Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-13

T know l have my way to make, but ! can assure you that can give Zudora all the material comforts she has known"
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 "Yes; I want .Zudora for my wife,
 "It is impossible" replied Hassam Ali
 Impossible" echoed the two young people.
 Absolutely" with growing cold ness. "In the first place, l am Zudo- ras guardian until she is 21; there fore I do not propose that she shall throw herself away on an ordinary lawyer"
 Sir" said Storm, T do not quite like the tone you use.'
 Indeed! Young man, l am not only her guardian, but I am also her flesh and blood uncle; and l do not propose that she Shall bungle her 1u- ture by marriage to you" Not word about the millions. Zudora thought hard for a moment and concluded it might be wise to say nothing to her lover until she haf this fortune under her hand.
 "What if I promise never to marrF any one else?" she said.
 Hassam Ali shrugged. Come, come be sensible. Until you both get over this foolish idea, I must request rna@ MT. Stone cease calling here."
 "Very well sir" said Storm angrily. But I warn you that shall see Zudo- "a outside as often as she is kint' enough to permit me. Good even ing!" Storm sent Zudora a reassuring smile as he left the room.
 Certainly he would not have smiled had he seen Hassam ,Ali's mind at that moment.
 "What in the word have yor against John?" cried Zudora bewild- eredly.
 q do not propose to see you SUD- port fortune hunter" rather lame ly.
 That's nonsense" sre declared with spirit "John tells the truth, when he says he is able to take care of me-
 Still, forbid it; and legally it is my right
 But I love him. I would not trade AA1ul 1Ol IAS S1 CcAC~oC pl 1ASC III SII 1oI- endom. And if I cannot marry him, I'll marry no one."
 "Well, well," said Hassam Ali ap- parenty relenting; eff you take such a stand I'll compromise"
 She gazed at him eagerly.
 Solve my next twenty cases and you can marry him; fail in any single case and you must renounce him." Zudora agreed instantly, even joy ously. For long time she had been seized with the desire to play the de- tective; and her uncle had often ad- mitted that her powers of logical de- duction were remarkable in a woman who, philosophers claime1, was with out the faculty Of sustained reason ing.
 "Is it really bargain?" with all the confidence of youth.
 "It is. If you're willing to risk the dangers for the sake of a man like Storm, why, the choice is yours."
 Then he left her.
 There was little love lost between Storm and Bienreith. They had clash ed dozen times during m the past year; and once or twice they had al- most come to blows. On the last day they came together in the courtroom 1 just before the noon recess. Bien- reith threw discretion to the winds and hurled low epithet at his rival. who swiftly retaliated by strik- | ing the German across the face with ! the brief he held in his hand. "A tremendous confusion ,ansued and fr0rn ha, in tho 7,,Io viewed the scene with alarm. This man Bienreith was an athletic bully. He had been in America but few years and he still held to the Ger man view regarding a blow in the face. He hastily scribbled note which he showed toward Storm. Thr latter read it, shrugged and nodded affirmatively. All might have gone we'll but for the fact that an enrer- prising reported found the discarded note and made great scoop for his paper. Bienreith had challenged Storm to a duel and the latter had hotly agreed, despitle the fact that he knew nothing of swords and was a very indifferent pistol shot.
 And Hassam Ali found a way to dispose of John Storm.
 And Zudora thought she had found a way to save him. She found him in the cellar. bravely trying to hit a bull's-eye target. It would have been laughable under any other circum,. stance. He was not to be swered. however And when she threatened him with the police, he laughed. He knew the police of old; they would refuse to take the affair seriously. Storm laid down his revolver and took a drink of water. Then he pick ed up the revolver and began peg ging away. Unobserved. she drug ged the drinking water. There would be no duel that night Again she pleaded, but Storm was firm. She pretended to give up, and departed. weeping.
 The next morning Rienreith was found dead in his library. strangled: and John Storm, in 3 dazed condition disheveled, was arrested on the street charged with murder.
 Hassam Ali. in his capacity of cri- minal investigator, accompanied by Zudora, entered with the police the scene of the crime.
 Well, my child" said he. mere fs