8 The Exploits of Elaine A Detective Novel and a Motion Picture Drama By ARTHUR B. REEVE TheWeU-Known N ovelut and the Creator of the "Gaig Kennedy" Stories Presented in Collaboration With the Pa the Player* and the Eclectic Film Company CopTfifbC. 1914. by tbe star Coca pin? All Poragn Riffctt Rrtrrrm COJNTUTUtD SYNOPSIS. The New Tork police are mystified by a •erles of murders and other crimes. The wrlnclpnl clue io the criminal Is the warn ing letter which Is sent the victims, signed with a "clutching hand " The latest vic tim of the mysterious assassin is Taylor Dodge, the insurance president. His daughter. Elaine, employs Craig Kennedy. <he famous scientific detective, to try to unravel the mystery. What Kennedy ac complishes Is told bv his friend Jnmoson, a newspaper man. Enraged at the deter mined effort which Elaine and Craig Ken nedy are making to put an end to his crimes, the Clutching Hand, as this etrange criminal is known, resorts to all eorts of the most diabolical schemes to put them out of the way. Each chapter d the story tells of a new plot against ftheir lives and of the way the great de fective uses all his skill to save this pret ty ylrl and himself from death. TWELFTH EPISODE THE BLOOD CRYSTALS. "On your right is the residence of fcliss Elaine Dodge, who is pursuing the famous master criminal known as the Clutching Hand." The barker had been grandiloquent ly pointing out the residences of noted Us'ew Yorkers as the big sight-seeing <car lumbered along through the ■treets No one had paid any attention to the unobtrusive Chinaman who sat in conspicuously In the middle of the car. He was Mr. Wong Loug Sin. but no one saw anything particularly mys terious about an Oriental visitor, more or less, viewing New York city. Wong was of the mandarin type, jwlth long, drooping mustache, well dressed in American clothes, and con forming to the new customs of an Oc jcidentallzed China. I Anyone, however, who had been •watfhing Long Sin would have seen that he showed much interest when ever any of the wealthy residents of the city were mentioned. The name of Elaine Dodge seemed particularly to strike him. He listened with subtle Interest to what the barker said and looked keenly at the Dodge house. The sight-seeing car had passed the fcouse, when he rose slowly and mo tioned that he wanted to be let off. ffhe car stopped, he alighted and slow ly rambled away, evidently marveling greatly at the strange customs of these uncouth Westerners. Elaine was going out when she met Perry Bennett almost on the steps of the house. 'l've brought you the watch," re narked Bennett. "Thought I'd like to Clve It to you myself." He displayed the watch which he himself had bought a couple of days before for her birthday. He had called for it himself at the Jeweler's, where it had now been regulated. "Oh, thank you," exclaimed Elaine. "Won't you come in?" They had scarcely greeted each other when Long Sin strolled along. Neither of them, however, had time to notice the quiet Chinaman who passed the house, looking at Elaine sharply out of the corner of his eye. They entered and Wong disappeared down the street. "Isn't It a beauty?" cried Elaine, holding it out from her as they entered the library, and examining it with great appreciation. "And, oh, do you know, the strangest thing happened yesterday! Sometimes Mr. Kennedy acts too queerly for anything." She related how Craig had burst In on her and Aunt Josephine and had almost torn the other watch off her wrist. "Another watch?" repeated Bennett, •mazed. "It must have been a mis take. Kennedy is crazy." "I don't understand It, myself," mur mured Elaine. Lon f. Sin was revolving sotne dark and devious plan beneath his impas sive Oriental countenance. He was no ordinary personage. In fact, he was astute enough to have no record. He left that to his tools. This remarkable criminal had estab lished himself in a hired apartment down town. Long Sin, now in rich Oriental cos tume, was reclining on a divan smok ing a strange-looking pipe and playing with two pet white rats. Each white rat had a gold band around his leg, to which was connected a gold chain about a foot in length, and the chains ended in rings which were slipped over Wong's little fingers. Ordinarily he carried the pets up the capacious sleeve of each arm. A little Chinese girl, also in native costume, entered and bowed deferen tially. . "A Miss Mary Carson," she lisped in soft English. "Let the lady enter," waved Long Sin, with a smile of subtle satisfaction. The girl bowed again and silently left the room, returning with a hand some, very well-dressed white woman. It would be difficult to analyze just ■what the fascination was that Long Sin exercised over Mary Carson. But as the servant left the room, Mary bowed almost as deferentially as the little Chinese girl. Wong merely nod ced in reply. After a moment he slowly rose and took from a drawer a newspaner clip ping. Without a word he handed it to See "Exploits of Elaine," In Motion Pictures, Victoria Theatre, Saturday, May 8 • READ THE STORY IN THE STAR-INDEPENDENT EVERY WEEK I ✓ HARirrSBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, WEDNESDAY EVENING. MAY 5. 1915 Mary. She looked at it wltb interest, as one woman always does at the pic ture of another pretty woman. It wi\s a newspaper cut of Elaine, under which was: "ELAINE DODGE, THE HEIR ESS. WHOSE BATTLE WITH THE CLUTCHING HAND IS CRE ATING WORLDWIDE INTER EST." "Now," he began at last, breaking the silence, "I'll show you just what 1 want you to do." He went over to the wall and took down a curious long Chinese knife from a scabbard which hung there conspicuously. "See that?" he added, holding it up. Before she could say a word he had plunged the knife, apparently, into his own breast. "Oh!" cried Mary, startled. She expected to see him fall. But nothing happened. Wong laughed. It was an oriental trick knife, in which the blade telescoped into the handle. "Look at it," he added, handing it to her. Long Sin took a bladder of water from a table near by and concealed it under his coat. "Now, you stab me," he directed. Mary hesitated. But he repeated the command and she plunged the knife gingerly at him. It telescoped. He made her try it over, and she stabbed him more resolutely. The water from the bladder poured out. "Good!" cried Long Sin, much pleased. "Now," he added, seating himself beside her, "I want you to lure Elaine here." • • • • • • • I had been amusing myself by rig ging up a contrivance by which I could make it possible to see through, or, rather, over, a door. Kennedy, who had been busy at the other end of the laboratory, happened to look over in my direction. "What's the big idea, Walter?" he asked. It was. I admit, a rather cumber some and clumsy affair. "Well, you see, Craig," I explained, "you put the top mirror through the transom of a door and—" Kennedy interrupted with a hearty burst of laughter. "But suppose the door has no transom?" he asked, pointing to his own door. I scratched my head thoughtfully. I had assumed that the door would have a transom. A moment later Craig went to the cabinet and drew out a tube about as big around as a putty blower and as long. "Now, here's what I call my de tectascope," he remarked. "None of your mirrors for me!" "I know," I said somewhat nettled, "but what can you see through that Elaine Took Out the Package of Bills putty blower? A keyhole is Just as good." "Do you realize how little you can really see through a keyhole?" he re plied confidently. "Try it over there." I did, and, to tell the truth, I could see merely a little part of the hall. Then Kennedy inserted the detecta scope. "Look through that," he directed. I put my eye to the eye piece and gazed through the bulging lens of the other end. I could see almost the whole hall. Elaine was playing with Rusty when Jennings brought in a card on which was engraved the name. "Miss Mary Carson," and underneath in pencil was written "Belgian Relief Committee." "How interesting," commented Elaine, rising and accompanying Jen nings into the drawing room. "I won der what she wants?" "Very pleased to greet you, Miss Car son," she greeted her visitdh "You see. Miss Dodg®," began Mary, "We're getting up this movement to help the Belgians and «« have splen did hacking. Just let me show you some of tha names on our commit tee." She handed Blaine a list. "I've Just been sent to see tf I can not persuade you -to join the commit tee and attend a meeting at Mrs. Rlv erton's," she went on. "Why—er," considered Elaine, thoughtfully, "er —yes. It must be all right with such people In it." , "Can you go down with me now?" "Just as well as later," agreed Elaine. » They went out together, and as they were leaving the house a man who had been loitering outside looked at Elaine, then fixedly at her compan ion. No sooner had they gone than he sped ofT to a car waiting around the corner. In the dark depths was a sin ister figure, the master criminal him self. The watcher had been an em issary of the Clutching Hand. "Chief." he whispered eagerly, "you know Adventurous Mary? Well, she's got Elaine Dodge in tow!" "The deuce!" cried Clutching Hand. "Then we must teach Mary Carson, or whoever she Is working for. a les son. No one shall interfere with our affairs. Follow them!" Elaine and Mary had gone down town. talking animatedly—walking down the avenue toward Mrs. Riving ton's apartment. Meanwhile, Wong Sin, still in his Chinese costume, was explaining to another male servant just what he wished done, pointing out the dagger on the wall and placing the bladder under his jacket. A box of opium was on the table, and he was giv ing most explicit directions. It was Into such a web that Elaine was be ing unwittinly led by Mary. Entering the hallway of the apart ment, Mary rang the bell. The servant opened the door and Elaine and Mary entered. He closed the door and almost before they knew it was gone Into the back room. Elaine gazed about it In trepdiatlon. But before she could say anything, Mary, with a great show of surprise, exclaimed. "Why, I must have made a mistake. This isn't Mrs. Riving ton's apartment. How stupid of me." They looked at each other a mo ment. Then each laughed nervously, as together they started to go out of the door. It was locked! Quickly they ran to another door. It was locked also. Just then the Chinaman entered and stood a moment gazing at them. They turned and Elaine recoiled from him. Wong bowed. "Oh, sir," cried Mary, "we've made a mistake. Can't you tell us how to get out?" "No speke Englis," he said, glid ing out again from the room and closing the door. Elaine and Mary looked about In despair. "What shall we do?" asked Elaine. Mary said nothing, but with a hasty glance discovered on the wall the knife which Wong had already told her about. She took it from its scab bard. As she did so the Chinaman re turned with a tray on which were queer drinks and glasses. At the sight of Mary with the knife he scowled blackly, laid down the tray, and took a few steps in her di rection. She brandished the knife threateningly: then, as if her nerve failed her, fainted, letting the knife fall carefully on the floor so that it struck on the handle, and not on the blade. Wong quickly caught her as she fainted and carrying her out of the room, banged shut the door. Elaine . followed in a moment, loyally to pro- i tect her supposed friend, but found that the door had a snap lock on the other side. She looked about wildly, and in a 1 moment Wong reappeared. As he ad vanced slowly and Insinuatingly, she drew back, pleading. But her words fell on seemingly deaf ears. She had picked up the knife which Mary had dropped, and when at last Wong maneuvered to .get her cornered and was about to seize her, she nerved herself up and stabbed at him reso- ( lutely. Wong staggered back —and fell. As he did so, he pressed the bladder which he had already placed under his coat. A dark red fluid, j like blood, oozed out all over him and ; ran in a pool on the floor. Elaine, too horror-stricken at what had happened even to scream, dropped the knife and bent over him. He did not move. She rose quickly and ran through the now open door. As she did so, Wong seemed suddenly to come to life. He raised himself and looked after her, then with a subtle smile sank back into his former assumed posture on the floor. When Elaine reached the other room she found Mary there with the Chi nese sen-ant who was giving her a glass of water. At the sight of her, the servant paused, then withdrew in to another room farther back. Mary, now apparently recovering from her faintness, smiled wanly at Elaine. "It's all right," she murmured. "He Is a Chinese prince who thought wo were callers." At the reassuring nod of Mary to ward the front room, Elaine was over come. "I—l killed him!" she managed to gasp. "What?" cried Mary, starting up and trembling violently. "You killed him—" "Yes," sobbed Elaine. "He came at me —had the knife —I struck at him.—" The two girls ran Into the other GET YOURS TOMORROW E The announcement in these columns that this paper would present to LVeryDOay its readers "THE NATIONS AT WAR," by Willis f. Abbot, has brought to w f f ««.7i our office a host of people eager to see this sumptuously illustrated his- Wants to tory of the first six months or the mighty European conflict. 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It was the servant who had come In. "You—kill him —with knife?" insin uated the Chinese. Elaine was dumb. The servant did not wait for an answer, but hastily opened the hall door. To Elaine it seemed that something must be done quickly. A moment and all the house would be in uproar. Instead, he placed his finger on his lips. "Quick —no word," he said, lead ing the way to the hall door, "and —oh, you must not leave that —it will be a clue," he added, picking up the bloody handkerchief and pressing it into Elaine's hand. They quickly ran out into the hall. "Go —quick!" he urged again, "and hide the handkerchief in the bag. Let no one see it!" He shut the door. As they hurried away Elaine breathed a sigh of relief. They had reached the street. Afraid to run, they hurried as fast as they could until they turned the first cor ner. 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