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TH THE MILLION;. HOLLAR MYSTERY "The Million Dollar Mystery" will run for twenty-two consecutive week? In this paper. 'By an arrangement with the Tun jhouscr Film Cam pa ny lt ha:; Leen mide possible not only to read the Btury lu this papet bul al: ?? to ilOO lt cadi week in tho various moving picture theatres. For the so inUun ot this mystery story S1U.OO0 will bc given. Conditions Governing the Content The prize o? $10.000 will be won by (be man. woman or ch ! I who writes j tho -moat aceeplablo notation ot th? mystery, from which the last two TCCIB or the motion picture drama wlli bo made and Hie last two cnaptora ol ?he-story written by Harold Mac Grath. Solutions may be Sent to the Tlian hour.cr Film corporation, either al Chicago or New York, uny tim; up tc midnight. Dec l-l. They mint beni po^tollice markn not later mun thai ila:e. Thin allows four Weeks aft i the first appearance of the last film Releases and three \>c?:ks after the la:.t chapter' is published I" the paper ri which to submit the Eolutlono. A board of three judges will deter lOme which o'-' the many roluitouu re coi-.'ed i -. Lbj most u< ccptable. Tb? jtltljjmvi't of this heard will be abso lute and final. Nothing of a literary nature will be considered in the de cision, nor given any preference in tho jicloetlon of the winner or thc $10, U0U -prize. The last two reels, which will give thc mosfacrioptable solution the -mystery, will be presented in the I theatres' -linville tlii.. feature ar soon as it is possible to produce the fame. Thc rtory coreapouding io these motion pictures v iii appear in the newspapers coincidentally, or as Roon after the appearance of the plc . tuns an practlcalilc. ' With the laut two reels will be shown the picture of tho winner, bin or lier home, und other Interesting features.. It Is u?-? dcrstood that the newspapers, 'BO far uti practicable, in printing the last two chapters of the r.tory by Harold Mac Grath. will also show a picture of tho successful contestant. Solutions to the mystery must not bo-moro than 100 words long. Here are come questions to be kept in mind, in connection with the mystery uc an aid. to a ; ?lnt ion : * No. I-What becomes of the mil liouaire? Na. 2-What becomes of the $1,000. 00*1 s No. :>-Whom docs Florence marry 7 i\'o. ?1-Wliat doeu becomes of the Russian countess? Nobody connected either directly ol i: din ct ly With "Tho Million Dollar "M?Cery" will bc conoiderod as a con _ ' Synopsis el Previous Cns,'?rs. Stanley Hargreove, milio .. after a miraculous, escape fros the .en o', i'iif gang o' brilliant tbk' Vi o *n M the Blar'< Hundred, lives ^. f o? a recluse for eighteen years. Hargresvt . one night enters a Broadway rcntau- " rant and there comes face-to face with tho gang's leader, Braine. After the meeting, during which neither man apparently recogaizes the other, Hargreavo hurries to hio mag nificent Riverdale home and lays plan? for making his escape from the country. He irrites a letter to the giris*, school in New Jersey where 18 years before he had mysteriously lait on the doorstep his baby daughter, Florence Gray. He also lfays a visit to thc Hangar of a -daredevil aviator. '-'.raine mid members of. his band surround Hargreeve'p home at night, but ns they enter the house the watch ero outside seo a balloon leave th? roof. Tlio ?afc \r. found empty-tho million which Hsrgr*eave was known lo lfnyc drawn that day wan gone. Then Kcnic one announced the balloon had been punctured and dropped iuto the sea. Florence arrives from the girls' cchooIvfrtutCJiH Olgav* Br?infc'o com panion, visits her and dalma to be a relative.! ^itwJtMan> detectives call, but t^ir plot Jr, foiled iby Norton, a newspaper man: ! l?y bribing the captain ot tho Orient Norton lays a trap for Braine and his gang. Princess Olga a'bio visits th? Orient's, captain and she easily falls Into the reporter's snare. The plan provea abortive tb: uugh Brainc'a good luck and only" hirelings fall Into .the iuuiuY. of the portfce. Later, Flor?ese s lured from h?( the band, brit snrreeds in fi herself from their clstehes. The d*7 Jones removes a Dex from M* hid lng plnvc and, ?arsited by Braine5* iiU'.?? ?H??iei. 'tO ?fi? WSirT ?Tv-ji, Ji j i-.-re m. motor .boats ensues. Jones" drripR the-nox into the ?ca ana: wjt h:* aotariWUk-. sets fire tn tS&'f?w?i??* tinah' ._?'' i-.i. .... , jpjorcttre-.?ot'f? horseback riding and{ lu r/pturcd bj one of Brained men aJshi; i lie roodnkie. Norton rese?es, ber* ?Hey arc pursued, however, andi thi pb?r trinke their complete escapo] ou?r itflei* Svrton hus exploded a tire' ..ii the f?ft approaching machine with ?fter failing'In ?their, fjrat attempt, th?S)ac& Hundred trap Florence. her for money, but?ahe ea ennsfi asnin follag Ihetu ; . :\pf?Wt*n OlfTR, Hcbrmrag lo break tho etlgajewrnt n'?? existing betwee* F??r*?nco Hargrr ?ve und Norton, fa lito., them both io hepja^irtwp^JS^ prctrnds lo faint in the reporter's j rnif Florence aopt.uru In the door way, Jo^t Ht the planned moment, ?nd p.-? h r)!iull gi?e?. S?rloiVback als ring irremnlirrs af Braian s screed (a kidnaping Florence vvhtl* ?he i* tdaep plinc and .harry her off ie sea. Nortea wireless tater Infvmicjr bira ths< tbs girl had leaped late ?be Ken and ?r?-e.? drowned. , Copyright, \VU, By Harold MaeOrath. CHAPTER X. I The Past a ?ask. Il was peri oct ty true that Floreo?! bad cast herself lalo the sea. It ??ivd{ - - i-T ?fl?.- "HW" '~ "-* E Mil not been au net of despair, however. Ou-tho contrary, hope and courage had prompted her to leap. The night wee "lea*, with only a moderate RCA, run ning. At thc time thc great ahip was past ing thc Hunks, sud almost within hail abe uaw a Halting r.chooner rid ing gracefully at anchor. She quite -laduy believed that if she reminded on bourd tho George Washington she waa tjoal. She naturally forgot tho marvel of wireless telegraphy. No lon ger may a mau hide at sea. . So, with that qyiek thought which was a part vf her Inheritance, ph?1 joclxed thc life buoy, climbed the rail, and leaped for out. As thc groat dark ' tossiug sea swooped up to meet her she noted a block of wood bobblinc ,up and down. t'Axo tried, to avoid lt. but could not. and al ruck it head on. Dc spile the blow aud tl j chock of thc chill water :.he instinctlvcly clung tc the huo>'. Tho wash from the mighty propel lera tossed her about, hither ani] nfl, from one swfft lo another, like o hip of wood. Then everything gre? blank. Kort unalrly for. her tho inantcr ol tho tubing schooner wa:, at tho time ?landing ?m hia quarter deck by th? -.1;, - I. squinting through his glas:; a< hu liner ami envying. th?? caso an? ?omfort of thoro on board lier. Tit? nate. Pitting on thc : fops niel r-moklnr Iii:; turning in pipe, uaw thc maotei '"mi forward suddenly*, lower tty .lasr:. then raise it again. "Lord a'liiighty!" . What':-, the matter, Cap't?" "Jak?\ In God':? name, come 'ere an '.akO a peek through this glass. Tn <lioaniil>'!" Tho mate jumped and took the clac: 'Where away. slr?". "A p'int o.ft th' cta'board bow. Se omcth'.n' white bobbin' up?" "Y???tas! Look? like rome ono drop ?pd a bplsier 'r o piller overboard . . . t'cnl'o whiskers " ho broke off. "Then I aiut! seein' things.'' crlei lo tnaiter. "Hi. >' lubb?>rs!" he yelle to tho crew: "lower th' dory. They' i wp?jn In th' water out there. I nee: her ?pap th* rall, l^ook '?live! Sharp' ?V word- Mate, you go '! ag." . The ci?.w dropped their tasks 'on m ra m: for* the davits, and the stni KIP rd dory was lowered lu ahtpshap ;tyle. It takes a goodibit of nonmanchip t haul a body out of the sea into a dani og bod-lallcd dory, whoo one nioyici t is climbing frantically heavTiTTwar \mi tho nwt heading for thc holton ess ?lt. They were very tender wit 'u r. They iaid her out in the bottoi if tho host, with tho life buoy aa illlcw, mid pulled energetically fe ho idiooner. Sha was alive, becaui he breathed; put she did not ptir i 'Mi h a:, au ryrlid. It was a ?tiff hit < v'ork too leland hcf^ebroad withoi '?Illing io her injuries. Thc master o lered too men to put her in bia os .?tink, 'where he nearly strangled h< '?jr forcing raw brandy down h< htr^t. "Well, abe's vlive."adyhow " Wli?u Florence finally t pened h .yes the gray-ot dawn on th-> sea. dc rd hore aud tho.o by the oohoone of Mle fleet, which seemed to be han .ng ic midair, as at the moment the vas vlsiblo to the eye an horiBon. "Don't seem t' recognize nothlnV "Mcbbo she'r. got a fever," suggest .he matu, rubbing his bristly chin. "Fever uothin' -Not after bets'1 in I .vr.ter half au hour. Mebbc r.ho blt o >* them wooden float wo left. Thc Huged llncro keep on crowdln* u? trowlcd Barnes, with a fishcrmai hate for the floating hotel-;. "Went with, novel ? tout. Soe 'cr, jes*: like '.anker's wi?i? icoi^' ."' ?:hUfch on Sn .1pry? A mile a minute; .fog or no fi lt's all thc '?amo t* them. They'run down an' never stop. What th" tan '.lon we gqlu* to da? Shc'ii irait I" ai -ii;-ard till th' run ia.over. I can't 'ord l' yank up my mudhook this ti: ci'Jbiy." "Guest she cato ~*tand: three 'r ft dara In. our company, ?neilin' < cloths, floh, kerosene, an' punk t'bac "If y'. don't Uko th' kind o' t bacc boy* buy your own. I ain't objecl hone." . .??.. - iv Tho mate. atepp?:u>ovcr to the ba md Gingerly ran hie hand over niiTsi head. "Cod'c whiakera, Cai Utey/a a bump as blg'o a cork on ?^ack o' her head! She'n struck ont them floats all rlg'it Where'a ?rnica?" ?JROX three dayo,Fiorepce evinced the olighter.t incllnatlou to lekvc !iB?V. Uuo lay op ter back eat Kaleen or \s.?h her yvon litarme at ?c^?i; ?Cuan: iier nra:'.. She -alu" j melt io Keep her alive; sad. lirons black coffee did nothing m (nhn to make her rr?ko??L No kilf-JVi-whAt tho rnnllcr W???. Thirl-.'1 the bump, now diminished* but tbs should leave her in this comatose sj vasily ptiaslcd tho factiVThe trutl |Bf bad fiuffercd a alight concitar of the brain, and ihb, atop of nil n tho bur bad for tho lou. ufBi'lcnt to cause M'nnltii^i: ..f M..? Tho final coil was cleaned and p. .<i HW,iv in ;al?. thc mudhook ral and ti e schooner: Betty set her i Baruea real that fo ?ave the girl Bbs must ba' doctor, who knew bis business,. ! t?rnws wornt! know how to caro A young ami I? man did- nut jump fi Atlantic liner Without the ncwepo gfttlnr: hold of tho fart?. A fair .wind carried ?ho t??tty and shortly utter Flor was Hooping peacefully in a fer f*d, ancient, it is trna] hut none l?V pott and inviting In ali thi:s she liad not npok "Tho poor young thlngl" marm thc mutbcrly Mm. Barn niS'lful hair! O, John. I wish aid give up the sea. t hate lt. terrible, I am always watching yt By Harold MacGrath my mind's eye, lu calm weather, in and :-mi;;U? tho railway station, Where dope tho reporter while you're gone, storms. Pieces o? wrecks come ashore, thc westcj u Union hud Its olilce. Long hours afterward Norton and I always wonder over the death 'i want tu send a code message to opened lila aching eyes. Ho could and terror back of them." m> flim.NL'o you think you can follow hardly move and lil? head btlpzed "Don't you worry none about mc, it?" f abominshly. What had happened? Betty. 1 never tako no chances. Now "I can try,*' ualt? the operator. What was the meaning of tb"?; slow I'm goiu' ihl'th' village an' bring back The code 'voa really Slav; and when risc and fall of his bcd? Shanghaied? th' sawbones. Heil tell us what f tho loug message was signed it waa "Come out o' that uow. ye r.kuiker,:" do." , signed hy tho nome \ roon, r-^ rcd a voice down .tho companion ; Thc village doctor chook his gi-lazied The (ipv after Uro nowa carno tlmt way. head gravely. Floreucu had lumped overboard off "Shanghaied!" tho reporter uii.'ri "She's been hurt und chocked at tho t he Ur like Vroon with a dozen other mured, lie sat up and ran through hi., same time, lt will he many days be- lm." aad started out to comb ali lute pockets. Not a son-markce, not n fore ?be comos around to'herself. Jual flsh'Ug villages along the Nev l?ng- ch even; and a necead glance told let her do as she pifases. Only keep iaM,( coast. Somewhere along tho way hbo 'hat the clothes ho wore were not an eye on her GO that che doeau't wan- |,c .ell conlidcnt thal im would learii bit; own. "They've landed mb thia tim?, der off aud got lost lil watch tho whether the girl waa dead or alive. If Slipiigliai-rd? What thc devil am I go ucwapaperb, ?nd if 1 come acrens any- ;,|K, wa8 dead, then thc same v as u lng to io';" thing which ova m upon tire cago lil drov 1,111 lt she waa alivo th? rc waa' "If fe, hear mc?" bawled thc utrid notify you." ctill a fighting chance for thc Black cul voice again. ' But ho seurched thc ne. war-? per in Hundred. He had Ti a il aonie idea of re- Norton I JO keel nbout desperately for vatn. for the simple fact P f? be did mailling tn tho village and nrromplish- soind weapon of defense. ltexsoj an not think to glance over^tbf o l blies, pug thc work hliutmir; after dolib- engineer^ spanner on tho floor by the j Florence waa roon. ibl?- o walli I ora? lou ho cunclud'-d that if was im- bunk across the woy, and with no ahuut. Ordinal. conv?r'?tioii sho portant cnougfi fur ItrnJiic himself to email physical offert hu sucueenQd In seemed to understand; but whenever iako a hand in. Soibo following uight obtaining it. Ho stood up, his baud tho past waB broached she would bc departed fur Boston, from ther<f'to behind his back. ' ahuke her head with frowning eyes. New York. He proceeded at onto lo "All right, mo bucko! lil come Her main diversion consisted of sit- tim apartimnl pf thc princess, where down au' git ye." fing on the : ami dunc:, and gazing out Braino declared that he himself would A pair of enormous bootu began te Ut sea. . gu to tho obsd?re* village and claim appear down thc companionway, and '. One day a Btranger carno to town Florence "ai'hts o vu c hild. But to in Hioie gradually rose up from them a jHo sata :he represented-!B-lifo ?i?nf- ?uro abrululc fjiiocosa Umy would l ian a>. wide a? a ?burch door and as ance company amt-waa up boro-from charter Morrie's and steam right ?,f-'cp a? ? wei!. 1 BOBton to take a. little vavatlon. Ile up w.;u tho pr-mhiyc hn'hur "Wait a moment," sahl Norton, sat on the hotel porch that evening. >llou Vro?I| k,{f ,uc Bpai:Uaie|1? ?or; ?ripping the spanner. "Let us have a surrounded by <*rt admirtug audience. .ua ?HW |,?Jn was a mao of lin- perfect undorHtaudiug right ofr the Tlie stranger--had bee? all over thc pU|,!rK. and he hml found hv ?xuerten*^ f fori?. ?u it-seemed. He spoke famt*. that'ftrsl impulses are generally Ahe fc R?ln ; bnV1' li' T)0ai tarty of St. Petersburg. Vlodlvostock Der,(. He did not know who Vroon was. ?one Shanghai, BO tho villagers-come or A|1V raan w!u) ...,UC1|, uu ,bu ^ta?e*s raised the dpaunrr and, dlz-. them-mlght have npoken CM-Bmton. PcHC0rf wbUo Braino was with her Thero .vere one or two ubi diner:; "."",,, ,vor,l( foji0W|"? a?icos thc audience. They ha**, been tu A . , j?, , f - oil tlior.u parti. Thn.-tfrai.gcr kuew Ou Ilm o?^i luml V;one . ?vognirc? , what he wo 6 tulki..*about. After toll- "T Jcrv'JTA cd T?S?* a''* Tl\ ^ f ' " " *-. .'.< ' " teg ~* W- rr--.* vovages he asked lt ?I?r.r?ad? ??^, mind of hi? net . here was a good bath nearby. He wan ? "',? '/ ,Mm"r mau !uU' "a ! ??BiL. told that ho would find tho munt cult- *?J oUt oI ,v,,t< h uc mi^hi nut ?"?U* . able spot r-sar Capl. Baruca! collage L ,r' . ^1 Just outside th? village. Norton decided to follow hi* mai-. ? :^ .?>:-."Am '.'An' cay, Minter, aeoiranythin' in th' He-might.. be gonn* on a ?Iii*, ww papers about u mirria' young reman?" Chase, bc rearonedj rtl?l his first itu- > fl fl asked como one. PUhten bad hllhorto served him well. "Missing young wine an? What's Ho leo! od careworn, ?lib waa cou that?" ( vi II red Ihet Florence, v/as .tead. dr- , :.. /-.S The man toM the storr-of Florence's' BPUe tho ai-niiuns pf Jones to thc leap Into the reu ami lief-subsequent contrary, He bari g?ut> over ail the- 1 fl arrival at thc-cape. miahspa which had taken place ;jud "That's f0i<U7," raid the ?tran^er. |?f vvan ,,ow nlu-dutely convinced L at fl .'?-du?'i rccoBeet . ading aeoul any ?!?! ^,-**t fri'-adv Braise and tbs young woman-being .'lost .at ?ea. But Briueera IN>rgoff wore directly con f H (hose big . liner? --?ro always 'keeping corned.-Floronco had ?ither been rjolng ? swen .-Uringa uud?? cover. Hoodoea the tu or coming from (he apo ri ment. And Kfl Ship they say and turua prospective that memorable day of the abdustlou SHH pacsengern to other lines it hurte t,,e vriller, bad becu lu thc dry goodn ^BB business. What's.-thc young girl look ?fcOft H like?" Vroon took n downtown MU fare cor, . '". - .- fl Florence wat drv;ciil>orl mhjntely. and Norton'took tho ?ame. He eal hml TltO1.stranger teetered Ju hlu obcir omi died ?ii a cortier. netrer stifpectlng that . -JWfl smoked. Finally he rpokc Vroon wm; walebing him from a ru; " \?\wF 'mW. . "Sho was.pr?habiy insane. Tbat'y nor of his eye Norton was nut keen t- cV-flB?3 . <:Wi the way generally wfth ?inane pcoole. teday. The thought of I'iorencc ker'' ^J?W^ ? They can't seo. water ur-look off a ruiiuing through his head. ^<&?su^^Htflrafl tall building without wanting to jump. 1 Thc cur stepped and Vroon not off. jflfl My business ia insni*ance.-and we've H^ led Norton a '-winding conree got the thing figured pretty close tu which at lenr-.th ended "t the dom- ot t> ' tSP9HflM^| the ground. They used to get the best leijcmmii building. Vroon enfr^d Nor. of ua od the .suicide game. .A mun ton pained, wondering what next !o V '. :'^s9KI*l>^S?*r^> would iakoT out a .targe poiiey lotiav ?*'-*. ?o? that hi? man hart reached ;hi? . ' -''^-^rTrs?^J? ano tomorrow .he'd blow bladtead off. rtesfl^Ht*?;; Wmt ':?"..,. j,^ ?mfj ( ^.?.--^^.j pnii w:d feaye.??}o?a> ??Iii --?Up rim iowe'i- biro nii ih:.Tdintanee he nui?? ' * "*'"' nowadays a policy 13 not worth ?be maK* na pffort ic flild uhf who he wsi ntipet h'g written Os !f a mai; com- an<! what ho w? ; ?otaR'to do. Caii-. pits suicide under, two v?aro." U*fii;Ay he entered thc hallway. ??s he jay. ac he wan, faced v thia seafaring ?'Yfja ftV*1'* ?ryih; fr iMnnfft aBy?n/lv v.ni nboiir to lay..hin hhnrt mi ?i,~t Here<iipr, eouraceouaiV. Uti town,, arc you?" nev.-) port of lite" dUaphiateil stairs "I've b"en uhanghaSetl. unri you - "Oh, aa Nu work for me when I'pi the f lotir dropped frouv tinder bis feet Xv.iv/ V. Where are we bound?'' nu my vacation.'. Well. I'm going to and he wai} precipitated into the ced- "?"'op?>i:lta?eri." bed; und tcmorrov/murni .. - i ti -,, out lAr. "Well,-foi1 a month or titore you'll to Capt. Barnes' beach nnd have a ;:(K.?I ? Tbb fcpenicnt brlougod to thr beat nie t,p whenever tho obporlunlty swim. Tm no sailer, but I like water." .i'J.v i.-'unrtrcd; lt c-jncealed a thou, orfcm, Bnt 1 merely wish to warn y?tt . Ho honestly e?^?yed -J v.-Imming. Far- i? nd'-fluoro and n hundred trans. It si. t ha?- If you do'you'll find a heap of Jv tho ao?t iii. bi^i"tf *vr.r' ..??jj s- i.;r_ ?.?ij????,-. ?mutiir. xodiiin?^ f?? ytm tu? ?rs? tim water, frolicking about ai? playfully m Wben^Vroum nnd-hia combanlon. yon drop your mudhook in- North a buy. I.k- hod lill ?fm Bi:ie'!n lb- >vhu !irr<f'IHO|I walting, for him. rte- river." v.m ld. ever ki;: -liouhl-r he raw rv.., [cecmuil tain-Hie editar'they found the "Io that aol" said the giant, eying women wanderten down toward tie. npori-i , They bon^d. H.* spanne rand the nbaklng hand that beach. Deeper lie- y.cnt, farther out. bl i ml fohle*, and tgAggsd " him quickly/held 4t aloft. Ho was a buhl swimmer, bot Hint did "Saumler:.," KHht Vr soii. "you tell "B i?:. I'll take your orders-and d? bot preven* o c-udcVii aud violent at- Coi-rigan tb*? I've a, Bttllor for htm tn- Um best 1 ran, beraube you'vw got thc !?... And 1? v/?v. n rare ni.tht; and that I want? ?tbbi sailor Upper hand. Mat. ?nd |.? wltnetta. youil ibttt tho puur Ki'i ; hutild ltooke.1' fu; ::.?in<.-w!iere -south of tim pny fur every nVeitlebx blow yo? . ave ?ho life'mf tba? reountfrri whu [eu"."ter. T'qll him lu sa> tu <le- mauler -trike. Now wliat du >uu want Kio to M^wiiluiui i ?hiv. li I? JW la . ugly and dino- ?in?" ':irHf d frown marie.) i,Wrthart. A ?i^?ipfreighter, -vi,.. . . an "I^y down tliAt spooner an' come f?rur.-. un; <?.'. }t.?in -1:. a buliy. Dpf you undorstaud on deck, i'll tell ye what ?' do. I waa p??Jtlc.' Had >;heVvpr Keen the mnn nu:?" go?* t''rtuale th' daylights onb^O"-yb; ions?. Sim did nV ktM)*, :.he ? ?UM j: "I im* >e>u. But thnroVno need-to gu but ye're -sonetlrin" av amati.' Drop nut ?ell. Why i^>?l?Vni? rim renieni'ilo ?'urtflgau thin irlp. naiinoe!; ls te th' spanner -first." fl?B^niiiHt licrncr i.. i.l 'l in: rn por; und sallo ?ontga* for Norway. ' Morton hesitgtoil/As llth?'an a tiger wheh^hlftiAtMed to pierce tim wa r orjrtiiars ter ono ugh.?* the bulk of a man aprasg at him and j d*vsB<*s which siirrojWded -hos miHi*- .'Bannock? Tim verV mraw.' Welt. Mr? crushed-him* to the floor, wrenching tally? ?t - ' PNorton. reporter?asMis4*Mtear iletoc- away the spanner. Then the giant tc-ik The man t harked-bee wehty*,- twt^ho/l-tive, I guess wa'wt ?ot-you-fast enough Nnrtotrby the Kcruff of nU'nerk and gratitude was on his lift and not in j ?hi timo. You mayor may not como banged him up the steps to tho deck, his heart. When he ha?suffleiRntly j hack alive. ?o and brirs around a "I ain't goin* f burt ye. I bad t* recovered he returned tAthe village taxi; some one you eau (rust. TH'show ye that no spanner ever both .rod Mike Bannonk. Now, d' yo* know what a. cook'? Kailey is?" "I do," said Norton.-breathing hard. "Well, bike there an' start in with peelin' ?quill.;, an' don't waste 'ern. neither. That'll be all for th' present Yo were due for a waliopiu', bul I Kinda like yer spunk." Su Jim stumbled down lo thu cook's galley and grimly set to work ut thc potatoes, it might h?ve been far .? sc. But here Im wa?, likely to be ou high seas for mouths, and no way of notifying Jones what had happened. The outlook was anything but Cheer ful. But a vague hope awokg in lils heart. If they were still after him-, might il not signify thal Florence lived. jj Mean tint? limine had not been tale Atxbhlifig lo Vroim the glfTs memory ?UH iii Pad shape; HO he had not the least ?pubt of bringing her back to New York without mishap. Once be bad ber there, the game would begin br earnest. He pluyed his cards ex1 CCCditfRly UT!!; Steaming up into the little fishing- barber with a handsome yacht lu itself would allay any dis rust. And be wore u capital disguise too. Everything went Well till lie had hui hand bu Florence'? shoulder. Sin go vc a startled cry ami ran ov??r W Barnes, dinning to bim wildly. "No, no!" abo said. "No what, my child?'' uskt-d tho sailor She shook her head.' Her uvorslon {viga inexplicable. "Come, my dear; can't you BCC that it ia yuur father?" Braino turned to thc captain. "She has been like this for u yr.?r. Heaven knows if she'll over ix- In her right mind again.' sadly. "1 wau giving her au ocean voyage, willi the kindest nurses possi ble, and yet shn jumped overboard Come Florence." . Thc girl wrapped her arm-.; nil the lighter around Harne r neck. An idea carafe into thc old sailor'; head. "Of course, sir, y;v?- gol pi jot thet she'j yr < -ughlcr?" "Proof?" '. wv.r tn'om abaci" "Ycs; som. ..a .' provo Ihet you're ber father. 1 got sklnuod out of a Bloop Once because i took a mon's Word ni lt's race value. Birt- H an" white, an* bu" paper, naya 1 hereafter.' i "Bur-I never thought of bui-h r thing," protested Braino, begiuukng toi lose his patience. "1 can't risk betiding lo New York for documents. Sb/; ls my daughter, ami y.m will Hud it will not pay 4o take this peculiar aland." "In black an'-white, 'r y* can't haye] her" Braine thereupon rushed. forwnr? to seise Florence. Burnes swung Flor ?me b'iblnd him. < -"1'guess she'll stuy boro A lettie j longer,' air." 1 ?mc waa vital; aud thin- obstinacy ! trade l train-- furious, ito roached again for Florence. ' j r "Clear out o' herc, 'r show your ou tbcrify." growled Barnes. |~ "Sh? ?o?8 with me, or you'll regret "AU right. But I guess iii' law won't burt me. uoue. i'm in ,:ny rights. There?* Ibo door. Mister." '1 refu>e tn go wIMiout her. " Barues sighed. - Ho was on laud* o pnar-'.'if peace, but there wss a limit to hi? -, atiente.-Hi fets'-fl Braino by Ibo ?boulder? and'hurtled bl? out of ?tao home. "Bring your proofs. Mister, an' noMiin- more'll nc tinM; but lill >?' I.IIIMC 'em. .keep away from-this cot. tu".." And. simple minded sailor that he waa, bb thought tbiJ settled the mat That v>. v. im kept his ears open tor; i usual sounds, but he merely wasted da night's rest Quite natural, ly. he reckoned that the stranger would make hts attempt at night In deed, be mude lt in broad daylight, with Barnes not a hundred- yards away, calking a dory whose seams had uprung ? leak. Brain? bad Flor. i ?>QII tho chartered yacht befoto Ute ol' ulan realised what had hap pened.1 llanover say Florease again: but- os? c*ayv moa tbs later, hs- read aU about her in a newspaper. ,. Florence fought; but she was weak. ?and so tee conquest was easy. Brain? twas kind enough, now that he had her II immm I*'.? ly! RY .;; J * i safe. Ile talked to her, bot she morely stared at the receding coast. """ ? "All right, don't talk If you' dotti waul to. Herc." to one of th?'ni?u, "take ber to tho cabin aud keep her there. Hut don't you touch her. I'll break you If you do. l'ut her in the i, la and guurd'tho door; at least k?;ep an eye on lt." Kvcn the icrnporarily domented are not without a species of cunning. Florence had never ae~u Draine till he appeared ut the Hames cottage. Vet she revolted at tho touch ot hi? hand; hated him with a violence which would have Btlrred tho sclou* tifie Interest or an alienist. She want ed to hurl bim,-torture him. beat him down and trample ou him. Hut aa thls^ was a physical Impossibility, she did' tho neil most agreeable thing to her" dlHlortcd mind. On the second day out toward .New York, she found a box or matches and blithely set -fire tc her cabin, walked out into the corridor cud Inessa to the deck. When tho fin* ?h.: u i sewered ll had gained too much headway lo l>o tvinpprd. Tho yacht 'was doomed. They put eff in the boats and. for lutlf a dny drifted helplessly.- . Kate bat everything mapped out like a game of chees. .".'-You nWve a p?w;?. and bang goes your Mshop, or your knight, or your king; or i-be lots you Almost, v. in s gare, and then .ojitte? Diatun you. Hut there is ono thine to &e said In uer fnvor--rall at her Kt? we will, ?fae hr always giving od.ls to thnjanocnnt . _ v j. Mike Uaunock was in tho pilothouse, looking Over "trio- charts, when tho lockout lu the crow's nest sang out : . ts? noa.s ? ?rift off the port DOW,. sir!" And nunnock,- who was a first, ' ,"!H.-JS sailor, although a' rough ono, ihiv.ited down 'he tube to tho engine fo'.ta Tho freighter canto to a halt In' al-..nit ten minutes. Tito castaways saw (bat they hud hie:' noted, and pulled gatthiitly nt tho oarj. There ?rn somo things which ?.'..loner, well advanced as lt la, canute explain. Among them Is the shock which cuts off the past and the countcfahock which reawakens mem lory. '1'hey nifty write treatise after - treatise and expound, but they nover - SUceeed in truly getting beyond that, dark wall of my s tory, si At th? sound of ?U?? Notion's voice sho at the sight of his face-for s?b r.oiisciously sh o must have beentblnV lag of him all tho while-a great blinding heat-waive seemed: to -bufo across her eyes, and when the offer,?, pyiBcd away eho was herself ?falu?. K wild glance at her surroandl?fc?" convinced her that both she and ber lover wore in danger. "Koop back,'' whispered Jim, "Dc?'t> rccogrilzo me." "They believe that I've lo?t my" mind, and iii Keep ruo* idea in tb* jr hebds. Sometime tonight I'll find a. chance to talk to yon." lt took a good deal of cautious ma neuvering to bring about tho meet' . ,n&- ' lia "They shanghaied me. And I thought you dead I lt waa al) wrong it was a trick of that Porigoff wOmSfr. ?nd it succeeded. Girl, girl, I ove you etter than Ute!" "I know it now." Bbc said; and sh? kissed'him. "HaS;my' father appeared yet?" "No." ? .! : .' * v. . "Do you know anything at all about bini?" sadly. "1 thought I did. it's all a Jumble to* mc. But beware of tho man v vrhd - brought you bore/, II? is the head of 1 all oar troubles', and if he anew I^wa* ott'hoard he'd kill mo out of hand. He'd have ' tb."' "? lira i nc of fired Bannock a thottt?hd ' doll?ra to turn back as rar as Boston; and as Bannock had all ta?; tim?: hi lae- world, carrying- no perhrbaslo - ~ goods, ho consented. But he -, never could unite understand'what followed. He had put Florence and Brains in the^bbat and landed thenf, bul when In. wont down to nco tf Bral?e had lott aiiyjtbio-r. behind, .lm. found, that. Indi<A vidual bouudi?nd gagged in his bunk.. t (To Be Continued.) ? , ?! it $ 'J ji ^ \ * ''!^^' ft*L ev?r shipped to An? dersom f* I!/ 'Fahey Flounder" Fancy Spanish Mackerel Fancy ?^?st? , V*ancy Crofter Extra Fancy Butterfish Fancy Bass Jrancy Crab? and SHriirtfl' Extrt fancy Select O^TEITS Arriving 3'Uirtc* ?'-Wed?. Robinson Fish ?o.