8 The Exploits of Elaine A Detective Novel and a Motion Picture Drama ~ II By ARTHUR B. REEVE II ~ H The Well-Known Novelist and the II II Creator of the ' 'Craig Kennedy'' Sloriet 1| Presented in Collaboration With the Pithe Players and the Eclectic Film Company Copyright. 1914. by the Star Company All Foreign Rlghta Reserved UOiVI'iNUKD Aunt Josephine had hardly left Sa vetsky when the trance was resumed. Suddenly, from the mysterious shad ows of the cabinet, there appeared the spirit of Long Sin, whose death Elaine still believed she had caused when Adventuress Mary had lured her to the apartment. Elaine was trembling with fear at the apparition. As before, a strange voice sounded in the depths of the cabinet and again a message was heard, in low, solemn tones: "I am Keka, and I have with me Long Sin. His blood cries for ven geance." Elaine was overcome with horror at the words. Then a dim, ghostly figure, appar ently that of Long Sin, appeared. With arms outstretched, the figure glided from the cabinet and approached Elaine. She shrank back farther In fright, too horrified even to scream. At the same moment, the medium drew a vapor pistol from her dress, and. as the ghost of Long Sin leaped at Elaine, Savetsky darted forward and shot a stream of vapor full In Bennett's face. Bennett dropped unconscious, the lights in the darkened room flashed up, and several of the men of the Clutching Hand rushed In. Quickly the fireplace was turned on Its cleverly constructed hinges, re vealing the hidden passage. Before any effective resistance conld he made, Elaine and Bennett were hustled through the passage, securely bound, and placed on a divan in a curtained chamber back of the altar of the devil worshipers. • ••*••• It was at that moment that I, little dreaming of what had been taking place, arrived with Aunt Josephine at the house of the medium. She answered my ring and admitted us. To our surprise, the seance room •was empty. "Where is the young lady who was here?" I asked. "Miss Dodge and the gentleman just left a few minutes ago." the medium explained, as we looked about. I happened to notice a torn handker chief lying on the floor. It flashed over me that perhaps it might afford n clue. As I passed it, I purposely dropped my soft hat over it and picked up the hat, securing the handkerchief with out attracting Savetsky's attention. Aunt Josephine was keen now for returning home to And out whether Elaine was there or not. No sooner had she entered the car and drtyen off, than I examined the handkerchief. It was torn, as if it had been crushed in the hand during a struggle and wrenched away. I looked closer. In the corner was the initial "E." That was enough. Without losing another precious moment I hurried around to the nearest police station. The sergeant detailed several roundsmen and a man In plain clothes, and together we returned to the house, laying a careful plan to surround It secretly, while the plainclothes man and 1 obtained admittance. Meanwhile, the Chinese devil wor shipers had again gathered in their cursed temple and Long Sin, In his priestly robe, appeared on the dais. The worshipers kotowed rever ently to him, while at the back again stood the aged Chinaman patiently turning his prayer wheel. Two braziers, or smoke pots, had tjeen placed on the dais, one of which Ix>ng Sin touched with a stick, caus ing It to burst out into dense fumes. Standing before them, he chanted In nasal tones: "The white consort of the great Kslng Chau has been found. Elaine la Forced to Kotow to the Gruesome Metallic Figure. See " Exploits of Elaine," Thirteenth Episode, j In Motion Pictures, Victoria Theatre, Saturday, May 15 ! READ THE STORY IN THE STAR-INDEPENDENT EVERY WEEK. tt Is his will that she now be made his." As he finished Intoning the mesßPge, Long Sin signaled to two young Chlna ! men to go Into the anteroom. A mo ment later they returned with Elaine. Frightened though she was, Elaine i made no attempt to struggle, even | when they had cut her bonds. 1 They carried her wp to the dais, and i now Long Sin faced her and sternly ! ordered her to kotow to the grue | some metallic figure. She refused, but Instantly the China men seized her arm and twisted it, 1 until they had compelled her to fall j to her knees. I Having forced her to kotow, Long I Sin turned to the assembled devil J dancers. | "With magic and rare drugs," he chanted, "she shall be made to pass 1 beyond and her body encased In pre | clous gold shall be the consort of Ksing j Chau—forever and ever." | With callous deviltry, the oriental | satanlsts made every arrangement for embalming and preserving the body j of Elaiue. | At last all seemed to be In readiness ; to proceed. i "Hold her," ordered Long Sin in gut ; tural Chinese, to the two attendants, as he approached her. Long Sin held in his hand a small, profusely decorated pot from which smoke was escaping. As he ap- I proached he passed this receptacle un ! der her nose once, twice, three times. Gradually Elaine fell Into uncon sciousness. ******* , While Elaine was facing death in j the power of the devil worshipers, I | had reached the house of Savetsky next door with the police, and the place had been quietly surrounded. With the plainclothes man, a daring and intelligent fallow, I went to the door and rang the bell. "What can I do for you?" asked the ! medium, admitting us. i "My friend here," I parleyed, "is in great business trouble. Can your con trolling spirit give him advice?" Savetsky set to work preparing the room for a seance. As she moved over ; to the window to pull down the shades ' sue must nave caught sight of one or two of the policemen who had incau tiously exposed themselves from the ; hiding place in which I had disposed | them before we entered. At any rate, j Savetsky did not lose a Jot of her re ' markable composure. "I'm sorry,"-she remarked merely, "but I'm afraid my control Is weak and cannot work today." She took a step toward the door, i motioning us to leave. Neither of us paid any attention to the hint, but re mained seated aa we had been be fore. Almost before I knew what she was doitig, she made a dash for something in the corner of the room. It was time for open action, and I seized her quickly. My detective was on his feet in an Instant. "I'll take care of her," he ground I out, seized her wrists in his viselike grasp. "You give the signal." I rushed to the window, threw up | the shade and opened the sash, wav ing our preconcerted sign and turned I again toward the room. With a sudden accession of desper- I ate strength, Savetsky broke away j from the plainclothes man and again j attempted to get at something con cealed on the wall. I had turned Just j In time to fling myself between her and wiiatever object she had In mind. | As the detective took her again and I twisted her arm until she cried out In pain, I hastily Investigated the wall. She had evidently been attempting to : press a button that rang a concealed I bell. HARRTSBtTRft STAR-INDEPENDENT, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 13, 1915. What did it mean? • •••••• Elaine, now completely unconscious, was being held by the Chinamen, while her arm was smeared with sticky, black material trom the caul dron of Long Sin. Suddenly the aged Chinaman with the prayer wheel stopped his Inces sant, Impious turning, and, rising, held up his hand as If to command atten tion. "This is nonsense," he cried In a loud voice. "Why should our great Ksing Chou desire a white devil? I, a great-grandfather, demand to know." Shaking with rage, Long Sin or dered the intruder ofT the dais. But the aged devotee refused to go. "Throw him out," he ordered his at tendants. For answer, as the two young Chinamen approached, the old China man threw them down to the floor with a quick Jiu-jitsu movement. Furious now beyond expression, Ixjng Sin stepped forward. He seized the beard and queue of the intruder. To his utter amazement they came off! It was Kennedy. With his automatic drawn, before the astonished devil dancers could recover themselves, Craig stood at bay. Long Sin leaped behind the big il-o-cide/p'«" T ° nables MANY EXECUTED AS SPIES Camera Men and War Reporters Took Desperate Chances in the European War During the opening weeks of the grout European tragedy, when each un known man within the narrowing lines of the war zones took his life iu his hands, camera men and news reporters fell quickly under suspicion as spies and the roll of the missing bears names of men of all nationalities whose re ports ceased with ominous suddenness. Facts, the news and the camera man wanted, facts the struggling Powers in sisted they shouldn't have. Publicity, information, pictures, whether for news use or for military data differed not, and thus for months the truth about the great shambles of Europe remained unknown. Censored reports and wild speculation proved the best that the ablest newspaper minds in the United States could procure. Now comes Willis J. Abbot and his records, pen and picture reports, gath ered by corps of daring men who braved the wrath of the European mili tary and gambled their freedom and, in many cases, their personal safety, to obtain the true and complete facts, pictures (actual photographs) and data from which the great book, "The Na tions at War," is compiled. The public mind, tired of misleading reports and unreliable information printed one day and denied the next ever since the days the first "extras" appeared on the streets, hailed with joy the announcement of the publica tion of Abbot's "Nations at War," and through the enterprise of the Star- Independent as heretofore stated, a large edition was reserved by the Star- Independent for its readers. Confusion of the situation has now vanished, the truth, from the echo of the shot which killed the Austrian heir to the last report of the torpedoes in the English Channel, will be found be tween the covers of this historic rec ord. "The Nations at War" can be read alike by Briton, Teuton or Russ, by Belgian, Austrian or Serb, French, Turk or Portuguese, and no word of excep tion can be taken nor can criticism be found for any illustration contained herein, as it is a record of facts as they are and pictures as the camera found them. It contains no accusation; it con tains a hundred thousand important items of history which is "warm in the baking," and from its historians will draw their facts in the future. It is the first authentic publication of its kind yet brought out and it can be accepted by all as authoritative and accurate. 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Hand Trout Fisher Fined Altoona, Pa., May 13.—Charged with catching trout with his hands, contrary to law, Allison Price, of Al toona, was fined S2O yesterday or giv en the alternative of 20 days. His thirteenth fish proved his undoing. Just as he landed it safely Warden J. 1). Siz cr, of Huntingdon, came along. Man Burned to Death Coaldale, Pa., May 13.—Accidental ly setting fire to his clothing Tuesday night, Constant Bunton was so badly burned that he died yesterday. He was 35 years bid. Find Body of Missing Man Egypt, Pa., May 13.—Anthony Win ter, of Egypt, who had been missing since last Saturday, was found drowned in the American Cement Company's dam. He is supposed to have fallen into the water while taking a short cut home across the railroad trestle. THEROYAL ARCANUM CROWS State Council Reports Gain of 2,000 Members in Two Tears—Offi cers Installed To-day Williamsport, Pa. t May 13. —L. R. Geisenberger, of Lancaster, was in stalled to-day as grand regent of the Royal Arcanum of Pennsylvania, to succeed Arthur B. Raton, of Philadel phia,,, who has rounded out a successful two-year term. The nominations were made yesterday, and there is no oppo sition for any of the oflices. The other now officials are: Vice regent, Charles; E. Snyder, Pittsburgh; grand secretary,] Webster C. Weiss, Bethleluem; grand; treasurer, E. W. Pitts, McKeesport; j grand orator, James E. Norton, Ridg- j way; grand chaplain, R. W. Ellings worth, Tyrone; grand warden, J. B. Tronce, Blairsville; grand sentry, E. E. Kerstetter, L/ewisburg; representatives to Supreme Council, Arthur B. Eaton, E. Roedel and A. F. Nicholas, Philadel phia; John Gates, Pittsburgh; W. S. Bevan, Scranton; M. F. Thompson, Car lisle, and J. C. Russell, Warren. Three hundred delegates are attend ing the convention. A gain of more than 2,000 members was made in the last two years. The total membership in the State is 30,000. The Grand Council went on record yesterday as favoring the new confer ence law by which fraternal insurance associations must have assets equal to 100 per cent, of the value of their certificates. The time of holding the biennial ses sion was changed from May to Septem ber and the 1917 convention will bo held at Delaware Water Gap. RltiGS BANK HEARING DELAYED Postponed Until Monday at Request of Government's Attorneys By Associated Pi cas. Washington, May 13. —Hearing of the case of the Biggs National Bank against Secretary of the Treasury Mc- Adoo, Comptroller Williams and Unit ed States Treasurer Burke has been postponed until next Monday at the re quest of the Government's attorneys. In asking for delay Samuel Unter myer, on the behalf of the defendant official, said it was their desire to ar gue the motion to dismiss the case for lack of jurisdiction and to submit the demurrer to the charge of conspiracy at the same time. Joseph W. 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TO REHABILITATE PLANT Stockholders of York Bridge Company Get Offer From Scranton Concern Sunbury, Pa.. May 13.—Stockhold ers of the York Bridge Company, a $200,000 corporation, now in receivers' hands, met here yesterday to consider a proposition made by the Anthracite Bridge Company, of Scranton, to take over the property at $25,000. Boyd A. Musser, a former officer of the York concern, is interested in the Scranton corporation and has made the offer. It was decided yesterday to appoint j a committee to visit the property at York and make an effort to rehabilitate the plant by assessing the stock. Many small investors in this territory have money in the property. FIERY QUAFF MEANS DEATH Farmer Drinks From Sulphuric Acid Jug in Mistake Kane, Pa., May 13.—Mistaking a jug of sulphuric acid for water will cost the life of David Anderson, a farmer, of North Warren, who made the mistake while assisting A. A. Kidder, a neighbor, in making garden. 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