The Prescott daily news., 1915-04-20
SYNOPSIS.

Zudora is left an orphan at an early age. Her father is killed in a gold mine. Zudora and the fortune from the mine which grows to be worth S20OOOOO0 are ielt Tn the guardianship of Frank Keene. 1uooras mothers brother. Zudora, giv- is pro'nise Of great beauty. reaches the age Of eighteen. The uncle who has set himself up as a Hindu mystic and is known as Hassam Ali, decides that Zu- uora must dle before she can have ch'hce 10 come into possession of her money, so that 1t may be left to him, the next of kin. Hassam Ali sees an obsta cle 10 hls scheme in the person of John e'orn. a young lawyer. for whom Zu- uora mas taken a fancy, and he com mands the girl to put the man out of her mind. Zudora insists that If she cannot marry storm she will marry no one
 Well, we'll" says Hassam All If you take such stand I'll compromise. Solve my next twenty cases and you can marry hlm Tall in a single case and you must renounce him."
 Zudora, using the knowledge gained From years of association with her uncle, unravels batfling mystery and wins her hrst case-a case in which John Storm is saved from being convicted of a murder instigated by Hassam All himself.
 Zudora and Hassam Ali visit Nabok shan $ house. where sleep overcomes ev- cry one whenever Nabok attempts to mar ry princess. Storm, seeking Zudora, is made prisoner, Zudora foils Nabok shan. restores the princess to her original lover and saves storm from death.
 A maker of diamonds tells Hassam Ali his secret. storm informs Zudora that his life is being attempted frequently storm suspects Hassam Ali. Storm Is arrested for stealing the diamond maker s gems but Zudora discovers the real thieveS-a pair of mice.
 The negro help employed on Storms fathers farm are fleeing because a great skeleton hand appears at night upon a hill near by. Storm is baffled in his in vestigatlon, but Zudora learns that her uncle has employed Jimmy Bolton, half witted man. thus to annoy Storms par ents. Zudora finds Bolton operating a big magic lantern and is attacked by him. Storm opportunely appears and saves her from Bolton.
 Hassam Ali asks Zudora to find a gem lost by two mysterious old men. Zudora gets a photograph of the gem and it burns in her hand. An old house Is mined by Hassam Ali and the old men. storm and Zudora are lured there and narrowly es- cape destruction when the house blows up.
 John McWinter, endeavorng to trap and kill George smith. is killed himself, and Smith is charged with murder. Hassam Ali COnspires to have John storm meet the same fate as McWinter, and he and Storm are overcome by powerful fumes. Zudora saves them, proves that McWin- ters own dog trapped and killed him and saves Smith from q band of lynchers
 An inventor blows up a submarine with a powerful heat ray which he sends through water Hassam Ali sends Zudora to a photographer directly beneath the in ventOr's laboratory and orders the in- ventor 10 kill her Zudora gets a warning. and her life is saved. The heat ray ma chine is destroyed, and the photographer. after q quarrel with Hassam Ali, is found dead in the river
 Wu Chang prevents Hudora's elopement with John storm by hypnotiZing her, and he and lassam Ali attempt 10 smuggle her out of the country. This plot is frus- trated by storm.
 Baird. Ilassam Airs double falls in love with Iudora Baird and Mme Du Val kidnap Zudora and the Van Wick child storm resCues them and Hassam Alt dies.