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Show V HP gynopsis of Preceding Chapters. P'Xhc Clreat Salt Lake Mystory" is a 'Kihboratlvc story founded upon a plot Kiroduced by Georeo Harris Donohuc, rEiI'Cac)i rlinpier Mibscnucnt to the Iniru-' Iniru-' Hfeucllon 1ms lieen taken up by such wcll-ftiibwn wcll-ftiibwn Snlt Lolors as Gcorgo A. Snccts, lfthlrf of the Suit Lake detective bureau; SrfaHcs g. iulcr, a well-known club-' club-' BTn and former newspaper man, con-Khntcs con-Khntcs chapters III and IX; Joseph E. ' Kliic ocrctarv of the Comnicrclnl club; lTS 'Fowler, private secretary to Mayor ' iWiransford. Charts V. Worthlnpton. ad- WSR nunneer of the KcItli-O'Brlen ttSwmy EdR" A. Ilopeis. assistant city aHfcriirv. and rrofessor John fc Welch. 2 Ealnmar grade supervisor of the bait Kiike piililtc schools. Km,, plot, as introduced by Mr. Dono-Bhnf Dono-Bhnf undents Captain Anthony Stark, his 'Eire and nineteen- ear-old daughter IEkiKs. Cautaln Stark, retired mining un and capitalist of Salt Lake City. K' flnl Ulni registered, with his family, Brllic SL Francis hotel in San Francisco, riHncrc a few hours following his arrival, 'K, raptaln a:u! his wife and daughter .Kfc found chloroformed, and the subsc- IHtpnt discovery is made that 525.000 in K'li and Jewels valued at 510.00&. helong--Fr to Mrs. Stark, all secreted in Captain IWItark's trunk, had been stolen. A few ; Sioms after the robbery. Gladys Stark Klssppcarx, and Ferguson Thome of Salt .Lake arrives at the St. Francis. -HtMnrrclous Anderson, the great Invcsft- IHfetor. assumes charge of thu mystery and jHlnls the linger of suspicion at Ferguson Ki6mc. The discovery is made that Cap- iln Stark's home in Salt Lake City had (Attn robbed but a short time after Ills Emirture i:nd valuable papers stolen. Hiirlcs D. Remington, u former friend of Rornc and Stark, is suspected of com- SHfclt'. Marvelous Anderson Is inter-Ptewed inter-Ptewed by a mysterious prlcsl, who lias BftTlously returned a package of papers 'L'Captaln Stark. A mysterious xounter-- xounter-- jErt of Gladys Stark Is discovered In com-Hknr com-Hknr with a mysterious stranger In the . Hginarck cafe by Anderson, who follows Kgi to a notorious resort in Chinatown, l Sphere later Marvelous Anderson discov-J discov-J ,Bff Thonio in the act of making confes- Ska to the mysterious stranger and the c fEaUtlful woman that ho committed tire Ha;k burglary In order lo rescue Gladys En the alleged perilous predicament. 'Krii'ome and Anderson form an alllnnce; Kt Investigator Is caught In a Chinatown Ep and rescued by Thorne: Captain Etrk Is confronted by Anderson. Thome jElvGliidys in the St. Francis, where he . found conferring with the mysterious ' wiugrr and the beautiful woman. Mrs. IHirfc suddenly appears on the scene and Ennnds to know who the beautiful wom-I wom-I anil mysterious stranger are'. Captain JBtrtc falls In apoplectic fit; Anderson nt-, nt-, lHotU resuscitation, and while thus on-' on-' B$tf Mrs. Stark. Gladys, tho mysterious feiijer nnd the beautiful woman vanish VMM the apurtment. Anderson nnd .gtorn? start in pursuit. Captain Stark - .Jfcovers he has lot his llrst marriage (plIRcnte. whlrh Is believed by Mnnaser 'otis ,0 be the key to tho mystery, n; chapter X. Miss Blanche Douglas GREAT (AN ORIGINAL STORY.) (Mr. Tom Homer, the well known tfnlt Lake real estate operator, oper-ator, contributes chapter XIII of the Great Salt Lake Mystery today, to-day, lie succeeds in getting our poor old Investigator. Marvelous Anderson, in a most exasperating pickle, and it is no wonder the Great Sleuth rubs his nose reflectively and says, "Gosh." Mr. Homer has shed a little light on the identity of the Mysterious Priest, but Gads! he gives a most remarkable windup to his discovery.) perfects an analogous creation, which is perfectly open to every person trying to 0l,.,c Mystory as it now appears In Tho Tribune. Wo have Manager Woods. Marvelous Anderson. Thorne. Gladys, Captain Stark. The Mysterious Stranger, Tho Beautiful Woman, nnd all others Identified with the Mvstcrv In a position where it is seemingly impossible to get them out. Mr. Oscar L. Cox, who contributes Chapter XI. connects the Beautiful Wo-mnn Wo-mnn as Ethel, the long lost daughter or Captain Stark. The discovery Is mnde that instead of having the money and jewels In his trunk Captain Stark had placed them in a hand satchel which he had lost while onroutc from Oakland to 'Frisco. The mysterious Priest is satisfactorily satis-factorily accounted for and he Is shown to have a hand In the robbery. The Mysterious Mys-terious stranger turns out to be a Plnk-crtnn Plnk-crtnn detective. Chapter XII.. written by Mrs. Olive Havens, gives Marvelous Anderson a wild chase through Golden Gate park In an automobile. He follows another machine, discovers the priest or. at least, he thinks it Is the priest In conversation with a woman concerning the missing Stark money nnd Jewels. Ho steps forward for-ward to get a closer look and discovers tho two are none other than Charles D. Remington and Gladys Stark. CHAPTER XIII. By Mr. Tom Homor. Marvelous Anderson was as surprised a man at this moment as could be found in a trip across the continent. To follow the alleged al-leged priest and a woman who had called him a traitor through the mazes of Golden Gate park, and then to find that he was confronted con-fronted by Gladys Stark and Remington Rem-ington was enough to try the nerves of any man. And even while he was considering consid-ering the next move, keeping himself him-self well concealed behind the foliage, an auto pulled up before the curb in which were the priest and a chauffeur, and immediately immediate-ly Remington and Gladys climbed in. and the machine was off down Golden Gate avenue at a terrific pace. . There was no hesitation on the part of Anderson as hc rushed to his own machine and urged the chauffeur 1o hurry after the trio going as fast; as their machine would carry them toward the city. Rapidly, forgetting all about the speed laws of the municipality, the I two machines rushed down the paved streets, barely a hundred yards between them, the leaders scarcely understanding their speed and never looking behind to sec whether or no they were pursued. pur-sued. They had no thought of pursuit. They did not know that Marvelous Anderson was on their track and that he had sworn to untangle untan-gle this, the hardest problem he had encountered in his career as a detective and investigator. Anderson Full of Trouble. Atlo'f10 during the trip hud his head hill of trouble. Ho was undismayed, undis-mayed, undaunted and witbnl tho trials and tribulations of the caso up to this tunc, ho had not lost confidence in his lucky star aud the euidinp. technical mind which he know was his and which had been ottcn soreb tried before. He est minted t lie conditious con-frontimr con-frontimr him on this occasion.- There was a robbery at tho hotel. Mint was the becinmnf; then the report of the robbery at -Salt. Lake: this was followed fol-lowed by the return of the papers and tho further abstraction of the one the marn.'mo certificate; that part was cleared up. It wns cleared up by the confession of the cirl who had proven herself the daughter of Captain Stark. Thus far. everything had been oxplainod by actions ac-tions of the captain himself. Gradually tho tale was unfolding itself. The tangled skein wns being straightened, but the main point -was still in a mu&sy mess. "I've been engaged to find t lie money and get it back," said I lie Investigator, In-vestigator, to himself, "and I have been led awav from my end of tho chase by matters which I verily believe be-lieve hnvo no connection with that ond of it. and yet those voices in lho park! IJy the gods, .Tove. T believe that t lie money is in tho hands of the relatives of the Cnptnin." "Hero!''' lo tho chauffer, "take mo to the ferry at once." And Anderson left the chase of the unto for a trip by himself down to the Ferry depot at the foot of Market street, lo see what lie eoujd find there. Looks for the Baggage. Arriving at the Ferry, he went immediately im-mediately to lho baggago department produced his credentials aud proceeded to acquiro such information as was at huud. His first query was as to whether there had been found a suit case which would resemble tho description of I he ouo lost by Stark "Nothing doing." Well, ho had lost time, then, aud ho wns again in tho machine and started back to the St. Francis. Ho wanted to soe Holmes, and learn what ho had discovered dis-covered siuco he was there last. Arrived at tho hotel, Anderson first went direct to the Stark apartments, where the first person ho met was Glnd3-s. This sturtlcd him somewhat, and with his nerves on the alert ho greeted the Captain. "Captain Stnrk, T wish to stato fhat T am dailj" becoming more conviuccd that you robbed your own trunk, and I hat there was nothing of value tnkon from it. I am also conviuccd that you are keeping certain information from me relative to. your family a flairs, which, if in my possession, would effectually ef-fectually aid me in clearing up this nivslorv. What these faniilv matters are 1 am not able to grasp, but I shall get at them, and when I do, vou will have a few surprises thrust upon you and perhaps they will be unpleasant ones, too." Gladys Was Cool. " Gladys Stark had uot spoken to Anderson An-derson "as ho entered (he room, but she had simply acknowledged his recognition recogni-tion by ii nod and a how. She now oanip forward and said in a rather strained voice: "Mr. Anderson, T think it would bo better if tho matter were dropped here, and that yon forget that you were over mixed un with the n If airs of our family. Xo good can come of it. and it may lead to oven more unplejisnnt complications compli-cations for my mother, my sister and mvsolf." " "Oli. do you! Do voir Well, my dear vonng lady 1 wish 10 slate here aud now that 1. am in the race to stay, aud when I get through with it I shall know what it means. 1 shall know what started this trouble:.! shall know why vour father feels it would have been safer to have remained in Salt Lake, and why he does not want me to know the inside of his family affairs. af-fairs. And I am not certain that you will not have somo explanations to offer of-fer lo'both mvself aud vour fnthcr before be-fore I get through. This anxiotv to have me drop the case is unuMial and onlv makes me the moro determined in my eudeavors to unravel the mysterv Me drop this case? I 'll sec the wliolo lainily I bog your pardon good day." Marxelous Anderson left tho apartments apart-ments in a rage, ma relied down tho hall, into the rotunda, and across to the private office' of Manager Woods. Aadorsoa Has a Surprise. . Ho found Woods silting at the desk in conference with the chief of police of San Francisco, and I hey both seemed to be in tho best of spirits. The chief was just making a sialoment to Woods, to lho effect thai now that Mrs. and Miss Stark were found, his interest in the case was at an end. unless Mr. woods desired lho assistance of somo of his force in lho untangling of the robbery matter, when Anderson broke it witli: "This thing lias sot mo going and L am going to make the finish one glory of pyrotechnics that will mako Vesuvius Vesu-vius look like a bonliro unless something some-thing happens pretty soou. Where is Ilolines. Jim'.' " "Holmes is now on his wav to Salt Lake. Anderson." answered Yoods. "Why Salt Lake?" queried Anderson, Ander-son, getting hot under the collar. ".lust to see what ho can find out," was the hotel manager Js evasive au-swer. au-swer. "Why do you make this kind of a move when you know T have a man there at present, and have had one thore all along?" demanded Anderson. "Now. look here, Anderson, you know I have as deep a reverence for your own ability as an Investigator as anybody on earth, not excepting the chief here, but things have been goiug too slow, and I want to do what I can toward hurrying this matter to an end. You know you are about convinced con-vinced that Stark robbed his own trunk. You have charged him with tho act. .1 am going to find out what kind of a reputation ho has at tho other end of lho line." "I Want a Clear Hand." "Woods, I want to have a clear hand in this matter from now on. T know what I am doing, and I know what will bo the outcome of it all. I am capable of landing this matter where it will bo as clear as daylight, and I'll do it bc-foro bc-foro next Sunday morning. But I do not want any butters in," and Anderson Ander-son plainly showed his temper in the maunor in which he held himself uudcr com ml. "All right, Marv," said Managor Woods, "but tell mo why you think Stark robbod himself?" "It did seem a little bit unfair not to give the hotel a chance to send in a bill, wnsn't it Jim."' said Anderson, sarcastically. "He's getting as much as ho pays for." said Woods, laughiugly, ''and a little bit more." "Well, never mind why I ,think it, but J am going to have the whole thing opened up. as 1 told you, by next Suu-day." Suu-day." said- Anderson. The chief of polico arose to leave, and extending his hand to Anderson, "Good tuck to you, old man, T 'vo scon you puzzled before, and L believe that von will get tho right end soon. Go to it." Left alono with Manager Woods, Anderson An-derson demanded a further explanation of tho sending of Holmes to Salt Lake, and Woods iinallv gave in. "I'll tell ynu." I believe that there is some crooked work in this marrying and children business. Utah is a state whero they give and take in marriage pretty oft on at least they did when this first marriage of Stark's was pulled off. and I want some reliable information informa-tion on t ho oiio-slion. "I have learned that tho marriage was porfonned at a littlo town called Farmington, near Salt Lake; that the death of the first wife occurred in Salt Lake, as well as the birth of t ho alleged first 'and most recent additiou to the family, -Miss Kthol. The records should show, nnd T want Holmes to make a close investigation of tho whole deal. I told him to see Joe C'aine. George Sheets, and a number of others who are said to know something of tho mystery, and find out whero all I hose characters come from. I fear I here is somo fiction fic-tion in the story and I hero is no need to have ourselves made mouke.ys of at this stage of t lie game." "Looks Like a Put-Up Job." "It has looked like a put-up .job at times," said AnderFon. "but I did not want to believe it just yet. They are carrying things too far now, thougli, and we'll make them show cause." Then for thirty minutes the Investigator Investi-gator and hotel manager had their heads together figuring out the deal and whore tho Joke was to come in. finally lighting lrosli cigars and parting friends. Anderson still full of lho connection of the priosl with tho matter, and carefully care-fully putting lho points of tho case together, to-gether, including lho statement of Keau that the priest had shown thorn some things about San Frawisco which wimp. new, his closo friendship with Kem-ington, Kem-ington, and tho fact thai thoj- wcro so often soon together; and then he camo back to the original strong dew to tho robbery of tho (ruiik the button from clothes similar to those worn by Keiu-iugton Keiu-iugton and found fastened to the trunk alter tho robbery. Tho return of the priesl and his notions to the mind of Anderson his constantly recurring presence in the case prevented Anderson from clearly defining Remington's connection, and ho was confounded wiih the peculiar tangle which had been evolved siuco he was first called to the case. He had taken a sent in the rotunda whore he could see hut h enlrancos from the street, and especially was ho keeping keep-ing an oyo on I lie ladies' entrance. Again the Priest. Suddenly he blurted to Ids foot. Coming Com-ing from lho ladies' entrance was tho priesl, ami ho must have conic from the Stnrk apartments, otherwise Anderson An-derson would have seen his reflection in the great mirror should he have crossed trom the elevator. He was abstractedly ab-stractedly looking up and down Powell street, apparently undecided as to which direction ho should go. Anderson had not been close enough to the alleged priest to see just what he looked like, and he slowly moved to the door of tho hotel and, "stepping upon tho pavement, was at his side. Tho cloak which he wore almost concealed con-cealed his face, but there was a Tvisp of bright golden hair .just over the collar, and Anderson caught his breath as the priest looked him fair in the eyes. "A woman, by Heaven! and witli blue eyes and golden hair!" (Note Just ns Old Marv. Anderson would say "Now, there you are." Mr. Homer somehow or other had us all excited when wc found he had permitted permit-ted the Great San Francisco Sleuth to again discover the Mi'storious Priesl, but when ho backs up the argiinieut advanced ad-vanced sonic time ago by Mr. Joseph Came of the Commercial club lo the effect ef-fect that tho Priest (?) is nothing more or less than a Lady Fair wo are compelled com-pelled to scratch around some in our wonderment how the Salt Laker who is scheduled to write chapter XIV tomorrow to-morrow will ever be able to satisfactorily satisfac-torily explain the ever increasing Ian-file) |