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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-09
The Million Dollar Mystery
1D

II mean that then you would have
learned your friend, the reporter, was
to arrive upon the scene at its most
vital moment"
What, Norton2"
Eyes. The trouble is with you, you
have been so successful all these
years that you have grown overcon-
fident. ! tell you that there is des-
perately shrewd man somewhere
back of all this. Mark me, l do not
believe Hargreave is dead He is in
hiding. 1t may be near by. He may
have dropped from the balloon before
it left land. The man they picked up
may be Orts. the aeronaut The FIVE
thousand might have been his fee for
rescuing Hargreave. Here is the
greatest thing we've ever been up
against and you start in with every
Gay methods"
Little woman, don't let your
tongue run away with you too far"
I'm not the least bit afraid of you,
Leo. You need me, and it has never
been more apparent than at this mo-
ment''
All right l fell by the wayside
this trip Truthfully / realized 1t
five minutes after the men were gone.
The only clever thing / did was to
keep the mask on my face. They
can't come back at me. But the thing
looked so easy; and it would have
worked but for Norton's appearance >
You all but compromised me. That
butler worries me q little" Her ex-
preston lost its anger and grew
thoughtful He's always about,
somewhere. Do you think Hargreave
took him into his CONFIDENCE
Cant tell He's been watched
straight for forty hours. He hasn't
mailed a letter or telephoned to any
place but the grocery. There have
been no kilograms. Some one in that
house knows where the money is, and
it's ten to one that it will be the
girl"
TShe looks enough like Katrina to
be her ghost
Braine went over the window and
stared up at the stars.
You have made a good impression
on the girl?" with his back still
toward her.
Il had her in my arms"
Olga, my hat is off to you" turn
ing, now that his face was again in
repose. Your very frankness re-
garding your relationship will pull
the wool over their eyes. OF course
they'll make inquiries and they'll find
out that you haven't lied. It's per-
feet. Not even that newspaper
weasel will see anything wrong
Toward you they will eventually ease
up and you can act without their
even dreaming your part in the bust
ness. We must not be seen in pub
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B y HA ROLD.
M a c G r A T H
Copyright, 1914, by
Harold MacGrath

and for an hour or more worked over
her face and hair. till she was certain
that If the captain of the ship de-
seribed her TO any one else he could
not fail to give a fair description OF
Florence Hargreave.
But Norton reached the captain
first. Other reporters had besieged
him, but they had succeeded in gath
ering the vaguest kind of informa-
ton. They had no description of
Hargreave, while Norton had. Be
fore going down to the boat, how
ever, he had delved into the past of
the Princess Olga Perigoff. II cost
him poeketful of money, but the
end justified the means. The princess
had no past worth mentioning. BY
Diecing this and that together he
became assured that she had told the
simple truth regarding the relation
ship to Florence's mother. A cable
gram had given him all the facts in
her history; there were no gaps or
discrepancies. 1t read clear and
frank. Trust a Russian secret agent
TO know what he was talking about.
For .The Plays the Thing com
ment on 1.-THE Million Dollar Mys-
terry" see third page. second section.
TO be continued in Fridays Evening
starr.
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everybody and has Travelled every
where. No matter what subject you
bring up, he seems well informed"
Come often" urged Florence.
~ shall, my child And any time
you need me, call for me. After all,
| am nearly your aunt You will find
life in the city far different from
that which you have been accus-
toned to-
She limped down to her limousine
In tripping up Norton he had stepped
upon her foot heavily.
She is lovelyl" cried Florence.
"Well. / must be on my way also, !"
said Norton. II am worldly wise
man, Miss Florence. Is Jones here?
Never go any place without letting
him know; not even to the corner
drug store. / am going to find your
father. Some one was rescued. I'm
going to find out whether it was the
aviator or Mr.. Hargreave"
Jones drew in a deep breath and
his eyes closed for a moment At
the door he spoke to the reporter.
What do you think of that
woman"
Il believe that she has told the
truth. She is charming"
"She is. But for all her charm and
truth / cannot help distrusting her.
/ have an idea. | shall call up your
Office at the end of each day. If a
day comes without call. you will
know that something is wrong.
"A very good idea.p Norton shook
hands with every one and departed.
What a brave, pleasant young
mani murmured Susan.
II like him, too: and I'd like him
for friend said the guileless girl.
ut is very good to have a friend
like Mr.. Norton" added Jones. and
passed out into the kitchen. All the
help had been discharged and upon
his shoulders lay the burden of the
cooking till such time when he could
reinstate the cook.
There was stormy scene be-
tween Braine and the princess that
night
Are you in your dotage?" she
asked vehemently.
There, there; bring your voice
down a bit. Where's the girl?"
I'm her home. Where did you sup
pose she would be, after that botch-
work of letting me go 10 do one thing
while you had in mind another? And
ar ordinary pair of cutthroats, at
that.H
THE thought came to me after you
left l knew you'd recognize the men
1t didn't work.
1T would have been all right if you
had consulted a clairvoyant."
What the deuce do you mean by
that?'' Braine demanded roughly.
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lie any more This butler may know
where | stand even though he can
not prove it. Now, I'm going to tell
you something. Perhaps you've long
since guessed it. Katrina was mine
till Hargreave-never mind what his
name was then-till HargreaVe came
into the fold. So sure of her was l
that ! used her as lure to bring
him to Us. She fell in love with him,
hut too late to warn him. ] had the
satisfaction of seeing him cast her
aside, curse her and leave her In
one thing she fooled us all. / never
knew of the child till you told me.
He paused to light a cigaret.
"Hargreave was madly in love with
her He cursed her, but he came
back to the house to forgive her, to
find that she had been seized by the
secret police and entombed in the
fortress. / had my revenge. II was
/ who sent in the information, prac-
tically bogus. But in Russia they
never question: they act and for
get So he had a daughter"
He began pacing the floor. his
hands behind his back; and the wom-
an watched him, oscillating between
love and fear. He came to a halt
abruptly and looked down at her.
Don't worry. You have no rival.
I'll leave the daughter TO your tender
mercies.n
THE butler" she said has full
powers of attorney to act for Har-
greave while absent, up to the day
the girl becomes of legal age"
IN keep an eye on our friend
Jones. From now on, day and night,
there will be a cat at the knothole,
and ware mousel Could you makeup
anything like this glrl?" suddenly
"a fair likeness
do it. Go to that ship which
picked up the man at sea and quiz
the captain. Either the aviator or
Hargreave is alive. 1t is important
to learn which at once. Be very care
full; play the game as only you know
how to play it. And If Hargreave is
alive, we win. Tomorrow morning
early Tears of anguish and all that.
Sailors are easy when woman
weeps. No color, remember; just the
yellow wig and the salient features.
Now. by-by.'
Aren't you going to kiss me, Leog'
He caught her hands. There is a
species of Delilah about you, Olga.
A kiss tonight from your lips would
snip my locks: and ] need a clear
head. Whether we fail or win, when
this game is played you shall be my
wife" He kissed the hands and STROBE
out into the hail.
The woman gazed down at her
small white hands and smiled tender
ly. (The tigress has her tender mo-
mentsD He meant 1t!
She went into her dressing room
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CONTINUED from yesterci
CHAPTER III.
The Safe in the Lonely Warelin
(copyrisht, 1914, BY Harold MacGr- :

The princess did not remain
after the departure of the police wi.
the bogus detectives. 1t had been
very difficult corner to wriggle out of.
all because Braine had added to his
plans after she had left the apart
ment But for the advent OF the
meddling reporter the coup would
have succeeded, herself apparently
perfectly innocent of completely. That
must be the keynote of all her plans
Ito appear quite innocent and leave
no trail behind her. She had gained
the confidence of Florence and her
companion. And she was rather GER.
tain that she had impressed this,
lazy eyed reporter and the stolid but
Ter. She had told nothing but the
truth regarding her relationship. They
would find that out. She was Katrina
Pushkin's cousin. But blood with her
counted as naught. She had room
In her heart but for two things
Braine and money to spend on her
caprices.
How long has your highness known
Mr.. Braine? asked the reporter idly,
as he smoothed away all signs of his
recent conflict.
: .'tOh, the better part of year. Mr..
Hargreave did not recognize me the
other night. That was quite excusa-
Bile, for when he last saw me l was
not more than twelve. My child"
she said to Florence, build no hopes
regarding your mother. She is doubt
ess dead. Upon some trivial matter
/ do not know what it was-she was
snfined to the fortress. That was
seventeen years ago. When you en-
ter the fortress at st. Petersburg you
cease to be-"
THAT is true enough"
II did not recall myself to your
father. did not care at that mo-
ment to shock him with the remem-
-brance of the past. Is not Mr.. Braine
4 remarkable man." All this in her
charming broken English.
HE is, indeed affirmed Norton.
HES superb linguist, knows
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$4,000 FOR 100 WORDS

The "MilIion Dollar Mystery" story
VIII run for twenty-five consecu-
tive weeks in the Newark Evening
Star. BY an arrangement with the
Thanhouser Film Company IL has
been made possible not only to read
the story In the Newark Evening Star,
but also to see 1t each week in the
various moving picture theatres. For
the solution Of this mystery story SI0,-
900 will be given.
CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE
CONTEST
The prize Of $4,000 will be won by
the man, woman or child who writes
the most acceptable solution of the
mystery, from which the last two
reels Of motion picture drama will be
made and the last two chapters of
the story written by Harold Mac
Grath.
Solutions may be sent to the Than
h0user Film Corporation, either at
Chicago or New York, any time up
to midnight. December IL. They must
bear postoffice mark not later than
that date. This SLOWS four weeks
after the first appearance of the last
Aim releases and three weeks after
the last chapter Is published In this
paper. In which to submit solutions.
A board Of three judges will deter
msue which of the many solutions
received Is the most acceptable. The
Judgment of this board will be alb
solute and Anal. Nothing of liter
ayy nature will be considered in the
decision, nor given any preference In
the selection of the winner of the
$4,000 prize. The last two reels,
which will give the most acceptable
solution to the mystery, will be pre-
scented In the theatres having this
feature as soon as 1t is practical to
produce same. The story correspond-
ing to these motion pictures will APP
pear In the newspapers co-inciden-
tally. or as soon after the appearance
Of the pictures as practical. With
the last two reels will be shown the
pictures of the winner. his or her
home. and other interesting features.
1t is understood that the newspapers,
so far as practical, in printing tho
last two chapters OF the story by
Harold MacGrath. will also show .
picture OF the successful contestant.
Solutions to the mystery must not
be more than 100 words long. Here
are some questions to be kept in
mind in connection with the MYSTERY
as an aid to a solution;
No: What becomes Of the mill
lionaire:
No. what becomes of the 81,
100000?
No. 3-whom does Florence marry Z:
No. What becomes of the Rus
sian countess:
Nobody connected either directly or
Indirectly. with 1.-THE Million Dollar
Mystery" will be considered as con-
festant
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See the Pictures at
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Strand Theatre. Market st.-4th
series next Monday.
Court Theatre, BreintnalI Place
-3rd series next Saturday.
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Tuesday.
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Tuesday.
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Wednesday.
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WHY, JOHN!

A man purchased some red flannel
shirts, guaranteed not TO shrink. He
reminded the salesman forcibly of the
guarantee some weeks later
Have you had any difficulty with
them?" the latter asked.
NO" replied the customer. "only
the other morning, when / was dress
ing, my wife said to me, John, where
did you get that pink coral neck
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SYNOPSIS OF CHAPTERS | AND. ..

Stanley Hargreaye. millionaire. after a
miraculous escape from the den of the gang
o. brilliant thieves known the Black
Hundred. lives the life of recluse for
eighteen years. Hargreave one night enters
Broadway restaurant and there comes face
to face with the gangs leader, Braine.
After the meeting during which neither
man apparently recognizes the other. Har-
greave hnrries to his magnificent Riverdalo
home and lays plans for making his ESCAPE
from the country. He writes a letter to the
girls school in New Jersey. where eighteen
years before he had mysteriously left on the
doorstep his baby daughter. Florence Gray.
&c also pays visit to the hangar OF dare
devil aviator.
Braine and members Of his band surround
Hargreare's home at night but as they enter
the hohse the watchers outside see a balloon
leave the roof. The safe Is found empty
the million which Hargreave was known %
have drawn that day gone Then some one
announced the balloon had been punctured
and drnpped to the bottom Of the sea.
Fiorence arrives from the girls school.
Princess Olga. Braine's companion. visits
and claims to be a relative. Two bogus de-
tectives call. but their plot is foiied by Nor
ton. a newspaper man.
Copyright 1914, By Harold MACE.
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$l0,0Ooin Cash for the Best
Solution of This Battling
Mystery-Read This Story in
the Newark Star and See 1t
in Moving Pictures at Your
Fayofite Theatre.
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The Spanish alphabet has 81 letters
1t Contains four letters that are differ
cnt from the English. The letter n
with a line over 1t, called tide in Spa.
nish, CHI, II and RI being considered
each a ~consonant. Every letter with
two exceptions are distinctly uro-
nounced. These two exceptions are
Hhe letter h, which is always silent,
VDhd the u, which is silent after a q
and q when the letters e or | follow
unless it has a diaresis over il IN
which event it is pronounced. So that
as a general rule Spanish is pro.
nounced as it is written. The princi-
pal and most important thing in Spa.
nish is the correct pronunciation of
the vowels. The vowels are a, e, 1, O,
and u, precisely as in English. But
unlike English, these vowels have but
one sound. There are no letters k or
w in Spanish.
Sounds of the VoweIs.
The a has the same sound as the
English a in father.
The e has the same sound as the
English a in day.
The | has the same sound as The
English in it.
The o has the same sound as the
English o in home.
The u has the same SOUND as the
English o in move.
Sounds of the Consonants
The letter b is pronounced as in
English, excepting the lips are not to
tightly pressed together. So this
sometimes causes persons to ~confound
it with the v.
The c is pronounced as in English.
excepting that when the c appears be-
fore either an e or |, it is
as If it were a tn, as in the English
word think.
Casa pronounced kah-sah), house.
Acto pronounced ahk-to), act.
Acente pronounced ah-thaynto), &C.
cent.
Cocina pronounced ko-thie-nah),
kitchen.
The letter CHI, pronounced as in the
English word child.
The letter d same as in English. ex-
cepting when between two voweIs or
at the end of a word it is pronounced
as tn in the word them.
Rodeo, pronounced rotheo.
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NOTICE OF TIME SET FOR PROV
ING WILL, ETC, AND APPLlCA-.
TON FOR LETTERS TEST

NOTICE OF TIME SET FOR PROV
ING WILL, ETC, AND APPLICA-..
TON FOR LETTERS TEST
AMENTARY
In the District Court Of the Fourth
judicial District of the State Of Ne
Vada in and for the County of EIko.
IN THE MATTER OF THE estate
of Albert Hender, Deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
w. A. Hyde having filed in this Court
the last will and Testament of Albert
Hender, deceased, with his petition
for probate thereof, and for the issu-
ance to him, the said w. A. Hyde, of
Letters Testamentary thereon, the
hearing of the same has been fixed by
said Court for Wednesday, the 18th
day of November, 1914, at 10 o'clock,
In h forenoon of said day, in the
Courtroom, at the Courthouse, in the
Town Of Elko, County of Elko, State
of Nevada, and all persons interested
in said Estate are notified then and
there to appear and show cause, If
any there be, why said Will should
not be admitted to probate, and Let
tiers Testamentary issued to petition
er as prayed.
Dated October 18th, 1914.
FRED C. VOIGHT,
Clerk.
(SeaD Deputy.
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ondad (kindness), pronounced

! Bondad (kindness), pronounced
bohn-dath.
F as In English.
G as In English excepting when 4,
appears before an e or an /, when IL
has a strong gutteral sound, like a
strongly aspirated h, or as the Ger.
man ch.
J has n same peculiar gutteral
sound as the 9 before e and I.
has the same sound as in English
The letters u have the same sound
as the double1l in the word billiards,
M, n, p, r, 8, t, ", have the same
sounds as in English.
The n with a mark over it termed
tnd in Spanish has the same sound
OF n as in the words onion or mignon-
cite.
q Is always followed by ue or ui. It
has the sound of k and the u is ST.
lent.
The RI has a strong rolling sound.
x has the same sound as in Eng
fish when placed before a vowel. but
before a ~consonant it takes the sound
Of g.
Sexto (sixth) pronounced says-to.
Z has the sound of tn, like in the
word think. 1t is v written be-
fore e or l..
Accents.
The Spanish language has but one
accent, called the acento agudo (acute
accent), which is placed over the vow
els. 1t serves to mark the syllable to
be accented.
AS a general rule in Spanish words
ending in a vowel, the accent is on
the next to the last syllable, and in
o ending with a consonant on the
last.
Mesa (table).
General %(general).
If the general rule is not followed.
the different accent is shown by the
sign of the acute accent.
Punctuation.
The marks of punctuation in Span.
ish are the same as in English, ex-
cepting that Interrogation and excla.
nation points must both precede and
follow the sentences. Before sentences
they are inverted and after the sem
tence are indicated as in English.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Elko 0310
Carson 05331

Elko 0310
Carson 05331
Department of the Interior
-. s. Land Office at Elko, Nevada.
October, 20, 1914.
NOTICE Is hereby given that
George M. CHASER, of Halleck, Me-
vada, who, on Sept. IL, 1910, made
desert land application, Carson City,
No. 05331, now Elko, No. 0310, for Ell
NWA; VIZ 'NEA, Section "a, Town
ship 80 North, Range 55 East, Mt.
Diablo Base & Meridian, has Aled mo-
tice of intention to make final . roof,
to establish claim to the land above
described, before the Register e Re-
ceiver, at Elko, Nevada, on the M.
teenth day of December, 1914
Claimant names as witnesses:
Walter A. CHASER, of Halleck, Nevada,
Q. Dellas Boyd, of Halleck, Nevada.
Charles v. Furnace, Of Deeth, Nevada.
Elmer A. Frissell, of Elko, Nevada.
JOHN q. ROBBINS,
Register.
Date first Publication Oct. 30, 1914,
Date last publication Dec. 4, 191A.-D
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Elko 01262
Carson 05252
Department of the Interior
u. S. Land Office at Elko, Nevada.
October, 20, 1914.
NOTICE is hereby given that @.
Dellas Boyd, Of Halleck, Nevada, who,
on August l, 1910, made desert land
entry, Carson No. 05252, now Elko,
no. O1262, for NWK; M SWM;Wh
NEA, Section SO, Township 35 North,
Range 81 East, Mt. Diablo Base &
Meridian, has filed notice of intention
10 make final Proof, to establish claim
to the land above described, before
the Register & Receiver, at Elko, Ne
vada, on the fifteenth day of Deem.
Der, 1914.
Claimant names as witnesses:
George M. CHASER, of Halleck Nevada.
Walter A. CHASER, of Halleck, Nevada.
Allen w. Boyd, Of Halleck, Nevada.
Elmer A. Frissell, of Blko, Nevada.
JOHN u. ROBBINS,
Register.
Date first Publication Oct. 80, 1914.
Date last publication, Dec. 4, 1914.-D
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Elko 0302
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Elko 03O2
Carson 05275
Department Of the Interior
u. s. Land once at Elko, Nevada.
October, 20, 1914.
NOTICE is hereby given that Al.
len w. Boyd, of Halleck, Nevada, who,
one August II, 1910, made desert land
application, Carson City No. 05275,
Elko, No. 0302, for Lot 1; SEA NEN;
En- SEX Section 2 Township "a NJ,
Range 81 East, Mt. Diablo Base &
Meridian, has filed notice OF intention
to make bnal Proof, to establish claim
to the land above described, before
the Register e. Receiver, at Blko, Ne
yada, on the fifteenth day of Decem.
Der, 1914.
Claimant names aB witnessed:
Charley A. Boyd, OF Halleck, Nevada.
George M. CHASER, of Halleck, Nevada.
Walter A. CHASER, of Ialleck, Nevada.
Elmer A. Frissell, of Blko, Nevada.
JOHN 10. ROBBINS,
Register.
Date first Publication Oct. 30, 1914.
Date last publication Dec. 4, 1914.-D
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department Of the interior
Elko O61O
N~ ncroe
carson O6686
U. s. Land once at Elko Nevsd

EIko 0610
Carson 06585
U. s. Land once at Elko Nevada.
November 10. 1914.
NOTICE is hereby given that Henry
r. Smith, Of Tuscarora, Nevada, who,
on Nov. Z, 1911, made desert land ap-
plicaton, Carson City No. 06585, Elko
No. 0610, for Lots PA Sec
ton 4; T. SO N, r. 81
E., & sWA SWA SEX Section 80,
Township 40 North. Range 81 East,
MI. Diablo Base & Meridian, has filed
notice Of intention to make Anal
Proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before the Register
&Receiver, at Elko, Nevada, on the
tw~enty-second day Of December, 1914.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Frank Smith, OF Tuscarora, Nevada.
Ed. Byrne, Of Tuscarora, Nevada.
Joseph Saval, OF Tuscarora, Nevada.
John Saval, Of Tuscarora, Nevada.
JOHN E. ROBBINS,
Register.
First Publication Nov. IL, 1914.