Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-02-06

ie"''''ne 'ue secret service was NM
ing aud finding nothing; the Star, /.
was still at loegerheads with Il, w..
Storm was striving with might ANA
adjust the differences two more co,r.
gone to the bottom mysteriously.
The day that Zudora camo 70,
graphs was to be a red letter dsv ,m.'
experiences, Hassam All had precod.ll
and while she was comforting with !.
tographer he was working to qain NJ.
That the inventor should he nada h,
goat was nothing TO him. He sav
but untold millions in the near disa,,,
unfortunately for his schemes he M
oncd without Fal Green's photograOA,
Hassam Ali, despite the invcn,o,,
tests, had cut an aperture through 4.
so that he could see what was goIny
the room below, At a favorable MON
thrust revolver toward the invcntn
Now!" he whispered,
1T Is murder"
Now, or l will shoot" llassam
taken the prccaution to disguise
The elevator boy would never uo,S
such and such man had asked an,
and tho law would never be able 10 h
man, Hurry"
Just before tlls, however zuaora.
alone for moment, Thought SHE uaI
an experiment herself She picked M
the beakers to learn II the sonsitisal
contained ether, when the bottle snpps
her hand and crashed 10 the loor
instantly she saw two faces form ii
liquid, She looked up quickly, III tiae
two heads suddenly withdraw and
rattl1 Of wood as the aper,urcs coyas
into place,
What could that mean? She acppI
to the wall. She waited brca6Is
nothing happened, Her first 6ous
that some one was trying TO steal
tographcr's secret, and she 6ecaas
mined to Illustrate this base plan.
When Hassam Ali looked again
to direct the ray Of the inventor 2o
gone She had evidently seen 50
lie felt an urgent need Of gettIng
once.
Oddly enough, she passed him 10
hall as he WAS making for tho eIsn
intent was she upon her own quest
gave the man but a passing glance
Inventors are careless generalIy
things save that upon which their
are set. 1t never occurred to tho nr
the destructive ray to lock The door
flight of the man who proiCssed q
friend, but who In reality was III
enemy he had, So Zudora had no
in entering the room She did 50
lessly RS a cat.
What she saw confused her at hH't
was the noble bay and the ships se'
to the sea. But what signifed all
torts, wires, keys, and squares OIL W
Der? No man With all these slFanS
about him would contemplate The @
another mans secret She he'n
mntter few words. Her heart
beatl Quietly as she had entered
forth. What should she dot LOW
she act In face Of this tremendous "
She must see Storm and ask hh 'O
The inventive photographer n~
inactive all this time, He sen"a
when he saw that weird pholognp'
floor. He determined his actions "
he could not have the secret q u''
ray for the faecrland no one 'nOu''
Storm was greatly excited Wpe'
disclosed her discoveries. ToGsuY
went to the local secret service OH''
They found the poor inventor ''
soul wanted only the welfare Of
They found him broken reed
had destroyed the very heart Oh Wv
II had taken two FORTUNES ''
Of labor to conceive They could
whey wished with him.
That night, unbcknown to @uu'
All had visitor; a visitor who v''
murderous In his wrath
"You have despoIled me Of l"'
Indccd2" said Hussam A'''
"You have robbed the ia'n'r"4' ~.
ven.lon that would hayc made Us '''
power in the world"
"And perhaps that is the '''' N
! dsspolled you" said Ila's'~
oYou come to me and tn'''''"' n
lifting hand could send 'Oo
so many years that it would O'