Show ZUDORA RA A great mystic story by harold mcgrath SYNOPSIS zudora la Is left an orphan at an early ace age her er father is killed in a gold 11 mine aud zudora ors and the th torton fortuno trum th the mina mine which era browa w e to k t worth are left tn to tn th guardianship at f farra keene hoene zudora mother lar othor audom div lying ing promise of great real beauty reach the th ae age ft rf eighteen the uncle ho has ha set t up ua as a hindu mystic and is I 1 knon hussain all alk decide decides that tha zu aora ca fiut 1 betoi she tr can have a chanc chan to torn into toi cIon of at hr her money so 0 o that it may be b left 1 to him the next of kin alt all a an ob obiel tel le to bla his ehm la ta to ti peron person of t john storm a young for wr wt oin zu dorl dor has taken a fancy and he h corn com inanda the th alij to put the th man oat out of hi ml 0 o l zudora A insist that it ah ol cannot marry storm ah dowil will marry no one on we wll wit ay ys ilas am sarn all I 1 if it y you t tak ake auch such a stand III compromise comp romle solve my next twenty cases and end you can marry him tati fall la in a single ease baj aad nd you must renounce reno unc bim him I 1 zudora bushu the dt gained coined from yra years of association with ber her uncle lavola L Lui avola aTela a baffling mystery and wina wine hr be first case case cai la in which john joha storm 1 j avd saved from being convicted of a murder 1111 toy by all zudora and Ilas sarn all visit shan shane house luu where loop 1 overcome overcomes ev v cry try one on when whenever 0 vor attempt to marry a prince princess storm kiner kin gr zudora is I 1 mad ads a ariso ionar or zudora tolla folio babok shan roo rotor tore it th r it P prince t to 0 her original lover and lava naves storm from deato CHAPTER III th the mystery of tha the Choos N a kind ot of cellar ander antler a window IN a man sat beat over a lecul 1 arly constructed machine of wheel that spun with rapidity lvery every dow and then he lie paus ed and scrutinized tha the minute 0 object be he held in bli his fingers at length bo he cc satisfied rome the ZA Z A hane and shuttled oer to a then tie he ant down on a cot cut and anti began to djuro lu in a it atrall notebook the suit of his mathematics matlie mittice evidently evident lj pleased him in ill a orner corner behind curtains curt nine stood a fu urance aacen a crucible with powerful power tui bel bet lova and chimney it looked adapts hie ble to tremendous beat gaitre the machine previously reft referred to wan was an ail one to any ant hut but the eyes of th 0 e who ho hate hue lv ached similar ma chint in and la in it was van d diamond cutting and anti roush ax n machine N lint the un brought forth pil to be seen the climond cutter rose again and once arr april the cupboard berd J I 1 the diamond cutter oud and gloa gloated over big his which consisted cf et half halt a dozen perfect gems perfectly cut and polished but mail 1 I shall be rich aonie some day 1 then canie came transition from joy to tal gloom he ile dared not go su forth openly to sell ell those gems for hj h u j tbt abe he would be looked upon an am a thief the fact that tb 0 ev se dianilda dia ids were not registered would act against bloj the leant least tb ih y would do would be to bale him before the customs cu etonia oth om clah as a smuggler and if be he told the truth his bl wonderful discovery would become public property and be would be 1 am unlucky he groaned groi ineA 1 I 1 ve e bow how it Is I 1 I 1 muni must divide with witti some om one in order to get anything I 1 aiu aund sound hassam AIL he had disposed of evell gem gems among pawnbrokers pawn broken who were known not to bk ask lon but in these transactions be he bad had received but a fourth at u what the gems were worth thee these tuny contributed to his bl sudden rise and fill of spirits tie Us was idso some wow tb it jf mad madman marl presently LQ le sniffed there waa was i faint od r of curd curds in to the mtr beyond the wall nil waa was a bop shop and totra oue one could bay buy from a camembert to what i to known as a dutch Dutche beese the diamond cutter die dis covered that he waa was hungry so be left his bl den dm bought some baie and rye bread and nd ret returned umed oon soon to begin bla his labora labors again during certain I 1 in berval of silence be beard wit butil ap P parent notice slight bound sound the furn tam ice began to glow throwing weird light his lined and jestat ie le countenance when night came be lle rent went a asien an to hta his reanne freo sure and gat gave a cry try af aagut oh A gem waa was gone arched starched toor hughly but could not find bud it it could not jot be pos possibly that he had made a mistake Bil itaki in the original counting he w would to 0 o and ad have blis mend all wok kte his abe tha wan w iba ahm el ad llama m all him that the xem donld be foun I 1 the next day after kcf had cone aone forth to meet her I 1 ver nas nin all was all retired to the non no roo n u ile a to PC pe how lonie long hi big face would keep forming in ito the burt of the cry crys tal lie ile was intensely superstitious without realizing tbt fact yet aada be he daw saw the be face the sume 1 lu in T it hie ills baart swelled with fury anil and bate lie ile was be ug tu to bate alq niece for we la variably invariably hate bate those we nave have pronged ron geil or intend to wron wrong 9 whenever he never he be saw her aleal leur r tv throat a horrible almost fi desire laid bold of himi to take that white throat threat within his lingers and ruah crush the life out of it at the same a me time be he becaro becam vaguely alarmed le leat a t nt fit some time or other be he should our ur render to thin mad desire to he ool t 67 1 4 xa 14 jt 4 hassam all ali was an n adopt at t algul ing himself A thou thousand times not lie must 01 fol ol low without deviation the plans he be imd had inn out sooner or later he would gain his ends ua nathi himself she suspected noth tag one ilde of tur waa was all keennee and insight but the other aide side of ber her was aft no guileless aa an a child and to ahli side bu he alnas played lie ile must teil lu as might 1111 be 1 loll 1011 bold gold yellow gold the most beautiful thing in the world millions of shining dillap nil all bin lie ile suddenly shook him atif lie must smother these thoughts thought this rampant desire or he might over tep ilmers are full of strange cutt cuti ning audora bad given her word to say nothing about her great inheritance and her loyalty to ber her word was as a strong as hoops of steel all was an adept at daa 1 gulling himself fil making himself un recognizable A half dozen touches of the bru brush bruth th a muffler about his chin and even zadora would fall to lilze him at first glance lie ile sallied forth lie waa was eager to learn what storm was wan doing for the present store wa was the main obstacle in bit hn way if it be he became Zu dorae husband goodby to the millions mil llon bet h er zudora lived or not if it zudora married warded storm clandestinely be tie was wits upon ulon that knowledge to kill them both once a week he inath inquiries nt the tho burena of 11 licen eq audom met storm in the lark tark and they ibey idled away an hour or tuo build tug ing ensile in simin the mill i f ja on old olds having awu probated storm wn its th tit of a thou and wildth ht b immediately lorld d 4 ix mein federal 1 lie wante I it kno ii th thi it aside from his basloe busl nei or r hi bt of old olds ll vill or and ills rift gift fa fn vort i lih I 1 st storm orm tk laicie Kud suddenly deilly gerlous ter lous my lly itar ie 14 ft bill if I 1 1 I 1 want to ask you some rt nitty illy clial questions go io alit ad ile 10 you love our out ulle lel she did not auener at once because the was 89 sh abe began to think why john that it an all odd 1 I know it but I 1 juet just a imply bid to oft it 1 I respect him she said sold for he li ii a man of extraordinary attainment attainments S allik 4 le 4 luders ml MAI etera in the th pert park for all that yon you mue smile at his it Is precisely nasf ra boc cice sf b be play plays at this mu TY and te 18 at t th an saca an man tbt that I 1 aik ask you yoto tf it yoa YOU lov love blia LOT love to is a irb oam aa ste ft r allm ot 4 SO 19 stirred or ator abe tb trend of f con conversation aloa tou dont answer mv me directly nt wan in an rt torney airl uni nd find 91 q the bull itoi grip tin thi re rr were kanj ces bo he vituld to thill that wall ell no tie I 1 call ant I 1 aay ay il brutty that I 1 lure love him frowning frow nid nor tuu can you u a boust bousely ly that ox be lovea yuu you my sly deur dear jiri I 1 a 81 ell admit tu to aou that some solve one Is in in tent wil in me we out of the th way wily I 1 ve lrea hot shot at in lit the d irk on three different occasions I 1 bare re received elved anonymous lettera letters to ionic towe from ome Plan lan I 1 think the beat best thing you can do la to to marry warry me not until every letter of my av ay t ment is 16 coal om lete 1 I 1 suppose you ve made up your mind 7 yea yes just aa an firm aa an I 1 have made op up my mind wind that you ro re my man and that I 1 exchange you for the greatest kingdom on earth lie he laughed and pressed her band hand ho ile bad had been on the polut point of telling her bia his innermost suspicions he ile saw now that ebe she was going to lave love trouble enough without bid his adding to it brave drove little girl I 1 because she loved him ahe she bad had assumed almost times the taska tasks of aien Il emules alce lie ile became more and more determined to follow her and stand guard over her tn ln aery case came ehe she had th abit it b I 1 if they left him alone from the bottom of his soul bf he dis trusted beene Us urn AH all eo so called it did not n quirt an an usually sharp intuition tofeek the ian of hatred dl ill retted against him wh wb nver nyer he fame came into the sence of the mystic B be he pot iril no defined theory as to what hd had canned caused thia this activity of pas lion slon it was born of no tie tender benti ment for the niece nor coald 1 it le be due to the fact that he be storm looked with cou contempt tempt upon beenes work he ile knew keene to be absolutely In dIffer eat ent to what the public thought of bis his affairs in this storm was compelled admit of a secret admiration for the man think deeply und tind constantly ae ac he might however be he could not bring to the surface nuy any legitimate cause for kiene a bitter antagonism storm a mistake was that be he did not to audora nhat hat hia his real alons were that it was halsam all ali who wanted him out of the way they both in that event would have escaped a good deal of trouble befog mutually prepared for it vieu at tat last d storm went ent down downtown toun quite amare of the fact that be he was being shadowed dut but he did not recognize bb his storm omally worked late at III 11 arn srn ly aud and 1 be felt ta tbt need of a bite before turning ux in this madni lunch consisted of cheese and arnke s ail and n pint of ale lie ile was eidom idom troubled with tila every other day hu tie would drop into alt manna shop chit awhile with the bla his and daub an tie H would drop into altmanns choose ch shop cpr aud and thin tbt 0 leave with bis his regular purchase isow now it bap pined that hassam alls midnight appetite was similar to that of storms lias am all neer bouc touched ii ed beverages af of any sort ilore Alore oTer over he was friedl fri entil to both and diamond cut ter there was wort to the tatter latter taji most people suspected when the mystic eav storm enter the makers his first inspiration was to learn what sort of cheese be generally purchased and ventrally ventu ally substitute a poisoned PoL one it was immaterial to him whether altmann bild for the deed d or not A As storm entered 11 1 1 one on door the din mond itter citter c came out of the othe assafi ae safi all made a sign which ake latter answered Toge they r ra entered the building lifis saw all load no desire to run into storm 1 I did not recognize r you said the diamond cutter ard never me unless you see ae ov make the sign VV vell ell aye you made up your 1 I 1 am ta to anist you why nut no I 1 may be able to bolla at yoa you a great deal id housam all secretly that he had won hi point 1 I 1 am like a physician or a priest vi 5 banever you ell may way tell me will be baled in aa LOY brit bis his trong strong magnetic eyes into the others the tn diamond amond ll utter cutter was always in such a mental state as to lend himself to hypnotism and without b be awse of it bs he fell under the pelt spelt caream at all voke pk to hl 2 vivo ftc liba on the diar diamond nond cutter led the way tc t ma cell Cel like lilke hot and threw back t the ill eonald reven llna the furnace nod find crucible ivr tiT he be placed p a piece of 01 carbon tn in the receptacle aih turned a witch there ere came a blinding flaak and ad the beat of it drove eidam aal ayl A backward toward the wall wait we must wait a few moments t I 1 tb bent eat la is too 11 soul timet too hot bot the secret id the medium heat beat ibe Peal lef thre 9 off the power tood stood immovable for the pace space of or four minutes delicately picked lih ked out a black jump this be broke with a small hammer presently he be held out bla palm A crystal a little larger than a a pinhead lay upon it what is 1 asked AIL A diamond of the purest water wai at the exultant un an iwer the main obstacle obet acle tn in producing diamonds arti artl 6 lally tally baa has been the grent expense 1 for eab ea b it waa was not cat cal diamond making there was no compensation in n the result it sum mod med up juat a 8 annn of striving to wrest wrent fram nature one of 0 her ber great est becketa it mp about one fourth of what eab allmond Ill mond la is warth worth but I 1 must have a bigger fulgar ful nar more power r I 1 have figured out the relative rela tire deam dt kreel of heat beat will you let my me take this crystal to a jeweler asked all AIL tre interested certainly I 1 have hare eold sold miny to but I 1 hate have ben been b en armid to come out lato into the open trust me said AIL so he be toot the diamond away lie ile was still a bit skeptical it might be that ahli diamond cutter waa not riot nuch nueh a it fool na as he lie looked in rome manner nr the crestal might night have inen previously confined in the carbon if it the mau offered to sell his invention elariam all would feel assured that there ther wit was b bamboozlement somewhere I 1 4 i 11 A A zt Z t A diamond of the th purt purest walterp in toe the background lie ile waa was himself too 0 old id a bird to be aught caught at such a game hut lint if it thas waa was honestly donel 11 lie e wua was informed at the Jew Jewel elpes cra thir th t the crystal was an uncut diamond amond dl perfectly n bite and worth about 40 so far for ao so bood all returned to the inventor la ita lva a white diamond worth about 40 now before we so co any further let me set a piece of carbon the Invent cr exhibited hia his stok to k and invited all to make his selee aten to 11 flass ams 1 bad had a each piece contained a diamond the I 1 anven nv n tor already essed a email small fortune P HP UP wae was beginning to feel reassured soon another diamond came to life as it wei wel all ali was convinced there uns no charlatanism in tit hlin him the man had bad discovered one vi oi the greatest secrets in the world ob I 1 have failures fal lurea sometimes abi carbon is U not right atala the power la to not strong enough bat but I 1 will show you we a je of the gems I 1 have already made ue he went to the cupboard and produced bh his little board ue poured them into all ails bands the gems were all exquisitely cut abd arid pol the lawet largest waa was about the ell of an ordinary parlor match head bead now ilow many here inquired |