The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-05-14
NINTH EPISODE
THE DEATH RAY.

Kennedy 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 it 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 a 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 a token Of his leaving, have him
place a 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
CONTEMPORARY at the apparently fu-
Trc
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 appeared absorbed by it, while l
wrote
There is something queer going
on, Walter" he remarked. This
thing registers some kind of wireless
rays-infrared, l think-something
like those that they say that Italian
scientist, Ulivi, claims he has discov-
cred ard called the Trays
How do you know?" asked, look
ing up 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 those mirrorlike arrangements
known as a "busybody," which show
those in a room what is going on in
the street.
AS / moved over to look at the
bolometer ! happened to glance into
the "busybody" and saw that a crowd
was rapidly collecting on the side
walk
Look, Craig!" l called hastily.
He hurried over to me and looked
We could both see in the busybody
mirror a group of excited passers-by
bending over man lying PROSTATE or
the sidewalk.
The excited crowd lifted him up and
bore him away, and l turned in sur
prise to Craig. He was looking at his
watch.
1t was now only few moments pas
nine o'clock!
Some time later our door was ex
citedly flung open and Elaine ant
Perry Bennett arrived
"Ive just heard of the accident!
she cried, fearfully- isn't it terrible
What had we better do?"
For a few moments no one said {
word Then Kennedy began CAREFUL!
examining the bolometer and som'
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 1t from time to time as Ken
nedy worked.
l was scarcely able to control m,
excitement when again saw the sam
scene enacted on the sidewalk befor
the laboratory. Hurriedly l looked a
my watch 1t was ten o'clock!
"Craig!" I cried. Another"
Instantly he was at my side. gain
eagerly. There was a second innocen
pedestrian lying on the sidewalk Will
a crowd, almost panic-stricken, gatf
cred about lin.
Its no use," he muttered, as W
gathered about him. Were heater
I can't stand this sort of thing. l wi
leave tomorrow TO- South America.
I thought Elaine Dodge would fair
at The jhock of his words coming 8
soon after the terrible occurrence GU
side. She looked at him speechless.