The Dermott news., 1915-05-27

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 No, this is Mir. Jameson"
 oh, Mir Jameson, Eve discovered ! the Clutehing Hand papers she be gan more and more excited
 Have you read thom2' came back the voice quickly
 No. shall l2.
 "Thcn don't uuseal them" cautioned the voice Put them back exactly as you found them and I'll tell >lr Ken nedy the moment can get hold of l him"
 "All right" said Elaine "I1l do that tud please get him as soon as you possibly can"
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 I'm going ont shopping now she returned. suddenly But. toll him I'll be right back-right away
 Very well" /"
 Haneing up tho receiver. Elaine datifu1ly repIaced tho papers ln the hax and returned the box to its secret hiding rlaee pressing the spring and sliding the panel shut.
 < few minutes later she loft tho house ia the Dodge car
 Outsdo our laborotorr. leanius ID against 2 railing Dan the Dude. an rmieslre of tho Clutehirg Hand. whose dress now greatly belied his under world amanuiker. had been shadow i ing us. watching to see when We left-
 Tho moment we disappeared. he raised his hand carefully above bis head and aado tho sign ef the Clutch ing Hand Far down the street. In closed ear. the Clatching Hand him self. his face masked. gave an an swCring sign
 \ moment later he left the car. gag ing about stealthily. Not I soul was in sight and he managed to make his way Co the door of our laboratory without being observed
 Probably he thought that the pa pers might be at the laboratory. for them at the Dodge house. At any rate he was busty engaged in ransacking drawers and cabinets, in the lahora- tory. when the telephone suddenly rang
 An instant he hesitated Then. dis guising his voice as much as he could to initiate mine. he took up the re- Ceivcr
 Hello" he answered His face was study In all that was dark as he realized that il was ] Elaine calling He cleuched his crook ed hand even more victously
 Have you read them he asked, i curbiue his impatience as she unsus- pectingly poured forth her story. sup possedly 10 me
 Then don't unseal them" he has tened to reply Put them back. Then there can be uo question about them You can open them before wit nesses
 For d moment he paused then add ed Put them back, and tell no one of their discovery. l will tell Mir. Kennedy tho moment l can get him.
 Clutching Hand studied for a mo- ment and then grabbed the telephone again
 Hello. Dan" he called when he got his number Miss Dodge Is going shopping | want you and the other I Falsers to follow her-delay her all you can Use your own judgment
 It was what had come to he known i'll his organization as the Brother i hood of Falscrs There. in the back room of a low dive. were Dan the Dude. the emissary who had been loi- terinE about the laboratory gun man. pagn Mike a couple of women, slatterns one known as Kitty the Hawk and a boy of eight or ten, whom they called Billy
 All right. Chief" shouted back Dan. their leader, as he hung up the telephone after noting carefully the hasty instructions We'll do it trust us"
 With alacrity the Brotherhood went their separate ways
 Elaine had not been gone long from the house when Craig and | arrived | there.
 Too bad" greeted Jennings, but Miss Elaine has just gone shopping and don't know when she'll be back
 Aunt Josephine greeted us cordially, and Craig set down the yncaphone package he was carrying
 I'm not going to let anything hap pen here 10 Miss Elaine again if can help it." remarked Craig in low tone, a moment later. gazing about the 1 library
 What are you thinking Of doing ?" asked Aunt Josephine keenly
 I'm going to put in vocaphone.' he returned, unwrapping 1t Whats that?" she asked
 "A loud speaking telephone-con- i nected with my laboratory he ex- plained, repeating what he had all ready told me while she listened al. most awe-struck at the latest scientific wonder
 He was looking about trying to fig ure out just where 1t could be placed