White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-03
The Million Dollar Mystery

Florence Hargreaye and Norton, In
sites them both TO her apartments
and pretends to faint In the repor.
ter's arms. Florence appears In the
doorway just at the planned. mo-
ment, and as a result gives Norton
back his ring.
Accomplfces Of Braiae succeed In
kidnapping Florence while she ID
shopping and hurry her of to sea.
Norton receives . wireless later in
forming him that the girl had leaped
into the sea and been drowned.
Florence Is picked up in a dazed
condition by a patty of fishermen.
The Black Hundred locate her and
Brainc, disguised as her father, sue
ceeds In taking her back to sea with
him. Florence sets fire to the boat
and is rescued by a ship in which
Norton has been shanghaied.
Norton and Florence, safely ashore
and with no longer any mlsunder-
standing between them talke the train
for home. The train is wrecked
and waiting members of of the Black
Hundred carry the injured Florence
to a deserted hut. Norton. who tries
to rescue her, Is tied to the railroad
tracks. Florence saves him and
finally Jones comes to the rescue Of
both.
The Black Hundred recover the
box Jones dropped In the pecan. by
a clever ruse Norton and Jones re-
gain IL.
Owing to the falling on Of contri-
buttons TO the parent organization
In Russia, an agent arrives and as
sumes tho leadership Of the Ameri-
can branch Of the Black Hundred.
Through the connivance Of the coun-
tess, the new head Is thoroughly
Inundated. Braine pursues his own
plans pending restoration to power.
Finding himself checkmated at
every turn, Brainc endeavors to en-
mesh the H~argreaye household In the
Law In order to gain free acces to
the house. The timely discovery of
the plot by Norton sets the police at
the heels OF the pack and results In
a raid .on the gangs rendezvous
which, however, proves to be barren
OF results.
Following a telephone message
Jones received from q mysterious per-
son whom he addresses rs ''sir,"
Florence Is again lured from her
home and taken out to sea. Through
Norton's daring and skill as an avia-
tor she Is rescued and returns to her
home I'm time TO confront an agent of
the Black Hundred.
Through treachery In the Har-
Reave household rorence is deliver
ed into the hands Of IN misconceptions
doctor. who Is in the pay of the
Rlack Hundred. From the faithful
Susan Norton learns that the doctor
has declared that Florence Is stricken
with smallpox and that he Is pn,efsar-
Ing to spirit her away. by acting
quickly the reporter, with the aid of
susan. succeeds In extricating the
young woman from the danger after
an encounter with members Of the
gang.
The Black Hundred begin to fear
Norton and plan to dispose Of him.
the unnoticed butler shows his hand
by ~rescuing Norton and defeating
lIraine.
Braine and Countess Olga plan q
daring attempt to- capture Florence
and Norton at a masked ball given by
Princess Pariova. They defeat their
own plan by overanxiety.
by chance Florence discovers "a
cAvre used by the Black Hundred.
Being surprised by members Of the
band, she ~conceals herself and then
learns Of n mysterious paper which
is Of vital importance to her fathers
safety, and Mt great risk to herself
secures the paper.
) Brane loses hope Of securing the
81 .OOO, 900 and turns to revenge.