The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1914-11-10
HAilli0n Dollar
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SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS

O4NV1 0AO We FhEV1UUS ChAfIEMS
Stanley Hargreave, millionaire, at
ter miraculous escape from the den
Of the gang of brilliant thieves known
as the Black Hundred, lives the life of
a recluse for eighteen years. Har-
greave accidentally meets Braine tie
leader of the Back Hundred Know
ing Braine viii try to get lin, lie es-
capes from his own home by 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 it 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 a
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.
Accomplices of Braine succeed in
kidnapping Florence while she is shop
ping and hurry her off to sea. She
leaps into the sea and is picked up in
u dazed condition by a 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. man learns of
the recovery from the sea of the box
Of jewels by a 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 its 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 a
raid on the gangs rendezvous, which,
however, proves to be barren of re-
suits.
Following telephone message,
Jones received from mysterious per-
son whom he addressed as "sir," Flor
ence is again lured from her home and
taken out to sea. Through Norton s
daring and skill as an aviator, she is
rescued and returns to her home in
time to confront an agent of the Black
Hundred.
Through treachery in the Hargreave
household, Florence is delivered into
the hands of an INSCRIPTIONS doctor
who is in the pay of the Black Hun
bred. From the faithful Susan, Nor
ton learns that the doctor has declar-
ed that Florence is stricken with
smallpox and that he is preparing to
spirit her away BY acting quickly
the reporter, with the aid of Susan
succeeds in extricat1ng the young Wo-
man from the danger after an en-
counter with members of the gang.
The Black Hundred begin to fear
Norton and plan to dispose of him
Again the unnoticed butler shows his
hand by rescuing Norton and defeat
ing Braine.
And still the golden tinted bank
notes repose TRANQUILITY in their hiding
place.
Braine and Countess Olga plan 9
daring attempt to capture Florence
and Norton at a masked ball given by
Princess Parlova. They defeat theil
own plan by Overanxiety.
And still the golden tinted bank
notes repose TRANQUILITY in their hiding
place!
Copyright 1914: by Harold Mac
Grath)