The Detroit times., 1914-07-16
The Million $ f. $::;s
:.. -. Dollar Mystery

incredible TO the bewildered susan 5
eyes out into the street, up and
Down which he looked Far away be
discovered dwindling taxicab. The
child was gone.
In the house Susan was answer
ne the telephone, talking incoher'
entity.
Who is ito" Jones whispered, his
lips white and dry.
The princess began Susan
ile took the receiver from her
roughly
Hello, who is itq"
This is Olga Perigoff. Is Florence
there?" 81,
No madam. She has just stepped
out for a moment Shall tell her
y call you when She returns?"
Yes please. want her and susan
and Mr. Norton 20 come 20 tea TO
morrow Good bye
Jones hung M TIE receiver, sank
INTO a chair near by and buried his
lace in his hands
What is to-" cried Susan, terrified
by the Magazines OF his face
she's gone. My God, those
rctches have got her They've got
her."
Florence was whirled away at top
speed Her father She was actual
~ on the way TO her father whom
she had always loved in dreams, yet
never seen
Number IS Groye.st was not an
attractive place, but when she ar
rived she was too highly keyed TO
take note OF It's sordidness She was
rather out of breath when she reached
the door of the third hat. She
knocked timidly The door was in
stantly opened by a man who wore
black mask She would have turned
then and there and flown but for the
swift picture She had OF a well
dressed man at table He lay with
his head upon his arms
Father" she whispered
The man raised his careworn face
SO very we'll done that only the clos
est scrutiny would Llye betrayed the
paste or the theater He rose and
staggered toward her with out
stretched arms. But the moment they
closed about her Florence expert
enced' a peculiar shiyer
My child murmured the broken
man They caught me when | was
about 10 come to you have given
up the fight" a sob choked him
What was IT. wondered the child,
her heart burning with the misery OF
the thought that she was sad instead
OF glad Over his shoulder she sent a
glance about the room There was a
sofa a table, some chairs, and an
enormous clock the face OF which
was denied and the hands hopeless.
ly tangled Why, at such a moment
she should note such details disturb
ed her Then She CHANGED TO look
into the cracked mirror In II she
saw several faces all masked These
men we're peering at her through the
half-closed door behind her.
You must return home and bring
me the money" went on the wretch
who dared TO perpetrate such mock
cry 1T is all that stands between
me and death"
Then she knew The insistent
daily warnings came home to her.
She understood now She had delib-
erately walked into the spiders net
But instead OF terror, an extraordi-
nary calm fell upon her
Very well father I Will go and
get it, Gently she released herself
from those horrible arms
wait, my child. tin i see If they
will let you 20. They may wish to
hold you as hostage
When he was gone she tried the
doors They were locked Then she
crossed over TO the window and look.
ed out A leap from there would kill
her She turned her gaze toward the
lamp. wondering
The false father returned. defect.
eddy
1T is as said They insist upon
sending some one Write down the
! gave to you am very
weak"
Write down the directions your
self father you know them better
than rs Since she saw no escape,
she was determined TO keep up the
tragic farce no longer.
IL am not your father
80 ! see" she replied still with
the amazing calm
Brane. in the other room shook
his head savagely Father and daugh-
ter the same steel in the nerves
Gould they bend herr Would they
have 70 break her. He did not wish
to injure her bodily but million