Abilene weekly reflector., 1915-04-08
SYNOPSIS.

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Zudora is left an orphan at an early
age. Her father ls killed in a gold mine
Zudora and the fortune from the mine'
which grows to be worth S200000OO, are
left IN the guardianship OF Frank Keene
Zudora's mothers brother. who has SET
himself up as a Hindu mystic ana II
known as Hassam ALI He decides that
Zudora must die before she can have
chance to come into possession OF neI
money, 30 that II may DO left 70 MIN, tne
next Of kin. Hassam All sees an opstacie
40 his scheme In the person OF John
Storm, a young lawyer. for wnom Au-
dora has taken a fancy, and he com
mands the girl to put the man out OF heI
mind Zudora insists that II she cannon
marry Storm she will marry no one.
'Wsll. we'll" says Hassam All. soive
my next twenty cases and you can marry
him; fail in a single case and you must
renounce him."
Zudora unravels a mystery ana wins her
flrst case-a case In which John storm u
saved from being convicted OF murder
inatiRated by Hassam Ali himself
Zudora and Hassam Ali visit Napok
Hhan's house, where sleep overcomes eV-
cry one whenever Nabok attempts to mar
ry a princess. Storm, seeking zudora, ~
made a prisoner. Zudora Tolls NapoH
Shan. restores the princess to ner orisnh~'
maker of diamonds tells Hassam All
his secret. Storm informs Zudora that
his life is being attempted frequently.
Storm suspects Hassam AL STORM ~
arrested for stealing the diamond maker
gems. but Zudora discovers the real
thieves-a pair OF mice ,.
The negro help employed on storm
fathers farm are fleeing because srea'
alkeleton hand appears at night upon
huI near by. Storm is baffied in his In
vestiRation. but Zudora learns that heI
uncle has employed Jimmy Bolton. hali
witted man. thus to annoy Storms par
enta Zudora finds Bolton operating q
big magic lantern and Ii attacked by
him. Storm appears and saves her.
Hassam Ali asks Zudora to find gem
lost by two mysterious old men. zudora
gets a photograph Of the gem and It burns
In her hand. An old house is mined Dy
Hassam All 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 ano
XIII George Smith, is killed himself. and
Smith is charged with murder. Hassam
All conspires to have John Storm NEE.
the same fate as McWinter, and ne ana
Storm are overcome by powerful fumes.
Zudora saves them, proves that McWin-
ter's own dog trapped and killed him ano
saves Smith from band of lynchers.
An inventor blows up q submarine Win
n powerful heat ray which he senoa
through water. Hassam All sends Zudora
10 a photographer directly beneath the IN
Ventor's laboratory and orders the IN
ventor to kill her. Zudora gets a warning
and her life is saved. The heat ray ma
chine IL destroyed, and the photographer.
after a quarrel with Hassam All, Ii found
dead in the river
Wu Chang prevents Zudora's elopement
with John Storm by hypnotizing her, ana
he and Hassam Ali attempt to smuggls
her out Of the country. This plot Is frus-
trated by Storm.
love with Zudora- Baird and Nine. Du
Val kidnap Zudora and the Van Wick
child. Storm rescues them. and Hassam
Ali dies.
With Hassam Ali dead Zudora 10 releas-
ed of her pledge to solve twenty cases.
She confronta, however. the greatest mys-
terry Of ALL which IL the mystery OF her
own life. and the ambition to secure the
vast fortune Of $40. 100000 left to her. This
great photo serial 10 being shown In
the leading moving picture theaters by
the ThanhOuser Film Corporation. Among
those participating are Marguerite Snow.
Mary Elizabeth Forbes. James Cruzes In
the new role Of reporter-hero. Sidney
Bracey and Frank harrington.
On looking through her uncies papers
Zudora finds that her father left her an
interest in diamond mine. and Storm
and Baird both lend assistance in trying
to regain for her possession Of this ea-
tate which Ii being appropriated BY
rogues under the leadership Of Nine Du
Val They plan to frighten Zudora 30
that she will run away. Failing. they
kIdnap Zudora and Howard. the mine
SUPERINTENDENT, and put them In private
insane asylum. Howard dies. but Zu-
dora. nearly famished. 10 rescued by
Storm and his friends Detective Hunt
and Baird find the Zudora gold mine.