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It m . r.g <w ^ r-v . ??'.?. ^*Wr. * i\'V? Hie Million D By HAROLE Illustrated from Scenes Same JSame by the Thi . .1 Ml k'CT MW?n,VB ? (Copyright, lwl4,1 This, the eleventh episode of the in K: J? -J ttfresting serial story, will he shown Bf ? 7 1 .* , ?*" ' in motion pictures at the Casino Theatre tonight,) H I . CHAPTER XI. >' . i? .j When Jones received the telegram ' that Florence was safe, the iron nerve ot the man broke down. The suspense been so keenly terrible that the audden reaction left him almost hysterically weak. Throe weeks of waiting, waiting. Not even the scoundrel and his wife who had been the principal actors in the abduction had been r1.1 tt? .... jluuiiu. r rum a great snip In midocean they had disappeared. Doubtless they had hidden among the immigrants, who, for little money, would have fooled all the ofllcers 011 board. There was no doubt in Jones' mind that the pair had landed safely at Madrid. As for Susan, she did have hyster* ics. She went about the room, wailing and laughing and wringing her hands. You would have thought by her actions that Florence had just died. The sight of her stirred the saturnine lips of the butler into a smile. But he did not remonstrate with her. In fact, he rather envied her freedom in emotion. Man cannot let go in that fashion; it is n sigu of Weakness; and he dared not. let even Susan see any sign of weakness in him. So the reporter had found her, and s]he was safe and sound and on her, way to New York? Knowing by this time something of the reporter's cour-: a cm 1 * who tager to learn now the event had cotno about. When he had not h4d a telephone message from J Norton in 48 hours; he had decided that the Black Hundred had finally succeedod in getting hold of him. It' had been something of a blow; for; while he looked with disfavor upon t .the reporter's frank regard for his charge, he appreciated the. fact that Norton was a staff to lean on, and had behind him all the power of the press, which included the privilege of going | everywhere even if one could not always ?et back. As lie folded the telegram and put It into his pocket, ho observed the man with the opera glasses over the way. He shrugged. Well, let him watch till his eyes dropped out of his bead; he would see only that which was intended for his eyes. Still, it was irksome to feel that no matter When or where you moved, watching eyes observed and chronicled these movements. Suddenly, not being devoid of a gense of dry humor, Jones stepped over to tho telephone and called up her highness the Princess Perigoff. "Who is it?" He was forced to admit, however Reluctantly, tV it the woman had a marvelously fine speaking voice. , "It is Jones, madam." "Jones?" V ^ Mr. Jlargreave's butler, madam." "P! Yen have news of Florence?" "Yes." It will be an emlntrrassin;r day for humanity when some one invents a photographic apparatus by which two persons at the two ends of the telephone may observe the facial expressions of each other. ; "What is it? Tell me quickly." "Florence has been found, and she Is on her way back to New York. She "was found by Mr. Norton, tho reporter." "I am so glad! Shall I come up at once and have you tell fne the whole amazing story?" ?Tf iuamM VW. 1 1 ? -- ? , av nv/uiu uc U?Clt:?3, II1UUUTT1, IOT 1 'know nothing except what I learned , Surrounded by 8trange and Ominoui Faces. .Jtopw HrtMrwa I 1mt? Juat received iMv' * ollar Mystery MAC GRATH zsm in the Photo Drama of thm \ mhouser Film Comparer I m ? r.t v A; i IJU w rji/AiA MfiUHnaMMHMMMMMBM )y Harold MacQrath) I . But no doubt some time tills evening you might risk a call." t "Ring up the instant Bke returns, r] Did she say what train?" ;l "No, madam," lied Jones, shilling. ^ He hung up the receiver and stared ^ at the telephone as if he would force 8 his gaxo in and through it to the j woman at the other end. Flesh and ^ blood! Well, greed was stronger than v that. Treacherous cat! Let her play; t I ? let her weave her nets, dig her pits'. t The day would come, and it was not p far distant, when she would find that the mild eyed mongoose .was just as p deadly as the cobra, and far more A cunning. d The heads of the Black Hundred must be destroyed. Those were ths p ' orders. What good to denounce them, g to send them to a prison from which, with the aid of money and a tremen- C1 i dous secret political pull, they might h readily find their way out? They must t| be exterminated, as one kills 01Y the poisonous plague rats of the Orient, y A woman? In the law of reprisal y there was no sex. tsnortly after the telephone episode ^ (which rather puzzled the princess) r she received a wire l'rom Undue, which ^ announced tho fact that Florence and g\ live had escaped and were coming to , y Kew, York on train No. 25, and ad-I vls6d her to meet tho train en route! pi She had to llv about to do it. When Captain Bannock released Braiwe, he had been In no enviable | p. frame of mind. Tricked, fooled hy the j w trirl ll/VlftCft t?ri 11A *??. ." ? ci?) uuciouaea. as T.T Ins own! She had succeeded in bribing y( I -Wi'v; W&SgBB Iv " ' \ fcf!t? ' 'MmMi F'IliMffitSi ' i'/' ' J$K ? : :,'i' -vJf^V^ *?? ;? ,*<rf '{ *JK? - ;'i^' ':: '::p' ' ' : ' ' " -' ? ,;, , , - - ' - \:."V ''% <> *? Pk^S^c. "v ;'' .. c/N:' . * . '---^AV / ' / .y-j, ( - 4 . . '. ' . : ' <j "' ' ;' : ?&&?** . >; >><:*>,? ^ i - . r,V , ; -V #* '; > ^" !- r'; :; Fell Into an a coal stoker, and had taken him un- b! a wares. The man had donned tho dis- ; k guise he had laid out for shore approach, and the blockhead Bannock had never suspected. He had not recognized Norton at all. It was only F when Bannock explained the history a] of the shanghaied stoker that he real- c< ized his real danger. Norton! Ho must b be pushed off tho board. After this fl episode he could no longer keep up b tho pretense of being friendly. Nor- T ton, by a rare stroke of luck, had ti forced him out into tho opon. So bo t< it. Self-preservation is in no wise ? looked upon as criminal. Tho law* may i a have its ideas about it, but the in- j n dividual recognizes no law but its own. ' y T f if r* n ( I ??ri 1 r\ /\ n?V* /"V v.? V* r% l/\*rr*/l r\ /\ -A It r> u?3 IMUM1U YV 11 v.* Ill III.? lUVt'U ClUVl UU* \ mired, or Norton -whom he hated as h a clog with rabies hates water. With t Norton free, ho would never again f daro return to New York openly. This t j meddling reporter aimed at his ease : aud elegance. f lie left the freighter da soon as a t boat could carry him ashore. The j fugitives would make directly for tho railroad, and thither ho went at top ' i speed, to arrive ten minutes too lafe. j i "Free!" said Florenco, as the train < began to increase its speed. j r Norton reached over and patted! 1 her hand. Then he sat back with a 1 i sudden shock of dismay. He dived c a hand into a pocket, Into another and j 1 another. The price of the telegram < he had sent to Jones was all he had 1 had in the world; and he had borrowed 1 that from a friendly stoker. In the i excitement he had forgotten all about such a contingency as the absolute < 1 need of money. < "Florence, I'm afraid we're going to i , have trouble with the conductor when i he come*." ? f lt' C V4 X iV i . ^ / THE HORRY HE "Why?" He pulled out ms pockets sugge Jvely. "Not a postage stamp. They nit us off at the next station. And vltli a glance In the little mirror b ween the two windows, "I shouldn ilame them a bit." He was unshave ie was wearing the suit substitute or his own; and Florence, sartoriall vas not much better off. Sho smiled, blushed, stood up, ar urned her back to him. Then she 8! lown again. In her hand she held iniall dilanidated roll of hnnUnntoo "I had them with me when th* ibducted me," she said. "Beside his ring is worth something." "Thank the Lord!" he exclaime elievedly. So there was nothing more to <! >ut bo happy; and happy they wer rhey were quite oblivious to the peoi iar interest they aroused among tt >ther passengers. This utishave roung man, in his ragged coat ac oiled jersey; this beautiful youp 5lrl, in a wrinkled homespun, In ;lorious blonde hairy awry; and tt vay they looked at each other durir hose tails in conversation peculit o lovers the world over, impresse he other passengers with the idt bat something very unusual had ha] ened to these two. The Pullman conductor was not e ecially polite; but money was mono; nd the stockholders, waiting for the! ividends, made it impossible for hit :> reject it. The regular conductc aid them no more attention than t rumble over changing a $20 bill. So, while these two were hurry in n to New York, the plotters wer urrying cast to meet them. The tw ains mot and stopped -at tho sn TTI alion about eighty miles from Ne-* ork. The princess, accompanied b roon, who kept well in the bad round, entered the car occupied b ie two castaways. Tn the mirror at the rear of the ca ortou happened to cast an idl nnce, and ho saw the princess roon, however, escaped his eye. "He careful, Florence," he said. "Th rlncess is in the ear. The game be ins again. Pretend that you suspec ^thiug. Pretty quick work on thei irt. And that's all the more reaso hy we should play the comedy wel ere she comes. Sho will recogniz i\i 4 V* V* ^ ?. ? ?? ? ntM arms around you, an :f : '',, >t W MI : : 1^4 *<^u : ';M: ^ *. l;^4 t .'*2 ' v ^ * ' '' v^.xv^ Ambush. low all manner of effusiveness. Jus eep your head and play the game." "She lied about you to me." "No matter." "O!" cried the princess. She seize lorence in a wild embrace. She wa q inimitable actress, and Norto Duld not help admiring her. "You utler telephoned me! I ran to th rst train out. And here you ar< ack safe and sound! It is wonderfu 'ell me all about it. What an advei ire! And, good heavens, Mr. No: in, where did you get those clothes >ld you find her and rescue her? Whs newspaper story you'll bo able t lake out of it all! Now, tell me jus ,hat happened." Sho sat down, o ho arm of Florence'3 chair. The gii ind steeled her nerves against th ouch of her. And yet sho was beaut ul! How could any one so beautift >e wicked? "Well, it began liko this," said Flo ;nce; and she described her advei urea, omitting, to bo euro, l'ralhe >art in it. She bad reached that part whei hoy had been rescued by Captain Ba lock when a thundering, grindin rash struck the words from her lip The three of them wore (lung violen y to ouo side of tho car amid splfnte ng wood.tinkling glass, and the shrle )f steel against steel. A low wail < iorrhr rose and died away as the Ci careened over on its side. The thr* were rendered unconscious and wei tiuddled together on the floor, und< the uprooted chairs. > Vroon had escaped with only a sllgl cut on the hand from flying glass, b climbed over the chairs and pasefe gers with a single object in view. IEsaw that all three he was Interest* tommmiiMtam I BALD, CONWAY, 8. 0. m were Insensible. He quickly exa >8- Ined them and saw that they had i *11 received serious Injuries. He had 1 / little time. The princess and Nort e- would have t6 take their chance w ;t the other passengers. Resolutely n, stooped and lifted Florence In 1 arms and crawled out of the car w y, her. It was a difficult task, but managed it. Outside, in the confusl td no one paid any attention to him. at he throw the unconscious girl o^ a his shoulder and staggered on towc the road. >y It was fortunate that the accid< s, had occurred where It did. Five mi . beyond was the Btation marked for t d, arrest of Norton as an abductor a the taking in charge of Florence as lo rebellious girl who had run away fr< e. her parents. If he could reach 1 u- Swede's hut, where his confederal te wero in waiting, the game was his in After struggling along for half id hour a carriage was spied by Vro< ig and he hailed it when it reached 1 ar side. ? * to "What's the trouble* mister?" ask ig the farmer. ir "A wreck on the railroad. My dauj id ter is badly hurt. I must take her >& iko nearest village. How far is il p- "About three milea" "I'll give you twenty dollars for t use of that rig of yours." J* "Can't do It mister." "Put it's a case of humanity, sir >r indignantly. "You are refusing to e 0 the unfortunate." The farmer thought it over for a n g ment. "All right. You can have t e buggy for twenty dollars. When y a got to the village take the nag to D 0 Sanders' livery. Ho'll know what v do." y "Thank you. Help me in with hei Vroon drove away without the lec y intention of going toward the villa* As a result, when came i- her senses she found herself si e rounded by strange and ominous fac< 3, At first she thought that they k taken her from the wreck out of kii e ness; but when she saw the co t > impassive face of the man Vroon s t closed her eyes and lay back in t r chair. Well, ill and weak as she w; n they should find that she was r I. without a certain strength, e In the meatime Norton revived a d looked about in vain for Florence. ] 1 searched among the crowd of terrifi % passengers, the hurt and the \ | harmed, but she was not to be foui a He ran back to the princess and help | her out of the broken car. I "Where is Florence?" she ask | dazedly. "God knows! Here, come over a | sit down by the fence till I see If tht !is a field telegraph." They had already erected one, a his message went off with a batch others. This time he was determir not to trust to chance. The she may have brought back Florence's cent mental disorder, and she ir a have wandered off without knowi i what she was doing. On the otl | hand, she may have been carried c 3 At.rJ ?- - iiuu (t^ainsi tiuL'ii it contingency must be fortified. Money! The cui of God was upon It; it was the tr of the serpent, spreading poison in wake. By and by* the princess was al to walk; and, supporting her, lie 1 her to the road, along which th I walked slowly for at least an ho IThcy might very well have waited l the relief train. But he could 1 stand the thought of inactivity. T ' princess had her choice of staying 1 hind or going with him. He hat the woman, but he could not rel'u hf r aid. She had a cut on the si of her head, and she limped besides Tliey stopped at the first farmhou explained what had happened, and t \ mistress urged them to enter. SI \ she had seen no one, and certainly i \ a young woman. She must have wt >: do red off in another direction. S J ran into the kitchen for a basin a towel and proceeded to patch t princess' hurts. >t She was extremely uneasy. T1 she should be under obligation to N ton galled her. There was a spa of conscience left in her soul. S d had tried to destroy him, and he h s been kind to her. Was he a fool n; was he deep, playing a game as shre r; as her own? She could not tell. Whi Qj was Vroon? Had he carried Floret 3,j Off? An hour later a man came in. x" "Hullo! More folka from 1 p* wreck?" * "Where's the horse and bug 1 Jake?" his wife asked. ' I "Rented it to a man whose daugh n was hurt. He went to the villag "WU1 you describe the daughte 0 asked Norton. j The princess twisted her fingers. U T he farmer rudely described F, ence. "llave you another horse and saddle?" "What's your hurry?" "I'll tell you later. What I want n Is the horse." ? . "What is to become of mo?" as] n" the princess. "You will be In good hands," answered briefly. "I am going to 1 p.; out what has become of Floret ^ Is there a deserted farm-house b< abouts?" ho asked of the fanner* ir "Not that I recollect." je "Why yes, there Is, Jake. Thei re J chat old hut about two miles un sr firk," volunteered the wife* 4,\Vh tho Swede died last winter." ht "By jingo! I'm going into the le Inge and see if that man brought n- the rig." lo "But get my horse first* My W 3d la Jaxnea Norton* &&4 1 **** the 8 ** % ' v wv v irti ->iv , ,illi( km- ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ird ffl&W "nt *" ina - i Hf f| I- ffeMffr his , y^w^yAV&^V^ ..jo.-' ^<^SiSSw^W^ . -<WvS > to x5&8?i' ;J2 he H ,r~ lid ::;fp;&;W .o. H^l^iPW he :; 11 IP- 1 iv ' ' WR Mi to r xwi '{ >' :**> / -^ xi;>- :<e^sE iv?v^-6N ::>* *>v^ p.. i>^sW^WSitSSrm.x ^#-2^ 's8sM(M -o ; ..; ^ '^feMPIPBI tr #- X "' s (W 11 IS! I 1 d- Q.v &1? "if ;::: as- j ?<>$ -V , r? lOt / .' ' ' < / >: :; >> ;-f ' * .... ; >.;; "e ed : ' ' ;v" ^ > :i: in- > - , >: : id. ,e(j "Be Sile 11 Now York. Which way do I go?" e(j "First turn to the left. Coine o I'll got the horse for you." n(j Once *he horse was saddled, Nort ;re ret off at a run. Ho was unarme ho forgot all about this fact. His o nd of ed Wv?$ >ck |p|,. ro~ & iay i fe* - - ne ( : \ > v. > .. ' -86 ( .; . , , its ,? . ; > , : w. %, r?w&& '$ " ' &*>&&?%>&>' .**'*> '? r: , fis i' ms-fC cd < ' - 886 for ; ,-rv hi |ft|= ?e- ... .,.'. ; :. , ,3o ,. : . ;; i a v. "'* "v./w*. ' a.-'a.< *;. SO, be "Thsy Tied Him>to the Track," lie, lot thouRbt was to ft rid the woman >n- loved.. He was not afraid of meet! ;he a dosen men, noU while his prese 1J(j fury tasted. ,he ^le an ambush with a hundred yards of his goal. Th lat urussea mm on rfte horse and buffet or^ awi mishandled him Into the 2tut. trk "Both of them:!"' said Vroon.. rubbi yje his hand3. a(j "I know you, you Russian rat op. cried Norton. "And if I ev?r got c wd of this I'll kUliyou out of hand! Dar 1 vou'" - ice "0? yes; k.alk, talk; but it ne\ hurts any one," jeered Vroon. "Yoi never have the chance to- kill me q of hand, as you say. Besides, do y 01 know my lace?" "I do. The mask doesn't matt gy> You're the man who had me shai ter haled; The voice is enough." e ? "Very. good. That'll what I wish r9?? to know. That's your death vrarra We'll do it like thoy used to do it the ohl Academy; tie you to the rj lor- roat* track. Wo shall not hurt y at all. If some engine runs over y I n heaven is witness we did not mn ? wv the engine. Remember the story the boy and the cat?" with sinister ai ow ability. "The boy said he wasn't p liug the cat's tail, he was only holdi ^ ^ it; the cat did the pulling. Tiring h along then. Time is precious, and have a good deal to do before nif liul down. Come on with him. T ( track is onty a short distance." ice. 44Jim, Jith!" cried Florence in < 're* gulsh. .f.. "Never you mind, girl; they're 01 blulTing. They won't dare." re's "You think so?" said Vroon. "W the and see," Ho turned upon Floren ere "He la your lover. Do you wish b to die?" vil- "No, no!" , in "We promise to give him his fr dom twelve hours from now on con una tlon that you toll where that mot lt*r . ' ? _ ?* ^ 4 I ^;j^"'^Rij * /? ?" :> I I 4$iWik->x *,/??> V'1;!4..' ...;;{"v ?: * '?& 1 < j?? .-gg^Tw'J^rgfira:<. # v.^.^S^SI 4 H ;?JspPi^ ifePtsi I IIIIJM - I I nt, You Scum." ""Florencef" warned Norton. n? Vroon struck him on the month. "Be silent, yor_ scum!" ^^B on "It Is In the chest Jones, the butler, IBB (j. threw into the sound," she said brave- ^^B np ly. And so it might t<e, for all she- ^^B Vroon laughed. "We know about ^^B where that Is." ^^B "Florence, say nothing on my ac-- ^^B count. They are n A tne kind of men ^^B who keep their word.'" ^^B "Eh?" snarled Vroon. "We'll see ! about that." He glanced at his watch. ^^B "In half art hour thu freight cornea. a'long. It may become stalled at the^ ^BB wreck. But it v. ill sarve.", Norton knew very well that if need said must they woui.'d not hesitate to % execute a melodramatic plan of this character It was tire way of the Slav; ^^^B '* thev hnrl Co make rrimo abnormal in y\ oraor t<> enjoy it. They could very well ha*, a knocked; him 0:1 the head ^^^B then and r?< a ad have done with I &' him. But the tin; -: us'vi in conveying ^ B^Bj : / him to the rr.ilrc ad might prove his. ^^^B 1 salvation. Nentiv fnm* nom-a ... .WW. uvu* I) navi , l i d since tin of the tele-- I jS| | gram tto Jones. ' .. . hound 'Tlcrenco and If*ft hen I V*j seated in tile c/latr. As roou as they %\ were gone she polled to the floor. ??*&? I was able to rif.At herae}? <o her knees* I and after a sorturous five minutes. reached the fireplace. She burnt her * I he bands and wrists, but the blaze was * I ,nt the only kniVe obtainabla. She iva* I 0y Jones arrived with- half a dozen 'm 0(j policemen. Vroon alone escaped. The butter caught Florence fn his *^B I ng arms am?, nearly crushed the breath out of her. And she was scv &!ad to ?? see hirm that she kissed him half \ B lllt dozen times. What if he was her n;. father's butler? Be was brave and loyal and kind. r<ar "They tied hli?. to the- crack," sh& fl ,?ll cried; "Look at my wrists!" Tne but-* B iut ler (ltd so, and kissed tnem tenderly., ou "Ami 1 saved him."' ^^^^B JjonftS RtrMf-KoH - ? - -? uu,v. a nuiiu oyer1 er> Florence's shoulder. "When tho timo* 3 comes," he said.; "whan the right timdk <ifn?s and my maker's enemies aro< I ed confounded,. But always tho rooKSw HUBB nt. 1 never the hawks* do we catch. GQd at.l bless you Norton.' I don't know what I I i\l- I should have done without you." ^^^^B <ai "When a chap's In love," began Nor*4 I I ou ton, embarrasF.edly. I tdo "I know, 1 know," Interrupted. Jones, of "The second relief train is watting. I T1i- Let us hurry back. 1 sha'n't feel so- II ill. euro till we are once moro In 4* llg II im Ho, arm in arm, the three of them II we went down the tracks to the hajfid *ht car which had brought the police. he And now for tho iron bound chest II at tho bottom of the sea. 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