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The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-04-30

Kennedy said nothing for moment.
Then he seized his hat and coat.
''If you don't mind" he said, well
go back there with you"
|
WI Fang, the Chinese master mind,
had arrived in New York.
Besides WI, the inscrutable Long
Sin, astute though he was, was a
mere pigmy-his slave, his advance
agent, as 1t were.
New York did not know of the ar
rival of WI Fang, the mysterious, yet.
| But down in the secret recesses Of
Chinatown, In the ways that are devil
Gus and dark, the oriental crooks
| knew and trembled.
Thus 1t happened that Long Sin was
not permitted to enjoy even the fore
| taste of Benefits spoils which he
had forced from him after his weird
transformation into his real self, the
Clutching Hand, when the Chinaman
| had given him the poisoned draft that
had put him into his long sleep.
He had obtained the paper showing
where the treasure amassed by the
Cfutching Hand was hidden, but WI
| Fang, his master, had come.
The night following his arrival, WI
| Fang was reclining on divan, when
his servant announced that Long Sin
was at the door.
Have you brought the map with
your" asked WI.
Long Sin bowed low again, and drew
from under his coat the paper which
he had obtained from Bennett. For
a moment the two, master and slave
| in guile, bent over, closely studying It..
| At one point of the map Long Sins
bony finger paused over a note which
| Bennett had made:
| Beware of poisoned gas upon open
ing compartment"
"And you think you can trace it
| out?' asked WI.
without doubt" bowed Long Sin.
| He went over to a bag near by,
which he had already sent up by an
other servant, and opened it. Inside
was an oxygen helmet He replaced
| it, after showing 1t to WI.
With the aid of the science Of the
white devil" purred Long Sin subtly.
Outside, WI had already ordered a
car to wait, and together the two
drove off rapidly. Into the country
they sped, until at last they came to
a lonely turn in lonely road.
! Long Sin alighted and disappeared,
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-04-30
Puzzled Uncle Pash.

From the time the coal and iron
territory round about Jenkins was
opened up and the town began to form
itself out of the construction and pros
pecting camps, P. c. Dix, secretary
of the state executive committee OF
the Young Mems Christian associa-
ton, took a deep interest in its de-
velopment and spent much time there
assisting in the formation of a strong
and active branch of the association.
One story he tells is Of an aged noun
taineer, who, after the railroad trains
had begun running regularly, ventured
down to see for himself some of the
wonders of which he had vaguely
heard. He stood on the rude platform
and watched the train pull in, After
a few minutes it backed up a little
way. What dye think Nv her, Uncle
Pash?" asked one of the loungers.
oval, kin see how tn ingyne mout
pull them thar kyars," said the old
man, thoughtfully, but what gifts me
Is how them kyars pulls tn ingyne,'
louisville Times.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-04-30

with parting word of instruction
from WI, who remained in the car.
The Chinaman carried with him the
heavy bag with the oxygen helmet.
Long Sin hurried down the road
until he came to a trolley pole, then
he looked hastily at his watch. 1t
was twenty minutes at least before
the next car would pass.
Quickly, almost monkeylike, he
climbed up the pole, carrying with him
the end of wire which he had taken
from the bag
Having thrown this over the feed
wire, he slid quickly to the ground
again, then, carrying the other end
of the wire in his rubber-gloved hand
through the underbrush until he came
to a passageway in the rough and I'M
cleared hillside-a small opening
formed by the rocks.
hesitate to enter, carrying the wire
and the bag with him.
1t was nightfall before we arrived
with Elaine at Aunt Tabby's.
Kennedy lost no time in examining
the fireplace.
At one point in the drawing pc
culiar protuberance was marked Ken.
nedy was evidently hunting for that
He found 1t at last and pressed the
sort of lever. A small section q. the
side of the fireplace opened up, dis
closing an iron ladder, leading down
into one of those characteristic hiding
PLACES in which the Clutching Hand
used to delight.
Let's go down and explore It,"
suggested, taking a step toward the
ladder
Kennedy reached out and pulled me
back. Then without word he pressed
the little lever and the door closed.
II think we'd better wait while
Walter" he declared. 81 would rather
hear Aunt Tabby's haunts myself"
We were sitting about the room
when suddenly the most weird and un
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-04-30

ing It on her, 'take this-keep II
near you'll"
The noises ceased at length, as
strangely as they had begun.
Half an hour later they had all gone
back to bed and were asleep. But
Elaine's sleep now was fitful, con.
slant procession of faces fitting be.
fore her closed eyes.
Suddenly she woke with start and
stared into the semi.darkness. Was
that face real, or a dream face? Was
1t the hideous helmeted face that had
dragged her down into the sewer
once? That man was dead. Who was
this?
She gazed at the bedroom window
holding the huge revolver tightly
There, vague in the night light, ap'
peared a figure. Surely that was nc
dream face of the oxygen helmet. Be
sides, it was not the same helmet.
She sat bold upright and fired point.
blank at the window, shivering the
glass. A second later she had leaped
from the bed, switched on the lights
and was running to the sill.
Downstairs Aunt Tabby and Uncle
Joshua had heard the shot. Joshua
was now wide awake.
"Wh-what was it?" he asked, puff
ing at the exertion of running up
stairs.
Il saw-a face-at the window
with some kind of thing over it,
gasped Elaine. 1T was like one l saw
once before"
Uncle Joshua did not wait to hear
any more. He ran out Of the room
and into the garden beneath Elaines
window.
He looked about for signs of an IN
truder. There was not a sound.
He happened to look down at the
ground. Before him was a small box
He picked it up. Here's something
though" he said.
Joshua went back to the house.
whats in it?' asked Elaine as he
rejoined the woman.
She took the curious little box and
unfastened the cover AS she opened
it she drew back. There in the box
was a little ivory figure of man
all hunched up and shrunken, a hid
eous figure.
1t was the afternoon following the
day of our strange discovery of the
fireplace done in sympathetic ink or
the apparently blank sheet of paper
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-04-30
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 Ken
try to unravel the mystery. What Ken
nedy accomplishes is told by his friend,
Jameson, newspaper man. Enraged at
the determined effort which Elaine and
Craig Kennedy are making to put an end
to his crimes, the Clutching Hand, as this
strange criminal Is known, resorts to all
sorts of the most diabolical schemes to
put them out of the way. Each chapter
of the story tells Of new plot against
their lives and of the way the great de-
tective uses all his skill to save this pref
ty girl and himself from death.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-04-30

In Benefits effects, when the speak
ing tube sounded and answered it.
"Why--it's Elaine" l exclaimed.
Kennedy's face showed the keenest
pleasure at the unexpected visit.
Tell her to come right up" he said
quickly.
| opened the door for her.
"Why-Elaine-Im awfully glad to
see you," he greeted, "but thought
you were rusticating."
81 was, but, Craig, it seems to me
that wherever l go something hap
pens," she returned you know, Aunt
Tabby said there were haunts.
thought it was an old woman's fear
but last night heard the strangest
noises out there, and I thought saw
a face at the window-a face In he'll
met And when Joshua went out, this
Is what he found on the ground under
my window"
She handed Kennedy box, a Pc
culiar affair which she touched ginger
ly, and only with signs of the greatest
aversion.
Kennedy opened it. There in the
bottom of the box was a curious lit
tie ivory devil-god. He looked at it
curiously a moment.
Let me see," he ruminated, still
regarding the sign. "The house you
bought for Aunt Tabby once belonged
to Bennett, didn't IT."
Elaine nodded her head. Eyes, but
/ don't see what that can have to do
with it," she agreed, adding with a
shudder. Bennett is dead"
Kennedy had taken a piece Of pa
per from the desk where he had put
1t away carefully. Have you ever
seen anything that looks like this?"
he asked, handing her the paper.
Elaine looked at the plan carefully,
as Kennedy and l scanned her face.
She glanced up, her expression show
ing plainly the wonder she felt
why. yes" she answered. THAT
looks like Aunt Tabby's fireplace In
the living room"
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-04-30
Then Was the Time.

DR.. Wilmington Ingram, the bishop
of London, is possessed of a some
what cynical wit. He was once en-
gagged in conversation with very
bumptious man, who was boring him
terribly.
What fine life bishops must be?'
exclaimed the bore, enthusiastically.
II would give anything to change
places with your lordship for just one
hour to experience what it must be
like"
All" replied Doctor Ingram, fer
vently, 81 wish you could this very
moment"
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-04-30

AS Elaine glanced down the column
Jennings announced that Aunt Tabby,
as she loved to call her old friend,
had arrived and was now in the Ii
brary with Aunt Josephine.
With an exclamation of delight
Elaine dropped the paper and, fol-
lowed by Rusty, almost ran into the
library.
"Oh, I'm so glad to see you," half
laughed Elaine, as she literally flung
herself into her nurses arms. II feel
so unstrung-and l thought that if |
could just run off for few days with
you and Joshua in the country, where
no one would know, it might make me
feel better. You have always been so
good to me. Marie! Are my things
packed? Very well; then get my
wraps"
Her maid left the room.
"Bless your SOUL" mothered Aunt
Tabby, stroking her soft, golden hair,
I'm always glad to have you in that
fine house you bought me- And. faith,
Miss Elaine, the house is a splendid
place to rest in, but don't know
what's the matter with it lately.
Joshua says it's haunts."
"Haunts?" repeated Elaine in
amused surprise. why, what do you
meant"
Marie entered with the wraps before
Aunt Tabby could reply, and Jennings
followed with the baggage.
Nonsense" continued Elaine gayly
as she put ON her coat and turned to
bid Aunt Josephine goodbye.
Elaine went out, followed by Rusty
and Jennings with the luggage.
Now for long ride in the good
fresh air." sighed Elaine, as she
leaned back on the cushions Of the
Dodge limousine and patted Rusty
while the butler slowed away the
bags.
The air certainly did, II anything
heighten the beauty of Elaine, and at
last they arrived at Aunt Tabby's
tired and hungry.
The car stopped and Elaine, Aunt
Tabby and the dog got out. There
waiting for them, was Uncle" Joshua,
az Elaine playfully called him, for
mer gardener of the Dodges, now a
plain. honest countryman on whom
the city was fast encroaching; jolly
old fellow, unframed by the world.
Aunt Tabby's was an attractive
small house, not many miles from
New York, yet not in the general line
of suburban travel.
Kennedy and had decided to bring
BENEFITS papers and documents over
to the laboratory to examine them
We we're now engaged in going over
the great mass of material which he
had collected In the hope of finding
some clue to the stolen millions
which he must have amassed as re
suit of his villainy. The table was
stacked high.
A knock at the door told us that the
expressman had arrived and a mo
ment later he entered. delivering g
heavy box. Kennedy signed for II
and started TO unpack it,
I was hard at work when l came
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-04-30
Not Interesting.

Millions of germs can lodge on
pin point" said the man who is al
ways getting excited about some
thing.
WELL" replied Mr.. Growcher, ut
doesn't concern me. never encour
age anybody to swallow pins"
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-04-30
Book Pretenses.

1.-THE kind Of books people read
nowadays is rather startling"
YES" replied Mrs. McGudley, "but
l have my doubts whether folks stop
dancin' long enough to read EN-.
When / was young we used to read
books and pretend we didn't. Now
people pretend they read 'em and
don't"
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-04-30
Fifteenth EPISODE
THE SERPENT SIGN.

Rescued by Kennedy at last from
the terrible incubus of Benefits per
secution In his double life of lawyer
and master criminal, Elaine had, for
the first time in many weeks, feel
Ing Of security.
Now that the strain was off, how
ever, she felt that she needed rest and
chance to recover herself, and it had
occurred to her that few quiet days
with Aunt" Tabitha, who had been
her nurse when she was little girl,
would do her a world of good.
She had sent for Aunt Tabby, yet
the fascination of the experiences
through which she had just gone still
hung over her She could not resist
thinking and reading about them as
she sat one morning with the faithful
Rusty in the conservatory of the
Dodge house.
had told the story at length in the
Star, and the heading over 1t had
caught her eye.
1t read:
THE cLuTCHlNG HAND DEAD.
Double Life Exposed by Craig Ken
nedy.
Perry Bennett, the Famous Young
Lawyer, Takes Poison $3.50 Kennedy
Now on Trail of Master Criminals
Hidden Millions.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-04-30
THE cLuTCHiNG HAND DEAD.

Double Life Exposed by Craig Ken
needy.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-11
Tri-W eekly Courier

CHANGING ADDRESSES.
Subscribers wishing their address
changed will please give the name OF
.tha postoffice to which tho paper has
been sent as well as the postoffice
Raere they desire it to be changed to.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-11

is interested in the shipping business,
and / know that it will require large
sums of money for the government to
carry out this project. l think l know
that the government is going to rely
ON it's favorite bank and Kuhn, Loeb
& Co. has increased it's deposits as
deposits of banks not 50 friendly to
the administration have decreased
proportionately."
Does not the senator know" de-
manded Senator MARITIME, that Paul
M Warburg resigned from Kuhn,
Loeb & Co. when he went to the fed
eral reserve board, and proclaimed his
action publicly?"
Senator Bristow suggested Mr. War
burg had transferred his interest in
Kuhn, Loeb & Co. to a member of his
family.
IF it is true" said Senator Bris-
tow that Mr. Warburgs interests IN
Kuhn, Loeb & Co. have been turned
over to brother of his family and
his brother is the supervising head
of great transatlantic shipping line
which now has twenty-four ships in
termed in American ports, and il
Kuhn, Loeb & Co. handle the securi-
ties of this steamship line, isn't 1t
reasonable to suppose that If this bill
passes, the United States will be urg-
ed to buy those ships ?"
"To my mind" replied Senator
Townsend, 'it is at least suspicious
circumstance which the government
of the United States should not be-
come involved in"
When Senator Townsend concluded
Senator Gallinger moved to lay aside
the ship bill and take up the water
power bill That proposal, however,
was tabled, "A to 49, Senators Bank
head, Hardwick and Vardaman, of the
democratic insurgents, Joined the
democratic side on the vote. Senator
LaFollette, republican, voted with the
republicans to take up the water power
bill.
Norris Undecided.
The loss of Senator Norris vote
showed a threatened break in the adj
ministration lines. The Nebraska
senator disclosed that he was unde-
cided whether to aid the effort to force
the measure through.
1.-THE republicans have showed he
said, just before he entered the cham
Der, chat they are in a position to de-
lay vote on the ship bill until the end
of the present session. BY pressing
the bill we accomplish nothing and
prevent the passage of urgent legisla-
ton which will fail entirely unless
passed at this session. 1t seems to
me that the ship bill could better go
over until the next session than have
the measure killed.
The loss of Senator Norris vote will
once more place the administration
forces on the defensive and give the
opponents of the ship bill majority.
With his support the administration
forces could get tie vote which would
be decided by the vice presidents
vote.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-11
St. Joseph's Hospital

Miss Cleota Sutton 1O9 South Jeffer-
son street entered Tuesday night for
surgical treatment. She is reported i'm
proved today
Marion Moughler Of Floris entered
Tuesday for surgery.
Mrs. Nora Drenner, 429 North Weller
street. is a surgical patient.
Eben Price of northwest Of the city
and Joseph Lunkley, 622 Queen Ann
avenue, are medical patients.
Glenn Wright of Charlton is among
the recently entered surgical patients.
Miss Edith Miller, 624 Center ave-
nue., is taking surgical treatment.
Miss Genevieve Beck of Charlton has
returned home after treatment.
Miss Lucille Gilbert. s2s West
Mechanic street, has returned home
after treatment.
Mrs Anna Norman, 52s East Main
street, has entered for treatment.
Ernest G. Reeves, 81 East Holt
street, has returned home after treat
ment.
Mrs. w. It. Lambert of Des Moines
has left for the home Of Mrs. M. Lam
bert, 1928 Wes4 Fifth street, after surg
ical treatment
Mrs. W. Mozart, 1T Norris street, is
a surgical patient
H. Fl. Bruins, 416 North Court street.
who has been taking treatment for
burns received in i recent accident, is
reported doing nicely and will be able
to return home in few days
Mrs. J. w. Heller, 1872 North Ransom
street, Is medical patient.
Mrs. A T. Collins Of Mt Ayr is
among the patients.
Misses Blanche Bowker Louise Remy
and Jessie Akers are doing special
nursing duty.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-11
BATTLE
MAY BE DECISIVE
CONTINUED From Page H.

Continued From Page -
lodged by counter attacks delivered
by our infantry.
! 'This success was preceded by long
and violent hand-to-hand fighting with
| the bayonet which is without prece-
dent in history. The losses sustained
in this engagement by the Germans
were exceedingly heavy.
ATTACKS of the enemy In the vicin-
| ity Of Wyschkowo also were repulsed.
| ''In the Black sea the former Ger
! man cruiser Breslau (now unit OF
! the Turkish navy bombarded Yalta,
| in the Crimea. Our cruisers on Feb
ruary 8 shelled a Turkish battery at
Trebizond and sunk one steamer. An
other steamer loaded with provisions
and two-masted schooner were sunk
near Leros"
Bayonets Freely Used.
I'm order to attack our positions
near Koziouwka, the Germans COM
tmenced their concentration of troops
the night of February 7. Early the
next morning they began the delivery
Of an irresistible offensive movement,
and their attack was supported by a
very violent fire from their heavy art1l-
F, lery. They were successful in gaining
an important height occupied by us,
but they were promptly driven from
| this position before our bayonets
! Attacks then followed without let
up. Toward evening the Germans in
very considerable numbers took pos
session of the highest position in our
, line, from which they were dislodged
only after a desperate fight. Before
retiring they exhausted all their
strength in a stubborn resistance to a
general counter attack on our part, a
feature of which was an unprecedent-
ed encounter with the bayonet.
"All tha side of this hill was covered
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-11
MODERATOR WILL
SPEAK AT MEETINGS

Rev. Scott w. Smith of Cedar Rapids
moderator of the Iowa synod, will be
present and speak at the all day meet
ing of the members and friends of Mil
Ter church Friday. The first service
will be held at 1920 o'clock, the after
noon meeting opening at 2 o'clock
Dinner will be served by the women at
noon in the church parlors. The affair
is the annual business meeting, which
is always observed with an all day ses.
sion. An urgent invitation is extended
to all members and friends to be pre-
sent for both sessions.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-11
BLOOMFIELD WOMAN
CALLED BY DEATH

Bloomfield, Feb. 10.-The funeral Of
Mrs. Cirrilda ]. McEntire was held Sat
urday afternoon in the Baptist church,
conducted by Rev. J. P. Thomas. Her
maiden name was Hampton, and she
was native of Virginia. Mrs. Nc
Entire was left an orphan when quite
young, and made her home with an
uncle, who came to Monroe county,
Iowa when she was twelve years old.
At the age of sixteen she was married
to Thomas J. McEntire. To this union
was born seven children, four of whom
are still living to mourn for her. She
also leaves fifteen grandchildren and
six great grandchildren. Mrs. McEn.
tire passed away in this city at the age
of IS years and 81 days. Besides the
relatives she leaves a large circle Of
friends. She was laid to rest in the 1.
o. 0. F. cemetery to await the resurrec.
ton morn.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-11
DISMISS ACTION
AGAINST CRICKBAUM

The case against Emory Crickbaum
charging him. with breaking and enter,
ing was dismissed in Justice H. G.
Nosler's court, Tuesday afternoon
when it was called for trial. Crick'
baum was charged with being connect,
ed with the breaking and entering OF
Clarence Holidays residence at 1902
East Hayne street, for which offense
Alva Shelley was bound over to the
grand Jury. Stuff cient evidence was not
at hand to warrant trying the case
When Lee Robb and Roscoe Smith OF
Blakesburg failed to appear before JUS
tice Nosler the case against May Grit
fifth, colored, charged with statutory
offansa WINS dismissed.