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lla earloas noting picture zliesun.

. lla aolaiiol ol this mystery story

*WU will ba gives 'hy the Tllanhouser 'lllas eassonsloa.

UOIDITIONS GOVE'Rl'\'INf} THE

‘ ' CONTEST. `1'a».,uu of 310,000 wsu ss .mt ut- me lea, aaoasas, or child who write. the mon daasjllila solution of the mystery, from did the last tsoo.nala al motion pit-tara dnlawillbsnade ond the last .wa alQ¢l'a ol tba story aorittsn by Harald livill. .

Babtioas may be not to she Tlsonhouser

Mlloorporslion, either at ('ln`cugo or New Yari, any tiasa up to nidniyht, Jon. I4. Ilia allows several weeks u/tor the but saqar su bun psszonsa.

L had of slsfea judges will determine

\lHdOf the D009 solutions received is the naar! laosplslla. The judges ara to be Ili lldarltl, Lloyd Lonerpas, and M I1” TEE. The )'¢dg1l\0s\¢ of this

\kf'Ulll M absolute and /iaal. Nothing

of u literary aalare dll oeoossidrcd in .Jw art-iuou. nor glam any preference 'U .ac amen-sion ol the winner of sho 310,000 prize. The last two raala, wllloh will give the mast awcyrlable solution to Ike mys- nry. will be presmlad in the theaters hm:.`ng this _feozsrs la soon as it is pas- ribln to produce the sasla. The story corre- apundfuy to these n.otlc.1 pictures will sp- pcur in the newspapers coincidentally, ar os soon after thc afgmrsnce of the plc- tarer os practicable. With the lan mo reels will be shown the pictures of the wis- ncr, his or her hmnr. and other illterefsxing /natures. it is understood that the sewa- popsrs. ac jar as practicable, in printing Use last two cha1..‘»'rs of the story by Hur- -'-Id llavflrmh, uilt also :how a picture of tba successful contestant.

Solution.; to the mystery vnu! nat he

:sure Lum JUU xcunls lunu. llcrc cfm- mms »4u¢.||iu:.s to bf, kept in mind in 1-onfiectson v.-ith the mystery ns an uid tc a iwiuiian.

X0. I---Wit :t becomes of the miitiuzmixrf .\`o..*.’-f nut becomes u/ :he $1,000,000

' .\ o. 3- Aon: docs I"l0r¢'m:e marry?

_\ o. .5~ 'hot lmco'r.¢<: of the Russian

rauntessf

.\ abuay connected either directly or in-

dirn-tly uinh "The .Million Dollar .Upr- xery" will he considered as a oontatom.

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` ‘M arsorsxs or 1° Z 3: &dq‘lars-weave. aal\|:.I° ‘|.-garter" a: lf 'it H ea annum mov” news as me , Flux

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` lnndn¢l.l£vaa\h¢llteolnr¢-

r» -lsr eighteen years. llsrlrenve a¢~

y -sets Banlne, lender sl the

_ hed. Knowing lrnlne will ~ hl-. he eseasel Iron hla own

\ n hnlloen. Before encsplng he

‘ latter to the Iirls’ school vvhera

‘ `!d3h1c$ years beforo he -ysterlausly - ` ,hh an the aaoniep his baby dsaghtsr, ; ills:-anne Gray. That lay llargrenve ` vllst lrnvvs $1,000,000 from the hunk. but k it ll rtftlrted lllt thin droppoi his the > len when the Walloon he escnpad ln was ~_ punctured. Q

_ Flvrence nrrsven from the girls’ school.

` Clunteaa Olgn, Brn|ne'a eu-pnnlon. Vis- .` k har nnd els!-s her ns n relative. 'l‘vvo ' Illt detsetlvea call, but their plot is ` lslled by Nortel. n newspaper han.

' sy analog ne canal- or as ofmn. lalhn lays n trap for Brnlne and hla fl &1'a>ls 0l[n nlso vlllts the 0rl- Qls 1-Qinh and she enally lnlla lata Os reyalhra _nn. Th. plan proves idilve tlssnzh Urnlnda good lnek and Q17 hlrchngn lah lnlo the hnnda of the pnllee.

After falling In theks lrst nttempf, the

llsck Hundred any Florence. They ank DG X i, but she escapes, nlnln tiling i

1100 nd the eoulatals call on Floss

nnce thn Deli dary. ones: more safe nt Lame. 'N3 vlaltorn having game, Jonas raunvan n arcissn of tlsvrlng nnd rrmn n rnelts tak 9 hex. Pnrsncd bf mun- hora of the llnek llvndlwd. he rushes to

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l1\'l0US CHAP’l'EIL§. she wnsrr from and succeeds ln drop- ping the box Ilan the seo.

Countess 0l¢a causes an eatrngeuaent

between Xenon nnd l-Horenee.

Acuampllcea cf Brnlne kidnap Florence

while she la shopping » nd hurry har all so sen. Ale lcnps ovgrbonrd and la pleked un In n dnscs. conllltlsu hy Ish- ernaen. ‘1‘he Black Hundred locate har nnd Brnlns, disguised ns her lnaher, tnkes her hack no sen vrlth hun. Florence sets lrefolhehantnndlnreslrnclhyaahip on vvhffh Norton has heeu shnnghnled.

Norton nnd Florence. sllsly nshore

and vrllh no longer any mlsnnderstnnl- 7n¢ heavvecn them, tnke the trnln for home. The trnln la wrecked and the Black Hundred carry the lnlurcd Flor- .-aeo so a aeaenea sae. Norton. who tries to reaeng her, ls tied to the rallronl tracks. Florence snwea him und llnlly Jones comes to the reaeus ol both.

Concealed 'shave the rsndexvans sl the

Black Hundred, n man learns ol the re- rr-vary Irons the asa of fhslha d ,lew- ela hy a anllor and of hs snhnnwumt re- turn to the bottom or tht ann, QI he quickly communicates tlg ind in Junea- A duplicate box la plnnael and Inter s¢- cured hy the band, Isnt helure Its aol- leuls are nxnmlned the box mysteriously disappears.

Ovvlng- to the lalllng ol! sl coutrlhu-

dolls to the parent orgnnlsntlon In Rus- sln, nn ngent nrrlvan nnd nssumes the Ientlarahlp of the Anerlcnn hrnnch 0! the Blnek Hundred. Through the eonnlv-

anee of the eountess. the new head la ~

thoroughly hunalllated. Brnlne pursues his own plans pendlnl* restoration to power.

gqwrsgm: mu ‘zvziuem alma:-za.)

Cl.€`TE~ XIV.

I li? Kll A DIIGJVIIRY.

ERHAPS tba mat nmuslng phase of the

. secret a::ent‘a diacomtiture was the fact It that neither Jonas nor Florence had the

least idea what hnd happened in the

snrrmer house nor t.ha¢ aqfhlng had bap- pcued. Florence !'@¢!¥ I &ldXed times during the evening that she K not gone out to the summer house. It might rsslly have been her father. Bar regret grew so deep in her tha: just h&re going to hai she con- fessed to .lonel-

“ You recelvsd A Path! Cf dnt. aft and did

not show it to ma!" asia Jonas. astonished.

" You warned ma :never tc pay any atten-

tion to them.”

“ No; I warned you navnr ‘-1 sei loss them

without first consnltlng me. And we might Im\e made a capture! My child, always show mf- these things. I will advise you whether to tear them np or not."

“ Jones, I belle'-'c you arc going a llttle too

°far," aald Florence haughtily. “It mlght have been from my fatln_~r."

“Never in thls wide world, Min Florence.

Still. I beg your pardon for raising my voice. What I do and have done ls only for your own sake. There are two *hinge I wish to impress upon your mind before I go. This can he made a comedy tr a terrlbls tragedy. You Lava already had a taste of the latter: and each rlma you escaped bonus God was (ood to us. But He la rarely Had to thought- llsl people. They have to look out for thsm» selves. I sm acting under orders; slwsya re- msmhar that."

“Forgive ms; I satad wrongly. But l'm

to wury and tlrsd of this atdnal snapldoa of 'everybody and everything. Oan't I go some- lwhare, some place when I an have rest?"

“ll I thought for a single moment it was

pollble to take you thou-Isla of nilea from ‘this spot, lt would be dons this vary aight. But this ls our fom-aaa. lo far lt has been impregnsble. The pollen an watching it; and that prevents s general amault U! the acous- drela. If we tried to leave we would be lol- lowad; and they play that game sxoaadllllly well. Now, good-nhht. We’ll have you out of all this doubraad alplcion one of these days. Thara wlll not ba any past; that will be lopped ol as you’d lop a limb from a tres”

“Please let It be quick. I want to see my

hthar.”

Jonea's eyes aparklad. “ And you have my

word that he wanh to see you. But more I dare not tall you."

‘f Do you think he vrouldiobject to Mr. Nor-

ton?" ahs asked. studying the rug. ~ “ Io what Ipseityf” he countered, forcing

»,-palm. .

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new adage, Jones, I ahouldn‘t mind hearlm: lt. But l'm only just out of school. where nhl adagcs are served from soup to pudding. (G->ml~night."

And .lanes went to the rear of thu house,

chucllliug.

In tht- |»asaln|: it might wt-ll bo abservell that

the Hargx-_“ave house had a remarkable me- nagv. There was a gardener, a cook, and a mnld; and the three of them reported to Jones nach night before going to bed. They were all tlree detectives from one of the greatest or- ganizations in America.

Finding themselves unable to lure Florence

away from the environs of the Hargreave home, the Black Hundred set. some new ma- chinery ln motion. Thvy proposed to rid the house of every one in it by a perfectly logical dvvica. But the first ate-p iu this new move was going to be extremely delicate and rlakv. It was no small .'ulventnr\- t.: enter the Hur- greavs home-; and yet this must be done. So finally “ Spider" Boggs was selected for the work. The man could practically walk over crockery without causing a sound; he could climb a house by the window ledges; and he could hold his breath like those Drofeaslonnl tank swimmers.

Three or four nights after the Parol! fiasco,

Jones started the rounds, putting out the lights. He left the one in the hall tlll the lost. for it was his habit, after havlng turned off that light, to stand by tl\e door for several minutes, watching. One never could tell.

Oo the other hand, “ Spider" Beggs never

approached a house till an hour after thr lights went out. Persons were likely to move about for some minutes Later; they mlght want something tn eat, a drlok of water. So hs remained hidden behind the summer house till long after midnight. When at last he ielt assured that all in the Hsrgreave house were asleep, he moved ont cautiously. Both hls future and his pocketbook depended npan the success of this venture. It took him tso minutes tu crawl from the summer house tn the veranda, and tu have detected this approach Jones, had he been watching, would have needed a nearcbllgnt. Boggs hugged the lattice work for another ten minutes and then drew himself up nod wriggled to one af the wi-ndovva. Here was nn operation that needed all bla nrt and skill: to lift this win- dow without sound. But he was an old 'aand and windows with ordinary locks were playthlngs under his deft ton:-h. He raised the window, stepped over the sill into the library, ood crouched down. He dld not 1-lose the window; house thieves never do. They leave windows and doors open, because sooner or later they have got to make their escape that way.

Presently he stood up, dashed his torch,

found the library shelvu, and tlvtoad towsrd them. He tbea selected three or four vol- amaa. oseaad them at random and laid naat

-»:.°. sis r.nI ucurrled across the ‘..1'-ru. :lx- ur fnxhlou. Bu! no more bullets f~.\!!n\\-cd.

Jones tnrneal on the lights and i:i\'ca!i;::t\'l

th: mam, but 'ua cunbl not had zxzxytlsny disturbed, and naturally came to the cant-lu- aion tzaf the lntru-le: had been interrupted before he had begun bla work. Ile turned al me lights and sax up the major portion 0? the night. Nothing mme happened. Flor- ence came down, but ho som Lt-r buck to bed, explaining that some one had :un-mprcd to enter the house and l-e ball taken u shot at him.

"Spider" llc-,';_'.~ bn-l a letter to write.

He nas in nigh fczttlzc-rs. Ile had tackled a dillicult jul: and hull c-.ram xl1\':x_\' \-.ith»’~.t u scratch. But hc had the xni.s‘furt\me to Write his letter to the sccret sw-r\'l-_'e olllcinl.-s in a hotel often fr--qucntcd by .\'ormn. .Rnd

_sary _gm I dou't know wn¢_g'p1g mn wa-.. p9|___1_\» as aaticlpmeii an .tveatlike this. You and yunr men will had eutrsncehy (ala nletaarl. It ran'he dove _without ax:i‘_`;g the suspicious of the watchers."

_" l.-n-ks as if my yarn wasn't going who delayed vw |011: after all. Jones, you ought to lmvo been in the secret sen Ice yourself," admiriugly. _ '

Janos smiled and shrugged. “Lam per-

fectly satisfied with my lot-or would be if the Black Hundred could be wiped out of existv:u~'v."

“ l'll see the secret service people at once.

I stand in well with them all."

'-_xml good luck to you/ We'll need hood

luck." ,

_\'-.rr »-; -.fur \ve.lcome£' cordially by the

elzisf. The at-t-ret service men trusted _him

I' Tv-' vc DMG up your ml-nu. ra: so rc 1 I 1- ¢=739f'f-'2.,'$"_? “’!!"\.hlng out ‘ol you'\ s ¢:.u-ogrper. ._'l ihzifs why we trust you, Ly l'.:;'. Dad: forgot the telephone.”

“I a`;::'_. 2': Burg." . '1`.~:'.t rs-_:.2 I`\;°x`-tt I!7:'2e paid the Iluallsn

wzman mbrlef vfslt. `

“ l think that here'a where ue go forward.

The secret servlca will raid the house ro- morrow and than for n few »l:|_\-s wt-'ll roam about as we hally please. l'm hanged lf I don't have every plank torn up mal all the walls pulled "own. More and more l'm con- vinced that the'mbne_v i; in that bunse."

“Don't be too ro:.i`.i'.~:."` »-ar; ~.. Olufs.

"Su runny( limes hr.'<.‘ \'~f 1.;-‘.2 :H1-;'l up wl-en everything :cena-a 1:. 01:1- 1u.‘..1~. 'five honsc should he gn:.rd;.i but nut cater: fc: 1; day or two; at lens: :ci til! nftz. the raid

TO THE. STATION

so Jim. an fini-hiu;: his own letter. blotted it and t~n.~'n:nlly glam-ed ut the bluttcr. A Anglo word <-nngat his cya. BL-lug an alert ||e\vsp:1pex' man, always on the hunt for aturies, he uzzxunlned the blottcr with carl-. It was an \-:xsy matter for him to reall wrlt- lng backward. having fooled away many su hour in tba composing roums. The word whlch 'nad awakened the rm-porturiul st-use ln him was “ c<>\mtcrfcit." I-le held the blot- ter toward the mirror and read enough lu satisfy himself that the Black Ilnndrcll lmfl become al-live nm.-e rnore. And this was nm- of the best idx-ua they had _vet can-';xived.

Hnrgrcnve had always been am. 'thing 1/

a mystery tn his nciglxlxos. \\'h0|’.~ '-r~ ‘1 *- lived in other days \\'n.\: u:xl.u-vwtx; n-rho: had any one the rcmotest idezx from what source 'nfs rlchca had been ulntalxlcil. .\ud nothing uns known of .Innes or thi- dnughtr-r. It was u very sbrcwd methml 0' vlsarlng everyl ana out of the lmuse and Zmvixxg lt h be examincll nt leisure. Anal hc had fallen upon this tluiug; lw. Norton, all lavcuuse 'ala tailor had written him a sharp nate about his hill and ln- had been gn-'\\’ukcd to rcply in kind! Counterfeit money. '1`l»rr<> \va'< quite :\ Hurry thcsu <l:i_vs over curtain ismcs of 5-puriuus paper. It was so good that :July exports could detect it. Tnure wvrt- two plates, one for ten and axmthcr fur tm-1|t_\‘. F.: u while be was pull-fl bct\vuan duty and love. Well, lt would oul_'~' add another- lu- teroatiug chnper to the general story wtncn he published it. He startud out to Illver-_lule to an-quaint .lanes with the disco'.'Pr_v.

“IInmph!" said Jones: “not a had i-lon

this. Su tb:1t's what the sneak was doing hart- lant night. l‘\'e been wondering and wondering. Let's have s lunk."

He went through the book.-1 and at length

came at-russ the three volumes. Tlmsc hcl". n thousand in exccllt-nt counterfeit. '

“Mighty good wnrk that. \\'hnt are you

going to do?" asked the reporter.

Jones rubbed his chin rt-llactivelv. " Huw

long may a conntcrfeitsw he sent un?"

"Anywhere from (cn tn tuvnly y\eur.<," “That will serve. My boy. this time we'|l

go and (ako .\Ir. Illnck llnnrlred right in hfa cubby hole."

"Yon know where lt in?" “Every nook and corner of lt. Now you

go at once to the chief of the local branch of the secret service and put the mattcr ta hlm frankly. I, Flonnce, Susan, and the rest of ua must be arrested. Tha wretches must believe that the house la empty. They'll love about frultlasaly and will return to heir dan to report the success of the coup.

and fnlll him Iota of' lnlcs that nc-ver saw light on the printed page. The reporter went directly to the point uf his story. without elaboration, and fne chief smiled and handed him the original letter.

"Norton, l've been after this gang of

countérfeiters for months and they are clever beyond wards. l‘ve never been ahlc to get any\\'here near tht-ir presses. And for a mu- nu-nt I thought thls note was from a squealer. l've a dozen men scouring the country. They find the bogus notes, but never the mon who pass them. You acc, it`s nlw stuff. I know what all the old timers are at: but num- uf them bn-4 had :\ hand in this issue. Some fwr,-i','r\reri. I take it, under the lca|i<»r.~.bip Q2' :l n‘.:'.:| I`d vory much like In knmv. .\`u\\', \\'hu:`s your sc'ncme'."‘

. .lim o\1'tlinL»<l it briefly. “It all -lepcmls." sni~l the chlvf, “up-Jn

the fact thst they will be iu\p::tivnt. If they have thc ability to walt, we loan. But we can afford to rfék the chance. Thx- man wllo wrote ti-is letter ia not a comm-:'fr-lter. Hair =1'\ wld we-.r.L'nmu. we !;uv»a`¢ beam nuyllniug uf Illm lately. \\`e‘trit-ll lo corn(-r him on n pcrstotlive jab, but ha slippa,-tl Ivy. Ile may bu :x stlfbl. .»\nyhr»w, 1'l| draw biru in scan-ho\\'."

“'l‘ln-re’ll bv sonic oxciteuu-|11." ““'e'rn usml to that; yon, too. All \\-c`\'c

got to du is to lm-are this man Be.§¥:1. 'I`uon» nrv signs of spite in this lettcr. Very well played, if _von want my opinion. \\'bat`s this Black Ilundred?"

“l'm nut at liberty tu tell just yet. lt'a

a strange game: half |»alltlc:\l, hull’ blzu-knmll. If':'» a prolly strung orga||iz:1lio|\. lint if !hey'ra hack of tbla counterfeiting. tln-ru‘a u fum chance of landing tht-an ull." _

Here the chiefs assistant camo ln. “Got

Boggs on the wlre. Says hr-‘ll conlluvt you to the home lf you'll promise him immunity for some other offenses."

“Tell him he shall have immunity an the

word of the c'olef. But also any that he must come to see me ln person."

“All right, sir." ` _ “I dun‘t believe it yvouhl be wlsn for

Ttegga to see me here. I gavo htm n good send-ol!-Slng Slug-five years ago. I-Ie may rc-collect," suld Norton. _

“Suit yourself about tlml. Only. keep

Into communication wlth_-_ me by tslophons and I‘ll tip you _off as to when the raid shall take place. -Lucky you come ln. l"ahonld have 'aoneatly gone there and arrested ln- aoeent people, and thefwould have had a devil ofa tlme explaining. It would have -taken them at least a _week to clear them-

1 `g-s/ w

la cold. l'm hegiunlng to see traps every- where."

“ Nonsense! leave lt to me. We shan't

stick our 'neads inside the I-Iargreave house till we are dead certain that lt ls absolutely empty. Olga, you're a gem. I don’t thlnk Russia will bother us for awhile. Eh? Paroff will not dare tell how he was lllm- tlammed. The least he can do to save hla own sklu is to say that we are fully capa- ble of takingrare of ourselves.”

Olga laughed. “ To fnink of his wrlttng a

uotolike that! Florence would have recog- nized-aud no doubt did-a palpable attempt lu play nn old game twice."

“-Huw does she not toward you?" “Cardiol as ever: and yet . . ."

“ Yet what?"

“I thought her an ordinary school girl,

and yet ekery uuce in awhile sho makes what you billiard players call a prafeaslonal snot. \\`hat matter? So long as they do not abut the iluur in my face. l ask nothing n\oro_ But do you want my oplnlou? I feel it ia my hotles that something will go wrong tunmrru\\'."

“Hood lfml, are you losing your nerve?"

criod Braiue impalicntly. ""1`hc secret asrv- im- Ima the warning: tht-y will find the gn.-en stuff, and .lanes & Co. will mug off tb the police station. And thcre`ll be a \\‘el:-k of rm] tape before tney are turned loose ngam. 'I`llL‘y"ll dig into Hargreaves finances and all that. \\'e'll have all the security in the world to find out if the money la ln the house or not. \\’by worry?"

" 11's only the way l feel.l There is some-

thing uncanny in the regularity of that glrl'a gum] luck." _

"Ah, but we're not after har this tlme;

it's the whole family."

“The servants, ton?" "Everybody 'ln tho house will be under

suspicion." V ,

" -501| S011 can trust Boggs?" “I-Ils life ls in the hollow of my baud.

You can always trust s man w’nt~u yo\\ hold the rope thnt'a around his neck."

Slill the frown did not leave 0lg:\'a brow.

Witlvnll her soul she longed to be o\|t_of tbls whsle. lt had all looked soeasy at the Muff: yet here they were, weeks later, ao furfper furward than at the hsglnnlng, and added to thla they had pakl much ln llves and 'l\10I1¢y- Well, If she would he fool enough to lova this man ahsmult ablda with the con- sequoaces. She wantll 'blur all by harsalf, aa: of danger, In a Hr `c0\Iotry. lla mlght tlre, but she knew laher heart that she never

U., , <. _.......-., _._.,__,4,,,,_.. "ll.!~., Olga. wbyths dean you

and fall in love wlth a hu\dl¢,af,_'a`_f§aa myself? Ashes and hl¢tar.sshaa,___p§s_, llmas l regret. But. thc' 'QQ seems to make me all aava¢s._;_*h‘st opium and dope are to other’ and excitement are to me. It U'll0¢.-'],‘l#j° lea :an I nan .lie In sed. I \»s.v'q‘ss‘||lf`ys that already. There ls no otllir Hogsh- now. And I do'love you after a' fasilfup, na a uma loves a comrade. Walt' till .thk dgn- cmg bout is aver and I may talk othsrwhs. And now I am going to a reception.. I .sl going to shake hands and hohnob with tha Gite-beautiful word! And wh|le`l how all smirk and emu wnaeaat, I -aunts ann wan he crackling in our nan". nm 'una l`Il tell yon. while there's s drop of ‘blood ln my veins. a brent'n in my body, I'll stick to' this flzht if only to prove that l'm not s \.[ . ‘I-1,."

lk- caught her suddenly ln hla arms, kissed

her, ran liglztly to the door, and was gone before ah-1 <~-wuld recover from her aatnhlah- ment.

Th: -half went smoothly, without a bltch.

Norton and hla men galued the house throulh the tunnel wlthout attracting the least sl- tcntlon. The Black Hundred, watching the front and rear of the 't.nns», nsver dreamed that there exlsted another mode of entrance or that there was a secret csblnet room.

Half an hour later the head of the ascrst

service, accompanied by his msn. Wlsther with "Sp'de‘r" Beggs, who was in feather over hls success, arr!v91!, dnmsndbd admittance, and went at the fonnt of .tha business at once.

“Your name is Jones," 'bash the ehhf. The butler nodded, thangh hlaface evinced

no little bewilderment at the appearance at these men.

“\\’nat is lt you wish, slr?" “I am from tba secret service sad-I have

lt from a pretty good source that than ls counterfeit money hlddea in this house. More than that, I can put my hand on the vary place lt ls hidden.” '

“That ia Impossible, alr." de(-land Janes

indignantly.

“l'm an old hand, Mr. Jonas. It will not

do you a bit of good to put on thot bold front."

Begg; smiled. How was he to know that

this was s comedy set especially for "his beneht.

“I should like to see that mossy," sail

Jones, not quite so bravely.

“Cams with me," said the searat sasvloa

man. “Whsre'a the llhrary?" , ,_

“ Beyond that door, slr." ` The chief, beckoning to hla man. aatssall

the llbrary, went directly to a certain shalt. extracted three volumes, and there lsy the money in three neat packaaea.

“ Good hsavens! " gasped Jones. “I shall have to request you and the tam-

ily to accompany me to the station."

“Bat it ls all utterly lmpoaslhle, slr! I know nothing of that money, nor' how it got there. lt's a plot. I declare on my oath. slr. that I am innocent, that Mlas Florence. and her companion know nothing about it."

“ You will have to tell all that tu the fd-

cral judge. air. My duty la to lake you all to the station. It would be just as well not to say anything more, slr."

“Very well; but in uns shall smart for

this outrage."

“ That remalh D hs anns,*\\| the tarll

comment of the vault an¢a nas.

He led his plbnass aaqihnuly. Norton and tb lm han b walt far lata

al. mom. 'ras sms fan-It->a ala .az nt- teud 'to make any ik this time by s hasty move. At Qnnrmr after 10 they ds- scsnded. Bralne was not with them. This was due to the urgent request of Olga, who ntlll had her doubts. The mon rlotsd shout the bunse. searclllng nnoka and corners, al- amining floors and walls, opening books, pull- ing out drawers, but they found Mthlsi. I`l\e_v talked freely. howfver, and the dlctnf graph registered every word. '.I\e prlntinl plant, which had so long daled dlscovcry, was in the cellar of the house ocenplad by aa- am-k Hundred. Numa ma las mas determined to follow and raid tha bullllllj And me repomr promised hlnsal a ,lil front page alory without ln any ‘wsy alm- filetlng with hla px-omlsaa to Jones.

Ev:-nts came to pass aa they espoiad. Tho

tralllng was not the easiest thlng. Norton km-w about where the building was. but hs could not gn to It directly. Ha was quits maadem nm in eau-ance was identical with that w’n|eh had the trap door xhrongh whldh be had been hung that mersorabledsy wlial ho had been shanghsled.

When they reached the bnildlng ha warns!

the men to hun the wall tn the atllrl. Th! fran vvvned. but no nas was hurt. ‘This nmmnered up the stairs lllts a lol of MIN Mya: broke the door .ln-to had (Isa Awyblli executive ehnmhu- dark and empty all al aerlrl smoke la their nostrils. This N151! new molar an my amaama ,spec no as dark. By lack Norton' .follld tha aff! aol mulled to the man to follow. 'Hd #W Bm- se an up of an m|qw»y.sa|5'_t-suis out to htm to surrender. __ 'Ha held up hi hands and the stairs `col1apq||`_ llgal hum ont and Norton and his g|pgga|i\\‘“_l 'I flelnerau-. buns wha a|a`a'¢'_sa1| mln tba street. l *lv 4 "__ ff "W

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