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Show i r J Cfc THE PEOVO POST rGESK By HAROLD MAC G RATH w asksd make tbemT Baird of Hut, aa tbdr me-to- r boat sped op the river la pnrsolt of tbe smagglera., an orphan at an early la kitted la a goM mine. fortune Iren the mine, "I cant tell lust yet Tblak of than be worth 1 20, 00,80(1. are left In the guardianship of 'Itank Keen a yanking that water bottle oof of sty .Zudora'a mother' brother, who haa aet 'baud! Ill bet It bad a. hundred, geafl hlmtelf up aa a Hindu mystto and la hmide. Welt, well; that's what comes known aa Haeaam All. He decide that Zodora must die before ahe can have a by belug overconfident. Hey, engineer. ..ojL her ao that It may be left to him, the "About eighteen miles. kin. Hasnam Alt aeee an obstacle la That a higher powered boat than scheme In the person of John . onrs'r a young lawyer, tor whom hae tnkcn a 'fancy, andhe com know nothing about her, sir. "Don't (hands the girl to put the man out of bar Shes pulling away from us alight- A rind. Zudora Inslata that If aha cannot ly. growled Baird. Storm aha will rrttrrry no one. But you can take it from me, mis"Well, well, enya Haeaam All, iotS my next twenty caeca and you ean marry ter. that she wont poll eo far away him; fall In a etngla case and you tmjrt that we cant tell where and when ahea renounce him." " ZmVra' un re veTa" a mystery arij wlne hef" going id tflnd- ;- ! got plenty nr oll. Mld -- first enee a case In shleh John Storm Is tbr engineer. ... saved from, being convicted of a murder la her where Well, the . right keep All himself. Haesam thstfgartsd by Zetlara and Haeaam All visit Nabob and duck for shore when they do, Shan's houfip, where sleep overcomes aw commanded Hunt. mry one whenever Nabolt attempts to marTheyre making for the Jersey shore ry a princess. Storm, seeking Zudtjra, la mads a prisoner. Zudora foils Nabob a few points. 1 guess she goes about Shan, restores the princess to her original ! twenty-threIt'll take her an hour to lover and saves Storm from death. Ult entirely. i A maker of diamonds tells Haaaam All , Since we cant overhaul her, keep-It- s fetorra Informs Zudora that! Ms secret life is being attempted frequently. ! lng her in sight U the next beet thing. Storm suspect Haaaam AIL etona la replied Hunt "Think of filling a water 5 diamond .maker1 erreele1. battle with diamonds and accidentally gams but Zudora discovers tbe real U. overboard IptQ the. hands of dropping. i thieves a pair of mica. Tha negro bIp employed oa Storm confederates! Some head that man fttber's farm are fleeing because a great Rnddlffe hag got And theyd hare got skeleton hand appears at night, upon a th comP,etely but toT tbe MU naaa by. Storm Is baffled In Ms In-- ,W,y. jtastMmttaHv laamatbat. hat TJtH.lP.D,liDg9hQlttL.J9ae-nitfaaag- e, turta baa employed Jimmy Bolton. S half i money, next of to his Storm, Za-do- ra SnZo Ike, when wo land you slip behind the warehouse. Gyp and 1 will acoot for tbe old house on tbe hill If one alone follows, let him be, but If the two of them sturt ou the trail muss em up a bit Weve got to get these stoueg out of the water bottle In a .. hurry. asked the man Any gun ptayt willed Ike. "Xof If you can avoid It said Bruce, Make that lauding by tha old sailboat, engineer. They had six minutes lead when they lauded. Ike sllpjied behind the warehouse. while Bruce and Gyp ran s toward, the road: Through hla Hunt Watched' theta, carefully 1 That was luck 00 OUT part They Cefc talnJy are coring us behind. 1 can just 1 gam know there are diamonds in that lost by two mysterious old man. Zudora gvts a photograph of the gem and It burnt bag and yet 1 couldnt prove it in court to bar band.. An old house Is aalaed by They'll probably take them all out AH and tha old man. Storm and nn IMML OH thein. . I wish Sodom r Wired there and ssrrewtjr ea-- ' 0r d tne when we - get ashore. kick . you apwdestrwettoawhan the house blew up. John Me Winter, endeavoring to trap and Why didnt I, draw my revolver and kfli Qeorge Smith, la killed himself, and cover them while 1 picked up the bag! Smith Is charged with murder. Haaaam Search me, aaWl Baird, smiling. All conspires ts have John Storm mast the same fata aa MoWlnUr, and he and Now, don't get a grouch before dinStorm are overcome by powerful fumes. ner. ,At least we got Zudora out of Z oriera aevea them, proves that McWto-tsr- 's own dog trappad and killed him and . their clutches, and that's worth a bag v I of diamonds any day tn the week. save Smith from a band of lynchers. Aa Inventor blows up a submarine trim t And poor Storm went to the same .w-rpowerfut heat -- ray which ha send hot and never otnetied a rat - WtU.- - tf (hiwegh water. Haaaam All aenda Zudora tow gdiotogruphar dlraotly beneath tha In they get her again Ill glvs tbo job to wanWHf tabomtory and orders tha tn Wen tor to kin bar. Zudora gets a warning, - and her lUe Is saved. The boat ray ma-- 1 aklne ts destreged. and the photographer, attar g gunrvel with Haaaam All, la found -- j to the river. dad Wi Chang prevents Zudoras elopement with John Storm by hypnotising bar, and be and Haaaam All attempt to smuggle , bar out of tbs country. This plot Is tnie- Coated hr pfpr , ,, , , , Baird, Haasanv Alls doubly fulls In Java with; Zudora, Baird and blraa Du kidnapti Ztadhra, and tha Van Wick ytl ... ghlLV gseauw raacuas tbamt and Hamm -- ..r ,, L ir Mll . A U dim. Haaaam All dead Zodars la raleas- td Of her pledge to solve twenty cases eonfronta, however, tbs greatest mystery of all. which to tha mystery of her ww life, and tha ambition to secure tbe -- vest ftototte of toft to her This greet pVvtto serial' to being ahown tat th leading moving plctur theaters by tha Tbanhouser Film Corporation. Among thoa participating are Marguerite Snow. Mary Elizabeth ForbcA1 James OuwLJtn' Sidney tbe new role of reporter-herBraeey and Frank Farrington. ' On looking through her uncles paper Zudora finds that her father left her an hrtsrmrt tn a diamond mine, and Storm end Baird both lend assistance in trying to regain for her possession of this estate which la being appropriated by the leadership of Mms Du regur' under Plan -- Yd. ,te fngtaen Zudora ao They that, sbv will run away. Falling, they kidnap Zudora and Howard, the min supMtBteudent, and put them In a private twees asylum. Howard dies, but Ztt dors, nearly famished, la rescued by Storm and hla friends Detecliv Hunt and Baird find the Zudora gold.mlne Mrs Copeland's jewels are stolen, hut recovered through tha cleverness of Hunt and Baird. They Investigate the mysteries of Mms Du VaTa house. A map or a mine la stolen ttom Zudora. who later to kidnaped. and held prisoner. .Storm rescue her. but the thieve escape with the diamonds . Bba - tn-du- cv iwpen concpi what happens. , Will you. honestly . Honest Injun! "Welli nothing Imn than a tiptop dla- nor tonight will match np a promise llhe'that I can take care of you. girl and well have our honeymoon to tbe West Indies somewhere. Now, lets get out of this stuffy old office. Hoopla! Come on!".. . When they were gone Mme. Du Val and slipped out from behind stood listening Intently:' When the was assured that- - there was no possible chance of the two lovers returning she walked over to Storms desk and futUe-ltried to open some of the drawers. So they were beginning to suspect her? She smiled. They could not find the lerist proof to the world. And. more rliun this, la tbe end they would surely be beaten iff trytng to Tecover the But to some manner she property. most get bold of .those papers the man Villlers waa aendlng from Montana. - To return to Hunt. He could bear a word or two from the men, but nothing . . the-scree- ' ' field-glasse- -- notlug the direction of their flight But In bis eagerness he did not notice that only two men came Into focus. The minute the boat made a landing be Jumped out and began running toward the skt where be bad seeu tbc,)wo men last Baird occupied himself with the p:; Inter. The engineer knelt be- - t -- wufliewwidai . -- en these papers will show u some light We need It girl. ' ."Oh, lets bother no more nlxiut tnon ey. Its only brought misfortune. Id have been married to you long ago bnt for a stupid pride. John. Ill marry you Inside of three months, no matter but-Xudo- TrTira . lug yonr lute fathers estate. I nrn nov aendlng them by express and trust they will reach you safely.' I hope to beav The Two Smuggler Want Directly to ' th Kitchen. bit of dfimage. Tbe man Ike thought that be might Just ns well dispose of Balrd, In that event the detective would be bet weeu two tires, pud they might be able to pm blru out of bis misery, Baird was i lu (he act of tying the painter when! Ike struck him t violent but fortunate-- ! ly a glancing blow ba the head. Baird arum Wed and fell and Ike drew hU knife with murderous Intentions. But Ho lnl turned In rime, caught the wrist ami fought savugely for all thnt his t bend was rluglng ; like rhtines. He succeeded lu making hla' assailant drop the knife; theu be step; Ike pod back and begin to spur, to recoier the knife Baird stoojK-rnnght him fairly on the etiln. Baird - --dHVnot wait to team whether the man ! w iis bf nor: 11e tooktd 'h& heel, con ti. lent that limit would presently have urgent need of him. Hunt was a famous rnnuer. and be reached the house on the bid Just a Biwaiid-.j,,.- , The two smuggler went dJjectly to the kitchen. Bn.ce dppifd the water botllQ ou tte table, unHrewed tbe top and dumpctl out the diamonds iKxsiivlp j A Hopeless Case. Jake Gymp. wbo waa notoriously bad f V ; S pay, took advautags of a new storekeeper la tbe tows and managed to get a dollar's worth of horse feed on credit ' Finally, when the money was not forthcoming, the storekeeper set out to collect T came to see you about that dollar for horse feed., said be, approaching ' . Jaks'ldABetd iome distance ' from the bouae. "De you think yoa can psy me today T "How's tbatT' returned Jake, putting Nero knew his business, oil right Bum em op when yoh dont like em. says a band t U ear and speaking to Wbat. did ye be. ' highly pitched voice. sayT . Baird straggled. ! said, returned the storekeeper, , Gyp, the gnu man, fit a clictri?ri;eand and shouting like u glee dose going match tossed Into tbe tbe carelessly cluU that K ttme you paid me that excelsior. At this moment Hunt earn to his doItorJl i: " t hear a weed ye My." declared senses. He reached for the water bot' Jake. "TsU here ter speak np a hit tle It waa gone. Then be sought his ' automatic. That was gone also. He louder." "Just watt a minute, cried the storegot up. Three to one. He realized fral lug h hie pocket for a lead that be must go quickly for help The keeper. . will write it down. metorhoat engineer would help. "Pida't no bsa mister returned jkv, wul GrphAit no real liiXmtbm of of bis setting tire to tbe old steniuer. - They Jake, wkhi n hopelese' shake Cant ace to read without my hail made' tbe th ree I "merely to add a head. Philadelphia Telegraph v ttrti more torture to their victims spec to But excelsior very predicament ; He VMSe VtstievocL The flame swept up other .The day a pecson drujped down two The hxrue by. begun stansiuug ' en them, bnt to u aruU . in uitpp.H tie Hi iMouedintety to front Ninth)! i tad was curried For Gnwds sake. IkeT senensed of ajwJ-A uomeox after a woman forced Gy'(f. her way Jjj, through tlie crowd gatb-d around tite door. clubnln: throw that nothing Wbat did ,' . My buabaudi! My poor bosbandl match there for. y foolF Cleri r the way ami let la the air! Thu two turned heel and 8 he theu busted Mrrsetf by taking off wanted to m fur away when the Bn tors attructM outside attention, it waa one tbe man's cravnr nod performing other Uttle offices mutt a surgeon arrived, thing to smuggle, to pick peeked crack when the- - patient gradually recovered ; his seuses. On this tbe sergeant in ; charge observed that It was n, happy relief for hla distressed wife ns well ,(i as for himself. ..f. ,? , - -- - , . pfenc-U- r' v-- V j OT et . . fv ' f. t $ John, I'll marry you inside of three months." e ' iVl ot it Olkni 'antfTTfTf? .t ri 3 vi Iin3,-- ! C'nssy plete. Tlccc Ertgs run n Yre carry i!i 3rS ,X end ilv.,:. rirdtrre.fc woec UE 343 which makes otu ::tore com- Where n bed painfully. had llautgoiic-Mcautlmp Jke recovered. Instead ol atteuipting to follow Baird he staggered off to the first telephone he could find mid culled Rndcllffe who,- be' was sure, ha I arrived at Mina. Du Vals by this tl.ne. Rxdirllffe had hi band full of document, most of them rightfully $4 pbehmging to Zudora. wheu the tele-fH- i phone, rnn. lie Tt Ike. he said to mailume. says he ueed u. Here;' put those pa pent lu your hand bag. We ll go right to Storin' otlUe first Vhu'H know which dt-uc-e si 2e frca - H. :2xi6 6x9 fcct tc Classiest I ' Lake C.ty- - ? , cf ' Ssc-Ut- o i , , - . ptj P. , Md' 578 W w feet- - 4 n-;- R f I f t bUt to Hiiy." left Zudora safely at Storui. home w nit Mrs. lUuusey, hud returned Jn uia.c, Hawus vastly surpii-eto see Mme. Du Val enter, but he.umn- acd to fonu his features Into gracious ness. lie was curious to learn what wanted. lie dismissed his the typist who. making a' preienso of lenv- stole behind a screen, lug the Mnifc IT Val was vetted hwrrltyrtrot tier identity. v;idiiy Wlmt did the woman want? hr.wiJdiad..dvjev about vome jpa pers When she brought them out of her band ling Storm felt a flurry of LoMhey wer only somo lu- - ' propaty. n A V W ejwtvs, ki Q IrS- -t V'SV-- surely a lucky man, and Bruce was be- the coining a careless one. A fine days walk; Zudora freed and the smuggled - zncL ' t In. --jJ'fi1!: L: fctoirn cr i a. . .'stiy. madam managed to read then) diamonds under hla vest As he came out of the house be espied Baird hotfooting It up the path. 7 TIello! Where did you come fromT cried Hunt , , Got tost flaw Bruce and his man leaving and concluded thnt they had done for you,. answered Baird, rather breathlessly. Not so youd notice It Jim, Ive got the diamonds." By Geoige, thats great work! Suppose we bike after Mr. Bruce aud nail -him while the nailings good." My. idea. rau down the path to the road, but the qearry had disappeared. They hunted thoroughly, but for a long time failed to make any headway. Theyll be nroumj the boat landing. Hustle!" Near the dock where they had landed was an old steamer. They arrived They Be r.lu. u. J theij 4 f1- 'jS -: r to SCO two trussed up like a Clir!-- s. . . J Becket as be, rode' by on an ass. and cut off the ass taiL Wherefore they apd their descendant were cursed with tails thenceforth. ' At .least, so said Jesters of, other countries, and tho slander eventually reacted spun England tn general. ' i I ASiTv v' - - .. ' '.v . Japanese Tapestry. For centuries Japanese wen vers tn silk have. been famed foe their exqiit- -' site tapestry work, or tanzureslshlkt. - Hunt to the Rssou. safes; It was entirely another to tie up man and toast him Lu deal h. ..They rau and did not until ' their legs began to give out. Hunt dashed to the landing and wa speeding toward the motorlioat wlicu no saw a policeman. Officer, quick!. That steamer li on fire and there's a man tied up lu the ' pilothouse! - It was nlout tbe uearest squeeze Jim Ealrd. alia Hasam All. ever had lie was badly burned about the baud uuJ -- stoi-runn- ing throat as It. I known lu the native tongue. Nowhere are more artMItryirwhietlons wrought, and along certain tines the .7npnnee workman, with bis tiny hand-loom- , creates a tapestry ,whlch no other race him so far equaled. How long Japan has hocq rnKivothig the nri of weaving picture from silk and gold tn this manner ts not accurately kuowtj. but, sttah of. the national specimens of sik brocade are veer old.-imIt to al- ' together likelv that the art has been known since Japans first acquaintance JBkh. China In r! pilot-UttUs- - ..li tlu.e. Tit-Bit- giw men entor th ,JJ;!unt.rni yotng .tq run Jhose fei low down f II takes ten years of my evidently to hide. w life. he declared, a the ollcemau ' ! The two set off in pursuit. IIant-astoteaud him Into the motor- FfOmthd pilothouse (nine Ik a Who 1 know the whole bunch boat now. pounced npon Baird s bai k end downed 80 do I. Jim. Bet you won't have hint. Brace and Gyp tame to the In time -- , t, u the woman It was Edward VL. according to Buie, aa Englishman cannot .travayle In another land by way of marebandysw or any otbcf honest oecnpytnge, but it h most contumeBously thrown Into hla tetlve that all Englishmen. have.tal&L The''helicf baMy 'Wr(Ke 'fr6u'r of the Kentish IJongtall8,.LTb people of either Canterbury or Strood v; tl bachelorT-O- TsUsd EngTishmon. Natives of southern' Arabia' believed tim t Christiana wore bats only to hide their boras. Formerly the continent of Europe clang to the conviction that the I'.ngllxhznan's nether garments concealed a talk !h late as the reign of ; a w It! RE .tiVt L , ' " v a police. London V A prls-pner- a, JJol o , she had disappeared and with her the watch and parse of tbe patient, which she bad adroitly abstracted under the very eyes of the - defla!te Bm b(f aw pu tbed,a. moods hack Into the water bottle. uu Tlien tb dr out of tbe raaffe Tiaion. nowY be woudl.reU. Mme. Du Vt and th Diamonds, Bruce opened up a plank I11 the floor and hid the bag. JThen he aud Uyp left you- -, Ive -- warned those two enough throit'.trrtie the kitchen. Hunt came down from hbout keeping their eyes open. . She TItrnrSffWTMintirtqTiely kitchen window. lie now wished hedj (be porch, waited until Bruce and Gyp ami Mine. Tu Val were hth made lirought B.ilrd h loug wlth hitu. wled In- - at the .hL- chki)tj; WKTttS-war-hcffud0the e plahk and Kaw Iie day ago.- Peculiar, huh? .. h e w:'. T'h 5.0! n g.. g tj-- I g !) t w 0 y lnvcstigitied. ne chuckled.il!!!LJoLU!vmefi Cmrld ypu nm--t tior ?' 7" - T" rrw ; found that irafTw- -- v? J s am- seeking fee j ? d " Why. I CX dlsc-ordan- iwiwL1"-!- - -- ' 1 , ,' fr: itt-sid- w rnm-Tb- ey ( -- "TTh .1 , - RV to? v i Coolly Seerchsd Hbiu Rsdcliff -- . o, CHAPTER -- XIX. . Trtsoner ln the PilothSu.- - uMhr Wiforthite"" e coutrasted strangely, yet coquettlsbly. with, tbe pale jwlden. halt that rlpptod in ringlets over her white forehead. This dainty dame was of noble birth, enjoyed a IAh soclui standing uni was considered Joe belle of the entire sunny south of those 'days. Tbe Italian oct Ml helplessly and tojKlessly In love with tbe Kreia-He wrote- lininf honor bin dreds of sonnets Tall of the choicest toudernesa. In which be deNartbed hla mental and, physical sweethearts ihnrai, and vowed that uever lived a fairer 'woman than sbo. Vet she wan obdurate to bis suit though she confessed herself pleased with bis society. She wag by nature fond of admiration, and she felt proud of tbe fact that she" had won the devotion of one of the greatest poets of the age. Wherever she promeuuded, whether In the parks or streets, she heard the gossips murmur a she (Hissed, There goes the beloved of Petrarch." Laura waa platonically food of her poet but no anionnt of poetry could ber to. bestow .wanuer.wffectlon . upon him. She died of the plague In 1348. Her death was a rude shock to Petrarch, .who still loved her and mourned her loss for. the remaining twenty fix years of bis life. Cincinnati Commerria) Tribune. Rend It. - man, thus to annoy Storm's par Petrarchwag-on- f poet lovers. One day in the Church of Et Clair, In Avignon, he uiet Mme. do Snde, better kuown as Laura," a delightful blond, whose soft dark ejeo In my last effort to dellve, "I fhUed n to some valuable, fr ante. Zudora finds Bolton operating a Mg magio lantern and la attacked by . up the letter one by one. Why. her, a letter from that man Marcus VIMIcin who Is managing your mine In Mou e. PETRARCH. Thg Peat's Idaal and a. Sad . Case Hopalaaa Love. bit fishy to me. Heres 'the i0.iaiui Bets see wbat he brings. fie oponer you AND tllt lnt0 -- AN ' LAURA Quihe t Copyright. 1014 and 1015. by Harold MacGrath Zodors la let ace. Her father Zodors and the which grow to i'ii'tife i . I -- - opposite side RadcUlTe ran nont who wasnt expect-fe- e for hla Investigation. It wag paid Btill gaining on us. Well, we'll have hltn gtrock first, and EadcUff, to takg our chances on land. f It do and Mme. Du Val left the office. lIunt crumpled Up on the deck. Rad- nt a nny,jjjj8 caojjjr eearchod.hlimfoun(l,thft the work. You stay by the boat. 1 5?e.' don't propose to walk back to jersey game. What the dickens can she waptl, water bottu w)Ui tbe diamonds and City. We wouldn't get Into New York Or waa she Just getting the lay of the concluded that his presence on the J until midnight Hal There they go! office for some future work? KeDe was no" longer necessary. He had Jersey shore it la, engineer. If you go ' As be could not solve the enigma, he urgent business In town. cross lots you can cut down a bit of Went back to his own work. Zudora They tied Baird np in the pilothouse. would e along presently. their gain. In one cornerwas a large box of exbad office On of madarne goto g out tbe In the other boat they seemed to be celsior. This they put around Bairds set tbe latch so that it would close but enjoying the voyageM . feet Right from under Hunts nose. not lock tbe door. When she saw A1 old top!" Jeered Ike, over, That's what pleases, me, said Bruce. Zudora coming in at the entrance of Toure goto t do little stunt like the building she hid herself and folVadla. Member? That lowed the girl back upstairs. The typist that in Quo Was leaving. , ' Zudora ran Into the office, threw her arms around Johns neck and hugged ! him. I waa a , rAnd to think this morning and bo free of die to prisoner, wautlug it all Oh. I've gone through so much thnt I never. want ' to hour the wor v" adventure agyln. K ; "And 1 don't blame you.v- r Mme. Du Vnl stole In noiselessly flix tiptoed behind the scret-u- . Do yon believe thnt Mme. Du Vs wos really made a prisoner too? Temporarily, yea. But It nil looks i the I wenty Million Dollar Mystery SYNOPSIS. , citizens They dont take tbe turnips uie, remark Thai They were perfectly; oot of the pot until they are cooked. In good order. Ho wunod a pomlnal 1 Wfttod 5 ' (ft w, s fowl tn no pHd Hunt sntufnlnely. Ito ct costi.vrtD. to - Th Saeret. 1 Now, this I a secret. And you most --7A tell anybody Rest assured that I wont tell that secret to any laxly, dear, ; ( have no - - v -- ! - 0 ieelrr to - fliNira -fiv irTCttmjtf'RTirTanT' Winkle. That secret Is at tenet three Courler-Jonrtuaweeks old l. |