Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-21

covering from her faintness. smiled
wanly at Elaine.
ITS all right" she murmured He is
n Chinese prince Nho thought we were
callers" ..
At the reassuring nod OF Mary toward
tho front room. Elaine was overcome.
IL killed him" she managed TO gasp.
"What2" cried Mary. starting up and
trembling violently. You killed him.
Yes" sobbed Elaine. He came at me
Il had the knife--I struck at him
The two girls ran into the other room.
There Mary looked at the motionless
body on the floor and recolled. Mortified.
"Ughw exclaimed a cultural voice be-
hind them.
II was the servant, who had come in.
Even his ordinarily impassive oriental
face could not conceal the horror and
fear at the sight Of his master lying on
the floor in a pool Of gore. Elaine was
now moro frightened than ever. II that
were possible,
They quickly ran out into the hall.
"Go-quick!" he urged again. and
hide the handkerchief in the bag. Let
no one see ~"
away Elaine breathed a sigh OF relief.
Meanwhile in the front room Long
Sing was on his feet again, brushing
himself off and hopping up the blood.
ut worked very we'll SAM" he said
10 the servar'.
They were converslng eagerly and
laughing. and did not hear noise in
tho back room,
A sinister figure had made it's way by
means OF a fire escape 10 q rear window
that was not barred. and silently he had
stolen in on them.
They turned at slight noise and saw
him. Genuine fright was now on their
faces as they looked at him, open
mouthed.
What's all this?" he growled. II am
known az the Clutching Hand. I allow
no interference with my affairs. Tell me
what you are doing here with Elaine
Dodge"
with n low bow, Wong spread out his
hands In surrender and submission.
IT win tell you, honorable sir" he said
at length
Go on" growled the criminal.
Quickly Wong rehearsed what had hap
iNHtu iEoUi Ait HiNllltil Ailt iith OA bldNh-
mail had entered his head.
Adventures Mary had hurried back 20
see that all was right. This time Mary
was genuinely scared at the foIbiddlng
figure OF which she had heard.
ut IS all right" pacified Wong
'Hencoforth We work with tho honorable
Clutchng Hand"
Kennedy and l were still in the labora-
tory when knock sounded at the door.
went TO the door and opened IL. There
stood Elaine Dodge
IL was a complete surprise to Craig
There was silence between them for a
moment and they merely looked at each
other Elaine was pale and woe-begone.
At last Kennedy took a quick step
toward her and led her to chair. SIN
he felt n sort OF constraint
whats the mattor?' he asked at
length.
She hesitated, then suddenly burst out:
I"Cralg-I-l-am-a murderessl"
! have never seen such a look on Craig 8
face. l know he wanted 20 laugh and
say, "You-a murderess?" yet he would
not have offended even her saIf-accusa-
ton for the world. lie managed 10 do
] wv AAeANA AAAAAh hth say nOAnAIks
| Then she poured forth the story sub
stantially as I have set It down, but with
out the explanation. which at that time
was not known TO any OF US
! oh" eNpostulated Craig there must
be some mistake. It's impossible-lmpos-
sible"
mo. she asserted. "Look-here's nv
handkerchief all spotted with blood
She opened the bag and displayed the
blood-spotted handkerchief. He took n
and examined II carefully
Elaine" he said. earnestly. not At all
displeased. l could see that something
had come up that might blot out the past
unfortunate misunderstanding. there
simply must be something wrong here.
Leave this handkerchief with me. III do
my best"
There was sim little restraint be-
tween them. She was almost ready to beg
his pardon for all the goodness there had
been between them, yet stllI hesitated.
Thank you" she said. simply. as she
left the laboratory.
Craig went to work abruptly without a
word.
On the laboratory table he placed his
splendid microscope and several cases OF
slides. as wen as innumsrabls micro
photographs. He had been working for
some time when he looked up
Ever hear OF Or. Edward Relehert Of
the University OF Pennsylvania ana his
wonderful discoveries OF how blood crys-
tails vary in different species?'' ne asked.
! had not. but did not admit Il
Well" he went on. there Is a blood
test 50 delicate that one might almost say
that he could Identify a criminal by the