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Show In the Twenty Million !; Dollar Mystery ' .. hi By HAROLD MACGRATH S r; " lE&i- Copyright. 1914 tnd 1013. by Harold MicGrtth ... SYNOPSIS. Zudora Is loft an orphan at nn arlr age. Her father Is killed In a gold mine. Zudora and Iho fortune from the mine, which Browi to be worth $20,000,000, are left In the Ruaviltanshtji of Frank Kceno, Zudora's mothnr's brother, who has set himself up as a Hindu mystlo and Is known as Hassam Alt. Ho decides that Zudora must die beforo sho can have a chance to coma Into possession of her money, so that It may be left to him, the next of kin. Ilassam All sees an obstacle to his schemo In tho person of John Storm, n young lawyer, for whom Zudora Zu-dora has taken a fancy, and he commands com-mands tho girl to put the man out of her mind. Zudora Insists that If aha cannot marry Storm she will marry no one. "Well, well," sayB Ilnssam All, "solvo my next twenty cases and you can marry him, fall In a single caso and you must renounce him." Zudora unravels a mystery and wins her first case a caso In which John Storm Is saved from being convicted of, a murdor Instigated by Ilassam All himself. Zudora and Ilassam All visit Nabok Shan's house, where sleep overcomes every ev-ery one whenever Nabok attempts to marry mar-ry a princess. Storm, seeking Zudora, Is made a prisoner. Zudora foils Nabok Shan, restores tho princess to her original lover and saves Storm from death. A maker of diamonds tells Ilassam Atl his secret. 'Storm Informs Zudora that I his life Is being attempted frequently. Storm suspects Ilassam AIL Storm Is arrested for stealing tho diamond makor's gems, but ZUdora discovers the real thieves a pair of mice. Tho negro help employed on Storm's father's farm are fleeing becauso a great skeleton hand appears at night upon a hill near by. Storm Is baffled In his Investigation, In-vestigation, but Zudora learns that her undo has employed Jimmy Bolton, a half wlttcd man, thus to annoy Storm's parents. par-ents. Zudora finds llolton operating a big magic lantern and Is attacked by him. Storm appears and saves her. Ilassam All asks Zudora to And a gem lost by two mysterious old men. Zudora gets a photograph of tho gem and It burns In her hand. An old houso Is mined by Hadsam All and the old men. Storm and Zudora aro lured there and narrowly escape es-cape destruction when the house blows up. John McWInter, endeavoring to trap and kill George Smith, Is killed himself, and Smith Is charged with murder. Ilassam All conspires to have John Storm meet the same fate as McWInter, and he and Storm aro overcomo by powerful fumes. Zudora saves them, proves that McWln-ter's McWln-ter'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 he sends I through water. Ilassam All sends Zudora . to a photographer directly beneath the In- J$$ ventor's laboratory and orders tho In-i' In-i' 4 jj ventor to kill her. Zudora gets a warning, M.Y iy and her life Is saved. Tho heat ray ma- ,w- chlno Is destroyed, and tho photographer, after a quarrel with Ilassam All, Is found dead In tho river. Wu Chang prevents Zudora's elopement with John Btorm by hypnotizing her, and ho and Ilassam All attempt to smuggle her out of tho country. This plot Is frustrated frus-trated by Storm. Iiatrd, Ilassam All's double, fa)ls In lovo with Zudora. Balrd and lime. Du Vol kidnap Zudora and the Van Wick child. Storm rescues them, and Ilassam All dies. With Ilassam All dead Zudora Is released releas-ed of her pledge to solvo twenty cases. Sho confronts, however, tho greatest mystery mys-tery of all, which Is tho mystery of her own life, and tho ambition to secure the vast fortune of JM.OUO.OQO left to her. This great photo serial Is being Bhown la the leading moving picture theuters by tho TlmnhoLser Film Corporation. Among thoso participating aro Marguerite Snow, Mary Elizabeth Forbes, James Cruzo, In the new role of reporter-hero, Sidney Bracey and Frank Farrlngton. On looking through her uncle's papers Zudora finds that her father left her an Interest In a diamond mine, and Storm and Balrd both lend assistance In trying to regain for her possession of this estate es-tate which Is being appropriated by rogues under the leadership of Mme. Du VaL They plan to frighten Zudora so that she will run away. Falling, they kidnap Zudora and Howard, th4 mine superintendent, and put them In a private Insane asylum. Howard dies, but Zudora, Zu-dora, nearly famished. Is rescued by Storm and his friends. Detective Hunt and Balrd find the Zudora gold mine. Mrs. Copcland's jewels aro stolen, but recovered through tho cleverness of Hum and Balnl. Thoy Investigate tho mysteries mys-teries of Mme. Du Vat's houso. A map of a mine Is stolen from Zudora, who later Is kidnaped and held prisoner, CHAPTER XVIII. The Cipher Code. BUT Storm found no ono nt Craig Inland, for tho blmplo reason thnt Ills nppronch was seen nnd Zudora and nil things belonging to lior were nicely hidden out of sight Ho returned to tlio city disconsolate. Ho let work go mid haunted tho ollloo of Hunt for tlio greater part of each flay. Hut ntnit was still In Africa or was on tlio high sens. R And when llalrd and Hunt did re- turn, as recounted In tlio preceding ffl chapter, they learned that they had H becu nicely fooled. ItadcllfTo had not H left Africa at all, but bad decided to M remain at tho mines until ho had fully (H recovered from bis Injuries In tho ffi wreck. And a lino Idea camo Into bis I (TflsW1 'cn(1 wn" convalescing. P4 ' y" Tho Idea wus this: Tho man Hunt 11 was sailing closo to tlio wind. He was getting nearer and nearer, "Why not K gather all tho stones posslblo as a H move against Hunt's winning out In H tho last ptiaso of the gamo? No half jfi a dozen lino stones, but tho last six 9 mouths' total output, something prince-B prince-B ly, llko that? He, Itndcllffe, was uot m needed In Now 'ork. Tho banging up gj bu had rjeelved nt tho hands of Balrd m mid subsequent wreck bad let- him In R a shaky way, Tho voyago to Africa gg and back would put blm (Irmly upon 3j liH feet onco more, 1 On tho voyago ItadcllfTo took partlc- 9 tilarly good caro of himself, drank H nothing nnd moderated his smoklug, IB forswore cards and went to bed early, ffi lly tint time bo reached Capo Town ho rjw "" -1 '- Was something lllco himself again thnt Is to say, ready for any deviltry. During theso hours of loneliness bo thought n good deal. Much ns bo loved Mme. Du Vnl, sho had an Iron band, nnd the fact was beginning to Irk blm. Why couldn't Bhe accept bis Idea to quit now nnd go away wbllo tho going was good, to use tho parlance of the day? Money? They bud plenty. The game, tho gome; that was her eternal cry; the sport of It, the excitement. She wont out of licr way dozens of .jftfaTBTBTaV'- '!,vgrttJlrlim bbbBv "ix 4 rj sbbUIY s riBTJEVKBY ..BaBBLf xm"- :sHs saB i ':sLk. LBBBBB fr&aflBBBBi BBBflBlVj VIsHRflH BPSPSPSPSPSPSPSF' l H BPjPSHBEBPJPSlBBVfl BBBfc9fci? -i&aBfliBBl B ,AP T2flBTaTaTaBTBTaM lJPPPPtW bV- ifcMBfflTafnTBflBaTBTfil n.'- faTHbbbbbbbh bbbbbW& ubbHbbbbbH BBBH If iiH bWM1bM.3wBBBBBBE Read For Any Deviltry. times to court danger, nnd tbero was danger, real and menacing. They had all kinds of documents to substnntlutc their claims to Zudora's fortune, but tbero was many a slip "twist tho cup and tho lip. Sho was llko a gambler who bad played for high stakes. Sho never again could Ibid zest in a friendly friend-ly game. Perhaps sho was only playing play-ing with blm, having need of him ns a chessman In her dangerous game. If that was tho case, sho would Indeed And It a dangerous game. No woman had ever yet mado a fool of Captain Itadcliffe. Tho next boat sailed In two weeks. So, Instead of going down to Cape Town, he Idled ubout tho mine, picking pick-ing up odd bits of Information which ho stored away for future use. Thrro was no excess lumber in Captain Itnd-cllffo's Itnd-cllffo's brain. Where was that other And? Neither bis side nor tho other could ns yet locate that mysterious bed of crystals. Ho started out to do some oxplorlug on his own hook, but nothing noth-ing important came of It. Hut ho was tired of tho incessant wnr against Hunt nnd Balrd. Ho wanted a Mug, u month or two of princely gambling, ten or twenty thousand thou-sand to do with as ho. pleased. For weeks ho had crushed down tho instinct, in-stinct, but this enforced Inactivity had given it renewed life. Ho must have bis (ling. When bo stepped on board the ship which was to carry blm back to America Amer-ica it was tho happiest moment ho bad known In months. Rack to Uttlo old Now York, with its confusion, its noise, its lights, its excitement! No more Africa Af-rica for blm If bo could prevent it When tho ship stood off Nantucket light he sought the wireless offlco and Aya 9pf bJbBBBBBbW "fll o MTBBra'.JBl Vy7i5iije?' iK" BH j JB BMT 1 1 - Jm-j ff4.r'jrai jx ..(nikNlcSHBR He Idled About the Mine, Picking Up Odd Bits of Information. dispatched a codo messago to Bruce, which road as follows: J. W. Bruce, Now York: Slnbad X V. Z. Suntop Auronla, Loo-alyda Loo-alyda Tunner Rlzpah Mecca Zlb Lover". t IIADCMKFE. "Going to blow up tho city hall?" asked tho operator as bo studied jtho message "No; Just tho Brooklyn bridge." Had-cllffo Had-cllffo laughed, paying for the messaps and giving n generous tip. Then ba returned to tho smoke room and played play-ed Cnntlcld until dinner. Ho won two games out of twenty nnd felt qulto satisfied with himself. Druco was busily engaged In work when tho wireless arrived. Ho smiled and .spread it out on tho blotter and with pen and ink began to decipher it When ho completed tho translation be was highly elated. Ho would not have been, however, had ho known thnt ov-cry ov-cry move ho mado was being watched, that nearly' ovcry move ho had mado slnco his return from Africa bad been watched either by llalrd or by Hunt It was Balrd who was watching him at this particular moment from rather a perilous position outsldo tho offlco window. Ilruco thrust tho cipher between the two blotters of bis writing pad, picked up bis lint nnd coat and hurried away. Ho must seo Mine. Du Vnl nt onco. No sooner was bo gono than Halrd entered quietly. He tiptoed to the desk, watching the door as bo did so. Hruco might return unexpectedly. From out of tho blotter bo drew tho wireless wire-less cipher nnd the translation. He rubbed his chin nnd smiled. He had begun to feel rather bored watching Mr. Hruco day In and day out, with no definite results. If Hruco know anything regarding tho wherealwuts of Zudora ho kept this knowledgo most carefully to himself. Hunt would en-Joy en-Joy reading this dispatch. It was really real-ly tho smashing proof ho had been seeking for months. Hero was his smuggler, all nicely dono up in a package, pack-age, ready for delivery. Arrive New York steamer Aurenla. Will throw rubber bag of dlnmouds overboard over-board beforo landing. ItADCLIFFn. Hoth of them! All depended upon getting hold of thnt bag of diamonds. Undo Sam would do tho rest with pleasure. Balnl mado a copy of the wireless nnd Its translation. The Mnr-conl Mnr-conl company would back blm up In caso Hadcllffo denied sending such n cipher. It was all ns easy as falling off n log. Ho would have taken the originals but for tho fear that Hruce would return and find them gone nnd worn Itadcliffe. So ho had to content himself with copies. Ho immediately sought out Hunt with whom bo found Storm, pnlo and thin through worry and anxiety re-gnrdlng re-gnrdlng bis sweetheart. Tvo got them. Hunt!" "Zudora?" cried Storm. "No, my friend. Dut I'vo got two men red handed in tho smuggling i V t'liBmBHrini blbibbhe$i vrf ,. X'WBJMBMiatSLB-v'jpoa "Zudora?" cried Storm. gamo. I havo followed Hruco for days, but if ho knows anything about Zudora's prison bu's keeping it to himself. him-self. I'vo been him with no suspicious characters. Here, Hunt, read these and cheer up." "Kluo work, Halrd; Uno workl You drop your newspaper business nnd bung your shlnglo up with initio. And tho boat comes In this afternoon. Let's get down to tho dock. "Will you go along, Storm?" "Heaven knows 1 haven't nuythlug else to do. That note In tho bottle took mo nowhere. I couldn't find anything nt tho Island. Well, there is this much to say I'll kill with iuy own hands any man who has hurraed or offered indignities indig-nities to Zudora." "And wo'll belli 5'u, boy," agreed Hunt. "Hut let ue tlrst trap two pro-clous pro-clous rogues. Wlio kuows? Wo may by taking them Into custody And ourselves our-selves pretty near Zudora." "What do you mean?" "Keep your buir on and follow me." "Havo you found out something?" cried Halrd. "That remains to bo seen," answered tlio detective uoncominlttally. So tho three of them started off for tho water front In various degrees of excitement. In tho meantime Zudora waited anil watched tho sea from her wLvdow. Time after time sho saw motorboats headed for tho Island; time after time sho saw them clmiigo their courso and go chugging past, too far out of range for a call. She dared not call out unless un-less sho was absolutely assured that tho motorboat contained rescuers. Sho was In truth greatly afraid of tho terrible ter-rible old hag who acted as her Jailer. Soveral times during drunken spells sho had pinched Zudora's arms cruelly and Jeered nt her. Money nlono would win over such a beast, nnd sho had nothing; even her clothes wero fnlllng in t niters. Ono day she spoke to tho old woman. "Can you get mo somo warmer clothes?" "Oh, It's wurmer clothes, Is It? Any kind o furs jou'd prefer? Hlnck fox Is fash'nablo Jest now." "But I nm cold. I will give you n thousand dollars If you will free tuol" "All right Fork over th' thousand an' I'll land yuh homo tonight." Zudora turned away so thnt tho miserable mis-erable old woman would not have the satisfaction of witnessing her tears. "Wrltu a note, dearie, an' I'll seo it 1 can't get yuh some fresb togs. Hut n-, fsr'Qw. W SwaNfie bar "r-r-xrTW 4 iM'A mm "Fork over th' thousand an' I'll land yuh homo tonight." 4 mind, no tricks; plain EnglUu and no cipher stulT, or It don't git off th ls-lund." ls-lund." "You mean it?" cried Zudora, with wild excitement. "Yes. Hurry up. I'm golu' t' have visitors Inside of an hour." Zudora found a maguzlue, ripped oft a page and scribbled on tho margin: Mrs. Ramsey, 10 Willow drovo Avenue: I am not permitted to tell placo of my Imprisonment But pleana gtvo bearer u change of clothing for inc. ZUDOUA. Tbo hng carried out tho noto nnd locked the door. By and by Zudora heard tho rumblo of a motorboat It landed at tho dock. Later sho heard a low murmur of voices and onco tho hag's raucous laughter. They had fooled her a dozen times. Maybo they would fool her again. Tbo visitor was Mine. Du Vnl. Sho read tho noto carefully and signified that tbero could bo no danger In letting let-ting Zudora havo somo fresh clothes. Sbo would hnvo Gyp tako tho note, and Oyp was tho hardest young man lu Now York to follow. Things had gono so smoothly for Mine. Du Vnl that sho had begun to crave a little excitement Tbero certainly was excitement when Mrs. Itamsey received that tattered note. "'It will tako mo about flvo minutes," sho said as calmly as sho could. "Would $1,000 bo of any use to you?" Gyp smiled. "Nothing doing In that Hue, madam. Just get mo tho clothes. That's what I'm hero for." As Mrs. Itamsey went up to Zudora's room another Idea occurred to her. Sho telephoned Hunt what was taking place, nnd that was tho shrewdest thing sho could havo done. "What's tho chap look llko?" nsked Hunt over the telephone. Mrs. Itnmsey described Gyp accurately. accu-rately. "Good workl That will bo Gyp the gun man. I'll keep watch. Don't worry, wor-ry, nnd don't attempt anything ou your own hook." Mrs. Itamsey got together somo of Zudora's winter clothing. Prom ono of tho skirts sho ripped a hem, and In-sldo In-sldo this sho placed n Uttlo noto of cheer and courage, sowing It up with whlto thread In order to attract Zudora's Zudo-ra's attention. Sho managed to stretch out tho promised (Ivo minutes into nearly half an hour, tflev that sho I To In LeaThan a Moment Sho Had tho Note In Her Trembling Hands. dared not wnlt ony longer. Tho messenger mes-senger might become suspicious and leate. Sho went downstairs and put tho handle in Gyp's arms. "You took your time," he growled. "1 hud trouhhi in gutting Into her trunk. You lire not to bo bribed, then?" "if I was suro they wouldn't cut my throat So long!" ho Jeered as bo turned turn-ed down tbo steps. Hunt worked diligently tho rest of that day, but when ho saw Staim that x night ho kept silent. When tho proper time camo ho would have u surprise for tho young lnwycr. When tho clothes camo to Zudora she experienced the first bit of pleasure slnco her Imprisonment. Clean clothi-s to n dainty woman such ns she va meant pleasure under any circuit), stance. She enmu upon the whit" thread nnd eyed It wonderlngly. There had been no tear in thnt skirt tho last time sho had worn it And Mrs. Itamsey Itam-sey certainly would not have used whlto thread. Her heart bounded. Sbo felt tbo crlnklo of paper under her fingers. In less than n moment she had tho note In her trembling bands. Sho read it, then destroyed It and hid tho bits of paper in tho four corners of tho room. Hunt would find her. Tho reaction caused her to break down and weep. Tho old hag heard tho sound, but accredited ac-credited It to a bit of sentlmentallsm. Hunt did not go directly to tho ship dock. Instead be engaged n motorboat nnd u dinghy, riven Balrd wns curious to lenrn what was going to happen. "I'm not saying it word; Just wait. There may be trouble, but I wont tbe biggest trouble out of tho way flrst." "You know whero Zudora Is, nnd wc aro going for her!" cried Storm. Hunt shrugged and gnvo tho engineer engi-neer orders. They left tho motorboat nlKMit n quarter of n mllo oft tbo island and rowed toward shore lu tho dinghy, Zudora was always looking out of tho window, and when sbo espied the dinghy nnd a moment later recognized a familiar bend sho almost fainted with Joy. Storm laid his linger against his lips and tossed up a rope's end, which she caught Sho drew it Inside nnd made It fast Then Storm went up tho rope sailor fashion. At tho bottom of the ropo was a slip noose. Into this Zudora Zu-dora put Iter foot, nnd Storm lowered Storm Lowerod Her Down to Balrd and Hunt. her down to Balrd and Hunt following follow-ing her quickly. They pushed off and began to row. "My girl, my girl!" murmured Btorm. Zudora laid her head against bis shoulder. Sbo wauted nothing clso In tho world. Balrd sighed. Ho wondered If there was in all tho world a woman for him. "Whero now?" bo asked of Hunt "Why, I thought that wo'd run alongside along-side tho Aurenla. If there's a bag of diamonds going overboard I'd llko to bo on hand. Well, Miss Zudora, It took n long tlmo to locnto you, but wo did It. Your wnntlng fresb clothing wns 1t good Idea, Now, Storm, when Balrd and I reach tho motorboat you row to tbo old dock. Theru'U bo n taxi near by. You two get Into It and blko for home." "God bless you, Huntl" said Storm. "Don't let that worry you. Nothing pleases mo better than to trip up a precious crook when ho thinks he's got tho better of me. Go homo and good luck with you, And, Storm, If you let any ono steal her away from you this trip I'll tako no baud lu bringing her back to you. Tbero you go!" Hunt and Balrd climbed into tho mo. torboat and waved their bauds. Storm took tip tbo ours again. "I'm so tired, John, so tired!" "I'vo had no sleep for weeks. I've traveled a thousand miles and followed ten thousand clows. And I'd not have you in this boat, girl, but for n streak of luck and a bit of foresight on the part of Mrs. Itamsey, who called up Hunt on thu telephone when tho fellow camo for your clothes. Thank God, 1 havo you back, Wo'll get the color back Into your cheeks again, and by tho way Hunt talks there'll bo n round up of theso precious rogues before' nn other moutli Is gone." It wos a long row to tbo main shore but Storm was so happy that ho took no noto of time. There wero n good deal of (mbiacln,g and kissing when nt length Zudora flung herself Into tbe arms of tbo motherly Mrs. Itamsey. As Balrd nnd Hunt uearcd tho steamship steam-ship Aurenli thoy saw another motor-boat' motor-boat' bobbing in tho shadow of the liner. They both recognized tho occu- UbLH pants of this launch, nnd It behooved ifH them to act quickly. illfl "Look!" exclaimed Hunt "Thcro's IH thnt man IladcllfTo leaning over the IbbH rail. By George! A hot water bottle iH filled with gems and air tight! It's IdLB sport to bo on a caso llko this, Balrd. IbbbH When bo drops it I'll mako for it, only ll catch good hold of my leg when I lean 'JbbbI over. Then? it comes!" Il Tho bag struck tho water with a lH plop and after a moment bobbed up al- ll I? 'IJjKSfcT IbbbI tff?sBBWljpt t-- sjiaaBB jHbbbI iaBHB'i&ir-BBH IftBB 'c v-bbT 9HV.K bLLI IFVBMnBEVBJBHBjIXVnDBF fy'a H ItSYrlWIPBHBrflSfBrBTBTsTsTsTsTsBTsTsTsTsTsB H I bLIbbbbB ll 'bLbLI Storm Followed Zudora Quickly. IbLI most under Hunt's hand. He reached ll down and grabbed It. Balrd bhoutcd il something which he could uot hear. ifl As he strove, to right himself n boat- jH hook from Iho other boat knocked the jaLI bag from bis grnsp. A dozen seconds IbbbI later tho bag was in tbo boat Itadcliffe ll had aimed at. lal Then began n stern chase up the ll broad, shining Hudson. And more de jH pcuded upon this chnso than uuy ol jH tho six dreamed. iaLI TO I1C CONTtXUCD. |