The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-10-01

| enough to blow us all, the laboratory
included, to kingdom come"
AS he spoke, and before | could re-
monstrate with him. he took the In
| fernal machine and placed it on a
table where he set to work on the
most delicate and dangerous piece of
dissection OF which have ever heard.
| Carefully unwrapping the bomb and
unscrewing one part while he held an
other firm. he finally took out of 1t
bottle of liquid and some powder.
Then he placed few grains of the
powder on dish and dropped on IL
drop or two of the liquid. There was
bright flash as the powder ignited
instantly.
Just what | expected" commented
| Kennedy with a nod, as he examined
| the clever workmanship of the bomb.
One thing that interested him was
| that part of the contents had been
wrapped In paper to keep them In
place. This paper he was now care
fully examining with microscope.
AS nearly as | could make it out, the
paper contained part OF a typewrit-
ten cremical formula, which read:
TiNCTURE OF IODINE
THREE PARTS Of
He looked up from his study of the
microscope to Long SIM
Tell me just how it happened that
you got this bomb" he asked.
Without hesitation the Chinaman re-
cited the circumstances, beginning
with the note by which he had been
summoned.
"A note?" repeated Kennedy, ca
gerly. WAS it typewriter"
Long Sin reached into his pocket
and produced the note itself, which he
had not burned.
AS Craig studied the typewriter
message from the Clutching Hand l
could see that he was growing more
and more excited
AT last he has given us something
typewriter" he exclaimed. ITO most
people, | suppose, 1t seems that type
writing is the best way to conceal
identity But there are a thousand
and one ways of identifying typewrit-
ing.
Look. Walter" he remarked at
| length, taking a fine tipped pencil and
| pointing at the distinguishing marks
as he talked You will notice that
all the IT'S in this note are bat
tered and faint as we'll as just a trifle
out of alignment Now | will place the
y
scope and you will see that the rs
in the scrap of formula have exactly
the same appearance.
I strained my eyes to look Sure
| enough, Kennedy was right. There
was that unmistakable identity be-
tween the Us in the formula and the
note.
Kennedy had been gazing at the
! floor his face puckered In thought as
looked. Suddenly he clapped his
hands together, as if he had made a
great discovery
I've struck it," he exclaimed, jump
| ing up Il was wondering where |
had seen typewriting that reminds me
OF this. Walter, get on your coat
and hat. We are on the right trail at
last"
With Long Sin we hurried out of
the laboratory. leaving him at the
nearest taxicab stand. where we
! jumped into a waiting car
ut is the clue OF the battered It's
| Craig muttered.
| Aunt Josephine was In the library
knitting when the butler, Jennings, an
nounced us.
"Where is-Miss Dodge?" inquired
Kennedy. with suppressed excitement
as we entered.
81 think she's out shopping. and l
| don't know just when she will be
back" answered Aunt Josephine, with
some surprise. why? Is 1T anything
important-any news?"
Very important" returned Kennedy
excitedly. II think | have the best
clue vet. Only-it will be necessary
to look through some of the household
correspondence Immediately to see
whether there are certain letters. l
| wouldn't be surprised II she had some
perhaps not very personal-but /
must see them"
Kennedy lost no time. He went to
desk where Elaine generally sat.
and quickly took out several type
written letters. One after another he
examined them closely. rejecting one
after another. until finally he came
to one that seemed to interest him.
He separated IL from the rest and
| fell to studying 1t, comparing 1t with
| the paper from the bomb and the
note which Long Sin had received
from the Clutching Hand. Then he
| folded the letter so that the sigma
ture and the address could not be
read by us.
A portion of the letter recall read
something like this:
"Thia 10 his contention: Whereas,
TRUTH 10 the only goal and MATTER
Is non-existent-r
| Look at this. Walter" remarked
Craig, with difficulty restraining him
self What do you make of it?"
A glance at the typewriting was suf-
ficient to show me that Kennedy had,
indeed, made an important discovery.
We stared at each other almost too
dazed IN snoak