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“Tho Million Dollar ltystsry" story

uill rim for tioontp-two oonuoulivo twain in this papsr. By 1 s arronycment with the Thanhouser Film company it has been made possible not o:.‘.y to feud the story in this paper but sim to no it each week in the various moving picture theuiers. For the solution of this mystery storp $10,000 will oe yiven by the Tharihouarr Film corporation.

CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE CONTEST.

The prits of $10,000 will be won by the

mon, woman, or ~` iid who writes the most ~--.f~/liable solution of the mystery, from 4' -mal. thu last two reels of motion pioluro .'.l~.-..a will be, mud! and the last Iwo |.»u..;,t¢-rs of the story written by Harold llss`\'lr\‘ll.

tiskusps' may be sent to tha Thon-

snnr 'WI ration at 5 South Wa- hssk oeeowe, Campo, Ill., or Thanhouser Film corporslion, 'll 'West Twenty-third street, Now York Pity, N. l., any time up to midnight, Jon. 14, A915. This allows ei.-I-eral weeks alter tho lsst chapter has ilwvl publishcd.

A bauvu of three yudpes will determine

uhich of tha many solutions received is tho must ufreptuble. ’I'lls fudge! urs to he llnrold .llur!1'roth, Lloyd lloncraun, and i./iss .Uno Tince. The judgment o/ this

i s\o,ooo Fon our HUNDRED wonns

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lmard will be absolute and ylnol. Nothing cl a literary nulure will oe t'o»|sideré|l in the decision, nor yircu any pro/'erence in the s+`luc1iou ol' the tclrxrzer' of the $10,000 pn':e. The lust tufo rcri.-1, which will give the mort ocueplul/le solution to the mys- tery, u‘¢'|'l hu pres.-nlcil in tho theaters l.ul'iuy this /future os soon as it ls pw- sible lo prodm'¢ the same. The story Corro- spomliliy to them: motion pictures will up- pcor in the nuuwpuprrs cuinciderllillly, or us .won ujlrv' Ihr of.-peururum' ol the pic- luri.; ax proi-/it-obllx \I'i1h tht lust two lu-I; :fill br shown lhv pictures uf lhc1L'i||- ncr, his or ht-r houn, and other init;-roslinj yratrlrcs. It is uridr.-z.\-loud that thc IH'|/JS- papvra, so /or no 1n"u¢~tii-able, in printing the lust tlco vhuplvrx of :hc .story hy Hur- uld .l]nr‘(lroth_ lril 'also .9/|nw_a pil-turo of v the s||<'r.'c-so/:II ¢~on1r.vlunl.

Solution. tn the myst1‘r|/ must no! be more than 100 rrords lorry. Ilrrc arc .sumo - questiorm 10 be' lcrpl in mind in (’onmr'lir/rl uith ‘ht- my/.vt<'r'1, no au uid to u .vulillilm-'

No.1-fII'l:o1 l»c¢‘n.»1|¢.~r ol (hc n||‘llim1m`rr'7 No.9-~II'hot bt-vomvs of fha -\'°l.')0'J.f)’lUf

No.3-Il‘hom docs Flarcucc marry!

Noni-Wlsol becomes of tho ltussian

counters?

.\`ol»n¢Iy 1-nmlcotrd riilu-r dircvlly or in-

directly with “Thru ,llillio/| llullur .ll|/x- tory" u:|`ll lm cuuxidrreil as a i'ur|tcs.'<1/it. l

- SYNUPSIS UF PIKEYIUUS CH~\|"i‘l‘]llS.

Stnnlvy llnrgrssve. millionaire, sftsr

rl miraculous sscups from tke den of tho gnu; ut brilllsnt thleves known ss the lllsuk lluudred. lives ti¢ life 0| I no-:use lor eighteen years. llsrgresve not-idrntslly meets Brslle, lender st tha Blnuk Hundred. Knowing Brsine will try to get him, he ess.-spes from his ovrn home by A hulloon. Before escaping he writes n letter to the girls' school “hero eighteen yesrs before he mys- teriously left os the doorstep his baby daughter, Florence Grs!~ Thst dsy Hnr|;r2s\‘e slso drnws ll,000,000 from the hunk. but it is reported thst this dropped into thc- ssl when the hslloon hr 1-sm-spell In vrus punctured.

Florence arrives from the Kirin’

st-huol. Countess Olxs. Brslne’s com- punion, visits her sud vlssims her ss ll rslnflve. The Blsck llnndred then seo s mt-sns of mskinz Florence s turns-t for their nttncks- They sre after the $1,000,000. and Ursine, their lender, sets trsns fur Florence. The Blsok Hun- dred, alter u numbrr ol sttemptl, full, due tu the wisslurn os’ Jones, the Hur- grenve bu\l¢r. slrl Ntsrtun, A newspaper' lnnn.

Cunt-ruled ut the rs-ndexnvnun of the

Blsvk Hulidrrsl, u muu it-nrlm of the ru- t-overy of tho box from the sz-u by xt ssiior sud of its subsequent return to the bottom of the sen, null he quiokly communicates the fnrl tu Jones. A du- pllonte box ls planted und Inter secured by the band. but before its contents src exsmlned the box mysteriously dlssp- pears.

Finding himself checltmnted at every

turn, llrutut- endeavors to enmt-sh the llnrgri.-uve houst-hold in the Invv in order to gain free arcs-ss to the house. The tin.\¢_-ly ditscovery of the plot hy Norton ss-ts the police ut the heels of the puck and results in u raid nn the ¢nnK's rt-nilosvotls, which, however, proves to be bnrron of renults.

The Black linnilrrd ln-gin to fl-nr Nur-

ton und plnn to dlnpone of him. .-isrnin the unnutlt-cd butler shows his lmnd by rest-ning* Norton and ds-h~ntln|g Brnlne.

Florence sen-urns u mysterious pnper

which is of vitnl importnnt~t~ to her f'st,her’s safety. llrulne loses hope of securing the $1,000,000 and turns to re- venue.

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lCopyrl|8:x 'lflic By Harold hlscGruth.l CII.\I"l`IiIl XXI.

A PACKET OF PAPERS.

IM suld nothing sl. tirst ubout his ad-

venture to Jones, whom he un-L half un hour lutvr.

“Was it nuc~‘ssnr_\` to kcrp (Lui lu-

visible letter?" hi- usked.

" .\'u," said .lout-s.

“Would it huvo given our ntluirs n serious

turu if it had fullon into alien hunds'."`

°'l.)cuidedIy." unswi-rod Jones. " It \voul~l

nn-un lllght for the Bluck Hundred or u long time under cover, il our friend Brains learned that Russia was now taking an uctlvv inter- est in the doings of the Black Hundred. And eventually all our work would have to be done over ugulu.” --An: " “You look a hit mussed up. .\u3'tl\ll1§

hnppt-ucd'!" usked the keen eyed hutlvr.

"Nothing much. I :nude a ciguri-ite out

of thc- lvtter und smoked it."

.lout-5 c-hut-klcd. “I see that F011 l\f\\`9

had un udventure of somc sort; but it can _wult."

“It can."

“Bi-cause I want you to pack oh’ to Wash-

lngton."

" \Vushlug!on? " “Yen 'I want _vou to interview those om-

clsls who ure most tumillur with the extru- ditluu laws."

“A new kink?"

“What I wish to learn is this: Can s

man, formerly undesirable. take out natural- lzutlun pspcrs und hold tu the protection ot the United States goveruumnt? Tlmt is to say. a poisonet, mensced by Siberia, becomes an American citizen. He is abducted und carried bsi-k to Russis. Could he look to this government for protechlou? That is T.l.ut I want you to Bud out."

“That will he essy. When shlll I start?" “As soon ss you Eau puck your grip." "Thurs slwsys packed," replied the re-

porter. “You see, I`m eleruslly shuntrd hither and yon, st n moment's notice, so I slwuys have sn extra grip pscked iur quick travel."

“The Russian agent wants Bruine, Vroon,

und the countess; sud tonight l'|n going to try to point them out to him. It would sut- isfy me more than anything I know to elim- lnste this precious trio in Russian fashion. lt's thorough: and once sccompllahed, good- dny to the Black Hundred In America. The orgsnllstion in liussls has still some political slgniicsnce, hut on this side oi the water it is merely an aggregation of merciless thugs."

“I'll tske the ilrst trsln out. lint you

.Will tell Florence?" '

“Buroly." “And tske csre oi your owl lslk. YOU

_were wstched st the hotel."

“I know it; but the watcher could learn

nothing. Henri Bervsn ss s name will sug- lelt nothing tn the fool who followed me. Besides, we both knew tl-at he wu tryin¢

. .._¢o ptek through the keyhole. Thst hotel, yon

know. still retains the old fashioned loy- holes.” ._“Ts usp its ssids is pod humor, I sup-

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pow." l;\\|ghi-d Jim. “\\'cII, I must be on my wny to multi- that il_\'i-r."

'fha Iwo slmuk lmuds and .lim hurrlvrl off.

'l`l.<- butler \\'nt\~I|<~<l him till lu- disuppc-uri-d \lo\\'n ilu- suh\\'u_\'.

“Ili-'s at nouil lcd," ho luurlnurcil, “und

For u lou: time thu lentlu-r box norm-s

which wus inscribed “Stanley Ilurgn-uve"

BY |-'-|ARo|.|:> Macau*-aAT|r|

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box tickvts for the opera had nrrived. he was inforulod tlmt ilu-y Imd. Instantly the spy, who had durcd to Iluitvr about tho huii-I, o\'erhcu1‘lng this cun\'i~\‘sutiou, deteruxiui-il to notify Bruinc ut once. And at thc sumo tim.~.,I\`o1-ton. in disguise, det(-1-unini-d not to lim- sigln. of this mul whom he hud st-t himss-I[ to \\'ut<-h.

The spy lofi hy one ontrnuce and Jim by

1\i\<»tl|0r. Jim had li-arm-tl what lu- dc.~irvLl: ihnt tho Iiussiun ugrut \\'uul<I ln- followml in thu up.-ru und that it was going to ho dilll- cult to hand the documents to him. The

.mlunn Am>uu.»ccoMr1.rcr. PLAN mn c/umm-_ or mmm .naw/nr

lay in pence undisturbed. A busy spider l.nd woven u` trap ai-ross ilu- lmndlo to tho quaint lock. Tho hox wus still budly stnincd from its immt-rsinn in the suit wntvr. At u cor- tuin time it wns quietly withdrawn from its hiding pluce. It wus stealthily opened. A hsnd rt-schrd in und when it withdrew s packet ot papers wss also wltlldrnwn. The box was again locked and low;-rv.-<1: and pres- ently the spider returned to find that his cunning trap hnd been tutnlly rlt-strayed. With the intlnlle patience ot his 'kind he began the weaving oi nnotlmr trap. Perhaps this would

` be more successful thsn its predecessor.

Inter Henri Sorvsn received a telephone

X rsll. Ile was Informed that his purpose In

Ame-rica would be realized by his presence st such and such n box that night st the opera. Further information could not he

s- given over the telephone. Sorvsn seemed well

sstlslled. He dressed carefully thnt evening, culled spills olcs clerk sud inquired ll his

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spy 1-ntorvd n drug store and tv-It-phoned. Jim \\-:ilu-d outside. When the man value out lm slrollvd up tho street and vnu-rr-d the neur- est suluon. Jlu\'s work was done.

It wus Bruin:-‘s ll:-utunnnt, however, who

tnolt the news io Ilrzxim-.

“We have succ-coded." “ Good! " snid Bruins. " llc will go tu thc opvm. lin will have

n hot. Ilouhtloss tht-y hnvc arranged to dc- llvvr the pnpi-rs tlu-rc." _

“ And the next thin: is 'to gr-t ilu' num-

' her of his box." This iirnlne had no dlliiculty in doing. “Sn tlu\t's nll tlxed. Ili- calls himself Scrvun und registers from Paris. I`|I show the fool thst he has no Muujlk to dcnl with this time."

“ And what are those documents?" asked

Olga.

"Ah, that’s what we are so' nnxlous tn

ln ¢ut. Some papers sro going to be 1-x~ changed between this Russian sw sud Jann

or his ng(-nts. Thnt thcse [mpcrs court-rn mx \'ituIl_\' I uni rcrtuln. 'I'l::\t is \\*l|_\' I um ;:olu§.: lu get thi-m if there I-us to Ile xx murdvr ut the opera tonight. Norton has been to Wash- ington. Ile \vz1s soon coming out of ilu- Rus- siun cn|b:|ss_\', from tim sol-ruturics of state mul wur and u dilzt-n ollu-r ofhvcs. I'\-0 gut to lind out just what ull this nu-uns."

“ It lm-uns that thc time Ixus como for us

to ily," suld (Nga. "\Ve Imw fuilvd. I Im\'\~ wnrucd _\ou. \\'\- have still pl|'u\_\' of mum-y It-ft. lt is time we' fold(-d our tents and Stoll- u\\'u_\' 1|\1lL-ily. I toll you I feel it in my hom-s that there is u pit before us soxuewhvro; mul if you force Issues we shall all full into it."

‘°'I`he whitv l`vz\\lu~r, my door?" “'l`ln-ru is :iltugcllxcr some \lil'fv1'(-noe ho-

t\\'\-vu the \\'hiLo l`i-utlxrr und common i>L'u.~‘e caution."

“I shall ui-\':-r give up. You urc fri-v to

puck up und go if you wish. .\s for mc-, I`m going io li;-.ht this out ln thu bitter cud."

".\ud luke my word for lt, the cud will

bi- hitter."

“ \\'clI'.' "

"0, 1 slmll stay. You know that my

future is hound up in yours. In lim old duys my uilvlcv gout-rully uppculud to you ns sound 2 nnd wht-n you t`o||o\\'i.-d it you \\'v\'c s\\i:i'vss- ful. From tho first I udvisvd you not to pursue IIu|'g|-i-arc. Sou wLnt has hupponudl "

"1'ln0\l1Il\ of this 1-Imttcr. I’vo gui to die

some time: it will he with my fum- tuwnrd this man I Imti- with ull my soul. You trust to mc; l'Il pull out of this ull ri;',Ixt. You just lix yuurst-If up :~1tuuuingl;.' for ilu- i.p-,~|'n tonight und leuve tlu: ri-st to mc."

Olgu shru~.:;:cd. Sho was s.omi-thing ot 1;

futulist. This man of hors had smldculy gone mud; and one did not reason with mud people.

“\\'l.nt shall I \v=-nr'."’ she uslu-il <':\lm'y. “ I'}tui-rnlds: tIu-_v`x'<- your good lm-I; ratuuus.

You will go to thi- lmx |u~1`<u'c I tio. I've gut to spend smut- time ut thu curb to be aura- that thls Sr-rvnn <-hrxp arrives. And it is quite pfssihlc that our friend Jones will como Iulvr. If not .lout-fi. then Norton. I wus n lou] not to ulumt him when I hud the ohruu-c. Wi- could Im\'u 1-on-rt-Ll it up with- out ihc It-nat dlfili-ult_\-_ Ilut I novdi-d tin- in- formation about that part-r. \\`ith Norton

going to Wushlngluu und .lones voufc-ring with this Svrvltn, I’\'u pro! to striki- quick. It com°erus us, that I`m_<-ortuiu. Perk up: wie‘\-n lots ol cards In our sleeves yet. Be lt the opera ut 8:30. Pay uusttenlion to day nun; wuit for mo. Rt-member, I shun‘t wrltr notes or st-nd nny {1huno`mos'ssgcs. Be wnrry nt any trnp like thot to get you ont- side. Now. I`m oil." '

.Innes approached Florence immediately

.after dinner.

“I have important business in the city to~

night. Under no vlrcunlstancts li-ave the house. I shall probably be lollowod. And our 1-uemi-s will have need of you tnr uiure tonight than ut any previous time. I s\.slI not send you phone or written mussgo. You lmve your revolver. Shoot any strange msn who enters. We'll mike inquiries sfte§'.

\\l/l`IO\.i`lL I'IAND~ AILL TI'IIL\\`1f.?/

"We are near the end?" whispered Flor-

€l1|.(’.

"Very near the end."

" And I shull uve my futher?"

.Tones bent his he-ntl. “ If we succf-ed." “'I‘Iu-re is iluugl-r'."’ thinking of hi-r luv-‘>. “ 'l`Iu-rc is ulwuys Ilnnfrvr \\'lwu I lemc this

house. So he good," thi- butler uddt-Ll with u smlli-.

" And Jim? " “llc has proved that he can take- cure of

himself."

" TL-II him to be vcry c:1'rcl'uI." - "I'll do so, hut it will not be uc:-ossnr_\‘;"

und with this .Ionvs set forth upon what he considered the culmlnuting udvuulure.

The usuul brllliunt <-ru\\'d hi-gain to pour

lnto the opera. llrniuc tool; his suuul hy tho cutrunt-e. III- waited n long limo, but his putivmce was ri-\\'nrdi~d. A Iilummlm- drou- up und out of thc door vauuu his mnn, who looked about with vusunl int:-ri-.-t. IL- ills- missod the limousine. which \\'lu-I-led slowly round the coin(-r \\’hcrie il t-oulll Im 1-uu\'<-ull-nb ly pnrkcd. 'l`hcn Stervun I-uti-rid thc opcru.

Bruins- hurried round to thi- linmimino, Th.;

lights, snvu those di-mumlvsl hy tr|\fli4- rt-gu. lutiom.. wore nut. 'I`lu- 1-huuiluur \\'ns hud- dled in his sent. '

".\l_v man." sulil Il|'nlL».-,"‘\v¢>\:ld _mu like

to muku some nrt-m'_\'?" `

“I-low much?" li.siIcssl_\'. Thu wi.-Q \-,-Us

mufllcd.

"‘ 'l`wcnty."

“ Good night, slr."

“ Fifty."

" Good night mid good morning; I "

“ A hundred! " t “Now you'vc got mu ixlti-lx-nts-tl. \\'hut

kind of u juy ride do you wont?"

“ No joy ride. Lislf,-n." Ilriofly tlu- <--.luspirutur outlim-d his nvcds.

und llnully the ohnu\’l`I~\u~ norldi-il. Five t~.'.'uu- ties wore pr(-ssml into ms hand and lu- 1-\u‘l<-d up in his svut nguin.

Si-r\'|\n cult-ren] il’ hnx. Iu thi- lmx ni-xt

to his slit il liuudsmuviy ;;\»\\'ui-4| young \\'nm:\n. Ile threw hi-r nn idle glnut-c, which \\-nu rf.. D815 ill kind. Lat:-r, Braine calm: in uud sut tluwtl hrsidc Olgn.

“Everything looks like p'Inln sailing," he

whlspt-red.

Olsa shr\urx:<-d slightly. » During thn lntf-rlnissiim [,¢»¢wp¢.n me gmt

und sz-cond nf-ts. S1-rvan took tho ri-nr 1-lufir of his box, ns-nr the curininn. Bruitw. wuii‘I\iu;¢ with th" ¢.\'<-s of n lynx. sudovnly- ohm-r\~»_-il

the curtains stirring. A hnnd was lhmgg through. ` in thnt lmnd Wns n packet ut pn. PGN- Will-' seeming indillt-rr-ncr Scrvsn reached buck und took the papers, stowlng them away in A pocket.

Bruins rose at the beginning ot the gt-cond

l('i*. .

“ Wh-'M Ire you mins?" asked 01;. ,,.,,,.

ously.

" To see Otto." " A lmld lliwlllt was made to rob Bervnn

while in the box. but :hr timely srrivkl of Jim frustrated this plun. So Brslne wn: f0l'C¢U 'U T01! on the chsuifeur of the lim.. ouslne. T As Fsrrsr’s last thrilling nog; dig] ",,,_, Bruins and 0l¢s'|-gg.

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“ Bewurefiil. And come to the apartments

just us soon us you L-nu." ' '

“I‘II be careful," Braiue declurcd esslly.

“You cun_\\‘ut\'h the play if you wish."

Whi-n Sc-rrnn entered the limuusinehe .wus

qulvtly hut furcihly seized by ,two men lwhu luul In-on lying in wuit for him, due to ths nppnri-ut lroau-lu-1-y of the I-lmutleur. Servun fou|:ht vz\Iinutl_\', for nll that he knew what tho vud ol' this i-xpluit was going to be. One ol' tho uwn u\\<-im-dvd in getting the docu- nu-uts from Sor\'nn's pocket.

“ Dom-, my boy!" cried the victor. “ Give

him n crack on the coco und vve‘ll best it.".

“Just n minute, gc-ntIemen!"`said A voice

from the sunt at the sidu of ths_i:hsJ.\Heur. “I'll nike those papers!" And the owner uf thi- voir-u, bm-keil hy n <~r>IiI,sI1\Istej'lookIng nxztmnauiv, ri-ni-hcd in und coullscutctl tho spoils of war. “And I shuuldn't make any, uttompt to slip out by the sidc door."

" 'l'huuks, my friend," suld Servun. shaking

hhusulf [ree from his cupturs. 1 _-

°‘D.>n`t mention it," said Norton uliuinbly.

“ Wi- thought; smn\~ihin;: like this would hnp- pl-n. Keep perfectly quiet, you chaps. Drive ou, 1-huulfuurz drive oul"

“ Yrs, my lord! To what psrtllrular police

Btuilon shall I lu-nd this 0mllll)ll¢'l"

“ The nearest, Jones; the very nearest you

nun think of! Sonic day, when Tm rltlll, I'll hire you for my chsulfeur. But for the pres- cnt I shall expr-ct at least n" box of Psttegll uuthf thu! hundred.” `

Jonas vhucklcd. “I'II buy you I bo! Oi!!

nf my own pocket. That hundred goes to charity." ` _ _ -

“ Iiero we ure! Out with you," ssid Jim

to his prisoners. Ile shoulderedthem into the police station. to the cuptsln's desk.

“ Whut’s this?" demanded the ctipisln. -~no1aup men," sum Jim. “Entered this

mnn's car and tried to rob him."

“ Ilh-huh! An` whu‘rc you? ”

.lim showed his budge and card. “0ho! Iley. ilu-re; I mu* you!" ssid

the cuptnin, It-vellug u finger ut Otto. “ Lift up that hat; llft lt up. Sure. it's_Foun!sin Pen Otto! Well, well; nn' v/efve béuu ldokin’ lor you for ten months on the lust |0110! case. Mr. Norton. my thanks. Tsks 'em hs- low, snrgv.-ant. 1'oulll_he .Lcrs tu 'make the complaint in th’ moruln’, six-,'I he Added to Sorvan. _ ' - 1 ---f_ ~- "

“If it is necessary." - ' "It may be against 0tto’s pil. I l0ll'\

know hlm."

“ Very wsll." And'Jnnes and No;-tou'snd'Serils 000905

out of the station- f < - \‘ »

At last .loner and the rsportsr entered s

chesp lunchrdmn slid ordered 1:0500 lilil Will-

1' You're s wonderful msn. 3osél.§.¢'°l\ if

you ara su Engllshmsn,” skid Jill ll ll' called for the check. I -_. ' N e

" English? Wliat mskeh you think I srl

English?" asked Jones wlths curious Ill!- ter In his eyes. ~ ~ ‘

" I'll t'eIl you on the nllit, W0 Dlll fl-* P0"

ers under Brains shd comps!!!-'f .Jones mredloss uid lnteiytly at his :'<>\"=I pumr. ,Whse au ke; rolls Inav# »

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