The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-02-12
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In the Twenty Million Dollar Mystery
SYNOPSIS
By Harold MacCrath

SYNOPSIS Il
Zudora Is left an orphan at an early
age. Her father Is killed in a gold
mine he has discovered. Half an hour 4
after hearing of the death of her hus-
band, Zudora's mother-a tight rope
walker with circus-is seized with a |
vertigo, falls and Is killed.
Zudora and the fortune from the
mine, which grows to be worth $780, /,
100000, are let in the guardianship OF
Frank Keene, a circus man, Zudoras
mothers brother. Zudora giving pro-
mise of great beauty, reaches the age
OF Is. The uncle, who has set himself
up as a Hindu mystic and is known
as Hassam Ali, decides in his greed
that Zudora must die before she can
have chance to come into possession
of her money, so that it may be left to
him, the next of kin, and he prevails
upon her to leave her money in his
hands three years longer and say
nothing to anyone about the fortune
Hassam Ali sees an obstacle to his
scheme in the person of John Storm,
q young lawyer, for whom Zudora has
taken a fancy, and he commands the
girl to put the man out of her mind.
Storm comes to ask Hassam Ali Tor
the hand of his niece. At first the
crystal gazer will not listen to the pro-
posal, but ZudOra insists that II she
cannot marry Storm she will marry
no one.
"Well, we'll" says Hassam Ali, If
you take such stand, III compro-
mise. Solve the next twenty cases and
you can marry him; fall In single
case and you must renounce him"
Zudora using the knowledge gained
from years Of association with her
uncle, unravels a series OF battling
mysteries.
(Copywright, 1914, by Harold Mac
Grath)
With Hassam Ali dead ZUDORA is
released from her pledge to solve
twenty (2O) caseE She confrOnts
however, the greatest mystery OF al
which is the mystery OF her own life
and the ambition to secure the vas
fortune Of 10000, 900 left to her. Hel
remarkable adventures will be pOr
trayed by Harold MacGrath In thu
succeeding chapters. This photo ser
ial is being shown in the leading NOV
ing picture theatres by the farmhouse
Film Corporation. Among those par
ticipating are Marguerite Snow, Mar
Elizabeth Forbes, James Cruze, in tn
new role of reporter hero, Sidney Bra
cey and Frank Harrington.
CHAPTER X.
Hassam Ali, or to give his his req
name, Frank Keene, died suddenl.
Baird his double, approaching that tn
end was near left the house by Becrt
exit, taking with him only such thing
as belonged to him. When the Hill
du servant notified Zudora that he
uncle was dead she could not belie1
1t; and one look at the dead man We
enough to convince her that there We
something extremely mysterious
the change The Hassam Ali she hs
seen few days past had not locke
i'll; but this corpse was mute evlden'
of long and desperate illness. b
she never solved this puzzle; she W,
never given time to. That night Il
house caught fire and very few thin
were saved.
One day shortly after the fire 81
dragged the battered old trunk out IN
the center of the room and proceed
to explore it's contents. The ftr
things she came across were her mot
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dreaming about them for some tin
A knock at the door aroused ner.
Come in"
Storm entered with a bouquet
20. how pretty! Wait until p
them into vase. There! Flowe
always make room look cozier.'
"And what's going ON here?' ask
John pointing to the trunk.
why, John, that trunk is about
only thing they rescued from
house. Do you know, l am happ
in this room than have been In yea
Uncle Frank was always cold and
pellant; he just wouldn't let me k
him"
Good radiance Of bad rubbish.
"Why John Storm"
II don't care. I'm positive OF
fact that he attempted to make av
with both of us half a dozen tim
And I'm equally again positive Il
he was hand in glove with some OF
most dangerous criminals in the COZ
try. Well, as you say, he's dead;
as for me, feel deal easier in wa
ing about these days. And yet t
man was you uncle, flesh and bio
Have you gone through the trunk ye
NO"
"Well, then, let's take an inventor
The two of them knelt down toge
er and dug out the ancient CIR
trapping. Far down in corner t
came upon a box, and Zudora ope
1t curiously.
"a diamond" exclaimed Sto
"And mighty good one. too. II d
miss my guess. Look. there Is I
of a letter under it. Let's see "
1t says"
The contents-or half the content
OF that burned sheet OF paper affet
them strangely. 1t had been lei
to Zudora's mother from her fat
and brokenly 1t stated that he
struck it rich In Brazil He, or
partner, had stumbled upon an
ceedingly rich deposit of diamol
and some day they would have pie
To Zudora it was evident that
had been written few days be-
her fathers death, after he had
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