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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-07-21

WHEN YOU SEE THIS THINK OF Us
And don't stop thinking until you have
called on US and made inquiries in regard
TO your future homes. lots. rentals and
business chances
BARGAINS OUR SPECIALLY
SQUARE DEALINGS OUR MOTTO.
ANDERSON REALTY co.
20s ". San Antonio st. / Block West Hotel
Paso Del Norte.
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Political Announcements.

olAeys55lss9e1tl.
We, the undersigned. announce ourselves
- candidates for the offices indicated. sub
5ect TO the action Of the Democratic pri-
martes to be held July IS, 1914 and re-
specially solicit your support:
For Judge OF the Forty-flrst District Court
For District ATTORNEY
". ". BRIDGER6
For District Clerk
J. A ESCAJEDA
ADRIAN POOL
c ". GROOM
Z B. MecLINTocK
P. J. EDWARDS
For County Tax Assessor
GEORGE ". HUFFMAN
For County Tax Collector
WILL I WATSON.
For County Superintendent Of Public Schools
MISS ATYRA B. WINKLER
FOR County Surveyor-
For County Treasure
J D. PONDER
For Justice Of the Peace. Precinct /. Place l.
J II. DEAVER
For Justice Of the Peace. Precinct /. Place p
JAMES J. MURPHY.
For Constable, Precinct l.
DOMINGO MONTOYA
For Commissioner, Precinct l.
JAMES CLIFFORD
Tor Senator from the Twenty-fifth Sena-
torial District
CLAUDE B. HUDsPETH
For Representative Of the 18th District
CEl PasO and Culberson Counties)-
ALBERT S. J. EYLAR
For Representative OF the 18th District (Esl
Paso countyl-
P F. burgess.
For County Chairman.
T. A FALVEY.
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Mineral Waters.
Health Resorts.

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bath house. expert uasseur. and good hotel
accoumodatious Phone $3.50 for inroruna-
ton or call at Hot Wells water Co 3
office, 222 z Main s.
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Ready Reference Business Directory.
Poultry, Etc.

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MEAT MEAL. SS.s5; BLOOD MEAL. $500
GROUND BONE. $3.50
Coukey's and Pratts Poultry Heuneelss
cures disease and makes your hens lay
Guaranteed "Oculum.' inoculate your
flock including chicks and prevent White
Diarrhoes. CHOLERA. Roup. Sorehead or
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For Sale-ReaI Estate

! FOR SALT corner lots at a sacrifice,
$3.50; terms. Phone 5579.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-07-21

NEWMAN INVESTMENT co.
REAL ESTATE, INSURANCE, BONDS.
100 san ANTONIO ST.
sa75O-5 RIM. MOD. HOME, SAN
ANTONIO ST. Is Cash, BAL
TERMS.
ss25O-6 R0I. BUNG.. NEW, LOTS,
CLUB. $3.50 CASH, BAL. S35 PER
MO. WORTH $1,000
s1IOO-S RM. HOUSE. LOTS,
LIN. PARK. 500 CASH, SIS PER
NO.
ssOOo-5 RAl. EUNG,, Los AN
GILES. TRADE FOR Ell PAsO
PROPERTY.
5000 PER As A. Z NILE
YsLETA. 10 PERCENT CASH, BAL.
SMALL MO. PINT
sI25o-25k a. N YsLETA, HOUSE
NTERCRBAN.
80 PER Al A. SAN EIIZARIO,
EABENs, MAIN LAND. Is CASH
SNAP.
SOME GOOD LOWER VALLEY
LAND FOR CITY PROPERTY.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-07-21

CLOSE IN SNAP.
Dandy 4 room brick on north side,
near Montana St. 10 blocks Of post
office, $4,000; very easy terms.
$500 CASH.
New 5 room bungalow. all builtin
features, south front, easy walking
distance. S3e0o-any old terms
500 CASH,
SIS per month, including interest 4
room brick. corner lots, Alta Vista
district $1,000
NEW-NEW.
We have several new 1 and room
BUNGALOWS. Just being completed.
$500 to $4,000, that we can sell on
terms Of 500 to $500 cash, balance
easy
FOR RENT.
The prettiest s room home IN
Golden Hill for rent, furnished.
Macon Realty Co.
4zs Mills Bldg. Phone 557e.
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Herald Want Ads for results.
Rates For Classified Ads:
One Cent per Word. No
charge less than. Is
Six Consecutive lnser-
lions, per Word. ......... .05
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Wanted-Real Estate

TWO very desirable lots and vendor ueu
be a bargain Write H. L, care Herald
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Wanted Money.
Miscellaneous.

NANTED-S25O0 two years; good house as
guarantee A E P. O. box 4G2
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-22
CHAPTER IN.

THE LEAP N THE DARK.
~ o far as Jones was concerned, he was
rather pleased with the turn of affairs.
~ This was no time for lovemaking; no
time for silly, innocuous quarrels and
chickering's, in which love must indulge or die.
Florence no longer rode horseback and Nor
ton returned to his accustomed haunts, where
one made the slightest attempt upon his
life In his present state of mind he would
have welcomed it.
What's the matter with Jim?" asked the
night city editor, raising his eye shade.
Il don't know" answered the copy reader.
Goes around as if he'd been eating dope;
bumped into the boss while ago and never
stopped to apologize"
Perhaps he's mapping out the front page
for that Hargreave stuff" laughed the copy
reader. Between you and me and the gate
post, l don't believe there ever was a man
by the name of Hargreave."
"O there was a chap by that name, all
right. He's dead. A man can't swim 300
'-iAs in rough water. life buoy OF no. They
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" Not so loud!" warningly.

Not so loud!" warningly.
AS loud as l please. / am not forget
ting that you need me. I'm no coward. l
recognize that you hold the whip hand. But
you can send me to the chair before I'll
crawl to you. Now, leave me alone for
while"
The other physician had no such qualms
of conscience. He was ready at I'll times
for the generous emoluments which accrued
from his dealings with the man Braine.
The Countess Perigoff was indisposed so
it was quite in the order of things that she
should summon physicians.
There is law in the state of New York
just or unjust whichever you please-that
reads that any person may be adjudged in
sane if the signatures of two registered physi-
clans are affixed to the document. It docs
not say that these physicians shall have been
proved reputable.
There were, besides the physicians, a
motherly looking woman and a man of benign
countenance. Their faces were valuable
assets. TO gain another PERSONS confidence
is, perhaps, among the greatest human
achievements. A confidence man and woman
in the real sense of the word. In your minds
eye you could see this man carrying the con-
tribution plate down the aisle on Sunday
mornings, and his wife Kate putting her
mite on the plate for the benefit of some poor,
untidy Hottentot.
On Tuesday of the following week
Florence and Susan went shopping. The
chauffeur was a strong young fellow whom
Jones relied upon. If you pay n man well
and hold out fine promises, you generally
can trust him. AS their car left the corner
another followed leisurely. This second auto
mobile contained Thomas Wendt and his
wife Kate. The two young women stopped Mt
the great dry goods shop near the public
library, and for the time being naturally for
got everything but the marvels which had
come from all parts of the world. 1t is as
natural for woman to buy as it is for a
man to sell.
In some manner or other Florence became
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he was ushered into the deserted office of the
first he sent his card in. The doctor replied
in person. His face was pale and his hands
shook
Good afternoon" said Braine, smiling
affably.
The doctor eyed him like a man hypno-
tized. You you wished to see me
on some particular business?"
Very particular" dryly. my car is out
side. Will you be so good as to accompany
me?"
The doctor slowly went into the hall for
his hat and coat. He left the house and got
into the car with never a word of protest.
"Thinking?" said Braine
81 am always thinking whenever I see
your evil face What devilment do you re-
qure of me this time?"
a mere stroke of the pen.'
"Where are we going?"
To call on another physician of your
standing" significantly. 1t is a great thing
to have friends like you two. Always ready
TO serve u.s. for the mere love of it,
"There's no need of using that kind of talk
to me. You have me in the hollow of your
hand. Why should bother to deny it? |
have broken the law. | broke it because
was starving
at is better to starve in freedom than to
eat fat joints up the river Today it is a
question of sanity
And YOU want me to assist in signing
away the liberty of some person who is per-
fectly sane?"
The nail on the head" urbanely.
You're a fine scOundrel!"
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Ih2MlLlONlOIlARM MYSTfRYY111&z nc 1zzsSaR SREFn

they say. We've got two ends of the net
down, and with little care we'll have them
all. Now let me have hundred"
Norton drew out a packet of bills and
counted off five twentes.
why don't you draw the cash yourself?"
1t happens TO be in your name. SON."
81 forgot" said Norton. But what a
chance for me, Nearly five thousand, all
minc for a ticket to Agiers!"
A grunt was the only reply.
q" want you to tell me about the Perigoff
woman"
Il know only one thing-that Braine is
there every night"
mol"
The orders are for you to play the game
just as you are playing it, When we strike,
it must be the last blow. All this hide-and-
seek business may look foolish to you. It's
like that Japanese game called jo.' 1t looks
simple, but chess is a tyros game beside it.
Can you find your way back all right?"
81 can"
"Well, you'd better be going. That's all
the light l have, in this torch here. Got a
lot to do tomorrow and need sleep"
Norton stole away with great caution. His
first intention was TO proceed straight TO the
city, but despite his resolution he found
himself within quarter of an hour gazing
up at the windows of the Hargreave house.
Not at home!"
Quite unconscious of the fact, he was as
close to death as any mortal man might care
to be. The policeman, suddenly looming up
under the arc lamp, proved to he his savior.
The lull made Jones doubly alert. He was
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positive that they were preparing to strike
again. But from what direction and in what
manner? He had not the gift of clairvoy.
ance, so he had to wait; and waiting is a
terrible game when perhaps death is bal
ancing the scales. 1t is always easier to
make an assault than to await it; and it is
n good general who always finds himself
prepared.
But it made his heart ache to watch the
cLild. She went about DISQUALIFICATION any
one was in the room with her. Many
time, however, he had stolen to the door
of her bedroom and heard the heart rendinS
sobs, vain attempt being made to sthe
them among the pillows. She was only IS;
it was first love; and first loves are pale
evancscent attachments. 1t hurt now; but
she would get over it presently. Youth for
gets. Time. like water, smooths away the
ragged places.
The Countess call regularly. She was,
of course, dreadfully sorry over what had
happened. She had heard something about
his character: newspaper men weren't always
the best. This one was a mere fortune
hunter; a two faced one, at that. She was
never more surprised in her life when he
threw his arms around her And so on, and
forth, half lies and half truths, till the
patient Jones felt like wringing her neck.
From his vantage point the butler smiled
ironically. He could read the heart of this
Perigoff woman as he could read the page of
a book. The affrontery! And all the while
he must gravely admit her and pretend when
the blood rioted in his veins at the sight of
her. But lie dared not swerve single inch
from the plans laid down. 1t was a cup of
bitter gall, and there was 10 way of avoid
ing the putting of it to his lips. She ema-
mated poison as nightshade emanates it, the
upas tree. And he must bow when she
tered and bow when she left! Still. she hal
done him an indirect favor in breaking up
this love business.
One afternoon Braine summoned his run
about and called upon two physicians. When
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What does that mean?"
THAT they would net create Imaginative
heart aches if they were not young. Better
let things remain exactly as they are. When
all these troubles are settled finally. the lesser
trouble may be talked over sensibly. Bui
this is not the time. There is no news.
Goodnight"
Norton returned to his chair, gloomier than
ever With his feet upon the window sill,
he stared and stared and dreamed and
dreamed till a hand fell upon his shoulder.
1t belonged to one of the office boys.
Note fr you, sir"
Norton read it and tore it into little pieces.
Then he rose and distributed the pieces in
the several yawning waste baskets which
strewcd the aisle leading to the city desk.
I'm not wanted for anything?" he asked.
No. Clear OUT" laughed the night city
editor. THE sight of you is putting every
body in the gloom ward"
Norton went down to the street. At the
left of the entrance he was quietly joined by
a man whose arm was carried in a sling.
He motoned Norton to get into the taxicab.
They were dropped in a deserted spot in
Riverdale. On foot they went forward to
their destination. which proved to be the
deserted hangar of the aviator William Orts.
81 want you to tell Jones that tug and
several divers are at work on the spot where
he threw the chest. That's all Now, doc
tor, rewind this arm of mine"
Tto srryoo, r,oJo rorr GOOD
job of it; not for nothing had he followed
fighting armies to the front.
"Did they find anything?"
Not up to date. But we might if we
cared to. They have left buoy over tie
spot they're exploring. But just now it floats
a quarter of mile to the east of the spot"
"Who were the men in the motor boat
that chased jones'"
Only Jones can tell you. Queer old
codger, eh?"
A bit stubborn. He wants to handle it
without police assistance"
And he's right. We are not aiming to
arrest any one" sinisterly. "There can't be
any draw to this game. Here, no smoking.
Too much gas afloat.'
Norton put the cigarets back into his
pocket. Whats the real news?" he de-
manded. "You would not bring me out here
just to rebandage that arm. 1t really did not
need it. Come, out with, it."
You're sharp"
I'm paid to be sharp"
I've found where the Blac * Hundred
holds its sessions
By George, that is news"
The room above is vacant. A little hole
in the ceiling, and who knows what might
happen?"
What do you want me to do?"
"Ter Jones, When the next meeting
comes around I'll advise you. I've stumbled
unon dissatisfied member. So. buck I'D. as
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SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.
CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE
CONTEST.

SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.
Stanley HarEreaVe, millionaire. after n
miraculous escape from the den of the
gang of brilliant thieves known as the
Black Hundred, lives the life of n recluse
for eighteen years. HargreaHe hcci-
dentaIIy meets Braine, leader of the
Black Hundred. knowing Braine will
try TO get him, he escapes from his own
home by balloon. Before escaping he
writes a letter TO the girls school,
where eighteen years before he mysteri-
ousIy left on the doorstep his baby
daughter, Florence Gray. That day
HarEreave also draws one million dol
lars from the bank, but 1t is reported
that this dropped into the sea. when the
balloon he escaped in was punctured.
Florence arrives from the girls school.
Countess Olga, Braine's companion, Wis
its her and claims TO he relative. Two
bogus detectives call, but their plot is
foiled by Norton, n newspaper man.
BY bribing the captain of the Orient
Norton lays n trap for Braine and his
gang. Countess 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 hireIinGs fall into the hands of the
police.
After falling I'm their first attempt the
Black Hundred trap Florence. They ask
her for money, but she escapes, again
foIIIng them.
Norton and the countess call on Flor
ence the next day, once more safe mt
home. The visitors having gone, Jones
removes n section of flooring, and from
a cavity takes box. Pursued by mem-
bers of the Black Hundred, he rushes to
the water front and succeeds In drop
ping the box into the sea.
Braine cOnceives the idea of giving n
coaching party. TO which Florence Is in
vited. Jones and Norton both go along
and are fortunately hand to save
Florence from being imprisoned in the
country house TO which she is Iured.
Florence goes horseback riding and IL
captured by one of Braine's men along
the roadside. Norton rescues her. They
are pursued, however, and the pair make
their complete escape only after Norton
has exploded a tire on the fast approach
ing machine with a bullet.
Countess Olga, scheming to break the
engagement now existing between Flor
ence Hargreave and Norton, invites
them both to her apartments and pre-
tends to faint In the reporters arms
Florence appears In the doorway just mt
the planned moment, and result
gives Norton back his ring.
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ought to have funeral services, and let it SO
at that
But what was the reason for that fake
cable from Gibraltar saying that Orts was
alive? | don't see any sense in that"
The man who pulled it off did. think,
for my part, that both Orts and Hargreave
are dead, and that the man picked up by the
tranp steamer Orient was riding some other
balloon"
You're wrong there The description of
it proved that it was Orts' machine. o, jim
probably has got mans size yarn up his
sleeve. but he's long time in delivering the
goods. He's beginning to NOPE a good deal.
Woman back of it somewhere. Haven't held
down this copy job for twelve years with
out being able to make some tolerable
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-22

What did they ask you to do7"
" You asked me to come down to the offi"e
at once, and l requested you to come to the
house, and you said you could not. l de.
clined to stir"
What do you Think"
Exactly what you're thinking-that they
have come to life again"
Jones, is Miss Florence awake?"
mo"
DO you think there is any hope of having
her understand what really happened?"
II am here only to guard her. l cannot
undertake to read her thoughts"
you're not quite in favor of reconcilia-
tion?"
20. yes, if it went no further Young
people are young people the world over"
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guessee. Jim's a star man. When he gets
started nothing can stop him. He covered
the Chinese Boxer rebellion better than any
other correspondent there. wonder how old
he is?"
20, | should say about thirty-one or two.
Here he comes now. 'Lo, JIM"
Hello! Where's Ford? He gave me a
ticket to the theater tonight, and l want to
punch his head. What's drama coming to,
anyhow? CiGarets and booze and mismatcd
couples. Can't they find good enough things
out of doors? o, I know. They cater to IL
LOT of fools who believe that what they see
is an expression of high life in New York
and London. And it's rot, plain rot. It's
merely the scum on the boiling pot And
any old housewife would skim it off and
chuck it into the slops. Life? Pifie!"
What's the grouch?"
{" Looking for the dramatic job?'
No. I've just been wondering how far
these theatrical managers can go without
Sitting the golden goose"
Norton sought his desk and began rum
maging the drawers. He was not hunting
for anything he was merely passing away
the time. By and by, when the pastime no
longer served. he pulled his chair over to the
window and sat down, staring at stars such
as Copernicus never dreamed of. Ships going
down to sea, ferries swooping diagonallv
hither and thithcr, the clockwork signs but
he took no note OF these marvels of light.
mot at home!" he muttered
H.. baJ ",
use. The door remained shut, Jones an
swered the telephone, and the letters came
back. He began to think very deeply con-
cerning the Perigoff woman. Had she played
a trick? Had that fainting spell been bun
combe for his benefit as we'll as Florences?
But he had not shadow of a proof. The
thing that puzzled him equally with this was
that all attempts against his life had mirac-
ulously ceased; no safes thundered down in
front of him, and no autos tried to carve him
in two. The only thing that kept him active
was the daily call of Jones by wire. Miss
Florence was well; that was all Jones was
permitted to say.
Restlessy Norton spurned his chair and
walked over to the telephone booth. 1t was
midnight. He might or might not be able to
get Jones. But almost instantly a voice
said. What is itY'
Jones?"
Yes. Who is it?"
" Norton"
Why, you called me up not ten minutes
ago"
" Not To-
" 1t was your voice, as plain as day"
' What did l want?" keen all at once.
The reply did not come Immediately. "You
are certain it was not you?"
" Wait a moment and III call the editor.
He will prove to you that I've been here for
an hour, and that this is the first call I've
made. Some one has been imposing on YOU
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$4,000 FOR 100 WORDS.

THE Million Dollar Mystery" story
wiH run for t,renty-tICo consecutive tceekS
in this paper. By an arrangement icith
the ThdnhoHser Film company it has been
made possible not only to read the story
in this pdpCr but also to see IL each tCceE
in the rGriOUS morinq picture thedterS.
For the solution of this mystery story
$4,000 ,eiH be giren by the ThdnhouSer
Film corporation.
CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE
CONTEST.
The prise of $4,000 lciV be IRON by the
man, tcoman. or child ,cho teritcs the most
acceptable solution of the mystery, from
fchich the last tlCO reels of motion picture
drama triH be made and the last ttco
chapters of the story tcrittcn By Harold
MdcGrdth.
Solutions may be sent to the Than
houser Film corporation either at Chicago
or Ne,o York, any time up to midnight,
Jan. II. This dllotcs several tcecks after
the last chapter has been published.
A board of three judges iciH determine
1chich of the many solutions rcceircd is the
most acceptable. The judges are to be
Harold MacGrdth, Lloyd LOnergdn, and
Miss Nae Tincc. The judgment of this
board tciH be absolute and fndl Nothing
of a literary nature iCiH be considered in
the decision, nor giUcn any preference in
the selection of the trinncr of the $4,000
prise. The last tro reels, Which lciH gire
the most acceptable solution to the mys-
terry. toiH be presented in the thedters
hdrirL1 this feature as soon as IL is pos
sible to produce the same. The story CORE
spending to these motion pictures tciH dp-
near in the newspapers coincidentdly, or
as soon after the appearance Of the pic
lures as practicable With the last t'co
reels tciH be shotCn the pictures Of the trin-
ner, his or her home. and other interesting
features 1t is understood that the neiCs-
pdpers, so far as practicable, tn printing
the last tloo chapters of the story BY Hdr-
old MdcGrdth, tCiH also Shot0 a picture of
the successful contestant.
Solutions to the mystery must not be
more than 100 tCordS long. Here are some
questions to be Kept in mind in connection
tcith the mystery as an aid to a solution:
No. What becomes of the millionaire?
No. 2-Whdt becomes of the H,O0O,000?
No. 3-Whom does Florence marry?
No. What becomes of the Russian
countess'
Nobody connected either directly or in
directly tcith THE Million Dollar Mys-
terry" toil be considered as a contestant.