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TM F. HILLIOft DOI.LAJ. .MYSTKUY "Tho Million Hollar Mystery" will run for twenty-two consecutivo wicks in till? paper. By an arrangement willi tim Thanbouser Film Company n hun boon made possible not only to read the story in this paper but also to HOC lt each week in the various moving picture theatres, For the HO lutlon or this mystery ?tory 110,000 will be given. Conditions Governing Hie Contest The prize t>{ $10.000 will be won by tho man, woman or cit '. I who writes tho most acceptable volution of the mystery, rrom which tho lust two reels or thc motion plcturo drama will be mada and the last two cnapters ol ihe story written by Herold Mac 'Jrath. Solutions may ba ?;t to lb . Than? houser* Film corporation at ."> Sou/h Wabash avenue, Chicago, Ul., or Th?hhoUeor Film corporation, 7! W. Twenty-Third utrea!, New York City, N y" any timo up to midnight, Jan. 11, 1?1S. Tbta allowa never.il weeks arter , tin- last chapter lias been pub lished in which to submit tho solu tions A board or three Judges will deter mino which or the many solutions re ceived Is the most incept aide. The Judgment ot this board will be abso lute .d final; Nothing nf a literary natura will he considered In tho de cisif ii, nor given any preference in tho selection or the winner or tho 510. 00C prize. The last two reela, which* w'il give the mont acceptable. solution to tho mystery, will be presented in 'tho theatrea huviug this feature as Roon ns livia; possible to produce the same. Tho story corer.pondlng to thoKo motion pictures will appear in the newspapers coincidentally, or as soon ofter tho appearance of tho pie tur?n as practicable With tho last two reola will lie shown tho picture of tho. winner, lila or her home, and other Interesting features. U hi un derstood that thc newspapers, KO far as practicable, in printing tim tant two chapters of tho story by Harold Mac G rat li, will also show a picture of the successful contestant. Solutions to thu mystery mu:it not be more than 100 words long. Here are some questions to be kept 1n mind In connection with thc mystery ns an aid to a solution: No; l-What becomes of the mil lionaire? \ No. 2-What becomes of th* $1.000. 000? No. 3-Whom does Florence marry? No. 4-What doc3 beconieH of tba Runslan countoss? Nobody connected either directly or Indirectly with "Tho Million Hollar Mystery" will bo considered aa a con testant. Stanley Hnrirrnne, millionaire, af ter it miraculous escape from thc den of tba pani* of brilliant thieved k"own ns tho Mick Hundred, ines the life of. a recluse fer IM years; Hargreave accident ly meets Bruine, lender of the Black Hand. Knowing braire wfB try te g?t him, ha osciiics from his own home by a balloon.1- Before es? caping he writes a letter to tho Ctrl'* school whero eighteen yearn U fore he mysteriously left on the doorstep his baby daughter, Florence ilray. That dav JfngftTeave also draws $l,oiHMioo from tho bank? hut it is rc ported that this dropped Into (the sea when the balloon lie c:icapei In WOK punctured. Florence arrives from the girls* school* Princes* Olga? Braille's cam. omiton. visits lier and eln.lnis tr* lie il relative- Two bogus delect Ives cull, bnt their pl?t Is foiled by Norton, a newspapor man. After Miling in their first attempt, .the Black Hundred Trap Flore nee. They ask her for r.ionry, but she es? capes itv. ii in, foll?n;- them. Noil o n and the connies!* rall on FTore?Vo the nevt tlafyy 'once more safe at homo. The visitors lining gene, Jones removes a lection of flooring ?nd ' franc iv entity lakes a bax-'- Pursued by members of the. Black Hundred, he rushey to the water front -.ind Kiicreeds. Ia droy plag the box into the ROS. Accomplices of Qralne succeed In Kidnaping Florence while she is shop? ping mid hurry her off io sea* Norton receives a wireless later Informing bim th?t tho girt had leaped Into Ut? sen and been drowned. Concealed above (he render, von s of fha- Black Htrrtdrrd, n ann learn* of tho recovery bf the box irem the sea by a sailor and of Its snbsetjucnt re turn to thc bottom of thc HOB, and he .Iones. A duplicate, box N planted and later secured hy the bane but be'ore Its e??tents are, examiner ike box mvsterlou-.lv disappear*. Finding himself rheeVsjiled at every turu, P-raine endeavors io enmesh the Ilnrgreave household In the law In or der to gala free access tn the hons?. The timely discovery of the plot by Norton sets thc police at the heel? of the rendeivons, which, however, proves to be barrar, of results. ..Following * telephna? message .loneU received ?rom a ni * rte? lonp Uirsr.n whoo; h.- addressed as .Mr?*' Florence Is o gain lured fro?? her home nnJ fnVeir on' lo *ea- ?Through Kot-tooV -iirhig and ?VIII as nu nviu *<>r ?he 'M resent? o>nl reiiir?^ to b?i?w I? Umtr loit?r;nfrent cn ntreixt of Ute ?Unck Hrtnd. ri> Harold Mac Grath.) CHAFI'BW XVI. Treachery .in Ute Honschnld. Tito* maid ?told into the house, won dering; if she had been peen; She wantatl to ba loyal tn thia girl, but nho Van tired of tho lifer ?he wanted to ho her own mistress, and th? small i - ?ono offered brr would pin. honda Iho 'way to realize her? ai it-itirm. What-lind ?be not seen sod-been of lire ataco abd Jollied the great detec tive's force ! Lady's maid, cook, ?hip lion J stewardess, flash woman, actress, t clerk, ami a dozen other employment?, j t Her pay. until bile secured some f.it i reward, wa? hut twelve hundred th<- i year; and here wu? live thousand in I ?idvance, with the promise ol live \ thousand more the minute her work t wa? done. And it was simple work, < without any real harm toward Flor- t ence as far a? she was concerned, i The whole thing rested upon one dif- t flculty: would Jone? permit the nirl t to leave the hotlse? 1 One day Florence found Susan blt- I ting In a chair, her head In her ? hands. I "Why. Susan, what's the matter?" 1 ? ried Florence. i "I don't know whnt i? the matter, i dear, hut I haven't felt well for two or three days. I'm dizzy all the time I I can't read or sew or eat or sleep." ( "Wliy don't you tell me," said Flor- < ence, reproachfully. She rang for the ? detective-maid. "Ella, I don't know i anything about doctors hereabouts.'.' "I know a good" one, .Nf la? Florence' ?8ball I eond for him?" .'Do; Susan ls Ul.-. Jones wau not prepared for treach ery in bia own housohold; so when'he heard that a doctor had berni calton to? attend SUBim ho wai- without the least' suspicion that he had been ho trayod. More thou this, there had been no occasion to summend a doc tor In tho seven years Mr. Hargrcavo had lived hero. So Jones went about bin petty household affairs without more thought upon tho mnttor. The maid had been recommended to htm as ono of tin- shrewdest young wom en M the detective business The doctor arrived. Ile waa a r.eal doctor; no doubt o? that. Me Investi gated Susan's condition-brought about by a subtle though not dang:1. . j ous poison-and Instantly recom mended the seashore Susan waa net used to being confined to thc houio: silo waa essentially an out. of dc T.. lit tle body. Tho BC^horo would bring her.about In timo- Thc ?U<tor sug gested Atlantic City becauso of Hi mildness throughout tho year and ?tr. noarnoss to New York. "fra afraid abell have to so. alono," i aid .Iones, gravely. . f'l shan't stir!" declared Susnn. "I shan't lcavo roy girl even If I am sick." Susan caught Florence's hand ami prowled it "Would you like to go with hor, Florence?" naked Jones, with-a M17 gl?nce at the strhugo doctor- Tho Biry glance was wasted. *Tho doctor evinced no sign that lt mattered ona way or the other to hun. "It ls nothing very serious now," ho volunteered. "Bat lt mny turn out serious it it is not taken caro of at once." "What is tho troubler' Inquired Jones, who was growing fond of Su-, sah? "Weak heart. Sunshine and good sea air will strengthen hor up again. No. no!" as Jones drew forth hin wal let. "I'll send in my bill tho first of the month. Sunshine and sea alri that's all that's necessary. And now, good-day" '? All very business-like; not the least ?mis? in tho world fer any ono to mu nt that a now trap WAS bolus sri' hy inc marers. Tho mri retnsned to fcrewing room, white Florence en* di?-rt her companion and .n i i > much lof her. .;v c; ' > Johoa was suspicions, but ?lg In bia nilad m he vr.uld ho contd find no earthly rent on for this' suspicion thnt thir attrfbrttd \yn.i new i-.istlnet lvo. that it was always hear tho Hip. If Susan W33 Ul she mu3t bo given good caro;- there was no gets ?tis around thlr fact. Later, he telephoned 'Cevoral prominent phyMclans. Tho strange doctor wan recommended aa a good ordinary prnctloner and In go rd st and lng; and ?0 Jones dtemlss ?'."? ?'.- '.'?*u>l?H??BffafI? K no ?.?!:? to hnnir Ibers.or illa hair would have? tingled. at the , roots, however, had ho known that Dol?a bia sanie physician was one of the WO who lind signed the 'lOCUment vb ich hud accredited Flor? ice with nsanity und hud all but succeeded ' ii making a supposition a fact. Nor vas .Iones aware of the fact that the elephone wire had been tapped re-, ?emly. So when he llnally concluded j o permit Florence to accompany j Susan to Atlantic City he telephoned j o the detective agency to send up a j rusty man, who was shadowed from lie moment he entereu ihr- Hargreave lome till he started for the railway dation. Ile became lout In the shuf fle end was not heard from till weeks ater, In Havana. The Mack Hun Ired found a flood pruitt In the shan {hai-lng business. Susan began to pick up, as they say, the day after the arrival at Atlantic .'ity, due, doubtless, to the cessation if the poison ?he had been taking un iwares. The two young women be sau to enjoy life for the llrst time since they hnd left Miss FarlowV. They were up with thc Bun overy day und went to bed tired but happy. No one bothered them. If some utray re porter encountered their aignalurca on the hotel register, ho baw nothing to excite his reportorial souses- All this, nt course, was due to Norton's policy of keeping tho affair out ot the papers. Following Jones' order.->, they made friends with no one. Those about tho hotel-especially tho young men ?when they mado any advances were politely snubbed. Every night Flor !onco would write to her ?0<H1 butler to report what had taken place during j thc day, and' he was len to judge fer I himself if t here wan anything to ar ouse his' suspicion, lie, of course, believed the two were covertly guard ed by tho detective lie hail sont after them. Wlion Brainc cation upon Olga bc j found his doctor thore. "\Moll. what'd tho nowx?" ho asked. "I had bettor run down and Inquire how tho young lady it .progressing." said the doctor, who was really n first rate surgeon and who had per formed n number of skilled or;>rntions upon' various memhoni cf tho Black Hundred anent their encounters with tho police. "I've c,ot Miss Florence whore you want her. It's up to you now-" "She ought .to ho separated from her companion. Wo have left 'hem alone for r\ whole week, co JonoR will not worry particularly. A mighty cnrlogs thing has turned up. Before HUT gr eave's disappearance not a de il ea persons could recollect what Jones looked like. Ho was rarely ever in night. What do you nuppose that sig nifies?" . "Don't ask mo." shrugged tho mon of medicine- "I shouldn't worry over Jones." "But we can't stir tho old fool. We jcxxt't get him out of that house. I've tried to get that maid to put pome thing In his coffee, but sho stands off at that. 8hc says that ?the did aa she agreed as to Florence, but lier agree ment ended there. We have Rfven the Jade Ave 'thousand already nr.d she Is clamoring for tho balance." "itavo you threatened her," asked Olga. Hralno smiled r-. little. "My doar vornan, it ls fifty-fifty. While I have a hold on her, lt ls not quite so good as sho hns on me. Wo aro not dealing with an ordinary .servant we contd threaten and scare- No, indeed: a Shrowd little woman who desperately wanted rooney. And she will be paid : no getting out of lt. She will not move another step, ono jway" or. tho (other, after she receives tho balance. Ijtargreavc will have a pretty steep [bill to pay when the timo come.?." ft; "She has no idea whore tho million ter l.t. "If she ho.i, she's quito capable ot (tagging it on* all by herself." said Uraloo. Tho doctor laUghdd "Otga," went on Brainc "you mrs! look at It as I do: that lt ls still in thc middle o? tho K?me, ami we have I netther lost nor won." "How ?io you know that Hargreavo] may not have at lils heck and tall an organization quite us capable If not j as large as oura?' suggested the phys-. 1 Ician. "That is not possible." limine de-' dared without hesitation. ? 1 "Well, it begins to look that way to.l me. We've never made a move yet h that hasn't been blo< k< d." : "Pure luck each limo, 1 tell you; the devil's own luck always at the < critica I moment, when everything : seems to in our hands. Now. we want I Florence, and we've tried a hundred < ways to accomplish ?bin fn.-.-i and rall- i ed. The question ?B, how to get her away from her companion?" I "Simple enough," Bald the doctor 1 complacently. "Out with it, if you have un idea." Tl?? doctor leaned forward and whispered a few word?. ti ?D Or" C1WCKSAMO. "Well. I'm hanged!" Brain? laugh- ' ed and slapped Ahe doctor on tho . shoulder- "Tho simplest tiling In tho world. Mad dog wouldn't bc in lt. I always said that you had gray mat ter if you cared to exert yourself." "Thanks," replied the doctor dryly. "I'll drop down there tomorrow, if you say so, ostensibly to soo the other patient. It will make a deuce of n disturbance-" i "Not if you scare, the hotel people." "That ls what 1 propose to do. They will not want mich a thing known. It would scare every ono away for; tho rest of the season. But of course this depends upon whether they arc hones!; j or In the hotol business to make mon ey." x Again Bralne laughed. "Dring hor .ba-k to Now York alone, Aesculapius, and a fat ckeck t? yours. Nothing could be simpler than ted ido'% like tnls. lt's a foot; no -man can think of ev erything, and you've just proved it to mc I've tried to do o general's work ' without olds. Olga, docs any ?as watch me come and go any more?" "No; I've watched a dozen nights rYho man has gone. Either ho found . out what ho wonted or ho gare up the Joh. To my mind, ho found out what ie wanted." | il 'And what's that?" . K "Heaven know?:" discouraged!)*. "Come, doctor, suppose you and I ? p ;o down to Daly's for a little turn at h dlllarda?" 1 "Nothing would suit me hotter." C "All abourd, then! Good-night, Olga veep your hair on; i mean your own i h mir. We're going to win out, don't 1 ,'ou worry. In all names the minute;o rou he g i ii to doubt you begin to los:-." 1; That trame night Notion sat at his ( !esk, in his shirt Bleevos, pounding j iWay at !iis typewriter. From time t lo time lie paused and teetered hui ? ?.'hair and scowled over his pi,tc at \ the starlit night outside. Dang! ? would go his chair again, and click- i ity-click would sing the keys of the I machine. The story he was writing r wa3 in tlie ordinary routine; tho arri val of a great ocean liner with some r. political notable.: who were ?ot ad- : vi v,e to denouncing the present ad- i ministration. Von will have noticed,' no doubt, that some disgruntled poli- ^ tlcian is always denouncing the pre-!- i put administration, ir. mattera not lt lt he Itt publican or Democratic. When you aro out of a good Job you are al ways prone ta donounco. Tho yarn bored Norton becuueo his thoughts were milos southward. He completed the story, yanked out tho final .-beet, called for a copy boy, rose and cauntor?d over to tho man aging editor'-; door, before which he ' c paused indecisively- The "old ina i" i liad been after him lately regard In 6 t tho Hargroavo stcry, and he doubled j if bia errand would prove succecsful. t However, he boldly opened thc door. t and walked in. ; i "Hump!" said tho "old man," twist- '. lng bis cigar Into the corner of hlr, ' I mouth. "Cot that story?" j Norton sat down. "Yen, but I have i not got it for print yet. Mr- Clair, 11 when you gave mo the Hargrcave job you gave me carte blanche." "I did," grimly. "Cut, on the other hand, I did rot give you ten years toil cloar it up in." "Have i ever fallon clown on a good ?I rtory?" quietly. ..vt', can't remember," grudgingly. "Well, if you'll have patience I'll not fall down on th?3 one. It's the greatest criminal story I over handled, but it's r.o big it's going to take time." ?j "Gimme an cutline." . "I have premised not to," with a grimness '.o.ual to tho "old man's." 'Mf a line of this story trickles out it Will mean that every other paper will j be moving around, and in thc end \ will discover enough to spoil my end of lt. PH tell you this much: The most colossal band of thieves this country ever saw ls at ono end of the j stick- And when I say, that counter feiting and yolltics and millions are all involved, you'll understand how big it ?3. Thin gang han city protec- j Hon. Wc aro running them all into a ? Cramer; but we want that-corner so deep that none of them cart wriggle cut of it." "Chm. *Go on-" . "I want two months more." Tho "old man" beat a tatto with his fat pencil. "Sixty days, then. And ? if the yarn Isn't on my desk at mid night, you-" "Hunt for another job. All right. I came In to ask for three days' leave." "You're your own boss. Jim, for six- j ty days more. Whadda y' mean coun terfeiting?" ! ' "Those new tens and twenties. If I stumble on that right, why, I caa WA ''SiH^LLV?Sa'* E^CLAMEt? THE turu it dvor without conflicting with] [theother story" "Well, go to it." "I'm turning In my regular work, day in and day out, and while doing lt I've geno through moro hairbreadth escapea than you ever hoard of. They: have boen after me- I've dodged foil* lng uaf**a; I've been shanghaied, pol? oued; but I haven't satd a word." "Good Lord! Do you mean all j I that?" fBvery word, afr.** "I'll make lt? ninety days, Jim; and * ilii:; story comes in l il seo that you . oj a corking bonus." 'li Tm no? looking-for bonuses- I'm roud of my work. To get this story s all I want. That'll bo, enough, 'hanks for the extension in time, lood-night." So Florence received a long*night utter in the morning. And the doctor arrived at about the ami- time. And called promptly upon ls ?.atlent. "Fine!" he said. "The sea air was usi the thing. A doctor always likes o lind bis advice turning out well." Ho glanced quizzically at Florence, rho was thc picture of glowing health Suddenly he Irowncd anxiously "You need not look at me," she augheU. "I never felt better In all uy life." "Are you quite sure? * he aBked travely. "Why, what in tho world do you noan?" He did not speak, but nteppod for vard and took lier by thc wrist, liold r.f. bis watch in bia other hand- Ho ?hook his head: He looked very olemn, indeed. "Waat is it?" demanded Susan, vit.M growing terror. "(lo to youl1 own room immediately ind remain there for tho present," lie irdered. "I must ace Miss Hargrcavo done." ile opened the door and Susan pass Mi out bewilderedly. Ho returned to ."lorence, who was even moro bowlid sred th tin her companion. 1 The doctor hogan to ask lier quos ions; hov/ she slept, if she waa thirs y, felt pains in hor back. She an swered alt these questions vaguely Kot the slightest suspicion entered her lead that elie was being hoodwinked Why should she entertain any sus picion? ThlB doctor, who seemed Kindly and benevolent, who hail pre ?cribcd for Susan and benettted her. i.hy should she doubt him? "In hcavon'8 name, toll mo what ls Ihe matter?" she pleaded. "Stay hero for a little while and I'll be back. Under no circumstances leave your room till I return He p.-ced out into thc hall, to meet tim frantic Susan. "We. mu3t see the manager nt once," he replied to her queries. "And we must be extremely quiet about it. There must bo no excitement- You had better go to-your rocm. You must not go into Miss Hargreaves. Tell mc, where have you been? Have you been trying to do any charitable work among the poorer classes?" "Only once," admitted Susan, now cn the verge of tears. "Only once ls BUfflclont. Come; we'll go and seo the manager together." They arrived at the desk, and the manager was summoned. "I take it." >*egan the doctor lowly, "that a contagious disease, if it be came known among your puesta, would creato a good deal of dlaruroahceT' "Disturbance! Good 'heavens, man, it would jruin my business for tho whole season!" Exclaimed tho as toucded manager. "I am sorry, but this young lady's companion has; been stricken with smallpox-" The manager foll back against the desk, his jaw fallen. Susan turned as white as the marble top. "The only way to avoid trouble ls to have her conveyed immediately to some place where she can be terated properly. Not a word io any one now; 1 absolute secrecy or a panic." s The manager was glad on rugh to I ^--^ TJCCTOfii. "She is not dangerous at present, hut it lo only a matter of a few hours when tho <U*oa#e wlH become virulent. If you will nineo a porter bsforu Mia? I Hargrcr.vc*?-door tili I mako arrange ment? to tako hor away, thal will shn .?lliymat tors." ?*? 4 Smallpox! ..Susan wandered aimless ly about, half out of her mind with terror. Them was no help against such a dread dlseaos. Her Florence, her pretty, rosy cheeked Florence, dis figured for. lifo- . . . i "Misa Susan, whore IS Florence Y ?arold Grath Susan stopped abruptly aud looked ito the friendly eyes of Norton. "O. Mr. Norton!" she gasped. "What's the trouble?" instant ly lert. "Florence has the smallpox!" "Irnjposslble! Come with mc." But the porter,.? having had the triefest orders from the manager, re used to let theni into' Florence's oom. "Never mind. Susan. Come along." ?ut of earshot of the porter he raid: My room Is directly above Florence's. Ve'll see what can be ?Jone- Thia mells of The Black Hundred ?. milu ff. Smallpox! Only yesterday die /rote me that she never felt bettor, lave you wired Jones?" "I never thought to!" "Then I shnll. Our old friends ero it work again." "Hut it's the same docto- wini sent oe down here." Norton frowned. What followed all appeared in the eporter's story, as written three uontiiB later- He and Susan wen! up 0 his room, raised tho flooring, eut brough the ceiling, and with the tiro iFcape rope dropped balow. One ?lance nt Florence's tear-f.fallied 'fu?o vas enough for him. Norton's su.l?so luent battle with tho doctor nod bia iccnmplices made very Interesting ceding. Their escape from thc hotel, heir flight, their encounter with om: if the gang in the road, ano Florence's dunder into the bed of quicksand, gJyo 1 succession of thrills to the reader.; o? ho Blade. And all this while thu million ae mmulated dust, layer by layer. Cer iaps an occasional hardy roach urram jlod over the packets, no loubt attract id by the peculiar odor of the ink. (To be Continued.! 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The fam ous sal ts. is made from the acid of grapes and lemon Juice, combined with litbia, and has been used for gener ations to clean clogged kidneys and stimulate ttyem to normal activity, also, to neutralize thc acids in urines, so it no longer ls a source of irrita tion, thus ending bladder weakness. Jad Salts is inexpensive, cannot in jure; makes-a delightful effervescent lithia-water drink which everyone should tako now and then td keep, thc kidneys cleon and active. Druggists here say they sell iota of Jad Salts to lilka-who believe in overcoming ktd ney trouble while lt la only trouble. FRESH FISti We have just received a fresh ,-hapment nf extra ntce fish. SpeckleiTro?t, Large South Mullet, Sheap-head- ?iso some Select Oysters Phono us NOW, while this ad is fresh, in your mind ! McKeivey and Thomas Fish Co. Phone No. 887.