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the world Imagine a land
of the simple life, that per
sists in maintaining It's cheertuIness,
beauty and youth, and refuses to grow
up a place where it always is spring
where the motor car and the trolley
are never seen, but where exists the
most delightful kind OF civilization,
the civilization hat makes its way
without noise. or haste. very com
Portable sort. in tact. and that is the
Bermudas. says the Philadelphia Pub
lie Ledger
When steps from the steamship
at the wharf at Hamilton, n seems
to have at the same moment moved
into yesterday. and the change is not
so violent as one might believe. Nev-
ertheless. it is a change. The absence
OF tall buildings. the prevalence OF
white ones. almost all of them of
stone, indicates that one has left
home behind. 1t is impossible to find
something compatible with the new
vision. for there is 40 place ike it
in the world.
There is a suggestion OF the tropics,
but the temperature is most temper
ate. The winds are of the kind usu-
ally referred to as baImy, and 10
know just what that word means enc
has to go to these little islands south
east of the Gulf stream.
Hundred Fair-Sized Islands.
1t is incorrect to allude to the land
as Bermuda, fer there is d small
archipelago, and collectively the is
lands are known as the Bermudas.
But Americans probably always will
refer to it as Bermuda.
The Bermudas consist of about one
hundred fair-sized islands. but if one
counts all the islets that are visible
when the tide is at ebb then. as some
Industrious geodetic surveyor has
left it of record. there are 800. The
total land area OF the islands is l94
square miles.
In a general way the main islands
are arranged in the form of a fish
hook. and the distance from one end
TO the other is about twenty-five
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miles. The largest Of the group is
Bermuda island, which is nowhere
wider than three miles. and haa q
length of fourteen miles.
AS the average person does not
like to burden himself with details
about geographical position, expressed
in degrees. it will be better appre-
ciated how near home these delight
full islands are by merely saving that
they are $40 statute miles from the
steamship pier in New York to the
pier at Hamilton. The distance is
about the same as that OF Chicago
from Philadelphia There is still an
other way OF indicating the location
OF the Bermudas. and tat is TO ex-
plain that the group lies about six
hundred miles east of South Carolina,
just a little north Of the latitude of
Charleston. They are nearer TO the
United States than they are to any
other land.
Houses All of White Rock.
One Of the first things that strikes
Il visitor from the United States when
he catches his first glimpse of the
hills of the Bermudas is the spots of
white which powder them. As the
steamship approaches It Is discovered
that these almost sparkling white dots
are roofs of the houses, To a people
accustomed to tin roofs painted red,
or to Stag house coverings, it re-
quires some time to become recon
ciled to the sight of white-roofed build
ings.
The houses are all, that Is all that
are found in the two towns-Hamil-
ton. the capital, and ST. George, the
old capital-constructed of a white
coraline stone that is found On the
islands. The roofs are whitewashed,
with the design. principally, of keep
ing the drinking water pure.
TRANSPORTATION in and about the
islands is of two kinds. by one-horse
victorias and by steam ferries and
ntsvEahes.a 10 the various places OF
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Professor-Namc the largest known
diamond
Nj. A-Ehe ace.
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Where a pretty girl is concerned It
doesn't take an egotist TO make eyes.
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When a man does try to be good his
wife doesn't believe II.
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THIN two days journey Of
Philadelphia lies one OF the
most remarkable lands in
the world Imagine a land
Of the simple lie. that per
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;.5F sstw
: WOMEN ONLY KNEW

IT, txsH ~ IfT
What y Heap Of Happiness 1T Would
Hiring to, Abilene Homes
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sa.fis- - y ---s"'ts' - 80 ''''' 1890
''and see how near you can come %
dumping US over the elir without los
ipg, the car"
The chauffeur bent suddenly to his
magnetic to hide the surprise ON his
face. One - these men was Hunt,
all right. but this other chap might
force them TO rearmnge plans How
ever. he was under orders TO take
Hunt past certain break IN the noun
tain road. aud 80 he forged ahead ut a
good clip.
what do you thInkr" whispered
Baird.
"In a game like this you've got to
walt for the other man TO move" re-
turned Hunt. with his eye on the
chauffeur's neck.
The chauffeur turned, "See that
ledge around the bend theref That's
the mine"
In their interest Hunt and Baird for
got the chauffeur, as he trusted they
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the gold. They've got all the docu-
ments in the case. All right For
awhile well chuck the diamond end
OF II and see what can be done with
the gold. Zudora can turn over her
interests to Storm. and he can start the
bombardment Suppose telephone
him TO meet us up there at her home
AT onceP We can't lose anything by
going to II at the drop Of the hat"
Baird called at once on Storm and
explained his idea.
$50 you think these crooks are try
ing to put that deal over us alsof The
information came TO Zudora unsolicit-
ed. Some clerk sent the information"
"a frameup, no doubt Mr.. Storm.
we've all got to move mighty smooth
ly to beat the crowd we're up against.
Up to date we have no legal hold. II
we 20 to court with half rights 1t is
quite likely the litigation will run on
for years. / don't think you could en-
Join an African diamond mine from
producing. We might be able to hold
uD the kOlu luluC III a hAhhSf 49, S1N~N
people have money. barrels Of 1t, and
they'll use II to fight Now. we want
to get the upper hand in this game
without having to go to the courts
Suppose you write a letter to the Zu-
dora mine to see where we stand
Ask for information about Trainor.
Zudora's father; ask II there are any
papers relating to the will. and SO
forth and so on. Feel them out III
they are crooks out there it's better to
know 1t as soon as possible. Here's
Miss Trainer now" wound up Baird
( as Zudora entered.
! She approved of the letter. but 1t
was always money, money, money.
She was beginning to hate the sound
of it. why not let the scoundrels
have It?
THAT isn't the idea, my girl" said
! Storm. eft isn't the money so much;
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Rack FROM THE FIRING LINE
First Aid TO the Wounded

Paris, Feb. AT almost every
station on the railroads you will see
men shattered and wrecked for life,
men who must face the future hor-
ribly mutilated, and yet they ac-
cept their fate without murmur
of complaint or bitterness. 1t is the
same in England, In France and.
suppose, In Russia, that all soldiers
are bearing their sufferings with
the greatest OF fortitude.
The best aid these men have Is
within themselves. The human body
will best resist infection from bull
let's when II is healthy, strong, ac-
tive and with all OF its functions
fully alive and working. The best
aid 10 this condition is vegetable
tonic and Alternative that will first
put the stomach and blood right,
for these are dependent on one an
other. Good stomach means good
blood, and likewise good blood
means good stomach.
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery helps the stomach to do It's
work naturally and properly, stimu-
lates the liver. The system Is freed
from poisoRs. The blood is purified.
Every organ is rejuvenated. This
Medical Discovery" of DR.. Pierce,
lis free from alcohol or narcotics. 1t
lis made from the roots and barks OF
American forest plants with triple
refined glycerine, and Is the best
blood purifier, because 1t banishes
from the blood all poison and i'm
pure matter. II dissolves impure de-
posits and carries them out, as 1t
does all impurities through the
bowels, kidneys and skin. II you
have indigestion, sluggish liver, ca
ltarrh, unsteady nerves, or pimply
skin, get DR.. Pierce's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery today and start at
once to replace your impure blood
with the kind that puts energy and
ambition into you and brings back
youth and vigor.-Adv.
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aadultffe and Brown Dashed Around
the Break In the Road. II
Villiers, the banker to whom TFalnor
had Entrusted his n$ne originally. He
was a lively individual. shrewd bust
ness man. but something OF fop. he
possessed the only valet in that part
of the country. and he kept that valet.
not because he needed help. but be-
cause 1t took courage to do so In face
of the old timers who held All men,
servants in contempt.
Brown, the superintendent. after
having read Storms letter, doctored II
so as to lure Villiers east. then re-
mailed It. And Villiers was glad to get
good excuse to go east and show the
efrete metr0pOlItaps that be knew how
to handle Wallets with the best Of them.
The. day previous to Hunt and
Baird's departure 1t was agreed that
Captain Radcliffe himself should 80
west to see that Hunt was properly
taken care Of He was three days lat
er met at the little mining town sta
ton by two trusted men of Browns.
IA
The trio went directly TO the mine. and
In the Office. together with Brown, they
mapped out the campaign against De
tective Hunt who was due to arrive
ON the morrow. @sm Efn, t9h
When Hunt and Baird arrived twas.
natural that they should SELECT the one
automobile in sight The, ,chau6eur,
who was the same man who had drtv;
en- Rhdclifre to the mine once the day
before. asked the new arrivals where
they wanted to go. ..
''To the ZndOra mine" said Hunt.
studying the man closely.
But the chauffeur knew that he
would have to stand sharp scrutiny.
So Ids bland countenance partly re-
assured the detective.
"To the Zudora mine 1t is. sir. It'a
q biz rough going and about half an
hours ride"
"HIt her up" said Baird JOTtaliy.
..# ~ am hf7T
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But for an old mans folly they would
have me still. was pretty. Du val
had influence. and here ! am. mis-
tress of his fortune. It's the game
with me-"
AND it's the cold lucre, IL you want
nv side of it. like good things to
wear, to eat. 1 like to spend money
for the mere sake Of spending It. Ia
like to sit in a game of poker without
feeling the necessity of slipping an ace
from my sleeve" Radcliffe laughed.
"And because fumbled an ace once
upon a time-oh, well, the past is the
past, and a hand once played can't be
played again. l suppose we'll have to
out Yiliiefs out OF the way. Storm HAS
written him, but Brown intercepted
the letter. On my side, as Storm, I've
requested him to bring east all bis
Documents. And there's the real game
to get our hands upon those. But L
would IKE to know where oar pretty
Zudora lid those diamonds. The loot
was w6rth at least atty thoasahd." Z
"WhO lie this man Bairdf"'
.tWhyy:. t'thought you knew On about
him =" "a96" 7at"@5,, -
II thought r did. Either ne has
turned sCver TOR Keeps or be is playing
a deepefrSgTm4 than we are" Madame
unused fot a'fhomsnt. II never could
tell vGeG' twas Baird or ne real
Hassatn. 2 was the cleveres4 make
uu man Fever saw - = "'-,. =
.And'yOd were just little bft smit-
ten with him, chr
-'lWefI,. maybe + was But I've CT
,,,n,l a." sfst~'tta ~ - i':''' '.H r.
:. e'There's one ftingrwe may be sure
he didhE get into Hassam AlIfs trunkA.
That Hindt was q godsend to Ms I
suppose by this time he is back Ia In
dia. With trained elephants to eight Cor
him and slave girls to wait upon him.
He got fHassan's boarded gold. all
right. The old boy was the shrewdest
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-. !. ln,-T-,I- .-- - -'-vv'syT7

a.ssvhst N itY-sF'lS ','st, Y
r. ..Munn committed s1ieide In the
Tomba this morning. and. the Howard
case goes on the calendar with him.
Sooner or later he'd have blown the
game. and we'd have had TO hike"
"Munn dead. What a weight on my
shoulders. I've been waiting for the
police every day since he went TO the
Tombs. He oyerdid the Howard busi-
ness. or course he had only verbal
evidence against us, But II he had
broken down under the third degree II
would have put us into hot water
More. II would have started the hawks
looking me up, And then by-by. We
must play finer hand. No rough
stun from our side except In the case
of Hunt. Wen ship villlers to spot
he can't get back from. II We give
him no chance to see the real Zudora
II will be plain sailing. Once we have
his papers In our possession we can
laugh at him."
you're a wonder. Are you ever 60
ing to marry mel"
"Marry you? Not the best man that
ever lived! Wed tire of each other In
a week. You know 1t. and know It.
Let us keep to the platonic scheme II
you please, captain
Now, when Detective Hunt received
the wire which was to lure him west
he had an idea that It was lure, but
II he pretended to play into the hands
of the enemy he would be likely at
least to locate the exact spot the mine
lay in. lie had found the diamond
mine under circumstances far more
difficult. With the exact locations OF
the two properties, he would have
gained half the fight. He was all
ready to leave his office when Baird
came in.
"Where now?"
Hunt showed him the wire.
"Do you put any faith in itf"
Hunt shrugged. 81 want to find where
that mine Is. don't care q hang
whether this wire Is plant or not .
"Would you like company" suggest
ed Baird.
''I should say yes! VIII you gor
"What kind of a yarn win tell the
Officer"
Tell them you've got the mate tt
the South African story. Add, your
expenses will be taken care of by the
TrainOr estate" -.
Baird sat down to the telephone
Two minutes later he jumped up will
q whcop.
"An o. K! I'll meet you at thu
Grand Central in one hour. I'm aching
for a shindy."
You'll get it, I'm thinking. II yo'
come with me-" said Hunt grtmly.
Marcus vllliers was the son Of Joh'
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"They evidently don't care to see us
out here" said Hunt dryly as no work
cd his hands out of the handcuns
which Radcliffe had snapped on his
wrists.
mo: our room is better than our
company, and just now the more room
the better I'm not dead sure, but
I've seen one Of those chaps back In
New York"
1--WE the same idea. Suppose we
look around for n bite to eat and Tor
some habitation where they won't take
Dot shots at us. Baird. this Ii going
to be interesting"
"Uhuh."
When Vllliers arrived In New YORK
he went straight to hotel instead OF
hotifying Storm of hisarrival. He had
received on the train wire from Zu-
dora TraInOr saying where to come ror
dinner that night. She was giving an
informal dinner, and 1t would not be
complete without the son Of her IA
theirs old friend. Villiers stuffed his
copied documents into his pocket ana
sailed forth.
Nine. Du Val as Zudora proved en-
trancing to the westeruer; but when.
Eventually. he missed his documents.
he smiled a little. le.a-....-
1t seems that Mlne. Du Val had play
ed two ends Of the game. At the mo
ment she received Villiers, Zudora was
the recipient of message purporting
to come from ViilierS In which he de-
clared that he had the documents she
required but that he was prisoner at
l21 Riggs street A street urchin nau
brought the message. a We ,
f., 30 zudora and Storm set out for III
Riggs street, and they were followed
by two old friends. Hunt and BAIRD,
who had returned upon the heels Ut
villiers. No.!121 Riggs street appeared.
Gather familiar TO Zudoua's eyes. Storm
remarked that. he had seen this place!
before, The door was lacked. As. they
turned a corner to seek q window two
men spFamg out upon them. And but
Tor the timely arrival of Hunt and
Baird. Mime. Du'val would have won
at least one trick. 1t. wis a'caaSe "
etalemate all around. 2,
=. ~ lTo BE CONTINUED -.-.
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It's the principle. know you've Just
gone through terrible ordeal, and IL
has put fear into you. but we can't let
these people go scot free. Do you think
ri ever let up hunting them when
think what they did to you? No.
thanks! This bunch of rogues Is going
to pay the piper for their fox trot.
They all laughed. and then Storm
made out his letter to Marcus Vflliers'
chairman of the board of trustees.
And Nine. Du Val made up her mind
to have a little masquerade for the
benefit of this same Marcus N1lllers
The chairman was coming east to see
the real ZudOra, supposing, or course
that the fortune was still under he
control. There had been an unuSuall!
fine vein struck. and he was goln4
east TO suggest that she sell outrigh
Ter holdings.
Baird's idea that there might be al
unfaithful clerk at the mines was
keen one. The superintendent OF tht
mine was of different caliber from
the man who had taken charge OF the
diamond mine. Brown OF the Zudora
cold mine was not above doubling his
income. and he was not particular how
that doubling was brought about. Inc
moment the new find was made ne
promptly wired Captain Radcliffe that
VilHers was. arranging to come east
and that Defective Hunt. whom Rad
ciiffe had warned him about. would be
lured west and put out of business.
when Storms letter arrived Brown
was fifst to read It. It is needless to
say that It did not reach VfIliers.
Upon receipt Of the wire from Brown
Captain Radcliffe at once sought Nine.
Du Val.
This Brown can be trustedr
$50 long as we pay him well. My
dear. woman. with little close sailing
wen have riches beyond our widest
dreams. Millions. and not a soul to
step between! Howard il out Of the
way, and that diamond mine Is prac-
ticaIly ours. to do with as we please.
with this man Yiiliers sent along att
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ZudOra
In the Twenty Million Dollar Mystery
BY HAROLD MAoGRATH
Copyright and 1915. by Harold MacGrath
BY HAROLD MAoGRATH

Copyright 1914 and 1915. by Harold MacGrath
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would. Instantly he stopped the car
and whirled In his seat. When Hunt
and Baird looked at him again they
found themselves also looking into the
barrels OF two ugly, serviceable auto
MATES. At the same time Radcliffe
and Brown. both made up for the &C.
casion. dashed around the break In the
road.
Quick as light Hunts cane flashed
through the air, striking the chauffeur
ON the wrist and sending one OF the
guns whirling down the ravine. Be
fore the chauffeur recovered Hunt was
upon him for the possession Of the re-
naming weapon. But things did not
20 very well with Baird. Radcliffe
and Brown got him foul, and he had
his hands full.
Hunt fought furIously and succeeded
In getting the chauffeur at disad
vantage. He snapped the gun from
his grasp and cracked him over the
head with the butt, and. like the min
or in Bret Harte's poem. 1.-The subse'
Quent proceedings interested him nc
more!' ...t..ltt, =
The detective threw on the power
and sent the car whizzing ahead with
oct realizing what had happened to
Baird. They had succeeded In pulling
him out of the car and knocking him
seuseless.i' The; moment the car start
ed. Radcliffe jumped and caught hold
4. Of the side. managing with no small
difRculty to crawl into the tonneau'
And then Hunts brave dash came to
an abrupt end. '' 20
Baird saved half the day by keeping
stan until he had recovered 'his breath.
Then. he reached for Browns leg and
threw him neatly. And that was the
end Of Browns part for the present. +,
Meantime Radcliffe got Hunt to q
deserted wayside inn. The detective
was not in an amiable frame Of mind.
Here he was nicely caught and Baird
no one knew where. But all this while
the reporter was forcing Brown ahe9d
Of him along the tire tracks. Withti9Q
quarter of an hour he came within
sight of the INN. Radcliffe and the
chauffeur were taking things easy.
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CHAPTER XIV.
The Missina MiIIions.

TT took u fortnight for ZndOra to be-
come herself again. The treat
ment she had received In the SAM
tarium would have driven insane
any woman with less mental balance
and physical stamina. She had been
iii fed. Ill clothed. roughly handled.
threatened. She had shut her teeth
together and endured.
The death of the mine superintend.
ent did not clear away any clouds.
The diamond mine was as far away
from Zudora as ever. Storm and Hunt
agreed that some one had got into Has
sam Afi's papers. and these papers
made the ownership Of the diamond
mines unasSailable.
Hunt questioned Baird in private. but
the latter sw0re on his oath that he
had never been able to put his hand
on Bassam Airs money or on his pri-
vate papers, The Hindu servant had
known where these things were, and
there was no doubt in Baird's mind
that the brown man had taken both
gold and papers. the latter being turn
ed over to. those who now possessed
them. ..sr ae ~ -
There's. one thing I'm curious
about =. said Baird.
"And what's thatr' ~
THAT gold mine. zudora had quite
q few. thousands at the start. Il know
she received them. know she was
legally entitled to them. Gold mines do
not vanish OF the earth in the fashion
this one is said to have vanished. Has
1t occurred to yOu that the report
might have been faxed by those NEST
interested in cheating Zudora r =
1--WE car. soon nnd ont. Your idea
Is a good one. and, more than that, its
nv opinion that those who are milk
ing the diamond mine are digging into
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Hard to do homework with an
aching back.
Brings you hours of misery al lei
sure or at work.
II women only knew the cause
that
Backache pains often come from
weak kidneys,
'Twould save much needless woe.
Doans Kidney Pills are for weak
kidneys,
Read what an Abilene citizen
says:
Mrs. H. Thompson, sos N. Cedar
St., Abilene, says: Il suffered
great deal from backache, mostly
during cold weather. These attacks
warned me that my kidneys were
mt as strong as they should be. II
was two years ago that first used
Doan's Kidney Pills with good re-
suits and since then / have taken
them off and on, getting my supply
from the Palace Drug Co. They
have made my back easier and
am very thankful for the relief l
have had"
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Thompson had. Foster-Milburn
Co., Props, Buffalo. N. Y.-AdV..
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Or nownru. -eood night 20 EudOra and
company. Brown WIN make an enort
20 get 30 vLlliers' safe, where doubt
Iess some good documents are In e.
lstenee relative to the mine. Once We
can destroy these-Europe. Monte Car
10 or the inner palace at Picking II you
say So"
.It's not the money with me- Rad.
clifie; it's the sport of the game l
like to beat the law. to confuse II, to
make II impotent. 1t twisted ne once.