Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-13
SYNOPSIS.

Storm and she seeks permission Of her misery
uncle 10 marry him Hassam All promises to
grant har Wish provided she shall solve twenty
Of bis cases, Zudora solves nine Of the cases
when her uncle dies, and she IA released OF her
pledge.
At the death Of her uncle, zldor0 has another
sultor for her hand--Jlm Baird man who haa
been playing as double to Hassam AL but who
through sincere Lpye Of the gin, gives up the
false life and goes back to his work as news
paper reporter.
No longer Obliged 70 solve Has9am ANS cases
Eulora now confronts the greatest mystery Of all,
which Is the mystery OF her own life and the
ambition to secure the vast FORUM Of s2oOO00O0
LETT her. On looking through her uncles papers
she also finds that ber father left her interest
IN q diamond mine and Storm and Baird both
lend assistance IN trying to regain TOT her poo.
session Of this estate which ID being appropriated
BY rogues.
lCopyrighti 1915 BY Harold MaoGrath.l
CHAPTER XII
A BAG OF DIAMONDS.
VTN ROUBLES never come sngly, Is a say
Ing as old as the hills, One morning
came the bolt from the blue. The gold
mine with It's Millions was no more.
A terrific landslide had wiped it out Of exist.
ence at the least buried It under thousands Of
feet Of rock aud rubbe On top Of this fgu-
atlyely, the trustees had absconded with the
reserve, and Zudora was at the beginning OF
things again. There was, then, nothing but
cis diamond mine, Of which sho knew nothing
except That It existed and that some one elso
was prohting by lts output
Detective Hunt had agencies throughout tho
world on the lookout for mine registered un.
Ger the name Of Trauor, but as yet nothing
lod turned up, Hunt was Ia his office one day,
,usy with clippings about diamond news, when
name struck his eve "A rich strike Mt the
ludora IN South Africa Owners nre highly
enthusiastic Hunt snatcbed up his hat and
mrried N to John Stogms Office, Here was
something tangible.
That's Trslnors milne, I'll wager my
bat, said the detective. jubIlonty Ever SEQ
such luck2 II hadn't been idling, looking
over the news VI the day on diamonds, just
10 SEQ whot might be tried In the smuggling
line, we might have gone on until the end of
lime before we'd have landed within thou.
sand miles OF the place Your sweetheart will
be rich one Of these days, storm Did you
know that every penny Of the Western gold
mine has gone to tho orient with obsc,nding
uustccs?"
what are you talking nboutY demanded
Iohn
Why, the 2udora gold mine, rated among
the richest in the world, kept hidden from
Hudora by her uncle for years."
Storm was dumfoundcd "And she never
told mo the slightest word about it! "
For fear old Glassom All would stick a
knife into your back, nay boy"
81 understand now That devil was giving
ZudoN these eases to lure her TO her death
Good heavens Aud that girl kept her secret
Hut who controls this dI ,ond mine? 1t Ii
Illegally done How are We to get at ii"
Gable The superintendent that you are IN,
attorney for the rightful owner Of the min
aud demand full inventory Of the propcrt!
aud It's output"
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