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rsady rich. why all this mummeryi
Ne took a dislike to Radcliffe imme-
'dihteiy. The other individuals he met
he rather ignored. But be Ia duty
bound 70 turn over his present eonsign-
ment OF diamonds. The other claim
ant must establish proofs. That was
all there was TO H.
While madame engaged his atten-
ton Bruce slgnaled TO Radcliffe, and
they strolled out into the conserva-
tory.
"That man." whispered Bruce, "is
thinking OF going to the other side.
Haasam Airs niece has tumbled 10 the
fact that this mine Is really hers. You
already knew that she held that gold
mine I'm Montana, worth kings ran
som. Well, I've faxed stun to make
her believe that a landslide has de-
stroyed the mine and that the trustees
have absconded with the funds This
was done with the idea Of making Zu-
dora and Storm hike out to Montana
to investigate. Once there there was
a mighty slim chance Of their ever
coming back. But. oddly enough, they
have accepted the fake a. truth and
have made no effort to 60 out there.
III write another anonymous note ad-
vislng them that 1t would pay to In
yestigate the report. But meantime
there's this man Howard to take care
Of. Wen warn him, and II he does not
fall in with us-why, he must be push
ed on the board
"Tu take care OF that end Of it,,
agreed Radcliffe. "We're running too
smoothly TO let fool cog us up. Trust
me-"
They returned to the salon, and q
quarter OF an hour later Bruce and
Howard departed.
Gyp and his two companions then
entered the salon and were given
small bag with the best Of the gems.
They were to be cut at once In case
Howard jumped the traces. Gyp and
his companions returned to the old ga
rage or Junk hut. The moment they
left the hut for the street Baird fol-
lowed. He had an inkling that they
were going to the diamond cutters
with the Howard collection, and he
Iererniined mat The game should never
get that far.
The three crooks finally went Into a
saloon, as Baird had suspicion they
would. He strolled In and took the
table next to them. Under the table he
saw the little valise. And while the
three were busily engaged in the pleas
ant pastime of shaking dice for the
drinks Baird neatly fished the valise
from under the table with the crook Of
his cane. Then he left the saloon, and
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Yal's and throw themselves upon her
mercy. She needed them. They had
that much In their favor.
When they blurted out the cost or
their carelessness Nine. Du Val's rage
was terrible. She seized a bronze
stathette and rushed upon the whining
gun man, and Radcliffe's interference
doubtless saved him from a broken
head. 1t took half an hour to pacify
the woman. Gyp and his friends were
happy to escape with nothing more Be-
rious than curses. She ordered them
out of the house.
'TT wager Hunt IS bach or tnis
coup." said Radcliffe. "You see, we've
got to act quickly, and l think that
Mum game is the best we can use.
Get Zudora in this private asylum and
II will take ten Sherlock Holmeses to
get her out"
Every well. We will make the ar
rangements at once. Zudora must be
put away. That will relieve the pres
sure against u.s."
DR.. Mum received them, smirk on
his face. Visitors of this character al
ways meant patients" He never In
ouired into his clients motives. Terse'
ly he was given his lines.
ut must be accomplished at once, :"
said Nine. Du Val.
Leave it to me, madame. How long
will your patient remain hereT
Forever, If you can make that pos
sible."
MANY of my patients are afflicted
with strange illnesses, and generally
they die. But 1t is very expensive"
evil $4,000 cover these expensesr'
AMPLY, madame"
| The first individual to disappear
fr0tn The haunts of men was Howard
the diamond mine superintendent.
The second to vanish was Zudora'
Bruce and Radcliffe accomplished the
feat dexterously by means Of ladder
to Zudora's window. She was hall
asleep when they fell upon her, bound
and gagged her. They searched In
vain for the diamonds, which they
were confident Zudora had hidden In
this room somewhere. They even lift
ed the plant out of the flower pot, but
fortunately did not examine the dirt
carefully. They flung it to the floor
where later John found the stones
scattered about.
Radcliffe wrapped a blanket about
the girl and took her out Of the win
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Mn1es Vu vars mage WA~ S~'
once outside he lay to 1t as fast as his
legs could go.
There was fine racket in that sa-
loon when the crooks discovered their
loss. Each accused the other OF care
lessness. Gyp, more than the other
two. appreciated the thunderbolt that
had fallen at his feet. Radcliffe would
kill him out Of hand. In terror he
collapsed on the table. His compan-
ions dragged him from the saloon, and
the three started out on the hopeless
task Of hunting for man with an
ivory crook to his cane.
That evening Howard found note
which filed him with CONSERVATION.
It was an open threat from his en-
ployers. He was walking on thin ice.
But he was an old hand at warfare.
He had lived too many years in Africa
to be really afraid Of threats. He
merely slipped an automatic into his
pocket and went about his affairs
calmly.
That same evening Zudora and Storm
were greeted with a tremendous sur
prise.
Mrs. Ramsey, with whom Zudora
was living, knocked to say that Mr..
Baird was anxious to see ZudOra.
Send him right up!'
Baird was greeted cordially. He put
the valise on the table, opened 1t. lift
ed the false bottom. and there lay q
handful Of uncut diamonds, comfort
able fortune for any reasonable per-
son.
"What has happenedT demanded
Zudora, greatly excited.
Briefly Baird recounted his adven-
ture, and when he had done the girl
seized Storm and began to waltz him
around the room. But these uncut
stones could not be kept in the house,
nor could they take them and sell
them or deposit them in safety box
at q bank. What to do with them now
they had them7 Until the mine was
Individually proved to be ZudOra's le-
galIy they had no right TO them. Nor
ally they had, Of course. Then Mrs.
ramsey made q suggestion.
why not hide them In yOnder now
srpOtr'
fhey congratulated Mrs. Ramsey
upon her happy thought After the
stones were hidden Baird took his
oeDaStur@ ~%
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Baird Neatly ished the NaiIse FTO"'
Under the Table.
was another cable at hand, ana tnlS
one astonlshed him greatly upon It's ar
rival. For years he had been sending
the small but valuable output to those
he believed. the rightful owner, and
here was contestant, and this contest
ant seemed to be legitimate one. 1t
was a mixup that disturbed him
greatly.
There had always been something
mysterious about the present owners.
He had never seen any one OF them,
only their accredited agent, who inva-
riably presented lettered heart when
he came to claim the diamonds. And
now they wanted him in New York.
Was there any sinister purpose behind
this command? Henry Howard was an
honest man, and before many weeks he
was going to pay for his honesty.
He sent two cablegrams, one to the
present company and one to John
Storm. The erst read, "Will come to
New York" The second read: ARRIVE
New York 10th. VIII give accounting
of Zudora mine" Then he booked his
passage and sailed from Cape Town to
Liverpool.
Storm was elated over his cable. He
Informed Zudora, and they visited De
tective Hunt. And while they and Hunt
were talking over the affair Baird came
in, looking rather debonaire and carry
ing a cane. At first he had had some
dificulty In looking Storm or ZudOra in
the eyes, remembering how at the in
stigation Of the real Hassam Ali he had
attempted the young lawyers life. But
these days he was able to look with Sc
renity into the eyes Of all mankind.
Hello, Bairdg' cried Hunt You're
just the man ! want for a STUNT
'T'm always ready for that"
Zudora looked at him gratefully.
Somehow his eyes always puzzled her.
II always seemed that somewhere she
had known these eyes intimately. The
four Of them left the office together and
later separated in front Of q florists
ahnnL
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Trainor. but as yet nothing had turn
~ mn. Hunt was in his once one day
busy with clippings about diamond
news when a name struck his eye: "A
rich strike at the zudora In South Al
rica. Owners are highly enthusiastic.
Hunt snatched up his hat and hurried
on 70 John Storms efilce. Here was
something tangible.
That's Trainor's mine, I'll wager
my hat said the detective brilliantly.
.Eyer see such luckf II / hadn't bcen
idling, looking over the news Of the
day ON diamonds just 70 zee what
might be tried I'm the smuggling line
we might have gone on until the end
Of dine before we'd have landed with
IN a thousand miles Of the place. Your
sweetheart. win be rich one Of thess
days, Storm. Did you know that every
penny Of the western gold mine has
gone % the Orient with abscondinG
truSteesY'
"What are you talking aboutT" de-
manded John.
"Why, the Zudora gold mine, rated
among the richest In the world, kept
hidden from Zudora by her uncle for
years."
Storm was dumfounded. "And she
never told me the slightest word about
itw
p'For fear old Hassam Ali would
stick a knife into your back, my boy"
~ understand now! That devil was
giving Zudora these cases to lure her
to her death. Good heavens! And that
girl kept her secret! But who controls
this diamond mine 1t is illegally done
How are we to get at it.
"Cable the superintendent that you
are the attorney for the rightful own
err of the mine and demand full In
ventory of the property and its out
put" +.
"A bully idea! And now I'll take
this whopping good news to the girl
herself. She's all the time talking
about the evil star, but this looks as II
II were on the wane. Luck! l should
rather say IL was LUCK!
Zudora was overjoyed when she
learned that the mine itself had been
discovered. Gently Storm chided hel
in regard to the gold.
81 did not tell you because did moi
want you involved, John. And, more
than that, was afraid l might lose
you"
"Lose meT'
+ sYes. Il was afraid that so mucI
money would brighten you away"
Storm laughed. 1.-THE only way you
can brighten me is to tell me that you
don't love me-"
"WelI, then, 1 shall never be able to
frighten you," she smiled back Mt him
"And now" said Storm, I'm of tc
send that cable before those crooks
can get the benefit of the find. on
we'll come out on top. You wait"
"I'm going to, John. I'm going to
wait until there are no more clouds
anywhere. Then I'll marry you"
"That's bargain"
"A real bargain. Goodby, and may
your cable bring good luck to- us all,
There appeared story in one OF the
Sunday newspapers about the Zudora
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ZudOra
A Great Mystic Story by Harold McCrah
Copyright 1914 by Harold MeGrath
Great Mystic Story by Harold McCrath
Copyright 1914 by Harold McGrath

watcher Zane In vita the ma. II
weighed three carats and was OF the
pureat white. A stone OF this quality
meant more. Howard Immediately ca
bled the supposed owners. The next
day che strike travelled up and down
the region.
Bruce, the smuggler himself. receiv'
ed the cable, and he fastened away to
aeouaint Nine. Du Val with what had
happened. Nine. Du Val and several
others were In the Greclan salon when
he arrived through the secret passage
He was greeted effusively, Nine. Du
Val looked extremely beautiful to him
at that moment, There were times
when he wished his friend Radcliffe
In the neither regions. The woman
puzzled him. She was rich. Her home
was one Of the most beautiful In OF
about New York, yet she played q
crooked game. She was evidently one
Of those women who played the game
for the sport OF II, for the blind haz
ards, the excitement. The morals OF
her engagements never bothered her
He had watched Radcliffe for some
time and gathered no little satisfac'
ton from the fact that Nine. Du Va
simply tolerated him because he was
a redoubtable schemer. brave and
shrewd.
"weI, what's to be doneH" inquired
Radcliffe.
~Send for Howard to bring the dia
monds here. We will have to see thai
man personally. That story In thu
ue W spapers Is Lue uevn " pay. Tne
girl is sure to see. If not she, Storm
It's going to be big game now, In
stead of lille one" Bruce declared.
"All the more excitement In pulling
the wool over the eyes of the law
This man Howard may be an honest
man," said madame.
Tn that case, good night to Mr.
Howard, and we'll put a mao In his
place who will not bother us with
questions so long as he gets his rake
off," said Radcliffe.
When Harry Howard received the
cable directing him to bring the months
find to New York he frowned. There
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CHAPTER XII.
Bag of Diamonds.

"NROUBLES never come singly, is
a saying as old as the hills.
One morning came the bolt
from the blue. The gold mine,
with its millions, was no more. A ter
rife landslide had wiped it out Of ex-
istence, at the least buried it under
thousands of feet of rock and rubble.
On top of this figuratively the trustees
had absconded with the reserve, and
Zudora was at the beginning of things
again. There was, then, nothing but
this diamond mine, of which she knew
nothing except that it existed and thas
some one else was profiting by its out
put.
Detective Hunt had agencies through
out the world on the lookout for a
mine registered under the name OF
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Nine. Ou Val Simply Toieraseo rim
~
End. The mine had been paying, but
not largely. The description of the
mine was well done. One saw the
KafFirs in breech cloths digging in the
blush clay, the white men on guard
to make sure that none Of the natives
hid stone. Suddenly, one blazing hot
afternoon one Of the Kafirs came run
ming over to the nearest watcher. He
exhibited stone of several carats, q
real find. The watcher placed It In q
bag suspended from his neck and gave
the signal to quit work for the day.
The Kafirs dropped their tools and
filed away under escort Of the watch
ers. There followed a little sketch Of
how a crooked Kafir was caught with
a gem hidden In his ear. The African
was promptly arrested and marched
or to jail.
Henry Howard. the superintendent.
Wss aaatad at hia daak Ehen the head
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Gyp and his frightened companions
after having hunted futilely for the
man with the ivory headed cane Anal
n concluded that the best thing they
could DO would be to 80 20 Nina Du
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Radcliffe Wrapped Blanket ABOUT tns
Girl.
dow and deposited her inside the wait
ing taxIcab. A moment later they
were bowling away at a furious rate.
and by midnight ZudOra was confront
ed with the terrible knowledge that
she was an inmate Of one OF those
dreadful houses she had often heard
and read abOut-a private insane asy'
luml
And in the very next room paced the
man who wanted to be loyal to her
interests Henry HOwardi
.[To BE coNTINUED.I.
Wasted q Bargain.
Panhandler-say, pal, cauld you give
guy a nickel for bed?
Hard Hearted Party-Let's see the
bed.-Buffalo Express
Bisbee daily review., 1915-09-07
FOURTH IN FOREIGN sAlpelNc

It is pleasant to learn that the American flag really is
making its way the again Our shipping engaged
the foreign trade which last year toalled only 1876
900 tons rose in the year ending June 80 to 1s13ooo
ons That was greater foreign tonnage than we have
1ad since the civil started shipping decline The
gain is three times much as we ever made before in
me year It has raised standing since this war be
IAN from the tenth position among maritime nations to
he fourth Only Great Britain France and Norway now
urpass us in carrying power of foreign trading vessels
Unfortunately however this growth is restricted al
most entirely 10 the European traffic The increase in
he number Of transatlantic ships of American registry
would be more satisfactory were matched BY pro.
ortiona increase in the Pacgc and in the trade routes
of the southern hemisphere
We are losing instead gaining in the Asatic routes
is feared, too, that the present rate of growth will
prove merely temporary. Our shipping has of course
been unnaturally stimulated by war conditions which
nave multiplied freight rates in the European trade
Great numbers Of ships have changed to American regis
ry for the sake of the profit in carrying war supplies
nd the greater safety they enjoy under our flag
When the ends this stimulus will fail us. More
yer Germany regainng access to the seas win resume
er place ahead of in tonnage And then. unless
omethng effective is done in the meantime for addition
u protection of shipping, putting the burdens OF
american vessel owners nearly on par with those
If foreign nations, may see our shipping hopes fade
gain
Bisbee daily review., 1915-09-07
DICTATOR EoR NEW YORK.

New York City has long been regarded by the rest Of
the country incapable Of efficient selfgovenment
though its reputation has improved lately Here, how
ever is surprising admission from big newspaper
that New York state is laundering hopeessly in the
slough OF political inefficiency.
For several months convention at Albany has been
trying to frame state constitution It has already
spent time the Job than it took the convention
Of 1887 prepare the constitution the United States
without making any appreciate progress And it must
be remembered that the Fathers Of the Constitution"
were working without model precedent, creating
wholly system of fundamental law while the Albany
delegates draw all the experience of the federal
government and the various states for nearly a century
and half
Now the New York World in despair, seriously sug.
gests that Ehu Root the chairman of the convention
lock himself in his library for fortyeight hours and
prepare constitution for the state Of New York"
we no of no other method" adds the World. by
which New York possibly secure a modernzed con.
sutution for modernized state government One hun.
dred and sixyodd delegates at Albany profess to be
framing constitution but the necessities Of the state
were long forgotten. What the Albany convention
calls constitution series of deals and compromises
between professional politicians and constitutional law.
yers These deals and compromises bear no relation
whatever to the public welfare Other influential pap
ers regardless of politics have spoken in much the same
strain
The suggestion made by the World nothing else than
the old device invented by ancient Romans for times
OIL governmental confusion and national danger. and
copied in modern times by helpless LatnAmerican re-
publics-the appointment of a dictator Undoubtedly
Ehhu Root or any of half dozen delegates is able
to write constitution for New York; but is New York
really sunk so low in political capacity that is ready
a dictatorship
Bisbee daily review., 1915-09-07
FIRE PREVENTION.

October is Fire Prevention Day. The Safety First
Federation Of America" seems responsible for the adj
dition of this day to the many days celebrate Ger
ainly the extent of the fire evil makes it desirable to-
direct public attention in the strongest possible way to-
practical remedies
In a single generation we have sacrificed more than
S. 900 100000 to the fire hend The stead
iy mounting than keeping pace with growth Of
population In the last three years have averaged
a property loss Of S23OOooOOo a year We have by far
the highest fire loss per capita in the world
That fact be admitted is partly due to the pre-.
ponderance Of wooden structures in United States
instead Of the less desructbc houses Of brick and
in most foreign lands But the biggest factor plain
carelessness
People throw matches about careessy in their own
houses and neglect leaky chmneys and sdjusted
pipes. They leave matches and inhammabe material
where little children play with them, and too many
of hem st tolerate od-fashioned Fourth of July pyro
mania They use matches from mere force of habit
when there are many Of lighting devices just as
cheap and far They cigarette stubs
in waste baskets and dry grass. They build bonares
near houses or in the them spread Work
men take chances in Factory store
owners try to save money by cheap construction
skipping on safety devices and pay in big losses
and high insurance rates
ii is a shameful record. Persuasion and education car
do much to improve it, 1t would help powerfully how
.yer il every city would do what New York has dom
rlcenuy IN one or two cases making an owner who ha
resleeed proper precautions pay the expense Of having
the Ere department put out his fire It might help too
# the Insurance companies would devise workable sys
tenn of cutting down fire loss payments in cases when
Bisbee daily review., 1915-09-07
CHINA AND JAPAN.

PICKING, Sept. 6-Chinese officials
and Chinese newspapers regard the
announcement of the resignation of
the Okuma cabinet in Japan as an in
dication that the Japanese public dis
approved of the attitude of Japan to-
ward China
The Picking Daily News, discussing
the Japanese cabinet furry, says;
''The Toxic authorities may choose to
announce that the resignation Of the
cabinet was due to a disapproval Of
corrupt practices in electioneering,
but those who have followed the trend
of events in that country, especially
since the presentation of the japanese
demands to China, viii suspect that
the causes are to be found i'm the pup
lie dissatisfaction regarding the out
come of the negotiations between the
two countries and the public dissatis-
faction regarding domestic politics.
The Picking Daily Gazette says, UNI
der the caption The End of Sin
lister Government: "A single sent
ence is enough TO express our view Of
the passing OF Count Okuma's cabinet.
Il is proper that government which
shall be remembered by Chinese as
deriving its infamous power FROM the
exercise of duplicity and tergiversa-
ton shall end on the vulgar note OF
bribery and corruption"
Bisbee daily review., 1915-09-07
MAKING SUBMARINES SAFE.

The raising of the American submarine Pa at Honolulu
has served powerful reminder of the defects Of the
old submarines and especially of the old type of sub
marine batteries. At the time have come reports
of the battery invented by Thomas A. Edison which
is expected to remedy the defect provide
craft with the best motive power possess
ed by any navy.
Hitherto all submarines and apparently all for.
eign submarines too have depended on lead batteries
for power when submerged Those batteries have many
defects. They do not permit the boat to dive at an
angle greater than 15 degrees They have to be over
hauled at least year Worst of ALL the sulphuric
acid used in them has tendency to eat through the
protecting walls when coming in contact with salt
water it generates the deadly chlorine gas-the poi
son gas" used by the German army. Many crews have
been asphyxated with that gas It is sometimes devel
oped, too by electroyss-the effect of neecric cur,
rent salt water that leaks into the
seldom in dangerous quantities
Naval officers put the problem up to Mr.. Edison four
and asked him devise an efficient and per.
fectly safe battery for submarines He set to work at
and after experiments said to number altogether
$4,000 and expenditure Of nearly he seems
to have perfected the battery required He makes no
rash promises. 1t is known however, that one Of his
batteries has been tried out at the Brooklyn navy
yard for than year and has equiva
lent to about years service with little evidence
deterioration and of the generation of chlorine gas
The battery units are enclosed in solid nickel boxes
They allow the submarine incline at 60 degree angle
thus facilitating quick diving They are lighter and
smaller than the lead batteries and yet are believed to
have greater power as to increase substantially the
cruising radius Of the submarines using them.