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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.
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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.
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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
i<ong. As the Chinaman rushed for
ward to seize him, Kennedy shot the
leader of Long Sin's attendants and
3truek down the other with a blow.
Kennedy seized Elaine's yielding
body, and, pushing back to
the anteroom, succeeded In gaining It
and locking the door into the main
temple.
Bennett was still lying on the floor
tightly bound. With a few deft cuts
with a Chinese knife which he had
picked up, Kennedy released him.
At the same time Chinamen were
trying to batter down the door, Ken
nedy's last bulwark. It was swaying
under their repeated blows.
*******
While Kennedy was thus besieged
by the devil worshipers in the ante
room, several policemen and detectives
gathered in the seance room with us,
next door, where Savetsky was held a
defiant and mute-prisoner.
I had discovered the bell and, taking
that as a guide, I started to trace the
course of a wire which ran alongside
the wall.
To the fireplace I traced the bell
and, in pulling on the wire, 1 luckily
pressed a secret spring. To my amaze
ment the whole fireplace swung out
of sight and disclosed a secret pas
sageway.
I looked through It.
It was almost at that precise Instant
that the door of the anteroom burst
open and the Chinamen swarmed In,
irged on by the Insane exhortations of
Long Sin.
To my utter amazement, I recog
nized Kennedy's voice.
In the first onslaught Craig shot one
Chinaman dead, then closed with the
Mhers, slashing right and left with the
Chinese knife he had picked up.
Bennett came to his aid, but was
immediately overcome by two China
men, who evidently had been detailed
for that purpose.
Meanwhile Kennedy and the others
were engaged in a terrible life and
death struggle.
Finally, Long Sin, seizing a large
wall-hanging, leaped upon Kennedy
from the back and threw It over his
head, almost suffocating him.
It was just as the Chinese was about
to overpower him that I led the po
lice and detectives through the pas
sageway of the fireplace.
It was a glorious fight that followed.
But Long Sin and his Chinamen were
no match for the police and were soon
completely routed, the police striking
furiously in all directions and clearing
the room.
Instantly Kennedy thought of the
fair object of all this melee. He
rushed to the divan on which he had
placed Elaine.
As she opened her eyes for an in
stant she gazed at Craig, then at Ben
nett. Still not comprehending just
what had happened, she gave her hand
to Bennett. Bennett lifted her to her
feet and slowly assisted her as she
tried to walk away.
Kennedy watched them, more stupe
fied than if he had been struck over
the head by Long Sin.
• •••»•»
Police and detectives were now tak
ing the captured Chinamen away, as
Bennett, his arm about Elaine, led her
gently out.
▲ young detective had slipped the
bracelets over Long Sin's wrist, and I
was standing beside him.
Kennedy, In a daze at the sight of
Elaine and Bennett, passed us, scarce
ly noting who we ■were.
As Craig collected his scattered
forces Long Sin motioned to him, as
If he had a message to deliver.
Kennedy frowned suspiciously. He
was about to turn away when the Chi
naman began pleading earnestly for a
chance to say a few words.
"Step aside for a moment, you fel
lows, won't you, please?" he asked. "1
will hear what you have to say, Long
Sin."
Long Sin looked about craftily.
"What Is it?" prompted Craig, see
ing that at last they were all alone.
Long Sin again looked around.
"Swear that I will go free and not
suffer," he whispered, "and I will be
tray the great Clutching Hand."
Kennedy studied the Chinaman
keenly for a moment. Then, seeming
ly satisfied with the scrutiny, he nod
ded slowly assent.
As Craig did so, I saw Long Sin lean
over and whisper into Kennedy's ear.
Craig started back in horror and sur
prise.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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known man within the narrowing lines
of the war zones took his life iu his
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and the roll of the missing bears names
of men of all nationalities whose re
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rolling chair man at Atlantic City, re
turned a verdict in favor of the "plain
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The suit was brought to recover
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Former President Will Speak at Cham
ber of Commerce Dinner To-night
Wilkes-Barre, May 13.—Former
President William Howard Taft to
night will speak at the annual dinner
of the Chamber of Commerce. During
Ilia stay he will be the guest of Judge
J. B. Woodward, a Yale classmate.
The trustees of the Chamber of
Commerce, the City Commissioners, the
County Commissioners and the county
judges will act as a reception commit
tee.
Admits Robbing Employers
Lancaster, May 13. —Roy Mundis
admits having stolen the weekly pay
roll of $127 of E. L. Missley & Son
and to passing a forged check" He will
be sentenced when court convenes.
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
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Bevan, Scranton; M. F. Thompson, Car
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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
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ber and the 1917 convention will bo
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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
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official, said it was their desire to ar
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lack of jurisdiction and to submit the
demurrer to the charge of conspiracy
at the same time. Joseph W. Bailey,
of counsel for the bank, said his cli
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"We are ready to argue the ques
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DIVORCED FOR WITCHCRAFT
Novel Ground Advanced by Husband
Clinches Separation
Norristown. Pa., May t3. —Believ-
ing that his wife was influenced by
witchcraft or was "hexed" to leave
him, William A. Evans, of Pottstown,
successfully applied for a divorce from
her. The Court granted the divorce
to-day.
The master, W. B. Conver, reports
the "hex" testimony of the husband
to the Court, but makes his own deduc
tions that the woman just got tired of
living with her husband after six years.
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Stockholders of York Bridge Company
Get Offer From Scranton Concern
Sunbury, Pa.. May 13.—Stockhold
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$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
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York and make an effort to rehabilitate
the plant by assessing the stock. Many
small investors in this territory have
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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.
As soon as the liquid flowed down
his throat he dropped the jug and cried
for help, but owing to the large quan
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Killed by Fall From Loft
Easton, Pa., May 13.—Benjamin
Wasser, of this city, was found dead
in a shed at the Ackermanville hotel
yesterday. He had gone there to look
for work and got permission to sleep
in the shed. Rolling out of the hay
loft, his head struck a stone and his
skull was fractured.
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Reformatory Youth Fled When Ac
cused, Is Opening Testimony
Huntingdon, Pa.. May 13.—"Not
guilty," pleaded Adam Snyder, 20
years of age, in answer to the indict
ment yesterday charging him with the
brutal murder, January 6, of Mrs. Re
becca Port, wife of Plummer Port, a
Huntingdon county farmer
After five hours had been consumed
in impaneling a jury, Judge Woods, be
fore District Attorney C. C. Brewster,
opened the Commonwealth's case, ex
cluded women and boys under 18 from
the court, owing to the nature of the
evidence that was to be introduced to
prove the base motive alleged to have
induced Snyder to kill Mrs. Port.
One woman refused to leave the court
room. It was the youth's mother,
faithful to him in his most trying
hour.
IHow lie left his home on the after
noon of the murder, returning a couple
of hours later to discover the badly
mutilated body of his wife jammed
under a bin in the cellar aud how Sny
der, a paroled reformatory boy living
with the Ports, lied to the hills when
accused of the murder, was the fabric
of the testimony given by Plummer
Port, husband of the victim, and first
witness introduced by the State.
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Norristown Girl Off to Arizona to Mar
ry on Photograph
Norristown, Pa., May 13. —Grace
Lukens, accompanied by her mother,
Mrs. Nelson Lukens, 34 East Spruce
street, left yesterday for Bisbee, Ariz.,
to be married to Lester Husted, said to
be a wealthy ranch owner.
Miss Lukens has never seen nor
spoken to her future husband, except
bv photograph and letter, and the girl
and her mother depend on exchanged
photographs to aid them in identifica
tion when they arrive at Bisbee.
WILSON POLICIES PRAISED
Members of Brotherhood of America
Requested to Preserve Neutrality
Atlantic City, May 13.—Delegates
to the annual convention of the Su
preme Council, Brotherhood of Amer
ica, yesterday praised the pacific pol
icies of President Wilson and called
upon 12,000 members to preserve
strict neutrality with reference to the
war abroad and recent events arising
therefrom.
T. F. Dunn, a publisher, of Dover,
Del., was slated for watcher of the
night, all other offices being filled by
rotation. Thomas L. Gage, Atlantic
City, becomes Supreme Washington.
The contention closes to-day.
Vertigo Fall in Bath Fatal
York, May 13. —Concussion of the
brain, resulting from striking his head
on the edge of a bath tub, in a fit of
vertigo, caused the death of John O.
Jacobs, 48 years obi, manager for the
Royal Wall Paper Company, yester
day.
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By Associated Press.
Washington, May 13. —Representa-
tives of the American Newspapers Pub
lishers' Association and of many news
print paper mills appeared before the
Interstate Commerce Commission ven
terday and protested against a pro
posed increase in freight rates on news
print paper east of the Mississippi an t
north of the Ohio rivers. Representa
tives of the railroads were present to
justify the increase.
Robert C. Morris, representing the
Publishers' Association, said an in
crease in the cost of production of
newspapers would work a hardship and
that as the railroads recently benefitted
by the five per cent, general increase
they need no other.
The railroad representatives de
clared rates on paper hail long been too
low and that a readjustment wa; nec
essary and should be made now.
DEAD MAN FOOLS "WIDOW'»
Prepared to Bury Him. Absence of Tat
too Shows Him Stranger
Sunbury, Pa., May 13.—T0 prepare
to bury her husband, whom she thought
was killed on the Reading tracks near
there, and then to learn that the dead
man was a stranger, was the experience
of Mrs. Edwin Irving, of Shaniokin.
She found a man who resembled her
husband in every feature, but lacked a
tattoo of a woman's head on his breast
and an anchor on his arm.
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