Show he Mill iolI dollar y r by HAROLD MAC GRATH illustrated from scenes its in tho tha photo drama of the same name by the Thanh film filin Gorn company pany copyright 1911 by harold mccgrath SYNOPSIS stanley manley hai greao millionaire after m miraculous tra culous escape front from tile don of tit tha e gang csank of brilliant thieves known as am th clack hundred lives he life of it a re 0 etise for eighteen cars hargreave irn n night enters a broadway uit runt rant and there comei coines face to face with the kank leader drains after fter the meeting durin ig which enli antl th ther er man st apparently recognize it tile tho ot other h e r Hars Hartt reave hurries to lilt ills max n I 1 bloant Ri verdale home anti ami lays plans for inaki ng 11 lili Is escape front from tho the country lie iio writes ft letter to tile the canol banol in new jersey easpy where eighteen years yearn bea before c ro lie hail mysteriously left on in the doorstep its his baby daughter Pl florenco orenco gray lie ile also pa paya a a visit to file hangar 0 of a daredevil aviator aal ator and members membern ot of lilu hill bind band our surround horna home nt at night but thy enter thel tha house tit alia 0 watchers outa it I 1 see BCD a I 1 at I 1 con leave tile tho root roof ill he 0 aflfe Is found empty the million wh wiloh ach flar greave war wag known to have brawn that til it day dai was waa kono gone then ihen some aoma otte one announced tho the balloon hail had been find and dropped into the sea arrives from ali lils school PH olga 1 ra C in bonlon visits her anti to be ba a re adiv it two 1 I wo bogus detectives tec tives call ill hut t plot la is rolled foiled ay norton Norl tin P ft newspaper news piper inan dy by bribing tile the captain of tile the orient norton mirton lay a a trap tor for draine find and lita his kank t t t i g lari n cc IL n olra olga also alio the orient r I 1 e r on i captain tAin and she easily falls falla into th tho reporter report erti B snare the plan proven roven abortive through Rr 1110 KOO 1 flick luck and only hirelings full into tile the h handi nd of tile tho pollee after falling failing tit in choir arat attempt the he hundred undrel II trap flrence thoy rhoy fk lier hor for money but isho bho en capes grain rolling thlin norton and tile tha countess call on oil aylor once thoa next day once more safe at home the iho visitors having koe gone jones removes demov 9 a s bertlon cc I 1 on of flooring and front from it cavity taken takei a box 1 liy by mem berv barf of 0 tile billack ll hundred undred who have haen watching ills movements tib lie rians rit ns to the he witta r front A thrilling rac in motor boits boats eniquez jones crops the box into the tha sea anti anil with hla his iilo sets ibro to tho boat CHAPTER VI continued maybe its luit just us as well you ou did lil jonca moo moodily dlly 1 I know this place the housekeep 01 f used to be ba my nurse and it 1 she ahe la Is artill on the job she may ina be of 0 service to ua its you dont think question rr or recognize me hardly ill put in a word for you IU 11 say nay I 1 split for you not knowing it we vve had enough servants to take alro cr d of the luncheon and now ill go BO and hunt up tip meg abre enough hla his old nurse was still in n charge of tho the house and when bar baby bab disclosed life his identity she all but fell upon hla his neck hut but what are you ou doing here up as a w waiter alter its a little secret mog I 1 invited and the truth la Is I 1 im m very desperately in love with the tha young lady in whose honor tills this coaching party Is being given and maybe sites olios in danger danger what hat about the th lord only knows out but show allow rim nui about the house ive I 1 va not been hora here tn in BO long ive forgotten tile tho run mir florence was aia chatting with the aunt count of at it I 1 reme licter one roo with the ha secret panel und and another with a painting that turned havo have they changed them no it li Is just the same hero here as aa it used to be come alon and ill I 1 II 11 show rou norton inspected the ca carefully re stowing away aay in ills his mind every detail lie ho might be worrying about nothing but so many strange things had happened that it was better to bo be in tile the side of caution than on the aclo side of carelessness ile ho left the house and ran across jone carrying i A basket of wine here norton take tills this to the party I 1 want to all right niad say jones jonea low how altuch do you think id I 1 d earn at this job oba comically got get along with you ou mr orion norton it may be the time to laugh and then it may alay not im going bade back into lie he house anti anil title tide behind a secret panel ivo io got ny revolver you go 90 to tile the stables ind tale tal e a try at my car see it site she borki smoothly wo we rosy may havo have to do 10 buia wuie hiking where lis ir tho tha countess ta ULU aar I 1 1 J ive ve that to mo me mr norton said the butler with life hla grint grim smile ile he oft off they are moving back toward tile house so go norton carried the basket around to the lawn where it wits was taken from his hands by the regular servant aint ile he sighed its as lie he saw florence laughing and chatting with a man who was a stranger and whom lie ho heard addressed as aa count some friend of the coun countess fess no doubt where was all this tangle going to end ila ho wished ho he knew 1 and what a yarn lie ho was going to some day it would be read like otto of Oa borlaus tales ho turned away to wander idly about the I 1 grounds when beyond a clump of cedars ho he saw three thice or four our men conversing slowly lie ho got na as near as possible for when three or four men man put their that r heads together and whisper animatedly it 11 usually means a poker gaina or something worse lie he caught a phrase or two as it 11 cattle came down tho the wind and then lie he know that tho the auppl suspicion that had brought him out here hall had been set in motion by fate ile he heard florence and tile the old drawing room loom and that was enough lie ile scurried about for jones jonea it was pure luck that lie he had had old meg 1 show how him film through tho the house otherwise lie ho would haye forgotten till nil about tile tho secret panel in tile the wall and the painting jones shrugged resignedly were these men of 0 tile the countess party norton say norton made inada ills hla hiding place lit in safety and by and by lie he could hear the guests guesta moving about in tile tha room then all sounds ceased for a while A door closed sharply no here you must stay young lady sald said a mans voice what do you mean sir air demanded the beloved voice it means meana that no one will return to tills room anti and that you will not bs be missed until it Is too late the soi pot sd id of voices 8 topped stopped abruptly and something like scuffling ensued later norton heard the tha back of a chair strike tho the panel and someone sat ant heavily upon it lie he waited perhaps five minutes then lie he gently slid old back the panel florence sat ant bound and gagged under his hia very eyes it was but the work of a moment to liberate liberals her it Is 1 jim do not speak or make the tha least bolset follow me greatly great astonished florenco florence obeyed and the panel slipped back into place the room behind the secret panel had barred windo windows vs to florence it appeared to be a real prison hw did you got get here she asked breathlessly something told me to follow you and something Is always going to tell tile me to follow you florence Sho pressed ills his hand it was to her as it if oita ono of those book heroes had bad stepped out of it a book only book heroes always had tremendous fortunes and did not have to work tor for a living oddly enough she was not afraid who ito was the man mail he asked tile tho count some one has imposed upon tile the countess coun toas do you think so with a strange look lit in ills his eyes ee what to do you mean just juat now the idea Is to got get out of here just as quickly as aa we can soo this painting ile ho touched a spot in the wall rind and the painting loftly plowdy swung out like a door como come wo we make inako our escape to the side lawn from rein here at the stable they were confronted with the knowledge that irions nortons Nor Or tons ions car was out of commission jones could do nothing with it then norton suggested that lie he make it a effort to commandeer tile tho limousine of the countess but thero there were sere men about so BO tile the limousine was out of the question horses whispered jones there arn arel sei sumral ral saddle horses already saddled how about thes thea people tit the owners oil oh they are beyo tid reproach they have hae doubtless been imposed upon hut but let us get aboard first there will be time to talk later ill have to do some explaining taking these nags ott off like tills this wo we wont have to ride out in front from whore where the pIc knickers are theres ft little inne bark of the stable and a slight detour brings us back into the main road the mounted anti and clattered away to florence it had tho the air of a prank she was beginning to have such confidence lit in these two inventive men that eho felt its as if she was waa never going to be afraid any more etien lion the countess olga saw tb ahr three horses it was an effort not to fly into a rage hut but secretly she warned her people who presently gave chase in the limousine while site she prattled and jested and laughed with her company who were quite unaware that a drama was being enacted right under their very noses the countess while slie site acted superbly tore her handkerchief into shreds there was sinister lit in tho the way all their plans fell through at tile tha very moment of consummation and that bicht she deter to ask iraln to m withdraw front from tills this warfare which gradually decimated their numbers without ketting anywhere toward uti ahe goal jones shouted that the limousine was tearing down tile aho road something must be done to stop atop it he 11 suggested ug that he drop behind leave ms his horse and take a chance at potting a tire front from the shrubbery at the iho roadside keep going dont stop norton till you are back in town ill manage to take taka good care of myself CHAPTER VII when all three finally net at tile the Ilar hargreave greave homo home florence suddenly took jones by the shoulders and kessei him lightly on tile the cheek jones started back pale and disturbed norton laugh laughed pd lie ile did not feet eel the slightest twinge of jealousy but 4 41 4 r a do not speak or make the th least noise lie he was eaten up with envy as aa the old wives say you are wondering it I 1 suspect the I 1 princess rin cess Pert Perl gorP goft said jones 1 I am this man mail jones was do developing ve into a very remarkable character the reporter found himself side glancing at tile the thin keen face of this resourceful butter butler the tha lobe of 0 the mans left ear came within range norton reached for a cl garetta but his handa bands shook as lie ho lit it there was a peculiar sear scar in the tha center of the lobe well said jones 1 I can find no evidence that she has haa been concerned in any of these affairs you yon are suspicious of everybody looking boldly into the reporters eyes of 0 me emiling emill ng kven even of myself sometimes conversation dropped drop entirely after this declaration youre a taciturn sort of df chap am I 1 you are hut but an agreement Is an agreement and while id like to print this story ill not we newspaper men seldom break our word jones held out ills his hand Som sometimes etimos I 1 wish id started life right said the reporter gloomily A newspaper man mail Is generally dent ile he never looks ahead for tomorrow what with my special articles to the magazines I 1 earn between four and five thousand the year and ive never been able to save a cont cent perhaps youve never really tried replied jones with a glance at ills his companion it was a good face strong in fit outline a little careworn perhaps but bill free from any indications of dissipation it if I 1 had begun life as aa you did id have made real and solid use of the great nion men I 1 met id have made financiers help me to invest my varn earnings ings or savings Hav ings little as they might lo be and today id bo be living on the income you never can tell perhaps a woman might havo have mado made yc cwi u think of those things but it if you had remained unattached up to thirty one olle as I 1 havo have tile the thought of baclig might never have entered your our hend head A man in my present condition financially has no right to think of matrimony it might bp be the saving caving of you it you met and married the right worst worn an hut but the right woman might ate b heiress to millions and a poor devil like ilka me could not marry a girl with money and hang on to ills his self respect true hut but there aro are always exceptions to all rules in life except those regarding health A healthy man Is a normal man and a normal man has no right to remain single you proved yourself a man tills llila afternoon considering si that you did not know I 1 occupied the wheel sert neat come to think it over you really saved the day you gave me the opportunity of steering straight for the police station well goodby good by queer luck duck malsed the reporter as after telephoning lie he headed for ilia his office queer fuel duck indeed what a gama gains it wait wag going to be ba and alila ritan man jones was waa playing it like it a mai mariter iter it did not matter that some one else laid down doti tile the rules it was ats the way in which they were interpreted bragno heard of 0 the failure ah tho a black hundred was finding its stock block far below par value four valuable men locked up in the tha tombs awaiting trial to say eay nothing 0 of tile the seven gunmen gathered in at the old warehouse draine began to suspect that ills hla failures al lurea were less leas due to chanco chance than to calculation that at last he had encountered a mind which anticipated ills hla overy move lie ile would have recognized tills this fact earlier had it not been that thai revenge had temporarily blinded him the spirit of revenge ever makes for mental clarity there was a meeting that night of 0 the black hundred four men were told off rind and they the drew their chairs up ul I 1 to 0 s table for lne draine sat nat a at t elbow these these four men composed the most dangerous bariger da riger quartet in new york city they w were ere as daring as they were desperate they were tho the men who held up bank messengers and got awny away with thousands they had learned to swoop clown upon their victims as the hawk swoops down upon the he heron the newspapers 1 apers referred to them as tile tho auto bandits and the men took a deal of pride lit in the furore they had created went over tile case minutely lie ho left no dot detail all unexplained ex pla ined bluntly and frankly the daughter of stanley Ilar hargreave HarR greave reave must be caught and turned over to the care 0 of the black hundred it must be quick action four valuable members were lit in the tombs tomba they might or might not weaken under pressure for the first time lit in its american career tile the organization stood facing actual peril find and its one possible chance of salvation lay in the fact that no ones face was known to his neighbor he and the boss alone knew who and what ench each man was nut bat the plans the ramifications of the organization might become public property and that would mean an end to an exceedingly profitable business the daughter ot of Ilar greave rode roda horseback early every morning she sought tile country road she was invariably attended by the riding mas ter ot of a school near by you four will make your own plans if she |