Show ZUDORA agrest mystic story by harold Mc mcgraith SYNOPSIS zudora is left an orphan at t an early kiter 0 rather father Is killed in a gold mine vudor ell udora and th the to rt from ro no I 1 the he mine which aich grows row to be b forth worth are ft in the guardianship of prank frank keene icene sno motra thees brother zudora kiting giving 1 promise of real great beauty reache the ass BU of the uncle who has ha at set himself up a as a hindu mystic and to krown as all decides that zu acra fiust die before ahe she can have a chance to corn come into possession nelon of her money so 0 o that it may be left to him the next of kin hussain all AD seen an ob obet acle to hla achem 1 L t roon of john s yn mg lawyer tor for whom au dora I 1 taken a fancy and be coin com 4 ahw girl 1 to put the roan man out of her mind zudora insists that tt it she ah cannot marry storm air site will marry bolone well walk fell haymi hassan alt all if it you take such a land stand I 1 II 11 com promis solve cz rny next twenty can caama ard ac d you ca marry him fall in a single cane and you must renounce him 1 zudora using the knowledge gained crum yeara years of as clation with her uncle unravel unravels a mystery and win tier bar fairst cae a cne case in which john storm la Is uval saved from b being ing convicted of a murder ell instigated by assam all himself zudora and In all dabolt ahan house etere sleep bleep overcome a ev ry one whenever attempt attempts to mar r ry y a or zudora ul la ta me macle a prisoner coner zudora foll tolls abak fit 81 an restores rea tore the 1 irence irl nce to her original lover av aver saves storm from born death A of diamonds diT nond tell tella a all ali ft film la art storm informs zudora that hia his life tit la Is being attempted edi frequently storm torm potts it sam AIL alt storm tol 1 to lins arrested ted for or atea linx tda d maker gems but zudora discovers the real th lva a pair of mica CHAPTER IV the secret of the haunted hills a mouth elapsed with P out any puzzling case coming 1 under ali a botke zudora abid 1 stura storm hail their meet lugs always arranged by the carrier liisi airn about which ilas buim all pretended tended to know nothing BoL sIdes e be he wa baay with numerous whit to bui w about their 11 their own future a nil motul body clat a past and ix low tonU Lont houed to build his pyra of philli toom cold theode the due bo h had hail made was to acquaint with the kilow knowledge ledge of hr h lr forti iLe the bruste bad had always adar lowd their letters to him 1 and I it would have t mccu LU tin ti tany matter tu to have kept her in tu hut evil as be tie T as himself lie he hod bad a it pru profound found I 1 for or zudora Zu dorns doru v rd she ha 1 given tt it and there wits three denra grace if it in that 1 of time be he could not rid himle of that meddling nt at tumey be tie rould tear fear down the black oi n rt it I 1 lip with hl hh own lands and 0 I 1 id raulp le is 11 bonfire of them s bourin t r hid arced eudora a dozen times to marry him secretly but she be aern m d to to 0 o hia ids wilhem of what tini uv u ua v to ti laurry marry if they could not have a bome of their own of what une UH to ti burden themselves with a secret which would interfere with pur pursuits and fintis threatt n angly over ever their bendat more thun than ohe he ra her mend would always look Po olance at im her if it after u e months it tt acme moo known that she wits married and wo hiis 4 rot vot living 11 vine 1 with her tier husband husban if no she he had bad gloden her word tind she h would not brent 11 go john il F ak A 1 zudora dered gracefully cruce fully kut tie b waa always ferine feeing that wy oterious cloud wh th b h blois lower lowering loa over then them both a night atile alone he be tried to out the basic cause for bassam all a attitude some day wb a work up a bit be to so go inck nick over ilasa 1 past with all the E searching inquiry of 0 a arst class lawyer in wyer there waa inore more than were physical antagonism lie he never coreed this thi to zudora how bow efrer it 11 did not look quite fair 1 to her to put dunott into lit her heart when ha he bad biek hick of these doubt doubts but lo 10 till t hut tint ther there was ao no getting around the plain fafri fact s tt st t be he feared haada all feared biro him for doraa Zu bake sake 4 one day storm recel 11 TeO a letter from bla his mother and the content contents fint first anaf thia theo alarmed lar nied him ills par tenta were well to do country folk in to the eonta their forbears bad be beo bea a v 6 it bernen of aad ad 11 ry 1 to time mea piece by piece the floo one doable double lubers bed bad and et ur the time clone ut ot john johns birta they had unk aunt or fetn nt nee ancelo to the urd ordinary inary comforts of iff lift there had hj been money to send the bid ind tp college to bt fit him film for htoo hi own battle in ufa ile win wn st ma pfd pad sou 00 writing home u mouth anit it a 4 1 day iday via lu who nestr MJ A often he bud bad still thet Loo libin li uin but h ill id beau returned tb did nut not nead tilt the y the bad enough for tait ir simple wants and tind when they ditl dita all III they had would be bis his ills ill mutiny ir bad written ibm ilea nn lin alarming battery bad had d huni one that promised to decline inu be the negro servitors on the barlou farah and estates and alit now when all the crofit werko ripe it meant ruin for a great many chow nole sole income as derived from their chupil the negroes were not da ding ing they were fleeing tnie this mystery was no idle fancy no idle die rumor it was a living fact visible to the eye she and her husband had seea seen the thing i if and they were bonnal minde i people must be done boon soon or bie b ie would nt be a servant left in uie the county the bill hill back cf of the storm place night after night against the elde side of the bill hill there appeared the sh eleton of a human band with n baack spot in the center of the palm aa if it had bad been made by no a a enor mims bullet no one could ret get close tf to it in variably it vanished bt ht the approach of any urine living betas being thia this ghastly 10 t 4 A 01 4 e 1 t haam hassam all and jimmy bolton dolton thing aind und and waned something a ner per the manner of the coal of a nj mans a n 10 pipe of course it we was plain trickery but one could not impress the negro mind witt with thia this fact and more than this there were many white peo pie who were quite assured aured aft that this kaleton ke leton hand presaged the coming of she abe end of the world something must mu st bo be dane at once N br hr dear son on come and see if it be could pat put this mystery where it 11 belonged lie ile wired back that bu he would of course there wa was no doubt in bis his mind that some one was playing a it practical jole joke of a rew some eort sort but be also 1 realized tit it might turn turri into a amerious affair if it was permitted to continua ile ie laughed et at one moment and sore pore at the next why the per permetra petra tort tom of the 1 ajie bd b ii d lecter the bill back of the storm place act set him think ing deeply lie ile decided to go home and lay the gh konut t as an the jaylne poes ile packed pocked up tip 14 nent ent a letter tip ti intorn and left town n when edurn reee tred the letter she a greatly it 1 lu to her that nn as a bit of co coin arve foolery fo ory nil ml ht hare an its it tae thing rlou orlou ot ro the wel barf are of bet be love ind and tits lil ix ople hople H rather robee alls all s ad vice ilir uncle 11 time countr bumpkin apt lpt playing pla jini a jote joke on E the mort d lio too inid pond suite it if you yuu lib boniv you 11 II have your tro to for your pi ins but bow how do foil tots fur for be the band hand r I 1 trickery attire and id phon mayhap the mind at least st the icyola too full of kink kinks like nh hn hilr clr rill will take it an a sign 1 thit ohp til burld 1 li 14 4 coming to an end some active at eady de beert ert ed it fook to me something more than an idle jost jo st alas elauim llau min im it gart her 4 bulck 91 glance ance lit ile wondered what wa was guing on in the girl it minot lind ind bobe he nav 11 it waa wa inherent for her to dupcak the truth nave you intimated tn to storm of ti t gold he thanked tian asked ked no rather 1 rave given my word yon you ought to klut that I 1 never break it hut but often regret goring giving it perhaps 1 well mr my aarl e in aay borne home abere IA 1 bo to reason why you should wib tako any on amount ic of PeO peoli pe opi Pott too w ftfe amid lit 1 ti ras a pru bably a banit kin is colre yes but toe the degroe cannot de toe trusted in a cay caw where their lin agina tion may get alie 1 better of their coni com mon letter better wait until yav you bear from this toot of a lover 1 of 1 I 1 am oetter able to judge john storm thau you coldly nv Is not a fool tool 1 hotly uvrl U en ant it ever occurred to you that storto te im young gloub 1 offid wit like moil most connit unil men wear want do yon you mean nipan bv for ahm r uns il tj taid d debont his hi life lefew lief ibro n be met your you 7 ou 1 I j PI 1 etim aun mild maid alt all tind and to ovit L i stint lancil d taix opt doubt turned on hb his bed and retired to his deu den rather well viell satisfied with himself but lufe lure waa was like a shield rhe 6 arb lounda loun dd off harmlessly john storm was rf d elt sin man lo 10 thought and lit its lift she bad not paused passed through this pecullar tw cullar schooling oi ol ben her without being able sible to rent reid between the lines shop bb was absolutely certain that love could dot not blind tur to any defects in 1 john lohn all all it accomplished by bis 19 innuendo aas as to enlarge thai that smoldering suspicion which was eyer in her I li lart A good many of us are mar ui sighted mentally it Is easler to things in the distance than chose at hind while the general world knew that all ans a miser zudora was quite ignorant of the fact had she definitely known of bis his inordinate love of gold her subsequent mia erla might have beo ded to some eav extent nt went south mouth immediately the home was wits simple and comfortable there were two or three bita of an 00 tique furniture which had been saved froni from the wrner arec etwas it waa night when be arrived the country rat I 1 way station had with ita its usual nondo nondescript script crowd of idlers witnessed bitne iaci his arrival Tal and the new traveled quickly regretted that be had not nut ome tome sean lly and fone bout bid his investigations junob meryl 1 but the damare was done dome and proved that he was not cu cut t out for a detective he ile was greeted fondly by hie his par and they repeated with eions what bad been recounted to him in the letter it wai downright arlous er lous no laughing matter the help Y were ere de claring that the hand was the warning of the world a end not a few of the poorer class of va white bite folk nere accept lne the boax hoax as a serious allair some of the negroes a were even going so far as to luell down to the hind lind from a safe distance and anti intone prayers humphr muttered storm 1 I want vaut a good look 1001 at this thing and some one 14 1 going to get it rattling good kicking before I 1 go back to town NN by the mickena dic keni should they pick out our hill for their tomfoolery rl father says its it a because some one dan a 11 grudge the family said iltner Il an linaK luary gri gr lanie cante she snead acied ltd mho ho could possibly have a you two who ho have done every thang to muke life decently worth while to tae the help you never cun cart tell said old mr storm into his pocket for bla his pipe wb I 1 time does it generally ap bearr oh any time between sundown and midnight alt all right I 1 it take a in and go hunting for mr ur ghost this very night storm declared wrathfully hut but be wanted his time also the night follow lua nothing came of bis his vigil the third night he was called to the door in time to see the hand fllch for a moment and then vanish lie ile rushed toward the hlll but found nothing ile 0 an to grow pow very angry lie ile admitted the little time he saw it that it wis grew some enough it was eight or ten feet in height with a shadow in the palm like an embed ded ballet bullet subconsciously he seemed to recognize something vaguely famil lar far about the shape of the blind lie ile did not tint io 0 o into the village but jut prowled around in the vicinity where the hand appeared appt ared moet moot frequently there was wag no evidence of phosphor ec acene ene no footprints i except bone those made by the s some two or th airie te hundred yarda yards below the hill john mas and anti irritated at pit the same time this joke being per im grated Is 13 pip e one who lind braini Men awhile the crops lay un galber lucre and were beginning to rot in the flold something must be done in a hurry ele be he vi would be compelled to eind stud to the city for deml emigrants rants who lin would doubtless take to their heels beefs after the same name manner as its the ho so he for odom and zudora rame came the storm family faintly hid board about her tier you may be assured lint but until vr WV 1 the hand appeared App rd on an the th at slue of f the th she h spared in the ne nesti flesh they had hail an some doubts about this of a tuan ghost hu bulling ineis they held in supreme contemn t they fell in n love with her at a bicie lie rather shamefacedly when up tuo ti that moment they hart had ba ten quite pOs positive IlIve that ibe bad had laid of arens trap for their boy I 1 continued on pave even seven ord man storm pondered goodahl goo dAal it did not met in 10 possible that tb t thia this slen len der dark eyed girl wae was a detective dete criTe it did not match op up with the tie he had reed read in book books she waa WAS junt just ilk like other girl nothing bever it really serious eert oue audom raid said john 1 vc ve tried my hand ant at detective work but I 1 baren barent t gained an inch I 1 alt that I 1 am itus totally at rea ive seen aeu the thins once at a great mat distance dh tanca and I 1 don I 1 wonder th tint it the natives ss re hiking fur for other uns lave you any old time enem lear tear she a aked ata 1 I come collie baik back one or twice a yea y amb emb for a day or two I 1 seldom go into the village ive been in new york for nearly fourteen year and have quite forgotten how the neighbors look low the deuce could I 1 bay have any enemies mies 1 1 I 1 mean your father ue may have dis discharged charled sonie one who elms alms it t bar ing ru juenge enge she thare hait been any one ed f from rom this place since I 1 was a kid and anti you ein e in take it from me that the chap who 14 1 11 lying tola this game bae has a brain better edun ted than the tho run of help heren beren bouta bouts 1 I 1 am guing going to ninke make some tu eions and yon you must it lit t me we go my own way no tagging after me when 1 want ant to go into the tillage village some one in the village will enow what Is going on no 0 o one would come from the out side to a game like this 1 AH all right if it aly one can get to the bottom of this middle it will be your lovely self good luck sweethearts three or four days passed eudoro went about her work systematically one day ehe she came upon it bit of news that startled her profoundly it waa was of 0 bucu a character fracter that ehe she dared not impart this aes to john lie he must be kept in total ignorance the brain tha hid bid instigated this really crimi criminal nil joke waa as in new lork ork it was the tool of this cunning bron ebe she must bring to light and confusion her how the annn hated john to play so drapl cable a ble a jet upon hta his people the old returned stronger rt ronger than ever she was gro gros ing a tit lit afraid of this I 1 uncle j of or hers 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