Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-15
ZUDORA
A GREAT MYSTIC STORY BY HAROLD MAcGRATH

| ing the square in front OF Zudoras face.
Next he threw on some dark liquid.
"Behold!' he said enthusiastically.
"Why." she cried astounded. "I never
! saw anything like thatp'
Few have" he declared Now, come
| tomorrow at and I'll have six for you.
| When 1 can make this cheap I'll put
| the average camera into the dust binl"
And zudora believed him.
Meantime, the secret service was bur-
| rowing and finding nothing; the Starr
! Company was still at loggerheads with
| Its men, and Storm was Striving with
| might and main to adjust the differences.
Two moro colliers had gone to the bot
| tom mysteriously.
The day that zuroda came for her
| photographs was to be a red letter day
| among her experiences. Hassam Ali had
preceded her, and while she was con-
ferring with the photographer he was
working to gain his ends. That the in
ventor should be made the scapegoat was
nothing to him. He saw nothing but
untold millions in the near distance
| But, unfortunately for his schemes he
had reckoned without Fal GREEN'S
| photography.
Hassam All, despite the inventors pro-
tests, had cut an aperture through the
| floor so that he could see what was going
on in the room below. AT a favorable
moment he thrust a revolver toward the
| inventor
"Nowp' he whispered.
'Tt is murderr'
''Now. or / will shootl" Hassam All
had taken all precaution to disguise him
self. The elevator boy would never swear
| that such and such a man had asked di-
rections, and the law would never be
| able to find such a man. Hurry
Just before this, however. Zudora, being
alone for a moment, thought she would
try an experiment herself. She picked
| UP one of the beakers to learn If the SEN
| sitizing liquid contained ether, when the
bottle slipped from her hand and crashed
to the floor. Almost instantly she saw
| two faces form upon the liquid. She
| looked up quickly, In time to see two
heads suddenly withdraw and heard a
rattle of wood as the aperture's covering
| fell into place.
What could that mean? She stepped
| back to the wall. She waited breathessly,
| but nothing happened. Her first thought
was that some one was trying to steal
| the photographers secret, and she became
| determined to Illustrate this base plan.
When Hassam Ali looked again In or
| der TO direct the ray of the inventor DII-
| dora was gonsl Shs had evidently seen
| sonlething. He felt an urgent need of get-
| ting away at once
oddly enough, she passed him in the
upper hall es he was making for the
el0VAIOE 30 intent Wh6 bHo upon AoA o"AA
| quest that she gave the man but pass
| ing glance.
Inventors are careless generally In all
| things save that upon which their
thoughts are set. 1t never occurred to
the inventor OF the destructive ray to
lock the door after the flight OF the man
who professed to be his friend, but who
| in reality was the worst enemy he had.
So Zudora had no difficulty in entering
| the room She did so as nodselsssly as
cat
What she saw confused her at ffrst
There was the noble bay and tho ships
going down to the sea But what signi-
fed all these retorts, wires, keys and
squares OF black rubber? 20 man with
ali these strange things about him would
contemplate the robbing of another mans
secret She heard the man mutter q few
words. Her heart missed beatl oui-
city as she had entered she stole forth
what should she dot How should she
act In face of this tremendous discovery
She must see Storm and ask his advice.
The inventive photographer had not
been inactive all this time He sensed
danger when he saw that weird photo
graph on the floor. He determined his
actions at once. II he could not have
the secret of that magical ray for the
fathsrland no one should have 1t.
Storm was greatly excited when zudora
dizeIossd her discoveries. Together they
went to the local secret service ONCE.
They found the poor inventor who In
his soul wanted only the welfare Of hui
manlty. They found him in a broken
reed. Some one had destroyed the very
heart OF the machine 1t had taken two
fortunes and % years OF labor TO con-
oeivs They could do what they wished
with him.
THAT night, unbsknown TO zudora4 Has
| sAra All had 3 VisitoFi visitor who was
| ooId ana rnurderous Ia his wrath
s~You have despoiled me OF nay laborsl"
ssIndssdY' said Hassam AL
s-You have robbed the fathsriahd Of an
invention that would have made AS the
| graatsst power IN the worldp'
aAnd perhaps that Is the very reason
vybv / despoiled you" SAID Hassam Ali
eoldlv. ''You come 10 me and threaten,
syhen by lifting hand ] could send you
10 prison for so many ysaFs that It would
hs the sum OF yOur hfs1'
= know nat B0s this I zay % youi
SONS aay yoa1l slip. and thsa beware q
sAmsals called Hfassam Al. -show this
esniisrnan 10 the door"
Ans raj Green. 30 called, passed forth
into ths night. A week later his body
80 found IN East river.
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Continued hIonday1
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