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being prepared for Kennedy. The
note of warning regarding Elaine was
merely a first step in the entangle-
ment
We were in the laboratory and
Craig was at work testing some chem
1cals, about to pour a liquid from a
beaker into a test tube. He paused,
posing both in his hands, listening.
Outside we could hear what sounded
like scratching at the door.
BE quiet just a minute, Walter
whispered Craig, moving on tiptoe
toward the door.
The fact was that young China
man had crept up cautiously and was
crouching there in a position like
that of runner about to start in a
race. Actually he was merely wait
ing for Kennedy to open the door,
but it looked as though he were listen
ing.
AS Craig threw open the door he
started off like a racer, apparently
dropping piece of paper in his hurry.
I darted out after him, while Craig
stopped and picked up the paper, then
StoOO gazing after us.
Down the hall the young Chinaman
dashed until he came to the back en-
trance to the laboratory. There he
turned and crouched again in the
darkness.
A moment later I came after him.
As I passed the door he seemed to
rise up Unexpectedly and stumbled
h IL 3
as I hit the floor. He rose again
and criss-crossed around the corner
of the building before 1 could pick my
self up. It was of no use now to
chase him further, and limped back
into the laboratory.
He got away In spite of me-" I
managed to blurt out as I rejoined
Kennedy in the hall. Whats that?"
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taking of the receiver, but not an
swering. Instead, she hung up and
wedged the telephone bell with
piece of paper SO that it would not
ring at all.
She was about to move away from
the desk when Elaine entered the IL
brary.
Didn't I hear the telephone bell
ring?" she asked.
Inez was quick. Yes she replied,
my former mistress telephoned that
she is sending my trunk today
ooh. very WE'LL" smiled Elaine, pass
ing on through the library with an
encouraging nod to the girl.
Inez had killed two birds with one
stone Not only had she disarmed
suspicion about the interrupted call,
but she had laid the foundation for
the delivery of a trunk which at that
moment she knew WI and Long Sin
were preparing and packing.
It was a large trunk, and in it the
two willy Cinnamon were packing a
chair. as we'll as the phosphorus ma
chine
OuC0 M1StI000 1ACA AAOuNC0 AAAcAAAAO
to sit in this chair" observed WI, tap
ping it significantly as he closed the
trunk, half our work is completed.'
Uptown Inez, always on guard, was
watching for the safe arrival of the
trunk, when she saw messenger boy
coming up the steps of the house.
Perhaps, it flashed over her, it was
some message from Kennedy. She
must get it, whatever it was.
Without hesitating moment she
slipped back into the library while the
a note of her own at the desk. She
had thought out beforehand just what
plan she was to adopt and the note
| read:
Dear Miss Dodge:
The ladies Of the First Baptist
church will send a collector for our
rummage sale this afternoon. We
thank you for whatever you can give
him. Yours truly,
Miss Ella Burns,
Secretary, Woman's Guild.
Inez read over the note she had
written herself as the messenger boy
continued ringing the bell impatiently.
Then she hurried into the hall to open
the door.
The boy came in and Inez took the
note he had brought, signing Elaine s
name for it in his book. She had
acted not a moment too soon, for
Elaine had heard the bell and was
now coming downstairs herself
"Was it ANYTHING for me- IneZ?" she
asked
Inez deity palmed the letter and
substituted the note she had written.
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Elaine, down in the library, that she
had done nothing yet about the letter
from the Women's Guild.
81 wonder what there Is upstairs
that l can give them" she thought,
as she re-read the letter. Il think
I'll see.
She started up, just as Inez was
leaving.
The adventures in the attic heard
Elaine coming and quickly slipped be-
hind a door, letting Elaine pass her,
without being seen.
In the attic Elaine started to take
down and examine several dresses for
the rummage sale, laying them aside
one by one.
An attic is always a place that calls
up memories of the past, and Elaine
soon began to think of things that
were suggested by one after another
of the discarded dresses. Besides,
some of them were scarcely worth
sending, anyway. She sat down, alb
sently, in the chair to think it over.
Suddenly a secret spring released
set of bands that automatically and
swiftly clamped over Elaine's arms
and about her body and neck, holding
her in a grip of steel. At the same
time vapor bulb in the back of the
chair shot out it's smothering fumes,
rendering her unconscious.
Elaine was caught in a trap.
Inez in silent exultation opened the
attic door just a trifie. Then her
slender hand reached in and took the
key from the inside, shut the door and
locked it from the outside.
Stealthily Inez crept downstairs
from the attic and into Elaine's room.
There, taking care that neither Marie
nor Aunt Josephine was about, she
opened the closet and took out the
dress, coat and hat which Elaine had
worn when she was kidnapped by WI
and stuffed them into suitcase. Inez
closed the suitcase quickly, threw on
house unobserved.
Half an hour later she entered the
opium joint on Mott street.
There were both WI and Long Sin
carefully examining blonde wig made
up as closely as possible to resemble
the golden masses that were the
crown of Elaine's beauty. Four or
five other Cinnamon sat and stood
about at a respectful distance.
Have you the clothes?" asked WI,
greeting Inez.
Eyes," she returned. Cali has been
done exactly as you ordered"
Good" complimented WI. "Then
you may prepare yourself Immediate
ly."
In the meantime a second trap was
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SYNOPSIS.

The New York police are mystified by a
series of murders and other crimes. The
principal clue to the criminal is the warn
ing letter which is sent the victims, signed
with ''clutching hand" The latest vic
tim of the mysterious assassin is Taylor
Dodge, the insurance president. His
daughter, Elaine, employs Craig Kennedy.
the famous scientific detective, to try to
unravel the mystery. What Kennedy &C
complishes is told by his friend jameson,
a newspaper man.
After many fruitless attempts to put
Elaine and Craig Kennedy out of the way
the Clutching Hand is at last found to be
none other than Perry Bennett, Elaine's
lawyer and the man she is engaged to
his Chinese criminals. The Chinaman
forces from Bennett the secret of the
the lawyer a potion which will suspend
animation for months. Kennedy reaches
Benefits side just after he has lost con-
seriousness.
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Eyes, ma'am," she replied, handing
Elaine the faxed note.
Elaine read it. 81 didn't know about
the rummage sale BEFORE she COM
mented, as She went into the library,
but I guess I'll have to give them
something"
. She sat down for a moment to look
over a new fashion magazine. Out
side in the hallway Inez was reading
the note which the messenger boy
had brought, with the warning post
script written by Kennedy under
meath. She knew, as she destroyed
it, that it was only part of Wu's
subtle plan to alarm Kennedy and
start him on false scent.
It was not many minutes later that
the bell rang again, and this time
Jennings answered the door, disclos-
ing the expressman with a heavy
trunk.
"Oh, I guess that's my trunk" Inez
exclaimed. May have it taken up to
the attic, out of the way?"
The men carried the big trunk up
stairs into the attic, large room full
or trunks, some old furniture and a
great many old dresses hanging up.
AS they set it down she signed the
receipt for it, and the expressmen
dumped downstairs.
For moment she leaned over the
railing and looked after them to make
sure that she was alone, then hastily
locked the door and ran back to the
trunk to unlock it.
First she took out the chair which
WI had devised and placed it near the
clothes hanging up. Next she re-
moved the phosphorus mechanism
and placed it in the shadow back
OF the chair, piling up some excelsior
and other dry stuff over and around it.
Inez had scarcely completed her
arrangements when 1t occurred to
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arm tight to his side, still with HI,
wrist pressing on the rope.

arm tight to his side, still with his
wrist pressing on the rope.
His heart fairly lea2ed. 1t worked,
The cuff link which he had devised
as a cigarette lighter as joke on mo
was burning the rope.
Then he pulled at the weakened
ropes as he had before in his futile
struggles.
They broke.
Just on the other side of the door ha
could hear the low buzz of the argu.
ment as Long Sin urged WI to allow
him to kill Kennedy.
Every well, them" WI at last
agreed, looking at his watch and nod.
ding to Long Sin and the others who
sprang forward.
Free from his bonds, Kennedy had
been standing a second WONDERING
how to escape from the room. Inst
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then he heard footsteps outside.
Quickly he replaced the ropes about
him so that they looked as if he were
still bound by them.
The door opened, and WI and Long
Sin entered, each with a knife, while
behind them were three other China
men.
WI advanced. Slowly he raised his
knife to strike.
1.-The white girl is slowly being
burned to DEATH" he Kissed, brandish-
ishing the knife. "The allotted time IS
spent
AS he poised the knife in fiendish
glee, Kennedy leaped forward from his
loosened bonds and knocked him to
the floor.
So unexpected was the assault that
before he knew it Long Sin was also
sprawling beside his master.
Craig seized the only weapon at
hand, a taboret, and brought it
down with smashing blows on the
heads of the other astounded and IN
nerved Cinnamon.
Once on the street, even in China
town, he was safe.
But it was not his own safety now
that had nerved up his strength to
, escape from the unacceptable.
Was he in time?
81 think had better go back to the
laboratory and wait for Craig" | said
at last to Aunt Josephine after wait.
ing for a time that seemed like hours
please let me know the moment you
hear from Elaine
was about to turn from the foot
of the steps to the Dodge house, when
a taxicab came dashing up almost on
the sidewalk urged on by some maniac
inside. Imagine my surprise to see
Craig, wild and dishevelled, leap out
us Elaine here-safe?" he demand
She isn't home" I managed to
reply.
Are you sure?" he repeated did
you search?"
He uttered a sudden cry, pointing
up at the roof.
Look" he gasped Mortified.
| stared in blank amazement. Smoke
was pouring out of the attic WINDOWS
in dense black columns, lighted by
an angry flame.
"Fire!" shouted Kennedy, dashing
Instantly into the house.
AS we mounted the stairs now We
could hear muff1ed screams from the
attic
Smoke was pouring out from under
the door and even through the Key.
hole. Jennings had heard Kennedy
call and was now dashing up after US
with fire extinguisher. Back OF hlin
came Aunt Josephine and Elalne'
maid, Marie, screaming for help.
Like a human battering ram We
went through that door. A sheet ~
flame shot out at us with the drai"
But Kennedy stopped for nothing
There was Elaine in chair WHICH
the devilish mind of WI Fang nau
devised to imprison her while tn0
flames licked out her beauty ana ne
Instantly Craig understood and act0u'
Garry her Quit" he cried, gasplns
for breath himself. -,
Together we seized the char o.
it's precious burden. Not a momon
too soon we set the chair down w.
side in the hall. ourselves scorcn'N
and blistered.
1t was as though Craig had accep-
ed the challenge of the fiery monStS,
He seized the extinguisher from w.
nings and attacked the flames md
By this time Jennings, Mare IN.
Aunt Josephine had succeeded Ia ~.
fastening Elaine, as our sudden ca
slaught with chemicals and vi vi
brought the fire demon under cont
Are you-all right?" gaspeo oaneG
STOPPING over Elaine as she
back half-fainting in his arms. .;oaL
Are you?" she murmured heI0' ha.
ly, forgetting her own hurts
fear for him.
Cro BE CONTINUED
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by a mere pressure of his arm. Ell
give it to you some day"
Naturally I was delighted by tn
novelty of the thing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-10
OAKLAND NOTES.
IItems Tor this department may be
phoned to 1915 or State Journal office.

The members of the Oakland Vet
eran club will celebrate the birthday
anniversary of Comrade Moore this
evening at the home or his son in Wa
bash avenue
The regular monthly business and
social meeting of the Win One class
of the Oakland NJ. E. church was held
Thursday afternoon with Mrs. A. E.
Peterson in Chester avenue. Those
present were: Mrs. J. w. Mayer, Mrs.
Ralph Neiswanger. Mrs. Guy Pepper,
Mrs. T. F. Allen, Mrs. w. S. Eastman,
Mrs. Jesse Wright, Mrs. Hamilton,
Mrs. L. K. Bannon. Mrs John Wilson,
Mrs. c. D. Webb, Mrs. A. Vester, Mrs.
Peterson. Plans for an all day picnic
Wednesday, July 81, for the members
and their families at Gage par were
made. The class will meet at the
church and take the 10 o'clock car.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Anderson were
pleasantly surprised last Monday
evening at their home in Belmont
avenue by twenty-five friends IN cele=
bration of their tenth wedding ami
VerSary. Mrs. Sarah Weaver and Mrs
John Worstel delightfully."- entertained
the guests. Mr.. and Mrs. Anderson
were presented with complete set of
aluminium cooking utensils.
Miss Ora Mcmillan is spending this
week with her uncle and aunt, Mr..
and Mrs. J. L. Heller.
Mrs. E. NJ. Walker and daughter
Helen, who have been guests at the
L. Biscoe home, left Friday for Lib
erty, Mo-, where they will spend the
remainder of the summer.
Mrs. Addison Roemerman left yes
terday for st. Louis, where she will
spend a month visiting relatives,
J. B. Ricketts, has returned to his
home in Nortonville, after a few days
visit with the r. S. Clingan family.
Miss Villa Kelsey, or Silver Lake, is
spending this week at the NJ. 7. Kelsey
home in AFTER avenue.
o. w. Neil of Wakarusa, spent
few days this week in Oakland on
business.
Misses Ruth and Florence Luding-
ton left today for Chicago, where they
will spend a few weeks with their sis
ter, Mrs. Thos. Bergman, and family.
w. F. Buaick ana daughter, Mrs.
Merle Kendall, of Kansas City. spent
a few days this week with friends in
Oakland.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Anderson were
very pleasantly surprised at their
home in Oakland avenue and Strait
street Monday, July 5, is being their
tenth wedding anniversary. The din
ner was served in picnic style on the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-10
LIKE Topeka PARKS.
Editor of Kansas Paper Tells of Gar
field and Band.

They like our parks. Following is
the impression made upon the editor
of the Riley Regent by Garfield Park
and Marshalls band:
The great Marshall bang gave a
concert at the Garfield park Monday
evening, which is located at the ex-
IRENE north end of the city, a main
avenue, possibly five miles from the
ChesHey park, where we attended a
and MarshalPs band:
The great Marshall band gave a
desires for attending entertainments,
as most of our friends at Riley know
that Jesse White, Esb KresS and my
self always attended every show that
came along So we mounted n street
car and were soon on the great park
grounds, which has enough doing in
it to equal a fair. Every entertain
ment is under shelter and lit up nth
thousands of electric lights.
The skating rink attracted our at
tertion and we were tempted to try
pair of rollers ard you may hear Of
us doing so yet. Watch the papers.
On July 4 the band gave another
concert in the afternoon and evening
with other Fourth of July entertain
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AT The THEATERS.
At the Hip.


The attraction all next week at the
Hip theater is Miss Besse Dainty and
her company in Mrs. Wigs of the
Cabbage Patch 1t is one of the most
delightful comedies ever written.
OF course the leading part goes to
Miss Dainty. In the comedy next
week, an exceptionally large cast is
required and it has taken lot of
hard work for all mem bers of Miss
Dainty's company to perfect the COM
ing play
Matinees will be given on Wednes-
day and Saturday. The admission for
the afternoon performances will be 10
and 20 cents and 10-2O-30 cents or
evenings.
At the Novelty.
Charles Chaplin, premier motion
picture comedian, is the opening at
traction at the Novelty next week.
Chaplin will appear in a late release,
The Woman" Monday and Tuesday.
In addition. Poisoned by Jealousy" a
strong pictorial drama, will be shown
on the first two week days.
Perhaps the big feature of the
week is the Williamson Submarine"
These under water films are in eight
reels and on account of their remark
able photography of the bottom of
the sea" life have been accorded
wide study throughout the country. In
New York they We're shown at dollar
prices. They will be at the Novelty
Wednesday and Thursday at a nickel
and a dime.
On Friday, Irene Fenwicll,- stage
favorite, will be presented in 1.-The
Commuters Miss FenwiclI will also
be at the Novelty Saturday in a strong
film, The Spendthrift.''
On account of the length of the pic
lures Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, only two shows night
Will be given. Z and p. m. MatineeS
will start at o'clock
At the COzy
Monday and Tuesday the Cozy thea
ter will have the eighth chapter of
THE Diamond from the Sky which
has become regular feature at this
house for those two days. This serial
has every feature to make it a movie
production that sustains interest from
week to week The adventures cen
ter around valuable diamond which
an INSCRIPTIONS relative tries to gain
more of the Charlie Chaplin comedies.
These laugh producers are much in
demand among motion picture houses,
and the distributors are kept busy
trying to supply the demand.
At the Best Theater.
William Farnum in THE Gilded
Fool'' is the headline attraction at the
Coy tonight. This is the play that
Nat Goodwin made famous. and in
for the film production, William Fox
delivered a master stroke. For next
Tuesday the Best announces an at
traction that has broken box office
records every place that it has been
shown. This is the siX-reel picturiZa-
ton of Augusta Evans's great ante
bellum novel, "St. Elmo" The story
is based upon the fact that in every
mar there are two entities, the good
and the bad, though both cannot oc-
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Friday afternoon at her home in West
Fifth street. A guessing contest was
played during the afternoon, Mrs. II.
s. Spencer winning the prize Mrs
were guests The members present
were: Mrs. T. H. Barnes, Mrs. Chas-
Cole, Mrs. F. G.. Davis, Mrs. Frank
Hess, Mrs George LHopkin. Mrs
Mrs. H. S. Spencer, Mrs. George b.
Nillee and Mrs. Seasraves. The next
meeting viii DE held in two weeks
with Mrs. Spencer in Park avenue,
Potwin place
Mr.. JAS Porter of 326 Klein street
has gone to Pueblo, Colo, to spend d
month with his children.
Mrs H. K Teel entertained the
their children all day Friday at her
home north of town. The trip was
made in automobiles. Those who at
tended the affair We're: Mrs. w. L.
and Harold; Mrs. B. T. Thompson and
children, Edna and Charles: Mrs.
Chas. Wymer and daughter, Clevas
Mrs Fred Sl1idmore and children,
and daughter, Mabel; Mrs. w. S Win
CERT and children, Mildred and Io-
raine; Mrs. NJ. Bills, Mrs. NJ -Ander-
son, Mrs. J. j. Farquet and daughter,
ter, Silma; Mrs. w. H. WATSON, Miss
Helen Odell, Mrs. Mary Puett and
daughters. The next meeting will be
held in two weeks with Mrs. Mollie
Anderson in Fillmore street.
Mrs A. b. Carey will entertain the
members of the Happy Hour club
afternoon
Mrs. G. H. F'lintham and daughter,
Eva, went to Kansas City today to
spend a few days with relatives and
friends Mrs. Lizzie Bunford Morris
and daughter. of New Jersey, who is
visiting Mrs. Jennie Ewing in Kansas
City will accompany Mrs. Flinthain
home for a short visit here.
Mrs. Henry Huber will entertain the
members of the Golden Rod club
Wednesday afternoon at her home, 81
Locust street.
The Woman's Missionary society of
the Third Presbyterian church will
meet Wednesday afternoon with Mrs.
w. G. Greer in Michigan avenue, Oak
and.
The Presbyterian Union Missionary
society will hold their quarterly meet
ng with an all-day picnic next Fri
lay at Garfield park.
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MI and Mrs. B. H. Fay will cele-
pirate their golden wedding anniver-
Sary next Monday afternoon at their
nome, Pip Lincoln street. Friends
OF the family are asked to call
Mrs Roy Yewen entertained The
members of the Dorcas society of The
Third Christian church Thursday aft
ernooh at her home, 5O4 Leland
street These present were Mrs. Tas
Crockett, Mrs H T. Mabray, Mrs
Walter MOWER. Mrs. Fred Oberer
Mrs Walter sanford, Mrs. Louise 7,
Gill, Mrs. Chas- Gathers, Mrs. berth
Hayek, Mrs. Daisy Fosbure and Nrs
Jewell. The meeting next ThursGiav
afternoon will be held with Mrs ISIi
326 Klein street
Miss Laura Mogan of 7e2 Jefferso,
street left Friday for CaIifornie
where she will spend two months
Mr. and Mrs Roy Hoover and t1,eir
guest, Mrs. Ernest Fitzler. of 1<arSas
City, Mo, We're dinner guests Thurs.
day evening at the CT. T. MattInyI,.
home in Linn street
Mrs. Eldeon H Sea graves enta--
tanned the members of the Lotus cInh
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cupy the body at the same time The
Box Office Attraction company who
produced the film perturbation of the
novel have been extravagant and most
palnstaking in depicting the manners
customs and apparelling of the days
before the Civil war. The story itself
is absorbing from beginning to end,
and the Best claims the distinction of
being the first theater to offer the
film at a five cent admission.
Free Movies at Garfield.
Considerable favorable comment is
being made of the high grade of pic
lures now being shown at Garfield as
special free attraction. The same
standard films shown in the avenue
SHOWS and for a time in the Casino at
Garfield are now being put on the
outdoor screen under the elms in Gar
field
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