Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-24
SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.

SYNOPSIS OF PR
Stanley Hargreave. millionaire. after a
miraculous escape from the den of the
gang of brilliant thieves known the
Black Hundred. lives the life OF q re-
cluse for eighteen years. Hargreave ac-
cidentally 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 mysteriously
left the doorstep his baby daughter,
Florence Gray. That day Hargreave also
draws 81 100000 from the bank, but it is
reported that this dropped into the
when the balloon hs escaped in was
punctured.
Florence arrives from the girls school.
Countess Olga. Braine's companion, Wis
fits her and claims her ms a relative. The
Black Hundred then see q means OF mal<-
ing Florence = target for their attacks.
They are after the 81 .OO0, 600, and Brsine,
their leader, sets traps for Florence.
The Black Hundred after a number of
attempts fail, due to the wisdom of
[CDpyright: 1914: BY Harold MacGrath.1
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE MASKED BALL
"A BOUT this time-that is to say, about
N the time the Black Hundred was
stretching out its powerful secret
arms toward Norton-there arrived in
New York City a parsonage. This person
age was the Princess Parlova, fabulously
rich Polish Russian. She leased q fine house
near Central park and set about to conquer
social New York. This was not very diff
cult, for her title was perfectly genuine and
she moved in the most exclusive diplomatic
circles in Europe, which, as everybody
knows, is the most brilliant in the world.
When the new home was completely deco
rated she gave an ella borate dinner, and that
attracted the newspapers. They began to
talk about her highness, printed portraits of
her, and devoted page occasionally In the
Sunday editions. She became something Of
a rage. One morning it was announced that
the Princess Parlova would give a masked
ball to formally open her home to society;
and it was this notice that first brought the
Princess Parlova under Braine's eyes. He
was at the Perigof apartment at the time.
"Well, WE'LL" he unused aloud.
"What is it?" asked Olga, turning away
from the piano and ending one of Chopin's
mazurkas brokenly.
"Here is the Princess Parlova in town."
"And who is she?"
She is the real thing Olga; a real
princess with vast estates in Poland with
which the greedy Slav next door has been
very gentle" =
hav ~
social news lately. What about herr"
"She is giving a masked ball to formally
open her house on the west side. And it's
going to cost a pretty penny"
Well, you're not telling me this to make
me want to know the princess" said Olga,
petulantly.
mo. But I'm going to give you letter
Of introduction to her highness.,
"o!"
"And you are going to ask her to invite
two particular friends Of yours to this won
derful ball of hers"
Indeed" ironically. THAT sounds all
very easy"
Easier than you think, my child"
81 will not have you call me child"
"Well, then, Olga
That's better. Now. how will it be cas-
Ter than think?"
Simply this, the Princess Pariova is an
oath bound member, but has not been active
for years"
"oho!" Olga was all animation now.
Go on!"'
You viii 60 to her with a letter Of in
tr0duction-no! Better than that, you will
make a formal call and show her this ring
You know the ring" he said, passing the
talisman to the countess. "Show this to her
and she will obey you in everything. She
will have no alternative"
"Very good" replied Olga. "And then
the program is to insist that she invite Flor
ence and that fool of q reporter to this ball
Then WHAT"
You can leave that to me-"
Haven't all these failures been a warn
ingT
"No, my dear. was born optimistic; but
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