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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-09-26

of literary nature toi1 Be considered In
ne decision nor given any preference IN
the Ie'eotioh Of the ,oiAner Of the $4,000
prize. The last too reels, whioA wIH Oire
toe mosi acceptable collation. 10 tho mys-
tsrv, viH be preSeHtsd in the hsaters
having his feature az coon as u is pos
Ubls 10 produce the ,dme. The story CORE
spending to these motion pictures whl ap.
pear IN the ne,eJpGper5 ooincideHtGllv, or
az soon after the appearance Of tho pic
fure, az practicable. Win the last too
rsels teIH be shocn the pictures Of the ,0in-
Her, his or her home and other interesting
ieGturSs, 10 Is UndeTs!ood that the notos-
papers, 90 far a. practicable, In printing
the last ttoO ehGpieri Of the siOrv BY Har,
old MdeGrdth. ,riH also skop O picture OF
she saocesstul eOHtestdat
Solutions TO the mystery must not Do
more than 100 toOrdJ long. Here are some
questions to be kept in mind IN connection
t0ith the mystery as an aid 10 u solatiJn,
No, What becomes Of the piiitionGiref
No. 2-WhGt becomes Of the SI000OO0
No S-IPhon doe' Florence 5larrvi
No. 4-Whdt baoomc1 OF the RIssidn
oountessf
Nobody connected either directly or In
directly tUith "1hs Million DOllGr MyS-
terry" isiH be considered as cOntesiOai.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-09-26

81 n1KF HsnSS bare vs been tripped mp
rtm g1N1thisE stSMsa IN Our hands. This
eSsfe thoaM hS guarded but not entered for
hV ~ tN~i Al lssH moi till after the raid
h seh Tn beginning to rec traps every
whess"
ScnTeosa lesve II to me- We ShAn't
Sack SuE bsn1a inside the HargrSaYs h0uGs
tul we are dad OeTbh that Il h absciutSiy
Empty Olga, you're q gem aep't thinb
Bszsis win bother rs Cor ewh1A Fbi
Psron will not dars TN how hS vas sln-
namm'd. The lsaR be eeA 10 u SaVt Biz
own ,Eln Is 10 say that w Rrp fluffy eapU
HE OF taking sArs Of ouTsslTaa"
oIEa laughed "TN think Of his wTisinS a
nOto like thatl Florence would have recog-
aiRod--tnd no doubt 6id--a pUlpabls attsmpA
10 pls! sA old game twice"
Hsw does she act toward youf" {
Cordial as Veri and yet " sssy,
yet whatf" ~
Il thought hos an ordinary school girl
and yst every once in awhile she makes
what you billiard players call professional
Ehot What msttsr1 30 long as they do
not shat the door In my face, hsh nothing
more But DO you want my opinloDI feel
It p my bones that something viii 20 wrong
tomorrow."
Good lord are you losing your uerve1H
cried Bralns lmpatlently. 1.-THE secret ssrv.
fee has the varnlngi thoy will 6nd the green
stun, and Jones & Co. will uoa of 10 tho
police station. And Lheroll be a week Of
red tops bsfors EbSy are turned loOse again.
They'll dlg into Hsrgreavos finances and all
that Won have oil the security In the world
70 ma cat II The money Is In the bouas or
not Why vory1"
It's only Tho way feel. There is some
thing uucanny ln The regularity Of that elh'h
good luck"
Ab, bu, vere not after ber this time,
ifs tbs whole family"
The Hrrsus, 1907"
EvsvSs<y 10 zoe house win bs under
suspicion"
And y+v ton tru,t BsRgs2"
His lffs u 10 the below of my band.
You esn always trust o maD when you hold
the rope that's around his peck"
Still ibs frows ala not lsavs 0lsa's brow.
With an her soul sho Ionged 10 be out Of this
tsnElN II bSd al looked 90 easy at the
stsrtt ysi hers they were, week, later, no
fursng forward than at the beginning, and
added to this they had paid much In Hvss and
money
"of what srS Vou thipkinEr he asked
whan h. cpasludsd that nv pause haa been
lepg enough
q. tYgpa rs.sAsssAs-SL si1E4! s-.l1l.als.ss
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-09-26

Looks as " my yarn wasn't going 10 90
delayed 80 long sfter an Jones, you ousht
to have been in the secret service youIaclf,"
admirngly
Jones smiled aud shrugged. ~ am GER.
feetly satisfied With my lok-or would be U
the Black Hundred could b wiped ont oi
existence"
:" I'll see the secret service people al Sn0s
| Stand IN we'll vito them an
And good lUeh to you. Wen need good
IUek."
Norton was welcomed cordially By the
chief The secret service mss trusted him
and told him lots Of tr1os that ASvoT saw
light on ths priDtSd page The reporter VGni
directly to the point sf bis story, vithOus
elaboration, and Cns chief mnilsd and handed
him the original letteA
Norton, I've lSen after tAA CANS u
eouDteFfeitsrs for mostbs sue thay RrN gis ~
beyond wordh Two never kssn sbls 10 GET
anywhere pear their prsSSos And for . mo-
ment thought tniI note was frop q squsalsy
I've a dozen nsG securing the country, They
fnd toe bogus uotes, but never The men wao
pass them, You see ifh usN stIR. know
what all The old timers sra att but none si
them has had baud In this ISSUE Eom,
foreigners, take H. uuJOr the lsaderEhip
Of a man I'd very much lks to know. Now
what's your scGsms3" r
Jim outlined Il briefly,
at al depends" said fhe ehlef, "vpoA
the fsct That they win be impatient II
they have the sblHy to wait, we lose Bni
we eau nfrord to rfsk the ebspoa The man
VINO wrote this letter Ia rot Gounterfeitsh
He's sb cid ysssmsn. We haven't beard
anything Of bim lately, We tried to corner
him on a postoHIcs .oh but he slipped by
He may he vtooL Anyhow, III draw him
IN somehow"
Here fins sbIsf's assistant caDs in. "Go.
BesGs 90 tbs wire Says hen conduct yon
to the home II you'u pros'ss hlm Immunity
for some Othsr oifenses."
"Tsll him he sbsll bav. hnY,nptu on the
word Of the coIef But hlSs tNy that be
must come 10 zee mo N pSfs1a."
"A1 right, sir"
don't belevs II would ba Wise for
BsEgs to see me here gave him a Gooa
ssnd-on-sIBg Sing years ago He may
Feeollsct," said Norton.
Suit yourself about that Only, keep
ipto communication With me by telephone
and III tip you off az 10 when the raid shall
take plaza Lucky you cane In, should
have hop4stfy gone there and nrWtsd In
noCent people and thsJ would haTo bad a
G4vIl Of 4 time explaining II would have
islsn hsR at least A HsAk. h Gssi ngr@
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-09-26

selves That would leave the house empty
ell that time"
Norton did no, reply, but he put the blotter
away carefully. There was no getting away
from the fact but the god Of luck was with
him.
DO you know what's back Of 1t am"
!" can't tell you any more than ! have"
said Norton.
Il shan't So long"
That same night Bralne paid the Russian
woman q brief visit.
think that here's where We go forward
The secret service win raid the house to-
morrow and then for few days well roam
about as We bally please. I'm hanged II
don't have every plank torn up and all the
walls pulled down More and more I'm con-
vnced that the money Is In that house"
Don't be too confident" warned Olga
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-09-26

enter the bouse and he had taken shot at
him. ..
Spider BeggS had a letter to write.
he was in nigh feathers He bad tackled
a difficult job aud had come away without
scratch, But be had the misfortunS 10
write his letter to the secret service officials
In hotel often freqnented by Norton. And
90 Jm on finishing his own letter blotted
it and casually glanced at the blotter A
single word eaugnt his eye. Being an alert
newspaper man, always on the hunt for
stories, be examined The blotter with care.
II was. an easy matter for him to read writ
ing backward, having fooled away many an
hour In the composing rooms. The word
which nad awakened the reportorisl sense
IN him was counterfeit" He held the blot
ter toward the mirror and read enough to
satisfy himself that the Black Hundred had
become active once more. Aud this was one
Of tne best ideas they had yet conceived.
Hargreave had always been something Of
4 mystery 10 his neshbors. Where he had
lived In other days waE unknown; neither
had any one the remotest idea from what
sonrcs bis riches had been obtained. ADd
nothing was known Of Jones or the daughter.
II was a very shrewd method of clearing
every one cut OF the house and leaving It to
be examined at leisure. And he had fallen
upon this thing; he, Norton all becau use his
tailor had written him a sharp note about
bis bill and he had been provoked to reply
IN kind! Counterfeit money. There was
quite u furry these days over certain issnes
Of spurious paper. 1t was so good that only
experts could detect it. There we're two
plates, one for ten and another for twenty.
For while he was pulled between duty and
love, Well, II would only add another In.
he published It. He started out to Rlvsrdals
to acquaiut Jones with the discovery.
Humpb!" said Jones; met bad idea
tDiS So that's what the sneak was doing
here last night I've been wondering and
wondering. Let's have look"
He went through the hooks and at length
came across the three volumes. These held
q thousand IN excellent counterfeit.
Mighty good work that. What srs you
going to doi /" asked the reporter.
Jsnss rubbed his chin resectirely. How
long may eounterfeiter be sent up1"
Anywhere from ten TO twenty years"
That will serve. Ny boy, this time wen
90 and take Mr. Black Hundred right in his
subby hole" A.
You know where IT Isl" -
Every mock and corner Of It. Now you
20 at once to the chief Of the local b.4Deh
n ias isss,t seFyiss sga Rgt .tss patlsr Y
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-09-26

~ ERiAtS the most amusing phase OF the
secret agents discontinue was the fact
3 that neither Jones nor Florence had the
least idea what had happened in the
SIMMER house nor that anything had hap.
pened. Florence regretted hundred times
during the evening that she bad not gone out
to the summer house. 1t might really have
been her father. Her regret grew go deep
IN her that just before going to bed she con.
tessed to Jones.
You received letter Of that sort and did
net show it to me; ;" said Jones, astOnished.
"Ycu warned me never to pay any attsn-
fion to them"
No; 7 warned you never % act upon them
without first consulting me, And we might
have made Il capture My child, always show
Tns these things | will advise you whether to
tear them up or not"
Jones, I believe you are going a little too
far" said Florence Laughily. at might
have been from my father
Never In This wide world, Miss Florence
Still, beg your pardon for raising my voice
What DO and have done is only for your
own sake There are two things wish to
impress upon your mind before l CO. This
can be made comedy u terrible tragedy
You have already had taste of the latter
and each time you escaped because God was
good to u.s. But He is rarely kind to thought
less people. They have to look out for them
selves, am acting under orders always re-
member that"
Forgive me; acted wrongly. But I'm
everybody ami everything Can't 20 some
where, some place where | can have restf"
"If l thought for a single moment It was
possible to take you thousands of miles from
this spot, it would be done this very night
But this Is our fortress. So far it has been
lmpregnable. The police are watching it and
that prevents a general assault by the scoun-
6relR II we tried to leave we would be fol-
lowed aid they play that game exceedingly
well Now, goodnight. Well have you ont
Of all this doubt and suspicion one Of these
days There will not be any past that will
be Topped OF as you'd lop limb from tree"
Please let ii BE quick. l want to see my
father"
Jsness eyes spsrklel And you have my
word that be wants to see you. But more I
Care not tell YOU"
DO you think he would object to Mr.. Nor
toni" Ghs asked, studying the rug.
"In what cApacityf" he eountered forcing
her hand.
"As-as a husband1" bravely.
Jones In his turn studied the patterns in the
rug "It is only natural for father to lpek
high for bis daughters husband But tteF
~. 30 hQnsst naH y ESrtA % mga A taE
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-09-26

thing know Of And Norton Is honest and
loyal and brave"
THANK you Jones. intend to marry him
when the time comes 30 you may as well pre-
pare father for this eventuaity.'
There is an old ajage-"
But she interrupted him. III you have a
new adase, Jones, l shouldn't mind hearing
1t. But I'm only inst out Of school, whore old
adages are served from soup to pudding.
Good night"
And Jones went to the rear Of the house
chuckpg.
In the passing it might well be observed that
the Hargreavs house had remarkable me-
mage There was a gardener, a cook, and a
maid AMI the three Of them reported to Jones
each night before going to bed. They were all
three detectives from one Of the greatest or
Ranllations in America.
Finding themselves unable to lure Florence
away from the enyirons Of the Hargreavs
home, the Black Hundred set some new ma
chinery IN motion. They proposed to rid the
house Of every one in It by perfectly logical
device, But the first step In this new move
was going TO By extremely delicate and risky.
1t was no small adventure to enter the H9r-
greavs home and yet this must be done. So
finally Spider Beggs was selected for the
work.
Three or four nights after the Parot 6ascO,
Jones started the rounds, putting out the
lights. He left the one In the hall till the lsst
fol it was bis habit, after having turned Of
that light, to stand by the door for several
minutes watching. One never could ten.
On the other hand "Spider" Beggs never
approached a house till an hour after the
lights went out, Persons were likely to move
about for some minutes later they might
want something to eat, q drink OF water. SO
be remained hidden behind tha summer house
till long after midnight. When at last he ielt
assured that all in the Hargreaye house were
asleep, he moved out cautiously. Both his
future and bis pooketbook depended upon
the success Of this venture. 1t took him
ten minutes to swl from the summer house
to the veranda. and to have detected this
approach Jones, had lie been watching, would
have needed a searchlignt Beggs huggsd
the lattice work for another ten minutes and
then drew himself up and wriggled to one
Of the windows. Hero was an operation that
needed all his art and skill: to lift this win
dow without sound But be was an oil
nand and windows with ordinary looks were
playthings uIder bis def touch. He rassd
tile window stepped over the sill into the
library, aud crouchsd down. He did not
close the window: house thieves never do.
Presently he stood up, flashed his torsh,
found the library shelves, and tIptoed toward
them. He tbep selected three or feur vol
umes, opened them at random aud laid neat
psssassa n HQaAy sstgsss toe leeysb 4
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-09-26
SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.

the water front and succeeds In drop
ping the box Into the sea.
Countess olga causes an enlargement
between Norton and Florence.
AccOmplices of Brnlne kidnaD Florence
while she Ia shopping and hurry her OF
to sea. She leaps overheard and IN
picked up in dazed condition by Ash-
ermen. The Black Hpndred locate her
aud Brnipe, disguised as her father, takes
her back 10 sea with him. Florence acts
ire TO the boat and IL rescued by a ship
on which Norton has been shanghaied.
Norton und Florence, safely ashore
and with no longer any mIsundcrataDd-
ing between them, take the train for
home. The train Is wrecked and the
Black Hundred carry tho Injured Flor
ence to a deserted hut Norton, who
tries 10 rescue her. is tied TO the railroad
tracks. Florence saves him aud finally
Jones' comes to the rescue of both.
Concealed above the rendezvous of the
Black Hundred, IA man learns Of the ra-
COVery from tho sea of the box Of jews
els by sailor and of its subsequent re-
turn to the bottom of the sea, REd he
quickly communicates the fact TO Jones,
A duplicate box Is planted and later ne
cured by the band, but before Its con-
tents are examined tho box myst0rlOuSly
disappears.
Owing to the falling of of oontrIbu-
tions TO the parent organization in Rus
sla, an agent arrives and assumes the
leadership Of the American branch of the
Black Hundred. Through tho oOnniv-
ance Of the countess, the new head Is
thoroughly bumIliated, Braine pursues
his own plans pending restoration to
power.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-09-26

Stanley IInrETcave, millionaire, after a
miraculous escape from the den of tho
RanE OF brilliant thieves known as the
Black Hundred, lives the life OF n re-
cIuAe fer eighteen years. HnrgrsnVe nc-
cidentally meets Bralne, leader OF the
Black Hundred, Knowing BraIne viii
try TO get him, he escapes from his own
home by n balloon. Before escaping ho
writes Ietterato the girls school where
eighteen years before he mysteriously
left on the doorstep his baby daughter,
Florence Gray. That day HurgreRye
also draws 81 100000 from the bank. but
"a Ia reported that this dropped into the
aea when the balloon he escaped In was
punctUrcd.
Florence arrives from the girls school
Countess Olga. Rraine's companion, VIA
Its her aud claims her az II relative, Two
bogus detectives call hut their plot IL
fOiIed by Norton, q newspaper man.
By brIbIug the captain of the Orient,
Norton lays II trap for Brainc and his
gang. Countess Olga nlso visits the Ori-
encs captain, and she easily fails into
the reporters snare, The plan proves
RbOrtlve through Bralne's good luck and
only hIrciings fall into the hands Of the
police.
After falling ia their first attempt the
RihcE Hundred trap Florence. They aslc
her for money, but she escapes, again
fOilinG them.
Norton and the countess call on Flor
enee the next day, once more anfe at
home. The visitors having gone. Jones
removes a section of flooring and from
a envity takes a hox. Pursued by mem-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-09-26
ICopyriEhti 1914; BY Harold Mac drath.l
CHAPTER XIV.

NORTON MAKES DISCOVERY.
- ERHAPS the most amusing phase Of the
J secret agents discontinue was the fact
that neither Jones nor Florence had the
least idea what had happened in the
The Holt County sentinel., 1914-04-24
Forest City schoolSclosed last week

Forest City schoolSclosed last week.
Harry Jamison, OF Denver, Is here,
looking after business matters.
bailey Jamison, OF Osawatomie,
kas., visited home folks, last week.
Lawrence Fawks Sundayed In the
country, the guest OF T. Beeler fitz.
maurice.
Charles Bruntmeyer and wife are
now sporting round In a new auto
the Buick.
Elder Dawson OF Oregon. gives .
good sermon, every Friday night, At
the Christian church.
Mrs. Albert Jones and Mrs. Maude
Turney are on the sicx list. We hope
for their speedy recovery.
II. =. Fitzmaurlce received two
car loads OF stockers and feeders, this
week, from the ST. Joe markets.
Mrs. Ella Watson and brother,
Tom Kirk, are now owners OF the res
taurant, formerly known as Macs
Place
II. i. Fitzmaurice was on the St,
Jp~tptl WIN - ibe'p 'pk''
and Ian ,Iamison on the Kansas cry
market with cattle. They shipped
Monday.
It. Beeler Fitzmaurice spent last
Tuesday al the Mcintyre home, the
guest OF Master George. The boys
met principally 10 discuss the culti,a.
ton OF crops and the most approved
make OF go-devils.
We want everybody TO remember
the excellent free lecture TO be heard
at the Christian church, Saturday
night, April %, by Mr., Williams,
| field Secretary Of State Sunday School
Work. Come and enjoy this lecture.
Oakland school, under the manage
ment OF Mrs. Fairbank, closed Thurs
day OF this week. Pupils and teachers
were delightfully."- surprised by friends
and patrons coming AZ noon with a
splendid spread Of good things TO eat.
CLEANER,
The Holt County sentinel., 1914-04-24
Live Stock Notes,

From -. Joseph Live stock journal.
Il. =. Fitzmaurice, Holt county, Mo-,
was q satisfied patron OF the hog
market, April 10th.
G. Il, holland and Frye & Burrier
consigned hogs for Fridays market,
from Holt county, Mo.
w. NJ. Gosset, ID. ii. Swope and Geo.
w. Click were Holt county, Mo-, con-
triDutors TO the hog division, Satur-
day last.
Missouri fed steers topped the St.
Joseph market, Wednesday Of last
week. Everett Ward, q good feeder
and enterprising farmer Of Holt coun-
", furnished load OF l2OO.pound
beeyes that were good enough to bring
1855. He was well pleased with the
price obtained.
Ben Pearce, Holt county, Mo-, con-
signed load Of mixed stun to this
market, Tuesday Of this week.
The Holt County sentinel., 1914-04-24
NJ L CHURCH NOTES.

The Sunday school attendance was
affected by the damp weather, Sunday.
The number dropped from w 10 o3.
We hope Dy next SUNDAY 10 get up
higher agaih'i
There was no preaching In Forest
City, Sunday; The pastor went TO
Kimsey Tor Az day services ne also
cailed on hal noHem ianlIIes .n 'ns
The Holt County sentinel., 1914-04-24
New Point and Vicinity.

Mary Kneale came home, last
Saturday. TO remain.
DIR. Kearney and wife came We'd.
nesday evening, returning Thursday.
Walter Trueblood came up from
81. Joseph, Thursday, TO visit until
Monday,
Floyd Adams and mother came
up from ST. Joseph, Thursday, TO visit
Ida Acton.
Shannon Hartman and family
drove TO ST. Joseph, Friday morning,
returning Sunday,
Mrs. Jennie Rockwell came Monday
TO sew IN and around New Point for
the coming twoweeks.
Fred Davis was quite sick the first
Of the week. His uncle, Dr. Davis
and wife, OF Maitland, were down
Monday.
--Osmer Hartman and wife. Elsie
llardman and Mrs. Mark Kunkel
drove TO st. Joseph, Saturday, return
Ing In the evening.
Rev. Thompson preached TO good
congregation, both morning and eve.
ming, last Sunday. The people seemed
well pleased with him.
1t will not be possible TO find q
place on the globe, where the people
respond more readily TO q call for help,
than In New Point and vicinity. The
day after the DIRE q general shower
was given Ralph Meyer and family
The ladies raised nearly $50 In SIX
hours for tableware. Mr.. and Mrs
Meyer desire TO thank the people fol
their kindness, NERO.
The Holt County sentinel., 1914-04-24
Benton.

News has come from Omaha,
OF q baby girl born to Mrs. Matte
(Randal) Barnes, April 9th. Mother
and baby doing we'll. The little son,
who has been deaf and unable to talk
since having Spinal Meningitis sew
eral years ago, Is under the care OF q
specialist and has, we are glad TO
know, improved so much that he can
hear and speak some, and they hope
for still further improvement.
Last Friday being the close Of
our school, the parents and friends
resolved TO meet al the school house
that day, both to show their appre-
citation OF the faithful and efficient
work of the teacher, MIR. Simpson,
and for general good time, A short
time before twelve o'clock, all were
on the ground, a merry crowd, with
we'll filled baskets, etc, Sam Novels
brought boards, as he has on former
occasions, for the four long tables,
which were soon spread with a dinner
OF such variety and quality that we
are sure everyone was satisfied. After
dinner, the time was very pleasantly
spent with games and conversation.
VERITAs.
The Holt County sentinel., 1914-04-24
A Good Citizen Gone.

The subject Of this sketch WAS born
near Logansport, Ind, about the year
lsij, and was the youngest OF family
OF eight children. lie came TO Holt
county, June, 1851, when boy and
has made this his home ever since.
on November I, 1858, he was united
In marriage to America 5. A. Ball,
who with seven children, five boys
and two girls, are left to mourn his
death, which occurred at his home,
near Napier, at 7:55 O'Clock, April IL,
1914, after an illness OF about q year
with a complication Of diseases. The
children are: Clark f., OF Ottumwa,
Iowa; Arthur @. and John W., OF
Kansas City: Robert s., Calvin G. and
Flora A., OF Holt county, and Mrs.
Martha 4. Chambers, Of Brock, Neb.
There are also 10 grandchildren and .
sisters, Mrs. John Keaster and Mrs.
Sarelda Ball, left to mourn his depar-
ture to the unknown shore.
Mr.. Brown served four years In the
Union army, although he never drew
a pension. lie Joined the Christian
church In the year 1858, At Oregon,
Mo-, and has always tried to do right
by his fellow men. Funeral services
we're held at the home, Tuesday,
April II, at 10 q. m, by Rev. Kuhn,
Of the Christian church, OF Mound
City, and the remains were laid &c
rest In Baldwin cemetery. The pail.
bearers were Robert, Calvin, Arthur
and John Brown, sonsof the deceased.