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Show JUAB COUNTY TIMES. NEPHI. UTAH r-w- v " The ilflillion Dollar Mystery By HAROLD MAC GRA11I Illustrated from Scenes in tna Photo Drama of th Same Ham by the Thanhouser film Company Uli, by iUrolu iUMintli) "Not the least doubt of It In my mind. Olga, old girl, It does look as If Brains Trie Another Weapon. my star was growing dim. We'll never "What I want now," said Bralne, get our hands on that million. I feel as be paced the living room of the It in my bonea. So let's settle down apartment of the countess, "is re- to a campaign of revenge, without any venge. I've been checkmated enough. furbelows. I want to twist Olga; they're playing with us." heart before the game winds "That U nothing new." she replied, up." "At the beginning I "You wish really to Injure her?" shrugging. earned you. I never liked this affair "I do not wish to Injure her. Far after the first two or three failures. from It." he replied, smiling evilly. Hut you would have your way. You "You want her . . . dead?" wanted revenge at that early date; whispered Olga, paling. but I cannot see that you've gone for"Exactly. 1 want her dead. And ward. Has It ever occurred to you so If all my efforts here come to noththat the organization may be getting ing, so shall llurgreave's. His miltired, too? They depend solely upon lions will become waste paper to him. your Invention, and each time your That's revenge. The Persian peach Invention has resulted In touching method." nothing but lero." "Poison? You shall not! You shall "Thanks!" not kill her!" vehemently. "O, I'm not chiding you. I've failed, "Tender heurted?" too." "No. If I must In the end go to "Are you turning against me?" he so be It; but I refuse to die In prison, demanded bitterly. the chair." "Do my actions point that way?" "Very well, then. We shan't kill he countered. "So. Hut the more I her, but we'll make her wish she was view what has passed, the more dis- dead. I was to see how heartened I grow. It has been a Berles far you wouldonlygo.trying The basket of of blind alleys, and all we have suc- peaches Is In the hallway. Every ceeded In doing is knocking our heads. peach Is poisoned. No man In the I can see now that all our failures country knows more about subtle re due to one mistake." than I do. Have I not written "And what the devil Is that?" he books on the subject?" Ironically. asked. Irritably. "And they will trace It back to you "We were In too much of a hurry In a straight line." she warned. "I t the beginning. Hargreave prepared will not have It!" himself for quick action on your part." "I can go elsewhere," he replied "And If I had not acted quickly he coldly. would have started successfully on one "You would leave me?" of his world tours again, and that "The moment you cross my will." would have been the last of him. and emphatically. we should never have learned of the Torn It became her turn to pace. girl's existence. So there's your argu- between her love of the man and the ment." danger which Blared ber In the face, "Perhaps you are right. But for 11 that we have not played the game with any degree of finesse." "I!uh!" tiraine lit a cigarette and ' ' Is 3 V moked nervously. "I can't even get -4 7 'I rid of that meddling reporter. He has been as much to blame for our failures as either Jones or Hargreave. I admit thai In his case I Judged hastily. I believed him to be just an ordinary newspaper man, and he was rlever enough to lull my suspicions. Hut I'm going to get him, Olga, even If I have to resort to ordinary gunman tricks. If there's any final reckoning, by the Lord Harry, he shan't get a chance In the witness stand." "And 1 begin to think that that tittle chit of a girl has been hoodwinking me all along. Py the way, did . ! ' ; you find out what that letter said?" he asked afir pause. 1 rs "letter What letter?" She sprang from her chair. "Do you mean to ray that they have not tuld . ' you about that?" Olga became greati ly excited. ' " raid. he "Explain." ' "Why, I was at the garden day v ' .. , yesterday, and a man approached ' and aked If I was Miss Hargreave. ' - - i J lero mini? at once suspicious that something very Important was about to happen, I signified that 1 was Mia Hargreave. The man slipped a paper Into my hand and hurried off. I took a quirk glance at it and was Hs Went to the Telephone, to find It utterly blank of writing. At first I thought some Joke she was for the time being distracted bad played on me, then I All the time he watched her with obanced to remember the Invisible Ink malevolent curiosity, knowing that In letters you always wrote me. Under- the end she would concur with his standing that you were to visit the evil plans. cave In the morning, I had one man "Very well." she said finally. "Hut at the garden take the note. And listen; we shall be found out. Never yon never got It!" doubt that. Your revenge will cost us "Some one shall pay for this care- both our lives. I feel It." lessness. I'll call up Vroon and Jack"Hah! The law will have no hand son at once. Wait Just a moment." In my end. 1 always carry a pellet; lie vent to the telephone. A low and that ring of yours would suffice took place, muttering conversation regiment. She mill not die. Hhe will dlci could bear little or none of It. merely become a kind of paralytic; P.raine When put the receiver back the kind that can move a little but mi the hik bis face was not pleas not enough; always wheeled a Unit In knt te see. a chair. I'll bring In the peaches; "That girl!" rosy and downy. One bite, after "What nowr given time, will do the trick. If they horsel oti seems had she twn "It and throw them out we have suspect back riding that morning. She had lost nothing but the peaches. A seen one of the boys cross the field trusted messenger will csrry them to and suddenly disappear; and she as the Hargreave house. And then well curious to learn what had become of ait down and wait." him. With her usual luck she stumMeantime. In the library of the Har bled on the method of opening the greave bouse, Florence and Jim wero In. She puzzling over the blank sheet of pa dor of the cave and went must have ben nosing about She per. didn t have much time, though, as the I II wager, said Jim, "the water boys came up to await me. Evidently washed all the writing away. The In and chest old Into that crawled fire does not seem to do any good s"fn inexplicable manner purloined We'll turn It over to Jones. Jones 'II the letter from Jackson's pocket. They find a way to solve It. Trust him.' left to reconnoiter; and It was then "What sre you two chattering that Jackson discovered his loss. about?" asked Pusan. who wss arrang them heard returning ing some flowers on the table. When Florence She Jumped Into the well. And lived "Secrets," said Jim, smiling. through that tunnel! The devil Is in "Humph'" It!" 8usan puttered about for a few mln "Or out of It, since we consider him utes longer, then crossed to the recep our friend." tion room, intending to go upstairs "And I had her in my bands, note At that moment the maid was ad and all!" miitlng a messenger with a basket of "Hut with all that water there will fruit. " "For Miss Hargreave," sld h. He got i" any wriMog left on the letter "Invisible Ink is generally Indelible rave the basket to the maid, touched to the action of wat-if- ; his cap awkwardly, and swung on bis at least the kind I use Is. I'd lieri, closing the door behind him. He a thousand for a sight of that was In a hurry to deliver another p.v " message. inter ' And It might be wortb. mflliew." "O, what lovely fruit!" cried Susan, pausing. Tm going to steal one." (Copyright, CHAPTER XX. Har-greav- pol-Bo- ii I .. ' . dum-founde- d imp'-rTlou- in tmtd i . ' tx-e- n lUlifeutU but; aelodeU a MuucU and begun eating it on the way up to her room. The maid passed on Into the Horary. "What's this?" Inquired Florence, as the maid held out the basket. She selected a peach and was about to set her white teeth into It wlieu Jim interposed. "Walt a moment, dear." Florence lowered the peach. Jim turned to the maid. "Who sent It?" A messenger "1 don't know, sir. brought It. aaylng It was for Miss Hargreave." "Let me see If there Is a card." Hut Jim searched In vain for the card of the donor. At once all his suspicions arose. "Don't touch thera. Hotter let the maid throw thera out. Fruit from unknown persons might not be the healthiest thing In the world." What do you think?" That In all probability they are poi soned. Hut there's no need trying to prove my theory right or wrong. Ask Jones. He'll tell you to throw thera away." "Horrible!" Florence shuddered. Hut they do not want to poison me. I'm too valuable. They want me alive." Jlra Who can say?" returned gloomily. "They may have learned that they cannot beat us, no matter what card they turn up. I may be wrong, but take my advice ana tnrow them away. . . . Good Lord, what s cut) that?" u, juuu iuhu ausuu uuuioaea where lie is la Mitt woiauu. will be the most difficult." . VvStfJ Btartled." 'Some one cried!" 'O. Miss Florence!" exclnlmea the maid, terror stricken as she recalled "Miss Susan took a Susan's act. peach from the basket and was eating it on the way to her room!" "Good heavens!" easoed Jim. "1 was right. The fruit was poisoned Jim had head enough to send for specialist he knew. The specialist arrived about twenty minutes after Sus- an'a first cry. To his keen eye It looked like a certain poison which had for Its baBls the venom of the cobra. "Will she live?" "O, yes. Hut she'll be a wreck for some months. Send her to the hospital where I can visit her frequently. And I'll take that peach along for analysis. No police affajr? "No. We dare not call them in." said Jim. That's your affair. I'll send down the ambulance. Keep her quiet. She'll have a species of paralysis; but that'll work off under the treatment. A strange business." "So It Is," agreed Jim grimly. Florence knelt beside her friend's bed and cried softly. You called me Just In time. An hour later, nothing would have saved her. She would have been paralyzed for life." Jim accompanied the doctor to the door and went In search of Jones. He found the taciturn butter eying the fruit basket, his face gray and drawn. though his eyes blazed with fury. "Polaon!" "A pretty bad poison, too." said Jim. "We can't do anything. We've Just got to sit still. Hut In the end we'll get them. That she devil . . ." "No. my friend; that be devil. The woman Is mad over him and would commit any crime at bis bidding. Hut this Is bis work. We want him. He wasn't without courage to send this fruit, knowing that I would Instantly suspect the sender. Yet, I have no definite proof. I could not bold him In court In law. He will have bought the fruit piece by piece, the basket In a basket shop. He will have Injected the poison himself when alone. Poor Susan! That messenger was without doubt some one over whom he holds the threat of the death chair. Thai s the way he works." Jim tramped the room while Jones carried the fruit to the kitchen. The butler returned after a while. "What about that blank sheet of pa per?" "It has to be dipped Into a solution; after that you can read It by heating. I have already dipped It Into the solu tion. The moment the heat leaves the sheet the writing disappears again. Tbe Ink Is waterproof. I'll show you." Jones got a candle from the mantle, lit It, and held the sheet of paper very close to the flame. Gradually, almost Imperceptibly, letters began to form on the blank sheet. At length the mes sage was complete. "Hear Hargreave The Itusstan min ister of police Is at the Illank hotel under tbe name of Henri Servan. He is Investigating the work of the Hlack Hundred In this country and can free you from their vengeance if you sup ply the evidence needed." "Now, what evidence can he want?" asked Jim. "Such ss w ill prove P.raine an unde sirable citizen." "And then." "Quietly pack him off to Russia, here he Is badly wanted " "Who sent this message?" "One of our mysterious friends. W'e have a few, a you already know. Hut I'll go and roak this man Servan visit. I have seen the real minister. and If this man la the same one, some. thing of Importance may turn up. 1 shall want you somewhere about. Here, 111 let you have this letter. It member, heal brings It out and cold air makes It vanish. Now I'll go up for a moment to see how that poor girl is getting along. We are lucky; there's no gainsaying that" "You're a clever man, Jones," said Jim. Jones turned upon hfn. his face grsve. The two men looked steadily Into escb other' eye. Jones was first to turn aside bis glance, as he had something to conceal and Jim bad nothing. When the ambulance took lh tcf ANN I All I KS 11IKTIIDAYS BOYD. PARK . f v,' Vruo, VIS 11 S "After dinner, then, since you know some of his huunts. There Is a re It's a pleasure to select the gifts wnrd." Jones laughed snortly. "Keep It here. Everything, jewelry, silver, Mr. Hargreave would i yourse.1.', sir. watches the finest to be had. willingly double whatever this reward We specialize in moderate prices. Is to eliminate these despicable cnia-ture- s from his affairs." "Thanks." While this conversation was taking place Norton Idled about; and feeling MAKERS OF JEWLLR.Y the cravings for a cigarette, prepared KXJNDfcD 1003 to roll one, only to find that he hadn't SALT LAKE CITT the "makings." So fate urged htm to step Into the nearest tobacconist's "Confession Is good for tbe soul." He asked for his favorite brand and "Yes, but It Is often bard on the over silver. the passed reputation." Hralne and his companions saw Nor ton enter the shop. It agreed with their plans perfectly. The tobacconist PURE happened to be affiliated with the orCREAM der. So they hurried Into the shop. Jim Instantly realized that he was In TARTAR. a trap. "How can I get out of here?" he whispered to the tobacconist. The latter smiled. "I have to obey these gentlemen. I don't know what they want you for; but If I made a move to help you I should find my own throat cut without saving yours. "The devil!" Jim made a dash for the rear door. to find it locked. Even as he fumbled with the key, Hralne and his comrepanions flung themselves upon the porter and overpowered him. "Ah. my friend Praine!" he said. y&i onderf ul "My friend Norton!" Jeered the vicv , and leaveninc jf tor. "And what do you want; soma raising qualities peaches?" "A paper, my friend, a little secret of paper with Invisible writing on It lie sure you are right, and then We promise to give you something In ask the conductor. Judge. exchange for it." "What?" asked Jim with as much nonchalance as be could assume. Farm Electric Light Life." "Senrrh " aalil Jim. "You won't Ob Complete Within Itself to . ject to my smoking?" He beganover wooiVtful ShocMrt Elflctiic Light MaOut roll a cigarette while they passed of Mhet chine, tun by gsmline engine, him. He struck a match; the pleaa-an- t Ballrty give powrt, and aroma of tobacco floated about bis llteUftneta l'erlrrl Lighting nynteiu. head. Omu abom I cent pn houf to run I S lamps, 1 "He's get It on htm somewher lb candle powet. Three eeott pel houi loi saw him take IL He's got his nerve 50 lamp. U to imple a child ran opetale, and lie from every danger. Wnte u what with him." you want. A stamp bungt you lull particular. The cigarette glowed. Jim smoked hurriedly. Shockless Electric Machine Co. Kal Through every pocket they went AbI Tbe contents of his wallet lay scatIO W. Htmm4 South, Malt I.ak dir. tered at hla feet; his watch dangled from the chain. The cigarette grew IVUNTPn MfN m learn barter Al WOMKSptrluniUtM?o shorter and shorter. Suddenly one of mmmm u l TiM.i anil turml-lor rM. and a hand out men stretched the ini ruinami nki Ornj iai't rat-alwhisked the cigarette from Jim's Hps 'll or nie lor. Florence gravely. "I am going out and so Is Mr. Nor Do not leave the house; not ton even if you have a telephone call from me or Norton. ISoth of us will return; so don't let anything bother or con fuse you." "I promise," said Florence, strug gling with a sob. Jones went downstairs again, paused window as If cogitating, and sudby denly threw It up and looked abroad. A rustle among the lilacs caused a smile to Hit across his face. So they had sent some one to learn the effect of the poison? Or to follow him should he leave the house? He retired to the kitchen and gave some explicit orders to the chef, orders which did not in any way refer to V-r- ,...- V Letters Began to Form on the Blank Sheet. cooking. Then Jones and the reporter left the house, each quite aware that they were being followed. Near tbe Illank hotel they separated In order to confuse the stalker. He might dod der and follow the wrong man. Hut It was evident that this time he had been directed to follow Jones; for he entered the hotel a minute after Jones. Meantime a second spy, whom Jones had not seen, had observed the trans fer of the Invisible writing and had Immediately Informed Hralne, who was not far away. That his poisoned fruit had stricken down an outsider troubled him none at all. Hut that mysterious message he meant to have; It might be a life and death affair, It might be a clue to the treasure, or the whereabouts of Hargreave Thus, while only one man followed Jones, several kept a far eye on Jlru Jones scribbled his name on a blank card and had It taken to the Russian's room. The page eyed that card curl ously. It was different from anything he had ever seen before. In one cor ner were written three or four words which resembled a cross between H brew and Greek. muttered the boy "Humph!" "Whadda y know about that? Chick en scratches; but I guess the bell rings Rooslan. On your way. Horcried to the hall maid, who tense," wanted a look at the card. "tp f th room, sir. He ll see yuh!" The boy rept the silver salver extended e pectantly. but Jones went past with out apparently noticing the hint. The Russian was standing by a win dow when Jon'--s knocked and was bidden to enter. "You are not Hargreave." "N Ither are you the Russian minister of police," urbanely. "Who are you?" "I am llargreave's confidential man, sir." The two men eyed each other cautiously. "You speak Russian?" "No. I am able to scribble a few words; that la all." The Russian lit a cigarette and smoked leisurely. He was in no bur ry. "No, I tm not the minister; but I am bis accredited agent. 1 am empowered to bring back to Russia a man who Is known here by the name of llraln". another by the tin me of Vroon. and a woman who calls herself a countess and unfortunately Is one. All I dire Is some damaging against them that they are outlaws In this country. The rest will be simple." "They have all three taken out naturalization papers" The Russian waved his hand airily. "Once they are In Russia thoe documents will never come to light. This man Hralne. It has been learned, has long been In the pay of Prussia, and baa given the general staff of that country many plans of our frontier fortifications I do not know what any one of the three looks like. That Is why I sought Hargreave" "I will gladly point them out to you," said Jones, rubbing his hands together, a sign that be was greatly pleased. "That will be very good of you. "m sure," in a rumbling but perfectly Intelligible Hnelish. "And suddenly they all three will disappear?" "Suddenly; and you may believe me that from that time on they'll be heard of never more." "All this sound extremely arree-ablto me. Vr. Hargreave will be to hear that his long enforced hiding w ill soon come to an end " "All you have to d, sir. Is to point them out to me " "It may lake a week or ten days" "My government has waited for ten years to gather In this delectable trio. like" A month. If yr-"The sooner the better. I shall call e nn this evening aner ainner. begin with Mr. Pralne; and generally Plant vlt 44rl r,. tarti-ular- ia.nmiiH-n-lB- , ; ,. ' ,t it 1 hpy mret-t- halt Lake Cur. Ulan. Getting Back at the Judge. Judge In remanding a criminal called bltn a scoundrel. Tbe prisoner replied, aa be was leaving tbe court room. 'Sir. 1 am not as big a scoun drel aa your honor" here the culprit stepped, but finally added "takes tna to be." "Put your words closer together, said tbe Judge. Argonaut, 4 Silver Lining. four manv Mn.snnlA Tha Sninfttnp lodges did you say your husband be longed toT Tbe wife Fifteen. Th firitnafpr Mr modness Just think of a man being out fifteen nlghu a week! I'm glad I'm an old maid. Tbiladelpbia Public Ledger. 1 tj e l A '-- U l ., '' - p,f f I, A Question. "I wrote to Mr. Ktuldis, tbe man my son works for In New York, and asked him how Dick getting along, and where be slept Bights." ' What did he say?" "Why be wrote back saying Dick Is all right, and that be sleeps In the office during the day; but he d csn t know where he sleeps nights." 4 . r ' u ' ,; ' i Jones Paused by a Window. He threw It to the floor snd stamped out the coal. "I thouchl so!" be elclalmed, holding out the scrap of burnt paper toward Hralne. Hargreave" were The words "I-a- r all that remained of the message. Willi a snarl of rage Hralne whipped out bis revolver. "1 will give yow one minute to tell me what that paper contained." "And after that minute Is upT "A bnlW In your stomach" Quick as a flash Jim's hand shot out. caught th loosely held revolver, gave It a mrenrh. and brought It down savagely pn Hralne's head. Then he reversed It atid backed toward the front entrance. "Au revHr, till vie meH again, gen- tlemen!" Two Artists "This pianist has wonderful power. Me ran make you feel hot or cold, happy or morose, at will." "That's nothing new. So can our Janitor." Proved Its Worth. When the agent Paid Mrs. Stone th tiount of insurance ber husband car ried, he asked ber to take out a policy on her own life. "I beMeve will," she said, "as my husband bad such gn"d luck." Causa and Effect you think that constantly wearing a hat has a tendency to make a man liaM!" "No; but when a man Is bald noticed that It has a tendency to make bltn constantly wear his hat." "Do From Ballots to Beaus. "Drn'l you beiieve every woman rtirmld have a vote? ' asked the Sweet (To HE roNTINt'EP-- Moved Pole and Wlr. Voting 'th "So." 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"We all know used for drswlrg wires through the or some fine poetry that would mak conduits. This outfit was backed up eiceedingly pwir hymns." to a distance of two and one half Tha Greedy Man. from the curb and the pol? secured r the ground. Tb pole Author's nagging wife I wish yon by a chain and Its load of wires then was raised got a doHar for every word yo and the 'ruck backed to the curb ftd write! the pole lowered Into Its new Iwcav author 1 wish 1 got half rl. Vi. to ft trn. This was done In many stances without any mishap. Irritated a cent for every word yo Jo apea- k- |