The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-07-26
THE MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY


The Million Dollar Mystery" will
run for twenty-five consecutive weeks
III this paper. BY an arrangement
with the Thanhouser Film Campany It
has been made possible not only to
read the story in this papc- but also
to see II each week in tile various
moving picture theatres. For the Bo-
luton Of this mystery story $4,000
will be;givcn.
Conditions Governing the Contest
The prize OF $4,000 will be Won by
the man, woman or 'cfi | who writes
the most acceptable solution of the
mystery. from which. the last two
reels Of the motion picture drama Will
be made and the last two chapters O.
the ctory written by Harold Mac
Grath.
Solutions may be sent to the THAI
hOuser Film corporation, either nj
Chicago or New York, any time up to
midnight, Dec. IL. They must bear
pcstOfiice marks not later ;nan thar
date. This allows four weeks aftnr
tile first appearance. of the last film
releases and three weeks after tho
last chapter is published in the pape,
in which to submit the solutions.
board OF three judges will deter
mine which OF the many coluiions &c
ccivcd is tho most acceptable. TIL,
judgment OF this bord will be abso
Lutte and final. Nothing OF a literar.
nature vii lie considered in the de-
cisiOn, nor given any preference II
the selection OF the winner o. the $40
600 prize. The laft two reels which
will give the most at ccptablc solution
to the mystery, will be presented II
ykn I,oo I, hi
soon as 1t is practical to produce tn,
same.
The story corresponding to hess
motion pictures will appear in tht
newspapers coincidentally, or as 3uon
after the appearance Of the picture ae
practical. With the last two reel:
Will be shown the pictures of the wiz
ncrs, his her home, and other inter
csting features. 1t is understood the
newspapers so far as practical. in
printing the last two chapters 0f the
story by Harold MacGrath, will alsc
show picture of the successful coli
testant.
Solutions to the mystery must not
be more than 100 words long. Here
arc some questions to be kept In mind
in connection with the mystery rs an
nid to the solution:
lionairc?
Nc 2.-What becomes of @hc 81 ,00O,-
OCO?
No. 3-WhO does Florence marry?
No. 4.-What becomes ct the Rus
sian countess?
No body counec;s.i, either tlir,Stiy
or indIt ectiy vita tbs Million Doll
lar Mystery" will be considered as =
contestant.
Synopsis of Chapters One and Two
Stanley Hnrgrea.e, millionaire, nj.
ter = miraculous escape from ire den
Of the gang Of brilliant ::licvcs Known
as the Black Hundred, lives the life OF
q recluse for eighteen year. Mar
grcAyc one night enIerS Br0:,hwa.
restaurant and there cores face ~
face with the garg'S leader, Driiie.
After the meeting, during which
neither man apparently rcCcGutyes
the other Hnrgrcaye hurrieS to his
magnificent Riverside hlme nHd, lnys
plans for making Ills estnpc from The
country. He writes u letter L. the
girls school in New Jersey, where
eighteen years before he had Inyste.
riousIy left on the doorstep his lMDy
daughter, Florence Gray. i:e always
ppys visit to the hangar with care
devil aviator. at' H''+ ~
Brainc. and members Of the bunl
surround lInrgreave's homo mt night
but as they enter the hoAse the watch.
es outside sec balloon leayc the
roof. The snfc Is found empty The
million dollars which hnrgrca,e II
known TO have drawn That day Is
gone. Then some one announced TINT
the balloon Ind been punciured and
had dropped to the bottom 0f the
sea,
Florence arrives from the Sirl's
school,. Princess Olga, Braine's com.
pani0n,. visits and clnims 10 be u rel
auyc. Two detectives cali, but tlirir
plot Is f0iied by Norton, u newspaper
man.
(Copywright 1914: by Harold Mac
Grath.)