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VIC TO" rou nave TEOATcSSCO'
must hold himself to blame for any
blunder he (Norton) made. OF course,
no could readily understand Jones
angle of vision. He knew nothing Of
the general run OF reporters; he had
heard of them by rumor and distrusted
them. He was not aware of the fact
that the average reporter carries more
secrets in his head than a prime min
lister. 1t was, then, up to him to set
about to allay this distrust and gain
the mans complete confidence.
Meanwhile that same morning q
pretty young woman boarded the
Orient and asked to be led to the cap
tain. Her eyes were red; she had
evidently been weeping. When the
captain, susceptible like all sailors.
saw her his promises to Norton took
wings.
This is Captain Hagan?" she asked,
balling the handkerchief she held in
her hand.
yes, miss. What can | do for you?"
He put his hands embarrassedly into
his pockets-and felt the crisp bills.
But for that magic touch he would
have forgotten his lines. He squared
his shoulders.
Il have every assurance that the
man you picked up at sea is my father.
| an Florence Hargreave. Tell me
everything"
The captains very laundering de-
ceived her. And then he hustled
down the gang-plank and headed for
that warehouse. He had d package
which he was as tender OF as if it
had been dynamite"
Thank you!" impulsively.
"A man has to do his duty, miss. A
sailors always glad TO rescue a man
at sea-" awkwardly.
When she finally went down the
gangplank the sigh the captain heayed
was almost as loud as the exhaust
from the donkey engines which were
working out the crates of lemons from
the hold.
Maybe she Is his daughter; but
two hundred Is two hundred, and I'm
a poor sailor man."
Then Grannis came In for his
troubles. What was a chap to do
when a pretty girl appealed to him?
II am sorry, miss, but / can't give
you that package. gave the man a
receipt and till it is presented to me
the package must remain In yonder
safe. You understand enough about
the business to realize that. / did
not solicit the job. 1t was thrust upon
me. I'd give a hundred dollars il the
blame thing was out of my safe. You
say 1t is your fortune. That hasn't
been proved. II may be gunpowder.
dynamite. I'm sorry, but you will
have to find your father and bring the
receipt"
The young woman left the ware
house, dabbing her eyes with the
sodden handkerchief.
II wonder" unused Grannis, as he
watched her from the window, Il won
der what the deuce that chap Nor
ton is up to. The girl might have
been the mans daughter. . Good
Lord. what an ass | am! There
wasn't any mani" And so he reached
over for the telephone.
Immediately upon receipt of the
message the reporter set his machin.
cry in motion. Some time before
dawn he would know who the arch
conspirator was. He questioned Gran
mis- thoroughly. and Grannis' descrip-
ton Tailed amazingly with that of
Florence Hargreave. But : call over
the wire proved to him c~onclusively
that Florence had not been out OF
the house that morning.
Tn the morrow the newspapers had
scare-heads about an attempt to rob
the Duffy warehouse. 1t appeared
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before the mufiny NJ real yalne lay
IN IT, eternal IRE There were times
when this cipam was disr"rnihle even
In y dark t,a,m They w~n'ed Y hack
very badly and wnuIdi'e willing 20 pay
as much y. s-n fnr it, return Judo
Va in aifel II the brothers mad seen
an, s,ningers recently No Hd the
village people know anything about
y, " collectioni The old mtn laughed
aid shook their touslcd heads.
They know nothing They think
that we are. couple Of foolish old
mlsers NoSu no Erv can we account
for the disappearance
"Can you describe the diamondr'
I'VE have something better than a
description. Here IL photograph Of
the stone
The producing OF this photograph
auleted any doubts Zudora might have
had. Collectors we're generally slip
shod and careless In all respects ex
eept In the matter OF their hobby. A
true collector always wants photo
graph Of each Of his treasures. partly
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mystic r,,om and annouhced tnnf wv,
gentlemen wished to see him Ameu
was hidden 20 bring them 10 form
with They were old men. hawk fea
tured. with high forehends and bril-
liant eyes despite their apparent an
tiunItv Thev greeted Hassam An -
spectfully. but there was nothing serv
'le IN their attitude They needed Has
sam All who IN turn needed them
Thus they we're equals
you have It stiliT~ inquired Hassani
An
Yes; we have never dared TO patent
IT, we IRE holding II until some great
war breaks forth
Listen"
For half an hour conversation was
carried Vn In monotone At the end
Nissan All sighed. drew out bis wal
lei and gave each man a roll Of bank
notes. careful to observe that there
were no gold certificates As the vis
itors stood ~. about 20 make their de
parture. unssam All babe them wait a
moment lie summoned AIMED and
ordered him to bring Zudora down.
The expressions Of the two old men
changed surprisingly when zudora
entered she beheld two old men. be
nevolent patrinrchs. who bowed pro
foundly and smiled upon her beuignly
"a case for you, zudora."
She smiled expectnntly
These two gentlemen are curio col.
lcctors They have lost a remarkable
brilliant one Of the most ancient
known Find u aud your ffth prob
lem may be- relegnted 20 the past"
WAS II stolenT"
They can't quite figure out II h
gone Yesterday u reposed In n little
Fiorentlne basket The casket remaine
hut the gem Il gone"
II can make m effort" said the girl
Where do you two gentlemen liver
They namcd a small suburban town
They lived IN house on the North
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60 Identify II aud partly 90 exhibit In
testimony Of his Isissession.
There II always IRE IN the stone"
said one ~ the old men. I'm a room
that to YOU may look dark there will
be- a spcck Of light This stone would
always catch Il aud you could see Il
aash. oh. Il was very Interesting
stone"
every Interesting" repeated the
brother
- thing said -<don. that will
return to the city \ Jewel Ike this
viii be found In some pawnshop No
one would dare 10 go 60 jewclcr Of
reputc There would be- too many
questions"
"You see. We have said nothing 20
the police because We De- not want auy
newspaper nutoriety We have other
trlnkcts." with a singular smile
II may take this photograph alongr'
Certainly. We have duplicntes."
zudora left the old house. aud the
two old men watched her until she dis
appeared around n turn IN the road
Then they laughed quietly and went
back into the house
zudora began 90 20 over the brief
fnctn There WINS no lead anywhere
M yet The metropolitan pawnshops
were the only things she could think
Of An the while she was thinking she
was almlcssly picking tate lower. by
end by she took out the photograph
and eyed Il curiously Suddenly her
hand became warm. To her utter dun
foundment the photograph burst into
flames She dropped Il In terror and
stood m N parnlyzcd while she watch
ed the cardboard shriyel into dull
brown ashes How Ia the world had
this happcncdf
When she reached home that night
she asked nissan Az gooi many
questions about these two brothers
Each and every one Of his answers left
nothing ~ be- desired
"But IN heavens name how could
this thing blaze up like that when
there wasn't a match within miller
"l'm IN the dark as much as you are.
Give up the ease N you want To-
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ZUDORA
al Great Mystic Story by
Harold McGrath.
SYNOPSIS.

SAlANNfA Shgs
zudora IL left nm Orphan At an early
egc. Her father IL killed In a gold mine
zudora and the fortune from the nina
which grows TO BE- worth i,0o00.O00 are
left In the guardianship OF Frank Keene
Zudora's mothers brother Zudora, civ
inE promise Of great beauty. reaches the
agc Of eighteen. The uncle who has Get
himself 20 az a Hihdu mystic and u
khown e. tiassafn An. decides that Zu-
dora must die before she can have q
chance 10 come into possession Of her
money. 20 that iFnay be left 20 him. the
next Of kin. liassafn Al sees an obstacle
20 his scheme IN the person Of John
Storm, a young lawyer. for whom lu-
dora has taken a fancy. and he com
mands the girl to put the man out Of hef
mind zudora insists that " she cannot
marry Storm she will marry no one
We'll. we'll" says Hersam All. ~ you
take such a stand IN compromise. Solve
my next twenty cases and you can marry
him. Oil In a single case and you must
ren0uncs him
zudora. using the knowiedge gained
from years Of association with her uncle.
unraveis a hafiiing mystery and wins her
flrst case-a case IN which John Storm IA
saved from being convicted % a murder
inatigated by Hassam All himself
Iudora and tlaaaam An visit Nabok
cry one whenever Nabok attempts 10 mar.
~ princess. Storm. seeking Zudora, n
made a prisoner zudora folls Naboh
Shan. restores the princess TO her original
lover and saves Storm from death.
A maker Of diamonds tells Haaaam All
his secret Storm informs zudora that
his life IL being attempted frequently
storm suspects Bassam All Storm Il
arrested for stealing the diamond maker =
gene. but zudora discovers the real
thietcs-a pair u mice
The negro help employed on storms
fathers farm are neeing because a great
skeleton hand appears az uieht upon q
h!li near by Storm h banled IN his In.
vcstigatlon. but Zudora lssrns that her
uncie has employee Jimmy Bolton hail
wlttsd man. thus TO annoy storms par,
ents. Iudou nuds Bolton operating a
biz magic lantern and 10 attacked BY
Bolton. Storm OPPORTUNITY appears and
saves her from bolton
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road. which was n continuation Of the
village main street when the two old
men had departcd-and Zudora was
struck by their extraordinary likeness
10 one another Ilassam All rubbed hls
hnndA
"a curious case, my dear These two
old chaps live very moderately Ev
cry penny they can scrape together
goes 10 purchase some curiosity. This
gem has the true wanderlust OF Ola.
mondA O. has been stolen several
times. and always they have managed
To recover II Hut this time they ARE at
sea. II was really AN heirloom. the nn
clcus u their collection In some way
they have heard OF your succesu and
believe clever woman viii succeed
where a man. would fail Resides. they
cant offer much In the way OF reward
| don't think the smnllness Of the r.
ward viii stand IN your way You
have trining income OF your own
tightly
And heaven only knows how IN
ever be- able to get rid ~ tenth part
~ this Income Some day l'm going Ia
Tor real charity"
Charity makes the recipient only
the loOrer" he commented.
Il don't mean that kind. she replied
she was thinking OF establishing some
day y community But mill her tongue
was free and until she could conhde
utterly la her lover she must perforce
hold this ambition on the leash
when she returned 90 her boudoir
she found note from Storm via the
pigeon John stated happily that he
was free Tor week or ten DAYS and
wanted 20 know II she would not 60
out aud make visit with him 10 the
old folks she hated 90 disappolnt
him. but she WIS compelled 10 write
back that she WIS going 10 be very
busy and that u would he impossible
90 join him. much as she would have
liked 10 The next morning a pigeon
delivered note Ia lIassam All. Judo
ra already having gone upon her new
quest NISSAN An destroyed the mes.
sage. No Storm was given leave %
infer that ZudOrn had ignored his note
zudom went out 10 the village The
house occupied by these two old curio
collectors was mmshackle uffair
IL looked 10 Zudora as though some
violent hurricane had taken Il up miles
away and set II down upon the hill
haphazardly aud indifferently, The
sight OF II did not create any distrusi
In her mind Most collectors were mad
persons. who cared little or nothing
for the roof over their heads or the
clothes on their backs 80 long as they
possessed the wherewithal 10 pursue
their idiosyncrasies She learned that
the two old fellows were twins, one
OF them met her al the station, and thu
other greeted her az the door OF the
house A quick glance at the interior
or the house convinced her that what
curios they had were securely locked
away The drst thing she did was &C
ask the complete history Of the missing
stone Il had come from India orig
J inally, a part of some loot long years
Eastern Utah advocate. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1895-1915, 1915-01-28
CHAPTER v
Tho Gaze Of The Perpetual olsrs.

The Case Of the Perpetual Glare.
Il vASsAM ALI played with bis
- gold. DIGGING bis hnnd. Into
the cold. slithcrlng metals aud
lgsting them stay submerged
Tor moment or two. No coin ever
went into this chest dull lie had a
single little preparation With which he
washed each coin until II shone like n
fresh mlntrd one. BANKERS did not
particularly love nassam An lie was
alwrys bringing gold certificates and
having them exchanged for the coin
Whenever be hnd bills TO pay lmmcdi
ately from his pocket dreadful
thought Invariably the paper money
was rcdecmnhlc only IN silver ilav.
Ink satisfied his craving To play with
his huard. be closed aud locked the
chest. secreted Il aud went into the
mystic rnom
Tonight he saw Ia his crystal globe
only those things that be desired 10
See SUDDENLY he struck bis hnnds 10
Fcther Eleefnlly That WIS n. he mur
INJURED. that was a. Why hadn't he
thought of Il bcforef Absolutely SURF
and with less evidence than could be
found In the path OF the llghteai wind
simple NJ sunshine Tie summoned
AIMED NJ
Il wish 60 wtitc and send note
Armnge the disk I WI he IN IN a
moment"
~Nes. sahibr
When IinHHam An finished his not.
he destroyed the bloltcr aud the sheets
OF paper which bud underlnin that
upon which he had written This note
he gave 10 the servant lie felt NO
worry about this note. The man who
received Il would Immediately destroy
H. To keep II aud use Il In the aim
% hlackmail would only tighten the
rope about his neck As has doubt
less been surmlsed by this time. Has.
sam An was n master criminal They
say that every man who commits n
crime leaves something behind. Has
sam All had winnowed down his risks
until they were almost negligible. Ev'
cry man who worked for him did ~
under the unwritten contract OF life
or death Nearly every tool Hassam
Ali had stood under the shadow OF
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should not uEge you to try your hand
ut something that tlls you with terror
You are shaking now as you talk
"But It's net fes-, uncle; It's the utter
incredibility OF the thlng!7
ION my word I've no solution 70 OF
Ter. except that the beat OF your hand
might have acted upon some chemical
Ia the cardboard"
That's absurd But I'm going 20
stick 10 H. But Tor the little blister on
my palm ! could easily believe that /
had been dreaming
She retired 20 her boudoir. aud Has
sam All went forth into the night
The following day Zudora sought
Storm. Would he 20 with heri He
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death. That was principally why
nothing ever led the trail TO his house.
There was among the various cliques
over which be held sway no ordinary
crook. The porch climber, the yegg'
man. the forger. the pickpoeket, had
no standing among these men. They
were all more or less men Of scientific
attainments in whom the criminal In
stincts had been born, not created by
environment
At 0 O'Clock AIMED came into the
The border vidette., 1915-06-12
Dates of State Fair Changed.

Change in the dates for the 1915 Arizona State Fair has been decided upon by J. R. Tender son and H. R. Wood, members of the Fair Commission.
 Secretary T. D. Shaguhnessy has been instructed to notify the newspapers, horSemen and sec retaries Of other state fairs that the dates of this years fair would be November 18th to 2Oth. inclusive, instead of November 8 to 13, as pre- viously announced. This will be the third week in November and the change in the date is occasioned by the fact that the great fall race meeting of the Panama-Pacific Interna- tioual Exposition at San Fran cisco terminates on November 13. It is an assured fact that all the great eastern stables will be re- presented at this meeting as we'll as the best horses on the Pacific coast.
The border vidette., 1915-06-12

J
 stable, precinct No. 1
 April 1915. .......... $ 73 % William Lowe, salary
 justice of the peace,
 precinct No. 3, April,
 1915 .... ...... 10 OC w. G. Ellsworth, salary
 constable. precinct
 No. 3, April, 1915. 10 % Geo.-T. Coughlin, sal
 ary justice of the
 peace. precinct No. 4.
 April, 1915.. .......... 9 % Thos. P. Thompson, as
 sisting county asses
 sor, April, 1915. -. s co Henry Wood, refund of
 premium on bend,
 1915. ....... , % Joe. Dupuy, refund on
 liquor license. ...-... 229 60 Louis Lulley, refund on
 liquor license ...... 75 % Wm. Meaney, refund on
 liquor license. . 93 B Ed. Lanier, refund on li
 quor license .... 237 50 Hanlan & Franklin, re-
 fund on liquor license 227 50 William Powers, refund
 on liquor license. -. 75 % J. H. Reagan, refund on
 liquor license: ....... 15O co
 The following demands were audited by the county recorder, and allowed: G. H. Fiedler, salary,
 chairman of the board
 of supervisors, April,
 19l5. 5 fl 0D Geo. w. Parker, salary,
 member of the board
 of supervisors, April,
 1915. II b6 J. S. Gatlin, salary,
 member of the board
 of supervisors, April,
 1915. .... II 66
 Demand of G. l.. Stevens, ex- penses as county ranger, April, 1915, in the sum of $66 was rejected.
 The following demands were audited and approved by the and ordered paid out of the county general school fund: Mrs. J. A. Saxon, sal
 ary county school su-
 DerlHCoHOeuC, Aprll,
 1915 $75 % Mrs. J. A. Saxon, ex-
 penses county school
 superintendent, April,
 19l0 Z4 OO Upon motion, duly carried, it was ordered that the treasurer be instructed to transfer the sum of $2, ,OOO.OO from the county general fund to the county sal ary fund. Upon motion duly carried, it was ordered that the clerk ad- vertise the sale of two water tanks, at the court house. Said sale to be held at the supervis- DTS office, June 9th, 1915.
 A joint petition to the super visors and county school super was presented, asking that a school district be formed from the territory now included n the Elgin and Sonoita dis 5ricts. Consideration was post ooned till the next meeting, bending investigation of the egal status of the matter. Upon motion, the board ad- burned until 1O:OO o'clock a. m., Monday, June 7th, 1915.
 Approved:
 G. H. FIEDLER, Attest: Chairman.
 LULA REDDOCH WOOD,
The border vidette., 1915-06-12

dilO lIlSu
 Sheriff's report of fees collect ed during the month of A Pril, 1915, was presented and filed. Report of sheriff on the public dance house that has been con- ducted outside of western limits of the town of NogaleS, was pre- sented and ordered placed on file.
 Report on county superin ten dent of health and registrar was presented and filed.
 Monthly report of w. Gittins for the month of April, 1915, was audited and filed.
 Report of civil cases of w. Gittins justice of the peace, pre- cinct Mo-. 1 for the month of April, 1915, was audited and filed.
 Report of Wm. Lowe, justice of the peace, precinct No. for the month of April, 1915, was audited and filed.
 Report of Geo. T. Coughlin. justice of the peace, precinct No. I, for the month of April. 1915,
 
 Report of Manuel Alviso, jus tice of the peace, precinct No. II, for the quarter ending March 3Oth, 1915, was audited and filed.
 The chairman of the board re- ported approval of the following bonds:
 E. D. Miller, county printing, SoOO.0O with the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company as surety.
 Geo. B. Marsh, Inc burial of indigent dead, $2OO.OO with F. Van Mourick and s. Leeker as Sureties.
 The following demands were audited and allowed. Dr. W. F. Chenoweth,
 services in giving pas
 tuer treatment. ...... $ 166 co St. Joseph's Hospital,
 care of indigeht sick,
 April; 1915 142 50 Mrs. James Kane, meals
 furnished county i'm
 digent .. 12 % Geo. B. Marsh, Inc,
 burial of indigents,
 April, 1915 ... 19 30 Manuel Paredes, burial of indigent .......... 10 OO | Henry Kane, livery hire 2 % Rafael Amado, livery hire, county physician 15 % | Ben Evans, feeding coun-
 ty prisoners, April, 1915 ...... 313 o3 Town of Nogales, board
 of prisoner .......... 3 % l F. N. Cox, juror in jus
 tice of the peace court,
 Precinct No. l.. - l 50 E. w. Prewett, juror in
 J. P. court, precinct
 NO. l l 0U Dave Loeb, juror in J. P. court, precinct No.1 1 50 .. c. King, juror in J.
 P. court, coroner'S in-
 quest. l 0O ,. P. Lopez. interpreter
 in superior court -. g % Wm. Lowe, office rent,
 justice of the peace,
 Precinct No. 3, April,
 1915 10 co w. G. Ellsworth, horse
 hire, constable, Pre- cinct Mo- 3, April, 1915 , 50 5eo. T. Coughlin, office
 rent, justice of the
 peace, Precinct No. f.
 April, 1915 ......... 10 % ]. o. Rankin, guarding
 prisoner, Precinct No.
 l2 OO I. c. Hale, services as
 guard 4 % \. G. Valenzuela, inter
 preter justice of the
 peace court, Precinct No. 4 ........ 5 % Pete Bergier, bounty on
 wild animals ........ 25 % ". c. Lane, driver coun-
 ty automobile, April, Gdm und Mcknight, ,driv-
 CT county automobile, April, 1915. ...... 24 50 Roy & Titcomb, Inc,
 supplies for county automobile, April, 1915 12 65 Water Department, town of Nogales, water at court house, Jan. Feb. March and April, 1915 31 65 'he Mountain States
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Halstead Lumber Co.,, lumber and material at court house ..... 5 10 Robt. E. Lee, cash paid
 for typewriter chair. 13 20 J. w. Edwards, supplies for court house, April,
 1915 ........ 5 35 B. D. Miller, publishing minutes and notices,
 March and April, 1915 8 50 The McNeill Co.,, sup plies court house -. 45 co Carmen Acevedo, work
 on county road. ...... 4S % Carmen Acevedo, work
 on county road ...... 56 % Chas. E. Travis, con tract work on county
 road ...:.. 100 co Louis Roller, work on
 county road 10 % Chas. E. Travis, con-
 tract work on county
 road -. 100 % Chas. E. Travis, work
 on county road 6 co Sam PrOuty, work on
 county road -. 10 co Mrs. Hattie Goodin, re-
 fund for surveying
 county road 42 % A. H. Glidewell. work
 on county road 12 25 w. E. Bowers, damages
 for county road. =. 9 % Wm. Lowe, work on
 county road 64 % l H. T. Ridge. work on
 county road 50 % Victor J. Wager, travel
 ing expenses, county
 assessor 98 % | Lula Reddoch Wood,
 premium on bond 1915,
 and office expense,
 April, 1915 5 60 w, S.. Mex night, office
 expense, sheriff, April,
 1915 221 19 The Arizona Magazine,
 25O copies of Arizona
 Magazine 25 % w. A. O'Connor, salary,
 judge of superior court,
 April. 1915 125 % v y clerk of superior court,
 April, 1915 -. :. 125 % Robert E. Lee, salary
 1915 100 % ty attorney, April,
 1915 125 % Lula Reddoch Wood.
 salary probation off
 cer, April, 1915 -. 15 % Dr. w. F. Chenoweth,
 salary superintendent
 of health and regis
 trar, April, 1915 50 % Dr.. w. F. Chenoweth and associates, sal
 ary county physicians, April, 1915. 115 % .rcus Reddoch, salary county recorder, April, 1910 10O OO , Grace H. Thomas, salary deputy in recorders of
 fee, April, 1915. 75 % i R. R. Earhart, salary county tr e a u r,
 April, 1915. 5..... 15O % Victor J. Wager, salary county as e sOr,
 April, 1915. ....... 100 % May Farrell, salary de
 putty in assessors off
 ce, April, 1915... 75 O0 Lula Reddoch Wood,
 salary clerk of board of supervisors, April. ( 1915. ... 100 % S W. S. Mcknight, salary ( sheriff, April, 1915... 200 % ). H. Walker, salary I deputy sheriff, April, T 1915. ............ 100 % I 5eo. R. Watt, salary t night jailor, April, ' }. l.. Stevens, salary county ranger, April, ! 1915. -.... .-.... .... 120 OO Henry Wood, salary C county ranger, part t of April, 1915. 5........ 74 % C I. B. Shreve, salary t janitor court house, c April, 1915. ....... 70 % I Watt Gittins, salary g Justice of the Peace, T. recinct No. One, a April, 1915. 7o co c