Show ZUDORA A great mystic story by harold mcgrath SYNOPSIS I 1 zudora ie is left aa n ii ptiip at an early her ter talker III killed in a cold mine re zudora do and nil the for fortune froal froin the mine which grown to tw be worth are art left in tic the of brant prank aul mother mothers brother zudora cly inc 1 promise of mitat ix auty reache reaches the th ago of elx achten Ich nten ten the uncle who Is u set t himself up as a hindi hindu mystic and lot I 1 known aa 4 all allee dl lee that udor udora in milt inset set die before she b can have a chanc chance to come into possession 1 of her hot to 0 o that it may be left ft to him the kieft f kin all an n obstacle obit acle to him hi scheme in the person of john atom a young lawyer for whom zu dora has ha taken a fancy and he conn com mands the fir girl to pit the man out of tier lher mind zudora insists that it if abe tie cannot marry atoru she he will mirry no one well well says all if is you take auch suen a tend stand I 1 II 11 compromise solve my next twenty caa and you can marry him tall fall in a anc ce case and you must renounce him zudora using the knowledge gained from yam years of with her uncle unravels a baffling 11 mystery and win wine her first case 4 cae case in which john store storm it 11 sava from being convicted of a murder by all himself CHAPTER II 11 th thi s sleeping house mystery My alery HE clearing of john storm wits TUB a nine day days wonder in ourt court saim all testified fled that turns bad had been seeking some facts the past and ebi be ins urn all find had succeeded in aiding him to a n certain esuna hm but the tile name of tilt had nerce been during thoe tho e 11 II could not why luxl find coin ted the rime crime thare wait nu no evi rl dence to he tie found tunit the two nien men find ver eer exchanged fh antel A word he tie awni rather at the turu turn of 0 event events I 1 hie lie librade but all was tie h to to lifus ns as to the court it wn wits inexplicable ins gain all a good dial of con grilling front tha the at but list bitne 4 4 eatery tal lilly and III lb tall he tie ad t iut tie vitis a 0 ill naple of the hindu tilt cult admitted that fie lind find the gift of hound might nt at timea it here wen were ninny nho iho could tu to this all dually left the hi witness chair ulah tilt lu tit tits hi favor A mil in lit 1 in attention by till tilt reven ld not lilu lug to bis his it 0 o fur tho ina watt concerned ni 1 pt pat from front the cinns circus day days to the prest tit day was u no tin opan book in deed fina sitti all as himi telf the ali in at I 1 lentor of this re starch lie ie wanted it understood that while bli his cult ani its not looked upon ulion fato favorably rab by tbt polite tip fie waa was not the ali object of r any ion ilia his grave air lid tits un petit ace oc undo unde the tb gibes of th tit interrogator alj frank cel nil aou him hini nt tit least the peet of bli blo tit tractors tin the nian burns wits butted at the tb el of the tile city ellid what was wa known as the tile fume bruf loto into the uble tits one jor nn tin solvable it aris wn remarked however dinong bla his aModa tf 4 abit lutin lohn lo qt a deal of his impetuosity and that in his cinti casti be wua was no longer und and errata but talin and steady always anely well fortified fortl fled with u bb his facts mew new ork t lt it hit line I 1 doubt the tile population of any alt ctt lu in the world r ile orlia allert race which doca nut tilt tand habitat in its new york lork Is the alve and that Is 1 nitrify beute 1 tb be altee li 11 ild ench each race ban formed a illy lity of if its own the greater city are little hub the shatto chaun town tend and lit littiken knows bow many jtb itris re nil all fan lillar to sight tem atut 14 1 A lot kolik going on 11 in new lork ork amone among these that bieu eu the po j lice her hear about except by purest accident N bo ho can sa eay be knows the j bi art of chinatown unitie lie be actively belouss to it ou on a certain two weka after the 1 leu case recorded in the pro two ceding chapter audom beard heard dm the clock chime the hour of 0 9 she went up to her room and threw up the hade shade far for a glance at the heavens and anu paused in amazement coming toward the house was the strangest tran gMt she hf had ever een seen turbans flowing robes and whitt pantalets here to in this workaday city of new I 1 ork sue she rubbed her ryea eyes as a if it striving to aake she looked again they were trooping silently up tip the attim ftp she next beard heard the thunder of the idecker which nobody u aed la in these day days of buttone sh abe then became alire alive to the tile fact this atit was wai reatie she tap heil of the stairs juszt as her urn un lee les hindu servant abiud opened lue the door he ile bowed deeply and he ile waa was dressed a good deal like hie his visitors zudora came down town the tian uncle cide an to whether she was frightened or merely upsel upset the man who was evidently the lender leader of thie this caravan advanced toward zudora 1 I 1 he lie aid said in broken english to see ae him hm who Is callad illanas all the her of light jh yea wish ti 0 see 1 ny my uncle under said tl zudora greatly abd and hou thou art his daughter bis niece I 1 will call him she left ott th hallway halfway and nd bought sought the mystle room mom where the ab found all crouched O 0 er his hit elabe lie fie look ei ed u impatiently well felir some omo hindus to see ee you uncle 11 at this ume time of why you end send amed to mo me it low on too in opinion 14 alto upla enia 1 to do hi tit work ninda chao wh can a they want I 1 wr derr im 1 yure vure I 1 dont dant know nor esra area a bit angry at of wing venece 07 der on an e cly when all abood before his g there her waa was pause tinn time wasted in ion 1 I os are T toil I 1 re all the man who ho sees r I 1 am lour our enaut byre amended you 0 ua us Si sal lilli lill A nour in III lite lie of a im cylio in fit our abode the god of sit rp 4 oin wild it aly and ull alivares 0 li gol got mems to have bave forgotten it druid filing conics almot in li and we are taken in III ell no it in liter ter what poe we g are re IQ to that ve ft are here tonight und and biot ot the rl gods god influence in Is due to the fact thit that th it we me waited outside the octagonal o nom room the octagonal too room reputed ras sam all thoughtfully you are keown to us its a treat great yogi rozi a seer into the future will you ald ill uto flud out what caused this dreadon al pi our religious ceremonies are being interfered Interfere il with all tbt this t was in its an zi glish that was on only I 1 y fairly here and there alia all a man the right word I 1 you will accompany us ut allas ans all stalled and nodded alere wall tit nn arenture that rattler appealed to film mure more than that it woold bun bail lib from tits mind nt at least temporarily agencies affen cice which N tru sere t ru nialta their p felt relt more and jut re hin arty as th thu days went by I 1 must RO go too uncle aid said andorn I 1 hurry then I 1 should like to see people before they come out of trance taci went away to get their wrap illnore to fore going downstairs down stair 1 tudors J j till tall me m where she h has h gon von or I 1 will oil kill yaul youl I 1 io fondled f for a moment the carrier pt eon on which storm bad given her re centhy john had one for himself the birds carried neasar ne asae aside from its practicality it waa was very ro cautle and botn the of tru trusting ones excreta creta to the telephone phone birte girls and ludorn wai not always uro sure that some one in tae tl house was not listening Hite when she telephoned A aa a all never entered this room 0 of liera hers she was quite confident that b bt k T nothing of the ageous leu jeu they returned to the visitors ahli th were greatly to learn that they were to go blindfolded earb garb cd ed in orient t all object ted very well ell thea then the tin 1 dus declared that they would go else where for nid aid ande thia this uel ak ji it 11 slut notionally motion ally IRS ain all bint his head to signify that if ir abey took that attitude lie wits ready to submit the olon bled filed out into lato the marett they hurried loiis along for s suni ml blacka then n 11 long antoni dillon tit rid ride lin tiala all counted the be und uni felt quite usmund in tilt ali lid nd hit thit thea were being twing dahou lu in arelt i ami and that the hou at of wu s not so 0 o fur ciway am ii it 1 I ben b ii the cre annilly taken off tt zudora frund herx hem if it in tit a n room iulius have afu bodily out tit the arabitg hights it aas inan 4 like a fujiu bulous tsi alry felry atilid the adoli the deeping 1 the tile str et raue auge cwi et odor leilh fa emed to atrus it evio thlu ahe 11 wac as not that aha the bad tail not bet avi is transported by sonic some its to the buirt of the ancient city of she beckim beca iii childe aly she moved about the lite recumbent ng fig urea ures and suddenly ahe lie mine upon what looked for pit he world like the sleeping of thu the fairy fairs talc title the li Plug unit no beautiful in tin the accepted of IN lit race her skin kan was light as a xudong is own which hleb een gen ally nore ore a slight glit tan ton due to her ont out of door habits benr the otean lay the figure of a fine one looking native aur stir bruised that the 1 ao sleeping people bad been in the midst of some solemn cere a wedding when hen over taken rhe ensemble resembled noth in irs sti much nit a tableau much ns As she hid often played at school who la Is till ON beautiful woman note ed units all as keenly interested as eudora tabe ie in our ruler OUT our prin cees ala 1 I be murmured 1 darting toward auto zudora also ho ivaa wils abow stomping tor stor ping over the sleep bleep fair 1 henaby the rhe must not touch lint but began audom abe touch woodil defile her aam said tb man stoically atol cally meantime an idea had row rome to ilan aatu u AIL he ile wae was beginning to sense n a pecullar bearunce bearl bear luen nce about bla his eyes eye and be realized with alarm that this my myo gerlous wits wa oTer overtaking taking bun him quietly a and na unobserved be lipped slipped from that room and managed miter ome some dim ruty and some in tn reach the street udora vrna ani alone if 1 she he anns nal nfl clever flirt enor Is 1 ibe might ex gricate cat beof heri telf if it I 1 i orell that wax ml its ides went tin in with att in ax oblivious tu to the theta fat t th tb it lii bi r urn slat 1 it bad darted hir be r the traci tra ui awin eted her tier I 1 iclal W ly the one before hib were grouped gru tilI the it w ann a moil mon eter ter a man mana badr with uh no an elephant elephants bead aa ahe he gazed up nt tit its it sinister little ayea she began to see thine as through a film jut of rail it ifemey ni all if son forr v hand fon fort lug tug her down down there was no feeling of alarm no sense of danger just a grateful dreamy sensation Pen tion not unlike that of going to bed after botne ous physical bertlon th abw oddest part of it was hit that h it be aa conscious of making no effort to fight off thin this leep sleep As ahe she fell abe she clutched ebed in her bund hand a little ivory figure a email small elephant bad find evidently es cupid the oil gers of the print prinie ess aa when she be sue uc combed cum bed now there bed crown grown in john storm a heart beart an doubtless doubt leia engendered by hia his ire quency at the lome louie of AIL it coast sted ted of a liol gnant anse 8 of danger to audora lit t choie i when ehe she really waa was in daar da tiger lie tie could not ha his i e analyzed a as thi sensation hut but be aur bur rendered 0 13 it lie ile wae was abi night in the act of retiring wb n thia sense canie came to haw he ue a ouie once nent to bla big desk dod and wrote a ditl which he at inched to the carrier pigeon in iam than it quarter of tin hour the bird rc turned lite he message bad bail vot iwen ben received ret elved storm pot got into tila his boix ont and hat bat and hurried over to the beene place amed answered his finx 1 but to admit the man tits master had forbidden forbid for bidlen len the house U 11 here ie Is your mistress demanded storm I 1 she stir 1 bout out I 1 IN here 1 I cannot tell yon you mid plaid the servant Ber vant agn divilly dai illy clo closing ilus the door but storm woj in no mood for pip pir keying lie ile re pushed his III way lu in in lili bli hand there was un automa tic tie a 1 I on will tell me whir wh re she he has gone or I 1 II 11 kill youl hp he bald making n litt ef fort to lower his voice I 1 b bihli ilila all will kill me if it I 1 tell yuu you welled aund 1 I dint are nhut lie hell if do but I 1 know wt do if you dont answer me atre baa has abe goner the urt curt stirred a little but nel net ther storm nor the noticed ebli all peered forth cau can piously the tenant aw saw in storms eyes a 1 of adnes ni biln and he wa quite certain thit wihib storm would shoot bini hill as he hild mild be he recounted whit had taken ion ou can take me use there just its soon as you enn I 1 very well sahib but it will be the death of or im both in the end the curtains curtain t fell back gently lias eam sam all ri turned to in hia his globe stalling emilli ig both of pf tb mt ml rat storm wn wits greatly astonished when the hindu told him that he be must be 1 lie ile refused emphatically very well ell sahib shoot I 1 cannot take you where the mern sabio blo Is with out blind blindfold fol ling you florin form saw that the nan man was in car lest so 0 after titter much grumbling and warning be he submitted to be blindfold ed half all hour later the bandage was taken from his ey 4 11 heu beu he be u Is she he bu whispered to nil hi 4 guide that saheb I 1 IA for you to kind out and nith ith that ame 1 turned away quickly if rt forward un nil til tit be he nine tipon the fonn form of the sleep ilia primes irlue he wn mn t rather awed in spite of Us democratic a lat in fit lica ei a name nanie wn win w n going oil beret here U 1 in tit ro A he be in ton in tit the of a mid twid dream f pud denly ceu he gazed the bonstin on oil the rig lefore the stirred anti her tier dirk sto elike cye eye q opened storm nud raised rallied her to her fut act Is ludorn etrel he asked lay almost at bli 1 feet but he had nut not recognized her due to the out landl 11 to o lume the prince princes pr s looked at him L wilder angly sUnt sil laking eIng her head presently ho H was W overcome arid nd taken away from the th octagonal room tilt aie spoke ts fily but 0 so o far ail hi his knowing intent of the liquid word words il as well have been tb wind through lu tre top continued on page bev pvn the blind ome orne native who bad badten bee teu lying at ib III side of the prince now opened bl ees fes low w the strange white man or tr ing to talk to bis tits print the st stihi iii left him almost instantly ile prang sprang to bl feet a vicious loti kIng knife in his hand band he eb welch which means a foreigner others came cam to life lite at tle ft same mo neut and jhn john storm fouad hemsell lo 10 a predicament little to hie his liking he strong and sturdy but be wai was no do match for the dozen or so kat last indians he lie was overcome and taken away from the room ile was cast into inq a steel burgeon burgi on in the ba basement Rement of tte tre house the sleeping bleeping mystery of this 4 home house bad had ita its ebb nud flow evidently zudora awoke without any abnormal effect fr f or her sleep and the lain mcc who had 91 gone ne to in all a honie also a oke roke babok shun shan de tit of them who tilt white kirl lid was wire wre they th ey bv bt trains him they should die like doa in to that camj case they grue led and hastily that she he was wits the niece of the celebrated all and that HUV be abic to break the poter of the sudden sleep bleep by dis alo bow 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