The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-18


TIE watch pnrchased Tor Mise
Elaine Dodge been delivered ?' ho:
asked the clerk. 7sss
came back the reply,
watch -AIra Bennett rouEh ii stiIl here
being regulated. q
Kennedy hung up the receivars
WAS stunned.
g :The watch VIII cause her; death n
y three o'clock. d. Eaid the ClutchinE
Hand wear To leave here ithnuts
discovering my identity and 9 Will tell
you how You can saTe her! n that
watch, he Kissed. II have set pol.
9Eoned needle IN a spring that viii be 4
released and will plunge it into her
arm at exactly three o'clock On the
needle is ricinus. e. HI III lsss
Craig advanced. furious. Al he did
80 ClutchinE Hand pointed calmly to
the clock. It WIS twenty minutes OF (
threeI
With y mental struggle Kennedy
controlled his loathing Of the creature
before him.
@All rtghtbut you'll hear from
sme-sooner than you suspect he
shouted, starting for the door.
Then he came back and lifted bis
hat. hiding as much as possible the
5selenium cell, letting the light fall
on it.
Only Elaines life has saved you. ',ssss
With a last threat he dashed out.
He hailed cab, returning from some
steamship wharVes not far aWay.
Quick - he ordered, giving the
Dodge address on Fifth avenue.
Minute after minute the police and
y waited. Was anything wrong ri
Where was Craig
Just then q tremor grew into u
tinkle, then came the strong burr Of
the bell. Kennedy neededus.
With a shout of ENCOURAGEMENT to-
y the men = dashed out and over to the
old house.
Y Meanwhile Clutching Hand himself
snad approached the table to recover
his weapon and had noticed the queer
little selenium cell ssa: 81
The deuce!s. he cried. Hes
planned TO get me anyhow.
Clutching Hand rushed to the door "
then stopped short. Outside he could
hear the police and myself .
C1utching Hand slammed shut his
door and pulled down: over it a heavy
wooden bar. ssB 3
at the desk he paused and took out
e piece of card board. Then. with IL
heavy black-ma king pencil, he calmly
printed on II, while we battered at the
#barricaded door, a few short feet away.
He laid the sign on the desk, then
on another piece Of ardboard, i drew
crudely hand with the index finger
pointing This he placed on chair,
indicating the desk.
Just as the swaying and bullying
door gave way, Clutching Hand gave q
the desk q pull. 1t opened up-his get
away. sEss5s55
He closed 1t with sardonic smile
IN our direction, just as the door
crashed in. -
We looked about. There wassnot a.
soul in the room. nothing but the sele.
snium cell. the chairs. the desk.
sss Look! cried, catching sight st
the index finger. and going oTerEto the
desk. ~
We rolled back the top There on
the nat top was a sign
sDaar BIocEheads:
Kennedy and ! COULDN'T walt.
Then came that Emy sterious sign OF
the Clutching Hand.
We hunted over the rooms. but
could find nothing that showed clue.
Where was Clutching Hand !? Where
was Kennedy?
In the next house Clutching Hand
had literally come out OF an. upright
piano into the room corresponding to
that he had sleft. Hastily he threwion
lis handkerchief, slouch hat old coat
md trousers. A neat striped pair Of
trousers replaced the old !, frayed ana
sbaggyEpair. newssh shirt then u sporty
vest and Ia frock coat followed.
she put the finishing touches On
he looked for4a1I the world Ikea be.
SWhiskered foreigner.
the door the new headuuarters.
sa few seconds later, stood with the
police.
Not sign Of him anywhere, .-.s
sgroWled one OF the officers
a. = ~ : VI s$E
Elaine vas sitting IN the 1ibrarys
reading then Aunt 10 sephine turned
to her. ss ss
hat time! is It. dear? she asked.
Elaine glanced at her pretty new
strinket.
Nearly three, Aunt ust u couple
minutes she sal 5l5
Just then there came the sound Of
drumming Inn srnadly down the hallway.
They jumped IN, startled s
Kennedy his coat and hat
damned ta1l11l over his eyes, had almost
sboWled poor FJenning In his mad
race down the hall.
y. demande Elaine haughtily.
what q;
EBefore She knew what was congo
craig hurried mp to- rand literally
5rppedsthe watch off. her Y. mrist hrnaI..H