Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-04-30
ZUDORA
In the Twenty Million
Dollar Mystery
BY HAROLD MAC GRATH
BY HAROLD MAC GRATH
Copyright, 1914 and 1918. by Harold NfacCrath
SYNOPSIS.

zudora is left an orphan at an early
age Her father is killed In gold mine.
Zudora and the fortune from the mlne
which grows to be worth $2O00.0oO, are
left In the guardianship OF Frank Keene,
Zudora's mothers brother, who has set
himself up as Hindu mystic ana Is
known as Hassam All. He decides that
Zudora must die before she can have
chance to come into possession OF her
money, 70 that II may be left TO him. inc
next OF kin Hassam All sees an obstacle
to his scheme In the person Of John
Storm. young lawyer. for whom gu
dora has taken fancy, and he com
mands the girl to put the man out OF her
mind Zudora insists that II she cannot
marry Storm she will marry no one
well, WELL" says Hassam All, solve
my next twenty cases and you can marry
him: Tail In a single case and you must
renounrs him."
Judo unravels mystery and wins her
first case-a case In which John Storm IL
saved rom being convicted of murder
instiga ed by Hassam All himself.
2udol and Hassam Ali visit Nabok
Shan's house, where sleep overcomcs ev-
cry one whenever Nabok attempts To mar
~ p ncess. Storm, seeking Zudora Is
made prisoner. Zudora fois Nabok
Shan. stores the princess to her original
lover aud saves Storm from death.
A ms Ger Of diamonds tells Hassam All
his Sc, ct. Storm informs Zudora thnt
his iii is being attempted fredu emily
Storm suspects Hassam All. Storm Is
arrested for stealing the diamond makers
gems. but Zudora discovers the real
thieves-a pair OF mice.
The negro help employed on Storms
fathers farm are fleeing because a great
skoleto hand appears at night u'on a,
hill ne, by Storm Is bafiied In his In
vestiga ion. but Zudora learns that her
uncle ! IS employed Jimmy Bolton. a half
witted nan, thus to annoy Storms par
ents. 2udora finds Bolton operating
big mi sic lantern and is attacked by
him, Storm appears and saves her.
Hassam All asks Zudora to find a gem
lost by two mysterious old men. Zudora
gets a photograph OF the gem and It burns
In her band An old house Is mined by
Ilassam All and the old men. Storm and
Iudora are lured there and narrowly es-
cape destruction when the house blows up.
John McWinter. endeavorlng to trap and
Kill George Smith, Is killed himself, and
Smith is charged with murder. Hassam
All COZ spires to have John Storm meet
the sane fate as McWinter, and he and
Storm are overcome by powerful fumes,
Iudora saves them. proves that Melvin
ter's own dog trapped md Killed him and
saves Smith from band OF lynchers
An inventor blows up a submarine with
powerful heat ray which he sends
through water Hassam All sends audora
to photographer directly beneath the in.
ventor's laboratory and orders the in
ventor 10 XIII her Zudora gets warning,
and her life Is saved. The heat ray ma.
chine is destroyed. and the photographer,
after a quarrel with liassam All, Is found
dead In the river.
WI Chang prevents Zudora's elopement
with John storm by hypnotizng her and
he and Iiassam All attempt to smuggle
her out OF the country This plot is frus-
trated by Storm.
Baird, Hassam Ais double, falls in
love with Zudora. Baird and Nine. Du
Val kidnap Zudora and the Van Wick
child Storm rescues them. and Ilassam
All dies
With Hassam All dead Zudora Is releas-
ed OF her pledge to solve twenty cases
She confronts. however, tho greatest mys-
terry OF all. which Is the mystery OF her
own life and the ambition to secure the
vast fortune OF s20.0OO.000 left to her This
great photo serial Is being shown In
the leading moving picture theaters by
the Thanhouser Film Corporation. Among
those participating are Marguerite Snow,
Mary Elizabeth Forbes. James Cruze. In
the new role OF reporter-hero, Sidney
Bracey and Frank Harrington.
On looking through her uncles papers
Zudora finds that her father left her an
interest in a diamond mine, and Storm
and Baird both lend assistance In trying
to regain for her possession OF this es-
tate which is being appropriated by
rogues under the leadership Of Nine, Du
Val They plan to frighten Zudora so
that she will run away Falling they
kidnap Zudora and Howard, the mine
superintendent. and put them In private
insane asylum. Howard dies, but Zu-
dora. nearly famlshed Is rescued by
Storm and his friends Detective Hunt
and Baird find the Zudora gold mine.
Mrs. Copeand's jewels are stolen. but
recovered through the cleverness of Hun
and Baird. They investigate the mys
teries OF Mime. Du Vals house map
OF a mir is stolen from Zudora, who later
Is kidnapped and held prisoner. Storm
rescues Aer, but the thieves escape with
the diamonds, The diamond smugglers
attempt 10 burn Baird alive.