar sinister hand, and had added
to it postscript which read:
AS token of his leaving, have him
place vase of flowers in his laboratory
window today
What shall we do?" queried Ben
nett, evidently very much alarmed
at the letter.
"Do?" replied Kennedy, laughing
contemptuously at the apparently flu.
tile threat, why, nothing. Just
wait
We got up as usual the next day,
and quite early went over to the labo-
ratory. Kennedy, as was his custom,
plunged straightway into his work
and 'peared absorbed by 1t, while l
wro.e
"Th5re is something queer going
on, Walter" he remarked. This
thing .egisters some kind of wireless
rays-infra-red, I understanding
like those that they say that Italian
scientist, Ulivi, claims he has discov-
cred and called the Trays"
"How do you know" I asked, look
ing IN from my work Whats that
instrument you are using?"
"a bolometer, invented by the late
Professor Langley" he replied, his
attention riveted on it.
Some time previously Kennedy had
had Installed on the window ledge one
Of e mirrorlike arrangements,
XII as a "busybody," which show
tho in a room what is going on in
t. e .,leet.
AS | moved over to look at the
bolometer | happened to glance into
the "busybody" and saw that crowd
was rapidly collecting on the side
walk.
Look, Craig!" called hastily.
He hurried over to me and looked.
We could both see in the busybody |
mirror group of excited passers-by
bending over a man lying PROSTATE on
the sidewalk.
The excited crowd lifted him up and
bore him away, and / turned in sur
prise to Craig. He was looking at his
watch.
1t was now only few moments past
nine o'clock!
Some time later our door was ex-l
citedly flung open and Elaine and
Perry Bennett arrived.
"I've Just heard of the accident"
she cried, fearfully isn't 1t terrible!
What had we better do?"
For few moments no one said a.
word. Then Kennedy began carefully.
examining the bolometer and some
other recording instruments he had,
while the rest of us watched, fasci-
mated.
Somehow that "busybody" seemed
to attract me. could not resist look
ing into it from time to time as Ken
nedy worked.
was scarcely able to control my
excitement when again | saw the same
scene enacted on the sidewalk before,
the laboratory. Hurriedly | looked at
my watch. 1t was ten o'clock!
CRAIG" | cried. Another"
Instantly he was at my side, gazing
eagerly. There was a second innocent
pedestrian lying on the sidewalk while
q crowd, almost panic-stricken, gath ]
cred about i'm.
ITS no use," he muttered, as we
gathered about him. Were beaten.
can't stand this sort of thing. | will l
leave tomorrow TO South America"
! thought Elaine Dodge would faint |
1t the jhock of his words coming SO
soon after the terrible occurrence out
side She looked at him speechless. il