Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-02-13


All for the hand Of his niece. AT first tho
Crystal gazer will not listen to the pro.
posal but zudora insists that II she cam
not marry Storm she will marry no one.
"We we'll" said Hassarn All. "lf you
take such stand In compromise. Solve
my next twenty cases and you can marry
him; fall in a single case and you must
rsnounce him"
zudora, using tho knowledge gained
from years Of association with her uncle.
unrayels q series Of banning mysteEles.
[oopYrigti 1914; by Harold Macdruth.l
CHAPTER VIII.
gBE HYPNOTIC POWER OF MR. CHANG.
~ OR a long timo zudora paced her room.
-'- she was troubled That afternoon
Storm had pleaded with her so strongly
to leave her uncle, marry him, and 60
far away that she had been drawn almost ire
Histibly toward her lover. From time to time
she paused before some object, moved it abb
ytraciedly, ard resumed her pacing. The
youth in her wanted to ay away and be happy.
The thought of her vast fortune often ter
rihed her The moment the world found out
that she was so rich an heress she would be
beset with all sorts Of devices by fortune hunt
s'"'v - y'ss'i "ou'o oe AZ nei
r Nyis No. '',' S"s nuu H''ue SUNS
detective and II these individuals knew of her
wealth they would leave no stone unturnod to
a NV, po'u Hsi 'O' 'or' P"O'"Ou' run,
.'.,''.. I ''e sIVusI ~ .aAt 1uio y,
~ .ss r,'''' 'N' ''''p'S "s'N' ''4' was a''
''ut twenty m'ilions' In dollars she could
""uy count rna' sum curing her allotted
lsAFs'
Sometimes she found herself on the verge OF
asAins her uncle, Hassam All, to take the
bulk Of Il and let her be free to do as she
thought ut. But always she stepped back
from the threshold Of this act Great dreams
Of doing good in the world held her. sho
dreamed Of helping humanity with these mill
lions; to buy farms and convert them into
communities for thrifty but unfortunate peo-
pie; to build great hospitals, chlldren'H play
grounds She determined that these dreams
should become realities Just as soon as she
had accomplished the twenty tasks imposed
upon her by her uncle
She lonecd with all her heart TO 60 to John
storm; but her word to her uncle was Ike
barrier Of stone.
But tonight life had suddenly developed q
new angle, She was IA lsvsi sho was young,
she had right to be happy And shc was
lighting battle between loyalty to her word
and tho ursinga Of her heart Besides, It was
quite possible that tho very next case might
be the last Several times 10 far she had
racnped death by hair, That In itself did
not deter her for she was as courageous as
lion. But she did not care to court death
when the greatest happiness In tho world was
within arms reach.
She stopped suddenly before a window and
pressed her hot forehead against the cool pane
Over the great city hung that almost lurid
hazs--thc million lamps thrown against the
Ay, Suddenly all hesltance left her her res
olutlon was formed, She walked quickly to
her writing deak and sat down to write She
would accept John Storms plea she would
80 to him tho very next day let her uncle
become fnriousi was not her lover more to
her than this strange man who was all That
remained Of hith or kin, who followed strange
cults performed extraordinary fcas at one
time and the yeriest humbuga at onoIherY
She would run away ON the morrow md
marry John storm And to provide Ogolnst