Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-07-25
1he MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY By Maa aG&aR
SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.


SYNOPSIS or PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.
Stanley Hargreave, millionaire. after a
miraculous escape from the den OF the
gang OF brilliant thieves known as the
Black Hundred, lives the life OF a recluse
for eighteen years. Hargreave one night
enters a Broadway restaurant and there
comes face 10 face with tine gangs leader,
Braine.
After the meeting, during when neither
man apparently recognizes the other, Har-
greave hurrieS TO his magnificent River
dale home and lays plans for making his
escape from the country. He writes a let
ter TO the girls school in New Jersey
where eighteen years before ne had mys-
teriously left on the doorstep his baby
daughter. Florence Gray. Ne also pays
a visit 10 the hangar OF a daredevil aviator.
Braine and members OF his band sls-
round Hargreave's home at night, but as
they enter the house the watchers outside
see a balloon leave the roof. The safe is
found %empty-the million which Harqreave
was known to have drawn that day was
gone. Then some one announced the bal
loon had been punctured and dropped into
the sea.
Florence arrives from the girls school.
Princess Olga, Braine's companion, visits
her and claims to be a relative. Two bo-
gus detectives call, but their plot is foiIed
by Norton, a newspaper man.
BY bribing the captain of the Orient
Norton lays a trap for Braine and his
gang. Princess Olga also visits the ORR
ent's captain and she easily falls into the
reporters snare. The plan proves abOr-
tive through Braine'S good luck and only
hirelings fall into the hands of the police.
After failing in their first attempt. the
Black Hundred trap Florence. They ask
her for money, but she escapes, again
foiIing them.
~ oNE!,
Jones kept saving To himself
that he must strive 10 be calm.
- think. think. Despite all his
warning. the warnings of Nor.
ton, she had tricked them and run away.
II was maddening. lie wanted To rave.
tear his hair. break things. lie trampled
the hall. II would be wasting time to
send for the police. They would only put
ter about fruitlcSslv. The Black Hun
drcd knew how to arrange these abduc.
tiOns.
How had they succeeded in doing il
No one had entered the house that day
without him being present. There had
been no telephone call he had not heard
the giSt of. nor any letter he had not
first glanced over. How had they done
it? Suddenly into his mind flashed the
remembrance ~ the candlclight under
Florence's door the night before. IN a
dozen bounds he was in her room.
searching drawers. paper boxes. baskets.
He found nothing. lie returned in dies
pair TO Susan. who. during all this tur-
m0il. had sat a. If frozen in her chair.
Speak he cried. For Gods sake.
say something. think something, ThoSc
devils are likely to torture her. hurt
her,' He leaned against the wall. his
head ON his arm.
When he turned again he was calm.
He walked with bent head toward the
door. opened il and stood upon the
threshold for a space. Across the street
a shadow stirred but Jones did not see
IL. His gaze was attracted b., something.
which shone dimlv white on the walk
Just beyond the steps. lie ram 90 VI. 4
crumpled letter. unaddrc~~cl. he carried
il back to the house. >moothcl il ont and
read its contents. Florence ia her haste
had dropped the letter.
lie clutchcd his hat. put il 90 and ran
10 Susan.
Here" he cried. holding ont an auto
matte. IF any one comes ia that you
don't know. shoot, Don't ash questions.
shoot"
I'm afraid She hrcathrd with dif
%ficulty.
Afraid" he rolrsl "a her. lie PIT the
weapon i'm her hand. II slipped and ihud
died. Ia the floor. lIc stopped tar il and
slammed il into her lap ~Nuu love ,unr
life and honor. You'll know how ~ shoot
when the time -uneS. Nov attend fn me-
III I'm not back herr tN 40 O'clock. turn
this note over Ia the police. II soi can't
do that. then God hclp ~ alli And
with that hc ran from The house.
Susan eyed the revolver with growing
terror. For what had she left The peace
and quiet of Miss Farlow'> assassination
robbery. thieves and kidnapper>? She
wanted la shrek. but her throat was ~
dry A. paper. Ginecrly she touched the
pistol. The cold steel sent \ thrill ~
fear over her. ne hadn't told her how ~
shoot IL,
Two hlockS down the street. up an al
lev. was the garage wherein llar-rcaNc
was wont a. keep hi~ ear. Toward thi>
Jones ran with the speed ~ n track aih.