The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-11
THE MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY

mas been mldc possible not only to
READ the stJry in this paper but also
To sec IL each week in the various
moving picture theatres. For the So
lu,ion of this mystery story $4,000
Will be given.
Conditions Governing the Contest
The prize of $4,000 will he won by
tbe man. woman or ch.I who writes
thp most acceptable solution OF TIE
mystery, from which the last two
reels or the motion picture drama will
he made and the last two cnaptors oi
the story written by Harold Mac.
Grath.
solutions may be sent TO the THAN
hou5cr Film corporation, either al
chicago or New York, any time up>tc
midnight. Dec. II. They must benI
postoiiicc marks not later tnan thai,
ua;c. This allows four weeks after
tue first appearance of the last film
releases and three weeks after the
last chapter is published in the paper
II which to submit the solutions.
a. board of three judges will deter
mi1e which OF the many solutions re-
cetYcd i3 tic most acceptable. The
Judgment of this heard will be abso-
iute and final. Nothing of literary.
nature will be considered In the de-
claien nor given any preference In
tie Belectfon Of the winner or the $t0,-
0VQ prize. The last two reels, which
VIII give tho most acceptable solution
Ito the mystery. will be presented in.
the thcatrey having this, feature az
SOON as 1t Is possible TO produce the
same. The story corresponding To
these motion pictures will appear in
the nowspapers coincidentalIy. or as
soon after the appearance of the pic
lures az practicable With the last
two; reels will be shown the picture
OF tho winner. his or her home, aud
other interesting features. II is uns
derstood that the newspapers, $50 far
as practicable. in printing the last two
chapters Of the story by Harold Mac
Grath. Will also show picture of the
successful contestant.
Solutions to the mystery must not
be moro than 100 words long. Here
are somc questions to be kept In mind
In connection with the mystery us an
aid to solution: I
No. What becomes Of the mil
lionaire?
0C0!
No. 3-Whom does Florence marry?
No. d--What does becomes of thc|
Russian ccuntess?
Nobody connected either directly oil
Indirectly with "T'he Million Dollar
!. Mystery Will be considered as a con-
teatant. z
Synopsis of Previous Chr tsrs. |
Stanley Hargreave, million aire after
,niraculotia escape ,froH the EN- OF
t;ie gang os brilliant tbt5 ',no ri AS
the Blaca Hundred. lives a.. ite OF
recs;;ss; for eighteen years. HaigTeaYe
one night enters broadway fcstau-
rant and there comes face to face with
the, gangs leader, Braine.
After the meeting. during which
neither man apparently recognizes the
other, Hargreaye hurries TO his mag
nificent Rivcrdale home and lays
plans for making his escape from the
country. He writes a letter to the
girls school in New Jersey where 1S
years before he had mysts riously left
IN the doorstep his baby daughter,
Florence Gray. He also pays visit
to the hangar of a daredevil aviator.
Braine and members of his band
surround Hargresye's home at night,
but az they yIenter the house the watch
crU outside SEP o balloon leave tiie
roof. The safe isl found empty-the
million which Hargfeaye was known
to ltaYe drawn that day was gone Then
some one announced, the balloon had
been punetarea aand dropped into the
sea. - 5s4e,...
Florence arriyes from the girls.
Ccaoof. fi1GcsR 0lga,4 Bfaine's com
paiiion, Visits her and claims to be
rciatiTe. 8ns ,E,fsa detectives call;
but tEsir plot Is fetiea ibyi Norton.
newspaper man. y
By bribinE the captain OF the Orient
Norton lays a trap for Bfaine and mis-
gtilg. Princess Olga also visits the
orient's captain and she easily falls |
iEto the reporter's snare. The plan
proves abortiya thi 1ugh Brainess good
luck aud only hirelings fall into, the;
haiide ofssttie police. ~
Later, EloFenee lurei FROM horne
BIZ tho hand, but succeeds In freeIfIgl
herself fron their clutches The next
day Jones removes n Dex fEonf les hals
s ,yg pifsc aiid, sslilrsned BY Bfaine;s
niSw fIisfiTs .tssF sfit " 9;.siiE, 10
rarc IN Motor h1ats ensuee.s 3rneRl
drops tnea npx into the aes anu With
lIb aut8siA Sets slRe, d fisss ttss.a
Z host 5sssS
Sl0reifxe goes llorsahaek slltng and
III Sspfsifed III one ef Bfailfess men
RigiityS ;Iia rgtdai1e. Norton fesrnes!
her HileJ arc nHfBtefl, iioWesef, anal
Z tn phss ntake their cbifinfete eseApnI
oltss . ftef tt0n lliie exploded d tire
81. s. che silst g: aspEolslisg hashias wIli
tier falling in tlseIf first attempt.
4 tue Black Hundred trap Florence.
{ They ash her for money biitaaiIe es-
{ cf pah as sin foiihg lise2n 4 8 sS
Cehnfess tliea, scheEiiag. 10 break
tito eIesement h0,s exlstflig between
EInteIsef Hargfe I've ahd Nefs1nS III.
tlies flaenl both 70 her aprili1ent snd