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$10,900 FOR 100 WORDS.
The publication of "Tho Million Dol-
lar Mystery" begins today. The story will run for twenty two consecutive weeks in this paper. For the solution of this mystery story $10,000 will be given.
Conditions governing the contest. Tile prize of $10,000 will be won by
the man, woman or child who writes the most acceptihle solution of the mystery, t'roni which the last two reels of motion picture drama. will be made and the last two chapters ot' the story written by Harold Mac-Grntli.
Solutions may be sent to the ’l`lian-
liouser Film corporation, either at t‘hi- ciigo or New York, any time up to midnight of January 14. They must hear post office mark not later than that date. This allows t`our weeks after the last filtii releases, in which to submit solutions.
A board of three Judges will deter-
mine wliicli of the many solutions re- ceived is the most acceptable. The Judgment of this board will be absol- ute and final. Nothing ot' a literary nature will bc considered in the tie- cision, nor given any prefereiice in the selection ot' the winner of the .$10,000 prize. The last two reels which will give the most acceptable solution to the mystery, will be prt~si»iiii~d in the theatres having this icatiire its soon as it is practical to produce sainc, Tin.- story corresponding to tliesc motion pictures will appear in the newspa-
pers. With the last two reels will be again, sir, for a tnousund; not me"
shown the picture of' tlie.\viiiiicr, his
or her home and other interesting tea- Susan Ifarlow had Just i‘etui_'iicd to the tures, reception room after hi-r nightly tour
Solutions to the inystorv must not of the iipbffl' i_l11i|S IU *WH if “ll iii?"
be more than 100 word slong. Here cliarges were in bell, wlicre thc rifles are some questions to be l.epi in mimi ot' the school confined ilit-in after il..i0,
in connection with the iiiysiery as an aid to a solution:
No. 1.-What becomes of the million- The old maid felt her iii-nrt stop beat-
aire? ing i`or it niomcnt. Who could it be at
No. 2.-What become ot' the $1,000, this time ot' night. 'I‘lieii tho thought
000? came swif`tly thtil. perhaps the parent
'\'o 3.-Whom does I-‘lorcnce marry? of seine of her cliarges was ill and this
No. 4.--What becoincs of the itus-
sian countess?
Nobody connected either directly or opened it.
indirectly with “Tlie Million l)ollar Mystery" will be coiisiilered as ii con- testant. (t‘opyrigIiTT1!HT‘I': Iiy llitrold Muc-
Grath.)
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~._ CHAPTER I.
A Cali in the Night.
There are few things darker than
a country road at night, particularly if one does not know the lay of the land. It is not diiilcult to traverse a known path; no matter how dark it is, one is able to find the way by the :iid of a mental photograph taken in the daytime. Iiut supposing you have never been over the road in the day- time, that you know nothing whatever oi' its topography, where it dips or rises, wiiere it narrows or forks, Youl will find yourself in the same unhappy state ot' mind as a blind man sudden-
ly thrust into a strange house. _
One black night, along a certain,
country road in the heart oi' New Jer- cliild's cloak. She put the baby into a sey, in the days when thc only good chair and broke open the envelope.
roads were city ttlioroiiglifares and
country highways were routes to'\vill iiiiiiually send a liberal suin for limho, u carriage went forward cunt- ‘her support and reclaini Iicr on hor musty, Front time to time it cumeri- eighteenth birtlidny. The other half ed like a bluntnose barge in a beam of the incloscd bracelet will ideiiiiiy sea. The wheels and springs voiced me. Trent the girl well, for I shall
their anguish continually; for it was` a good carriage, iinaccunistonied to such ruts and liuiiiiiiocks.
"Faster, faster!" came a muflleil lining, f'iie;<-iiiittiiig mystery. Site hail
_voice from tile interior, |i'ead ot' ioiindliiigs left on doorsteps-~
"Sir, 1 duru not (li-ivu uuy fuutur," from paper covered novels confiscated
replied the coacliman. “l can't see the horses’ heads, sir. let alone the
mlui, l've blown out the lumps, but doorstep. Suddenly she smiled down I caii’t see the road any better for at the child und the child smiled back. thu( _" And there was nothing niore to be
“Let the horses have their heads; down except to bow bef'oi‘c the decrees ,
tliey'll find the way. It caii’t be much of fule. lilke all prini oiii maids, her
heart was full of iiiireiliiited roiiiancc,
The coacliinan swore in his tooth and here was soinetliinir “lie lllikht
farther. You'll see lights."
velvet. A wind was blowing, and yet the blackness was so thick that it gave to the coachman the sensation of mild suifocation.
By and by, through the trees, he
saw a iiither of light it ight
cracked his whip recklessly and the carriage lurched on two wheels. The man in the carriage balanced himself carefully so that the huudle__pi_ h_i_s arms should not be unduly disturbed. Ilis aruis ached. lie stuck his head
out ol’ the window. _ _ __
"'l`iiut's the plnce,' lic said. A_nd
when you drive tip make as little noise as you can."
"Yes, sir," called down the driver. \\’lien the carriage drew up at its
iouriie_\"s end the inan inside _iuinped out and hastened towards the gates. lie scrtitiiiizetl the sign on one oi the posts. This was the place:
MISS FARLOW’S PRIVATE SCHOOL
The bundle in his arms stirred and
lie hurried up the path to the door of the house. llc seized the ancient knocker and struck several times. Ile then placed the liuiidlc on tht- steps and ran buck to the wuitiiig carriage, into wliicii he stepped.
“t)f'|` with you." "'i`liut‘s it good nord. sir. Maybe
we can niakc your train."
"Ito you tliinli you could find this
place again 1'"
“You couldn't get me on this pike
It was u tliiarfer lifter tc-ii. Miss
It was ut iitis iiioiiioiii that shc licnrd the tiiuiidcroiis ltiioclting :it tho door.
was ilio suiiitiions. Stilling lit-r fears she went resolutely to the door niid
"i`liei'e was no one in sight.
“Who is it?" she called. No one answered. She ciippcd her
hand to lier ear. She could hear the clutter ot' horses dimly.
“\\’elil" she exclaimed, rutlici' angri-
ly. too.
She was in the act of closing the
door when the light i`roni the liiill dis- covered to licr the bundle on the steps She stooped and touched il.
“Good licavciis," its tt child!" She picked the bundle up. A whini-
per c-nine fi-oni it. a tired little \vliiin- per of protest. She ran back to the reception room. A foiintlliiigi And on her doorstep. It was incredible.
Then she uiiwrtippeti the child. It
was about a _rear old, dinipled anti golden haired. A tiiiiiiih was in its roscbud mouth and its blue eyes look- ed up triistfully into her own. _
"\\'hy. _von clicriib!" cried the old
maid, a strange tiirinoil in her heart. Sho caiiglit the child to her breast. and then for the first time iioticed the thick envelope pinned to the
“Name this child Florence Gray. I
wutch her in secret."
into the fixed routine of her hum-
druiii life had come a mystery, it tanta-
froin her pupiis~biit that one should be placed upon her own respectable
All right. This man wiio was fn such spend its floods upon without let or a hurry would probably send them ulliliititlraiicc. Already she was hoping itito the ditch. Save for thc few stars _that the niun or woiiniii who had left above, he niiglit have beeii driving|it iiilglit never come back.
Beelzobulfs coach in thc liottonilcss
_ - , in, or might not be the destination. lle_
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/these yours. Ile was unknown. llc
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|plalned what had taken place. There should he no mystery on her part. Ilcr tale was accepted without com- tn_eiit. In a few days the excitement died away, and school life went on as sereiiely as before.
The child grew. Regularly each
year, upon a certain date, Miss Far- low received a registered letter with money. 'l`liet-io letters came from all paris of tho._world; always the .same suiii, always the same line-"I ani ivatcliing.” ~
Thus seventeen years passed; and
io Susan I<‘arlow each year seemed iiliortt-i' than the one before. For she loved the child with all her heart. She had not trained young girls all tlicse years without becoming adept in the art oi’ reading the true signs of bieciling. As the days went on the heart of Susan Farlow grew heavy.
“.\'cver iiiliid, aunty," said Florence; I sliiill always come back to see you." She meant it, poor ehll`d; but how
was she to know the terrors which lay yonder beyond the horizon?
K O O O
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Tho house of Stanley Hargreave. in
ltivcrdale, was the house of no ordin- :try rich man. Outside it was simple enough, but within you learned what hind ot' ii inuii Iiargreave was. There were rare Ispaliaiis and Saruks on the fiooi's and ltipcstries on the walls, with liore anti there a iliie painting. The library itself represented a for- tune. Money had been laid out lavish- ly bitt nevnr wastefully. It was the lionie ofa scholar, a dreamer, a wide traveller.
In tho iibrziry stood the niaster of
the house, idly fingering some papers which liiy on the study table. He sliruggcd at some unpleasant thought. scttli-ii his ovt-rcout about his shoul- dcrs, toolt up his hat, and walked from the room, frowning slightly, The but- ler, who acted in the capacity of valet, always within call when his niuster was about, stepped swiftly to the hull door and opened it.
“I inny be out late, Jones,” said Har-
gi'ottvl~.
"Yes, sir" ~ Ilni'gi'ciive stared into his face keen-
ly, as it trying to pierce the grave t'nco to lcnrn what was going on be- Iiiiifl it.
“lIow long have you been with nie?" “It`otii‘tccii yctii's, slr.”
“Some day I shall need you." "My life has always been at your
disposal, sir, since that night you res- cued it."
“\\'oll, I iiuveu't the least doubt that
when I iisk you will give.”
“\\‘itliout. question, sir. It was al-
ways so iiiidl-rstood."
l-lull' an hour later he got into a
taxicab and directed the man to drive downtown as far as ’l‘wenty~thii°d street and back to Columbus circle. The bewildering display oi' lights, how- ever, in iiowisc served to lift the sense of oppri-ssioii that had weiglied-iipoti him ull day. South ot' _,Forty-secotid street lie disinissed the taxi-cab and -stared iindecideilly at the brilliant sign of tt fatiiotis restaurniit. rie was neither liiingry nor thirsty; but there would bc strange faces to study and iniisic.
It was an odd wliiiii. Ile had not
eiitered ii liroatlwiiy restuiiraiit in all
belonged fo no clubs. Two inontliu was the loiigcst time he had ever re- niaiiied iii New York since thc dis- posal of` his old lioine in Madison Avenue, anti his resignation from his clubs. This once, then, he would break the law he liiid written down for him- self. Boldly he entered the restaur- ant.
Sonie time before llurgreave sur-
rendered to the restless spirit oi' re- bellion, bitterly to repent t`or it later, there came liito this restaiirant a man and it woman. They were botii evi- dently well known, for the head waiter was oliseiiiiioiis and hurried them over to the best lable he had left utid took the order liiniself.
The iniin possessoil a keen, intelli-
gout. face. You iiilgiit have marked liiin for a successful lawyer, for there was an earnestncss about his expres- sion which procliiilcd it life of idle-
The next morning she called herl
Pit. Lllack velvet, everywhere black two assistants into the study and ex-
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ness. His age might have been any-
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lay clasped upon the table, were slim but muscular. Indeed, everything, I about hini suggested hidden strength and iitaiity. Hia companion was small, liaiidsome mid animated. liar frequent gestures and niultable eye- brows betrayed her foreign birth. .Her nga was a matter oi' importance to no one hut herself.
They were at the coffee whenshe said: "There's a young man coming' towards us. He is looking at you."
The man turned. Instantly his face
lighted up with a friendly smile of recognition."
“Who is it ?” she asked. "A chap worth knowing; a reporter
just a little out of the ordinary. I’iii going to introduce him. You never can tell. We might need lilni some
day. Ah, Norton‘,'liow are you?"
"Good evening, Mr. Brains." The reporter. catching sight of a pair of, .dazzling eyes. hesitated.
“The Princess Perigoff, Norton.
You're in no hurry are you?"
"Not now.” smiled the reporter.
"Ah!" said the princess, interested.
It was the old conipliinent said in an
unusual way. It pleased her.
The reporter sank into a chair.
When inactive he was rather a dreamy eyed sort of chap. He possessed that ` rare accomplishment of talking upon one subject and thinking upon another at the same time. So, while he talked gayly with the young woman ou V8l'i€d lil€lneS. his thoughts were busy speculating upon her companion. He was quite certain that the name Braine was assumed, but he was also equally certain the man carried an extraordin- ary brain under his thiiich ot’ salt and pepper hair. The man had written three or four brilliant monographs on poisons and the uses of radiutn, and it was through atid by these that the reporter managed to pick up his acqiinititaiice. He lived well, but in-
conspicuously. _
Suddenly ,the pupils of Braine's
eyes narrowed; the eye became cold. Over the smoke of his cigarette he was léoking into the wall niirror. A man ‘
still untiiriied.
Konkong when I was sent over to handle part of the revolution. War correspondence stuff. First time I
tiigiit. We've since had some pow- wows over some rare books. Queer “ld 000k; brave as a lion, but as quiet
i-an away. In those days we needed; for he knew that directly .or other They never saw the manmade Mm me" °'..'“° “°° ‘° “°°°‘°°“°“'i‘:°’ “°.i‘° °.ir°°.;‘:. “i.:‘.i..‘;’.i.:1;i.‘:.i.';f.‘;i‘:“.r‘:.t.” ir ii-I this en . ' _ ‘ ini; an an e w in oo ng "gil"
"There was ii. woman," she 'inter-N him into their clutches. had taken wing! Then they tréilgeig
rupted, with a touch U( bitternestf. He wrote several letters feverishly. the doors of the house. They mm
“Always the womanu And she was The last was addressed to Miss Susan short work oi! Jones. whom they “ea
as clever and handsome as you are." Farlow and read: “‘l)ear_ .viaaailiz up like a Christmas fowl and plump”
"Thanks, Sometimes . _ _ ." Send F'loreii_co___Gray to :yew ;__’orI;_at_t; _i;t_;i;g_h%__fii:_t;ea_cli_l_iii;i _They broke ‘-An. vest" trontcaiiy. "sometimes arrive lim- ‘r ay tiwrnns. if B - 0 ii temiuy. in you wish you could settle down, 0_1 the bracelet will be identification. w_liile_ the rogues were rummmng marry, anti have if mmtiy: Your ao- 1'-n0l0S'f_il limi cash to sfiunrta iif_=_- a ou _ic rfwm. venting their um, inesticity would last about a month." COUHIB- lie would get togcl ci___\__ upini inutiy it treasltre, they ¢,,,,|d
Sho ,nude uc rum,-i ueuuuge uliu his available funds, recover liis__ciH, ne thgr appreciate nor uiiderstantgu
recognized the truth of this statement. _ and ily to the ends oi' the wor . _:_ iil§*_’,;,l twill "’ 0"'-Side burst ln.
"There, an emerald I know of,” W0\1ld lift' U10!" Olli- 'limi' W°_“ _ _ _ lf- 0_1 _Illini is dead and the mon
lie said rumlnativcly. "It‘s quite pog- find that the punt.-efiil dog was it ia( i.y is at tit botto_in ofthe ocean! Wu Bmw that you muy be wuuy-ing it with. aniinai to rouse. Ile iuiig foi tie punt.tu_red_ her. She gone! in a few dayB_._. _ f,1m,|fu| _]0,,uu_ _ __ _ A_ thin instrutable slniei stlrrctl um _.il mad Over them_ The,-_T lu__Buu_i@. ‘_‘_iIoii_ei-i, _they liuvc louiid nic, lic lips ot’ the niun bound in the.ch______ thing in the green stone t at use n~ Se ,S “IP -- ,, ` ' tt€bnitiiii`¢`ti"iE("`*`"rr-'--~
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“'l`hat's because soinew ere in e _ ‘- _ ’ - > ' T ,,
far past, your ancestors were orient- and then w_ell talk it over. _No doubt MU UAL SERVICE. _
als. Here we ure. I'II see you to- seine o_i_ic is watching outside- Us A __ _ __ morrow. I must hurry. Good-night." Cureiuk __ ‘fs _ess as “ right t0 Hpect
She stood on the curb for a iiioinent "Very $006. Sir- "wh hunt ‘Q d°_ his 0*" 112|" share
and watched the taxicab till it whirled liargreave bowed his hcnd in his toward conti-ibiiting to the pleasure round a corner. The man held her hands. Many iimcs he had joiiriicyctl of all other guests, this iu_ the with a fascination more terrible than to the school and hung allwlll Iiw 1511.165 first place. Then she also hasa right any jewel. She knew him to be agreut straining his eyes _towiird the inciry to expect u Kunst to conform ____ ____ and daring rogue, cunning, patient, groups of yoiing girls. Which aninlli-Z ns possible to rules concerning meal fearless. Packed away in that mind theirt was his, heart ot' his hcnrf,blood h0m.H_ _,tcm that are ud____ted by the oi his there were u thousand accom- oi’ his blood? 'l_liul. she niiglii. never mm_i]y_ U¢_he,.“_ige there is ____t tu __ plisiied deeds which had roused t'ii- be drawn into this ubnontiiiuble f:i_iigl_c __ _:rent deal of discomfort uuu the tiely the police of two continents, hu had i't=.solutt-ly_torii_lit-r out of his _,._,s_m_ wry _ew __ _my ______'___________ _G Brainc! She could have lnugiicd. The life conipletely. ihc iiitpiiiiii-ss of ___________ __g______,, ' 0 very name he had chosen was an inso» watching the child grow into girlliood ____
lence directed ut society, he had dcnie_d himself. .She nt lciist ' ,km
The subject of her thoughts soon would be safe. tinly when sho wus A S
arrived at his destination. A flight safe in ri. tar cotini_r_v would he dare
of stairs carried him into a dimly tell her. He tried in ruin to conjure lighted hull, smelling evllly oi' escrip up zi piciiirc oi licr: llc 1li\\`i\.VS UMW __ __
ing gas. Ile donned ti black inttskuiid thc mother whom lit- lintl lov-_-‘d :ind '¢_-_,§, , ,--
struck the door with ii series of' light rntcd with :ill tho nrdor _oi his _vo
blows; iwu. then one, riien th_i-ve, and T_M:iii_v tliiitss l\_=\i_1_i>=_t\"\_\_'1»"_ Hart tl=\.\'_~_ N0Si':__l’___/;_iC_>_N T|gi\éK_i»g_§>élLo ti ain one. The door o cnet :ind it- icre was ii visi o ic itllliiill' 0 ‘
siiDDed inside. Round aiiible sat suv one Williuin Orls, flit- nitiiifor, fiiiiioiis AND I-IEADACHES.
eral incii, also inaskcd. Tlicy were i`or his tliirt-ilcvil <~xploii:=. 'i'lir-i-e wcri- »~€_
all tried and trusted rogues; but not two visits, in fact, and fl_it- sccoiiti yis- __ one of them knew what llruiiiv look- itor was kiiocht-il down for illfl I*=\ll\fi~ I0 ‘iV“Y'y \voiiii\n belongs _the right ed like.. Ile alone rcinaincd unknown Ili- had ti-icd to bribi- t)i-ls. fo enjoy it lit-a_lf.liy, active, happy life, save to the man dcsigiiated :is thi- 'liluim wp,-u ,t,-i»\f,.,-ul oy,-iliul l,uul<.|.\'_f‘i llil1<‘_0\l\ 0| 191| H\llT0l‘. ofteii in chief, who was only Iiriiint~'s licutcii- ,.r,_,_ Wim D,-,,|,._i,,,.,i ,,g,,;,,Si ,,,,,.|, |m_g,,_ silt-in-e, from spilitilig headucliea, lor-
ant. The mask was the iiisIguin_ of Wu_},,|,-,,\.,~,,|S ,\~;||,,,,,¢ HH. ,,S,,,,| |',,,.,,,,,| lu_t'i|_i_g liaicltuciit-s, \_r_ioltuit_ h;.»art pill.
had ssc . the Black Hundred, an orguiiizu ion ,,,,,,,,uu,~,.,,,,.,,|_ nm 4, ,.|,,.,.k Wm, 1, pi _ii on or_sonie o ier o tie many ut tliguuexli il,),_ei:i2_ldS:i:i]lg;`;?,gh?,§tgu2;;1; with all the ramifications of the t'nin- ,.h,.,.|,_ ,uul ilu-_v find to pity, _flint follow ulillcmill. Or blood- ml;-r0|~_ Bruins saw Nmwn wave his orra without their abiding _stupid_lty. H___,g______v__ ____\,_______l __ _________ _______ ____ t,~:_s_ii_ts:-i._ _ hllllli. saw also the open wonder on From the “sB“Ssi"“H"" ol “ kmg' grounil; but dtiring :ill this flint- his _ "ft ‘S WW ‘me se” 9° "WHY the reporters pleasum_ I-a,,e_ down tothe robbery of n coutnry post- rigm ________ __________ ____._ “___ ________________ \\on_it ii with pale, thin cliecks, dull
"who is your h,iend_ Nm_m"._..» office, nothing was too great or too ___ |________,_,_________ ____________ __X_______ ___ _h_______ c__\_t»:» ii_iid_<l_i-oopiiig figures-sure signs
15|-ulue usked mdifferem|y_ his had small for their _nt-ts. llieli‘ god dwells mummls he “__l___ 0bm:_,_| ,__ Sig" his l_i._i_f tit. i_ood is out of order. All
in the hearts ot ull incn and is cnllt-ti ________k___ ____ __,_______ __________ ______ _________ _\iiI:ciiiig__\\_oiiici:_ slirzuild _\yii; the right
G,-e@d_ __ . _ _ _ __ _ _ o >_c wt- iy re res i ng .ier weary Stanley Hurgreave' Met mm 1" The ordinary liiisiiicss over, the "_(w‘_mq__ i'i'r_“ "'i_ _____ __ __ _ bodies with flie new, rlcli blood of
chief dismissed the men, and he :ind _ ‘~_" if“‘_‘-‘_~‘ ~“)“:llT _‘“"__ ‘_‘_; “'_i"_` _ht-ulfli flint promptly tratisforins them Braine alone remaiiieii. __ {’_‘_‘l‘_f:_’:_l__*`_ liilr ‘:‘_‘_ ‘\_'_‘_____ l_~_\_‘_‘_l__“_;:;_ l____l:_~_\_T into lieulthy, attractive women. There
over ran across him on Broadway at BmY;g_omI, I have found him' mm dri-i_ini At-ity, she was nIwtiy_s lonl';iiii: ;,,i.\l,if),.;:i|l|l(|z|,;i::l(l;;,i'::wt:g;|;up§m|"gg
“There are but few; which oiic‘.”' “’ Wir- _ _ surely as ltr. Williains' l’iiik Pills for “Eighteen years ago, in St. l’t>it-i-s- And thc spitlcr wort' his iveli. _ l‘:ilt- l’coplt-. Tlirougli this medicine
bu,-g_' llni'gi‘ciivt- i't~nclicti lionn- at night. tlioiisiiiitls of' fired, sui`i`t-riiig wonuin
tilli.
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M'Ilion ollar mystery
By H arold' M acGrath
lu-
as a mouse." _
she whispered.
q the Dlac:_i Hundred whoi broke__ i:_iti
. - _ vowl. an never paid a opeck ort. e - ~
privilege; the man who had been ap ll- U09-UTWIZBD THF.. SWGNQ1
“B00kish. en? My kind. Bring iiim
over.” Ilnderneath the table Braine inaiioiivered to touch the foot ot' the
"I "[0111 iU10“'." said the reporter
duhiously. “lic might say no, und gint would eniliiirass the whole of' us.
os a b_lt of a hermit. I`iii surprised
to nee him hero.”
'"1`l'y." urged the princess. "I like
to meet men who are lierntits."
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flmh W0 l`€Dorter_Iauglied. "l‘ll try; but dont blame ine ii’ i'iii rehiii‘i'ed "
The two shook linniis cordi Il
llleilivi’ ot' liiforiiialioii known us .lliii
"S" IIUWH. lilly. sit down. You' o
`i>r_0tty wonnui
in an old niiin." dlah. Thats n hypocritical bluff
"l do not u
_w_____,, BUHHY cure to nioctatraii-
:‘i_l;Y l|_l"- llllhcuruiice of llargreiive in
3 "fi-» UIOIIEII. you reporters lead? To
.text t | ._ , was Menshlkoff in Russia, Schwartz you 0vl;;i.L. MW” “amd me w brmg in Germany, Mendoza in Spain, (‘ar-
tucci iii Italy, nnd I)u Bois in lt‘raiiisc; _ _ so tht- rogue had found hini out? “Let hini go. iict liini tnlit- ;i look it wt-ll woniiiii, and have since t-ii_i0y~
“Make nn i-_x(u..p|i0,, this 0m,e..s___d Poor fool that he had been! lllgh nt us froni the iippi-r wiiiilows_ _Ile od thi- best of health. I sincerely
the repo;-te,-_ who had seen B__'_______, spirited. full of those youtliiiil tlrtitiiiis will iiiitlt-rsli_iiiil__fhaf nolliliu; buf wings ft-i-| tluil | “wp my in-L. to D,-_ Wu. eyps chungu and was Cu_,__')us to _("5 oi’ doing good in thc world. he lind will save him. ‘,|;,,,,,,, |»||,k mlm and Shan ulwnvn ' "ow joined what he had believed ii grciit Sllciicc. ily :intl by ti \\:it.i-licr roiit-t-oiiiiiio,,d t|,,.m to an sick ponplu--'
in rror uud |,,-ought about that secret soclulistic niovoiiicnt, to learn ported ihni lic lieziril the si-iiiilo oft You can get those pills at any
nietiilly gloum_ item, were ,wo _mique that.ne had been trapped by ti band the roof ruffle. _ 'uit-,lp-iup ,|(.u|¢.r,,_ or they Wm bu u,.m_ tncn; he iluulrell to me ,hem face _ of brilliant thieves. hitliiappers and Look! tiiiotlicr crit-il, _sfiii-fit-tl. by innil, post aid L G0
with iiiiilt-rsl:itiilitig. "I uni really."
'i`lii\ iiinsicr wcnl to llic safe, ciiip-
fieii it of its cmifi-iits, ct'osi-ictl the hziii to thc bcilrooiii, tinii closed the
ciitcreti tht- sonic room fliroiigh iinoih- cr door to betool and possible wtifcii- er. .»\f`ter ii long while. pt-rhnps :in
ciiferctl. So wlii;-ipt~rcil thc wutclict'
to his friends below.
"llargrt=nve is going upstairs."
“I hcmeinher. The niillioiinire's llc pill thc iiioiii~_\' iii llic sitio, iintli intro ioiintl tif'\\‘ In-1ili‘i and i-'irtngili
son. Did lie recognize you?" _ was ft~|cp|ioiii_iig \\'licn .Ioiics t~iili-ri-tlil\lt‘i-. Jaiiiics Ilrosi, tiliipiiiitii, N. il.,
"I don't know. Probably lic did and liiindcd his niiister an uiistittnpcd s:i_\'s: “l~‘or yt-urs I did not know what
Drlmcss But lic always had good nerves. llol nofc._ _ _ _ if uns to bi- entirely free f`roiii liciid
` is being followed ui this motncnf. \Vc- “\\licre did you get fhis'?’ ziclie or beat-aclie. My hi-indg were
shall strike quick; t'orit'iie rccogiiizcs “.-\t the door, sir. jiidgc flint thc cold n_nt_l clainniy all the tinic. It me he will act quick. llc is cool and house is siiiroiiiitlctl. was tlifhciilt for me to get my work brave. You renicinber how he braved "_lont\s, _von go to ilic rt-iir door :ind dont-, and to walk ovuu a short ills. us that night in Russia. .iuniped I`ll taht- at look out of the front. \\c fiincc woiild leave nie coniplcttely boldly through the window at the risk havc :ui h_our._ l _know the brood. worn out. i\ly life was one of cou- of’ breakliig his neck. He landed safe- l`i\i‘l"ll \\_`i1ll i1ll_ \l_\\<il\lti|ll und tht-ii slant worry und I thought I would
..l huven._ __ _ ly; that is the only reason he eluded force their wny in. _ ncvcr be better. l was doctorltig all
le east doubt “bo” us. Millioiis; and they slipped through; llii_i~;;i~i-ave suw a tlozeii sliiidows ini fin- fi_nit~ bitt without it bit of benefit.
our fingers. Il' I could only fliiti sonic the front _)_‘ai'd. _ and fiiially the doctor stopped giving
H6 mn ,lm mm, ,lu _ '_ rout otlils heart! ’I_`_lie lure we held ' '_li‘lcn ai it ioiii llic buck ynrd, nic incdiciiiti as he said he could not
|u¢tu,,,_.,. and uI,pr'1m‘;,_(_'d";’_i;_1_f_;_1f_____ff; out to Iiiin is dead. _ \\'l_\isi>ct‘|-tl Joni-s flown thc hall.. liclp tm-._ l>o you wonder that I was
___ __ ' _,___-_ "Or l_ii_ tliev_f;irt_r<\.ss, which is t_l_i_e uint-'itil' c__\'cd tlit__iiliin_, _ __ :ii_ili-_,~;iiiii~. _ligy mother urged nie io
tlii .lI»- , - ‘ sainc ting. ia :irc your IHHH-1» Uri' wc . sit". rep ict ic ti cr. un- r. \\' li anis’ Pink PII
l ou] mlm wus mth" “md ur thi" “I have in iiiliid aotnctliing like
Norioti. Ulm" ,
__ And I-Iargreave was working out his
just tl, , ki d . _ _ plans too; and he wits just as much _ _
lug lu €u|knm ‘VO bw" ““m` _:La genersg as _I!rainc. "llc sat at l_ils door softly in-hind him. Joni-s lint-ing
“W0 1| 'L . irary ta e tic max ary musccs
Mn ‘ou “mer talk to a in his jjjaws' working. So they had
found him? Well, hc had broken the
law of his own niahing and hc must hour. the Iwo nit-n eiiicrgtnl from thc
_,H you know “_ My _,___e__d__ ____ tm; suffer the consequences. Brainii, who rooni iroiii fini saint- doors fht._\» had
ii_cip nit-." ilowever, my husband got six boxes of the pills, and to please liini I bt-gitti lo take them Ii the
ly had _iinprovctl and there was the signs of returning health in niy
clit-elts and hands. M liusliiiiiil
Y
thought the improvement so grcuf.
flint lic got another half dozen of box-
cs. and bt-f‘oro tliese were eoinplctt-iii
WI'-*= \‘ll.lft,\'iIli»r stu-li good health nsl
Iliad not had in years in fact I was
face. ° assassinators for lilrc; the Black Iiun- A bluish glii_i'<» cnint- ironi the roof or six boxes iiir §2x.l30 liYCl;'l:'i§ili`i§
..»l.hi8 0me_ My mum I ought _mt tired; fleiids from Tophct! For nciir- “l_ii-s shooting oft' ii liouitiii cud-illr. \\-'illiums Medicine i‘o. Brockville
to be Iioro; 1 fuel out of place what ly eighteen years he had eluded tliein,iile! |()m_ ' ‘
financiers, Socialists anti aiinrcliists the whole scale of life, and to slap 'helm D00Pic on thc back as if they were everyday frleiids."
NOW YOU are making fun of nie. For
one king there are always twenty lhiffk bl'08ans ready to kick me down the MODS: tlon’t forget that."
Hargreave laughed, "(‘uiui._ then.
let us get it over wIth." '
Tho introductions were niado. Nor.
ton felt rather cliagrincd. So far an he could see, the two men were total straiigers. Well, it was ah in the t-tunic. Nine out of ten opportunities f0|' U10 big Bl0l'y were fake alarms; but he was always willing to risk la- bor tliese nine entailed for the sake of the tenth.
At length Brains glanced at lilu
watch and the princess nodded Adieiix were said. Inside the taxi- cab Braine leaned back with it deep audible sigh.
"What is lt?" she asked. “The luck of the devil's own," he
s_aid. "Child of the Steppes. for years Ive down about seal and continents, through valleys and over mountains-- for what? For the sight of the face of that man we have just left. At first glance I wa.sn’t sure; but the sound of his voice was enough. Olga. the next time you see the reporter. throw your arms around his neck and kiss him. What did I tell you? Without Nor- ton's help I would not have been sure. I'm going to leave you at your apart- ment."
"The man of the Black Hundred?"
"The man who deserted and defied
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