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TH \ 911!: MILLION ROLLAR .MYSTERY . ',.Tli? Minimi Ikiiln'r Mvrterv" wm .in ?or twoBily-lwo consecutivo weeks ? ?lr i .i:.?.<.. Hy ?h. arrangement ?t?j Ihr Thanhou-.r-r l'Uni Campnny lt i a ; ?> u muds possible bot only to ila ! ii!" story In Ibis I MI [ MM but also th .. i < a -'i v-'V-u lu tm* various nt I M n lurline theatres. For the sb-i UIIIMI ?.r this mystery utory Jiu.oo^ wui be given. Cr' dillons thneriiing the Contest (e prize of $10,001) will bo Won by !.. . man, v oman or eil.'. I who writes tii-< tuo.t acceptable solution of the w vs I cry, from which the last two re?i;i ortho' motion picture, drama will be nmde am] Hie last two cnaptero ol <h?- i.i.ory wrltlon by Harold Mac ?.tOli. ... .Solutions may he sent to the Than hod ..?..? "orppratlon. either nt Cltiyucd G.- New York, any tim? up te midnight, Der. 14. They must heat p^ntofiico runrlcn not later man Uia? ?ate. Thia alhnvr. four week? after the Areli appearance of the last Alni ie!rase; and three wecka after thc tail cl.apter ia published in the pnper n which to unbuilt the Eolations. 4 uoard of three Judges will deter mine which ol' thc many solutions re ceived ls tlio moat uccoptablc. Thc Ju igm... I of tills hoard will be ubsp laN* and final. Notliingof a literary rtaiurc will bo considered in thc dc eildon, nor given uuy prof?rcuce in * Lad selection of Hie winner ot the sio, ?00 prize. The last two reels, which v.-'ll giva the most acceptable i; ol ut ion to tho Thystcry, will l>e presented in th?-; theatres having this fenture aa boon as it IB possible to produce the some. Tile story cor-.?..ponding to those motion pictures will appear In the newspapers coincidentally, or as ?o?n utter thc appearance of tho pie turca .us practicable. With thc laat two reels will be shown the picture bf the winner, hin or her home, and other interesting features. It ls un derstood that the newspapers, BO far / a? practicable, in printing tho last two chapters of thc story by Harold Mac Cl rot h. will also show a picture of tho successful contestant. Solutions to the mystery must not be more than 100 words long. Hers ar" some questions to bo kept In mind in connection with the mystery as an aid to a t-r?utlon: No. 1 -What- becomes of the mil lionaire? No. 2-What becomes of tho $1,000, 000? No. 3-*Whom does Florence marry? - No. i?-What does becomes of thc Russian* countess? : Nobody connected either directly or Indirectly with "Thc MUlion Dollar M^lcry-'* will bc considered us a con . ?ltnopsia .Li'rcylou? Chapters. | Stanley Harcer.ye, miiionalre, af ici a iniracu?o-ij eEcape from Jibe den ot the gang of brilliant thieves known V the Black. Hundred, liven the'life o. i recluse, for eighteen years. Hargreavc eec night or-tars i "roadway reetj;'* runt and there comes face to face wUt tho gang's leader, Braiho. After thc meeting, during wilier neither man apparently recognizes th? other, HaTKrcave hurries to his mug nificent Riverdale homo and' layi pluns for making bin escape from tin country.. He writc3 a ftttcr to th* g tr IF' school In New Jersey where li years before he hod mysteriously let on the door?tep his baby daughter Florence Gray. He also pays a vlsi to thc hangar of a daredevil aviator. Ursine and member.; ot his ban? surround Hatgroave's. home at nlgbl but ar. they enter thc house the watch ?fa outside, ceo a banoon leave, tit ?ot??. . i rio safe ls found empty-th million which Hargreave was knowi . to have drawn that dsy waa gone, ?nei Kam? ono announced the oatloon hat been, punctured and, dropped into th ,een. .*,-.'. Florence arrives front the girli School, princess Olga. Braise's cora [.anion, vi;.itH lier arid claims, tb bo' ! relative. Two' bogus detectives cal but tholr plot- io lolled by Norton, newspaper man." Dy brlbinc the captain nr the Orleti Norton lay;; a (rap for.jBniine and hi ShAjj.,; Pmt?as Olga also vis tts th wlenCn captain and she easily fall into the reporter';! snnre. Thc pia groves'. abortive through llraino's goo luck ?ni! "only ri?Y!liiig3 fall into. th bafid? of tho police. . Later, Florence ls lured from ben hy. 1 bri hand, brit succeeds In freers herself from lh?Mr einlebe?. The ne: rtiiy .lour?'rciHOTPS n box from HM hi lng p'are ?nd, gnrs?cil hy . limine ratbdV lr? the wafer? from. ?>? "motor bonis Vnnies. ?Joni drubs lue" bo* Info i*>u sea aad w* aul?rriattc-feets rire ta the naxsali Flerruce Rue-? horseback riding ai Bu-v?solured hv cue of Drain e's mi aloha-" the ro'-iftstth*," Snri?a resp? her. 'Ibo are pursued, ltowelcr. ai tho pair im?kc their complete enea; only nf lei?. Norton hus - *! an. Hie fast upproarbinpr mnPltfne wi a hm let. After failing In 'their flint atMPlI . th? .'3lack Himdrcd trap Florent Thhy ask her for money, but she e lbs eit^jpge?w?i^??i'^s^e^S^SSa' Jb>s?we pl?rcisee Hergrenve and Nerton? i r?ta them beth to her a ort men I n .gi%?#i*?? way ri?*t at th? 'daune* moment, * i? u resull ghes Norton bark hin tl Accomplices *f. 9nth*e saeeeed . kl?nopiag Plnrenee whflft ehe ls elfe hi* th*t the, ?Irl had leaped late J ???I ittkhilr kWr back to ??es wttb bl Florence sets flt* ts the boat ?ad E Mil rf mr tl hy a ffolp? OR .which Norton hat been .?hnftgl?ifcri. Hopyiight. 1914; By Harold Mae Grath.) CHAPTER Xl. "V? bo? bones received the telcgrnm that jWoreeee waa safe", tuc iruu herve ?1 the man broke ?own. The ?uspttisc. had oben HO keenly terrible tho? tin sudden reaction left him a I mobt hy:: lc ; itally weak. Three weeks of wait ing. waiting. Not even I he scoitndrc and. hin wtfe who had been tho urine) pal actor? In (lie abduction bad bee lound. From a great tihlp In midjecai they had disappeared. Doubtless the> had bidden aiming the immiyruntri. who, for a lille money, would bav. fooled all the olllcers cn IHIBrd. TUor< was nj doubt tn Jones' in In 1 that W pair had lauded un fe ly at Madrid. Av, for Busen, uh'* d'd have hyster ie?. She went about the room, (vallinj and laughing and wriuging lie hands. Vou would have thought bj her action? -that Florence had Juol dud. Tba sight of her stirred the ?a*., urine lip? ol the butler into a smile, Dut ho did"not remonstrated with h< r lu fact, bc rather envied ber freedom in emotion. Man caunot lei go In thai fashion; it i i a Higu of wenktu ss; and Im dared not let even Su?ait uee nu> sign or weakness in him. ?So thu reporter had ...und ber. am! alic wa:; ?ate and sound and ou her way to New York? Knowing by Hilt time something of the reporter'? cour age, bo was eager to 'learn how thc event bad come about. When he hud nut heard a telephone message fron Norton in forty-eight, lum rr. lie hat1 decided that the Black Hundred har finally succeeded In getting bold him. It bad been something of a blow for while he looked with diafavor upui Ihn reporter's frank regard for bli charge, be'appreciated thc fact tba Norton was a staff to lean on, and hn< behind him all the power of the presa which included "thc privilege of goiuj everywhere even if one could not al ways get back. As he folded tho telegram and pu it into his-pocket, bc observed tb mail with thc opera glasses over th way. He shrugged. Well, let bim watcl Lill his eyva dropped nut of ni-, head he would seo only.that which was lu tended for bia eyes. Still, it was Irk Mime to feel that no matter when o w her'- you moved, watching ?eyes ol Bcrrod and chronicled jthcBo move incuts. Suddenly, not being deVold of sense of dry humor, Jones steppe over to the tel? ?dione and called u her highness "the-Princess Pcrigoff. "Who ls it?" He was forced to adflt, however r* luctantly, that the woram had a nra: velously fine speaking voice. "lt ?7 Junes, madam." "Jonca?" "Mr. Harijreave's butler, madam." "O! You have liewa of Florence." "iva." it wijl oe an culbarra JOU day for humanity when some one ii vents a photographic apparatuo I which iwo'porsons at the two end? i the. telephone may observe the fact expressions of each other. "What,is U? Tell me quickly." "Florence ;ba? been found, and al |o on ber way back to New York. SI wai found by Mr. Norton, the repot er." - "I am so glad! Shall I come up ovee and have you tell me the whti amazing story?" "It would be. useless, madam, for know, nothing except what I les?2? from a telegram I have just reeiv? But no doubt some time tblB eveut you might risk a call." "Ring up the loBtant she. retun Did shu say what train-.'" "No. madam." lied Jones, smiling ?He hung up the receiver and Btur at the telephone as if he would foi hi? gaze in and through it to the a man at thc other end. Flexil a blootl! Well, greed was nt ronger th that. Treacherous cati Lot her pla let her weave her nuta. dig her pl T^c day would ycotno, and lt waa I far distant, whet: uiie would find tl thr* mild eyed mon goose wai J?st deadly as the cobra, and.far more ci ulsg. The hoads of tho Black Uuudi must bo destroyed. Thoso woro i orders What jgood t'J denounce tin to ?md them to a prlnqr from wht With thc aid of money nud a treui dous secret political pu'.l, they mij Readily find ''lelr way p ft? They m BEpxtcrnilnatcd, a? opv k?Us off poisonous plague rai j of toe ors; A woman? in the law ol reprisal th wit? ho 8VX. Shortly after the. t?l?phone cpl? (which rather pnzxier thc prince -? _ -U. .<miw nra ..? " ?- -Tm. which announced the f? ehce and five had estaptrt ami w comtok to New York on train SS, add advising her to meet th j li en ! route. Sha had to fly about to ta. . "When CapL -Baunock relea draine, he had been in no envh frame of mind. Trick.:-*,, fooled hy girl, whose mind was a? Oncloudri his own! Sb? had succeeded tn h lng a coal stoker, and ha4.,fce%en r" uva rcs. The man had donned dionis? be Lad lah! out for Shore .eb.aiwl toe blockhcrt-i Ban,aocV recognize Norton al nil. H wan when Bannock explained Ul? hlstn tho shaaghaied stoker M?t In his rest danger. Norton! He pushed oft the be. abde be could no tense of being frtenrtly] f-Iottot? ?Bro Stroke o? luck, had forced ont into the open. So be II Self-p cr vatio? is lo no >?Uo looked upoi ria*!. Th ?bout it, but the individual recogs no law but Its own. lt was Br whom he loved and admired, ot No L?ON DOLLAR By Harold JMacGrath * * ?J ? i?iiw.imii ? --?? mw- iiTir~n-Tl-1-r~- " M wm i-- ?mini - ?m w--' ii III I I-u-?--.--?--wmmmmwmmm ? SB AV**-** "JBE SZLETfT YOIS SCU7T A HW&ffSDWtW? CrJ?/?GjML ! -WUl you deserilamthe daughter?" iatr?'Wifh ??rS?W?f?p^W^ ?ffifT^ C;:<. ,L" S* **r upbH by i.ov?",d wa, tho station marked fer ^Thl pringa twisted her fingers. ?nwSi?r?Mi, ?r^nr??f'Jl tUV ^ thu arrest ot Notion us an abductor Tho funner rudely described Flor ZfonZ?'&ffi^ s- 1,1 U"r-n, rror at 5?? t! " nt " - <** aud the laking lu charge pf Florence enc. almeo at ^ No?,'^, tOC U! ' '? " as ? rebellion, ?Tri who hid runaway i "Mavo you another borea and a sad aimed at his ease.and ciza?ee. and ho.caw the princes* Vrooii, hon- ?:""> ber p?renle, if bo-muli Mich dl??", t He left the froljhler as soou as a ? ver. escaped h.is 0yo. hleo Jv cdc's hut, where Ms coufedcr- "What's your hurry?" N boat could carry him ashore. The liv - "Be careful, Florence." I? MIW. . Tip ates wen lu waiting, thu game waaf ' "I'll tell you later. What I want now lives would make directly for the rail- priucono ia in the car Th: game l>?- ! K . is the hoTae.". road, and thither ho went at top speed, glue again i'-iun! th.. . i u poptj. ?flcr r.truggllng along for half au "What ia to become ot me?" asked to arrive ten lulu tics too lute. nothing. Pn-ttv gttick -uri; ,m rh ur 'rtoiir a carriage was' spied by Vroon. ae princesa. "Free!" ?aid Florence, aa thc irvin AB?1 thpt'o all lbr. '-.j-, rea noli ! Qty] he hailed il when it reached his "You will be in good bunda." hu an- ! began to increase itu apecd. Jy,v wu shunt? pay th? ont? dv cvH. Bi?f* owereil briefly. "I am going to lind out j Norton reached over and patted her "c'rc in" vomez. She- v,rc.:s:;;ii,o ?*wfca?,B the trouble, mister?" naked who! has become m floren cc. ts there1 hand. Thou bc cet haul; wit ba sudden thr?" l"'r *W* oro?., i you. pud thc farmer. n deserted, farmhouse heroubouthr shock of dismay. Ho dived a hand <bto 1huw 811 W???>??r-t>!-er?i?.-r-.-i..-.?s .l?r.t "A wreck Ob the railroad. My ihb asked of the farmer, a pocket, into another ami another The .?c.'lT-v,:VrJ1';"' :m" ?,,av v-m-.c" ' .laughter Ja badly hurt and I must "Not that I rvcoUeet." , . price of the telegram he bad -mt to {**e lied aboht yo* .,, me." lake hor to the nearest village. How "Why.T yea. lhere h. Jake. There's Jones was nil he had hud iu the world' - ? malter " lar is it?" bat old hut about lw ? miles up tho and he bad borrowed Uta! from a "?!" cliwl thc .princess. She SAIQ? "About three miles." fork." volunleererj the wife; "Where .friendly stoker.-In the excitement In- florence lu a wild ombra, e. Mm -.va 3 "I'll givo sw twenty dollars for tho Swede' died . Igst winter." had forgotten all about auch ? com In- u? --?imitable aetn-.u. ami Nor'on the use of that rig of yours.'" "Hy jingo! I m going into tho *1. ? goucy as tho absolute need of iriunev. if'Vinp, J?'!! ?ff ,1PI" . "Valx'' do "' n"8tor " la;?0 au?f "et: ]t U,at u,au hn&&- ,0 H#s4i^K?i v.* -fr-.m ,"..v" ?...,..- J? bu?*? tslcphonwl Ino! I mn to tho first "But Ifo a case of humanity, air!" the rig." , . * ?I rV' ?. ,. -Wl re going o traui;oul- And hero you an-, ,.v ?a'" iuiligimully. "You ore refusing to aid "But get my horse first. My name have trouble with tho conductor wjieu ?toi npund- It is wonderful, '.'eil tm-all thh unhuturatc." ls James Nt:rlon, and I am on the ne comes. ... about it. Wm-: ;:" tj.Jv. v-. i. ! Am'. Tho farmer thought lt over for o Star lu Now York,: Which way do I - "Why?" good heaveiiH.Mr. Woft?ii.?li' r-> ri?-< ; i\>.i inotueut. "AU right. You can> have tho BoT' . He pulled out .his pockets 8Ug?o?t r;c! there cloth. es,> . Did you I lu i lit r lurrgy fur twentv tlollars. When you ' Fi. st turn lo the left. Como on : I'll ?ely. "Nota postago ut ynp. They'll put a?d tpCcUe ber? Whu't n new:?iiapc> get I- tho vllla;;e take the nag to Doc; cet thc purse fbu you." ns off at tho next station. And," with ctory you'll bi able to make out t.f it liandera' livery. He'll know what to Once tho I,orso v.-aa ?addled. Nor wjth a glance lu ino. lltllu mirror he- all! Now, tell mc* .'.Jual wir-, bop do." fhn bet off ut \ run. Ile was un.v.vod; tareen tho two windows. "I shouldn't pehed. t'b<- : . ( ilew'ii un tb.- .H IM O' "Thank you. Help me In with her." : he forgot uli nhohi tb"; fact. His ono blame them a bit." Ile wau tm .haven, Florrnt^'r. chair. Th.- ?;! bad sl,.eh-d Vrotm drove away without lite Irywtl tbujiBld- wa* to..?iud tho w.nuan ho he was wcariiuj.ihy 3Uit aubstltntcriior ber nervee aga?u?i the touch cf I:?T i?teutlcn of going toward tho village. | loved. Ile wars not-afraid of meeting 'Bl?;oyn;.eiut Florence, sartorially, wau Ai d yet she w*o-.} beoutitul! How. Aa n result, wheu Floronc?? canto to * Jo*W> m-n, nor v lille his present not milch better off. . . ccsihl any one so Ifmtt?Ul be wicked? li'pr :.tnv?%-.5 nbc found b-r. (-;f ruf- furj' lasted She Bullied, bfUvheri.^otood up,, ami 'Well. i? beran.' flke lie..' :uU! roh'Ucd hy st ra ?ire ' and om'-imus f A,?' be Tel) int? an ambush wi?nin turned hor ba?h M., him. Then she sat I'-; n ant- ?be described ber .<! lo*.. *.! ;?r. t ba tboURlU -ihnt they ! ? humlre?l yards'. t*f his gosh They Idown again. In her hand neid .. M el ute;, mit tl ting,- ta Le sure, had taken tier frm?i thc wreck out of j drnggixl bim oil Ifte 'horse asd buffet small dStnplda.eil .roll of liattkuot4.it. Ilryin. 'n arl lu il. . kimi nc;;;,; im?, v. lieu rho n?v. lb'- cold,- J od and inishaudlci^hlui into thu ir.it. "! had them with me when they ch ?-m- tad hut pari w IK rr- 'tiiphprive taco ol tim mat* Vroon ni,ei "Bi^h cf :Urui:%" said Vroon. rub ducted me." : lu> ?al?. "ijiuiules, this they |. nt be; n lencu?d {?Y Capt. Bah- etc :. d hdr eye? and hiv hock in the!'?lng his hands, ring lu worth aOitsXhfag'," [hricJt when . a Ihuiiderlim. grinding ?jh?lr--V/ull', Ul and weale ?.< she wa?. ' "? know yuu. -ypu ItassM'i r*?-f "Tliauh the Loni!" he cxclnimod. re- tv''- tJiej-wbrds fun . , ; .?rvr^v"':i??iiu?. .?b?i .??a? .^im W.IK no? ' eri"d Norton. "Alfd if I ?"er get nut lb-VP,)).. ; . The . -n- Hiing ?"',-j v)?l uci .-, c.rrl,?!t, i lreugtb. ' of-Ibis I'll.kill yot*tpUt uChond! iidpl?' iu re wau iiu'bing.moi'o t > d'. ?Hit IcpHv (ho ?ble nt i!><* car aitihl - tu th. mc?tiM?m Norton revived anti ! youl" bo happy; and happy tiley >v ero in-. ? ' 1 >.vood. .tingling glow., amt lo, .bed about iu vain for Fiuroitoe Hb;' "?- v,''> t?'*. talk; hut it never .-.-ii- unite Oiiiivtuu?. to the pccnMU." ?ile :n... ., ptocl. .A M:?^whfu j??uOj/g viii? CFO Wu m iv? ri-' hurts UK J' .TUC," ji'LTtd VroSS. "YcSSl? j interest, i bey aroused amona tho othtr lon- wal! .-.? h'-rVur ros- sud died fled |). ?>;?gcra, the hurt and the un- oevor hnv<! Um chance to kill sse out] it-ii roting sway st tb. rsi rp recited over on Itu harmed,, hut abe wap net tn ?ho found, of baud. a:, you say. Besides, do you man, lahls ragged con! ml -olh .1 olde. Tho lin He ran llsck lo fhe priuceas and know tay face?" Jersey; this beautiful young .rfirl. In al ?-it u : ::: d wer?- -huddled togctliei-on helled ber. out of the broken ?ar "I do. The mask doesn/t m?U'T. wrinkled hoWe t : ber ??orbe:s tim tloor. under t h q. uprooted chaira, "Where is Florence?" rho asked Voti'ro tho man who bsd me hhaug blonde hair ?wry; anti the way they Vn?.,n lt.- .; . ,| vvltli onfy H dsz'-dly. ?led. Tlm^soieo ls.enough." looked ft r?Ch othii-r during 1 lit ct mi thc ha ml fr?.m flying "Cod kilowa- Here, come' over nptl "Very good.. That's f*fpnt i wished itt-conversation pe < u;?? r tu t.,v -: ; ibo ? his. fie climbed over Hie chairs ami bit down' bv the f-nre til] i tt?;'j if to know That's y?.ir. iaaUt warrant world over, impree... <| th" oilier mts- pa-s,-t?g-->rs with A tingle object lu there lc ? field telegraph," We'll do it . they n?o?l todo lt at .enters with, thc' bien Huit ?'p,e-hlng v>v.-. ||. ?nv. ifv.,? ?ill lb ree be v.-.,.. Ti? ey h.-?,; already erected one. and the H-; ;.t ademy; tte yon to the rail very unusual had napp* i H tu e Intere? t^t in iver?- iimee.;ibb<. He Ms nu ?sarje went .iff with a. batch of road troek^. We shalt not bust yoa at twr?. . "tiiekly .xnmmed CM-U, ami uaw tlmtj thors. This timo ho van determined all.- ll wktmt- eajiae snasv oret pop ' The ruths 'pt? w.?.s pet t-,- they h >.l not 1 ri. ?1-1 inie.rle-. j not t.. frui t to chance. The ?bock heaven la wltncis we did not guide peelally polite; but ?nm-ei -.a . m.m.y, bad but l-Mie Ut-.,-, 'i info brought hack , Florence's the engine. Kerne .?ber thp'story of the and the Rtofkbolders. ?vaHlag for their sr-; Morten would have lo take their{recent menial dlsonlm-, n".? sb" may boy and tho cst?" wasn't p??lin? the .M^idettds, made tt iir,p.,<<'bm h.r b:,n j chanco wifb the 'other par: en cory. 1?? ve wandered otf witbput km-v.ing cafs hth, hW ^HS9. only hobh^ lll'-?aw ,to;reJ*c? lt. Tb- ? .? .-,,) |"-tor r oui W :selo?-ly he iUWpwJ P'?<l l|rt"l Flor-1 w'.jat She was doing. On fl.e othpr cal did the pu-lllag. BV|ag hJsa SSoeg them ne more dttenthm limn ir. g-um-jer,ee In his arm? nml rta\vle?l out of {hand, she may have beet, cajrrltd off. mea*.Timo.- itv proclons. and .we;aas}?-a hi? os4> changing a $??> b?t|. jtho ear With her. - lt w?ts a filfflrolt And ngSin.tt Mtch a conHngcbe'y ho e?urf deal t,o d> before night settlea go. while fe**?-two wore ininyi,M ha^k, hu? ?rn m-.naged lt. Outside. In ^ ?m fortified. Money! Tho . ",.-., down Come ?11: with h'm. Toe tra.-k ls hara Nea* York-'ihe plotters wert- bur-j The co'ttftndon. mr.ono paid apv ntten-j?f- fir*? *roK ttpo.h il; lt waa Um ?..ail only a ?hort .rsAtane*."' ryiag east to meet them. Th" 'coition to him. Rn lie threw the nner r "f tlie w-rpent, rpresiting poison lu ile "Jim* Jteatl". cried FlorcBco la en trains met and atopped at the trame, aclouH girl over his shoulder and uta:;- vi'ako.? ? -' puloh. station about cighV miles from Now gored on towaid.'the read. Hv En<^ by the princess was ?ble to "Never you mind, girl: they're owly York. The princess, accompanied, hy lt maje that the necldetit ^?lk; and. supporting; her. he,led her bluffing, they won't dare." Vroon, who kept well in thc hjtik* iiad otvurred wh'err it ?lid, Five miles lo the road, ?lons which (hey walked "You fefek s?r said Vroon, "Walt RY -..?i .i- i,;V-r-A-Trt*1 .nd noe." Ile Urned upon Florence. Ile i? your i:>ver. I?o yod wish htm r> ?f?t* ' No. no!" "Wo u'remric to give hin) hts free rra twelve hour. HOtU now nu condl un (hal ye? (ell where that money "K!onmc-" wariHKt Norton. ' \ roon struck h ut ou ihe la.mth. "Da lom. you <MHtil' "...???. "ll ls iii Hi- chest J? no-', the, butler, threw iuto the i.ound." rho nkl? brave-" ?lui Lui L ai .i . .. lur ail now. V.MJOU laughed. "Wc kii?w Abtrat here that lc." . Florence, :;uy nothing od my oe> MKil They ar?- rot the klhd ?if men :i< keep their word." . -lib?" snarled Vroon. "We'll seo bout that." He giarfced Ut hie watch, tn half an hour the freight comes lom;. It may become stalled at the . reek, nut lt will serve." Norton knew very well that if need, aid must tiley would not hesitate td xecute a melodramatic plan of this baratter. It was the way of the fUav; hey had tu make crime abnormal tn irder to cnJoy.it. They could very wen ?ave kiu.ckcd him on the head theo iud there and have doue with- bim*, hit the timo used ju convoy In g him. 0 the railroad might provo his salva tion. Nearly four hours had pasead* since tim sending of tho telegram tu Jones. ? 'I .'icy bound Floxenco and left her. ..ealcd in thc chair. As soon as they wore gone she rolled to the floor, she vas ublo to right herself tb ncr' tu?es, and after a torturous five iles reached tho fireplace. Sho ter huudn and wrists, but tho bl .au the only knife obtainable. : .vas froe. I ? ' ~ "?7ck" Jones arrived with half a dozen pjp^ Icemen.. Vrcom alono escaped. . . The bullet' caught Florence In his mus and nearly crushed the breath: mt of her. Aud sho was.oo glad to sea* lim that she kissed him half a dosbn mee. What if he was her father's .uiierv ile was bravo and loyal add ?ind. * . ??i, "Thcv tied him to the track," sha ritd. ' IiOck at. my wrists!" Tho but* cr did soi and kiased them tenderly; And I saved him" Jones stretched out- a- hand over ..Tareuco'B shoulder. "When the, 4 ?Jomes," ho sold; "When the ime cernes and my master's eher iro confounded. But always the roolis, ever the hawke, we catch, flod loss you, Norton I don't knew whit ? .. should have done without you." 1 "When a chap's in ipyo," began Nc I ton: embarrassedly . "I know, I know," int Jones. "The second relief train te walting. Let us hurry back. I sha'S't ? eel secure tili wo are osee mmtA* ?tho house." So. arm in arm', tho three, of them' wont down thc tracks to tbs hand car which had brought the police. And now for the iron bpund chest Int th? bottom e? tba ?Mt;': . 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