The Hattiesburg news., 1915-01-22
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ACREAT MYSTIC STORY
BY HAROLD McGRATH
SYNOPSIS.

age. Her father Is killed In a gold mine
Zudora and the fortune from the mine.
which grows to be worth s20.00e.000. are
left In the guardianship Of Frank Keene.
Zudora's mothers brother. Zudora, CIV
ing promise Of great beauty. reaches the
age OF eighteen. The uncle. who has set
himself up as q Hindu mystic and is
known as Hassam Ali. decides that Zu-
dora must die before she can have a
chance to come into possession OF her
money. 30 that It may be left to MIN. the
next OF kin Hassam All sees an obstacle
to his scheme In the person Of John
Storm. young lawyer. for whom zu.
dora has taken fancy. and ne com
mands the girl to put the man out of heI
mind ZudOra insists that II she canno,
marry Storm she will marry no one.
We'll. WE'LL" says Hassam All. ''tf you
take such a stand IN compromise. Solve
my next twenty cases and you can marry
him; fail In single case and you mus,
renounce him."
Zudora, using the knowledge gained
from years OF association with her uncle
unravels q banning mystery and wins her
first case--a case In which John Storm is
saved from being convicted of q murder
insugated BY Hassam All himself
Zudora and Hassam All visit Nabok
Shau's house, whore sleep overcomes ev
cry one whenever Nabok attempts TO mar
ry q princess Storm. seeking Zudora. Is
made . prisoner. Zudora foils Nabok
Shan. restores the princess to her origina,
lover and saves Storm from death.
4 maker OF diamonds tells Hassam Al,
his sscrst Storm informs Zudora that
hts life 10 being attempted frequently
Storm suspscts Hassam Al Storm In
| arrested for sfaaii.g the diamond makers
ssms snt zuleSa discovers the real
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Tho nsGro haap enpioyo1 an Storms
! fathers tAro ars dselng becalse q great
skeae&n hana sVpears at aight spou q
hfn sssr ~. etsro " sa0sa N has In.
vssttsastaa. but x~Asra isArns that her
1aeis has snpiaysd Jkaav holton . hall
| wittso DAa. thss to aa0ev atorm's par
eau, Hnlsrs nnss Beiton operating a
big 9aGo iaotsrs ana is alta aoked b.
hin. stssD spportuns'y appears and saves
her frsn Boltoa.
Hasssm All asks zsdsra to tina a gem
lost BY two mysterious old men Zudora
| gets photsgraph ot the gem and II burns
In her hand An old house ts mined by
Hassam All and the old men. Storm and
Zudora are iured there and narrowly es-
cape destruction when the house blows up
John NcWinter, endoa vOrine to trap and
| Kill George Smith. IL KILLED himself, and
Smith is charged with murder Hassam
Ali conspires to have John Storm meet
the same fate az Acw.rter. and he and
Storm are overcome by powerful fumes
Zudora saves them. proves that Melvin
teTs own dog trapped and killed him and
| saves Smith from q ba nd OF lynchers
An inventor blows up q submarine with
a powerfu neat ray which he sends
through water Hassam All sends Zudora
to photogra pher directly beneath the in
| ventor's laboratory and orders the in
ventor to kill ner Zudora gets a warning.
ana her life Is saved rhe heat ray ma
chine Is destroyed and the photoGrapher.
after a quarrel with Hassam Ali. is found
dead In the river
Chang e9tered Mills automobile, and
ia plain clothes man recognized his face
and immediately warned Storm and
the other officers to watch Chang's
house. Chang ordinarily would have
kept away from his home. but he was
weak and tired and wanted-nay, need
ed-the soace OF his poppy pipe.
Arriving home he at once conferred
with Hassam Ali and was glad Il
learn that Zudora had been confined
to the walled room. At dawn Nine
Du Roy would convey her to the shiE
that was to sail for Cherbourg. From
there they would drop down to Mar
seilles and sail for HOngkong. Zudors
TrainOr would never be heard Of again
"I think that before | smoke | viii
see the young lady" said Chang. smil
ing. .. o..
Hassam All smiled too In his mind
eye be was counting up the enormous
pyramids Of gold coin. He would built
} himself q palace close to Paris. and N
prince 10 Hindustan would rival hin
In luxury. Yet luxury would reauir.
1.-THE spending Of these pyramids. ant
Straightway bis enthusiasm grew eolf
and died
I Il hear automobiles be said sud
denly and with apprehension. =
/ Chang placed Q hand to his ear
And they are stopptps In frent!
will take care Of the girl and see tina
you play the part Of WI Chang veil
This 10 q. critical moment IL may b,
the police SpeSk softly and ketsv
, az oftea. a. they ask question: Tea
, makeup In, this. light will feal thea."
/ No: res remain aad lss Ne - Y
I {xuderar' -. So.
sFe.I:.l j. a..ter Asrs. p' ..
sayr'
Il wtth tkat va Glass raa tswars tn
! tal~ove bshisd Which was :EuAara's . pris
lfoR Hassam An swallswe1 WIN ain
, icuity. He wss courageous sniy .whel
I, no was surs o. rssuits. hAA Do Ne.
hnd already VANISHED He 'ves' etons
lie roused III. win anA subAss1 hi
shaking knees boad fisss or . fev
) moments. ana the liAscuitAss wssis ;
\ <urmsunted.
I The bell began " ring vssisstiy. a.
immediately after there tslisvsa
furious Aammerins = etsrn. fuxasu
with anger and fear.
THAT won't DO say ~ IA
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