Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-13
A GEsat Es9 Mystic Story HAROLD MAC GR,zA

1v peputies:" pa mls : called the, judge ,,,, ,y Was e dutv was sorry for Storm; Ie s s's' s
 The court was eventr,n
 storm was taken hacl 'ally elesy aassam sathan Ali and Burns wsO+ eO his lis. e tSd geeher: ... Immediately zudo,i " in. away .ne . office Of the district nso'a sOus whom she found harana1nrcl r1rcl attorae oounsel ..1r for the defense. s NlSh men wifi n't, convince you two oo., l,ien' n1 Will that be sufficientsq%s s%o qs | gent "It will affirmed the d;..,,, t1rney: tor But why can't mt yon ras'f,et a;s. lantly, There was not 'G tha haskea ed pet doubt ill his mind that 'Ie re,s slishts ma mad committed the crime cum n;s,a' Sts, attorneys all over this broad pls1li t nave the faculty Of seeing uau eva., guilty until he is proved every ins. n which is quite the contrarn nnaocea letter of the law. 'o 10 teil nls name now would sn, everything" declared Zudora a 'p have no evidence at this momoa. ! would hold in law, but I'll 'tar su,s.' tee to place it in your handse etala ha.A midnight. You two will coma s ,oaN us,v ly to my house and will secrete as',s " tehlnd some curtains. and there " VIII near the evidence from the man i own lips" 'e 'nsA
 "Very well,' said the djstriot torney. "But l warn you that ., kind of oriental mummery will n pass as evidence"
 ! Zudora flushed a little. She hnsI that the general public held h | uncle's vocation in contempt, Ms would never realize what wonderhi ly clever man he was. | Do you see this pencil?" she asI ed, exhibiting a stub.
 "Yes."
 "It is the one. It is green indeljb|l not a common everyday pencil N criminal held this stub in his hsp| while strangling Bienreith. Wal none of us shall know unless he cal be made to tell"
 At 9 o'clock a man entered the myI tic room. He looked puzzled. ! "You wished to see me-" he said Zudora.
 "Yes. Please sit down, Mir. Burns.
 Above, unbeknOwn to either, tb deep lined face of Hassam Ali appear ed. In his hand he held a revolva with a Maxim silencer. As hs been said, the mystic room possess a dozen secret exits. From this up per one it was Hassam Ais habit take stock of his victims before meet ing them personally. He waited.
 Zudora began to ask aimless que tions. Burns eyed her restlessl Suddenly she sprung the trap. AA held up the pencil.
 "This is yours. l saw you wrltln with it. It fell to the floor where found it. It is the same pencil ltnl | lIldIkCu LIlc COlIdl ol hNiAANN' his death struggles"
 Burns jumped to his feet. zudol did likewise, throwing on the pov' which set the god Hypnos in moue Burns tried to look away, put coa not. Suddenly hc screamed ana i gan to grovel. :. "Yes, I killed him! But an0' | CT He stopped, choked, made a sp'l, U for the violet light, and recelVea u full charge of electricity. Insre ,s' s' terrific flash, and Burns s.ulnD' a,, and fell at Zudora's feet. lac q torneys rushed in from benlnu 1 curtains. But Burns was oeau; ssi fl,
 Massam Ali withdrew his nesu <. M 1 a cobra that had concludeo ,n n0, no l strike. He had lost tool "nu, n,. pa tl haps, had known too much, .,a3 nus nj significant fact remained 'h'' ''' Storm was still in his way .,..+ c.s And Zudora had won her l'''' '