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The THE MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY -Tar Million Dollar Mystery" will ruc for twenty-two cons?cutive weeks ia ?bis paper. By an arrangement: with the Thanbouser Film Company lt haa been made possible not only to read the story in tills paper but also to see it each week in the various moving picture theatres. For the so lution' of thia mystery story $10,006 will be given. Conditions Governing ,the Context The prise or $10.000 will be won by the man, woman or chill who writes the most acceptable solution of tb? mystery, from which tho last two reola of tho motion picture drama will be made and the last two cnapters o< ?he story written by Harold Mac Grath. Solutions muy-be sent to the Than houser FJlm ..corporation, either at 'Chicago or New York.^wny timo up to midnfiht. Doo. 14. They must bear poatofrtce marks not later than that date. This allows four weeks aft ur the 'fleet''appearance of the last 01m /clcgS'ia "and three weeks after the I In wos??'t.?. -f utiblbhod lu the paper| YT w?!< l\ ;., ..ubmlt the solutions. VA boa;d o? t une Judges will deter mine which of the many r-olutlons re ceived I* the moat ? acceptable. The Judgment of thia board will be abso-. lubb and final. Nothing of a literary nature Will bo considered in the de. cisi?n, nor given any . preference in the selection of tho winner of the $10, 000 pr lee. The last two reels, which will give, the most acceptable solution to the mystery, will he presented in th? theatres having thia feature as soon aa'it ia'possible to produce the same. The story corespondlng to these motion pictures wUr appear in the newspapers coincidentally, or as soon after the appearance pt the pic tures aa practicable, . with the last I two reels will be shown the picture! of the winner, his or her home, and other Interesting features. . It ia un derstood that the newspapers, ? so fae j aa practicable, tn printing the last two I chapters ?of. the story by Harold." Mac- i Grath, w|ll also show a picture'Of the Buceeasful contestant. Solutions to the mystery must not be more than-100 v/ordB long. - Here are s0nie"que8tlons to be kept in mind in connection with the mystery as an aid to a solution: JMo. 1-What becomes of the mil lionaire? ~ "No ?VfrWUat becomes of f.he $l,QO0, oOQ? * No. 3-rWhom does Florence marry? Na. 4*-What does becomes of the; Russian-coan toas? Nobody connected either directly or indirectly, .with "Tba. Million Dollar Mystery" will bo considered aa a con teatant. -, ,_ Synopsis of Pmvleni Chafara. ; . ?few?ey .BtrgresvP; n?lioneJi'e,-after a miraculous escape from the den of thtf ?aag of brilliant thioves known as the Black Hundred, lives the life of a 'tor eighteen yenrs. Hargieave it enters a Broadway restau tber? comea face to face with leader, Braine. the meeting, during which r men apparently xecognUes the ?argrbave hurries to his raag t Riverdale home and Ibya " making lila escape from, t?je ? -Ha write? a letter te tba sejtmai- in.JNew Jersey where 1$, hffdre he had mysteriously left doorstep bia baby daughter, eh- Gray. He also pay? a visit hangar of a daredevil aviator. and members of his bann ---V-Hargreaves heme,at night, cy emor the house tho wat ch ' Or see a balloon leave the Tho safe is found empty-the fc^fi*yM?^Y?_waa known, ra wa ?hat day was none. Then a announced th? rAUoon bad otured and dropred into the ronce arrives' from the gida' I,;.Princess Olga, Braine's com ."n:^rislts her sod claims .to be a relative. .: Two-bogus detectives call, bqt,their plot ls foiled by Norton, a nowapaper man. . . ? . .. By bribing, the captain of the Orient Norton lays a trap for Braine and bia gang. . Pflnceas Gigs, ?too visits the Orient's cap* in and abe easily falls ihto i lae reporter's anare. The plan pfpves ?abortive through Bralne'a good luck aid^bWy hirelings fell into th? hands lt tho police. ILateg, Floreare Ia. lured fro ai homo hy the band, hat aleteada ta freeing The next mr rite* In wrior boats ?nanas? -ps the box late the sea end ist?s*s$le iota Sra ta the.? (Co'plr'fgwv. "i3ii: Cy Harold McGrath.^ Af:t?r4 falling in their first attempt, the Blank Hundred trap Florones. They ask her fwr money, bat sha es* capes efrain toling ?hem i .Florence gees h>roebnek riding T**r ' Tjhey'are purst ?m pfsr mss?: tusir ov\/ mfWt ?fertea hm l^i^st approachia? a^eijhsn with a h^ML : ; ' , OH APTER VIII The WUea of a Mf^m* . ' r the altair of the auto bandit* <--isit?*e'.oz w^^arelm:tadlied?^a -1tfH followed.' If you're a sailor you ' Whs?r*4fmtf of ?dull I meaa: bm gouda down the southwest. horiaoh. ?t?? rlnkly, li;? .booms yaV Heddeniy a s;ndee> of '.,acc4deat'c to Norton. At ar?t HgJ'dld nor gre? the.. neuter much thought. The sa?o rdjleJb fell ajsaoa* atabla feet and creeanad through ta LION DO; By Harold . i ? KW i. ' ..'< ' ... '? ?? sidewalk merely Induced him to be lieve he was lucky. At another time an automobile came furiously around a corner while he wus crossing the street, und only amazing agility saved him from bodily hurt. The car was out of sight when he thought to re call the number. Then came the jolt In the subway. Only a desperate grab by one of the guards HPved him from being crusneu to death. Even then he thought noth ing, hut when a new box of elgarets arrived and he tried one and found it strangely perfumed, and. upon tur ther analyais, found it to contain a Javanese narcotic, a slow but sure death, he became wld-.* awake enough. They were after him. He began, to I tvalk carefully, to keep in public I places as often as he possibly couta . I He was not really afraid of death*; but he did abhor th? thought ot Its? I coming up from behind. Except for the cigareta they were all "acci denta"; he could not Juive proved any thing before a Jury of his intimate friends. * He never entered an elevator with I out scrupulous care. He never passed I under coverings o\?r the sidewalk I where construction was going on. Still I careful ar he was. death confronted I him once more. It was his habit I to have bis coffeo and rolls-he rai e I ly ste anything more for lila break I fast-set down outside his door every I morning. The coffee, being in a sil I vif thermo? bottle, kept Its heat for I hourr. When hs, took the stopper out I and poured forth a cup it looked odd I ly black, discolored. It is quite pro. I bable that bad there been no' series lof "accidenta" he would have drunk I a ?up-and died tn mortal agony. It I contained bichloride of mercury. I Very quietly he set aboc.t to make I inquiries. Thia war really becoming I serious. In the kitchens downstairs nothing could be learned. Tho maid I had set the thermos bottle before thc I cloor at 10:30. Norton bad opened thc I door at 1:30-three hourr after Thc I outlook waa not the cheerfulest. Ht I knew perfectly well why all these I things "happened"; he had interforet I with the plans of the scoundrels whe I were making every poac'blq move ti kidnap Florence Hargreave. I Ono afternoon he paid Florence I I visit. Of course he told her nothing I Tiley had become secretly engaged thi day be had rescued her from the adit bandits. They weie secretly engage*! I because Florence wanted it so. Fti once Jones eoepected nothing. ! WI.) should ha? He bad troubles enough As a matter of. fact. Norton wai I afraid, of Jones? Ho waa. afraid o him in the same sance its a. boy 4 afraid of a policeman. I '. But on thia day, when the timi I egad, he? aaco&od the butler otu Urow ,bim Into the pantry. ' "Jones, they are after me now." "YouT Explain." Norton briefly recounted the do I liberate attempts against hts life. "You see, I'm .not liar enough b I say that Jrm not worried I am. devil irhly worried. I'm not worth an* I ransom. I'm In the way, and the] seem determined'to put ne qui of it.' "To any other tnsn I would sa? travel. But ito you 1 say- when yoi leave your rooms don't go where yoi first thought you would-that U, soto -* ---. rr>i-....UI u.. .II...M1I^.! uanoi nauiit. * BOJ ,. w . ? . ~. . ~ . .ppar your restaurant, your clubs 'your office. Xou>c <t methodical youui mani, becomo erratic. .Keep aw* from here at lea? three days, nut al way? call me up by telephone, -som time during the day Never undo any circumrtances, unless 1 send fo you. come here at night. Only oo 'man now watches thc house dur In] tho day. but five are prowling aronui j attar dark. They might have instruc ? tiona to shoot you', on sight 1 aaa' la?ar? you. just at "pr ase nt. Mr. No rt.Hi "You've been a godsend; and if 1 ? remus that sometimes I did not trua "you fully' it wak because I did. no care to drag you In too deep," ' Deep? Norton thought of florene and smiled inwardly. Could anybod be in deeper than ho was? " Once. ! was on tte Up of bia tongue to ron tess his love for Florence, but th gravity of Jones' countenance wa? gi obstacle to ^uch .mpvo; 1t did not tn 'To'.bs sure, Jonas :iad no r.-a: aa thortty to say, .^!sai ^orcnee ?hotit ott should not Ao wit^ bor h(Wr1 St'!!, from all pointa of view, it wa jipter.'to ltaep.'thd ?1/talr und^^th 'f?v? 'isrf? -nSdiror-^H alarms'. Bharh.' despetate r?iuea ot yat toya could enter, tao aoejn^*?i%aU ?o?e1n? ki ng\>j?ch', e?i?? . el<)ut. A prpasm? cf. thc. hand, gi?qce frcm^h?.ey?. thelo \*ur. ,<citloi anythm?. more. Only once tha'^ifcfrM e^W?^eW on tho river yoad~had > kl?ajd nor. No won} of lova ba beni spoken on either si wild moment alt conventlonaUtle baa- d^apaeared like^aasaka^^tlh) wape",?'. Thor? had* been. ne|U tr va* itof rutartv only the present ia Wffte they ?tii?w U*a,t Woy .loved, With -h* he war happr, fer ha had ta?rii?S? niau over't?4 future. , ?fray; tfat* h*j he; ?Ay Ufct ^t>?3tavie ;'hajjr?^Ws. jjW riding1 cxatu&t the suvrlage -bets-ee o?ng mah: xr*2 a v ff&$f ?PltyW - . A man who had an rjbfijje^ (wA?s: always to* be ^'Mial tejhus with his wife, feuuMiaUy mot ^a^tir&'pecq^^ Iwiaw . hg??' pfrltfro *mn Mr-ny* Ooubt. ?as, a i?N?\M l?^'f?totjfK .? i? .whoa Ab want nuL With- hiarc-tuKv/j aefk *;wl& [?&A drag.har ht- ' to nh# vse?. and there.. tey tjlMw A s^fi to g-aard ^.er wtth his ?^t's bloca MacGrath It lu one of the few primitive genna.]H tioiiK thui remain to UH. thia wanting I the female dependent upon the male. I Perhaps this accounts for nan's lack I of inti>est on the Mittrage question. I Only nunan suspected tho true state I of affairs, being a woman. Having I had no real romance herself, she do* H lighted !n having a -o ond .'u'nd one, I as you might sa v. She intercepted I ? many a glance .ind pretouded not to I Ieee'.the. stolen hand pressures. ? TheiH ? wedding wu?'already full drawn tu I her mind's eye. These two yoong H I people should be married at .Susan I Parlow's when the ro'es were cilnib-9 lng up the Hides of the house and thc- ycung robins wer . boldly trying their fuzzy wings, lt struck her BS I rather strange, tut che could not con I lure up (at thia wedding) more than I twa..- men- besides the minister, thc bridegroom, and the butler. I 'By forsaking his accuFtomed I haunts, under the advice of Jones, the I bidden warfare ceased "temporarily. I You can't very well kill n man when I you don't know where to lind him. H-> rate his breakfast haphazardly, now I here, now there. He received mest of I I his assignments by telephone and I wrote his stories and as tlol-js lu his I club. In the writing rooms of hotels, loud Invariably dispatched them to the ? office by messenger. The managing ? editor wanted to know what nil ?hts H ? meant; but Norton declined to teil ? I him. I It Irked him to be forced to rear-I ? range hir daily life-his habits, il l I waa a revolution against his case, for ? he loved eace when he was not at work, Ho had the sensation ot nav ling been iiiddonly robbed of bin borne, lof having been cast Out Into b.roeta. ? I And on top of all, this be had to go ano full In love! I There was no longer a shadow op-1 I poslte the apartments of the I'rlnc ss I Perlgoff. Brame, came and went nlght I ly without discovering any que. This I rather worried him. It ghvo him thia I impression that the shadow bad found out what h? had been:f*ekiag and no I longer needed to watch the con-fug I and going of either'' "ilroiwir or the Countess Perlgoff? -1 "Oles, lt looks as lt we were at the H end of our rope," he said diacnur.igod ly. "We have failed in all attempts ro far. The devil watches over that ? girl." ? "Or God." replied the ccumzasH gloomily. "In nearly every Instance their succoss has been due to chanco. Somehow I'm convinced that. we bo gan wrong. We should'hajve ?et Hdr .fcreave ?rzzpe quietly, followed hita, and made him fast wuen the light op portunity .came. Attor a month or so his vigilance.would have relaxed; he would have arrived at thc pellet thr: he had eluded "tts**"' ? "Indeed*** ironically, "liz wusn'r vigilant all these year* lu which by did eludo us.' How about the cirU he never 80Ugttt'|butia guarded ? Vlg?* lance! l?o sever wu? anything elsi ? all theso seventeen years. The truti-. ir auoceess bas ^developed a coarse ness in our methods; And now it I; ' too Itlto for fipenesa. We have trlOt. every dtvice -ve can. think" of; an*Y there they.. ar*>-:*ue girl ..free. Wortoi unharmed, and .tlie father aa 60cuK Lin hla retreat us though he wore ai [invisible cloak. My bead aches. I have ceased to bo Inventive." H ' "Tho. Ivo lt? love with ???a ?other." :< "I havo my ?yen But-1 begin ti wonder." I "About what?" i ? . "Whether or not Jones suapecu m. [and <e giving me rope to hang my ?elf with. Not once- have the pullet 'been called in and told what baa re cently, happened) ThV" arc totally a- j se.?.. And What ha., ?corne of the wkx ove)1' the wayr the I?r.d Harry!" crcclairo^ Bralne. clapping ble hands. "1 be lieve I've solved that. We shot ? man coming out o? Hargre /e's. Since then there's been ho ope across toe way. One and the same hun!" ,"Byt that knowle J"?e doesn't get us anywhere." "No. You say f y are tn love?" .; ?'Secretly. I d>- ., t believe the but ler has an lakilni of it. It is possl tt?. however.:r c Basan has^ngbV ^treiid: ofra.' . -a Bu*, being rather ?frantic, she M in no wise ?ater ,^OT*in smoV <1 lu silence. Present--! Hrt - amil? tr. .ted bia lips, "You have ihmisrni or something** nih asked. thsr with ulterior purposes remains be learned: She has been to your apartments two. or three times to tea -Sad always got.home nafeljr.*' Xvi?*ftft? fha. aa ld det e ? m ? nodly. "Noth LsanM nu ji -rr"" here. 1 will not tak? ?r-'Walt till I'm tbrodgh. Si-oak up '?he* roiuatico . in ?uch a way that the Bri wU! bar Norton from the booro, teat's What we've been Slar??u; at; to get rid of that'meddling reporter. We've tried poisons. Try your Wed.** ?Ifcwal?'do you mean r ' "Ues.** .. ?? :'. ..' .-, ? :* M ?:? "Ajtt" i*-jiMn|Waad. Yon went me to understand. You ? ant mo to wi* h<m away from her. It cannot be IP-Pshaw! You have a bag full of telcka, ,Toucan easily manege to pat him Into an equivocal potdtfou nut of Urbich he cannot possibly aqulrra ab tar as the girl ls concerned. A little melodrama, arranged for the benefit of. flot once. Fall .Into Norton's SIT?S gt the right moment. o'? eama^twf tike that." j "I suppose I could But If I ?ailed "You're too damnably clever tc - "p".ril;~"; ?r.T WMT! thing has got td bo doh?r to^HWpj' ?bose two apart. I've often thought ot, jaldtng the hon?? boldly and carry. m rm lng off the whole family. Susan and I all. But ? wholesale affair like that I would be, too noisy. Think it over, I Olga; we have gone tpo far to back H dowe noW. There's always Ttutsia; I and white ''ni the bosa over Here they fl never ?ease to natch me. They'll I make mo' answer for a failure like H thia." She eyed him speculatively. "You H have money," '.'??***.* ? .! - i. I "O. the' money doesn't matter. It's H tho game* Itv the Rame df playing I feat and-1 louse with Socluty, vt pil fering it with one hand add making lt |fl kow-tow with the other, -i-'s the ?fl sport of the' thing. Wliut was your I thoughtV *??t I 'We- could go away fogo::ier. to South America." "And tire of each . y\l?er\ .within a fl month." he retorted aht?wdiy. '"No; I We are In tho same boat. We could I not live but for this never ending fl excitement. And. more than that, we I never could get far enough a/way from fl the long arm of the First Ten. We'll fl haye to Btick lt out here. Can't you ree?" "Yes. I can see " But in her heart she knew that "she I could have lived in a hut with this fl man till thp end of her days. Shis fl abhorred'the life, though she never, j by the slightest word, let bim become fl aware ol1 ft. There was always .that fl abiding tear that ut the first sign ot fl weakness he would resert her. And fl abe waa wise in her deductions. Brains waa loyal to her because she fl held his interest. Once that rafted. ? be would be off and awa". fl Tho next afternoon V?-t coji.:ors,fl having matured her plana against thu fl happiness bf the young girl who trust ed her, draw up before the Hargreavefl [place abd -alighted. Her welcome [ was the ?ame as ever, and this fl strengthened her confidence. fl I ?2the otfemtcsr was always gestrlcu I lAttng. -Wk* hands fluttered to tim ptiaslsc her words. And the beauti ful diamond solitaire caught the-gh-TB eye. She? seised the hand. Having I an affair of her own..lt was natural that she should be Interested lb "that of her friend. "I nee?ir saw that ring before." "A gift of yesterday.** ' Tho -joun I tess assumed e BU* air which would have-1 Id^fielvfid SL Aa'^csy. Sho tViBted HUe ring on her finger. "Telli mel" cried .Florance. "You are engaged':' ,.v . , "Is he rich?" "Ne Money should *?ot mr.ter when your heart ls involfa^"-.?.>.. ; . As thia thought was in accord with ber own. i Florence nodded her head fljasvgalyi ff -fc?r-* '-- ?" "r '* " " " fllSlF S m^?mf{'^iW^^ JiiPt V? ? fancy; Ir shs-H asrer rmn!??y ; .*?**?.*. [Men are gay deceivers; they always J have been atwov/j will bc. Perhaps iJi'm a bit wicked; but I rather like l o prove my theory that all men ure j weak. If I had a daughter I'd rather I 'ctr'e her be an -old man'.-* darling -kan a young man's? drudge, v i ola fl '.rust avery man. 1, knpw. T came to :. ;. .^nd promptly!* "liS^?not br.au:e tiSt] to a single soul,"neither Susan; <W*{ Norton.** v. "I'-promise that But. ah! hasten the day when he-can coo** to mat wlth-i ?out jeer" ; >***Ffcet is mv wich also" f\ **V/."You-need-dot eal! ree mis3. Why; sho?ld yi,a?" - ? - ^migi?t not us wise to have any? Humase yourself about that. Now! :E mast telephone Jim." ? . ^iratr tho butler murmured. ? Hi? caught the word which was not| :=ts**4ed for his ears., ??st for cr.ee! Jones had been startled Out of bim-! self. wroaflttflBflBflBflBflJHfl I top Jim?" jhf f^ltsvr With % blt of ban-: <**lt lr, not co ft the pro per thing, MHwr Florence, to call a young man by"hrs' AMMaM^.Mlesa yon are engaged to *ha>ry hJtn. or grew up with him i*rom;?hlUhisod." "Well, anppoaiag I were engaged to, hlmr haughtily, bat would bo a v>ry gvnve affair. What have yon to pfCie ?hst he may noOriih to marry you ?or roar .non ay?" -t-r' ?' " **W?iy, Jones, you know thas, I hav en't a penny ia th? world I caa call my own? Theft**"!* nothing lo prove, except your word, that I am Stanley *>Hrf reave'? djat-ghter." -, "No. there is nothing tb prove that .roa are his daughter. But haan'tit Ita-er .occurred to yon that..? hero might fl purpose back of thia? Might .<\? ov of b-vrs'tnraoio ramo ?nai your fnther'a enemies' should be left tn doubt? Might it not hoi means of hording them on the leash? There 2s .....???f. :r-< ?) ? .M M? ? ?ir. r\, ' * *f* The Mose For Love*-* C^?F^ Deaths Sweel^^pdjjd and Grim Death, fal the and a pla^tog card, pl?y tag with each other around Alan Law, hero of Louis Joseph Vance's new com bination Motion Picture novel. W. i ~" tty&ffll&?Q read-if you erijoy seeing some :n ? tWng^t^ly jrvorth wh?e-don't dare -.mUs .M \^^^ ^^^^ vj ' ^ ' By Louis Joseph Vance AuAor of 11^^ See the Pictures ? :M^J?m Bijou j TOV MFG. CO. J V ' ^ ' ^ : ? ' . I ^ ' '. JJi ' 'Pj&f^?mple proof.-my child; m id j p. jr one, o? I ..-annot?e involved tu thc jotilid roust foti In lovo with the, first , ^l?e>?>feps those mill be j tate. . Cordially,-Olga. Couplesti Peri- ?comes! lt was heartbreaking.' Norton. ?Pta "you^.",B?t; meantime1 put'-?li!fcjmV' j-' -~ u~ *--?* 1*"rnf^Ti^'?te nuil a|SHHBm^'' .Mr. N'i.i i-.!i .>;;? 'j Humph ! Norton twiddled the note]brave, boncet and reitfcble:fu a pinch; Ta3^" " In -Ms angers and a! length ro'led ,.U-'but as the husband' of - Stanley ' Har- " ''y 'imV??t"'''f?SS?*'?*0 d0"-" sulotly. "I ^ot'o a ball and"throw it into the waajbW grave's daughter, that wa??' altogether ??I?SHsssftES? ?'.wy owl.-hf?trt;. jiasket. He,too;r iaade a ?Hsi$ke;. he & different matter And he irW de? ? ahSSKu B?W have, .heat, that no^. He vise .oh* m?XoV?lng tf ??o p ? . ?hall ?f*>WtoW not marry. Jr lataffeaedr dined, ead-hurled off to' tbeilt. but- ? ?HnK-P p?IS*?^* liu ? f ^ pl?"nu^' How long ,woum i this Wthe snake, m^bi^tltl^!. ind alKo a ? ,a?T was?Qr?d<*Uy they^ wereTreakt?g^^o? familia? ?A?L * ?^1^;^' ^T100-: ,ie *:!a** ^ IHtW durinK the gauisstloe, lopping: o? a SwSahTfeeS tammar. He torr? off .tho cnvolo?eajal*:ht?. to . ^SS^tW*^... -?rtMntt.-rmto'tho ansa, and'irwoiitf an important news story for yon. ?TelltimavatopjrJf all these worrie?, the tees had nawrTtrastfc^