Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-02
BY HAROLD MacGRATH.
SYNOPSIS,

SYNOPSIS.
STANLEY uarRreave. millionaire, after a
miraculous escape from the den Of the gang
of brilliant thieves known as the Black
Hundred. lives the life OF a recluse tor
meets Braine. leader Of the Black Hundred.
Knowing Braine will try to get him. he
escapes from his own home py sr Da a. on
girls school. where eighteen years. before
he mysteriousy left on the doorstep his
baby daughter, Florence Gray. That day
Hargreave also draws one million dollars
from the bank but II Is reported that this
dropped into the sea when the balloon ne
ESCAPED In was punctured.
Florence arrives from the girls school.
Countess Olga Braine's companion; visit
detectives call. but their plot is foiled by
Norton. a newspaper man
After failing In their frst ATTEMPT the
Black Hundred trap Florence. They ASK
her for money. but she escapes. again Toll
ting them ,......
the next day. once more safe at home. The
visitors having gone, Jones removes sec
ton of flooring and from cavity takes
box. Pursued by members OF the Black
succeeds in dropping the box into the sea.
Accomplices Of teaine succeed In kidnap.
ping Florence while she is shopping and
hurry her of to sea. Norton receives a wire
less later informing him that the girl had
loaped into the sea and been as9w rnndt,oo
BY party OF fishermen. The Black Hundred
locate her and Braine disguised as her
father. succeeds in taking her back to sea
with him Florence sets fire to the boat and
Is rescued by ship on which Norton mas
been shanghaied
Black Hundred man learns Of the recovery
from the sea OF the box OF Jewels oy
bottom of the sea. and he quickly .communi-
Gates the fact to Jones' A duplicate box
IS planted and later secured BY the band.
but before its contents are examined tho
hoy disaDDearB.
Finding himself checkmated at every turn,
Braine endeavors to enmesh the HargreaVe
access to the house. The timely discovery OF
the plot by Norton sets the police at the
heels of the pack and results In iaid on
Proves to be barren of results.
The Black Hundred begin to fear Norton
and plan to dispose of him. Again the UNI
noticed butler shows his hand by rescuins
Norton and defeating Braine. And still the
golden tinted bank notes repose TRANQUILITY In
their hiding place.
Continued from Fridays Evening
starr
The men came in with rush. They
upset boxes, looked into the closet,
and the man who was evidently in
command gazed down the well, shak-
ing his head Their search was thor
ough, but they found no one. And
at length they began to reason that
perhaps a woman had got as far as
the door and then turned away,
walking on the turf.
Meantime Florence was borne along
by the swift current of the river,
which gained in swiftness every
moment. From time to time she
bumped along the rocky walls, but
she chung to life valiantly. In ten
she was swept to the other
side of the hill, into the rapids; but
the blue sky was overhead, she was
out In the familiar world again. On,
on she was carried. Even though
she was half dead, she could hear the
roar of the falls somewhere In adj
vance,
Braine thought he really had clue
to the treasure, and with his usual
he set about to learn If
It was worth anything. He procured
launch and began to prowl about,
using pole as feeler. All the while
he was being closely watched by Nor
ton, who had concluded to hang onto
Braine's trail till he found something
worthy of note. Braine was dis
gulsed, but this time Jim was not to
be fooled. But what was he looking
for, wondered the reporter? Braine
continued to pole along, sometimes
pausing to look over the gunwale
down into the water In raising his
head after the last investigation he
discerned something struggling in the
water, about three hundred yards
away. The current leisurely brought
the object into full view. It was a
young woman with just power enough
to keep herself af1oat. The golden
head reused something in him
stronger than curiosity. It might bel
Braine proceeded to move the
launch in the direction Of the girl. It
was this movement that turned the
reporters gaze. He, too, now saw the
woman In the water and wondered