The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-01-13
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ACREAT MYSTIC STORY
BY HAROLD McCRATEi

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known AZ hAssam An. as~A1ss that Ev-
enshcs IA sAkae lnss ps~SeeAisp OF her
nsnsy. - thai II may be icft 10 him, the
sext vi kin Ai.ssaa An ssss an obstacle
70 ais schssas IN ths psssm of John
Easras, yesnx Awy2. fer whom Xu
esfa las taken n ea2sy sad he com.
nlanes tse stEa 10 put tho man out of bel
t'ina Eudora insrsn that she cannot
AsLry Asrss shs will marry ~ one
We'll. ves. rays Basssna All. III you
Jake zach = gtsaa III esnlprsnuse. Solve
ny hcxi lwenty cssss and yeu can marry
Aan tau IN = siaxis ease aaa you must
renounca him"
Enuors. using the knowledge gained
from years of ssaociation with her uncle
enrsVcls bsfT1ing mystery and WING her
hirt caSo--a case IN which John Storm is
saved from osins convicted Of a murder
mstlsntcd by Hassate Ali himself
Euoofa and Ilsssxm Ali visit Nabok
shsns house. where sleep oyereomes ee-
cry one Whenever Nabok attempts to mar
~ princess. Storm. seeking Zudora, is
VI tsSheh Zuoora Tolls Nabok
bhan. restores tho princess TO her original
lover and ssvos storm from death.
maker OF diamonds tells aassam All
MS secret. Starni informs Zudora tina,
nls NE Is bang attempted frequently
storm suspects HassAm ALI Storm il
arrested for stealing the diamond makers
gems, but Zudera discovers the real
thleves--a pair Of mice
The negro nsip sapisyeA On Storms
fathers farm are asaAns because q great
aheletsn band appears at night upon .
All near By. atsrm = ha.f1sd In mis- In.
vestigatisn. bar kldsra learns that her
ancle has eiuRleycd Jimmy Bolton. q hall
wttea man. thus to asney ntorm's BAR
snts Nudera Aaas 1oitsn operating
eig magic lantern ana n attacked By
Hsltsn. Storm spRsftunsly appears ana
saves her from BoitAn.
4iassam Ali Asks ZaaAira 70 find a xein
ioat by two mysterious ola man Zudorp
gels photograph OF thA scsn and 1t burns
In her hand. An old house IL mined u,
Hassam All and The aid men. Storm and
Zudorn are lured there and narrowly es-
cape destruction when the house blows up
John McWinter. eudeAv oring 10 tran and
Kill George Smith. Is killed himself, and
Smith is charged with murder Hassam
AL conspres TO have John Storm meet
The same tate as McWinter, and be and
storm are overcome by powerful fumes
Zuoora saves them, proves that McWin-
ter's own dog trapped and killed him and
saves smith from Eand OF iynchers
"CncIe. wnat TO you think of this
Aew ray tak:" astltrd KudDra che even.
hg. after readiag Some el.itarial com
nent upon the bali fsr9sttnn subject.
which had not. however bean forgot
ten la the least ~ Asr. ''Ceuld there
be sxch II thingw
My dear child. n hhAse days nothing
u Impossible, They " h tia air; they
swim under water: thaS sDeak from
ship to SHIP without Az visills peauA
A ray to penetrate staA sAdssr water II
not snly possible. hss ArAhahle. IN
wager that hssdEeA naa aarsss ths
world are tyXiss tn sassAsaAsA sAla.''
"AAd eyidexSy ~ ~aa kes accom-
plished It,"
"Eyidenty." agreed uns~A ~
"But why should ~ hasw - saaAs II
eAe avn harksri WIZ shs~iA he -,
death without inst saAnaeT
"AA, these, HAs II saesstssasl Whst
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= bhe achiereMaAtl dan4 ~ ~
~ MAA GOULD NAT reGAkt ~ ta0alue
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~ scientists sre esettsiw. Wig daat
Jew dig into III TAausis ietesaxslsAal
&Ne fVr ANY eps whS ssiyea thiA."
"WhaG FIT my fssaas sgaaast the
whole Of the sseret servine2H
yea. bur ySn have faculties that not
every hnInap beiug haS Aad than
you've something that ust even have
"And what Is thafs"
Luck
Then you think | nm inrky instead
Of skiilfuI:"
Both. my child. IN Vii extraordinary
degree. No one knows that better than
l." With II suite which she did not see
nor would hiye understood If she had
llassnn' ~ rdNe His tingers were
nchiu@ Ia g lr his gold.
IuGorI trt;'1iiiHd iu the mystic room
and r"rr,U Il hiitr she mad received
from $'pr'a thai DAY The poor bay
$50 Ms only photograph of her
. U III n new one Wen. he
~ ~ II dist 1tiHi SbOu uS SUP
eVi!ti M" II taken She sat down be
fore he cr.siiI globe. So bier uncle
tlinught she was no, only skiilful. but |
lucky Was Nv regrptting his bargain p:
Sue stared into the globe. and pres.
emily strange fantasy appeared IN its |
clear depths She saw herself stxua i
ing upon the crest OF hill. In siihou
ettr against the Getting sun CARRIED ~ |
flowing white Presently she was saia,
ed by another ZudoYn DR. sscs N t,iss4
Then the tvs shapes came sipxls ss.,s,
the hill Ia separate paths arr IL
end Of each path stood a s1ts -
sam All The white zudcra =
reached uaAaa An. threw res xrss
arouad his neck and kissed hsn Tn |
black Zudorn repealed the seer. her
face expressing Doubt ana suspicion
The forms FADED and disappeared. 70
dora rose, sp>abled In mind. She doubt
ed b.. uncle There was 10 uve IN
don wing Tim fact Sh~ Ans,s~<>A ga