Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-09-26
Inc MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY By uaaaaSsSS5aPPH
SYNOPSIS or PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.

Stanley Hargreave, millionaire. after a
miraculous escape from the den OF tkc yang
of brilliant thieves known as the Black
Hundred, lives the life of a recluse for
ID years. Hargreave accidentally meets
Braine, leader OF the Black Hundred.
Knowing Braine will try 20 get him, he
escapes from his home ny 2 balloon.
Before escaping he writes a litter to the
girls school, where eighteen wears before
he mysteriousIy left on the c00rstep his
baby daughter, Florence Gray. That day
Hargreave also draws one million dollars
from the bank. but II Is reported ihat this
dropped into the sea, when the balloon he
escaped In was punctured.
Florence arrives from tie girls school.
Countess Olga, Braine's companion, visits
her and claims TO be a relative. Two bogus
detectives call, but their plot Is foiled by
Norton, a newspaper a
BY bribing the captain Of the Orient
Norton lays a trap for Braine and his gang
Countess Olga also visits the 0rient's cap
tain and she easily falls into the reporters
snare. The plan proves ab0rtive through
Braine's good luck, and only hireIings fall
into the hands OF the police.
After failing In their fiji Il attempt the
Black Hundred trap Florence. They ask
her for money, but she escapes, again
f0iIing them.
Norton and the countess call on Florence
the next day, once more safe at home. The
visitors having gone, Jones removes a Sec
ton OF flooring 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.
Countess Olga succeeds In breaking the
engagement existing between Florence
Hargreave and Norton.
Accomplices of Braine succeed In kid
mapping Florence while she Is shopping and
hurry her off to sea. She leaps into the
sea and Is picked up In a dazed condition
by a party OF fishermen. The Black Hun
dred locate her, and Braine, disguised as
her father, succeeds in taking her back TO
sea with him. Florence sers fire TO the
boat and Is rescued by a ship on which
Norton has been ~shanghaied.
Norton and Florence, safely ashore and
Win no longer any misunderstanding be-
tween them, take the train for home. The
train Is wrecked and waiting members Of
the Black Hundred carry the injured
Florence 10 a deserted hut. Norton, who
tries to rescue her, is tied TO the railroad
tracks. Florence saves him and finally
Jones comes TO the rescue OF both.
Concealed above the rendezvous OF the
Black Hundred, a man learns Of the re-
covery from the sea OF the box of Jewels
by a sailor and of its subsequent return
to the bottom of the sea, and he quickly
communicates the fact to Jones. A dupIi-
cate box Is planted and later secured by
the band, but before It's contents are ex-
amined the box mysteriousIy disappears.
Owing to the falling off Of contributions
to the parent organization in Russia, an
agent arrives and assumes the leadership
of the American branch of the Black Hun
dred. Through the connivaace of the
countess, the new head Is thoroughly hu-
inflated. Braine pursueS his own plans
pending restoration TO power.