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Show A Great Mystic Story by Harold McGrath d A Copyright '914, by Harold McGrath SYNOPSIS. Zudora la left an orphan at an early .age. Her father la killed In a gold mine. 'ZuJora anil tho fortuno from tlio mine, which grows to bo worth 120,000,000, are left In the guardianship of Frank Kecno, iZudoru's mother's brother, who has set1 (himself up ns a Hindu mystic and la known as Hassam Alt. Ho decides that Zudora must dlo before, sho can have a I -chanco to como Into possession of nor money, so that It may bo left to htm, tho next of kin. Ilnssam All sees an obstaclo Ito his scliemo In tho person of John iStorm, a young lawyer, for whom Zudora Zu-dora has taken a fancy, and ho com-imands com-imands tho girl to put tho man out of her imlnd. Zudora Insists that If sho cannot marry Btorra sho will marry no one. "Well, well," says Hassam All, "solvo itny next twenty cases and you can marry (him; fall In a single caso and you must renounce him." Zudora unravels a mystery and wins tier .first cose & aae In which John Storm Is .caved from being: o nvlcted of a murder Itnstlgated by Hassam All himself. Zudora and Hassam All visit Nabok .Shan's house, where sleep overcomes ev-lery ev-lery ono whenever Nabok attempts to mar-jry mar-jry a princess. Storm, seeking Zudora, Is .made a prisoner. Zudora folia Nabok Shan, restores tho princess to her original llover and saves Storm from death. A maker of diamonds tells Hassam All I his secret. Storm Informs Zudora that jhls Ilfo Is being attempted frequently. Storm suspects Hassam All. Storm Is arrested for stealing tho diamond maker's iKems, but Zudora discovers the real Ithlevcs a pair of mice. Tho negro help employed on Storm's Ifather's farm are fleeing becauuo a groat iskelcton hand appears at night upon a 1 Ihlll near by. Storm Is bafllcd In his In- tvestlgatlon, but Zudora learns that her uncle has employed Jimmy Bolton, a halt wltted man, thus to annoy Storm's parents. par-ents. Zudora finds Bolton operating a 'big manic lantern and la attacked by him. Storm appears and saves her. Hassam All asks Zudora to find a gem lost by two mysterious old men. Zudora Sets a photograph of tho gem and It burns lln her hand. An old houae Is mined by 'Hassam All and the old men. Btorm and IZudora are lured there and narrowly es-capo es-capo destruction when the houso blows up. i John MoWlntor, endeavoring to trap and I (kill George Smith, Is killed himself, and .Smith Is charged with murder. Hassam ,A1I conspires to have John Storm meet tho same fate as McWlntcr, and he and Storm are ovorcomo by powerful fumes. Zudora saves them, proves that McWln-Iter's McWln-Iter's own dog trapped and killed him and saves Smith from a band of lynchers. An Inventor blows up a submarine, with a powerful heat ray which ho sends . ' - .through water. Hassam All sends Zudora (i (V to a photographer directly beneath tho In- TiV ventor"s laboratory and orders the In ventor to kill her. Zudora gets a warning, and her llfo Is saved. Tho heat ray ma-chlno ma-chlno Is destroyed, and the photographer, after a quarrel with Hassam All, la found dead In the river. Wu Chang provents Kudora's elopement with John Storm by hypnotizing her, nnd ho and Hassam All attempt to smuggle her out of tho country. This plot Is frustrated frus-trated by Storm. Halrd, Hassam All's double, falls In lovo with Zudora, Dalrd nnd Mmo. Du Vol kidnap Zudora and tho Van Wick clilld. Storm rescues them, and Hassam All dies. With Hassam All dead Zudora la released releas-ed of her predgo to solve twenty cases. She confronts, however, tho greatest mystery mys-tery of all, which Is tho mystery of her (Own life, and the ambition to secure the rvaet fortuno of J3.000.000 left to her. This creat photo serial Is being shown In the leading moving picture theaters by Ihe Thanhouser Film Corporation. Among Ihoso participating aro Marguerite Snow, Mary Elisabeth Forbes, James Cruze, In h new role of reporter-hero, Sidney IBraoey and Frank Partington. On lookutg through her uncle's papers Zudora finds that her father left her an Interest in a diamond mine, and Storm and Dalrd both lend asslstanoa In tryln ito regain for her possession of this estate es-tate which Is being appropriated by rogues under the leadership of Mmo. Du Tal. They plan to frighten Zudora so that she will run away. CHAPTER XII. Bag of Diamonds, TROUBLES never como singly, It a saying ns old as tho bills. One morning came the bolt front tlio bluo. Tho gold mine, (With Its millions, was no more. A tcr-irtdc tcr-irtdc landslldo had wiped It out of existence, ex-istence, at tho least burled It under thousands of feet of rock nnd rubble. On top of this flfurntlvcly tho trustees toad absconded with tho reserve, nnd Zudora was nt tho beginning of things again. Thoro was, then, nothing but this diamond mine, of which she know nothing except that it existed and that fiorao ono else was profiting by Its output. out-put. Detectiva Hunt had agencies through, 'out tho world on tbo lookout for a 'initio registered under tho name of ffrainor, but ns yet nothing had turned turn-ed up. Hunt was In his olilco ono day (bUsy with clippings nbout diamond mews when a name struck his oye: "A tlcu strlko nt tho Zudora in Soutti Af. klca. Owners are highly enthusiastic," fp. JlTunt suatcbed up his hat and hnrrlod l5jj) loft to John Storm's ofllco. Hero was lsomethlng tangible. "That's Trnlnor's mine, I'll wnger iruy hat," said tho detectlvo Jubilantly. ("Ever seo such luck? If I hadn't been Hdllng, looking over tho nows of tho Wny on diamonds just to seo what fcmlght bo tried in tho smuggling Una two might have gone on until tho end of timo before we'd havo lauded with. in f thntiHnud miles of tho place Your mvectheart will bo rich ono of these days, Storm. Did you know that ovcrj penny of tlio western gold nilno bai gone to tho Orient with nbscoudlug trusteos?'' "What nro you talking about?" demanded de-manded John, "Why, tho Zudora gold mlno, rated oiH2H2.tlicrkiic.it .In tho world, kppi ui i , nm hidden from Zudora by her undo rot years." Storm was dumfounded. Aud sho never told mo the slightest word nbout It!" 1 "For fear old Ilnssnm All would , stick ii knlfo Into your buck, my boy." I "I understaad now! That devil was giving Zudorii these cases to luro her to her death. Good heavens! And that girl kept her secret! ltut who controls this diamond mine It Is Illegally done. How are vte to get at It" "Cable the superintendent that you nre tho attorney for tho rightful owner own-er of tho mlno and demand n full inventory in-ventory of the property nnd Its output." out-put." "A bully Ideal And now I'll take this whopping good nows to tho girl herself. She's nil the time talking about tho evil star, but this looks ns 11 It wcro on tho wane. Luck I I should rather say it was luck!" Zudora was overjoyed when sho learned that tho mine Itself had been discovered. Gently Storm chlded her In regnrd to the gold. "I did not tell you became I did not want you Involved, .Tohu. And, more than that, I was afraid I might losa i you." "Lose me?" "Yes. I wns nfntld that so much money would frighten you nwny. ' Storm laughed. "The only way you can frighten mo Is to tell me that you don't lovo me." "Well, then, I shall never be able to frighten you," sho smiled back at htm. "And now," said Storm, "I'm off to send that cablo before those crooks can get tho benefit of tho find. Oh, we'll come out on top. You wait," "I'm going to, John. I'm going to wait until thcro aro no more clouds anywhere. Then I'll marry you." "That's n bargain?" "A real bargain. Goodby, nnd may your cablo bring good luck to us nil." Thero appeared n story In ono of tho Sunday newspapers about the Zudora "9bBBbV 'wfl-y ij i "i 7XkssBBK Mm. Du Val Simply Tolerated Him. And. Tbo mine bad been paying, but not largely. Tbo description of tho mlno was well done. One saw tho Kaffirs In breech cloths digging In tho bluish clay, tbo wblto men on guard to mako aura that nono of tbo natives bid a stone. Suddenly ono blazing hot afternoon ono of tho Kaffirs como running run-ning over to tbo nearest watcher. Ho exhibited a stono of several carats, n real Unci. Tho watcher placed it In a bag suspended from bis neck nnd gave tho signal to quit work for tho day. Tho Kalllrs dropped their tools and filed nway under escort of tho watchers, watch-ers, Thcro followed n llttlo sketch of how a crooked Kaffir was caught with a gem hidden In his car. Tho African was promptly arrested and marched off to Jail. Henry Howard, tho superintendent, was seated nt his desk when tho head watcher cntno In with tbo find. It weighed threo carats and was of tho purest white. A stono of this quality meant more. Howard Immediately cabled ca-bled the supposed owners. Tho next day tho strlko travoled up nnd dowp tho region. Bruce, tho smuggler himself, received receiv-ed tho cable, nnd ho hastened nway to acquaint Mmo. Du Val with what had happened. Mine. Du Val and several others wore In tho Grecian salon when ho arrived through tho secret passage Ho was greeted effusively. Mine. Du Val looked extremely beautiful to him at that moment. Thcro wero times when ho wished his friend ItiulclllTo In tho nether regions. Tho woman puzzled him. Sho was rich. Her homo Was ouo of tho most beautiful in or nbout Now York, yet sho played a crooked game. Sho v as evidently ono of thoso women who played tho gnmo for tho sport of It, for tho blind hazards, haz-ards, tbo excitement. Tbo morals of ier encajauacnta. acicr-JjoUicrod bcr. Ho bad "watched" nodcllffV Tor some Mlmo nnd gathered no llttlo satisfaction satisfac-tion from tho fact that Mine. Du Val simply tolerated him because ho was a rodoubtablo schemer, bravo and shrewd. "Well, what's to bo done?" Inquired Iladcllffe. "Send for Howard to bring tbo diamonds dia-monds here. We will have to seo that man personally. That story in the newspapers Is tbo devil to pay. Tb; girl is Biiro to see. If not she, Storm. It's going to bo n big game now, Instead In-stead of n llttlo one," Biuco declared. "All tho more excitement In pulling tho wool over the eyes of the law, This man Howard may bo nu honest man," said madame. "Ih that case, good night to Mr. Hownrd, and we'll put a man in his place who will not bother us with questions so long ns he gets his rnkc-ofT," rnkc-ofT," said HadclllTe. When Harry Hownrd received the cablo directing him to bring the month's find to New York ho frowned. There was nnothcr cablo at band, and this ono nstonlshed him greatly upon Its arrival. ar-rival. Kor years ho had been sending the small but valuable output to those he believed tho rightful owner, nnd hero was n contestant, and this contestant contest-ant seemed to bo n legitimate one. It was n mixup that disturbed him greatly. There had always been something mysterious nbout the present owners. Ho had never seen any one of them, only their accredited agent, who Invariably Inva-riably presented n lettered heart when ho en mo to claim tbo diamonds. And now they wnnted him In Now York. Was thero nny sinister purpose behind this command? Henry Howard was nn honest man, nnd before ninny weeks bo was going to pay for bis honesty. Ho sent two cablegrams, ono to tho present company and ono to John Storm. Tho first read, "Will como to New York." Tho second read: "Arrive Now York 30th. Will give accounting of Zudorn mine." Then ho booked his passngo nnd sailed from Capo Town to Liverpool, Storm was elated over his cable. He Informed Zudorn, and they visited Detective De-tective Hunt. And while they nnd Hunt wero talking over tho affnlr Halrd came In, looking rather dcboualro nnd carrying carry-ing it eano. At first bo had had some dllllculty In looking Storm or Zudora In the eyes, remembering how nt tho In stlgatlou of the red Hassam All he bad nttempted the young lawyer's life. Hut these days he was able to look with serenity se-renity Into the eyes of all mankind. "Hello, Halrd!" cried Hunt. "You're Just the man I want for n stunt." "I'm always rendy for that." Zudorn looked nt him gratefully. Somehow his eyes nlwoys puzzled her. It alwuys seemed that somewhere shu had known these eyes Intimately. Tho four of them left tho olilco together and later separated In front of a florist's shop. "Now," said Hunt, "n llttlo work for you, Friend Halrd." "I'm with you, if there's nny excitement excite-ment In It" "There'll bo some. I want to keep a watch on that garngo nnd Junk shop where they nearly got you that night Something strange about that Junk shop. I'eoplo go In thero and don't como out ngaln. There's some kind of n tunnel, nnd between you nnd mo and tho gate post this tunnel leads to tho marblo homo of Mine. Du Vol." "I never heard nnythlng nbout n tun-nol," tun-nol," sold Halrd honestly. "Or you saw but ono of tho facets of this clever diamond woman, In that day you wero using horj consequently conse-quently sho did not tell you nny of her secrets. Now you watch tho hut nnd I'll watch tho marblo palace, and then we'll comparo notes as to whom wo seo enter or leavo tho hut nnd tho pnlace." Hut when they compared notes they had nothing that was Important. About four weeks later, however, they wero rewarded. Halrd saw Hruco enter tho hut nnd disappear, and Detective Hunt saw Hruco come out of tho villa without apparently having entered It. Hunt proceeded to follow his man back to town, Hruco had an ofllco in ono of tho downtown skyscrapers. sky-scrapers. The door had no business announcement such ns is usually found upon ofllco doors. Thcro was merely n number, nnd below that In small letters tho word "private." Pri-vato, Pri-vato, Hunt was suro this olilco wns. He hung nlout in the shadow until Bruce left, when ho set about calmly to pick tho lock. Ho was rather curious curi-ous to seo what kind of an office this was. Ho found mnny Interesting documents, but nothing Incriminating. Tho smuggler was n shrowd fox. Suddenly Hunt heard footsteps. Ho heard n key In tho lock. Hruco had returned! ntint mado n quick scramblo out of tbo window, whero ho clung to tho Iron shutter. Tlio effort was worth his while. Tho man who accompanied Hruco was nono other than nowurd, he superintendent of tho Zudora din- JMUbbIbjis""" tnoud mines. This conversation wns going to be Interesting. Ilruco had put ono over. Evidently Howard's boat had bent n day from tho trip, ns ho had been scheduled to arrive tho following morning. "You have tho gems?" asked Hruco. "I have." "You pulled them through tho customs?" cus-toms?" "I dhl Hut thnt docs not menu that I Intended to keep their arrlvnl a secret from tho United States government" govern-ment" "Oh!" wns the noncommltnl utter-nuco utter-nuco of Hruco. "Now, Mr. Hruco," went ou Howard, "thero Is another claimant to this mine." "And with not n foot to stand on," said Uruce triumphantly. "Well, that remains to be seen." "What do you mcui?" "Why, that this muddle has got to bo thrashed out. I'm honest, Mr. llruce." Dctoctlxo Hunt gilntied from behind his shutter. "Nobody accused you of not being honest," H-ild Hrtuv In llgimntly. "We'll go light now and gel the foels as our side know I hem. and jou'll realize that It will lake a lung sle"e In court to pry this mlno out of our hands, Como along. Are tho gems In that valise?" "In n faUo bottom." "Ah!" Detective Hunt did not like the sound of that ejaculation. Ho was mighty glnd that ho had detailed Halrd to keep an eyo on the garngo. Hruco meant to ploy some trick on Howard. Thcro was nothing for Hunt to do but trust to Ilalrd's watchfulness. Suro enough, half an hour later, Balrd saw Hruee and tho stranger enter the hut, and nlmost Immediately two rough looking men nnd nnothcr whom Halrd recognized ns Gyp tho gun man came Into view. Halrd remained re-mained in his hiding place, ft wns going to bo a long wait, and ho wanted want-ed the men to reappear before be left Ho wanted Gyp's status In this affair. Meantime Hruee and Howard arrived arriv-ed nt Mine. Du ViU'h through tho tunnel. tun-nel. This tunnel did not particularly reassure the superintendent of t tiu Zudorn Zu-dorn (UiiiiiMnl mine. Why all this bother to enter his employer's bouse? Wore they smuggling tho gems, then, nnd this tunnel was for madnmo's go-betweens? go-betweens? Ho did not like tho busi-ness busi-ness at all. Ho was moio than over Inclined to tho opinion that he had been long the dupe of Mice people. Hut Mine. Du Val Impressed him. The beauty of her homo and Us luxurious luxu-rious furnishing rather upset his preconceived pre-conceived Ideas. This woman wns n. BBBBBBBBBBBBBBTiaTjBBBBBBBBBBBBBW There Lay a Handful of Unout Diamonds. Dia-monds. rendy rich. Why nil this mummery? Ho took n dislike to Hadcllffo Immediately. Imme-diately. Tho other Individuals ho mot ho rather Ignored. Hut ho is duty hound to turn over his present consign, meat of diamonds. Tho other claimant claim-ant must establish proofs. That was all thero was to It Whlto madamo engaged his attention atten-tion Hnico signaled to Ilndcllffc, and they strolled out Into tho conservatory, conserva-tory, "That man," whispered Hruco, "is thinking of going to tho other side. Hassam All's uleco has tumbled to tho fact thnt this mine Is really hers. You already know that sho held that gold mlno In Montana, worth a king's ran. horn. Well, 1'vo faked stuff to innlco her bcllevo that a landslldo has dell de-ll royed tbo mine nnd that tho trustees liuvo absconded with tbo funds. This was done with tbo lden of making Zudora Zu-dora and Storm hike out to Moutaua to Investigate, Once there there was a mighty slim chanco of their over coming back. Hut. oddly enough, they hnro accepted the fako as truth and havo made no effort to go out there. I'll wrlto another anonymous note ad vising thorn that It would pay to In vcstlgato tho report. Hut meantime there's this man Howard to take enro of. Wo'll warn him, nnd if ho does not fall In with us why, ho must bo pushed push-ed oft tho bonrd." "I'll tnko roro of that end of It," agreed Itndcllffe. "Wo'ro running too smoothly to let n fool cog us up. Trust mo." They returned to tho salon, and n quarter of an hour later Bruco and Howard departed. Gyp nnd his two companions then outored tho salon and wero given a small bag with tho best of tho gems. They wero to bo cut at oneo In caso Howard Jumped the traces. Gyp and his companions returned to tho old ga-rago ga-rago or junk hut. Tho moment they left tho hut for tbo street Halrd followed. fol-lowed. Ho had nn Inkling that thoy wero going o tho diamond cutter's with tho Howard collection, and bo determined that tho game should never get that far. The three crooks finally went luto n saloon, as Balrd bad a suspicion Uicy would. He strolled In nnd took tho tablo next to them. Under the tnlilo he saw tho little valise. And while the threo wero busily engaged In the pleasant pleas-ant pastime of shaking dice for the drinks Balrd neatly fished the valise from undor the tnblo with the crook of his ennc. Then bo left the saloon, and SJBBBsHlBir W '1 taflnMLBBBBBBBaHEsV ,' J.V.w. ,. SasBBasBSBaBBassBBBBj Mme. Du Val's Rage Wat Terrible. once outside bo lay to it as fast as bis legs could go. There was a lino racket In that saloon sa-loon when the crooks discovered their loss. Dach accused tho other of carelessness. care-lessness. Gyp, inoro than the other two, appreciated tbo thunderbolt that had fallen nt his feet. HmlcllfTu would kill him out of bund. In tenor hu collapsed ou tho table. Ills companions compan-ions dragged him from the saloon, and tho threo started out on tho hopeless tusk of bunting for a man with nu Ivory crook to his cane. That evening Howard found n note which filled him with consternation. It was an open threat from his employers. em-ployers. Ho wns walking on thin Ice. Hut ho was an old hand at warfare. Ho had lived too many years in Afrlcu to bo really afraid of threats. Ho merely slipped tin automatic Into his pocket nnd weut about his affairs calmly. That same evening Zudorii and Storm wero greeted with u tremendous sur-prUe. sur-prUe. Mrs. Ilamsey, with whom Zudorn was living, knocked to say that n Mr. Halrd was anxious to sec Zudora. "Send him right up!" Halrd wns greeted cordially. He put tho valine on the table, opened It, lifted lift-ed tho false bottom, nnd there lay a handful of uncut diamonds, u comfort-ablo comfort-ablo fortune for nny icasonablo per-bon. per-bon. "Whnt has happened?" demanded Zudorn, greatly excited. Briefly Balrd recounted his adventure, adven-ture, and when bo had ibmo tho girl seized Storm nnd begin to waltz him around the room. Hut these uncut stones could not bo kept In tlio house, nor could thoy take them and sell them or deposit them In n safety box nt it bnnk. What to do with them now they had them? Until the mine was Indubitably proved to bo Zudora's legally le-gally they hnd no right to them. Mor-nlly Mor-nlly thoy had, of course. Then Mrs. ltnmsey made n suggestion. "Why not hide thorn In yonder flow-erpotr They congratulated Mrs. Ilamsey upon her happy thought After the stones wcro hidden Hulrd took his departure. Gyp nud his frightened companions after having hunted futilely for tho man with tho Ivory headed cano finally final-ly concluded that tho best thing they could do would bo to go to Mmo. Du fetk ''sCNsbHIsK liD iV suMsV'aliiBBBBBBsr Vlfl V , BnSaBBllLlBBSBBBBBtVi V' SBBSnSBWISaBBBBBBBBBBBBHll tSaiBBBBBBBBBBBBr ElstV k biIbbbbbbbbbbbbbb' bsbVbbfIbbbbb The First Individual to Dissppear Was Howard. Vol's and throw themselves upon her mercy. She needed them. Thoy bod that much In their favor. When they blurted out tho cost of their carelessness Mme. Du Val's rage was terrible. Sho seized a bronze stntuetto and rushed upon tlio whining gun man, and ItadelHTo's Interference doubtless enved him from n broken head. It took half an hour to pacify tho woman. Gyp nnd his friends wero happy to escape with nothing more serious se-rious than cursed. Sho ordered them out of tho houso. Til" "wager Hunt hT'baWof this ! jjfl coup," Bald llndclllTc. "You nee, wo've H got to act quickly, nnd I think that , H Munn game Is tho best wo can use. H Get Zudorn in this prlvato asylum and 'jH It wltl tnko ten Sherlock Holmosos to JH get her out" lifl "Very well. Wo will make tho ar- Ifl rnngements at once- Zudora must be (9 put away. That will relievo tho pros- i S suro against us." ; -fl Dr. .Munn received thorn, a tmilrk on ; H his face. Visitors of this character nl- j JH ways meant "patients.' He nover in- i fl quired into his clients' motives. Terse- iM ly ho was given -his lines. ' fjj "It must bo accomplished at once," I ; said Mme. Du Val. "Leave It to me, madnmc. How long M wltl your patient remain here?" I ;H "Forever, If you can mako that pos- I 'H slble." j iOM "Many of my patients nro nflllctcd '' V with strnugo Illnesses, and generally : jM they die. Hut It Is very expensive." jfjB "Will $10,000 cover these expenses?" ' !jjH "Amply, mndamc." . H The first Individual to disappear j M from the haunts of men wns Howard, . ,;H tho diamond mine superintendent. ;S The second to vanish was Zudora. ttfl Bruce and Hadcllffo accomplished the ', jH font dexterously by means of n ladder ' M to Zudora's window. She wns half , Jt asleep wieu they fell upon her, bound !nH and gagged her. They searched In :fl vain for the diamonds, which they ' til wcro confident Zudora had hidden In fH this room somewhere. They oven lift- i , HH cd the plant out of the flower pot, but hH fortunately did not examine the dirt ' H carefully. They flung it to the floor, a hH where later John found tho stone H scattered about.. 'H Iladcllffe wrnpped n blanket nbout AH tho girl nnd took her out of tho win- !l7 ' y f im T rLiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiW f iiiiiiB V 'A'fBVBBBBBKBBBBBBBBBBT fjl H V&'WliBBBBlBBBBBBBBBBBBY 39 ? BBH lBBflBBBBBBBBBBBBBlr7f $BBBs1 BBBfl Radcliffo Wrapped a Blanket About the JiH Qirl. 'H 1 H dow nnd deposited her Inside the wait- ' IH Ing tnxlcab. A moment Inter they ' H wero bowling nway nt a furious rate, M and by midnight Zudorn wns confront- H ed with the tcrrlblo kuowledgo that H sho wns nu lumnto of one of thoso ' H dreadful houses sho had often heard ; H nud read about n prlvato lusauu nsy- , H And lu tho very next room paced tho B mini who wnnted to bo loyal to her H Interests Henry Howard! H to n k continued. ' H |
