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Show 1 -Synopsis of- Preceding Chapters. 4 ? "Tho Groat Salt Lake Mystery" Is a T -X coll.iboratlvo story founded upon a plot 4 ' introduced by George Harris Donohue, C J and each chapter subsequent to the lntro- 3 I duetlon has been taken up by such well- A 4 known Salt Lakers as Georyo A. Sneets, " I chief of the Salt Lake detective bureau; .'j j Cliurles &. rulver. a well-known club- 1 nian and former newspaper man, con- M tributes chapters III and IX; Joseph L. 1 f Calnc, secretary of the Commercial club; t A. S. Fowler, private secretary to. Mayor '3 t Uransford; Charles V. "U'orthington. ad- i vettlsingr manager of the Keith-O'Brien 1 company; Edgar A. Rogers, assistant city " I attorney, nnd Professor John S. Welch, 'l gnunmar grade supervisor of tlie bait i I Lske public schdbls. K Tho plot, as introduced by Mr. Dono-1 Dono-1 ifc liuc. presents Captain Anthony Stark, his i iC wife and nineteen-year-old daughter V 1 .Gladys, Captain Stark, retired mining man and capitalist of Salt Lake City. V f We find him registered, with Ills family, W ? ntihe SL. Francis hotel In San Francisco, il J where, a few hours, following his arrival, -5 ( iho captain and his wife and daughter H t aro found chloroformed, and the subsets subse-ts fluent discovery is made that $'."5,000 In Ai 1 cash, and Jewels valued at S10.006. belong-fwi belong-fwi - jr.g to Mrs. Stark, all secreted in Captain H'J J .Stark's trunk, had been stolen. A few nl'j ; hours after the robhery, Gladys Stark Uif j disappears, and Ferguson Thorne of Salt rf .. Lnke arrives at the St. Francis. jf'5.' ; Marvelous Anderson, the great Investl-JL-, gator, assumes charge of the mystery and St points the finger of suspicion at Ferguson M Tlionie The discovery Is made that Cap-Hi Cap-Hi lain Stark's home in Salt Lake City had rt 1 been robbed hut a short time after his iJE ileparturo and valuable papers stolen. Charles D. Remington, a former friend of V I Thorne and Stark. Is suspected of com-l com-l t pHclty. Mnrvolous Anderson is inter-Wi inter-Wi f viewed by a mysterious priest, who has mil f previously returned a package of papers yA t to Captain Stark. A mysterious countbr- J i part of -Gladys Stark Is discovered in com- fcS i nany with a mysterious stranger in the Ci i lilamarek cafe by Anderson, who follows j! 1'iem Is a notorious resort in Chinatown, j where later Marvelous Anderson dlscov- era. Thorne in the act of making confes- slop to the mysterious stranger and the Iff. ; beautiful woman that he committed the wft. Stark burglary In order to rescue Gladys ' v from the alleged perilous predicament. BU' . Thorne and Anderson form an alliance; jfl1 - the investigator Is caught In a Chinatown AM' trap and rescued by Thorne; Captain Stall: is confronted by Anderson, Thorne nnd Gladys In the SL Fruucls, where ho ; 13 found conferring with the mysterious yKi f stranger and the beautiful woman. Mrs. wj; , Stark suddenly appears on the scene and rh ,j uoinands to know who the beautiful wom- il an and mysterious stranger are; Captain Stark .falls In apoplectic fit: Anderson at-CS at-CS '1 lnipts resuscitation, and while thus cn- , gaged Mrs. Stark, Gladys, the mysterious ivW i ftraitger and the beautiful woman vanish IH fior.i the apnrl.ment. Anderson and Ri I Thorne stnrt- in pursuit. Captain Stark JWi discovers hft has lost his first marriage fczc I (ertillcate- which is beHcgaed by Manager Woods to be the key to the mystery. ivf . In chapter X. Miss Blanche Douglas I iH'i ' pi-rfsc-is an analogous creation, which is IK l.TfCTtlV finr-n in n'Mrr imrMn -li,r- In AN ORIGINAL STORY. For the first time since the introduction of the Great Sn.lt Lake Mystery we have today an analytical symposium as to just what constitutes con-stitutes the real "Great De-tcc-a-tive.,? All th;s is forcibly brought to the surface in an entertaining manner by Sir. Seipio A. Kenncr, well-known newspaper inan of 'Salt Lake City. If Ole Marv Anderson can live up to the remarkable requirements of the real sleuth, as advanced by Mr. Kcnncr, he certainly will have to "go some" from now on, as his path of duty isnot only plain, but remarkably remark-ably clear, but anyway, just look! He lias another heavy villain looking down the regulation "cold muzzle' at the finale of his chapter, and there is no question hut that our gifted friend, Marv Anderson, is- "still wondering" as the curtain is lowered on Chapter XJV. solve the Mystery as it now appears" In lihe Tribune. We have Manager JVds, Marvelous Anderson, Thorne, Gladys, Captain Stark, Tho Mysterious Stranger. The Beautiful Woman, and all1 others Idenlitled with the Mystery In a position where It is seemingly impossible to (ret them out , . Mr. Oscar L. Cox, who contributes Chapter XI. connects the Beautiful Woman Wo-man as Ethel, the long lost daughter Oi Captain Stark. Tho discovery Is made that Instead of having the money and jewels In his trunk Captain Stark had placed thorn In a hand satchel which lie had lost while enroute froin 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 stratiger turns out to be n Flnk-crton Flnk-crton detective. mt.. Chapter XIL. written by Mrs- Ome Havens, gives Marvelous Anderson a. wild chase through Golden Gate park in an automobile. He follows another machine, discovers tho priest or. at lflasU he thinks It is the priest In conversation with a wo-iiin concerning the missing Stark mor . and, jewels. He steps tor-ward tor-ward to v-' a closer look and dlscoveis the two a: none other than Charles V. Remington and Gladys Stark. Mr. Tom Homer, the well-known leal estate operator of thlH city, who wrote .Chapter XIII., sends Anderson In imnult of the automobile containing the Golden Gate conspirators. Anderson decides to "forget if. directs the ehaufteur to drlc to Market street ferry, whore he makes an examination of all lost baggage, lie returns to the hotel, has a stormy session ses-sion with Manager Woods, and on leaving the SI. Francis encounters the Mysterious Priest whom he discovers has "blue eyes and golden hair." CHAPTER XIV. By Scipio A. Kenner. A detective not one who merely holds the mime and title, but one who measures up in all respects to 1 ho requirements oL! the position is like the poet in one respect: lie is born not made. Undoubtedly experience, association associa-tion with the transactions and in- cidents which afford him employment, employ-ment, the study ancl research given to his calling and its details de-tails as he goes along, have a tendency ten-dency to make him a better hand at. the business, to develop to "extend" him, as the pugilistic fraternity say. and to that extent he is the creation of conditions. In such degree his skill is the result; of education, but unless nature na-ture has shaped the pattern and molded the image into shape, experience, ex-perience, association and education educa-tion accomplish no more than they would on a person who seeks to become an orator, yet, who cannot; can-not; induce two coherent and related re-lated sentences of fervid language to spring to being from his lips to save his life. The detective the great detectivemust detec-tivemust first of all be gifted with impregnable courage, supplemented supple-mented with a large fund of shrewdness ancl tact. He must be fairly well versed in the ways of mankind in its varied conditions, and be able to so conduct himself in whatever one of them he may be found, as to appear to belong there a very rare gift. He must be hawk-eyed, deer-footed, deer-footed, light-fingered and heavy-handed; heavy-handed; must have unusual prcs- imh;l- ui miiKwinu steadiness ol nerve, analytical method and a ferret-like disposition; not- hardhearted, hard-hearted, nor yet too sympathetic, adding to these as many accomplishments accom-plishments in the way of general schooling, languages, law, etc, as possible. . Anderson the Real "Smart Aleck." liivvelous Anderson wns tho possessor pos-sessor in soiiio deroi, of all the qualities quali-ties nnim-Hl and acquired, heroin set out. Perhaps tho reader will not draw Ins conclusions as to this from anvthinc that has previously been recorded in this absorbing sjory rC(r.-irdin the San I-rancisco InvostifjaLor; that so far as the. record discloses his characteristics, lie is move clever at causing, than solv-nijr solv-nijr pcrploxinji situations and is himself beiiu' borne alonr by tempest nous and coutlielinp: circumstances to as m'it an extent, if not qrcnler. than those to whom he was called upon to aid. However, just such criticism micht be, troiii the present aspect of mat tors and I lungs relating to the personnel of this drama, the reader should bear in mi nd that he (or she) too is expected to have qualities, aniony them patience, trust to time a brief time now and the skill of thoso who shall write the suceeedinjr chanters of this somewhat exacting recital to make cvcrvthin ;iS plain as Ensign Peak and as satisfying us a cellar full of coal. arvelous Anderson, shortly after the incidents last related, was sittiu" in his oflkc doing nothing so completely complete-ly that Ins cigar had gone out. Flo was putting in some heavv stunts in the thinking line, however, and il, may well hi imagined that his thoughts were on I he case iu which he had been so successful success-ful in creating almost unheard of complications com-plications and dodging solutions. Uo figured, and rightly loo at that, that despile his secret, conference with the Mysterious Priest he had been fooled. Tine lie remembered Nt lint n.1 that conference he had defected Unit his nocturnal caller had protruded a foot which was undoubtedly that of one belonging to a woman, and vol. (lie subsequent, events, coupled with the marvelous story told him on that, night had tended more to dull his reasoning powers rather than to act rts a stimulating stimu-lating force. That"! he peisou whom he-hnd bui a short while previously left outside tho .St. Francis hotel, and whom ho was sure was the Mysferionn Priest, nnd whom he had almosl convinced himself him-self wan the possessor of blue eves and j golden hair, was a woman, and no! a i man, was a point which the San Francisco Fran-cisco Investigator was busily evolving in his mind. lie had permitted his quarrv to make a hurried denarturo from the" St. Francis Fran-cis and WHY? Was il. because of the story told him but a short time previous pre-vious by this same mysterious chnrac- tcr? or Avas it due to a natural element of caution which hnd won for him the fame which was now undisputubly his' among the Great Investigators of the Pacific coast, and particularly in the mind of Manager Woods of the St. Francis hotel? Why He Even Lost His Temper. It had. in Irufh. caused luin no little worriment aud the outcome beiug apparently ap-parently no nearer than when his Isfcors began, was beginning to have its effect in visible traces of irritability, and snapin answers to those who accosted him not at all his usual manner by any means, and thereby the more noticeable. no-ticeable. lie was now resorting to the Napoleonic Na-poleonic practice of taking counsel from himself, apart from the interruptions that were constantly takiug place whenever when-ever he was accessible, lie realized more now. actually than ever, that his Cositiou was becoming, if indeed it ad not already become, unenviablo and a way must speedily be found out of the tangle or his long-cujoycd and well-won prestige would be damaged beyond repair, if not actually destroyed. de-stroyed. His fancied immunity from disturbance disturb-ance was not long continued, however. He might have been brooding for perhaps per-haps half an hour when there wns a knock on the door, followed immediately immediate-ly by a somewhat petulant command to enter. The caller was one of the hotel "bell hops," who handed the detective a note with the announcement that ho had been ordered to deliver it immediately. imme-diately. It was from a reporter on one of tho San Francisco morning papers and asked Audcrsou to see him at his earliest convenience. Without hesitancy hesi-tancy ho decided to comply at once. "Perhaps the roporter hud a clue." Anyway the time would not be likely to bo toss profitably spent in his company com-pany than in his own office. Tlie reporter was somewhat, rated as an expert in the matter of ferreting out ! mysteries and many a time had he unraveled un-raveled a tangled skein of eircuni-I eircuni-I stances which had set at naught tho best efforts of tho police department. Anderson Needed the "Nose." lie had a "noso for it" was tho saying; say-ing; and. although not much, if any, past thirty, was looked upon as the denn of liis craftsmen not an inconsequential incon-sequential position when one considers that, the reportorial fraternity has within with-in its ranks the brightest, most efficient and most thorough going men thai, ever I rendered faithful service to unappre-ciutive unappre-ciutive cominunitives. Most of them being too loyal to their calling, loo honest in their performance of duty, and generally loo able lo oven think of anything other than doing the bosl there was in them at any and all times. The reporter and the Investigator Investi-gator had naturally been through a great deal together and the regard which had grown between them was neither slight nor transient. When tho professional and (ho amateur ama-teur detectives met, which was less than an hour afler the note was received, re-ceived, the reporter lost no time in making the Investigator acquainted with luo important fact that he had heard all about the celebrated case, with its baffling iinpodiuiont.s and bewildering be-wildering intricacies, and that on his own account he had been conducting an investigation Not. however, until a shorl time before sending the note had he succeeded in landing a- clue which he deemed worth following up. Taking a seal iu Anderson's office, the reporter, after accepting a cigar which Anderson handed him, with the remark, ".Smoke up, old man: f his is not a Pipe, but blow yourself for all there is in you. I am here to know if you have 'anything up your sleeve, in your hat or in any oilier part of your anntoniN-; Jol mo have it aud let me have it quick.' '800" here, Anderson, "began the reporter, re-porter, "I am afler some information. Tho chances are. 1 will be able to hand you some and J want to start off like ibis." and . settling back in a big leather-cushioned clinir, without fear of serious arraignment from the Tnvosli-gntor Tnvosli-gntor because he planted his muddy feet upon the highly polished table, he began afler this fashion: "By the way. Anderson what kind of a back number is thai Salt, Lnke client of yours? Hasn't he found out yet that in this age of the world there arc such things as drafts and bills of exchange, and that sensible people don't generally travel around the country with large sums of actual money iii iheir possession, thereby inviting the crimes that generally occur? Also, why is it that no reward has been offered for the apprehension or recovery of the valuable property? Pshaw! T never knew you to be engaged in such a raw performance before." Marvelous Gets Real Classy, v "Your criticism relates more lo the matters of imperfect detail and faulty judgment than to any theory of the case." answered Anderson, "and, therefore, there-fore, is 'irrelevant, incompetent and immaterial.' as Iho lawyers would say. But what have vou found out as the result of your masterful endeavors?" Then followed the reporter's recitifl of what circumstances he had assembled, concluding with: "You are a trille loo big for a regulation regu-lation chink, but 3-011 make into as small a compass as you can: I will do likewise. Wo both "understand enough Chinese to get along with in an emergency, emer-gency, and we will haVc to trust to luck and presence of mind for tho rest. "Meet me 'armed and equipped' as the law directs, with your badge iu its place, but concealed, in froit of tho Gqlden Lion at S o'clock. Wo will then proceed to Yee Lee's place, where a fan tan game will be going on, and where. I think. I can show you the man with whom 1 spoke. He has changed three one-hundred dollar bills in tolerable toler-able close succession this wek, which isf worth inquiring into and 1 want you to form his acquaintance." "I am as anxious lo nicel this chap as you are," responded Anderson, as he made 11 few notes in a small memorandum memo-randum book, which he shoved bnck in his pocket. "1 have heard of this man and would only bo too glad lo discover him in one of his numerous transactions trans-actions which the lawmakers have seen lit to forbid." "I have made terms with Yoo Lee's ' look-out. ; " said the reporter, putting, it up to him that 1 was after stuff for the paper . and assuring him that I would use no names nor publish anything any-thing incriminating, promises which can be quite easily kept. ; A Little Dollar Bill. "lie likes me pretty well, airway, all of which considerations, together with $.00 in United States coin, receipt re-ceipt whereof was duly acknowledged, made me solid. I told him I would bring a friend, to which he made no objections, but said we would have to have a good 'make-up,' as uone but Chinamen are allowed inside where the games aro going ou." "Well, if that's the case." asked Anderson, quickly, "how in the devil docs our mutual friend get in?" "In the same way that we will," responded the reporter, smilingly, "besides, "be-sides, ho has two or throe 'pullers' nnd I suppose nfter skinning the heathen heath-en alive he divides up with them." After some other un import a at chat, the conspirators separated, each to go his way to make preparations for the evening's sortie on Yco Lee's works. -- Soon after nightfall an unusualh large and nmscular-looking celestial was seen approaching that palace of pastime and sinfulness known as the Golden Lion. As its alluring uol" gathered all kinds of fishes, his presence in the viciuil.y wns not as much noticed as if would have been in a more respeclablo quarter, quar-ter, lie "'as soon joined by another of his race, and at once they started off down the street. Before going far, they made a de-lour de-lour into an alley none toofjyell lighl-ed. lighl-ed. and in a short time stood before 11 door in front of which was a dingy lamp. if. and its surroundings, bearing Chinese characters in profusion. So far as it could be determined from from the exterior, Ihojilace was as orderly or-derly as any in the neighborhood, The smaller of "the Chinamen knocked ou the. door, which was opened a little way, so I hat an inmate could see who was on the ouside, and after a little jabbering back and forth, the callers were permitted to enter. Just a Eeal Gambling Den. ' There was nothing particularly no ticeable in the room, into winch they wore ushered, and after a few words with the smaller the .gaudily-attired celestial who had admitted them, opened another door and beckoned to the visitors vis-itors to follow, which they did with alacrity. A winding hallway was entered, so constructed as io look like an unbroken part of the wall. The Chinese guide soon caused this to open and led the way down a short llight of stairs which ended at another doorway. This being opened, revealed within a" flood of light, and without attracting much attention, the party entered the room from which the light came. It contained, among other things, a mim,ber of tables, at each of which four players were seated, all being so absorbed in the pastime that they did not notice what was going on"clsO' where, which was very gratifying to the new-comers,. They stood off iu a corner, and for a few moments neither spoke, but presently pres-ently tho reporter 'whispered to the detective: de-tective: "Look at that table over there by the wall, just under tiro dragon. Observe Ob-serve the man nearest- to the wall." "1 have already been noticing him.'' responded Anderson. "If these fellows are deceived by our disguises, they are not as smart as T Thought them to'be. " "Well,"- whispered tho reporter, "that is our man. sure. You see he is already considerable of a winner, and I will bet mv life on it that the money he plavs with belongs to Capt. Anthony Stark at Salt. Lake Cit3." Suddenly the detective moved from the corner in the direction of the dragon: npproa'cbing the tnble under the image he addressed one of the players, sayiug: 'I regret very much to disturb a gentleman in the" midst of his pastime, but T will have to ask you to accompany me at onceV' "Mercy," Anderson Had a Gun. The man addressed half-arose and Ihrew his hands behind him, but before be-fore he could proceed any further he was looking down the muzzle of a revolver re-volver in the unfaltering hands of Mar- velous AndorsoTu. Without more ado he left his seat, and looking Anderson square in the eye, half-snarled: "Well. Anderson. 1 know you despile your disguise. There is no question but that you know me. and I know what 3'ou want to know. This chuiui) here,", pointing to the reporter, "is the blackmailer black-mailer who has been after- me on several sev-eral occasions nnd 1 have turned him down, and you listen to me," and throwing down the half-dozen cards he still held in his hands, the man displaying dis-playing a phenomenal courage considering consid-ering the notorious resort he was in, fearlessly tossed asido his Chinese "make-up," again faced Anderson with a sneering laugh, as he said: - "Instead of there being one chum) I in this aggregation, Anderson, you aro tho other oho of thp two, and Inci- i dentally you are the funniest-looking Chink f ever saw in my life. And just to make you nervous a bit, I am going go-ing to show you something, and with a coolness which almost stupefied tho Investigator and roporter, tho prematurely-undisguised Chinaimin (?) reached in his pocket, pulled out a ! roll of bills, and flaunting them in the faco of Anderson, with the same defiant, de-fiant, sneering laugh, hissed? "You sec these bills, Anderson. You notice the are all of a $100 denomination. denomina-tion. Do 3011 know where they camo f roi ? No, of course 3011 "don't, 3-ou 1 lump-bond. They were given to me 03 i Charles D. Remington.-'-' And while ' Anderson, who at that moment was the ! most astonished individual iu the whole . j of San Pranciseo, gazed in open-mouthed amazement at the man whom ho was about to place under arrest, there came a crash as though of a falling door. ; and in the next instant the room was in darkness, and Anderson received a 1 stunning blow on the head which ren- ' dered hini unconscious. 1 Xote Now what do 3011 think of flint j Think of Mary Anderson disguised like a Chinaman, wiry that's enough to make us all titter. Then besides he is "there" again with the ruminative a! deductions; seems :ls if the Great j 'I'Visco Sleuth was keen on doing tho i greater part of his heavy work through j the medium of the leather cushioned i office chair. No wonder Manager : Woods of the St. Francis gave him tho i inorrj ha-ha and strenuous call, as was 1 outlined in Chapter XIII. Anyhow now that he is down in the Chinese , gambling den with a Inrgc and pos- j silnV active real revolver clutched j tiglith in his heavy hand, there may be some real doings' in Chapter XY of j the Great Salt Lake Mystery which j is to be written by one of the HEAL ! TALKNT of Salt, Lake City today let us hope, however, that he won't be- . co;ne real angiy at Poor Old Marv and ; shoot him full of buck shot, as that sure would be dreadful. ' |