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Show A Great Mystic Story by Harold McGrath Copyright. '914. by Harold McGrath SYNOPSIS. Zudora Is left an orphan at an early age. Her fattier l killed In a gold mine. Zudora and the fortune from the mine, which grows to he worth M.0UO.00O, are left In the guardiinhip of Fran Keene. Zudora a mother's lirollier Zudora, giving giv-ing promise of srenl beauty, reaches the ge of eighteen. The undo, who has set hlmstll up as a Hindu mystic and Is Known as llnxsutn All. decides that Zudora Zu-dora must die before she can have a chanco to come Into possession of hor tnoney. so lhat It rna be left to him. the next of kin Hassan) All sees an obstacle to his scheme In the person of John Btorm. a joung luwv.er. for whom Zudora Zu-dora lias taken a fancy, and he com-mands com-mands the girl to put the man out of net mind Zudora Insists that If she cannot marry Btorm she will marry no one. "Well, well," says llassam All. "If you take such a stand I'll compromise Solvo my next twenty cases and you can many him; fall In a single case and you must ttnounee him." Zudora, using the knowledge gained from yeara of association with her uncles, unravels a baffling mystery and wins he first cusea. case In which John Storm Is aaved from eelng convicted of a murder Instigated by llassam All himself. Zudora and llassam All visit Nabok Shan's house, where sleep overcomes every ev-ery one whenever Nabok attempts to mar-1 ry a princes. Btorm, seeking Zudora, Is made a prisoner. Zudurn foils .Nabok 8han, restores tho princess to her original lover and saves Storm from death A maker of diamonds tells llassam All his secret. Btorm informs Zudora that , his life Is being attempted frequently Btorm suspects llassam All Storm is arrested for stealing tho diamond makers Kerns, but Zudoru discovers the real thlevcs-n pair of mice The negro help employed on Storm's father's funn are lleeing because a great .skeleton hum! appears at night upon a hill near by. 8torm Is ballled In his Investigation, In-vestigation, but Zudora loams that her uncle has employed Jimmy Ilolton, a half wlttod man, thus to annoy Storm's parents. par-ents. Zudoru rinds Ilolton operating a big magic lantern and la attacked by Ilolton. Storm opportunely appears and saves ber fioin Uoltoti. llassam All asks Zudora to find a gem lost by two mysterious old men Zudora gem a photogruph of the gem and It burns In her hand. An old house Is mined by llassam All and the old men. Storm und Zudora are luied there and narrowly ea-cupe ea-cupe destruction when the House blows up CHAPTER VI. The Cat of the McWinter Family. IN a room lu nu ordinary dwelling n vvuuiuu mit before u sew lug much mu-ch I no. The low hum of It tilled W the room ultli u murmur like Unit of muny been. The woman's husband, seated ut u tnblu uoiir by, vvus ronillng nud hiiioI; lug, ond he looked up ubsently each time the humming reused temporarily lit scowled, shitted und reshlfled UN pipe. "Arc you crying tigulu?" be growled, laying down the pipe. "I'm getting tired of your constant snivel snivel." He rose mid walked over toward her threateningly. He shook u linger un dor her nose. "That mini has got to get out of this house or I'll know the reason why He bothers me every time 1 look at him. 1 tell you he's cot to seek anotli cr boarding house. I don't wsut his hangdog foe around auy longer." "Hangdog!" aha protected. "Thnt'i what 1 anld. There'll be a rumpus If he doesn't bike." "You are wrong joti are wickedly wrong." wild the wlfo. She wiped her eyes on ber upron. "Just because he speaks kindly to me and pets the child you net llko an Insane man. I've shiver shiv-er for you, I've doue everything u woman wo-man could. What do you do? You sit and rend all day " "That's a lie!" the man ronred. "I'm not an ordinary workman, and there's very little demand for my work." "So I've noticed." dryly. "I don't want any buck talk. All I any la that man Smith has gut to cet out I won't have him on the premises prem-ises after his week Is up." The tears begun to run down the woman's wo-man's cheeks again "Yon were n different dif-ferent sort of man hoforu you tools to drink." "Your whining 'd send any man to drink, nut you two are always whispering, whis-pering, and when I show up you break apart and begin to talk of tho weather. Maybe you think I'm a fool?" "John McWinter'" ho cried with passionate Indignation, "That's right; work up the Injured look. Rut tho martyr stuff doesn't go with mo, Pally. I'vo got eyes, and l'vo npen using them. He goes at the end of his week, and that's all there , Is to It. He's got the child running B around after blm as If he and not 1 I was the father." In "That's because he Is always kind ' to her and never strikes her unjustly, as you do." "nnsn't n man got n right to correct Ms uttn offspring. I'd like to know''' "If ho gets lu your way you hoi her cars, if she does not come instantly in-stantly when you call her yon ue the whip. Can you blame the child ror not loving you an you expect?" I'm herself she did not care; she had bo Illusions left, nut where her child was concerned she was something of o llonws She did not want the falrv , tale hellers knocked out of the Itttlu "no's head before Hei time "Stop suit cling The mini's coining It'll Ivjiisi like you to pin) the beaten Wife vtheu tie ionics in l'vrliiiis It wi.lllillil he u t, i,!, , vUt. iou n Whrtile nine in nuiuie then iiuirtx-.voiicl iiuirtx-.voiicl bine rtiiiiii-tiilim to snivel Misuit l'llt iiiiiii who mil tile Iiiiiim eiil cause ol rlili conjugal Hiriilgiitiieni untie m hi laboring man's lunch win uiulei his iinu Ills expiessloii was that ot a mini who nail done bis work lh.it day faithfully and wekoined the uiiii Ingof evening. lie nodded pleasantly He saw the red eyes or the woman. siiiiiied his shoulders for a moment and passed ou "Humph: notice that you clout snivel while he's looking at you ' "How ciin you lulk to me like that?" "I'll talk to you us I pie.ise " "You are always lu the bouse. You are watthltig every move I make n If I wasn't a tiMhl woman When l umr tied yon i loved you. You were an analytical i hernial who eer one slid would make a mark in the world, bu drink has thrown you on the reefs And sometimes I hate your lie caught her by the shoulder anil I swung her out of the chair ami raises his arm. "Here. here. McWinter!" cried i volte rniin the doorway ".None ol that while I em Hi the house lou ought to be ashamed ol yu'ii self!" "This s my wuni.iu in strike hei If I want to." "Oh. will t" The IsMiiiiei sprang fniward aim caught the .ij.r.iWed arm. giving it in gentle wrench as be Isiie down upoi It. That was enough roi JleWlnter With n snarl like a wolf be closed In Almost lustuntlv his back met the Moor with n resounding thump "Don't! 1'iitif pieiitbd the wife "It will only make matters worse I on can't help me. Mi. Smith I'lease go" "All right. Mm McWinter. but I haven't ii uy use for u wire beater "You'll le.'Tt. this house Saturday, said McWinter. ph king iiltnpi up slowly "Sutuiday ululit. and then you and your Inn I; loi the sidewalk I ve stood all I'm going to Mniid .Maybe you think I'm a fool, nut I know what 1 know." The beaten man slunk out or the bouse, cursing under tils tireath. He renllyed that he would never gel any satisfaction out ot Smith In n 'I guess that'll fix you." game of flatlcurrs; the latter was too atroag for blm lied get him where I be wanted blm some day, nud that day wasn't going to be far off either. I Ho did not come borne until midnight mid-night He grinned druniteuly In tbe mirror as he yanked off uis tie and collar. col-lar. no wasn't a chemist for nothing; Smith would see McWinter was a madman, and nobody suspected this fact Tho next morning lie remained lu bed with u splitting headache As Smith started out tot tils day's work he caught up the child and swung tier aloft. She gurgled with happiness Then be kissed ber and set her dowu "I'm going to bring you that stick of en tidy tonight." "Goody, goody! Can 1 eat It mnm ma?" "Yes. dear." To the man she said "How long? How long?' "Keep ii stiff upper Up. Sally. We'll straighten out this muddle In time. Il looks to me like McW Inter Isn't quite light lu his upper story If we could get him away rroin Ids vvhlskv there might lx n chance. Hut lie's an ludl an when he's boozed up. They sayat tho laboratory that they'd be glaipto give him steady work If they could trust him." "Sometimes I've been vlcked enough to wish that he was dead!" "None or that kind or talk, little woman." wo-man." "Yon'vo been so good to us!" "Who wouldn't be? Itemember. now mum's the word Keep him In n good humor as much as you can, and when tho time comes we'll light out and let thu fool shirt for himself" McWinter crawled out of tied about 10 o'clock, ugly and taciturn When bis wife spoke to him he did not an swer. She sighed and returned to her sewing machine Hut for the i hlld she knew that she miiht have given up the struggle long ago She did not want any shadow to fall upon that pietty childhood Her own had been unhappy enough and she wn determined that the little one should not be disillusioned before " time. Sometimes the machine stopped, am: the wnuiaii gazed Into the blue arch of heiMen To wIMi any one dead, no matter bow cruel he might ii, was n sin HI. klty cllckuj clicklty ei(i,it,s,ing tlie nun bine Prom anoihei put ot the house came the Ii ipp laimhtct of the i hlld MeWlnler left the bouse urtei di Ink Ing ii cuprui of tmtm colli e ami stole iilni'u the road toward the w Is where he finalM uniie upon a duick It wis rstbet peculiarly eotitr i Mr d There were no windows, und the door was abnormally I III. k , Thv man went iuide and remained there for ti-ilf an hum. When he came out he nppean-d to be In good humor. I An allenlM niu-ht tune Ueu disturbisl by tbe rxpri"lnii In the man's ees MrWIntrt i.iImiI his rit toward town, shaking it ml iiiiitteiint:' "Spoon 'it my house, will you? Interf"r Ik un affairs hull? oti wait. .Mr .-,,. lib u Just wait Mn lie uiii wont Hive to leine Sitiildiv night Uui Ii go o, f ' Then be tiuiL'cd buk home lis wife was L'li-.itn siirpis,d to llnd him In an amiable mood it was mi unlike Tho Two Men Set Off on Their Hunting Hunt-ing Trip. him after n deb inch Hut she was glad enough lo incept It at fine value, being an honest and simple minded woman. McWinter did odd Jobs at the chem leal laborutoiy In the Ullage. He was au expert in (crtalu departments, and occasionally tbe elilef heiubt risked the (hauce or sending ror him It was noticeable that the derelict worked faithfully on these d.iys. with tbe hope of continuous employment. When afternoou came a telephone call arrived with It and McWinter harried off lo the laboratory, rather pleased, too. to And himself temporarily tempo-rarily placed over the man ho bated so heartily. The aaate amiability he bad abown to his wife lie now exhibited lu a lesser degree toward Smith, who was rather astonished ut the sudden turn of affairs. af-fairs. "I'm sorry I lost my temper, Smith." said McWinter. rather solemnly. "But my tier cm have gono to smash, nnd I'm Imagining all Mirts of things." "Hon't let that worry you," replied Smith, only too glad to bury the hatchet hatch-et "We all lose our tempers once In .iwhlle. Hut you ought to be u little more careful of that wlfo of yours." "I know lt"-humbly, all the while black murder In bLs heart. "We'll let bygones be bygones and go out some day for a hunt like wo used to There's nothing better than a good rabbit stuw. and Sully knows bow to cook It." "I'd like nothing better," Mild tho other man. bellelng in his heart that this new friendly attitude would aid In making one poor woman a little happier "I snld something about yon going on Saturday night You lust forget it" "All right," said Smith. At 5 o'clock McWinter left the lab oratory and wended bU way to tbe mysterious shuck In the woods. Kor nn hour he experimented with a peculiar pe-culiar sort of contrivunre and from time to time gave vent to u diabolical chuckle. The mau may have been u monomaniac, but that was never to bo !roved. Thu thick door seemed (to pleitso bis fancy Imiiu'iisely. An enormous spring was adroitly hidden by the hinges, such as would i lose the door violently and make It ilillliult to open without physical exertion The coiiciixHiou was bound to shake ewij thing in the shin k .Near the celling cell-ing was a small platform about six Inches siiiare He propped open the door, took au empty bottle rrom his pocket and placed it upon this plat-lurm plat-lurm When he liberated the door the slam or It toppled the bottle rrom its perch, and It broke Into a thousand pieces ou the. stone stub below. "1 guess that'll tit you t Kti,., that'll show you whose house yon re boarding lu you snake!" McWinter loosened the sprint so n-to n-to open the door and uis.sed out. The following morning the clerk lu the Islxiratory whose bushics It was to account ror all the deadlier eoni-or tlous lu nukhu bis dally Imriitory found a bottle uiKsltu and this bottle contained one of the deadliest fumes in exlstetne He was greatly per-turlxsl per-turlxsl He ssed Smith, but Smith denied that he hud loin bed the bottle mat seemed in Ik- the end of the an ilr On Sunday .Mrs Mi Winters fs-e was brighter thsn it tuul been in weeks Her busliand sceuicd to be ai entirely different bum He bid softened so far as to tell a comic story, and you may he sure t tint Smith and Mrs McWinter laughed heartily oer It. The two men shouldered their guns, whistled fot the dog ami vet oil ou their hunting trip. And only one ot them returned alhe Smith eiiiue back alone ami w is rather surprised to llnd neitbei lc Winter nor the dog They bad c united in the woods near the slunk, of which Smith apparently knew until lug McWinter was missing all the next day. Tuesday morning they round turn in the shack strangely dead A very peculiar rase confronted the liical authorities There was one thing finite plain to thrm. however, and tint was McWinter hid been murdered In a niiMt eiinnliiM nud diabolical manner Naturally the curoiirr's Impiest drew the net about Smiths fret He had gone out hunting with McWItiter and was the Inst nmn to see him alive Then came the clerk who swore thai the bottle found in the sbin k was Identical with that stolen fiom the nib , onitoiy lien-IhhIi un u win l,eil Smith despite all pioiests w w held for I lie giiind Jun ou the charge ol milliter III the llest de-lee Other tints bei.Mii to In lllate Sonic one bad hoard Mi Wlntei accuse his wife of belni: too fileudl with inltli and out ot this niliimn lalsed its ttgl bead Here anil tliete men bei'im to mutter about .lidge l.yin Ii nud Mrs M, W'ln tet was vh'itnied In all those who bad posul as iiei friends . few d.ijs lielore tbe 1 1 til I began! (1 isviiiii Vll was poring owi is ervs-' till Neir In sat .'icloni. rcuilluu and rellw'tliu Tbe two hud Iven filkinu al t Mes tuei ami ( itrilostio and .udora was galliotlnc In i arguments from the hook she held 'I lie i eli was heard to ring A few iiieuieiitv latei a visitor was ushered In in the Hindu servant To llassam Alls cold e.ve this client did not siiggct inn tutute piotlt, but Mrs. McWInter'v tale caught the sjmpathy of Zudora "I will tike this (use. uncle," she volunteered "It Interests me. It Is pureiv clrcumstuntl il i v iiience.and that "What a Thiol Deerl" la usually the moat puzzling to solve. If I succeed Jt will add another step toward my twenty case." "Suit yourself." carelessly, "Hut. re-member. re-member. If It turns out to be an ordl nury case It will not count." "I accept that risk." Zudoru, In accordance with hcrogreo-ment hcrogreo-ment with ber lover. John Storm, wrote him explaining about the case and asked him to meet her at the McWinter Mc-Winter house the following afternoon When tho two nrrlved In thu village they round tho suburbs lu turmoil There had been, they round, a punl tlve expedition against the Jail that held Smith, lint it had been frustrated "'I his is going to bu Interesting. John," said Zudoru "I've an Idea I'd like to plead ror the pool devil. I never reulled how many kinks there were lu lire until you en tered this delis tlve business" "The unexpected Is always happen lug Ou the face or It. this man Smith looks gulltv. I'he very fact that the woman In eager to save htm ban a sus ph Ions angle Hut, ror alt this, we may llnd him Innocent as a child." Meantime Hiismiui All had not been Idle He was going to lose no chance to fulther hl schemes 1 u be sure, lie had NlgulhVil bis utter hn k or interest III the case, but that bad been to hood wink his nlis e So ipiletly and utiohicrvcd he made , a scs-ret Investigation of the shack It did not take his remarkably keen eyes long to discover whut had taken place Clever abominably clever' Here was u c mutual who had rautas tie Ideas ir this Infernal contrivance had served one man's purpose It might readllv serve another s. So he conn In cl to separate Zudurn and Storm and bring the lattei to the shiiil. He wrote frankly, signing his iivvii name and declining that it would not be sale foi Ziidoia to go dec-ply Into this esse as there was miire to It than could be seen on the siirlace. So Storm cnucliiilcil to meet Hassiun All at the shiu I, and llnd out what he hid to say. He proml-id himself that he would be minions and watt If every , move of bis enemy, Uventhlng was ready for him, but again Hassam All was overanxious He set one of the bottles he had found In n cabinet on the little platform neat the colling Welcome Mr vitorin weliium' Tic laughed sud his laughter ml'.'bt well have beau an echo lo that ui.ule lt U mau who hud built tins wimbwies-shack wimbwies-shack 11 J and by he heard burning foot steps Slyly he loolcd nut ami nUierv cd the lluslst,HClni( uttoriiev IhhmI Hut sonwlhliu silpwsl I'he prlhg moved to siain or llasssui All bad lie pulled It lulfk far enough The doo sliuuUMsI violently. There came u tinkle of jireakltig glass, and llassam All struggled lies perately to pull the door oxmi He was already too weak. Storm h-rd the door. He concluded hi" Journey at a run It took all his i-trength to force the door, which Im mediate! clo-ed again when he wis inside lie saw dimly his enemy sink lug belplesslv to the Hour, and almost Instantly it veemeil that the walls of the shack had begun to revolve. Tunics! He stumbled desperatelv to wnrd the door but could not reach It Doubtless the only thing that saved llassam All. or Storm for that matter. The Eager Girl Pointed to the tittle Platform. I was the secotid opening of the door, which let lu a gust or pure ah mid car rled out u celtiiln volume of the xtl sou. Tortunately for both or them Zudo ra nnd Mrs Me White vveie both stint Ing out for the sbiiei. at the very mo meut tile dour IoshI upon Hiismiui All. -Mrs. McWinter ilreadecl to see the fatal shack itgilu but .tnlota Insisted She must mv tlie slim I; ami eveiythiug in It If she was to aid Smith In the slightest deglee After Mrs McWinter had rully ex plained tbe mi litmus Zudora was quite coutldcut that the man Smith was Innocent, no miller bow dieplv i circumstantial evidence bad Involved Mini She iiImi relt instinctively that the widow was holding oiuiihiiig nick "Thcle It Is. aiiuoiiiiceil .Mis. Mc Wlntei. with a liiulili-i I "Why, there in e no windows In It!" I "I know it My liiisinnd iiulit u i For what purpose I cannot Miy. unless It was to experiment In ' Mrs McWinter hegm to cry "There, there" said .odora "rrom what you hare told me I don't tlniik that husband ut yuurs was worth tears." "Hut I have not told you all." "Well, what more Is there to toll?" "Tbe man accused or my husband's death waa never my lover Ho was my brothor!" "Good heavens! Why didn't yon tell that to the coroner?" "1 dared not. I dared not tell even my husband that." "Why?" "My brother is an escaped convict Again It was circumstantial evidence Ho suffered In another man's place Tor two years he has lived quietly here, and the police have lost all track of him He was sentenced for live years and escaped during the llrst year of his term. If I had taken my bus band Into my oontldenco he would have enjoyed nothing greater than exposing George," "You can trust me with your secret Ho would be totally lost ir the people knew this Well, there s tho shack What n thick door!" Ileiichlng it. she tried to open It It rerused to budge She culled to Mrs McWinter. and the two or them sue ceeded lu pressing It back "Hold It!" cried Zudora, reaching for a log near at baud With this she was ablo to hold the door. Then she saw Storm nnd Hassmn All lying senseless on the lloor She sniff ed and for n momert relt dlrzy The fresh air however, came In strongly, and arter n few moments the two men daretflv opened their eves, Zudora helped them both outside, shaking them nuigiiiy. It took n quar ter of an hour to bring them around to anything like iio-mallty. Whntover Storm thought or the affair he kept to himself. Zudora believing It vvle to cloe t Ii-door Ii-door again was about to cmt a-ie tin log when hei eve was attracted hy n tuft of coarse linn caiiL'ht In u spiinti.r "Old your hu bind have a dug?' n asked the trigbieiied wiiuinu in hei tide "Yes Hut be ran iivvav the din mv husband died, ami no one mis seen him ilnce " Zudoru again studied the log thought fully. The earth about was soft and presently she discovered the rootpilnts of n dog. The tuft or hair nnd the? tracks set her thinking deeply. "Was your man quite right?' she 'ILI asked, tnui hlug her forehead B "How do you mean?" 'tl "1 mean did he net ipteerlv nt times?' "Why, now you route to eaU of It, ,IH ves I thought be was w( ernvtlc." HH "Hera's n Mt ( rood rock." snld Ztt- 'H dora suddenly rib pointed down the IH rond a lilt w here a wagon was visibly H approaching "He'll be able to give us H it lift bxck to tbe village I Want to jH see tbe authorities at once I've an H Idea bow your bttsbead came to die." "All In good tluie" ZudStii hailed 'ssB the farmer He would gladly give H tlictn a lift "TbiMe two men," said ' Zudora, Indicating John and Hassan All. "have met with an accident. Hel H me get them Into the wagon." H "In a Jiffy. mlisT ,H The exhausted men were bundtet' Into the wagon, nnd the farmer touch H ed his team with his whip. At the outskirts of the town they came upon a mob It was very clNor derly In thu midst of this mob was n pale man securely hound "My brother! They are going to lynch him!" cried the widow wildly. H It looked that way to Zudora too There was one thing for her to do H Into this mob she resolutely pushes her way The excltul men stepped fl aside grumhllngly. fl "Men. even If this poor man was fl guilty you ure acting like a pack ol H wolves. He is liniment. I call tell H you how John McWinter came to his death. He died in n trap he had sel ror this very man you would hung HU own dog was tlie cause of h "Come come' this Is no time To fnlry storlm String him up, boys, be fore the police nose in!" H Smlib w as Iimi kid ag'ilnst n trie. ' "I vv irn .vou that you will be mlttlnu minder, lilvc me one hour, and ir I i a limit ifiisounhly piove tint Smith Is guiltless, why, l engage to iH staml aside and natch you bang him" l t'hls dis laiatlon m ulu tlie more sober men piiiic "Ami I II help you pull the rope!" ' H shouted the sheriff, ipili U to rceogu7o ' tlu value ot n respite " I e six amiiiig you to follow I me.' said Klidorii. "m as many us you t "We'll all go. Smith too'" I H That settled it. The mob began to ? H surge along the mail at a dog trot. If H this girl could prove vvliul she said. ' H why. Smith ioiiIiI go. If pot tliere'd lie iH enough trees near the shack to seivo H purpose H When the eager girl exhibited the H IhXHcs and explained what was lu iJH Ibem. pointed to the little platform J fH and then to the door with Its spring I a calm began to settle upon the blood- iH men 1 "To hold the door open against tho iH pressuie or the spilug It uas necessary iH to prop this log against It MeW Inter dH and Smith had gone out hunting. Slid- t -bbbbbH denly Smith missed McWinter. who iH was. in lint, iirraiiglug the deialls of IH the trap McWinter' s dog evidently dH gut In his way, unci be kicked It. The. IH dog lu Its endeavor lo escape u see- ' ond kick humped against the mg. shut- ting McW'lutei lu the Mi ic'k and cans- iH lug the poisonous fumes to M ilberut- j csl. My inn le bus already proved this fact lo his siitlsracllou" llassam All nodded gravely. There, iH wits nothing else for lilm to do Stoim stared at him Ironically for u moment. "Hut thctc Is something else to add," went on Zitilora, now sailslhsl that she bad won the Interest or the mob. j "McWinter bad laid this trap for i Smith himself. He wa nn Insane i man, and none of you ever susplcloued IBHvC'laBHKIBBjB,aVBHBBBH?S BBBBBa "Me Is this fact He Imagines! all his trou i bles Smith hncl absolutely nothing to H do with them. Now hang him If you The mob ipiletly took Itself off, vast hbbbH ly shamed ami chastened, and Smith I j soothed his sobbing sister, his eyes flH full of gratitude. HaBaH "You're a wonderful little ervon, Zu JH dora," whlspertsl Storm. ffll "Am I? Take me back to town. I HaH am tired And there's more to do SB I've got to rrce Smith again rrom jH prison," ial Hut the death of tho real culprit did Hl that unci Smith walked tho earth again Kas'sfl a free dtben ftaB I in uu co.-vti.-iued. IH |