4 ii The Exploits of. Elaine < * A Detective Novel and a Motion Picture Drama , By ARTHUR B. REEVE " ■ 1 The Well-Known Nottllsl and the j Creator of the "Craig Kennedy" Stories J | Presented ia Collaboration With the Patbe Players aad the Eclectic Fila Company < > Copyright, 19H, by the Star Company. All Foreign Right* Reserved- Continued 1 SYNOPSIS. The formation of a partnership as pro feasor and aide In crime science between Craig Kennedy, university chemistry pro fessor. and Walter Jameson, newspaper man. is at once followed by their becom ing interested in a series of murders by a master criminal who leaves no other Clue to his identity than the sign manual of a "Clutching Hand.*' Elaine Dodge, whose father is one of the latest victims Of the mysterious murderer, witnesses the beginning of Kennedy's scientific in vestigation of the murder. SECOND EPISODE The "Twilight Sleep." Kennedy ha«f thrown himself whole heartedly into the solution Of the mys terious Dodge case. Far into the night, after the chal. lenge of the forged finger print, he continued at work, endeavoring to ex tract a clue from the meager evi dence —a bit of cloth and trace of poi son already obtained from other cases. We dropped around at the Dodge house the next morning. Early though It was, we found Elaine - trifle paler, but more lovely than ever, and Perry Bennett, themselves vainly endeavor ing to solve the mystery of the Clutch ing Hand. They were at Dodge's desk, she in the big desk chair, he standing beside her looking over some papers "There's nothing there," Bennett was saying as we entered. I could not help feeling that he was gazing down at Elaine a bit more ten derly than mere business warranted. "Have you—found anything?" que ried Elaine anxiously, turning eagerly to Kennedy. "Nothing—yet." he answered, shak ing his head, but conveying a quiet idea of confidence in his tone. Just then Jennings, the butler, en tered, bringing the morning papers. Elaine seized the Star and hastily it. On the first page was the story I had telephoned down very late in the hope of catching a last city edition. We all bent over and Craig read aloud: ••CLUTCHING HAND" STILL AT LARGE New York's Master Criminal Remains Undetected —Perpetrates New Dar ing Murder and Robbery on Mil lionaire Dodge. He had scarcely finished reading the brief but alarming news story that follow-ed and laid the paper on the desk when a stone came smashing through the window from the street. Startled, we all jumped to our Craig hurried to the window. Not a soul was in sight! He stooped and picked up the stone. To it was attached a piece of pa per. Quickly he unfolded it and read: s "Craig Kennedy will give up his search for the "Clutching Hand' —or die!" Later I recalled that there seemed to be a slight noise downstairs, as if at the cellar window, through which the masked man had entered the night before. In point of fact, one who had been outside at the time might actually have seen a sinister face at that cel lar window, but to us upstairs it was Invisible. The face was that of the servant, Michael Without another word Kennedy passed into the drawing room and took his hat and coat. Both Elaine and Bennett followed. "I'm afraid I must ask you to ex cuse me —for the present," Craig apologized. „ Elaine looked at him anxiously. "You —you will not let that letter intimidate you?" she pleaded, laying her soft white hand on his arm. "Oh, Mr. Kennedy," she added, bravely keeping back the tears, "avenge him! All the money in the world would be too little to pay—if only—" At the mere mention of money Ken nedy's face seemed to cloud, but only for a moment. "I'll try," he said simply. Elaine did not withdraw her hand as she continued to look up at him. "Miss Dodge," he went on, his voice steady, as though he were repressing something, "I will never take another case until the "Clutching Hand' is captured." The look of gratitude she gave him would have oeen a princely reward in itself • •••••» It was some time after these events that Kennedy, reconstructing what had happened, ran across, in a strange way which I need not tire the reader by. telling, a Doctor Haynes, head of the Hillside Sanitarium for Women, whose story 1 shall relate substan tially as we received it from his own Bps: , It must have been that same night a distinguished visitor drove up in a cab to our Hillside sanitarium, rang the bell and was admitted to my office. I am. by the way, the superintending physician, and that night I was sitting with Doctor Thompson, my assistant, i& the office discussing a rather inter- See "Exploits of Elaine," Second Episode, In Motion Pictures, Victoria Theatre, Saturday, Feb. 27 READ THE STORY IN THE STAR-INDEPENDENT EVERY WEEK esting case, when an attendant came : in with a card and handed it to me. It read simply, "Dr. Ludwig Reinstrom, | Coblenz." "Here's that Doctor Reinstrom, * Thompson, about whom my friend in Germany wrote the other day." 1 re marked. nodding to the attendant to admit Doctor Reinstrom. ■«» I might explain that while I abroad some time ago I made a par ticular study of the "Daemmerschlaf" —otherwise, the "twilight sleep"—at Freiburg where it was developed, and at other places In Germany where the suliject had attracted great attention. ; I was much impressed and had. im ported the treatment to Hillside. While we waited I reached into my | desk and drew out the letter to which I referred, which ended, I recall: "As -Doctor Reinstrom is in Amer ica, he will probably call on you. I am sure you will be glad to know him. "With kindest regards, I am, "Fraternally yours, EMIL SCHWARZ, M. D„ "Director, Leipsic Institute of Medi cine." "Most happy to meet you. Doctor . Reinstrom," I greeted the new arrival, *s he entered our office. Kor several minutes we sat and :hatted of things medical here and abroad. "What is It, doctor," I asked finally, "that interests you most in America?" "Oh," he replied quickly with an ex pressive gesture, "It is the broadmind edness with which you adopt the best from all over the world, regardless of prejudice. For instance, I am very much interested in the new 'twilight sleep.' Of course, you have borrowed it largely from us, but it interests me to see whether you have modified it with practice. In fact, I have come to i Hillside sanitarium particularly to see lit used. Perhapl we may learn some thing from you." It was most gracious, and both Doc tor Thompson and myself were charmed by our visitor. I reached over and touched a cSII button and our head nurse entered from a rear room. "Are there any operations going on now?" I asked. She looked mechanically at her watch. "Yes, there are two cases, now, I think." she answered. "Would you like to follow our tech nique?" I asked, turning to Doctor Reinstrom. "I should be delighted." be acqui esced. A moment later we passed down the corridor of the sanitarium, still chat ting At the door of a ward I spoke to tHe attendant, who indicated that a patient was about to be anesthetized, and Doctor Reinstrom and I entered the room. There, in perfect quiet, which is an essential part of the treatment, were several woman patients in bed in the ward. Before us two nurses and a doctor were in attendance on one. I spoke to the doctor, Doctor Holmes, by the way, who bowed polite , ly to the distinguished Doctor Rein strom, then turned quickly to his work. "Miss Sears," he asked of one of the nurses, "will you bring me that hypo dermic needle?" "You will see. Doctor Reinstrom," I injected in a low tone, "that we follow in the main your Freiburg treatment. We use scopolamin and narkophin." I held up the bottle, as I said it, a rather peculiar shaped bottle, too. "And the pain?" he asked. "Practically the same as in your ex perience abroad. We do not render the patient unconscious, but prevent her from remembering anything that I goes on." Doctor Holmes, the attending physi ' clan, was just starting the treatment Filling his hypodermic, he selected a spot on the patient's arm where it had been scrubbed and sterilized, and injected the narcotic. "And you say they have no recol -1 lection of anything that happens?'' asked Reinstrom. "Absolutely none—if the treatment is given properly," I replied, con l fidentlv. "Wonderful!" ejaculated Reinstrom ' as we left the room. Now comes the strange part of my 1 story. After Reinstrom had gone. Doc tor Holmes; the attending physician of the woman whom he had seen anes -1 thetlzed, missed his syringe and the bottle of scopolamin. 1 Holmes. Miss Sears and Miss Stern ' all hunted, but it could not be found j Others had to be procured. I thought little of it at the time, but 1 I since then It has occurred to me "that ; it might interest you, Professor Ken -1 nedy, and I give it to you for what it ma: be worth. !*•••••• It was early the next morning that J awoke to find Kennedy already up and 1 gone from our apartment. I knew he must be at the laboratory, and, gather ' ing the mail, which the postman had > Just slipped through the letter slot, 1 i went over to the university to see hitn. As I .looked over the letters to cull ! | out my own one in a woman's hand ! writing on attractive note paper ad . dressed to him caught my eye. 'I HARHTSBTTRO STAR-INDEPENDENT, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24. 1915. Aa I came up the path to the chem istry building I saw through the win dow that, In aplte of his getting there ! early, he was finding it difficult to keep | hie mind on his work. It waa the first ; time I had ever known anything to interfere with science in his life. "Well," I exclaimed as I entered. ; "you are the early bird. Did you have any breakfast?" I tossed down the letters. He did J not reply. $o I became absorbed in the morning paper. Still. I did not neglect to watch him covertly out of the corner of my eye. Quickly he ran over the letters, instead of taking them, one by one, in his usual method ical way. I quite complimented my . superior acumen. He selected the dainty note. A moment Craig looked at it in an ticipation. then tore it open eagerly. I was still watching his face over the i top of the paper and was surprised to *«ee that it showed, first, amazement, then pain, as though something had hurt him. He read it again—then looked straight ahead, as if in a daze. Suddenly he jumped up, bringing his tightly clenched fist down with a loud clap into the palm of his hand. "By heaven!" he exclaimed, "I—l will!" He strode hastily to the teleuhone. -*• 1 paper outtine them Inside ■P^r# : Hlftly 'Sap j v There Were Marks of a Almost angrily he seized the receiver" and asked for a number. "Wh-what's the matter, Crain!" I blurted out eajwly. As he waited for the number, he threw the letter over to me. I took it and read: "Professor Craig Kennedy, "The University, The Heights, City. "Dear Sir: , "I have come to the conclusion that your work is a hindrance rather than an assistance in clearing up my father's death, and 1 hereby beg to state that your services are no longer required. This is a final decision, and I beg that you will not try to see me again regarding the matter. "Very truly yours, "ELAINE DODGE." If it had been a bomb I cculd uot have been more surprised 1 could not make it out. Kennedy impatiahUy worked the re ceiver up and down, repeating the number. ''Hello—hello," he repeated. "Yes—hello. Is Miss —oh—good morn ing, Miss Dodge." He was hurrying along as if to give her no chance to cat him off. "I have just received a letter, Miss Dodge, tell- By a small administration of the drug, which will injure you in no way, Miss Dodge, I think 1 can bring back the memory of all that occurred to you last night. Will you allow me?" "Merey, no!" protested her Aunt Jo sephine, who had entered the room. "I want the experiment to be tried," Elaine said quietly. A moment later Kennedy had placed lisr on a couch in the corner of the room. "Now, Mrs. Dodge," he said, "please bring me a basin and a towel." Aunt Josephine, reconciled, brought them. Kennedy dropped an antisep tic tablet into the water and care fully sterilized Elaine's arm just above the spot where the red mark showed. Then he drew the hypodermic from his pocket—carefully sterilized it, also, and filling it with scopolamin from the bottle. 'Just a moment. Miss Dodge," he encouraged, as he jabbed the needle into .her arm. She did not wince. "Please lie back on the couch," he directed. Then turning to us he add ed, "It takes some time for this to work. Our criminal got over this fact and prevented an outcry by using ethyl chloride first. Let me recon struct the scene." As we watched Elaine going under s'.owly Craig talked. "That night,'' he said, "warily, the masked criminal of the 'Clutching Hand,' bent over, his arm crooked, might have been seen down below us in the ally. Up here, Miss Dodge, worn out by the strain of her father * death, let us say, was nervously try ing to read, to do anything that would take her mind oft the tragedy. Per haps she fell asleep. nett. "Miss Dodge has just been tell ing me—" - *«»,- interrupted Craig. "Look, Mlsa Dodge, this is it" He handed her the letter. She al most seised it. examining it oare fully, her large eyes opening wider in won der. , "This la certainly my writing and ay dote paper," she murmured, "but I never wrote the letter!" Craig looked from the letter to her keenly. No one said a word. For a moment Kennedy hesitated, think ing. "Might I—er—see your room, Miss Dodge?" he asked at length. "Why, certainly," nodded Elaine, as she lead the way upstairs. < It was a dainty little room, breath ing the spirit of its mistress. In fact. It seemed a sort of profanity aa we all followed In after her. For 'a mo ment Kennedy stood still, then he carefully looked about At> the side of the bed, near the head, he stooped and picked up something which he held in the palm of his hand, i bent over. Something gleamed in the morning sunshine —some little thin pieces of glass. As he tried deftly to fit the tiny little bits together he seemed absorbed in thought. Quick ly he raised it to his nose, as If to smell it. _ "Ethyl chloride!" he muttered wrapping the pieces carefully In "ti 'j 'nsid" V Jimmy on the Window. j pocket. An instant later he crossed the room to the window and examined It "Look!" he exclaimed. There, plainly, were marks of a jimmy which had been inserted near the lock to pry it open. "Miss Dodge," he asked, "might I— might 1 trouble you to let me see ! your arm?" Wonderingly she did so. and Ken- 1 nedy bent almost reverently over her plump arm examining it. To Ee Continued PENSIONERS CANNOT HOLD JOBS Assembly Passas Measure Affecting l Three Thousand Pers?ns J Albany, Feb. 24.—The Assembly yes-1 terday p.vsed the F arnman bi 1 pro hibiting persons receiving [ ensions tro:n j the citv of New York to hold any city] or State .ii'j by a vate ot' 99 to 16. j More th n 3,000 persous are affect-i i oil bv the bill. Amendments to exempt civil war vet eran« and those who have passed civil service examinations were defeated. The only exemptions are notaries pub-! SUICIDE ON ELLIS- ISLAND i Accused Bank Clerk, Ordered De ported, Shaots Himself Xew York, Feb. 24.—Carl Christian I M often sen, thirty-five years ol'l, who, by! request of the Danish Consul, had bcei | taken lrom the steamer Frederik VIII. last Saturday, committed -uici le on Ellis Islattd yesterday afternoon by shooting himself. Mogensen, who leaves a widow and i two children in I openhagen, hud just I been entered .>;>orted. He tired the -hot while alone in a roam adjoining where the 15 ard of Special Inquiry sit. 11 f was accused of taking a bond for $2,500 from the Danish National Bank,: wher,. he was employed. He admitted j taking another bond, which he returned ! to the bank. Immigrants detained on Ellis Islant are not searched. 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Name Street i Citv State'.... . > i J —Adv. WOULD LET MEN EARN FARMS j Forward to Land League Asks Federal; Co-operation Washington, Feb. 24.—A delegation ; representing the National Forward to j the Land League of New York con-j i ferred with Secretary Wilson, Assistaut j ' Secretary Post auVi Secretary of Agri-j j culture Houston yesterday in an effort | .to seoure co-operation of the Depart-1 ments of Commerce and Agriculture in j the movement. The delegation was composed of Mrs. 1 ■ llaviland Lund, D. J. Meserole, C. C. I lliggius and George H. Poll)emus of : New York. The Secretaries were in formed that the league believed a man who had no money should be given an : opportunity to earn the first payment I for a farm and that men with no knowl edge of farming should be trained. The delegation wah ahised to place! i before both departments in n formal manner the ste;.s it desired them to 1 I take to co-operate in the movement. WAR BISK PROFITS VANISH Bureau Announces Loss on Evelyn Was $401,000 Washington, Feb. 24.—The War j j Risk Insurance Bureau let it be known i yesterday that total insurance is-j | sued by the Government on the freight steamer Evelyn, which was sunk in the| | North Sea last week amounts to $4Ol,- j 1000. The ship's cargo was insured for $301,000 and'her hull for SIOO,OOO. It was pointed out that the profit*; of the bureau to date exceed the lossi ] on the Evelyn by nearly $200,000. This | ] does not take into account the loss o>f ! the Carib Monday, which was also cov-1 | ered by insurance. . JOINS HIS WIFE IN DEATH ' Farmer, 82, Told of Bereavement, Dies as He Wished Burlington, N. J., Feb. 24.—T01d yesterday morning that his wife was dead Edward Kimble, an eighty-two year- old farmer of Coopertown, ex pressed a desire to join her in death, aud a few minutes later breathed his last. Both were victims of pneumonia and had been in good health until a few days ago. Mrs. Kimble, who was 80 years old, died Monday. There will be a double funeral for the couple to morrow afternoon. ABMY LIEUTENANT MISSING W. H. Weggenan Fails to Beturn to Fort Wright After a Leave New Lor.dion, Conn., Feib. 24.—Lieu tenant W. H. Weggenan of the Twelfth Company, United States Coast Artillery at Port Wright, is reported missing here last night. He received a leave of absence from February 14 to February 18 and has not returned to his post nor has word been received from him. The Lieutenant's wife, wlio is the daughter of Civil Engineer Laforge of Fort Wright, is said to be in great dis tress over her husband's disappearance. Weggenan is from Wilmington, Del. Courting With Mind on Court He—"So Judge Blank proposed to Alice last night f" She —"Yes, and he made an awful break. When she asked him for time to consider his proposal he gave sixty days.''—Boston Transcript. A THEATRICAL TREAT FOR _ S TAR-INDEPENDENT READERS - v h jfflMM|^^S|B^wKßßß| jiflfii THURSTON, THE FAMOUS MAGICIAN, At the Majestic Three Days, Starting Monday, March 1 The Star-Independent has a theatrical treat iu store for its readers. This paper has arranged to have the public see Thurston, the famous ma gician, at the Majestic, for just one fourth of the regular price of a ticket on next Monday night. Thurston will appear at the Majestic tlirce days, starting Monday, March 1, with matinees Tuesday and Wednes day. The Star-Independent, realizing that many of its readers will l>e anx- tiOVERNOR TO IGNORE POLITICS Says He Will Select Compensation Com mission on Basis of Ability Republican legislative leaders are au- j thority for the statement that Governor ! Brumbaugh proposes to carry out the j provisions of the piv;>osed new work- I men's compensation act 011 a non political basis, and will make all of j his appointments with that in view, j It is said that this intention of the Gov- J enior was divulged to the legislative committee- at the last conference held ! in the Executive Mansion, the Governor I taking the leaders by surprise during a ! lull in the three-hour discussion on leg islation when he declared that he will j name men on the basis of ability and I cut out political considerations entire ly, as lie desires that this act shall prove a success. The Philadelphia ''Record" says iu referring to the Governor's intentions: " As at present planned by the Gov ernor, there will be three commissioners to administer the act, the. Chairman of the board to receive $.500 and the other two members $7,000 each. There are also to .be ten nice places as ad justers at $2,500 earh, while there will likewise 'be an office staff of clerks and stenographers. The Governor's plan will serve both as a precedent and as a disappointment to the leaders, for .in the past 'reform' legislation was gen erously used to provide jobs for the faithful." OUR WILD PONIES "3ony 'But tame 'em anil they're fine. When ever you see a pony trap in Baltimore, Washington, Annapolis or any of the towns in Virginia or Maryland, it's a 100 to 1 shot they are Jing-go-tigs. Driven to the swellest of turnouts they are, and you may ofteii see them in the parits in Philadelphia and the suburbs of that city with children driving or riding them, just as they do in the cit ies farther to the south." "Jing-go-tigs" happen to be Chinco teagues and come from the long, nar row, sandy and stumpage covered is land of that name to the northeast of I rtie upper point of Virginia w*here the j lino meets that of the State of Mary j land. Adjoining it is the island of As | sateague. It is from the waters off the 1 shore of the first mentioned island that the famous Chincoteague oysters come. —New York Times. Charles Chaplin at Photoplay j Charles Chaplin, the guy that has the I world laughing, cemes to the Photoplay j to-day in a single reel Kevstoue com | edv, "20 Minutes in* Love." The title alone is enough to give you an idea of the twentv minutes it takes to run off one reel of film and with Chaplin in it with you know the rest. A two-reel "Lubin drama, "The Trapper's j Revenge," wit'b Edgar Jones and Karl | Metcalfe in the lead, is our feature for ■ the day. Hearst-Selig Weekly cf •Cur rent Kvents and Slippery Slim and Sophie appear in an Kssanay. Adv." Fine Language As a rule the educated native of West Africa, like his Indian brother, loves high flown language. A clerk some time ago sent a report complain ing that the carbines of the police at | his station .often misfired. This is how he put it: "It is ridiculous to re port that the firearms orf t'he police when pointed at the firmament refusi to give explosive sound."—Loudon Sat urday Review. ious to witness Thurston's performance, has arranged with the Majestic tlu*a [tie management to publish a coupon 111 I our Saturday, February 27, issue which when presented at the box office with 25 cents will entitle the holder to the !best seat~in the theatre for Monday night's (March 1> performance. Iti order to get this reduction of 75 cents 011 a SI.OO ticket you must 'have a Star-Independent coupon, there Iwill be no limit to the number of scats | von can purchase providing you have as I many coupons as you wanf seats. | The Daily Fashion Hint. | * • Pink satin striped taffeta evening dress. It has a lierre lace underskirt. The bodice is shaped like a wide, loose girdle and has a waist frill. HOOKING A SHARK Fisning for sharks off the pier at Palm Beach is a Brabdingnagian sport. You tish with clotheslines and a hook the size of a split anchor. Half of si me great tish is slipped on your hook for bait. You throw it off th# pier and fasten the end of the line to the railing and then take out your de tective story and read. Sometimes you get a bitej sometimes you don't. At evening the colored gentleman in charge of the shark fish ing on the pier goes around and fakes in the lines. That 111 itself is on rare occasions an exciting sport. Once a New York vacationist was Standing on the pier enjoying the sun set after a day's fruitless angling, when he heard a shout from the col ored gentleman, who hat) discovered a shark on one of the lines that had been left out. The colored gentleman was having trouble in handling the beast, so the New Yorker went to his assistance. Together they pulled and hauled at the line in vain. Another man 011 the pier joined in, and then the thref braced their feet against the rail and tugged foi ill they were worth. But in spite of all they could do the line slipped gradually through their lingers. Finally all the slack was used and the rope, coming taut against the rail, snapped like a thread The JJew Yorker has always wished he could have had just one look at that Bhark.—- New Y'ork Post. A Troublemaker "Why did you tell my wife that 'before I met her I promised to love you forever t" "Well, didn't you?'' "Sure I did, but that's 110 kind of conversation to go to a man's wife with.''—Pittsburgh Dispatch.