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A Great Mystic Story By Harold McGrath iidora Copyright 1914 by Hnn.ld M.Gralh SYNOPSIS. 7udi - i I lett an orphan at an sarlf ' Si- iler fnlhor Is Kill,-, I la a trol.l mlna. j Zudur and the fortune (mm the mine, ,nch yrowa in h worth l.tt.ixti.noa, are l-rt in i tie m.uiillaiiuhlp of Frank :;iiw ZmK r nmilier's brother, who his set ) hims. ui n a Hindu mystic l.d Is knowr. as liassam All. lie ilecM, a that j iuK.r must i.'ic before she can I ava a j i-Iiai.c. to I'niiir into pnifi-ton el' har . inui.tv so tint it mav tie left to hull. Ilia' nM e kin ll-isssm All seva an o: suela lo hi scheme In the Hra, it nf John I Ktonii, a vourm lawvtr, fur who n Zu- S-ia : ia fketi a fancv, uri.l i.m- ! HianO the Kirl to put the man out of hr 1 nhul .mtotH Insists thst tf a Me c.ituuil 1 many 'ilonii ahe will marry no one. ! "We'. vi,!. ' i:mvs llitiaiii All, "solve, j my tie I twenty lusvs met you can murrv linn, f II tn a siiikIm cat-a and "U must reman e ti tin " ai.lo i unravels a uoslery and wins her first c. st---a taae In which John Storm ta ; "avisl from betim c.i.i ici,.1 of a ni.irtlar I IritlK.i .-J L.y llas-um All hiii.felf 1 .'aide a and Hassani All visit Natiok I Hi'mi'i house, where sl.ee oven oil. ea ev- j aty one wtoMim.-r N.ih.-k attempts to mar- ! ry a piPiccs. Htorm. aeekliiK .uihira. la ' made a prisoner, '.mlora. folia Nubok Shan, raatorea the pr-.nc.H to her original 1 lover itlid aavea Htorm from death. A mrfnar of illamniida tells Hatam All! hia ae ret. Htorm luforma Zulora that I Ina lit-' Is beniK attempted frequently j Htonn susM?cts Hassani All .irm la i arreatt i for stealing the diamond rrviker'a I gems, but udora discovers tho real thieves-a pair of mice. j The neuro help employed on Ktnrm'a father's farm are fleelna; because a h:est ! akaletri hand appeara at niRht icon a' hill lie r by Storm la battled In his In ventus!: Mon. but Zudora learna th.it her uncle I is employed Jimmy Holton. i half I wilted man, thus to annoy Storm's par- I enia ''tidura lluda Holton oteraima a I big m.mte lantern and Is attacked by him t .orm appears and aavea her IU. in All aaka Zudora tu tlnd a gam lost h two tnyeterloua old men I'jdora Seta a 'infograph of the gem and It burna In her land. An old house la mined by Hnssmi All and the oh) men. Htorm and Zudora are lured there and narrowly ea eape d -itruetlon when the house blows up John MeWlnter, etidaavorlng to trap and kill t-.eorge Hmlth, la killed himself, and Bmlth la charged with murder. Ylaaaam All conspires to have John Storm meet the same fate as McWInter, and he end Storm are overcome by powerful fumes. Zudora aavea them, pruvea that MrVVIn ter's own dog traped and killed him and aavea Smith from a band of lynchers. An Inventor blowa up a submarine with a powerful heat ray which he sendr through water, liaaaam All aenda Zudora to a photographer directly beneath the In venlofe laboratory and orders the In ventor to kill her Zudora geta a warning, and her life la saved. The heat ray ma ohlne la destroyed, and the photographer, after a quarrel with Maaaani All, la found dead In the river. Wu Chang prevents Zudora s elopement with John Bturm by hypnotizing her, ami he and Haasam All attempt to amuggle her out of the country Thla plot la fma trated by Hlorm. Dalrd. Haasam All's double, fall! In luve with Zudora. Balrd and Mine Du Val kidnap Zudora and the Van Wick 'child Btorni reacuea them, and Haasam All dies. With liaaaam All dead Zudora la relcaa d of her pledge to solve twenty esses 8he ootifronu, however, the greatest mys tery of all. which la the myatery of her own life, and the ambition to secure the vast fortune of UiOfl.uO left to her. This great photo serial Is being shown In the leading moving picture theaters by the Thanhouser Film Corporation. Among those participating are Marguerite Pnow alary biiutieth Forbes. James Cruze, In the ma role of rep rt. r hero. Sidney Hracey jnd Frank P.nrlngton On It. king through her uucle'a paiwrs Zudora rtnde that her father left hrr an Interest in a diamond mine, and Morm and halrd both lend assistance In trying to raga'n for her poaaeaalon of this es tate w leh Is being appropriate I by roU'-a nder the b'Kd.'rahlp (if Mr-., - 1 mi Val. ,ey plan to frighten leudora so that ah will run away. CHAPTER XII. Bag of Diamonds. ' '!! Ot'Ill.KS never oonio Kiiiiriy. la In aiiylukT as old as tho hi! la One nmriiliiK came the bolt from, tliu bliie. Tlie gli mine, with II millions, whh no more. A ter rifle la ilallile hn.l tt lxd It out of ex latciue in t lie least buried It miller ttioiiarn ils of feet of rocll and nililile On top of tills flciiratlvel)- the tniKteeti hail ill "'otided with the reserve, and Zudora was at the begliinliiK of things api In Tliero ns, then, nothing but tliU dl,':ii"ii'l mine, of which alie knew nothing except that It exlttel and that me one elue was protltliiK by lis out put. Detective Hunt had agencies thnuiijh out the world on the lookout for a mine ri'k'txtcred tinder the name of "I was afraid I might los you." Tralnor. but aa jet nothluir had turn ! e4 up Hunt was In hla olhce one day busy with clippings alsittt diamond uvi when a name struck big eye: "A rich strike at the Zudoru lu South Af j rk-a. Owuers are highly enlhualastk'.' Hunt matched up bis hat aud hurtled e(f to John Storm's olBce. Here wa aoniethlng tangible. "Thgfg Traluors mine. 111 wagei my hat," aald the detective jubilantly "Ever gee (licit luck? If I hadn't lieen Mllnc. looking over the newa of the day on diamonds Just to see what might be tried In the smuggling Hn we might hare gone on until the end of time before we'd have landed with .ki thousand miles of the place. Toui . , . I r 'ft m f 1 ' p ill (ueetheait will be rich one of the Java, Storm. I Hd you know tint every I'thliv )t the extern fiold iiilue has Kone to the Orient with absconding trtltdeea?" "What ure you tnlkiuu about 1" Ue mundid John. "Why. the Zudora "M uiine, inled uujoiik' I lie ri. lic.-i In the world, kept hl'ldcii front Zniloia by her uncle for )eiua " riloiin was diiml'oiiudeil "Aud ahe never told uie the Slightest word about it:" "l''or fear oid HaaaalU All Would ullik a knlle Into your back, my boy." "I iiiiderelaud now ! That dc II wan KlUiiU udora Ibce nixeM lo line her lo her death (iooil heavens! And I hut lill'l kept her sc ret: Hut who controls this diamond mine It la lileiially done llow ate we lo net ut II ' "t able the siipeilntciidetil that you are the attorney for the rightful own er of the mine utnl demand a full In ventory of the property aud Its out mil." "A bully Idea' And now I'll take this whoipliiii tiood news to tho Klrl herself. Shea all the time tlllkltiK about the evil alar, but thla looks as If It were uti the wane, l.tick! I should rather any It was luck!" udora was overjoyed when ahe learned that the mine Itself had been discovered, (iently Storm chlded her lu regard to the ifold. "I did not tell you because I did not want you Involved, John. And, more than that, I wag afraid I uilK'ht lose you." "Iose meV "Yes. t was afraid that o much money would frtichten you away." Storm luinihed. 'The only way you eau frighten me la to tell me that you don't love me." "Well, then, I shall never I able to frl(hten you," a lie smiled back at him. "And now," said Storm, "I'm oft to send that cable la'fore thime crookn can fret the lietiellt of the find. Oh. we'll come out on top. You watt." "I'm koIiik to, John. I'm irolng to wait until there are no more clouds anywhere. Then I'll marry you." "That's a harg-nliff" "A real bargain, tioodby, and may your cable brlug good luck to us all." There appeared a story In one of the Sunday newspaper about the Zudora k-4 41 Mm. Du Val Simply Tolerated Him. Qnd. The mine bad been paying, bui uot largely. The description of the mine was well done. One saw the Kalhrs In breech cloths digging In the bluish clay, the white men on guard to make sure that none of the natives hid a atone. Suddenly olio blazing hot afternoon one of tho Kaffirs came run ning over to the nearest watcher. He exhibited a stone of several carats, a real find. The watcher placed It In a bug auspeuded from his ue k nud gave the slguul to iUlt work for the day. The Kntfirs dropped their bails aud filed away under escort of the watch era. There followed a little sketch of bow a crooked Kalllr was caught with a gem hidden lu his ear. The Afrl.an wag promptly arrested and marched off to Jail. Henry Howard, the superintendent, was sealed at his desk when lite head watcher came lu with the Unit. It weighed three carats and wag of the purest white. A stone of thla quality meant more. Howard Immediately ca bled the stippoaed owuers. The next day the strike traveled up aud down the region. Bruce, the aniuggler himself, receiv ed the cable, aud he hastened away to acquaint Mine lu Val with what had happeued. Mine I Ml Val and several other were In the (ireclau salon when he arrived through the secret passage lis was greeted effusively. Mine. I'll Val looked extremely beautiful to him at that moment. There were times wbeu be wished his friend Hndcllffe In Hie nether regions. The woman puuled Mm. She was rich Her home was one of the mtait beautiful lu or about New York, yet she played a rrooked game. She wag evidently one af those women who played the game for tlte sport of It, for Hie blind haz ards, the excitement. The morals of her engagements never bothered her. He bad watched Itadellffe for some time and gathered no little satisfac tion from the fact that Mine. Du Val simply tolerated him lava use lie was a redoubtable schemer, brave, and shrewd. "Well, what's to tie done?" Inquired Kadcllffe. "Send for Howard to bring the dia monds bore. We will have to see that man personally. That story la tb Everybody Wants to Save Money So many of us don't know how to begin and there are others who find it hard to "Stick to it.' Take One of Our Courses in Economy Graduating in about six and a half years. 25c a Week pays for one share. At maturity every share is worth $100.00 in Cash Figure it out for yourself --- 4 shares at 25c per share $1.00 per week. In six years and six months the usual time it takes for a Building and Loan Share to mature, that is to be worth $100.00 in cash,l How Much Would You Have Paid In? The small weekly payments will hardly be missed. If you get in "tough luck" and can't meet even these small pay ments you can Stop Paying and draw out the money you have paid in. The Easiest Way to Save Money That Has Ever Been Invented Want to Own Your Home? Let us show you the easy way to do this --- the Building and Loan Way. New Series Opens Tomorrow M Call at once at our offices in First National Bank Building and let us ex plain any points you don't understand. No obligation to invest. Roanoke Rapids BUILDING and LOAN Association Wells D. Tillery, arch 6th, Pres. J. L. Patterson, V.-Pres. W. L. Long, Sec'y & Treas. i It i 1 1 HI i 1915 Hen 'giair la the duU to pay Tha t;irl la sore to aee If not she, Storm. It's pilng lo lie a big k:iiih- ii"W. lu ate.id of a llllle one," llrure declared "All ihe mole e.n ileini'ht in pulling the wool over Ihe eea of the luu TdU mini lloHitixI may lie un honest num." said niiuliiiiie. "Ill (lint nlse. Kmnl hit III to Mr llovMild. Hint Hell put ll iii.'i ii lu lib p!u:e v ho will iiol hoi her us with 'inet ions so inn;: na he j;i'ta hia i;ike .tT." sul.l !' , I. Hire. li II. un II. mi. 1. 1 iv.rlii'il Ihe .ilih din -'t lnu lit i ii lo I. Hut the month a find to New York lie frowned, 'j here If ; L, Baird Nsatly Fished tha Valiso From Under tha Table. wna another ruhle at hand, mid thla one iistimlshed him irreiitly upon Its nr rival. I'or yenrs lie hud I h sending the small hut valuiihle output to those he helli'Ved the rightful owner, and here was a eoiitestui.t. mid this contest unt Meennsl to lie u li'Kttihi.ite one. It was ti ml x ll j i that dlsturlied him Kiviilly. j There had always hecii aomcthiiif: j mNter1oua Rlmut the pres tit owtn-rs. ! lie hail never aeen liny one of them. J only their mvrodltcd uncut, who invii rliihly presented n lettered lientt when he ciinie to claim the iIIhiiioiiiIh. And now they w tinted him In New York. Was there nny sinister purpose lieliind tills c.iiiiiiuind V Henry Howard wus an honest man. and N'fore ninny weeks he as Rolni; to pi:y for hla honesty. He sent two eiililetrams. one to the present company mid one to .tnliu Storm. The flrat read, "Will come to New Yotk" Tlie Meennd read; "Arrhe New York loth. Will civc it. . oiintliu; of Zudora mine." Then he hooked his passage and Mailed from Tape Town to Liverpool. Storm was elated over his caHe. He informed Znilorn. and they visited Se lective Hunt. And while they mid Hunt a ere talking over the affair llainl came In. looklni; rather dehonnlre and carry-in.- a cine. At first he had had some lilh . -is 1 1 v In looking St.irni or Zudora In Hie cos, renieuila-rltiu' lio- at the In !i-:ltl"ll of the rell ll.lss-,! . ,; he ll.l.l ilteicpted the ycunt lawyer's life. Hut Ihese days he was aMe to !""k with se .iilly Into the eyes of all mankind. "Ilclio, Halrd'" .rhsl Hunt. ' You're jiisi the man I want for a .-tint." "I'm always ready for that." ZuiloiM looked at him ei-atcfuily -'ineliew his eyes always pulled In'r r always seemed that somewhere she lad ktiow'l these eves lilt i llllltely The ''"tir of them ieft II dice together and iter separated In front of m florist's -hop. "N.nv." said Hurt "n little work for i it. Friend Haiid " "I'm Willi y.iii. if there's any e.-ite lielit in it." "There'll he some. I want to kis'p a .vat. h on th it (ara-e ai.d Innk -Imp vhere tlliv ncai'lv pit yoi thai iik"ht . 'in tl .Inc stratme ahonl that innk hop. l'e.ij.le pi in there and don't on ut iiL:ain. There'- some kind f a tunnel, a nd t'et ween on and uie .nd the tat, i po-t this till I leads lo he marl.le lion f Mine. I u al." "I ie.-ci heard aiivtliinu aliouf :l tun 'a1!." said Halrd honestly. Mir on saw hut oi f the facets f this .-lexer diamond woman. In hat day oll were usim: her. . on-e ;;teiitly -lie did let tell on any of e-r sis lel Now oil waleh tile hut nd I'll vateli the timrlili' palace, and ell we'll compare notes a- lo w liolll we see enter or leave the hut and the palace." Hut w tietl tlle compared notes they had liottilm; that w as Import a nt Ali"llt four weeks later, however, they Were rewarded Hand -aw Hrnoe enter (tie hut and d -appear, aud I'ctcclhe Hunt saw Hrm e come out of the villa without appH'cutlv hat tha entered It lllllll prncivdcd to follow his iiititi hack to town Hruce had an otlh e In one of the ito'inton n sky aiTHpera. The door had no Pu-iness niiiioiiiiceuieiit. such ns I- iisiially found upon ottl loots. There was merely a uuinher. Hud l'"'"W that in snuill letters the word "private." l'rl late. Hunt was sure this odlce was. He huni; alamt In the shadow until Hrme left, when he act iilioiil calmly to pick the lock, lie was rather curi ous to s,s what kind of an otlice this was. He found many Interesting documents, hut nothing Incriminating The amuifler was n shrewd fox, Suddeuly Hunt heard footsteps. Me heard n key lu the lock, liruce had returned! Hunt made a quick scramble out of the window, where h? cl.inir to the Iron shutter. The effort was worth his while. The man who Reoompnnled Hniee Was uoiie other than Howard, the superintendent of the Zudora dla- I niond mines Thi, cnversutlou Wis s'o.n.- to he inieiesiinn Hiuce had put i,e over. I.Udeiitly lloward'a I '"at I, ail Peat da. tlolu the tl lp as he had i. e n -.li.,u!ed to urrlve the f.itiow int' inoi iiini:. "',. .. lace ihe geins'.' asked Bruce. "1 I, ale " "Imi puii.sl t Lein Ihroiia'U the eua- t "in-V" "1 did. Kill that d"es not loeou that I Iniended lo kis-p (hcli arrival a seen t p om t...? I nit .d heitta govenj liient " "Hh! w.i- ihe noie ouiiiiltal utter liln e ot Hi II- e ".Now, Mr. Hi ii. e,' went on 11., Ward, 'thcic i- iinoiher . ialniunt to thla mine ' "And with not a f..,.t to stand ou," -aid Hi ii. e 1 1 1 n In 1 11111 nl I "Well, that reiii.ain- to l.e seen" " hat do you mean '; ' "U lii Hint this inu.ld e has ot to be ttiiashed out 1 in honest, Mr. I'niie" Selective Hunt (iiinued from hehlnd his shutter "Nolioily liecllSf,! yon ,.f uot lteiniT honest." said Hi u.-e ImliKmiiitly. "We'll 'o rlejit now mid c,ct die fucta as our side know them, mid you'll realize that It will take u lonii slee lu court to pry this mine out of our Iiiinds. t.'ouia j iilonn- Are tlie coma In thut valise?" "In u false bottom. " j "Ah!" I'etectlve Hunt did not like (lie sound ' of that ejaculation. He was mluhty Kind that he had detulled Halrd tu ! keep un eye on the km rage. Bruca meant to play some trick ou Howard. ; There was not hint; for Hunt to do but trust to Hulial s w atclifulliess 1 Sure enough, half uu hour later, 1 Halrd nuw Hruce and the stranger enter the hut, and ulmost Immediately i two rough looking men aud n not her whom Halrd recognized un Uyn tha gun iiiiiu came into view. Ilulrd nt uiiilned lu his hiding place. It waa : going to l,e ii long wait, und he want- ed the men to reappear before he left. ' He wanted Hyp's Nttitus hi this affair. I Meantime Hruce und Howai-d arrlv ; ed ut Mine. I'll Yal's through the tun nel. This tunnel did not particularly reassure the superintendent of the Zu dora diamond mine. Why all thla bother to enter his employer's house? Were they smuggling the gems, then, and tills tiuuiel was for madurue's go betweens'; He did not like the busi ness at all. He was more than ever Inclined to the pinion that be had been long the dupe of these people. Hut Mine, lm Val Impressed him. The beauty of her home aud lta luxu rious furnishing rather upset hla pre conceived Ideas. This woman waa al- Thsrs Lay a Handful of Uncut Dia monds. ready rich. Why nil this mummery? He took a dislike to Radcliffe Imme diately Tlie other individuals he met lie rather ignored. But he is duty bound to turn over his present consign ment i f diamonds The other claim ant must establish proofs. That waa all there was to it. While iniidnine engaged his atten tion Hruce signaled to HadelllTe, aud they strolled nut. Into the conserva tory. "That man," Avhlsered Bruce, "la thinking of going to the other side. Ilassatn Ail's nli-'e has tumbled to tha fact that this mine Is really hers. Yon already knew that she held that gold mine In .Montana, worth a king's ran som. Well, I've faked stuff to-make her believe that a landslide has de stroyed the mine und that the trustee have absconded with the funds. Thla was done w ith the Idea of making Zu dora and Storm hike out to Montana to Investigate. Once there there waa a mighty slim chance of their ever .omtne back Hut. oddly enough, lUey tiuie accepted the fake aa truth aud have made no effort to go out there. I'll write another anonymous note ad lisluir t hem that it would my to In vestigate the reairt. But meantime there's this mini Howard to take care of. W e ll warn him. and If he doea not fall lu with us why, he must be push ed nlT the board." "I'll take care of that end of It." agreed Itadellffe. "We're running too monthly to let a fool cog us up. Truat Uie." Tiny returned to the salon, and a j quarter of an hour later Bruce and Howard departed, j Cyp and his two companions then I entensl the salon and were given a small bag with the ImnI of the gema. They were to be cut ut once lu cage Howard Jumped the traces. Oyp and liis companions returned to the old ga rage or Junk hut. The moment they left the hut for the street Balrd fol lowed lie hud an Inkling that they were going to the diamond entter'B With ihe Howard collection, and ha WsiWaiiiiiail-'','li--ay - t J I ;- r M l ...Mt; ! r - y:1
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