Show the Milli oln dollar M y astery by HAROLD MAC GRATH illustrated from scenes its in the photo of the tha sama anso namu namo to by the tha film Coti company sparky copyright 1911 1914 LT SYNOPSIS Bla Fita iiley tiley millionaire after tr a we from rom tile den of tho fanar n jr 0 ft f brilliant chloves known as a tile the vla blaik c k ll undred lives the life of 0 a rl re flume for foi eighteen years a acal c c I 1 dentally dralle leader of the bi black a k I 1 aundre I 1 knowing braine will try to c not get him he e cilea from his own botne by bf a balloon lievore escaping he writes a letter ettor etter to the lie girls school where eighteen years a rs beffre lio lie mysteriously left on the doorstep I 1 ea ills aliby daught pr florence cray amy 1 I anit clay Ilar greave also draws one den mil million on dollars from the bank but it 11 la ja re report port il that thin ahli dropped into tile the naj W when ien tin jh balloon he escaped in wait punctured 1 ton drw nee arrives arrived front roni tile lie girin chool to at tess ie olga olea draines Hr alnea companion lali ti r i a anil ca dating ilia to be tt a relative T two bomis bg detectives call lut but their plot li 14 b norton a newspaper inan dy by bribing tile upturn of 0 the eilent norton baym 1 a 11 trail rail for or braille and his gang ahlo proves proven abortive through good luck after failing in their first attempt the dlack hundred trap Pl clorence orence nip they aley ask tier her for moti money liv but scup again foiling them norton and tile ClUn call on florenca Florenc rio renca 6 the next day dav once more inor sale safe at horne home tha visitors linins rone gone jones jonea removes 1 q ste tion of flooring and fr 0 in tt t catov takes ft box bo pursued by members mern bers of the giai black k Il hundred undred lie he rushes to the water front and succeeds in dropp lif ahk box into the sea hrasne conceives con reles the tha idea of giving kahi a coaching party to vlorence IK 14 invited incited jones jonea and norton both go BO along find and are fortunately on in hand to lo taa save florence rio renca front from being imprisoned in tile country heune to which she lie Is lured bragne plans plana to capture mille she he Is horseback riding CHAPTER vil VII Continued meantime florence was walking her mount slowly for once the scenery passed unobserved she was deeply engrossed with thoughts some borne of alch were ere happy and conle of which vere ere sad aad it only her father could be ba atti tier lier she would be the happiest girl alive she vas as brought out of her by the sight of a man staggering along the tha road ahead of her finally ile he plunged upon ills his face in the road like the tender hearted girl she elie was she bhe stopped dismounted and ran to the fallen man inan to give him aid she suddenly round found her wrists clasped in two to fiands like iron the man rose to hla his feet smiling evilly slie site struggled wildly mildly but futilely better be sei sensible isible lie ho said 1 I am stronger tt ronger than you are and I 1 dont wish 1011 loll to hurt liburt you iou walk valk on ahead of ins it will be utterly useless to scream or cry out you can see for you self seir that we e are in a deserted part of the roud road it you will promise to act sensibly I 1 shant jaya hand on you ou do you see that hut yonder near the fork in the road roada well stop there now I 1 she dropped her handkerchief later lier her bracelet bracel ft and finally her crop in bope that these slight clues might bring her help site she knew ahat jones would hear bear of the tire fire and finding that abo hafl kind hart not returned alt lithe riding master would immediately start out in pursuit she was beginning to grow very fond of 0 jones who never spoke unless spiken to who abe was vas always at hand faithful and loyal from afar came the low rumble ot of a motor she wondered it if her captor heird it lie did but bill ills his ears tricked W better be ben sible he salo sala ulm llin into believing it camo came from arother ar other direction ventrally 1 vent nally they ur ar rived at the hut and florence Floi ence was vaa sorted forced to enter the man locked the loor joor and waited outside for the auto aich he ha was expecting lie he was rather dumfounded dum duru founded when he saw that it waa var coming from the city not it 11 it was norton the horse told him enough the handkerchief and bracelet and crop led him straight tor for the hut the man before the hut realized by tills this time that he had made it a mistake ile he attempted to reenter tile the hut and prepare 0 to o defend it till ills his companions hove love in sight hut but florence recognizing zing norton held the door with till all her strength the man snarled and turned upon norton only to receive a smashing blow on the jaw norton hung open the door into the car florence Flur encel theres another car coming coining up tip the road hurry flurry it was not a long chwe the car of 0 the auto bandits looi ig like air ui ordinary taxicab was waa a high power machine clil rie and it gained swiftly on oil not nor tons tour four cylinder the reporter waited waltzed ed grittily grimly keep aur head down lie he warned lurence florence im going to take a 8 pot dt at heir tires when they get within ranee 11 1 I im afraid well havo have tr under no circumstances attempt to leave this car here flere they comet ile he suddenly leaned back and fired it was only chance the manner in which the cart cars were lurching made a poor target for a marksman even of the first order chance directed nor tons first bullet into the right forward tire which exploded going at sixty odd miles an hour they could not stop the car in III time to avoid fatality the car careened rare ened wildly and plunged down the embankment into the river florence covered her eyes with tier her hands and quite unconscious of what lie he was as doing norton put his arrus arnia around her CHAPTER vill the wiles wile of a woman after the affair of the auto bandiga bandita bau dj three of 0 choin were killed a lull lot jo bowed lowed it if youre a sailor bailor you know what kind of a lull I 1 mean blue lue black 6 lauds clouds down donn the southwest horizon the water vater crinkly the booms booma babbling wab bling S suddenly a serl herlea oi of accidents begat began to happen to p norton at first lie he did not lot give the matter much thought the safe which fell almost at ills his feet and crashed through gli the sidewalk merely induced him to believe he was lucky at another time an automobile came furiously around a corner comer while lie he was crossing tile the street and only amazing agility saved him from bodily hurt the car was out of sight when ho he thought to recall the number then came the jolt in the subway only a desperate grab by one of the guards saved him from being crushed to chath kven even then lie he thought nothing but when a now box of cigarettes arrived and lie he tried one and found it strangely perfumed and upon further arla analysis lysis found it to contain a javanese nese narcotic a slow but sure death lie he became wide awake enough they were after him ile he began to walk c carefully are fully to keep in public places as often as he possibly could lie he waa not really afraid of death but he did abhor the thought of its coming up from behind except for or the lie cigarettes they were all accidents he could not have proved anything before a jury of his bis intimate friends ile he never entered an elevator without scrupulous care ile he never passed under tinder coverings over the sidewalks where construction was going on oil still careful as he was death confronted him once more it was his habit to have ilia hla coffeo coffee and rolls he rarely ate anything more tor for ills his breakfast set down outside hta his door every morning the coffee being in a silver thermos bottle kept its heat beat tor for hours when he took the stopper out and poured forth a cup it looked oddly black discolored it Is 18 quite bulto probable that had thero there been no series of au ac denta dents cl ci he would have drunk a cup and died in mortal agony it contained of mercury very quietly lie he set about to make inquiries this was really becoming serious Ber lous in the kitchens downstairs nothing could be learned the maid had set the thermos bottle before the door at 1030 10 30 norton had opened the door at 1 30 throe three hours after tho the outlook was riot not the lie ile knew perfectly well w wl v all these things happened lie he L I 1 interfered with tile the plans plana of the scoundrels who were making every ceo possible move to kidnap florence Ilar greave one afternoon he paid florence a visit of course lie ho told tier her nothing they had become secretly engaged tile the lay day after ho he had rebelled revelled revel led tier her from the bArid bandits Its they were secretly engaged because florence wanted it so P fur or once jones suspected nothing why should ho he lie ile had troubles enough As a matter of fact norton was afraid ot of jilin la in the aado sam sense as a boy Is afraid of a policeman but on oil this day when tile the time camp C a me h accosted the butler aud and drew draw h him lin into tile the pantry jones they are after me now you youa 1 explain 11 norton briefly recounted the deliberato deliberate attempts against ills hla life you seo see im I 1 m riot not liar har enough to say BO that im I 1 m riot not worried I 1 am day dav worried im not worth north any ransom im in the way and they seem beem determined to put me out of it to any an other man I 1 would say travel lint hut to you sou I 1 say when you iou leave your sour rooms dont go bero you first thought you ion would that la Is some borne usual haunt they 11 bo everywhere near your restaurants your our clubs your office youre you re a methodical young oung matt man become erratic keep away front from hers for at least three days but always call roc me up by telephone lione bome boma time during the day never under any circumstance unless I 1 send for you come here at night only one man now watches tho the house during the day but five avo are prowling around atter after dark they might have instructions to shout shou you on sight I 1 cant spare you just ut present mr norton youve been u godsend and it it seems that sume sometimes times I 1 did not trust you fully it t wan because bf causa I 1 did riot not care to drag you in tot too deep deep norton thought bought ot of florence and rid stalled in anwa 11 illy could anybody X bo be in 1 n deeper than be was once it 11 was on the tip till or of hit his tongue to con coil fees hla his love loa for florence but the gravity ot of jones jonca countenance was waa an obstacle to such move it 11 did not invite it to bo be sure bare jones had no real authority to say eay what Flor florence euca should or should not do with itu her heart still from nil points or of view it was better to 11 keep keel the affair under the rose till there came cam a a more inore propitious hour in which to ma make kethe ali e disclosure luve love in the hildat of fall these alarms ula ruia sharp desperate rogues on oa one side bide millions on the other and yet love could enter the Is cOlls serenely like an actor who had missed hla his cue and came on loo ion soon boon oddly enough there was no real love making such ns as you ou often read bead about A pressure of the hand baud a glance from the eye there was seldom anything more only once olice that memorable day on the river road had bal ho be kissed her no word of love had been spoken on either bide aide in that wild moment all convention conventionalities had dla dis appeared like smoke lu in mhd wind ind there had been neither past nor future only the present in which they knew that they loved with her he be was nias harpy happy for ho he had no time to plan over the future away front from her lie he saw the inevitable barriers providing 1 i the marriage between a poor oung man and a very rich young wa woman mail A man who has tiny any respect tot for himself wants always to be on t v norton put his arms around her equal terms with its wife its the way this pecullar organization called society has written down its rules doubtless a relic of the stone age when ab went out with his club to seek a wife and drag her by the tha hair to his den there to care for her and to guard her with ills his lifes id d it la Is one of the few primitive i gions that remain to us this jle female dependent upon the tha maw perhaps this accounts for mans lack of interest on the suffragette question only susan suspected the true state of affairs falia af being a woman having had bad no real romance herself she delighted in having a secondhand one ona as YOU ou might say bay she into intercepted many a glance and pretended not to see tho the stolen hand press pressures ures the wedding vas already full drawn in her minds eye these two to young people should be married at susan busan failows Par Far lows when tho the roses were climbing up the sides of the house and the young rob ind were boldly trying their fuzzy wings it struck her ag 01 rather strange but alto could not conjure up at tills this wedding more than two men besides the he minister tho the bridegroom and the butler ily forsaking hla his accustomed I 1 haull haunts ts under the advice of jones the t he hidden I 1 warfare ceased temporarily you cant very ery well kill hill a man when you sou dont know where to find him ito ho nto ate ills hla breakfasts haphazardly now here now there ile ha received most of his assignments by telephone and wrote its his stories and articles in his club in the writing wilting rooms of hotels and in variably dispatched them to tile the office by messenger wese enger the managing editor wanted to know what all this meant but norton declined to tell him it irked him to be forced to rearrange ills dally daily life his habits it was it revolution against ills his ease case for he loved ease when lie was riot not at work ile he had the sensation of having been suddenly lobbed jobbed of ills his home of having been cast out into the streets and on art top of all this he had to go and fall in love there was no longer a shadow op the apartments apart trenta of the princess Peri golf braille carne came and went night ly without discovering any one this rather worried him it gave him the impression that tile the shadow had found out what nhat lie ho tied had been seeking and no longer needed to watch the coining find and going of either himself or the countess Coun tesa Perl Perlo goff tf I 1 olga it looks as 1 it wo we were at the end of our rope lie bald we wa have failed in all attempts so far the devil watches over ovar that girl or god replied the countess gloomily in nearly every instance their success line has been duo to chance somehow im convinced that we bo be gat gan wrong wo we should have let liar greave escape quietly followed him and made him fast fait when the right op port unity camo came after a month or so BO ilia hla vigilance lallance would havo have relaxed lie would have arrived at the belief that he bo had bad eluded us indeed he wan vigilant all these yes in which 1 itch lie he did elude us ilow how abbat the child he be never sought bought but guarded vigilance ile he rever never was anything elsie else ull all those these seventeen years the truth to la success has developed a coarseness coarie in our methods ethoda in and now it Is in too late for inesse finesse we have tried every device we can think of and there they are the girl tree free norton unharmed and tile the father as ai secure in his retreat as though he ware an invisible cloak my head aches 1 I have ceased to be in sentive ven tive tho Th etwo two are in love with ith each oth er are you sure lure of 0 that 1 have my my eyes eye dut but I 1 begin to wonder about what whether or not jones |