The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1914-11-03
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SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS

SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS
Stanley Hargreave, millionaire, af-
ter q miraculous escape from the den
of the gang OF brilliant thieves known
as the Black Hundred, lives the life Of
recluse for eighteen years. Har-
greave accidentally meets Braine the
leader of the Back Hundred. Know
Ing Braine will tiy to get rim, he es-
capes from his own home by a balloon
Before escaping he writes a letter to
the girls school where eighteen years
before he mysteriously left on the
doorstep his baby daughter, Florence
Gray. That day Hargreave also draws
100000 from the bank, but 1t is re-
ported that this dropped into the sea
when the balloon he escaped in was
punctured.
Florence arrives from the girls
school. Countess Olga, Braine's COM
panion. visits her and claims to be
relative Two bogus detectives call
but their plot is foiled by Norton, a
newspaper man.
After failing in their first attempt,
the Black Hundred trap Florence. They
ask her for money, but she escapes,
again foiling them.
Norton and the countess call on
Florence the next day, once more safe
at home The visitors having gone,
Jones removes a section of the floor
ing 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.
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KIDNAPPING Florence while she is shop
ping and hurry her off to sea. She
leaps into the sea and is picked up in
dazed condition by party OF fisher
men, The Black Hundred locate her,
and Braine disguised as her father sue
ceeds in taking her back to sea with
him. Florence sets fire to the boat and
is rescued by ship on which Norton
has been shanghaied.
Concealed above the rendezvous of
the Black Hundred, a man learns OF
the recovery from the sea Of the box
of jewels by sailor and of its subse-
quent return to the bottom of the sea,
and he quickly communicates the fact
to Jones. A duplicate box is planted
and later secured by the band, but be
fore it's contents are examined the
box mysteriously disappears.
Finding himself checkmated at ev-
cry turn, Braine endeavOrs to en-
mesh the Hargreave household in the
law in order to gain free access to the
house. The timely discovery OF the
plot by Norton sets the police at the
heels of the pack and results in
raid on the gangs rendezvous, which
however, proves to be barren OF re-
suits.
Following telephone message
Jones received rom mysterious per
son whom he addressed as Sir Flor
ence is again lured from her home ant
taken out to sea- Through Norton'
daring and skill as an aviator, she i
rescued and returns to her home II
time to confront an agent OF the Blacl
Hundred
Through treachery in the Hargreav
household Florence is delivered int
the hands of an INSCRIPTIONS doctor
who is in the pay of the Black hun
dred. From the faithful Susan, Nor
ton learns that the doctor has declar
ed that Florence is stricken wit
smallpox and that he is preparing t
spirit her. away BY acting quick
the reporter, with the aid Of Snsa
succeeds in extrioating the young VIC
man from the danger after an en-
counter with members of the gang
The Black Hundred begin to fea
Norton and plan to dispose OF mn
Again the. unnotieed butler shows NJ
hand by rescuing Norton and defeai
ing Braine.
And still the golden tinted ban
notes repose TRANQUILITY in their hidln
place.