Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-12
Gh2M[LLlONDOLlAR MYSTfRY19>& &e &1s241 SRE7

An right, sir I've said all I'm goin' I,
say tday -" and Blossom strobe off,
"What was the box like!" asked the can
tain of Dunkers.
. Chinese contraption, sir; leastwise II
looked that way to me. Didn't look as if it'd
been in tn water long, sir. Somethin' lost
overheard by some private yacht, t my
thinkin' I'll keep out o. Steve's way. I'll
lay low on shore, sir"
And though Steve made a perfect range Of
the spot he never came back to find the mys-
terious box, never saw the ellison house back
home, nor did he ever see Dunkers again On
the voyage home he brooded continually, and
was frequently found blubbering and one
night he skipped his watch and went to Davy
Jones locker.
Dunkers had not told al out the name he had
seen on the box and Blossom had not thought
to. The name Hargreave had instantly
brought back to Dunkers' mind the Newspaper
stories he had recently read. There was no
doubt in the world that this box belonged 10
the missing millionaire, who had drawn q mil
lion from his banks and vanished: and, more
over, there was no doubt in Dunkers' mind
that this million lay IN the Bahaman waters
1t had been drawn up from the bottom of the
sound, under the path Of the balloon. Hn
proceeded, then, to take a most minute rangA.
1t would require money and partners but hale
a loaf would be far better than no loaf at aIls
and he was determined 10 return TO New York
to find backing. Finding is keeping. ON land
or sea.
Now it happened that his fs~crits grug shop
was a cheap saloon across the way frnm the
headquarters of The Black Hundred: and
Vroon occasionally dropped IN, for he often
picked UP a valuable bit of maritime newn.
Dunkers was old friend of the barkeeper,
and he proceeded to pour and guzzle down his
throat very poor substitute for whisky. He
become communicative. He Dragged. He knew
where there Was a million, and all he needed
was a first class diving bell year from
he would not be drinking cheap whisky;
he'd be steering 4 course up and down Broad
way and buying wine when he was thirsty.
He was no miser. But he had to have q div
ing ben and where the blue devil could he
set one with $12 and an Inserson watch in
his pocket7
From his table vroon made a kisn which
y
approached Dmkera
I own q pretty good diving apparatus"
he said. If you've got the goods, IN take
4 chance on a fifty-ffty basis vroOn did not
believe there was anything back of this talk
but it always paid to dig deep enough to find
out Have drink and, Bin, give us a real
whisky and none OF your soaplye. Now, let's
hear your yarn-"
"I don't know yuh," said Dunkers, with
drunken caution. How d IT, Bin7" turning
to the bartender.
He's the goods, Inn You've heard Of
wy1nt & Cor"
Sure I've heard y uhem. Best diviu'
apparatus they ia"
Wen, this gent hero = Mr. Brooks, sem-
eraI manager for w1snt & Go. I can o. z.
him"
Vroon threw an spprocfztfve Eiznne sE ths
bartender. He wzs not affiliated wifi Iha
Black Hundred, but he had often sided vr0um
in minor afairS-
An right, II yuh ny 20 Bm- VIII. karkA
tn yarn
And when he had dom. Vrcou Smoked suAssi,
" without speaking.
Don't yuh believe h7~ demanded Dumb.
ers, truculentiy.
But 600 feet Of water. m q esral hUefnu1s
and no way Of telling just where Il fen Sssus
board That's tough proposition"
20, it is h it? Tn q sailor. I EN- hu
my hand right over tn spot Do yuh thRzA
I'd be fool enough { hunt for It wffhoat o
perfect range?" Dmkers tapped his ecaA
pocket suEsestiVeay.
And Vroon knew that tho Go thing hS
wanted was there, plzn or a drawing Of dks
range So there was another man ahanghAied
that night, and his destination was Cdpe
Town, twenty-five days voyage b the calen-
dar. q
Vroon carried his information to the Organ-
ization TINT same might They would stxrt
the expedition at once, and tin this vss NO
compIished, Hargreave's daughter ww b b
immune from attacks Besides, It wouE gfve
Hargreave wherever he wss) and rbe othezs
the idea that The Black Hundred Ind cua-
cluded 10 give up the chase.
Above, with his ear to q small hole, sk58.
fully bored through the ceiling without peEs
mittins the plaster to fan, knelt = man with
a bandsged arm. he could never Be Sn1
faces; no one ever took Oh a mzsk In this
sinister chamber. But there were voices, and
he was never going to forget some Of them
After the meeting came to an end, he waited
an hour after, and then stOle down into the
street by the aid of the fire escape. Later, hs
entered a telephone booth and called up Jones.
Then, one leathem und steel box, sotted
with bits of ivory and mother-ofpearl, became
two; and the second one was soaked in mud