El Paso Morning Times (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 35TH YEAR, Ed. 1, Sunday, February 14, 1915 Page: 13 of 36
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lasttln thelwenty Million Dollar Mystery
TtW remarkable adventures ttfiks chant-
ing Zvdora vUl be portrayed by Harold
MocG rath m Die succeeding chapters. TUi
photo sertal U being shown in the leading
moving picture theaters by Iks Thonhouitr
Film Corporation. Among those partici-
pating art Marguerite Show Mary
Elisabeth Forbes Janet Cruu in the
new rol of reporter hero. Sidney Bracty
and Frank Farringlon.
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SYNOPSIS.
T.a6tn. MtM in SO.Wl.rtOO U el a cad ta ÜM
gnirdlanealn f 'bar and. Bum All a mystic.
narm All la datermlne4 to aseare tka girl's
furinaa for alaseeir and tu aba basaaaa a age
te mis.es every Bort la bring a hoot aar Matt
ludort ti Id lora with a yoang lawyer. Joan
Storm sad she mil permission of bar lalaarTy
ancle to marry aim. Balaam All promlaea to
grant hrr with srorlaea' aba Basil aolrt twraty
af hit rssss. ladara solté atoa af tha esses
wbca ber uacla dies lad she la rsletaal of har
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At loa death at har ancle ladara haa aaotbar
aolior for bar hand Jim Balrd a nan who haa
bam playing aa doatia to Haaaam All test stmt
through tacara tora at ha gUI glraa op té
(alaa lite gad goes back to hla work aa a news-
tapar reporter.
Mo longer obttrad to aalra Haaaam All 'a caaaa
Sfldon now confronts tka greatest mystery of all.
which la tka sayatarr at bar own Uta and tka
sabltkoa to aaeari tha aaat fortuna at SO.ooo.ooe
Iff t bar. On looking through haa saete's pipara -be
alao nada that har fatter Wft kar aa latereet
In a dlamnnd mine a ad Storm and Balrd both
land taaUUsaa la trying to regain far bar poa-
'too of thla aatata which la being appropilatad
by rogue.
Oopyrtj-ht: lenv By Harold kuveOratfc.
CHAPTER XII.
BAQ OF DIAMONDS).
ROUBLES new come singly. It t say
ing mi old It the bills. One morning
cam the bolt from the blue. The gold
mint with its millions was no more.
A terrific landslide had wiped it out of exist-
ence ; at the least bórica it under thousands of
feet of rock and rubble. On top of this figu-
ratively the tiutteet had absconded with the
reserve and Zvdora wa at the beginning of
things again There ras then nothing but
thla diamond mine of which she knew nothing
except that it existed and that gome one else
wn profiting by its output.
Detect! re Hunt had agenciea throughout the
world on the lookout for a mine registered un-
der the name of Trainer but as yet nothing
had t urn td up. Hunt wag in bit offlca one day.
busy with clippings about diamond newt when .
a name struck his eye. " A rich strike tt tbt
Zudora in South Africa Owners are highly
enthusiastic Hunt snatched np his hst and
harried off to John Storm's office. Here arte
something tangible.
"That's Traitor's mine 111 wager my
hat" sard the detective Jubilantly. " Ever see
turn luck? If I hadn't been Idling looking
over the newt of the day on diamonds. Just
to see'whtt might be tried in the smuggling
line we might have gone on until the and of
time before wo'd have landed within a thou-
sand miles of the place. Tour sweetheart will
He rich one of these days. Storm. Did you
know that every penny of the Western gold
mino has gone to the Orient with absconding
trustees?"
"What tre you talking about?" demanded
John.
" Why the Zudora gold mine rated among
'the richest In the world kept bidden from
Zudora by har uncle for years."
Sturm was dnmfounded. "And she never
told me the slightest word about it ! "
"For fear old Hstsam Alt would stick a
knife into your back my boy."
" I understand now t That devil Wat giving
Zudora these cases to lora bar to her death.
Good licit vens ! And that girl kept bar secret I
But who controls this db-'iond mint? It it
illegally dona. How are we to get at it ? "
Cable the superintendent that yon art the
attorney for the rightful owner of the mine
and demand a fall Inventory of the property
end its output."
" A bully idea 1 And now I'll take thla
whopping good newt to tbt girl herself. She's
all the time talking about tha evil star but
this looks aa If it were oa the wane. Lack I I
should rather ssy it was look!"'
Zudora was overjoyed when the learned that
the mine itself had been dls-overed. Gently
Storm chided her in retard to the gold.
" I did not tell you because I did not want
you involved John. And mo-- than that I
was afraid I might lose yon."
"Lota me?"
"Tea. I was afraid that to natch money
would frighten you sway."
Storm laughed. "The only way yen can
frighten me It to tell me that you don't tore
e " " Well then 1 shall never be able to fright-
en yon" she smiled beck at him.
" And now" said Storm " I'm off to tend
that cable before these crooks can get the
benefit of the And. O We'll come out oat top.
Ton wait"
i "I'm going to John. I'm going to wait
until there are no more clouds anywhere. Then
I'll marry you.'
"That's a bargain?"
A real bargain. Good-by and mty year
cable bring good luck to us all."
' There appeared a story in one of the Bonder
newspapers about the Zudora find. The mine
had been Daring but net largely. The descrip
tion of the mine wes well done. One saw the
Kaffirs in breeebcloths digging in the bluish
clay the white men on guard to make sure
that ooae of tb natives bid a atone Suddenly
one blaring hot afternoon one of the Kaffirs
cava running over to the nearest watcher. He
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minea! This conversation was going to be In-
teresting. Bruce had put oat over. Evident-
ly Howard's boat had beat i day from the
trip. -at he had been scheduled to arrive the
following morning.
"You have the gem?" asked Bruce.
" I have"
M You pulled them through the customs? "
" t did. But that does not mean that I I n-
tsnded to keep their arrival a secret from the
it. S government."
"O" wat tha noaeommttttl utterance of
Brace. a
"Now Mr. Broce" went on Howard "there
it another claimant to thla mine."
"And with not a foot to stand on" said
Brace triumphantly.
" Well that remalm to be seen."
"What do you mean?"
"Why that this muddle has got to be
thrashed out. I'm honest Mr. Bruce."
Detective Hunt grinned from behind hla
abutter.
" Nobody accused yon of not being honest"
eald Bruce indignantly. " Wall go right now
and get the facts at our side know thru tnd
you'll realize that it will take a long siege in
court to pry tbit mine out of our hands. Comt
along. Art the gent In that valise?"
"In a false bottom."
"Ah!"
Detective Hunt did net like the sound of
that ejaculation. He wtt mighty glad that ha
fiad detailed Balrd to keep aa eye on the ga-
rage. Bruce meant to piny some trick on
exhibited a stone of several carats a real find.
The watcher plated It In a beg suspended from
his meek tnd gava tbt signal to quit work for
the day. The Kaffirs dropped their tools and
filed away under escort of the watchers. There
followed a little sketch of how a crooked Kaf-
fir wtt caught with a gem hidden in his ear.
The African wat promptly arretted and
marched off to Jail.
Henry Howard the superintendent wat
seated at hit desk when the bead watcher came
In with the find. It weighed three carats and
was of the purest white. A atone of this qual-
ity meant mere. Howard immediately cabled;
tha supposed owners. The next day the strike
traveled up and down the region.
Bruce the smuggler himself received the
cable and he hastened away to acquaint Mate.
Da Val with what had happened. Mute. Bad-
cllffe and several othtrt were in the Grecian
talon when he arrived through the secret pas-
sage. He was greeted effusively. Use. Du
Val looked extremely beautiful to him at that
moment There were timet when ha wished
hit friend Radcllffe In the nether regions. The
woman puxaled hint. She wat rich. Her home
Wtt one of the most beautif u I in or a bou t New
York yet ehe played a crooked game. She
waa evidently one of those women who played
the game for the sport of it for the blind haz-
ards the excitement. The morals of her en-
gagements never bothered her. He had
watched Radcllffe for some time and gathered
no little satisfaction from the fact that Mme.
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Da Vai simply tolerated him besante he waa
a redoubtable schemer brave and shrewd.
" Well what's to be done? inquired Bad-
cUSe.
" Bend for Howard to bring the diamonds
here. We will bare to tee that man person-
ally. That story la tbt newspapers is the devil
to pay. The girt it sure to see ; if not the.
Storm. If a going to be s big game now in-
stead of e tittle one" Bruce declared.
" AH the more excitement In palling the wool
over the eyee of the law. This mat Howard
may be ta honest man" eald madam.
" la that ease good tight to Ife. Howard
tnd we'll pat t mtn In bit pitee wro will not
bother at with ejaeetioot so long at be gets
hit rtkeoff" eald Radcllffe.
When Henry Howard received the cable di-
recting blm to bring the month' find to New
York he frowned. There was another cable at
hand and this- one sstnnisLed bim greatly
upon its arrival. For years he bed been send-
ing tbe small but valuable output to thoe he
believed tbe rightful owner and here waa a
contestant and thla contestant seemed to be
legitimate one. It wat n mlxup which dis-
turbed bim greatly.
There had always been something mysteri-
ous about the present owners. He had never
eeen any one of them only their accredited
agent who invariably presented a lettered
heart when be caste to claim the diamonds.
And now tbey wanted him In New York.
Waa there any sinister purpose behind this
command? Henry Howard was an honest
maa and before many weeks be waa going to
nay for his honesty.
He sent tero cablegrama one to the present
company and one to John Storm. The firat
read: "Will come to New York." Tbe sec-
ond read: "Arrive New York tenth. Will
five eccountlng of Zudora mine." Then be
booked his passage tnd sailed from Cape Town
to Liverpool.
Storm wtt elated over bit cable. Me in-
formed Zudora and they visited Detective
Hunt. And while tbey and Hunt were talk-
ing over tbe affair Baird came in. looking
rather debonair and carrylnc a eaae. At
firat ha bad had cae difficulty in looking
Storm or Zudora in tbe eyee remembering
how at the Initigatlon of the real Hattam All
he bad attempted the young lawyer's Ufe. But
these days be was able to look with serenity
Into the eyes of all mankind.
." Hello Balrd ! " cried Hunt. " You're just
the man I want for a stunt."
" I'm always ready for that."
Zudora looked at him gratefully. Somehow
his eyee always puxxled her. It always seemed
that somewhere aba bad known these eyee in-
timately. The four of them left the office in-. .
gather and later separated In front of a flor-
ist's shop.
" Now" taid Hunt " a little work for yoa
Friend Baird."
" I'm with you If there's any excitement
In It"
"There'll be tome. I want you to keep a
watch on tbtt garage and junk ahop where
they nearly got you that night. Something
ttrange about that junk shop. People go In
there and don't come out again. There's some
kind of a tunnel and between you and me and
tbe gate post thla tunnel leads to tbe marble
home of Mme. Du Val."
" I never heard anything about a tunnel"
said Baird honestly.
"O you saw but one of tbe facets of this
clever diamond woman. In that day yoa were
using ber ; conaequenily she did not tell you
any of bar secrets. Now yon watch the but
and I'll watch the marble palace and then
we'll compare netee at to whom we tea enter
or leave tbe hut and the palace."
But when they compared notea tbey bad
nothing that waa important
About four weeke Uter however tbey were
rewarded. Balrd eaw Bruce enter the but and
disappear and Detective Hunt taw Bruce
come out of the villa without apparently hav-
ing entered it. Hunt proceeded to follow bin
man back to town. Pruct bad an office in one
of the downtown tkytcrapers. The dour bid
no butlnsae announcement euch as is usually
found upon office door. There waa merely a
number and below that in tmall letters tbe .
word " private." Private Hunt wss sure this
office wtt. He hung about in tbe abadow
until Brace left wbet be set about calmly to
pick the lock. He wtt retber curlout to tee
what kind of an office this was. He found
many interesting document.-. but nothing In-
criminating. The smuggler was a shrewd fea"
Suddenly Hunt been) footsteps. He heard a
key fat the lock. Bruce bad returned ! Hunt
made a quick acrattrble out of tbe window
where he clung to the iron shutter. Tbe effort
waa worth hla while. Tbe men who accom-
panied Bruce wat none other than Howard
Howard. There waa nothing for Hunt to do
but truat to Balrd't watchfulness.
Burt enough half an hour later Baird taw
Bruce and the stranger enter the hut and
almost immediately two rough looking men and
another whom Balrd recognised ea Oyp the
Gunman ea me into view. Baird remained in
hia hiding place. It wat going to.be a long
w. t and be wanted tbe men to reappear be-
fore be left. He wanted Cyp'e status la thla
affair.
Meantime Bruce and Horard arrived at
Mme. Du Yale through the tunnel. This tun-
nel did not particularly reáaiure the euperin-
tendent of tbe Zudora diamond mint. Why all
thus bother to enter bit employer's house?
Were tbey smuggling the gems then tnd thlt
tunnel wet for mtdama't go-betweens? He did
not like tbe business tt all. He wtt more
then ever inclined to tbe opinion tbtt he bad
been long the dupe of tbeee people.
But' Mme Du Vtl Impressed htm. Tbe
beauty of her home end tte luxurious furnish-
ing rather upeet hla preconceived ideai. This
woman was already rich. Why all this mum-
mery? He took a dislike to Radcllffe Imme-
diately. The other Individúala he met he' ra tbe r
ignored. But be la duty bound to turn over
hia present consignment of dismonds. Tbe
other claimant must establish proofs. That
was all there was to tt.
While madame engaged hla attention Bruce
signaled to Radcllffe and they strolled out into
he conservatory.
" That man" whlepered Bruce. " It thinking
of going to tbe other side. Hassam All's niece
haa tumbled to the fact that thla mine le really
hers. You already knew that she held tbat
gold mine in Montana worth a king's ransom.
Well I've feked stuff to mske ber believe that
t ltndslide has destroyed tbe mine and that
tbe truatees hart absconded with tbe funda.
This wss done with tbe idee of miklag Zudora
and Storm bike out to Montana to investigate.
Once there there was a mighty slim chance of
their ever cominf back. But. oddly enough
Ibey have accepted the fake aa truth and have
tnade no effort to go out there. I'll write an-
other anonymous note advising them that it
would pay to investigate the report. But
meantime tbe.-e't this nun Howard to take
rare of. We'll warn bim and If be does not
fall in with us why he mutt be pushed off the
board."
" I'll tske csre of thst end of It" agreed
Radcllffe. " We're running too smoothly to
let a fool cog us up. Tnitt me."
Tbey returned to the ealoo and a quarter of
an hour later Broce tnd Howard departed.
Oyp and his two companions then entered!
the salon and were given a email bag with that
beat of the gems. They were to be cut at otww
in case Howard jumped tbe traces. Gyp and)
bis companions returned to the old garage or
Junk hut. Tbe moment tbey left tbe hut for
the street Balrd followed. He bad an inkling
tbtt they were going to tbe diamond cutter'e
with the Howtrd collection and be determined
that the game should never get tbat far.
Tbt threat crooks finally went into a saloon
at Balrd had a suspicion they would. He
ttrolled in and took the table- next to tbem.
'Under the table he saw the little valtte. And
while the three wore busily engeged In the
pleasant pastime of shaking dice for tbe drinks
Balrd neatly fished the valise from under tha
tsble with the crook of his cane. Then be left
the laloon and once outside he lay to it an
fast at bis legs could go.
There wait a fine racket in tbat saloon when
tbe crooks discovered their losa. Each accused
the other of careleeaneee. Gyp more than the
other two appreciated the thunderbolt that
had fallen at hla feet. Radcllffe would kill
him out of hand. In terror be collapsed on the
table. His comptnlons dragged him from the
saloon and tbe three started out on the hope-
less teak of hunting for a man with an ivory
crook to bia cane.
That evening Howard found a note which
filled him with consternation. It waa in open
threat from hla employers. He wat walking;
on thin ice. But he waa an old hand at watt
fare. He had lived too many years in Africa
to be really afraid of threats. He merely
clipped an nutomatlo Into bin pocket and went
about bis affaire calmly.
That same evening Zudora end Storm were
greeted with a tremendous surprise.
Mrs. Ramsey with whom Zudora waa liv-
ing knocked to say tbat a Mr. Baird wan
enxious to eee Zudora.
" Send blm right up ! "
Balrd was greeted cordially. He pat the
i n I se on the table opened It lifted the false
bottom and there ley a handful of uncut dia-
monds t comfortable fortune for any reason-
able person.
"What haa happened?" demanded Zudora
greatly excited.
Briefly Baird recounted his adventure and
when he had done tha girl salted Storm and
began to waits blm around tbe room. Rut
these uncut ttonet could not be kept in the
bouse. Nor could they take them and sell
them or depoalt .them in a safety box at a
bank. What to do with tbem now they had
them? TJdtll tbe mine waá indubitably proved
to. be Zudora'a legally they bad no right to
them. Morally they had of course. Then
Mre. Ramsey made a suggestion.
"Why not bide them in yonder flower pot? "
They congratulated Mrt. Ramsey upon hei
happy thought After tbe stones were bidden
Baird took kis departure.
Oyp and bis frightened compsniona after
having hunted futllely for the man with the
ivory beaded cane finally concluded that tbe
heat thing tbay could do would be to go to
Mme Du Yal't and throw themselves upon ber
mercy. Bbs needed them ; tbey had that much
In their favor.
When they blurted out the coat of their
carelessness Mme- Du Val'a rage was terrible.
She seised a bronze statuette and rushed upon
tbe whining gunman and Radcliffe'a Interfer-
ence dntibtleeo saved him from a broken head.
It took half an hour to pacify the woman.
Gyp and hie friends were happy to escape with
nothing more serious then curses. She or-
dered them out of the house.
" I'll wager Hunt is back of tbit coup" said
Radcllffe. " You tee we've got to tct quickly
tnd I think that Muno game is the beet we can
ate. Get Zudora in this private asylum tnd it
will take ten Sherlock Holmesee to get ber
out."
"Very well. We will make the arrange
manta at once. Zudora must be pat away.
Tbat will relieve the pressure sgtintt us."
Dr. Munn received them a imirk on hit
face. Visitors of thla character always meant
" pariente." He never inquired Into hit cli-
ente' motives. Tersely be was given his lines.
"It must be accomplished at once" said
Mme. Du Vtl. '
"Leave it to me madame. now long will
your patient remain here'"
" Forever If you can make that possible."
" Msay of my pstients are afflicted with
strange illness and generally tbey die. But it
is very expensive."
" Will $10.000 cover tbeee expenses? "
"Amply madame." .
Tbe drat individual to disappear from the
haunts of men was Howard tbe diamond mine
superintendent.
Tbe second to vanish was Zudora. Bruce
end Rsdcliffe accomplished the feat dexter-
ously by means of a ladder to Zudora's win-
dow. She was half asleep when tbey fell upon
her bound and gagged her. Tbey searched in
vein for tbe diamonds which they were confi-
dent Zudora had hidden in thla room some-
where. Tbey even lifted tbe plant out of the
flower pot bat fortunately did not examine
the dirt carefully. Tbey flung it to the floor
where later John found tbe atones scattered
about.
Radcllffe wrapped a blanket about tbe girl
and took her out at the window and .deposited
her inside tbe waiting taxicsb. A moment
later tbey were bowling twty tt a furious
rate and by midnight Zudora was confronted
with tbe terrible knowledge tbat-she wss an
Inmate of one of those dreadful boutet the had
often beard tnd read about a private OtarM
asylum !
And in the very next room paced the mr
wbo wanted to be loyal to ber iutereatt Urja
ry Howard 1
(to an coNTihuao.l
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