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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-22
SYNOPSIS.

Stanley Hargreave, millionaire, after
miraculous escape from the den OF the
gang of brilliant thieves known as the
Black Hundred. lives the life of re-
cluse for eighteen years. Hargreave ac-
cidentally meets Braine, leader OF the
Black Hundred. Knowing Braine VIII
try to get him. he escapes from his own
home by balloon. Before escaping he
writes letter to the girls school where
eighteen years before he mysteriously
left on the doorstep his baby daughter,
draws 100000 from the bark, but it is
reported that this dropped into the sea
when the balloon he escGped in was pune
tured; Florence arrives from the girls
ion, visits her and claims her as rela-
tive. Two bogus detectives call, but their
\ plot rs foiled by Norton, newspaper
man. BY bribing the captain Of the ORR
ent, Norton lays trap for Braine and
his gang. Countess Olga also visits the
Orient's captain, and she easily falls into
abortive through Braine's good luck and
only hirelings fall into the hands of the
police. After falling in their first attempt.
the Black Hundred trap Florence They
foiling them. Norton and the countess
call on Florence the next day, once more
safe at home. The visitors having gone.
Jones removes a section of flooring and
members of the Black Hundred he rushes
to the water front and succeeds in drop
ping the box into the sea. AccOmplices
of Braine kidnap Florence while she is
shopping and hurry her off to sea. She
leaps overheard and is picked up in a
dazed condition by fishermen. The Black
Hundred locate her, and Braine. disguised
as her father, takes her back to sea with
him. Florence sets fire to the boat and is
rescued by ship on which Norton has
been shanghaied. Norton and Florence.
safely ashore, take the train for home.
The train is wrecked. Norton, who tries
to rescue her, is tied to the railroad
tracks Florence saves him and finally
Jones comes to the rescue of both. Con-
cealed above the rendezvous of the Black
Hundred, man learns of the recovery
from the sea of the box Of jewels by a
sailor and of its subsequent return to the
municates the fact to Jones. A duplicate
box Is planted and later secured by the
band. but before its contents are exam
ined the box mysteriously disappears
Owing to the falling off of contributions
to the parent organization in Russia, ar
agent arrives and assumes the leader
ship of the American branch of the
Black Hundred Through the connivance
of the countess and Braine the new head
Is thoroughly humiliated. Finding him.
self checkmated at every turn, Braine en-
deavors to ennnesh the Hargreave house;
hold in the law in order to gain free ac-
cess to the house. The timely discovery
of the plot by Norton sets the police al
the heels of the pack and results in raid
on the gangs rendezvous, which. how
ever, proves to be barren of results.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-22

"i,W we can't STIR the old fool.
We cant get him out of that house.
I've tried to get that maid to put a
little something in his coffee, but she
stands off at that. She says that she
did as she agreed in regard to Flor
ence, but her agreement ended there.
We have given the jade five thousand
already and she is clamoring for the
balance"
Have you threatened herr" asked
Olga.
Braine smiled little. my dear
woman, it is fifty-fifty. While have a
hold on her, it is not quite SO good as
she has on me. We are not dealing
with an ordinary servant we could
! threaten and scare No, indeed; a
shrewd little woman who desperately
wanted money. And she will be paid +;
no getting out of it. She will not
move another step, one way or the
other, after she receives the balance
Hargreave will have a pretty steel
| bill to pay when the time comes"
she has no idea where the mil
| lion is?"
'If she had. she's quite capable
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-22

believed the two were covertly guard
ed by the detective he had sent after
them.
When Braine called up Olga he
found his doctor there.
We'll, what's the news?" he asked.
Il had better run down and inquire
how the young lady is progressing"
said the doctor, who was really first
rate surgeon and who had performed
a number of skilled operations upon
| various members of the Black Hun
dred anent their encounters with the
| police I've got Miss Florence where
| you want her. It's up to you now"
"She ought to be separated from her
| companion. We have left them alone
| for a whole week, so Jones will not
worry particularly. A mighty curious
| thing has turned up. Before Har-
greave's disappearance not dozen
I persons could recollect what Jones
looked like. He was rarely ever in
sight What do you suppose that
signifies?"
Don't ask me- shrugged the man
of medicine Il shouldn't worry over
' Jones'"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-22
Susan caught Forence's hand and

Susan caught Florence's hand and
pressed it,
Would you liAs to go with her,
Fiorence?" asked Jones, with shy
glance at the strange doctor. The shy
glance was wasted. The doctor evinced
no sign that it mattered one way or
the other to him. =
1T is nothing very serious now,"
he volunteered. But it may turn out
serious if it is not taken care of at
| once"
What is the trouble?" inquired
Jones, who was growing fond of Su-
san
Weak heart Sunshine and good
sea air will strengthen her up again.
No. no." as Jones drew forth his wal
| let. iii send in my bill the first of
the month Sunshine and sea air;
that's all that's necessary And now.
| good-day."
All very businesslike; not the least
| cause in the world for any one to
suspect that new trap was being
| set by the. snarers. The maid re-
turned to the sewing room, while
Florence coddled her companion and
made much of her.
Jones was suspicious, but dig in
his mind as he would he could find
no earthly reason for this suspicion
| save that this attribute was now in
stinctive. that it was always near the
top. If Susan was Ill she must be
given good care; there was no getting
] around this fact. Later, he telephoned
several prominent physicians. The
strange doctor was recommended as
a good ordinary practitioner and id
good standing; and so Jones dismissed
his suspicious as having no nook to
hang them on.
His hair would have tingled at the
roots, however, had he known that
this same physician was one of the
two who had signed the document
which had accredited Florence with
Insanity and had all but succeeded
in making supposition a fact. Nor
was Jones aware of the fact that the
telephone wire had been tapped re-
Gently. So when he finally concluded
to permit Florence to accompany Su
san to Atlantic City he telephoned to
the detective agency to send up q
trusty man, who was shadowed from
the moment he entered the Hargreave
home till he started for the railway
station. He became lost in the shut
fe and was not heard from till weeks
later, in Havana The Black Hundred
found a good profit in the shanghai
ing business.
Susan began to pick upA as they say
the day after the arrival at Atlantic
City, due, doubtless, to the cessation
of the poison she had been taking
unawares. The two young women be
gan to enjoy life for the first tims
since they had left Miss Farlow's
They were up with the sun every da.
and went to bed tired but happy. NJ
one bothered them. If some stray re
porter encountered their signatures OF
!, the hotel register, he saw nothing tt
excite his reportorial senses. All this
of course, was due to Nortons polio.
OF keeping the affair out of the pa
pers
Fsnowirg Jones orders. they mad
:r.euds with none. Those about th
aa 81. @stecin.ly the young men
us sel s made any advances wer
,yNai. IN b5sd d Every night Flor
nce would write to her good butle
. report what had taken place du,
: lag the day and he was left TO judg
fCr himself if there was ANYTHING f
rouse his suspicious. He, of course
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-22

such a dread disease Her Florence.
her pretty rosy checked Florence. dis
figured for life :. :!
Miss Susan, where is Florence"
20, Mr.. Nortoni" she gasped.
What's the trosble?" instantly
alert
Florence has the smallpox"
Impossible. Come with me-"
Bat the porter, having had the
strictest orders from the manager. re-
fused to let them into Florence's
rsen.
Never mind, Susan Come along"
Out of earshot Of the porter he said:
MY rser is directly ahsve Florence's.
Well see what can be done. This
smells Of the Black Hundred mile
OF. Smallpox. Only yesterday she
wrote nae that she never felt better.
Have yeu wired Jones?"
Il never thought to-"
Then / shall Our old friends are
at work again"
But it's the same dectsr who sent
ne down here"
Norton frowned.
What followed all appeared in the
reporters story, as written three
months later. He and Susan went UP
to his room, raised the flooring, cut
through the ceiling, and with the fire
escape rope dropped below. One
| glance at Florence's tear-stained face
was enough for him. Nortons subse
quent battle with the doctor and his
accomplices made very interesting
reading. Their escape from the hotel
| their flight, their encounter with one
of the gang in the road, and Flor
ence's blunder into the bed of quick
sand, gave succession of thrills tc
| the readers of the Blade.
And all this while the million ac
cumulated dust, layer by layer Per
haps an occasional hardy roacf
scrambled over the packets, no douh
attracted by the peculiar odor Of ths
| ink.
| fTo RE CONTINIJED)
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-22
Copyright. 1914. By Harold MacGrath,

Give you million, knowing you all to
be pack of liars? Bring Miss Flor
ence back and the money is yours We
are tired. of fighting" AS indeed
Jones really was. The strain had been
terrific for weeks.
The money first. We don't lie any
better than yoe do. Fork over You'll
have to trust us. We have no use
for the girl once we get the cash.
And you'll never touch penny of
1t, you blackguard!" cried Norton
from the doorway
The agent turned to behold the re-
porter and the girl He did not stop
to ask questions, but bolted. He never
got beyond the door. however.
Always the small fry" sighed
Jones. And if could have put my
hands on the money I'd have given it
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-22

came to us SO years ago. He was my
coachman on the morning that I drove
my young bride to our new home He
was a young Irishman, slender, tall.
1.-THE, honest, truthful, and he never
changed in all his life. He really was
with us but 25 years. for he did not
go with us to Europe. but he never re-
garded that as separation. AS the
children grew up he was their guide.
He was all honor, honesty and affec-
ton. He was with US in New Hamp-
shire last summer. and his hair was
lust as black, his eyes were just as
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-22

We have schools of finance here, but
the latest in that line is course In
education on how to get the loRg
green. Mrs. Genevieve A. Swink, sole
teacher cf the School of Builders, says
if you want plenty of the mazzuma all
you have to do is to apply the natural
law right There's no use of wishing
hoping or longing for the worldly stun
to come your way because 1t won't lrs
the first place, it is pretty well weightH
ed down, and in the second place it
has no wings. If you care to be in the
Rockefeller and Carnegie set this is
the way to get your roll: In the first
place, you must learn how to find both
mental and physical quiet. And after
you have found both you just say to-
yourself, Il will"-this must be domi-
nant. Then you reach out for the
elusive yellow and green fellows and
they are soon within your grasp.
Sounds easy, doesn't it?--New York
Sun.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-22
CHAPTER XVI.

5
Treachery in the Household.
The maid stole into the house. won
dering if she had been seen She
wanted to be loyal to this girl, but
she was tired of the life; she wanted
to be her own mistress, and the small
fortune offered her would put her on
the way to realize her ambition. Whaf
had she not seen and been of life
since she joined the great detective
forcel Lady's maid, cook. ship stew
ardess. flash woman, actress, clerk
and a dozen other employments. Her
pay, until she secured some fat re-
ward, was but twelve hundred a
year; and here was five thousand in
advance, with the promise Of FIVE
thousand more the minute Her work
was done. And it was simple work,
without any real harm toward Flor
ence as far as she was concerned.
The whsle thing rested upon one diff
Guilty; w6uld Jones permit the girls
to leave the house?
One day Florence found Susan sit
ting ia chair, her head in her hands
Why, Susan. what's the matter?"
cried Florence.
Il don't know what is the matter.
dear, but | haven't felt well for two
or three days. I'm dizzy all the time,
| can't read or sew or eat or sleep.
Why didn't you tell me?'' said Flor
ence, isploachfully She rang for the
detective-Inaid Ella, don't know
anything about doctors hereabouts."
Il know a good one. Miss Florence.
Shall send for hfm?"
do; Susan is I'LL"
Jones was not prepared for treach-
cry in his own household; so when
he heard that doctor had been called
to attend Susan he was without the
least suspicion that he had been be.
trayed. More than this, there had
been no occasion to summon doctor
in the seven years Mr. Hargreave had
/ lived here So Jones went about his
| petty household affairs without more
1 thought upon the matter The mait
had been recommended to him a.
i one of the shrewdest young womer
in the detective business
/ The doctor arrived. He was a rea
doctor; no doubt of that He inyesti
gated Susans condition. prough
about by subtle though not danger
GUS poison-and instantly recon
mended the seashore. Susan was no
used to being confined to the house
she was essentially an out.of-door
little body. The seashore would brini
her about in no time The doctor sug
I gested Atlantic City because of it
mildness throughout the year and it
nearness to New York.
I'm afraid she'll have to go alone.
said Jones, gravely.
Il shan't stir" declared Susan e
shan't leave my girl even if am sick.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-22

And again he would often say:
"A good many men think they are
indispensable. They get the idea that
the wheels would stop if they weren't
around. That's wrong idea. I know
a great deal better than that"
One day the head of the firm sent
for this young man and said:
You have given me an idea. l
have heard you say so often that the
business could get along without you.
and it has had such psychological
effect upon me that l am willing to
take you at your word and save your
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-22
DREW TRIBUTE FROM TWAIN
Great Humorist, Asked for His Con.
eeption of Gentleman, Named
His Coachman.

Once, upon being asked to give his
conception of gentleman, Mark
Twain, after moments deep thought,
paid the following tribute to one who
after many years of faithful service
had just died-the great humorist's
coachman. Patrick McAleer.
He was hever old-Patrick. He
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-22
re is your envelope. Good

wages. Here is your envelope. Good
by"
Morals-Of which there are two.
and you may take your choice.
The first one is: Modesty Is pretty
likely to be its own reward.
The second: 1t doesn't always pay
to advertise.-Life.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-22

ger with the long curved teeth that
gave 1t the name was found here, the
giant sloth, camel, a great wolf, a
small antelope and huge bird of prey
called the teratornis. The latter was
found near the skull just discovered.
and because scientists know that the
bird became extinct many thousands
of years ago, they can Judge some
thing of the age of the skull. The
skull is smaller ayd fatter at the back
than mans skull of today. and the
find has excitee the scientific students
Of California
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-22
TWO MORALS TO THIS STORY
Different From the Ordinary Fable, It
Is Worth Giving Some Little
Consideration.

There was once a man who thought
that the business in which he was en-
ployed could get along without him.
He would sometimes say:
Yes, work hard and probably con-
tribute something to the profits; still
l guess If you had to you could do
without ne, all right
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-22

secret service for bringing good to
Al unknown board with unknown
agents to distribute pianos to personJ
who desire to play them rather than
to hear them played, college training
to those who will go to college to get
it rather than everything but train
ing. and trips to Europe for school
teachers and ministers to whom and
through whom they will bring consid-
cradle heaven to earth, would he the
worlds first est charity.-Christian
Register
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-22
PRIZE FOR THE SCIENTIST
Discovery Of Skull Thousands Of
Years Old Has Stirred the Men
Of knowledge.

In he Technical World magazine
we rea. that skull was found lately
near Los Angeles that is probably sew
eral thousand years old There is a
bed OF pitch Just outside the city
which somebody says is like 30-acre
sheet OF tangle-foot fly paper. ranging
from six inches to several feet in
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-22
CHAPTER xv-continued.

i .i
For what?" the men asked.
For sending that paddle around a
few times"
Get into that seat, but don't touch
any of those levers" one. of them
warned. Twenty is twenty, Jack. and
the boss is a sorehead today anyhow.
Give her shove for the fun of It,"
1t was a dumfounded aviator who
saw his hydroplane skim the water
and moment later sail into the air.
These swift moving days reporter
of the first caliber is supposed to be
able to run railroad engines, subma-
rines, flying machines, conduct war;
able to shoot. walk, run, swim, fight.
think, go without food like python.
and live without water like a camel.
Norton had flown many times in the
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-22
All Must Be Well Done.

Nothing is done well enough for
the present which is not well enough
for all time. The idea that imperfec
tions are of no consequence now, and
that the crooked lines can be straight
ened, and the rough corners smoothed
off by and by has put many worker
in the failure class.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-22

in the world. To do the most good
in the best di ections one weuld need
to be much more than wealthy; one
would need - be wise, widely ac-
quainted, ubiquitous and invisible.
The rich m. who will stand high
est in the worries esteem will be he
who devises some way OF reaching,
by direct and quite unpechanized
ways, the liv.s, not counted among
the needy, to whom special lifts for
benefits of high worth would bring to
themselves md others the greatest
blessings. We should like to have a
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-22
IDEAS FOR THE GENEROUS
Writer Gives His Views as to How
to Do the Most Good in .he
Best Directions.

The best char.sy cannot be organ.
lied, cannot, indeed, be called charity.
In the usual sense of the wor- Some
Of the men whose gifts in various pub
tic directions have been most munifi.
cent are in themselves not generous
men, and SONS whose gifts are never
heard Of are the most generous men
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-22

depth. Even today little wild crea-
birds or gophers-be-
come entangled in the pitch and die
there, and this has been going on
thousands of years, probably.
II bird flies down close enough to
the asphaltum to be trapped. SO the
monsters of long ago were caught and
held there. The quality of the ma
terial is such that it preserves every
thing that is buried there. and skele-
ton. rave been found il aerfect condi-
ton
THE sl-olptor of the 50 ID IL
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-22

last four years. At the moment he
called out to Florence to jump he
dropped to the water with all the skill
OF an old timer and took her aboard.
And he could not use line of this
exploit for his paper!
Jones heard the bell. It was the
agent from the Black Hundred He
smiled jauntily.
We'll, old fox. we've cornered you
at last, haven't we? want that money,
or Hargreave's daughter takes another
sea voyage, and this time she will not
jump overheard A million; and no
more nonsense"
Give me fifteen minutes to decide
begged Jones, hoping against hope.
Fifteen secondsi"
Then we can't do business. What
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-22

blue. his form just as straight and
his heart just as good as on the day
we first met. In all the long years
Patrick never made mistake. He
never needed an order; he never re
ceived a command. He knew. l have
been asked for my idea of an ideal
gentleman, and / give it to you-Pat'
rick McAleer."
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-22
Comfortable German Helmets.

German helmets brought to England
as trophies of war have been much
admired. Though made apparently
Of steel, they were as light almost as
q cloth cap or a straw hat.
Round the inside, where the helmet
touches, was ring of metal lear
springs" bound with leather, which
lightly clipped the head to keep the
helmet on without heavy pressure.
The brass spike or knob that crowned
the helmet was made useful as well as
ornamental There were large holes
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-22

in it, which gave very geod ventilation
to the inside of the helmet-mnch bet
ter than the pinholes that are sup
posed to ventilate bowler In fact.
the Germans seem to have succeeded
in making really comfortable bowl
er out of paper-thin steel.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-22
Uncle Eben.

DE young man dat has a good pa
an a good ma" said Uncle Eben,
don't need to go no furder in brag.
gin bout his ancestry"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-22
A Dilemma.

"If the mems minds are made up to
put this tax on cosmetics
We'll"
How are we women going to mako
up our faces?"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-22

Few Others Know of 1t.
Many man who says he studies to
please expends most Of his efforts on
himself.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-22
Bath Robe Came First,

According to some of the old pic
lures, the patriarchs wore bath robes
a long time before baths were in
vented.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-22

to him! All, girl, it doesn't do any
good to talk to you, does it?"
| But they told me he was dying!"
Jones shrugged.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-22
HOW ENORMOUS PROFITS ARE
MADE,

l bought where / could get things
the cheapest and where our money
would go the farthest. Not satisfied
with doubling on the cost of an arti-
Gle: in other words making 100 per
cent on your money, l began to
scratch and dig for the little profits
on the side, in addition to the big
profits l made on the price.
For instance, l would advertise an
article for sale in our catalogue at
six dollars. This article would cost
US, in the house of the wholesale deal
er, for example, $3.50. BY paying cash
would make two per cent additional
and for quantity q agreeing to take,
say 1000 of this particular thing)
would obtain a discount of say five
per cent.
This is how would figure it out: