The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1914-10-27
81 Alli0n Dollar
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SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS

Stanley Hargreave, millionaire, af-
ter 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. Har-
greave accidentally meets Braine the
leader of the Black Hundred Know
ing Braine will try to get him, he es-
capes from his own home by balloon
Before escaping he writes letter to
the girls school where eighteen years
before he mysteriously left on the
doorstep his baby daughter, Florence
Gray. That day Hargreave also draws
81 100000 from the bank, but it is re-
ported that this dropped into the sea
when the balloon he escaped in was
punctured
Florence arrives from the girls
school. Countess Olga, Braine's COM
paniOn, visits her and claims to be a
relative. Two bogus detectives call
but their plot is foiled by Norton,
newspaper man.
After failing in their first attempt,
the Black Hundred trap Florence. They
ask her for money, but she escapes,
again foiling them.
Norton and the countess call on
Florence the next day, once more safe
at home The visitors having gone,
Jones removes section of the floor
ing and from cavity takes a box.
Pursued by members of the Black
Hundred he rushes to the water front
and succeeds in dropping the box into
the sea.
AccOmplices of Braine succeed in
kidnapping Florence while she is shop
ping and hurry her off to sea- She
leaps into the sea and is picked up in
dazed condition by party Of fisher
men. The Black Hundred locate her,
and Braine disguised as her father sue
ceeds in taking her back to sea with
him. Florence sets fire to the boat and
is rescued by ship on which Norton
has been shanghaied.
Concealed above the rendezvous of
the Black Hundred. a man learns of
the recovery from the sea of the box
of jewels by a sailor and of it's subse-
quent return to the bottom of the sea,
and he quickly communicates the fact
to Jones. A duplicate box is planted
and later secured by the band, but be-
fore its contents are examined the
box mysteriously disappears.
Finding himself checkmated at ev-
cry turn, Braine endeavors to en-
mesh the Hargreave household in the
law in order to gain free access to the
house. The timely discovery of the
plot by Norton sets the police at the
heels Of the pack and results in a
raid on the gangs rendezvous, which,
however, proves to be barren of re-
suits.
Following a telephone message,
Jones received rom a mysterious per-
son whom he addressed as Sir" Flor
ence is again lured from her home and
taken out to sea. Through Norton S
daring and skill as an aviator, she is
rescued and returns to her home in
time to confront an agent of the Black
Hundred.
Through treachery in the Hargreave
household, Florence is delivered into
the hands of an INSCRIPTIONS doctor,
who is in the pay of the Black Hun
bred. From the faithful Susan, Nor
ton learns that the doctor has declar-
ed that Florence is stricken with
smallpox and that he is preparing to
spirit her away. By acting quickly
the reporter, with the aid of Susan
succeeds in eXtricating the young wo-
man from the danger after an en-
counter with members of the gang.