Show the million lo 10 dollar M astery by HAROLD MAC GRATH illustrated from scenes in ht tn ma photo drama of the saina name by the pilm film company com P arty all copyright by awold SYNOPSIS stanley star ley hargreave I 1 lar greave millionaire after a im ismya pa fir floii 0 in the dust of 0 tile tha ot 01 brilliant thieve known BB as illick hundred lives tin the ufa life of 0 a recluse for lith Ight teon eon curs cars hargreave in meets braille lender leader of 0 tire tho black hundred knowing houlne will try to set fret him ho he escolme n from fion life ills own home by A 11 balloon before escaping lie he writes let letter ter to tile the school where years before I 1 lip mysteriously left on the doorstep pits dig baby daughter florenco gray that day also drawn one million dollars broili roni tho the bank but it ir in reported that this dropped into tile the sea nen when the balloon lie ho escaped in was florence arlivea from rom the girls school countess C olga visits her arid claims to ie bo a relative two bosua detectives cull call but their plot Is foiled by norton a newsy per man lly by bribing tile ilia captain of 0 tile orient norton lays layn a trap tor for braille and jilg 1119 buniff countess olga olea also visits tho tha orlenna Or lenla Ls captain and site ho vastly easily falls alia int aitu the r reporters anaro the plan brov a ab abortive i t g I 1 Br baatnes Urn atnes lne good luck lucic and only only himi gou fall oil into the hands hand 0 of tile lee after in their bret attempt flo alie black If hundred undred trap florence ri orenco they oak tier her fok or money but the she escapes agabi tolling falling them norton and tho the countess coun tosi call on 11 norence orence tho the next day once more inora safe bab at home the visitors having gone eone jone a removes a ejection of 0 flooring ani and from n cavity takes ft a box pursued by members me tubers 0 of the tha illek hundred lie a hughes to the lie water front find and in fit dropping tile box into tile sea iia ii a countess olga scheming to break tho the engagement existing elting FIc ll crenco rence Itar greave and norton invites thiern both to her apart imen ts and pretends pre tenda to faint in the tha le porters r a arms florence api appears ears in t the doorway just at the planned moment and as it a result gives norton bin ba 1 his aln ring accomplices or of bragne succeed in fit kidnap nr 1 florence while site blie li is tind tn 11 hu hurr q her hep oft off to sen sea norton vet a wireless lr olega liter later informing him that the girl imd bad leaped into the matt and been drowty brownd la Is aup up in a dazed dared condition by a party arty of bernien tire the block hundred locate te her ma brains braille disguised no na tier her father in taking tier back to ito sea w walh fill him florence floren c a sets ea ira fire to the tha boat a anil n ill readied by a n ship on which norton has been CHAPTER XI continued it was fortunate that the accident had occurred where it did rivo five miles beyond wits was tho the station marked for the arrest ot of norton as an abductor and the taking in charge of florence as a rebellious girl who had run away from her parents ir if ho he could reach tho the swedes hut but where his confederates confederate a were in waiting nR tho the game was hla his after struggling along tor for halt half an hour a carriage wa WIM was s spied eplee by and ho he hailed it when it reached his side elde tho the trouble mister raked asked the tha farmer A wreck reck on the tha railroad my daugh tvr ter la is badly hurt hirt I 1 must tako take her bar to the nearest village ilow how far la is it ltv about three miles ill give you twenty dollars for the use of that rig or of yours cant do it mister but its a case of humanity sirl sir indignantly you are refusing to aid the unfortunate tho the farmer thought though tit it over for a mo me ment all right you can have the buggy for twenty dollars when you get to the village tako take the nag to do doc sanders livery hell know what t to do thank you help delp me in with her drove away without tho the least of going toward the village As a result when florence came to her senses she found herself our eur 1 rounded by strange and ominous faces at first she thought that they had taken her from the wreck out of kindness but when she saw tho the cold impassive face of the man she closed ed her eyes and lay back in the chair well III and weak us na she was athay should find that she ebe was no not WlL without hout a certain strength in the we atImer norton revived arid and looked about in vain for florenco ile he me tearched arched among the tha crowd of terrified passengers the hurt and ih ittie e un harmed but site she wits not to be found tile ille ran ean back to the princess arid anil helped aher out of tho the broken car where is florence Floren coT sho she asked dazedly god hero here come over and sit bit down by the benco till I 1 see if there 1 ls is a field telegraph they had already erected one ani am his message went oft off with EL a bitch batch of 0 others this time he was determined not to trust to chance tho the shock may have brought back florences re cent mental disorder and the she may have wandered on off without knowing what she bho was doing on th h other i hand she may have been carried off and against such auch a contingency he must bo be fortified money the curse of god was upon it it was the trail of the serpent spreading poison in its wake dy by and by the princess was waa able to walk and supporting her ho he led hernto berto the road along which they walked slowly for at least an hour they might very well kell have waited for the realf kt m I 1 a out but he could not stand the thel thought of inactivity the princess hacher had her choice cloice of staying bo be bind or going with him lie ile hated the oman moman but ho he could not refuse cher aid she had a cut on the side lof her herh head eail and she aha limped besides they stopped slopped at the first farmhouse explained what hail had happened and the cul stress thoin them to enter she she he had seen scan no one and certainly not it young woman she must have wan dared aftan off in another direction she ra on LAW into 1144 lb kl Laeri for cor a basta and aad towel arid and proceeded to patch the princess hurts she sha was extremely uneasy that she hould be under obligation to norton railed galled tier her there was ft as a spark of conscience left in her soul boul she had bad tiled to destroy him and he be had been kind to tier her was ho he a fool or was lie ha deep playing a game gaine as aa shrewd as ai tier her own she could not tell where was groont had ho he carried florence off ona art an hour later a roan man came in hullo lullo I moro more folks from the wheres the horse and buggy jake ills his wife ku naked asked I tented it to a man whose daughter was ans hurt lie ho went to the tha village 11 will you describe the daughter daughtery 9 as asked ked norton the llie princess twisted her fingers tho the farmer rudely described flor once havo you another horse and a saddle end dlo your hurry burry ill tell you later what I 1 want now la is the horse what Is 18 to become of me asked the alio princess you all will bo be in fit good hands he be answered brielly briefly 1 I am going to find out what line has become 0 of florence Is there a deserted farmhouse farm house here lie ho asked of the farmer not that I 1 recollect why yes yea there Is jake theres that old hut but about two miles up the fork volunteered the wife where tho the swede died last winter whiter by jingo I 1 im going into tho the village age and see if that thai man brought in the llie rig hut but get my horse first my name la Is james norton and I 1 am on tho star in now york which way do I 1 go first turn tum to tho the loft left conio come on ill get the horse borso tor for you once the horse was saddled norton set ott oft at it run jie io was unarmed ho he forgot all about this fact ills one thought wan A as to find the woman ho he loved ilo ile was not afraid of meeting a dozen men not while his present fury touted and ho he fell into an ambush within a hundred yards of bi ahli a goal they dragged him off the horse and buffeted settles down come on with hia abe track Is only a short distance I 1 jim jim cried florence in nn an gulah eulah never you mind girl only bluffing they wont dare you think so BOT said walt wait a and nd sec aee ile he turned upon florence ile ho Is your lover do you wish him to dle die no no we promise to give him his bla freedom twelve hours from rom now on condition that you tell where that money la 18 11 florencel florence warned norton struck him on the mouth he silent allent you ou scum baum I 1 it Is in the chest jones the butler throw threw into the sound bound she said bravely and so it might be for or all she knew lau laugh ghei pd we know about where that Is florence say bay nothing on my account they are not the kind of 0 men who keep their word eh snarled well sea BOO 1 0 11 r r Z 4 they tied him to 0 o the track a bout about that ile he glanced at hla his watch in halt half an hour the freight comes along it may become stalled at the wreck gut but it will serve norton knew very well that it need said must they would not hesitate to execute a melodramatic plan of 0 this character it was the way of 0 the slav they had to make crime abnormal in order to enjoy it they could very well have knocked him on the head then and there and havo have done with him but the time used in conveying him to tho the railroad might prove his salvation nearly tour four hours had passed since the sending of the tha telegram to jones they bound florence and left her seated in the chair As soon boon as they were gone she rolled to the floor she was ablo able to right herself to her knees re IT L Z X I 1 ON X KZ r s 3 R 0 X fell into an ambush and mis mishandled handled him into the tha hut but goth doth of 0 them said rubbing ills hands 1 I know you you russian rat cried norton and it I 1 ever get out or of this ill kill you out oat ot of hand band damn youl you I 1 0 yes yea talk talk but IS 11 never hurts any one jeered youl I 1 never have the chanco chance to hilll kill me out ot or hand hancl na as you say aay resides besides do you know my raco face 1 I do the mask do ent matter youre yoiiro the tha man who had mo me shang bhang hated the voice Is enough very ver good what I 1 wished to know your death warrant well do it like they used to do it at tho the old academy tie you to the road track we wa shall not hurt you al hii it I 1 some engine angina runs over you heaven la Is witness we did not guide the engine Ile remember member tho the story of 0 the tha boy and add the eat cat with sin sinister liter amiability the tha boy said he put pulling tho the ants tall he was only holding it the cat did the putting pulling urine bring him along men time is precious and we have a good deal to do before arid and after a torturous five minutes reached the fireplace she burnt her hands arid and wrists but tho the blaze was the only knife abt obtainable I 1 able she was waa tree free jones arrived with half a dozen policemen alone escaped tho the butler caught florence in his arms and nearly crushed the breath out of her and she alto was waa so BO glad to see him that she bho kissed him half a dozen times what it if he was her fathers butler ile iia was brave brava and loyal and kind thy tied him to the track she cried look at rny my wrists wrist sl the butler ler did so and kissed them tenderly and I 1 save sancil him jones atra ched clied out a hand over florences str strollder when the time comes he bo said when the right time comes and my masters mastern enemies are confounded out but always the rooks never the hawks do we catch god bless bleab you norton I 1 dont know what I 1 should have done without you when a chap s in love began nor toe toa embarrassedly 1 I ehnow I 1 know interrupted jones the second relief train Is waiting let us ua hurry back I 1 shant teel feel so curo cura till we are once more in the house so arm in arm arin the three of them went down donn the tracks to the hand car which had brought the police and now for the iron bound chest at thie the bottom of the sea I 1 CHAPTER XII I 1 A dipay chanty it if you please of Ball sall ormen in jerseys and tarry caps of rolling gaits gaiti strong tobacco and ill 11 verse profanity of cutters and blunt floras schooners ners and tramps canvas aad steam some of them honest soma of them shady and some of them pirates of the first water who did not find it necessary to hoist aloft the skull and bones the seas are dotted with them they remind you ou of the once onca prosperous merchant run down at the heel who slinks along the side streets ashamed to meet those he know knew in the past you never hear them mentioned in the maritime news which Is the society column of the a ships hips you know of their existence only by the bleached bones of them strewn along the coast you who crave adventures on high seas you purchase a ticket a steamer chair and a couple of popular novels go on board to tho the blare of a very indifferent brass band and believe you are adventuring when as a matter of 0 fact ct you are about to spend a dull week or fortnight on a water hotel where the most exciting thing Is the bugles call to meals or the discovery of a card sharp in tho the smoking room take a i real ship go as supercargo to the south seas take the side streets of the ocean and learn what it can do alti blistering calms and mens souls there will le be adventure enough then it if you are a weakling either you are made strong or you dle die an honest ship but ran down at the heel rode at anchor in the sound a fourth rater of the hooker breed that Is her principal line of business was hauling barges up and down the conet coast when men she could not pick up enough L urges to make it pay why shed go gallivanting down to cuba for bales balea of tobacco or even to the der ber tor for the heaven smelling onion today she was wa 3 an onion sh ship ip which precludes any tile fidei of adventure she was VMS about four thousand tons and her e engines were sternward and not arnid ship she carried two masts and a halt dozen hoist booms and the on visible sign of anything new on her was tier her bowsprit this was new doubtless because she had poked her nose too far into her last slip blip iler her crew was orderly and tractable there were shore drunks to be sure because they were sal sailors lors but they were at work they moved about briskly for they were ou the point of salling balling for the bahamas perhaps for more onions presently the windlass creaked and shrilled and the links much in need of tar paint red as fish gills clattered down donn into the how bow sometimes they painted the chain as it came over but paint was costly and this was done only when tho the anchor threatened to stay on the bottom there was a ealler among this crew and he went by the name of steve blossom Dlos som and lie he was one of his kind A grimy dime novel protruded rakishly from his hip pocket packet and his right cheek was swollen as aa with the toothache due probably to a generous chaw of seamans delight ile he was a real tobacco chewer for he rarely 8 spat pat lie he via WE as peaceful as a backwater nay bay in summer non tive and ris sive he stood his watch in fair we her and foul no one gave the anchor any more attention after it came to rest the great city over the tha way was fairylike fairy like in its haziness arld and softened lines it was the poetry ot of angles ot of shafts and spars of stone and stove steve blossom having a moment to himself leaned against the rail and stared regretfully gret grot fully ho had been generously drunk the night before and it was a pleasant recollection chanco chance led his glance glanca to trail down 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