The Detroit times., 1914-10-15

&uoPsIs OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.
fanloy Hargreaye, millionaire, after
>&iraculous escape from the den OF
y Enng OF brilliant thieves known as
% Black Hundred. lives the life OF
Slnoe for is years Hargreaye &C
1nfaliy meets Braine. leader of the
8ck- Hundred Knowing Brafnes VIII
20 get him. he escapes from nls
RI 6s writes q letter to the girls
[ooI where rs years before he mys-
<xously left on the doorstep his BABY
|14hter. Florence Gray. That day
bank. but ID is reported that this
&nDed into the sea when the balloon
49caped in was puncrured-
Florence arrives from the girls
col Countess Olga Braines som,
1ive Two bogus detectives call.
their plot Is fooled by Norton. q
DDpaper man
Ia bribing the captain OF the Orient
=. COUNTESS olga also visits the
1nfk captain. and she easily fails
the reporters snare The plan
@oo abortlve through Rraine's good
md only hirelings fall into the
1Ser falling in their fIrst attempt
black Hundred trap Florence. They
ner for money. ANT she escapes.
5fton and the countess can on
Fonce the next day, once more safe
home The visitors. having gone,
|1GS removes section OF flooring and
cavity takes a box. Pursued hy
1QD 70 the water front and succeeds
/Iropping the box into the sea
1untess Olga succeeds In breaking
Is engagement existing between Flor
XGcomplices or Braine succeed IN
nnping Florence whale she In shop
and hurry her or to sea She
- into the sea and Is picked UP In
The BIacR HundPsd locate her.
Brafne. disguised as her father.
ceedx In taking her back 70 SEA
him. Florence sets IRE TO the
snq AZ Z rescued rssn by z sslp on which
orton and Florence. safely ashore
with no longer any misunder-
D4ing between them, take the train
home The tIn u AZ, wrecked re Yna ans
~ the injured Florence TO de-
t(od hut Norton who trieste rescue
|Sls. tied TO the railroad tracks. Flor
- saves him and finally Jones comes
I>opcealed above the rendezvous OF
n Black Hundred, man learns OF
IN recovery from the ssea OF the box
5owelry by sailor and of it's sub
\ and ne quickly communicates the
81 70 Jones. A duplicate box IL
&utod and later secured by the band.
3 before it's contents are examined
wing to the failing on OF eontribu
~ TO the parent organization In
1.tn. an agent arrives and assumes
leadership Of the American branch
q the Black Hundred. Through the
"a Ii Thoroughly Inundated.
FINDING himself checknated at every
M. Braine endeavors TO enmesh the
4rgreaye household In the law in or
rs timely discovery OF the plot by
0rfon sets the police at the heels Of
~ pack and results In raid on the
lnGs rendezvous. which, however.
owes TO be barren OF Results
Following a telephone message Jones
viewed from mysterious person
60m he addressed as sir" Florence
again lured from her home and TAX
! out TO sea. Through Norton's dnr-
II and skill as an aviator she Is
3cued and returns 10 her home in
~ 20 confront an agent Of the Black
Through treachery In tho Hargreave
)<leehoid Florence Is delivered into
~ hands OF an unscrupulous doctor.
no IN In the pay OF the Black Hun
~. From the faithful Susan. Norton
&fnH that the doctor has declared
~ Florence 10 stricken with small
@X ana mat De " preparing 10 Splflt
~ away. BY acting quickly the re-
<<fer. with the aid OF susan. succeeds
k1xtricating the young woman from
.dauEer after an encounter with
1ssbefs Of the gang.
(Ccntinued frem Monday
There will be TWO courses Brain
&chcd into drawer and drew cut
nick roll of bills. There are here
ðing like $1,000
ouite a tidy sum; enough for a
% 70 get married on
he two men eyed each other
IDLY And in his heart Braine
he'd For he saw in, this yourg
ms eyes incorruptibility.
'I< n yours on one condition" said
11inc. reaching out his foot stealth
toward the button which would
|1xmon Samson.
And that is." ipterpolated Norton,
~ / Join the Black Hundred.
|or the great beyond, my lad
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