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THF MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY "The* Million Dollar Mystery" will run for twenty-two consecutivo weeks in tliia paper. Ily an arrangement with tlie Thanhouser Film Campauy it has been made porsible not only to read the etory in this pape:- but also to Bee It each week in the various moving picture theatre?. For the bo lution of this mystery story $iu,000 will bo:given. Conditions Governing the Content The prize of ?10,000 will be won by tlie man, woman of cfi 11 who writes the mor.t acceptable solution -of the mystery, from which, the last two reels of the motion picture drama will be made and' the Idst two cnaptors o' the rtory written by Harold Mac Crath.. Solution:: may be sent to the Thnn iiouser Film corporation, either at Chicago or New York, any timo up to midnight, Dec. 14. They rumd beai postoffice marks not later ymn thu' date. This uIIowb four w?eks- uft"i the first appearance .of the last ?lni releases and three weeks after tin lat t chapter is published in the pupe? in which to submit the solution?. bc-ard of three judges will deter mine which of the many roluilont; rc eeived in the most acceptable. The judgment ol this bord will be abso lute and linai. .Nothing of a literarj nature wil be considered in the de- ! cisi?n, nor {riven any preference it the selection of the winner o." the ?10. 000 prize. The lart two reels which will give the most acceptable solutlor to the mystery, will he presented it the theatres having iMr. feature u. soon us it is practical to produce tin same. The story corresponding to .. ? - mntion pictures will appear in the newspapers coincidentally, or a? soon after the appearance of the picture- ac practical. With the last two reel: will be shown the pictures of the wir. ncrs, his her home, and other Inter esting features. It is understood the newspapers so far as practical, in printing the last two chapters of the story by Harold MacGrath, will al.se show a picture of the successful con testant. " Solutions to the mystery must not be more than 100 words long. Here are some questions to be kept In mind in connection with the atyai?t y ns an aid to the solution: No. 1.?What becomes of the mil lionaire? No. 2.?What becomes of the S 1,000, 000? No. 3.?Who does Florence marry? No. 4.?What heroines o' the Rus sian countess? No body connected, either tlir^-Wy or indheetty with* thi' "MIMion Dol lar Mystery" will be cortt-'der id ns 3 contestant. SynopsU of f Minplers" One and Two Stanley HnrgrcU'.e, millionaire, '? tsr a miraculous escape ?rom the den of the gang of 1 nil liant : sieves known as the Illuck Hundred, lives the life of a recinse for eighteen year, liar groove one night enters u Bnudvaj restaurant und there coiv.?s fare to fnce with the gang's leader, Uranio. After the meeting, during which neither mun apparently roc< _rul/es the other Hurgrcuve hurries to h'is magnificent Riverside hniue and. lavs plans for milking his oicapc freni the country. He wrHes a lo'.fer to the girl's school in New Jorseji where eighteen yours before ho had myste riously left on the'doorstep his bub} daughter; Florence Gray, ?c ni ways pe y a visit to the hangar with a dare devil aviator. Krainc. nnd members of the bond surround Hnrgrettve'e home nt night bul as they enter the hot??e the, watch-. cH outside see a balloon ' ?eave the roof. The safe Is found onrpty--tbc million do Hues which iiurgrcute L known to have drawn that d;?y I? gone. Then some one u?iiounced that the balloon hud been puncciu'cd and had dropped to the bottom of I he sea. norence arrives from the girl's school. Princess Olga, l!mine's com panion, vhits nnd chi tin s to be ui rcl ulive. Two detectives call, but llir?r plot is foiled by Norton, a newspaper man. (Copywrlgbt 1914: by Harold Mac Grath.) Chapter hi. ho Safe Is the Lonely Warehouse. The princess did not remain long after the departure of tbo police with the bogus detectives. It has been a very difficult corner to wriggle out of, all , because. Braille had added to his plans after Eibe " bad left the ap artment. But for the advent of the meddling reporter, the coup' Wohld have succeeded, herself ] apparently perfectly Innocent of th?'complicity. That must be tho keynote-of all' her plans; to appear quite Innocent-and leave no trail behind her. She had gained tho confidence o? Florence ahd all bar' companions. And she was rather certain that blia had impresseci this * lazy-eyed -reporter and the stolid butler. She had t?ld nothing but the truth regarding bur relationship. They would find that out. She was Katrlnu Pushkin's ' cousin. But lier blood with her counted , as naught. She had room in her heart but for two things, Draine and money to spend on her caprices, ?.>?' ? "H?w long has your highness known Mr, Bralnc?" asked.th? reporter Idly, as h? smooler? away all signs of his recent conflict?' * ? 1 "O, tho botter part of a year. Mr. Harp-rctvo did' hot ^ecogn*ttp; me th? otbbr night. That was quite excus able, far when he last saw rue 1 Woa not jrnurj?'thitf TO.-y My'chlld/"- ehe Biitd to Florence*; "build no hopes. regard-' lug your'?: W-etherV. "She ia ^oublies;* dead. Upon' Sonic tHVial matterai do not 'too* rwhaY'Il wp.??she .was confined to the f?rtr^js? ' .That' wat .jM..t'^l .-:? i- 1 E seventeen year? ago. When you eutei the fortress at St. Petersburg, you cease to be." "That is true enough." "I did not recall myself to your father. I did not care nt tliat mo ment to Ehock him with the remem brances of the time. Is not Mr Braine a remarkable man?" All this in her charming broken English. "He is, indeed," atnr.iied Norton. "He's suburb linguist, knows every body and has traveled everywhere. No matter what subject you bring up, ! he seems well Informed." "Come down," urged Florence. "I shall, my child. And any* time you need me. After all I am nearly [ your aunt. You will find life in the ? city far different from that you have , henn accustomed to." She limped down to her limousine, i In. tripping up Norton he stepped up-. I on her foot heavily. "She 1b lovely," cried Florence. . "Well, I must bo on my way also," Bald Norton. "I am a worldly wise ? man, Miss Florence. As Jones here. Never go any place without letting him know not even to the corner drug store. I am going to find your fa1 ther. Some one war. rcscueti, I am going to And out whether it was the aviator or Mr. Hargreave." Jones' drew in a deep breath ant> I his eyer closed for a moment. At the I door ho spoke to the reporter. 'What do you think of that wo man" "I believe that she has told the truth*. She is charming.'' "She Is, but for all her cuarm and [truth I cannot help distrusting her* I' have an idea. I shall call up your onice at the end of each day. If a day comes without a call, you will [know that there is something very wrong." "A very good idea." Norton shook bande with every one ami departed. 'What a brave, pleasant young man murmured Susan. "1 'like this too; and I'd like him for I a friend," said the guileless gin. "It is very good to nave, a friend I like Mr. Norton," added Jones, and he passed out into the kitchen. All the help had been dlecharged and upon") his shoulders' lay the ourden of the cooking till such time when he could ! rein: tate the cock. There was astormy scene between Draine and the. princess that night: "Aro" you in your dotagr:?" .she asked vehemently. "There, there, bring your .voice ! down, a bit. Where's the girl?" ! "In'hcr home. Where did you sjup Iposc she would be, after tbaf"notch work of letting nie go to do one thing i while you had in mind another? And as an ordinary pair of cutthroats, at I thatl" 'The thought came to me after you loft. I knew you'd recognize the man and understand. I seo no reason why It didn't work." ; 'it would have been alright If yon had ^consulted a clnlrvoy/uu," , "What the deuce do you mean by I that?" Braino demanded roughly. "t mean that then you would bave learned your friend the reporter was to nr r r ive upon the scene at it ? moat vital moment," ? "What, Norton?" ' ...?'? "Yea. The trouble;'.!* with you; You h?ve been so successful all these' years, and you hav_e grown .over?onuT dent. I tell you that'there is a des* gerately ! shrewd ' man' cotuewhere ack Qf all tula.. Mark me, I?.do hot believe that Hargr?av? Is dead. He is in hiding. It may bo . near. by. He may have dropped from the balloon before it left land." . The man they picked bp" may be' Orte, tho aeronaut. The five ttwusautf; ritlfcht, have been hhj f?q for, rescuing ^arg?eayCj llore.. 8? the greatest thing we've- ever been | up against: and you start m with ev ery day methods!" , , : 7'Littlo woman, doul let' yoa* ton gue run away with you ioo iar." "I'm riot the l?det bit afrdld o? "you, L?o? you heed me, and It has~ never been more apparent than at this hu* mm*' ^ - ? '-". ?.;.???' ?? Ittut?? : alter .the inch - were gana. ipy clever thing' I did was to Ike. tbc mask eri my face. They hi *"'?? ' - :"' ? '' ? '?' "' \ ' XION _ By ? can't come back. IJut Hie carog look ed ko easy: and it would bave work ed but for Norton's appearance. "You all but compromised me. The butler worries me a little." Her ex pression lost it-i anger and grew thoughtful. "He's always about somewhere. Dx^you think Ho;?ireave took him into his confidence;" "Can't tell, he's been watched for forty hours. He hasn't mailed a letter or telephoned to any place but the grocery. There have been no telegrams. Some one in that house knows where the money is, and its' ten to one that it will be the girl." "She looks cnougll like Katrinn to be her ghost." Uralne went over to the window and stared up at tho stars. "You have made a good Impression on the girl?" with his back still to ward her. , "I had her in my arms." "Olga,- my'h?t'ls Off't ycn.'y turn ing, now that his face was again in repose. "Your very frankness re garding your relationship will pull the wool Over their eyes. Of course they'll make inquiries and they'll find out that you haven't lied. lpk per fect. Not even that newrpaper weas el will see anything wrong. Toward you they will eventually ease up and you cah act without their even dream ing yoiu part in the business. Wo must not bu seen In public any more. This "butler may know where J stand even though he cannot prove it. Now, I'm going to tell, you something. Per haps you've long since guesBed It. Katrina was mine till Hargravo?nov er mind what his name was then?till Hargreavj came into the fold. So sure of her was I that I usec ncr as a lure to bring bini to us. She fell in love with him, but too late to warn him. . I had the satisfaction of seeing him cast her aside, curse her and leave her. In one thing she fooled us all. 1 never knew of the child till yon told me." ? He paused to light cigarete. "Hargraye was madly In iove with her. He. curr?d hor, but be came back to the house to 'forgive he:* "to find that she Irad been selzcu by the apcrnt police and entom'.?J.ln M.e for tress: 1 had my revenare It was I who sent In. the intorni li io.i, practi cally bogue. Eut in RusR?n they nev er question they ac* and forgot. So bo had a daughter" He began pacing (lie lloor, his hands hsh.'nd his back; .m the woman watched him, ose'lluting between leve and fear. He came to a ha?t abrupt and ff nr. He. oauie to halt abrupt ly end looked down at he?. . "I'Jbon't worry- You nav?? no rivai. I'll leave the daughter to your tender mercies. - . ' / ' s ' "The butler," she said,."has full powers of' attorney Jo act for Hor greav.ig while, abecs'ir up ^to ,tbo day Oie girl becomes of legal age." "l'i? .keep ah eye, on our . "friend Jolies. From now on, day am.1 night there will be a cat at the knothovvand 'ware mouse! Could you make op t-ny. ? thing like this girl?* 'suddenly. "A Fair likeness" I ."D? It. Go to that ship,which'..ickr ed'up the ,man ut soa and quii. U?q captain.r Either, tho aviator or Herr greave ie alive. ,- , i3 important to learn which at oncer ? "iJe very careful", play the game as on\y yon know^hew t?'^lay Ti;. ' Aud it Harg'reaya is alive, w? win. Tomorrow morning, eaVly- : ?Teare of angulvx, ah? all Tjjatr Sailors, ?fe easy-when a \> Oman weeps. N?: color,- remember;'-jus.', the.-yellow' wig and the salient fcatr* 3. Now, by by"?' - ?.' ,?&$?*; 'Aren't jt?u going.to klea me, Leo." He caught hor hands.'^Thero m a species of Desiali-about, you, Olga.. ? kiss tonight, from, jrour, lips would snlp'my locks;'arid.: I- need a clear heap. Whether . we fail or; win ' when this game Is played you almi lbo my wifb?" ;. H? kissed tfi?J,dhan??* ?n stride out inw the' hhil.?> J" r " Trie woman gazed down "at her small white harn?s and smiled tenderly; tTbd tigress has her. tender moments!) He meant It! '?.-.." ^e went into 'her-'dressing*!room and f?r an hpnr or more worked over ?arold ts/lacGr her face and hair till 'alie was certain that if the captain.of the shin describ ed her to any one else he could not fail to give a fair description of Florence' ilaigreave. But Norton reached the captain first. Other reportere'haQ besieged him but,they had aucceededj^n gathering the vaguest kind or inrormation. "They had no description of?liargrcave, while Norton had. Boforc golug down to tiic boat, however, he had delved into the past of the Princess Olga Perigolf. it cost him a pocket ful of money, hut the end justified] the means. The pri?es? had no pUbfl worth mentioning. By piecing this| and that together ho becp.no assured that rhe had told tho simple, truth re garding the. relationship., to Florence's mother. cablegram had given him all the facts in her history;"Ujere were no gaps cr discrepancies. a read clear and frnnk. TruKt a Russian pe-| cret agent to '..now what ho was talk ing about. So Norton's suspicions?and lie !:ad ctortained Borne?were completely lulled to sleep. An he wouldn't have doubted- her at all except :'or (ht fact that Braiiie had boon with lier when he had'' Introduced Hargreavo. Hargreave had feared Ornine, and that much the reporter had elicited from the butler. But thcro wasn't the slightest evidence. t?rame had been In New York-for .nearly six years. The princess had arrived In the city but a year gone. And Braine was a mem ber of several .fashionable clubs, nev er touched cards and seldom drank. He was an expert chess player and a wonderful amateur btlliardtst. Per haps Jones, the taciturn and inscru table, had not told him .all ho Jreow regarding hl?-, master's past. Well, well; he had In his timo untangled worse snarls. The onice'bad turned him loose, a freo lanc?, to handle t'-ie case as be saw lit, to turn in. the stpry when It was complete. But what a etory It was. going to be I when ho cleared It up i The more mys tifying It was,-the greater the zest anil sport for him. Norton .Was _ like a gambler who played for tig' stakes] and only big stakes stirred his crav Ingr.. ' The captain of the tramp steamer Orient told him the same tal? he hadj told the other reporters; he had plckT cd up a man at sea. The man hadj been brought abord totally .exhausted. | * *'Wa3 there another body any where?" "No," "What became or him?"'. : ;/?' >? "I ?ont a wlr?le?s and that seeincd to bother bim.; It .looked to hie that he did not-want anybody to learn/that he had been rescued, " Tho mo'oiorft .the boat touched the' pier he lost himself Ih" the crowd. Fifty reporters came aboard, but he was gone. And I could only tell them jurt ;whaterm'tolling you.'' :. ."H?-had money?" . "About flte thpueand." Please describe him." The captain did so. It; was the same description He had given, to-all the' reporters,' * Norton looked over the! rail at the big warchouae. "Was it an ordinary hulloon?" "There you've gbt nie. My. .Marconi man"says the balloon part ,*was" like any other/ b8looh>,, bnt, the. passenger car: wa* a: now"business to alm>rIt could, bo driven .against tire wlbd?""" "Driven-again?t the wind. . Hid toll this to the other chaps*. : "tion't, think l did; Justfrehjiem bered it Probably B?mo'hW/lrirUltion and now \W. o* Mio botton;.jpit.lkeTe??. / <AR M ath Two men, as 1 understand It, went off in tlti? contraption. One is gone for good." "For good," echoed tho reporter gravely. Gone for good, indeed, poor devil. .Nerton took out roll of bills. "There's two hundred in tlite roil." . :*'\Vell?" said the captain, vastly as. tonlsbcd. "It's yours if you will do me a small favor," "If it doesn't gjt me mixed up with the police, 'j m only a captain of a tramp diid some of the harbor police( hp vc taken dislike to me. WO ut'dp you want me to do?" "The police will not bother you. Tiiis man Ilargreavo had some ene mies; they want either his life or his money; maybe both It is a peculiar case, with rliussiu in the background. He might have laid the whole business before the police, but ho chose to fight it out himself. And to tell the truth, I don't believe the police would have done any good." "Heave her ovor; what Oo you want me to do for that handsome roll cf money?" "If any man or woman who la not a rep?rter comes to pump you tell them the man went ashore with o packet under his arm." . "Tie a knot In Hint." "Say that the man was gray haired, clean shaven, straight, with a -scar high up on his ' forehead, generally covered up by .his hair." "That's battered down, my lad. Go .on." ... "Say that you saw him enter yonder warehouse, and later depart without ills packet." "Easy as dropping my mudhook" "That's all." Norton gave,the cap tain the money. "Goqdby and many tbankp." * . "Don't mention It." Norton left the ship and proceeded to the office of tho warehouse. He aproacbed the manager's desk. "Hello Grannie, old top!" The man looked tip frOm "ils work surlily. - Then his face brightened "Norton? What's brought you ht re? O, yes; that balloon business. Sit down;" '....,? . "What kind of a man Is ttie captain, of that old hooker In the slip?" "Shifty In gun running, but other wise, as ?(i?tare as a die. Looks funny to aeo an. old tub" like that fixed up with wireless; that hau : saved neck a dozen times when he was run ning it into j a noose. Not going to Interview.me, are. you?"' "No. . I ain going to ask you to do me a little flavor," / "They always say that But ' spin her out if it doesn't cost me my Job, "Well/there will be persons mak lug Jnq/iries about the.mysterious ae ronaut*. All I .want you to say is, that h?-letti a paSket with you, that you've put it/ in that safe till he calls to Grohnis nibbled at tho end of his peri. /"Suppose some one should como and /lerannd that I open the safe and 'IMI you've got to.do in to tell them to/show .the receipt signed by you." jThp warehouse manager laughed.' yuot a lot of sense In that ivory dome ,bt yours. All right. D'it If any thing, happons y?ti've got t? ?orne ?r?uhd and book rae(up. What's it about?'* ' -v^'That I dare not tell you. ; This touch, I'm laying a trap and I.want some one I don't khow to fall into It,'' : "On your way, James. But . If you don't send me some prko'fight tickets] - ??-??. ?,?'?????' f .?>.-.?.?..'. Vj^-V-e'^' ?wawi%?/.,;: ?.-'.? _ ?YSTE next week for this. I ll hover d> V::u another fnvor." In reply Norton took from his poc ket two 1)11 s of pasthcoard and laid tjivm on the desk. "I knew yoir.i.h" wanting something like this." "Ringside" ciled Crannls. Ycu; reporters are- luoky devils I"- ?-. ' "At S o'clock this afternoon I want you to call me up. If no one hau called, why the game Ib up. But If some one does come uround and make inquiries, doi.'t fall to lei mo know." "I'll he h?re till 5. I'd hotter call you up then." Then Norton returned home and ? Idled about 'till afternoon. He went j over to Iliverdale. Five times he walk- | ed up and down the front of the Har grcave piare, and finnlly plucked up I his courage :md walked up to tho | door. Ho chatted with Florence for a while and found that, for all she might be guileless to the world, sho wan a good linguist, a fine musician and talked with remarkable keenness about books and arts. But unless he roused her, the sadness of her position always lay written lu her face. It was not difficult for him to conjure up her dreams in coming to the city and the blow which, like a bolt of] lightning from a clear sky. had shat- j tered them ruthlessly. "You must come every day anil tell nie how you have progressed," she ] said. 'Til obey that order gladly, when-1 over I can possibly do It. My visits ] will always be short.?' . "That is not necessary." "No," said Norton from bis heart,1 "but it is wise." Always he found Jones waiting for ? him at the door, a'w;. v? in ?n? shad ow. ' "Well?" the butler whispered. "1 have laid a ueat trap. Whether ? this balloon was the one that left the1 top of this house I don't know. But if there were two men In It, one of them lies at the bottom of the sea." ? "And tho man found?" The butler's voice was tense. "It was not Ilargreave. I met Orts RY but oi?r<> and he wore heard then, the captain's description did not tally with my recollection." "Thank God." Hut what, is the trap?" , "I propose to find out "who is back of till this,,who Hargrcave's enemies are." Norton returned to hiir rooms, there to await the call from Grannie. He wa3 sorry, hut it" Jones would not take him into the fullest confidence, he must hold himself to blame for any blunder he (Norton) made Of course, he could readily understand Jones' angle of vision, lie know'?othlug of the general run of reporters; he had beard of them by Tumor alUl distrust d them, ilo was not .aware of the fact thut the uverage reporter carries more secrets In his head than a primo minir.ler. was, then, , him to set about to allay Mila dJsj?ri'iHt and Kain the man's complete confidence Meanwhile that same morning a pretty young worn .- boarded- the Orient and asked to be led to the cap tain. Her eyes were red:'she had evi dently been weeping. When the cap tain, susceptible like all sailors, saw lier bis promises to Norton took wings. "This is Captain Hagnn?" she asked, hulling the handkerchief she held In her hand. .. j- ..?i ( "Yes. miss. What eau I do for you?" Ho put his handH''jaharras'-' sedly into his pocketr.-??ficr-felt the crisp bills. But for that; magic touch he would have forgotten ?We- lines. ? lie squared bis Shoulders-.???-?? "I have every 08Burnne?% <~that tho man you picked up at beaMfi fay*fath er I am Florence Hnrgroave. Tell me everything." e?-?? . T?,.< ;?:?->( ?.1? very blundering de cervi d In ?. ??? u lev . " " ? ' ihr? the hustl?t? -%tvri the . si: :.r.:l headed' for' tl?at, ware house., lie had'a packugfe''which he was as tender of as if it' lure? -been dy namite." ?a " 'VaC il: yen!" ImpulslyelyT"" " man ha? to do his dutyrmiss. A sailor's always glad to rescue a man ??.- " akwardly. hi<?s. : / Win. she finally went down tho ?rang-plank the sigh tho captain heav ed was annosi as loud as the* exhaust from, the donkey engines which were working out the crates n^Ie^Vfrifl' from the bold. " ' "Maybe she is his daugjaif r^but two undred.is two lmnderd, and I'm a trbuTjles WHat waa'a'c'Ha^ a pretty girl appealed to -hltflT- ."?? "I am sorry, miss, but can't'give you that package. I gave, tho man a receipt and ML! it 1. sr-ui^tfjjl-to mo the package muet remain" in yonder safo- Yo\ unticrt-tniul enough about buRlnesF to realize that/' t Jdl,d;.n?t foiicit the job. It was 'thrust upon me. I'd give a hundred dollars if the blame thing was' out. of my safe. You say it 1b your fortune.' 'Tttfttr basn't been proved. It may be Oitobpowder or, dynamite. I'm sorry, baC^you'Wlll have to find your father Wn? bring the receipt." - {r. ' .?? The young woman left^the^ware^ house, dabbling her eyes with the sod den handkerchief. "I wonder," mused Granrils as h? vatched her from the Wlnd?W.? "I wonder what the deuce that'c.nap Kor ion is up to." The girl 'nW^tit have been the man's daughter. '.' . r.'V'Tv Good Lord, what an ak3 I atflT" There wasn't any mahl" And so he*<reached for the telephone. '-.-j. na\i vj* Immediately upon receipt ijiqf: the message the reporter set a, machin ery in motion. ."" ? On the morrow the newspapers'had scarehends about an attemet~TO~rob the Durfy wareliouee. It appe&rcd1 that the pollen had been tipped uisorehand f and were on th? grounds- Iti .time to gather in several notorious: gum??n, who, .under 'pressure of the third de- . gree vowed that they had., been .blreO and paid by a man in a mask and had not the slightest Idea what he .wanted . them to raid.. . \ . r. ai> - i Norton was In a fine temperie After all his careful plahnlng.k??fcjufrgein- ? ed nothing, absolutely nothibg.' But' wait; be bad gained something; the. bitter enmity of a cunnlng'-arofe'des- ? pera te man, who bad been forced to remain hidden under the ptefFtlU'* ate" most dawn. ?*' <; TO BE CONTINUEffl; !i' v , i-_?; ?o? .r.'. or cailormau. Then Grannls cam?j'lir10for' "Up t8*uo when his rWAll ter Painter LeSll?\?et? itera colic every ime there's another ?OMSe painted w??K ? ^ ^miAon-g Patton1* Ban-Proof. Patota re aad bcaaUty. Dente aoa pura? _ Get a beAutilul color card and lull in? <> nation ?rom ? . ; ,.,:; -.?. . . M. Guest PainjL.?o. ,!?