The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-05-20
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Noyt Kennedy opened the case
which he had taken out OF IN" CAP
met. and from Il h. took ont a l'a''
iu~um.asbestos mirror, which was
something Of his own invention. He
held II up, and in pan'omimo shower
me ius, how II would cut Of the dead
~ RAYS.
He had not finished even that. when
n peculiar noise In the laboratory IL
self disturbed him, and he hastily
thrust the asbestos.platinum shield
into his pocket
Though We had not realized II, our
return had been anticipated
Suddenly from a closet projected a
magazine gun. ard before we could
move ClutchinE Hand himself slowly
appeared behind US.
We started 10 our feet. but In an
instant found ourselves SPRAYING on
the floor.
In the cabinet. beneath the 'ahora.
tory table, another crook had been
hidden. aud he tackled US with all
the skin Of an old football player,
against whom We had no defense.
Four Of them were uron US In.
stantly.
At the same time Thomas. N" faith.
less valet Of Bennett. had been dis.
patched hy the C%lutchinc Hand "a
commander his masters roadster in
his absence. and, carving out the In.
struc,iors. he had driven W before
Elalne's house az the very moment
when she was going ont for a walk
Thomas jumped out Of The car and
touched his hat d~efaror,iaily
"a message from Mr. Bennett
ma'amg he explained Mr. Kennedy
and Mr.. Rcnnc', have sent me 20 ash
you 10 come over 20 the laboratory
Cnspspoc,iurly, Elaine stepped into
the car and drove OF
Instead. however. Of turning an
pulling UP on the laboratory side o'
the street. Thomas stopped oplosit,
IL. He got out and Elaine. 'h!ukiul
that perhaps Il was 20 save time
that he had not turned the car around
followed.
The door was opened quickly by ;
lookout OF the Clutchinr Hand and tn,
valet asked IL Craig and Elaiuc's law
yer were in. OF course, the loohou
replied that they were and befor,
Elaine knew II she was jostled int,
the dark hallway.
And as the door slammed she cauch
sight OF the fearsomc C~Iu,chlng Han,
himself.
She drew back, but was too frirh,
encl eve 20 scream
With a harsh. cruel laugh. the super
criminal hockou,d 10 her 'o follow
him and look down through q sma.
t]rarGoor,
Unable now 10 resist, she ala so.
There she saw as To 'ha, cN'or
the valet had told the truth. Ken
nedy was standing In deep thought
while ! sat on an old box, smoking
cigarcttc-ycry miserable.
Watching his chance, when N
street was deserted, the Clgtchiu
Hand and his followers had hustle
US over TO the new h%anrout from IN
laboratory, There they had met NOR
crooks and had thrust US into this vii
hole.
As the various Intellectual scheme
Tor escape surecd through my head,
happened to look up and caught
glance Of horror on Craig's face.
followed his eyes. There, above u,
was Elaine!
saw her look from US 20 the Clutcl
ing Hand in terror. But none OF u
uttered a word.
i will now show you, my dea
young lady" almost Kissed the Clutcl
ing Hand at length, as pretty a gam
or hide and seek as you have eve
seen
As he said IL another trapdoor nea
the infra'red ray machine was opone
and a beam Of light burst through
knew II was not that which We had I
fear, but the invisible rays that n,
companied II, the rays that had n
iected the bolometcr.
Just then Il spot Of light Shove
near my foot, moving about the C,
ment floor until II fell on my shoe. II
stantly the leather charred. even b,
fore ] could move.
Kennedy and | lcaped 70 our fe,
and drew back. The beam followe
us. We reteated further. Still II 10
lowed, ~inexorably.
Clutching Hand was now holdin
Elaine near the door where she coul
not help seeing. laughing ~diabolicall
while he directed lACroix and the rel
to work the infra.red ray apparatu
through the trap.
As we lodged from corner TO Corne
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