10 The Exploits of Elaine A Detective Novel and a Motion Picture Drama "By ARTHUR B. REEVE The Well-Known Novelist and the Creator o/ the "Craig Kennedy" Storiu Presented in Collaboration With the Pat hi Players and the Eclectic Film Company Copyright. 1914. by the Star Company All Foreign Right a Referred CONTINUED ■When, a, few minutes later. Ken nedy and Elaine had approached the fork, their driver had slowed up, as If in doubt which way to go. Craig had stuck his head out of the window, as I had done, and, seeing the crossroads, had told the chauffeur to stop. There stood the hobo. "Did a car pass here, Just now —a big car?" called Craig. The man put his hand to his ear, as If only half comprehending. "Which way did the big car go?" re peated Kennedy. The hobo approached the taxicab sullenly, as if he had a grudge against 1 cars in general. One question after another elicited little that could be construed as intel ligence. If Craig had only been able to see, he would have found out thet, ■with his back toward the taxicab driver, the hobo held one hand behind him and made the sign of the Clutch ing Hand, glancing surreptitiously at the driver to catch the answering sign, •while Craig gazed earnestly up the two roads. At last Craig gave him up as hope less. "Well —go ahead—that way," he • indicated, picking the most likely road. As the chauffeur was about to start he stalled his engine. '•Hurry!" urged Craig, exasperated at the delays. The driver got out and tried to crank the engine. Again and again he turned it over, but somehow it refused to start. Then he lifted the hood and be- j gan to tinker. "What's the matter?" asked Craig, impatiently jumping out and bending ) ■over the engine, too. The driver shrugged his shoulders. "Must be something wrong with the ignition, I guess," he replied. Kennedy looked the car over hastily. "I can't see anything wrong," he frowned. "Well, there is," growled the driver. Precious minutes were speeding away as they argued. Finally with his characteristic energy, Kennedy put the taxicab driver aside. "Let me try it," he said. "Miss iDodge. will you arrange that spark and throttle?" •imi' Hrt, ■■ . , J Kennedy Quietly Examined the Showcase. Elaine, equal to anything, did so. and Craig bent down and cranked the en gine. It started on the first spin. "See;" he exclaimed. "There wasn't anything, after all." He took a step toward the taxicab "Mr. Kennedy—look out!" cried Elaine. Craig turned. Hut it was too late. Thi rough-looking fellow liad awak ened to life. Suddenly he stepped up behind Kennedy with a blackjack. As the heavy weight descended Craig crumpled up on the ground uncon scious. With a scream, Elaine turned and started to run. But the chauffeur eeized her arm. ' "Say, bo," he asked of the rough fel low, "what does Clutching Hand want ■with her? Quick! There's another cab likely to be along in a moraeut with that fellow Jameson in it." The rough fellow, with an oath, seized her and dragged her into the taxicab. "Go ahead!" he growled, in dicating the road. And away they sped, leaving Ken nedy unconscious on the side of the road, where we found him. L. "What are we to do?" I asked heln See "Exploits of Elaine," Third Episode, In Motion Pictures, Victoria Theatre, Saturday, March 6 READ THE STORY IN THE STAR-INDEPENDENT EVERY WEEK HARRISBLTRG STAR-INDEPENDENT, THURSDAY EVENING. MARCH 4. 1915. J lesslv of Kennedy, when we had at last got him on his feet. His head still ringing from the force of the blow of the blackjack. Craig stooped down, then knelt in the dust of the road, then ran ahead a bit, where it was somewhat muddy. "Which way—which way?" he mut tered to himself. I thought perhaps- the blow had af fected him and leaned over to see what he was doing. Instead, he was studying the marks made by the tire of the Clutching Hand cab. More slowly now and carefully, we proceeded, for a mistake meant losiug the trail of Elaine. We came to another crossroads and the'driver glanced at Craig. "Stop!" he ordered. In another Instant he was down in the dirt, examining the road for marks. "That way!" he indicated, leaping back to the running beard. We piled back into the car and pro ceeded under Kennedy's direction, as fast as he would permit. So it con tinued, perhaps for a couple of hours At last Kennedy stopped the cab and slowly directed the driver to veer into an open space that looked partic ularly lonesome. Near it stood a one story brick factory building, closed, but not abandoned. As I looked about at the unattrac tive scene. Kennedy already was down on his knees in the dirt again, study ing the tire tracks. They were all confused, showing that the taxicab we were following had evidently backed in and turned several times before going on. "Crossed by another set of tire tracks!" he exclaimed excitedly, studying closer. "That must have been the limousine, waiting." Laboriously he was following the course of the cars in the open space, when one word escaped him, "Foot prints!" He was up and off in a moment, be fore we could imagine what he was after. We had got out of the cab. and followed him as, down to th-? very shore of a sort of cove or bay, he went. There lay a rusty, discard ed boiler on the beach, half sub merged in the rising tide. At this tann tne lootprtms seemed to go | right down the sand and into the waves, which were slowly obliterating them Kennedy gazed out as if to make out a possible boat on the hori zon where the cove widened out. | "Look!" 1 cried. Further down the shore, a few feet. I had discovered tiie same prints, go ing In the opposite direction, back to ward the place from which he had just come. I started to follow them but soon found myself alone. Ken ned j had paused beside the old boiler "What Is it?" I asked, retracing my steps. He did not answer, but seemed to be , listening. We listened also. There certainly was a most peculiar noise inside that tank. Was it a muffled scream? Kennedy reached down and picked up a rock, hitting the tank with a re j sounding blow As the echo died down, he listened again. Yes, there was a sound—a scream. ' perhaps—a woman's voice, faint but unmistakable. I looked at his face Inquiringly. W Ithout a word I read In it the con firmation of the thought that had flashed into my mind. amine Dodge was inside! !••••*••, First had come the limousine, with its three bandits, to the spot fixed on as a rendezvous. Later had come the i taxicab. As it hove Into sight, the three well-dressed crooks had drawn j revolvers: thinking perhaps the plan for getting rid of Kennedy might pos sibly have miscarried But the taxl cab driver and the rough-faced fellow | had reassured them with the sign of ' tbi Clutching Hand, aud the revolvers j were lowered As they parleyed hastily, the j roughneck and the fake chauffeur | lifted Elaine out of the tasi. She was ; bound and gagged. "Well, now we've got her. what shall we do with her?" asked one. "It's got to be quick. There's an other cab," put in the driver, i "The deuce with that." "The deuce with nothing," he re turned. "That fellow Kennedy's a clever one. He may come to If he does, he won't miss us Quick, now!" 1 "See," cried the third "See that old boiler down there at the edge of the water? Why not put her in there? No one'll ever think to look in such a place." With a hasty expression of approval i the roughneck picked Elaine up bodily, , still struggling vainly, and together j they carried her, bound and gagged, to the tank. The opening which was toward the water, was small, but they managed, roughly, to thrust h->r In A moment later and they had rolled up a huge bowlder against the small entrance, bracing it so that it would be impossible for her to get out from the inside Then they drove off hast i ily. Frantically Elaine managed to loosen the ;rag She screamed Her voice seemed to be hound around by the iron walls as she was herself She shuddered. The water was rising— had reached her chest, and was still rising, slowly, inexorably. What was that? Silence? Or was someone outside? Coolly, in spite of the emergency. Kennedy took in the perilous situa tion. The lower end of the boiler, which was on a slant on the rapidly shelving ben«h, was now completely under wa ter and impossible to get at. Besides, the opening was small, too small Kennedy gazed about frantically and his eye caught the sign on the factory: OXYACETYLTCNE WELDING CO. : "Come, Walter," he cried, running up the shore. A moment later, breathless, we reached the doorway. It was, of course, locked. Kennedy whipped out his revolver and several well-directed shots through the keyhole smashed the lock. We put our shoulders to it and swung the door open, entering the factory. Beside a work bench stood two long cylinders, studded with bolts. "That's what I'm looking for." ex claimed Craig. "Here, Walter, take one. I'll take the other—and the tubes —and—" We ran, for there was no time to lose. As nearly as I could estimate it. the water must now he slow ly closing i over Elaine. "Whal is it?" 1 asked, as he joined 1 xip the tubes from the tanks to the peculiar hooklike apparatus he car ried. "An oxyacetylene blowpipe," he mut tered back feverishly. "Used for weld ing and cutting, too." he added With a lisht he touched the nozzle instantly a hissing, blinding flame needle made the steel under it incau descent The terrific heat from one nozzle made the ste.el glow. The stream of oxysen from the second completely consumed the hot metal Kennedy was actually cutting out a huge hole in the still exposed surface of the tank—all around, except for a few inches to prevent the heavy ! piece from falling inward As Kennedy carefully bent outward the section of the lank which he tiail cut. he quickly reached down and lifted Elaine, unconscious, out of the water Gently he laid her on the sand. It was the work of only a moment tc- cut the cords that bound her hands There she lay, pale and sti'l. \Va.-> i she dead? Kennedy worked frantically to re ! vive her i At last, slowly, the color seemed to i return to her pale lips. Her eyelids : fluttered Then her great, deep eyes i opened. As she looked up and caught sight of Craig bending anxiously o-er her she seemed to comprehend. For a mo ment both were silent Then Elaine reached up and took his hand . | "Craig," she whispered, "you— t 1 you've saved my life!". Her tone was eloquent. . i "Elain s" he whfspered, still gating down into her wonderful eyes, "the | Clutching Hand shall pay for this! It ' is a fight to a finish between us!" To Be Continued Next Week ' | FAKMER DIES UNDER | WAGON I Falls From Seat and Wheels Pass Qver 1 ! .His Head Philadelphia, March 4.—'Reeling I from the seat of his wagon on Bustle ton pike, near Tyson street, last night, . 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A guarantee of absolute satisfaction, or monev promptly refunded, goes with this preparation. The Pinex Co., Ft. Wayne, Ind. _ HUNTERS' LICENSES STANDS Committee Kills Bill Providing for-the Repeal of the Law A committee of members of various sportmcn's associations of the (State, representing the Wild Life League, the Pennsylvania State Sportsmen's Asso ciation, tiie Pennsylvania Conference on Forestry, Fish and Game anil the United Sportsmen met with the Game Com mittee of the House yesterday after -10011 to discuss lag'.slation affecting their interest now before the committee and especially to urge the passage of the bill appropriating the balance of the hunters' license money to the State Game Commission, the measure for which will soi.il come up for considera tion. The sportsmen persuaded the game committee to recommend unanimously the now game code with an amendment making the seasons tor all small game open 011 October IS and close 011 No vember 30; ileer November 1 to Novem ber 15, anil bear from October 15 to December 15. The committee also reported favor ably the bill permitting the killing*of blackbirds when destroying property or creating a nuisance. The committee killed tiie bill for a gam'. 1 commission in each county and the b it for a repeal of the hunters' license law. Latev a committee of sportsmen, headed by John G. Martin, of this city, ha 1 a conference with Governor Brum baugh and presented their views and obtained from liini a promise of active support for the bill placing the hun ters' license money in the hands of the State Game Commission. The 'Governor expressed himself favoring the crea tion of a conservation department which should include the fish, game and for e-try iui crests, and also favored the strict enforcement of the game laws. What Is Dissipation? I think sometimes that our common definition of dissipation is far too liar row We con hue it io rude excesses in tiie use of Intoxicating liquor or the crude griitiilcaiian of the passions, but often these arc v the outward sym bols of a more subtle inward disorder. The things of the world—n thousand clamoring interests, desires, posses sions-have got the better of us Men become drunken with die inordinate desire for owning things and dissolute with ambition for political oilice. I knew a uiati once, a farmer, who de bam 'led himself upon land: fed his ap petite upon the happiness of liihome, cheated his children of education, and himself went shabby, bookless. Joy less comfortless, that lie might buy more lam! I call that dissipation too. —David Grayson in American Maga slue Land of Opportunity. Great chances, as you must i.ttree. To MevVar:* are sent. Tlvre nry liny may jttow to he Provisional president. Buffalo News. Very Likely. Patience-- Peggy says he plways brings sunshine when he calls. Patrice Is that the reason she Al ways turns down the gas*'—Youkcrs Itntesmau. It May So. A «eler.tis; who !('• ,Tu. t n«w as'.iires Pn; * mountain ranges are the cause Of t'nil»ev ,FtW FOLKS HAVf GRAY HAIR NOW Well-known Local Druggist Says Every body Is Using Old-time Eecipe of Sage Tea and Sulphur Hair that loses its color and lustre, or when it fades, turns gray, dull and lifeless, is caused by a lack of sulphur in the hair. Our grandmother made up a mixture of Sage Tea and Sulphur to keep her locks dark and beautiful, and thousands of women and men who value that even color, that beautiful dark shade of hair which is so attractive, use only this old-time recipe. Nowadays we get this famous mix ture bv asking at any drug store for a 50-eent bottle of "VVveths Sage and Sulphur Compound," which darkens the hair so naturally, io evenly, that nobody can possibly tell it has been applied. Besides, it takes off dandruff, stops ecalp itching and falling hair. You just dampen a sponge or soft brush with it and draw this through your hair, tak ing one small strand at a time. By morning the gray hair disappears; but what delights the Indies with Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur is that, besides beau tifully darkening the hair after a few applications, it nlso brings back the gloss and lustre and gives it an ap ! pea ranee of abundance.—Adv. I SPOT CASH SALE Very Special Items to Bring You j i Here To-morrow Men's Suits, Worth $12.50 to $14.50, . $3.95 Men's Suits, Worth $18.50 to $20.00, . . Ladies' Suits, Worth $15.00, ..... $2.95 Ladies' Suits, Worth $25.00, $4.95 One Lot Children's Fur Sets, 49c One Lot Fur Muffs, . J 1.95 EDWARD CO. 443 MARKET ST. WHEN MEN WORE MUFFS. Likewise Silk Stockings and Plaid Shawls and Capes. In the good old days about which so nutuy men so dreamily rend mid pro fess to reverence, and when men were believed to be more bold and dashing and daring than they are now, the muff was the thing of winter wear for men. It M as a regular part of a gentleman's cold wearher toilet. Among Horace Walpole's Christmas gifts to his friend George Montagu, in 1670, were "Anecdotes of fainting." a pamphlet 011 "Libels," the "Castle of Otranto" and a muff. That was the period of the muff for men. It had been an article of men's apparel for many years before, and men retained the muff for long years afterward. It being cast off when men forswore col ored silks and satins, rare laces and jeweled shoe buckles. It was not £.O far back in American history that ineu wore silk stocking#— not merely silk socks—and knee gar ters and fancy garter buckles, and many men walking the streets of Washington today remember when their sex wore brilliant plaid shawls and when the cloth cape, called a "talma," was (he height of masculine fashion. Now and then one sees a gentleman of tile old school walking along with a gold headed cane and wearing a somewhat motheaten, frayed or shiny "talma."—Washington Star. AN ICEBERG AT SEA. One of the Most Awe Inspiring Speo tacles l«i Nature. There is nothing in nature so Impos ing and awe inspiring as the Iceberg, writes Laeey Amy In the Wide World Magazine. It gives an overpowering sense of relentless force, of dignity and of brilliance. Beneath the sun's vivid rays or the dark clouds of threatening storm, in the moon's cold beams or dimly through the shadows of moonless night, in cnlm and tempest—every one of them, from the tiny "growler" to the huge mass of spurs, rouses at first glimpse an awe undiminished by a growing appreciation of its beauty. Always before one Is the thought that but an eighth of the Iceberg's bulk shows above the water, the re mainder stretching down and down into the blue-green depths and out and out until captains breathe freely only when the horizon is clear of them. Far out In the ocean, with the largest steamers passing swiftly miles inside, they ground upon the bottom in tre mendous depths and calmly await the relieving touch of sun and current. In the wildest seas and strongest gales these frigid mountains float un disturbed There could be no seasick ness on an iceberg, for its foundations are fathoms below the wave disturb ance. An Earthquake. The horror of experiencing an earth quake has been set down by F. S. Ly man. who was in tile Hawaiian Is lands some years ago. when there be gan a series of earthquakes on the southern flanks of a so called "quiet volcano." "First the earth swayed to and fro from north to south, then from east to west, then round and rriund, up and down, and Anally in every imaginable direction, for several minutes, every thing crashing around and the trees thrashing as if torn by a hurricane, and there was a sound as of a mighty wind. It was impossible to stand. We had to sit on the ground, bracing with hands and feet to keep from being roll ed over. The villages 011 the shore were swept away by the great wave that rushed upon the laud immediately aft er the earthquake."—Exchange. Reason Enough. Critic (as the composer plays his last piece)— Very fine indeed. But what Is that passage which makes the cold chills run down the back? Composer— That Is where the wanderer has the hotel bill brought to him.—Fliegende Blatter. Too Plain Spoken. He—l wish you'd drop the "Mister" and call me plain George. .She—Oh. but It would be unkind to twit you on your personal appearance that way.— Bt. Louis Democrat, A Matter of Discretion. "Father," asked the youthful seeker after wisdom, "why is it that you al ways speak' of mother as your 'better half?*" "Because, my son." replied the tired business man. "I know perfectly well that I better had."—Kielimond Times Dispatch. j ON EPA RTRI DUE DIN NEK, SBOO i 1 Two Others Fined at Newburgh, N. Y., Making Total 91,150 Newburgh, N. Y., March 4.—Par- J tridge dinners came exceedingly high i to three of the residents of Balmville. I | a suburb of this city. Penalties aggre- i [gating $1,150 have been imposed on; j them by the State Game Department j i for having violated the law in buying | partridge, which is prohibited at all | | times. The three offenders were Mrs. F. Oe | lano Hitch, who is active in philan ! thropic work; Frank V. Burton and Dr. |S. A. Waldron. Mrs. Hitch suffered the j ! heaviest penalty, paying SBOO. This is said to be the heaviest fine | j ever imposed for an offense of that kind ! ! in this State. The pntridge were sold j iby Mrs. Chauneey Ferguson for her j husband, who shot them. Mrs. Fergu ; son gave information which led to the imposing of the penalties. | TO KILL DISEASED CATTLE i j Fresh Outbreak Among Herds in Leba non County Lebanon, March 4. —For six weeks! there had been no sign of a fresh out- j | break of the hoof and mouth disease among the cattle in Lebanon county I until yesterday, when Dr. F. W. Ferns : ler, of this city, representing the State i Live Stock Sanitary Board, discovered I : that two herds in this county are af- I Ifeeted. j The latest eases exist on the farms | j of Rudolph Werner, three miles east of I Annville, and on the Jacob B. Sheaf J I farm, near Bismarck. At the former | | place 27 head of cattle have been con- I | denined and will be slaughtered within , | the week. On the Sheaf farm only two j i head are suffering from the malady land they will be killed to-day. Neither | 3tiS: D ra ,a I will relieve your indigestion. Many i people in this town have used them and we have yet to hear of a case where they have failed. We know the formula. Sold only by us—2sc a box. George A. Gorgas AMUSEMENTS I AMUSEMENTS MAJESTIC THEATRE w 'Wff&ra;Bs. T * TO NIGHT—LAST TIME Saturday, Matinee and Night Mar, 6 Kutconc Walter** Hypnotic Dram- SEATS TO-DAY ntlr.atlon of John Fox Jr.'« Magnetic RICHARD BENNETT'S Story of I lie Virginia HIUm, Co-Worker» in Th. 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