The Prescott daily news., 1915-04-27
ZUDORA ln the \ wenty Million Dollar Mystery By HAROLD MAC GRAPH
By HAROLD MAC GRAPH
SYNOPSIS.

| Zudora is left an orphan at an early age. Her father is killed in a gold nina. l Zudora and the fortune from the mine. which grows to be worth S20,O0OOOO, are 1 left in the guardianship of Frank Keene. l Eudora's mothers brother. Zudora. giv- Ing promise of great beauty. reaches the age Of eighteen. The uncle. who has set | himself up as a Hindu mystic and is known as Hassam Ali, decides that Zu- uora must die before she can have a chance to come into possession of her | money. so that it may be left to him. the next of kin Hassam Ali sees an obstacle 10 ms scheme in the person of John storm. young lawyer, for whom Zu- dora has taken a fancy and he com mands the girl to put the man out of her mind. Zudora insists that if she cannot marry Storm she will marry no one Well. we'll" says Hassam Ali, If you take such a stand I'll compromise. Solve my next twenty cases and you can marry him; fail in single case and you must renounce him.
 Zudora. using the Knowledge gained from years of association with her uncle dnravels a baffling mystery and wins her first case-a case in which John storm is saved from being convicted of a murder nstigated by hassam Ali himself Zudora and Hassam Ali visit Nabok Shan's house, where sleep overcomes ev- cry one whenever Nabok attempts to mar | ry princess. Storm, seeking 2udora. is made a prisoner Zudora foils Nabok shan. restores the princess to her original lover and saves storm from death A maker of diamonds tells fassam All his secret Storm informs Zudora that his life Is being attempted frequently storm suspects Hassam Ali Storm is arrested for stealing the diamond makers gems. but Zudora discovers the real thieves-a pair of mice.
 The negro help employed on Storms fathers farm are fleeing because a great skeleton hand appears at night upon a hill near by. Storm Is baffled In his in- vestigaton. but Zudora learns that her uncle has employed Jimmy Bolton, a half wtted man, thus to annoy Storms par ents. Zudora finds Bolton operating big magic lantern and is attacked by him. storm opportunely appears and saves her from Bolton.
 Hassam Ali asks Zudora to find a gem lost by two mysterious old men, Zudora gets photograph of the gem and it burns in her hand An old house is mined by Hassam Ali and the old men. Storm and Zudora are lured there and narrowly es- cape destruction when the house blows up
 John McWinter endeaVoring to trap and kill George smith, is killed himself, and Smith is charged with murder Hassam Ali conspires to have John Storm meet the same fate as McWinter, and he and Storm are overcome by powerful fumes Zudora saves them. proves that McWin- ters own dog trapped and killed him and saves Smith from a band of lynchers
 An inventor blows up a submarine with a powerful heat ray which he sends through water Hassam Ali sends Zudora to photographer directly beneath the in ventors laboratory and orders the in- ventor to kill her Zudora gets a warning and her life Is saved. The heat ray ma chine is destroyed. and the photographer after quarrel with Hassam Ali is found dead in the river.
 Wu Chang prevents Zudora's elopement with John storm by hypuotizing her, and he and Hassam Ali attempt to smuggle her out Of the country. This plot is frus- trated by storm.
 Baird. Hassam Alrs double, falls in love with Iudora. Baird and Mme Du Val kidnap Zudora and the Van Wick child. storm rescues them, and Hassam Ali dies
 With Hassam All dead Zudora is releas- ed of her pledge to solve twenty cases. She confronts. however the greatest mys- tery of all which Is the mystery of her own life, and the ambition to secure the vast fortune of $20000,0O0 left to her. Her remarkable adventures will be portrayed by Harold MacGrath in the succeeding chapters. This photo serial is being shown in the leading moving picture theaters by the Thauhouser Film Corporation. Among those participating are Marguerite Snow, Mary Elizabeth Forbes James Cruze, in the new role of reporter-hero, Sidney Bracey and Frank Harrington.
 On looking through her uncle's papers Zudora finds that her father left her an interest in a diamond mine, and storm and Baird both lend assistance in trying to regain for her possession of this es- tate which is being appropriated by rogues