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Wmmln thelwenty Million DollatMysstery
nam. nirM to WoeM. u t tta
gvurtltasMs f to ode Imm AU. turtle.
Hassan All u toteroilsed to tetare MM glrle
f ortane for aiSktoU as win tht kISItjM f at
b. ad every effort to hrltg ttat h.t Setth.
Etdors is la km Vila row lawyer UN
storm tad ato seeks tsaraltetot to an mittttf
ancle to nuq aba. Hums AU timttii ta
ertat at toa pronto at Shell art twenty
of Mi tal. Boten eolvea atoa o toa ota
when her aaclt 41m ta ato l tolaaaat at tar
pledge.
At tbe fleam at tar wsele Man taa soother
suitor tor tor haad Jla ird. a tata ta taa
own plajlsc at toaba) to Bunm Alt bat vW
through sincere kwt of tto flit fives to tta
fate Ilf tad goot back to kit work a a Mat
paper reporter.
No looter obit red to solve Huna AHt ata
Bed on now confronts the greatest mysterr of an.
which it tta atjetary at tar own uto aat tto
ambition ta rosare tka vast torteas at tao.ooo.ooo
Mt tab o looking through tor oaclt'e aaaraa
abe alto tata ttat tar ttttor left tor aa iateroat
In t diamond mine tad Storm tod Baird; both
lad ttsUtent la try ins to rotmta tot tat pot-
aenton ot tku tétate watok to totaf taaraarUaat
ti
kaac 4 Mt playing wt hereafter.
TVa cáptala erept up behind km softly and
sptlaklrt handful at roe leave km ka
ktadsem kead She almply shrugged tad
weat M with bar playing. Some cata Uta t
be fondled) Mid. Da Tal belonged I that
category wait did tat
"Yeo mm a eta."
"It wee well wtated." ha Mid trying to
tale her kanda from tta atrlogt.
" Too bother me 1 I am not only playing : I
am thinking And there' a (rood deal to think
about too we aaw that locket. I'm won d cr-
ime how to get rid or that girl. Bh ttn't
Hmhub All's nice for nothing. She la
shrenvd and so far aa eb is concerned we
The ramorhabU adventures ojtke charm-
ing Zudora will ta portrayed by Harold
MacGrathin the succeeding chapters. This
photo serial it being show to the leading
moving picture theaters by the Thanhoustr
Film Corporation. Among those partici-
pating art Margueritt Snow Mary
Elizabeth Forbes James Crute in the
new role af reporter hero Sidney Brace y
and Frank Farrington.
Btorm producing tta burnt piece he bad
shown Eta dora that afternoon.
" Hato I Where did yon find it?"
" In the callar of tka burnt house."
"Ubuh. H searched It thoroughly under
kit magnifying tinta. " Hsven't com a crott
a 07 matt to it. Orne dig Into that and tee
what you can find."
By and by ha came upon halt bunt let-
ter that made him alt up with a Jerk. Than
h laughed ahortly. "Km Do."
" John did Hanam All know a woman by
the Bam Of alma. Do?"
" Mme. Du? Not that I'm t were of. But
ke knew a Mm. Do Val."
"Ah I ace." Then the detective stacked
nearsighted al did not tare what hla tenant"
business waa to long at the rent wit paid in
advance. All about wan the expert cutter'
machinery and paraphernalia. The door had
a heavy bar aad chain lock. Hidden in tk
trail waa a until taft. Her k kept kit gem
and " chipa" lot a diamond cutter kaows tht
rata of "chipa." The cutter himtelf wat
rather a fro way looking old ohap. Ht tota
a treaty old brocade d resting gown aad eye
glaaaea which natai bled the chauffeur'e gog-
gles. HA finished polishing a Moue locked it
up and left the room. In the hull outside this
den waa a dumb waiter. From this he took a
can ot oil and returned. He filled the lamp
and lit it. Then be aat down and tmoked hla
tOoprriafcti lM: Br Harold WMOrtok l
CHAPTER XL
A MESSAGE FROM THE HBABT
STOBJÍ waa deeply concerned over the
diamond affair. Bom on kid cheated
anfl wat still cheating Zudora. tit
was aleo pusaltd why Oataam All's
papen contained ao trill of hla He made a
Journey to all the banks but at none of them
did he find that the uncle had kad aa account
or a lock box. There waa no doubt in bit
mind . that tk villainous servant Amed- kad
made off with what money Haatam All kad
around th houae. But where waa this dia-
mond mint? 'Who waa manipulating It and
pocketing tka profita? Ht waa in a blind
alley. To find out where this diamond mine
waa would kt Uta hunting the proverbial
needle In tk hayitack. Hunt waa working
all the wiret he could but to data he kad not
discovered anything.
" Zudora" aald Storm Tve sot tometblng
to cheer you up a Mt"
"Newt?"
"No. That' as article gg elusive aa a Now
Jertey moaquito" Wt took from kit poakat
a small log and opened It.
"O now pretty!" the exclaimed. " It'a
an engagement bracelet."
" l wish U wat wedding ring. Why aat f
impulsively. Ton t aU alone ow ; you
haven't any bargain to fulfill. Wky can't yon
marry me right away; Zudora ? I'm not rich
but I kave a little enough for our need. Ill
Many tome pretty little bungalow around Long
Wand and we'll Uve like a couple of fairy
atory people."
" No John. There teems to be an erfl star
of1 some tort hanging over me. look wbat
I've gone through 1"
" But you've gone through it and if you
bad what you call an evil ttar I don't think
you would pa here. tat's get married."
" No. I don't want to fcurt yon John knt
I feel oppressed. I feel as it soma danger
were hovering near me. I've lost tome of that
confidence I had when TJncIe Frank was alive.
And dear I don't want to drag you into it."
" Thafe nonsense 1 When a man loves a
woman at I love yon why shouldn't h tht re
trouble and happiness alike? I never liked
your uncle Zudora. And I Hill hold to this
day that kt waa your evil atar if yon kad
one." i
"I know; on shouldn't speak iU of tk
dead. I never could get th idea out of my
bead that kt waa lo tomt way connected with
your narrow escapea. Wbat kt kad la mind
I don't know nor can I figure oat what ke
had in view. Too won't marry me then?"
" Not while I feel as I do John."
" I suppose I'll have to grin aad bear it"
ke aald with an assumption of cheerfulness.
"Now this burnt scrap of paper come baca
like tka eat Lots of letttre weren't touched
but tkti one particular pite bad to be dam-
aged by Bre. A mine of diamond ; bat la
heaven's name when?"
" Perhaps I'd bettor put the whole thing out
f my thoughts. It dots look impossible. But
aevtr doubt that 1 lora you John."
"I don't doubt 1t Wktt I doubt is tht
wisdom of your trying to go tkis thing alone."
"It ht written.". lightly. "After all IVa
something of an orientalist What will kt
will be. Now talk to mt about how you dm:
came to love me. There art earn thing a
woman never gata tirad of aad tkat a out of
them."
That waa an easy matter for John.
And Cspt. RadcliBe waa making love too ;
but not so aoccestfully that ke could kear any
wedding bella In fancy. Mm. Du Val aat la
the salon playing tta harp. She had a era-
leal humor. She believed that abe might bet-
ter play tka harp here on earth than risk th
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Oyp cheerfully. " lou know who sent 'em.
van shirt lamps matda power. Take a
tenth of a carat oft o' each. Them's th'
orden."
"An' 1 keeps th' chips."
" Burt I Qimme a receipt. They love me
knt they don't trust mt ; an' I ain't wsntln' t'
makf tk' tide any higher la Baat river when
th rolls In t'morrer."
" Than there's tome on you're afraid of?"
" Surest thing hot"
" Hand 'em over. An' say start 'er up. I
nrver seen a diamond nicked down."
" Jut' to please the ladlea I" cried th ltpl-
dary going to his machine.
It took a long time tor hla friends to come
down thought Baird. Finally he determined
to rltk meeting them. He 'fntcred the bulll-
lng and tiptoed up the stairs. The burr of
machinery caught his ear and he knew that
he need not go any farther. He tried the door
knob but only half hrartedly. Buch a door
would never be unlocked. Then be beard
voices. All were there yet. If he could but
find a rope 1 He peeked Into the dumb waiter
and found an unused coll o' manila hemp on
the top of It. Just what ks wanted. Next
he hunted around fot th scuttle ladder aad
crept up on to tht roof. H tied the ropa to
a chimney and gently lowered himself down
to the tspidary's window. Nothing doing
then ; blinds were closed. H could set four
men hut could nat distinguish any features.
And what he wanted most of aU wat one food
look at the man who partd fortunes from
. diamonds ts it Were. Ht wanted ibis knowl-
edge keenly. Ah! kt was turning i th light
was striking In his face. . . . Btlrd drew
himself up quickly regained the kali gad
stole down Into the street. If Hunt's private
rogues' gallery held no likeness of this cutter
then it wat a find a scoop. He tat out for
Hunt's office at once knowing that ht had a
fair chance of catching hla friend doing a lit-
tle night work.
Sure enough Hunt waa at work. Btorm
had gone home and Baird waa rather glad to
have misted him. Not that he disliked tka
young lawyer; ratkar tbtt he envied him bis
good luck. Zudora Keen was lbs kind of
women who led mn to great endeavor. Waa
it not du to her that ka kad chotea the
straight and narrow way and was making
good In it? There was one thing: Zudora
must walk carefully when We come lato con-
tact with her. Now captain I am mot in the
mood for love scenes if you pleaa."
" Ton drive me crazy sometimes 1"
"I return the compliment. There goes tht
beB."
"Hang the bell!" he growled.
Ha was not plsased to see tht visitors two
men of his own ritas but business was busi-
ness. He eyed Mme. Du Val covertly. She
did not appear to exhibit any particular regret
at the Interruption. Aa a matter of fact the
tight of her visitor relieved ker. Badcliffe
waa a persistent wooer and rebuffs seemed to
have no other effect than to redouble kit
srdor.
She ordered the footman to take away the
harp and bring the cards and card tablet.
" While we wait" aha aald " we might aa
well while away the time pleasantly."
The fountain tinkled as usual. From time
to time Mm Du Val sent a glance toward
It. All at once the Jet of water flew at a
tangent. RadcUffe rose sad touched the knob
lifting the panel which disclosed th secret
elevator. Three kard vlaaged men stepped
Into tht room blinking after their long bur-
row through the dark tunnels. One of them
waa dressed in the flashy manner so dear to
our native product the gunman. His name
wat Oyp and though ht waa not aware of
It kt waa a tka short road to a certain un-
envied ckalr. Tktrt waa something In hla
eyes that reminded you of the hyena. But a
trained hyena has a marketable quality.
"Ike" said BadcluT "when yon enter
thlt house take off your hat Tht next rima
111 mask It idown orar your lamps."
" All right Cap. Th' light blinds mt when
I comes la hare aa' I forget Well we're
ready."
Mme. Du Val shrugged aad Croatia" orar
to tta gam vault. She deaplstd the tool ;
j but in aria oat hat to tata what tools on
can. Aad there was always the poealbillty of
these low brutes speaking incautiously dur-
ing some drinking bout She brought the lit-
tle boa of gtma back. Then Badcliffe drew
the alga on a pita af ptper a heart with
a dagger running through It Thlt was a
kind of key that would opto a certain door.
The Initial of each watt then written within
the hesrt which waa iurrnderd to Ojrp.
Tbit sort af bntlnea waa after bit owa heart
H did got libs direct aeat except when kt
struck after tht fashion af kit prototype tht
rattlesnake.
About that tome hour half titer . De-
tective HVnt wgs going carefully ovr a pack-
age of perthr buret letters tkata reacued
rem Htstam AU't house ktftft tht Ira got
beyond control. He waa studying egeh bit of
paper with scrupulous care. The door
opened. He looked up impatiently.
"O Btorm! Come In;. Interesting work
here bat I haven't found anything wcrth a
wooden toothpick."
"I want yon to look at this. Hunt" said
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tkoae letter he had gone through and picked
up bis pipe. " Queer old codger that Hateara
All. These tor pa of paper prove to me that
crooks are the most credulou people 1 the
world."
" Wbat do you mean by that?
"Well he seemed to know some of the big-
gest in the country aad they always went
to him when in doubt Evidently thought be
could look into the future and tell them wheth-
er they'd go to jail or not Crooks art pe-
culiar people believe me boy. Now' let's go
out sad get a bite somewhere. I've been
cramped up In this caboose since 8 thlt after-
noon." " Nothing about the diamond! ?"
"Not sn eyelash. But there's a vago
mention of a couple of tota ot gold."
. "What!"
" Oold. But whoa it Is or where it is nix.
Shop' closed for the night. But there's on
thing. There's tome fancy diamond smug-
gling going on aad soma fancy diamond cut-
ting betide. Aad your Dade Dudley's going
to nail 'em one of these days."
Aad that faocy diamond cutter himself waa
wondering bow long this soft snip wat going
to last To take a known diamond and make
It an unknown otto was tta mala trick of bit
present occupation. It was good money and
little danger so tar a he wa concerned.
Hla room was in a garret in a partially de-
serted tenement. He wa rarely disturbed by
any one but tta Janitor who waa old and
pipe is tht attitude of waiting for some one.
At 0 three men arrived tt the door of the
ttnemtat They stood idly In the doorwty
for a minute then ducked inside.
But Jim Baird who had brea following
them iteadUy for an hour or more wsa quite
confident that somewhere in yonder tenement
wa the wonderful crook diamond cutter he bad
so often heard about during .hit masquerade
as Hstssm All. What a chance there had
been for real honeat money in that old in-
ventor of diamond whose shop bad been back
of th cheese maker'! ! But he htd to go
aad die
Baird did not thrill pleasurably at the tight
of the gunman called Oyp. He bad already
in his capacity as reporter run up sgalnst
that murderous scoundrel and Oyp bad sworn
he'd "get him." He loitered shout wishing to
give the rogues plenty of time. What be
wanted was a good look at the diamond cut-
ter's shop. Hs had no interest la tbt threo
crooke who btd shown him tht way here. Two
af them htd beaten him up tot mart then a
fortnight gone so ta wat perfectly willing to
keep out of tktlr way.
The crooks climbed the three flights of rick
ety creaking stairs until they came to the lap-
ida ry't door. The gunmso used the knocker.
With hla machine bumming the cutter could
nat hear tta sound of ordinary kouckles. Cyp
rapped three time and than tboved aside the
kooektr revealing a email hole. He passed
through a slip of paper the same Mine Du
Val had given him aad waited.
Presently the door opened after a slither-
ing of steel ban and clinking of chains.
mutt never never know the tola ha played.
When Haaaaat AU died kit dout.lt bad gone
With him.
" Bay Baird you're just the chap I want
to tee. Did you ever do any corresponding in
that Hssssm AU game?" asked Hunt
" How do you meant" returned Baird
rather dUbesrtened. Here wss Hunt resur-
recting the dead 1
" I mesn did you answer or receive letter
addressed to him when he was too 111 to attend
to them?"
"Yes."
'What was the nature of hla acquaintance
with Mme. Du Val?"
" Bather formal so fsr a I know."
" Nothing between them ?"
" There may have been. You see Hunt It
was only toward the lsst tbtt I really did any
Hasssm All stunts. And I with to heaven
you'd forget that part of my past I'm try-
ing bard enough."
Hunt put bis hand on the young man's
shoulder. "Cheer up; I aha'nt mention U
again."
" TbanU. Now I've t bit of good asws fat
you. I've neen tbs msn who dees tbst taya
terious cutting. I bnow whsre his shop la
and 1 have seen him st work."
" Flat 1 Wait a minute." Huat took down
a fat volume and turnad tbs pages rapidly.
" Here did bs look soytbing libs this T"
" line for lint !"
"I thought to. He's tasa lying low. If
you bnow where ta lives you might takt tot
around there and give rue the lay of the land
for futurt use mind you."
" Come along then."
At half past 10 Zudora aat before the fire-
place in her room twirling the bracelet and
vaguely wondering why she fait this presage
of tell. If aha told Btorm about the gold he
might tallera that that stood between them
and the sitar. Bo she must still keep that
a secret. . . . What was that? She
atsrted up with a rep retted thrlek. Before
tht window appeared the ghostly form of a
woman. It teemed to dissolve Into nothing
even as she looked. Zudora's cry however
brought in Mra. Ramsey the landlady.
"What baa happened child?"
" I don't know but either I've seen a ghost
or some one Is playing a sorry trick on me."
The two examined the window drew back
the curtains and peered outside. There wsa
nothing to be seen.
" Perhaps yen were dreaming?" suggested
Mrs. Ramsey.
. " I never dream with my eyes open not
that kind of a dream" declared Zudora stout-
ly. " Borne one baa attempted to frighten me ;
and perhaps the beat thing I can do is to make
believe that he or ahe has succeeded. Ill have
Mr. Storm come over in the morning and
wt'll let him think thnt I have been badly
frightened. He'll go hunting around he'll
tall Detective Bunt and maybe IU find out
who did it aad why they did It"
Btorm however appeared rather skeptical
about the gboat proposition.
" Borne aas's beta boating you."
"For what purpose?"
"That remains to be found out Suppose
we run down to Host's office and see what
hs hat to say. He's a stnslhlf chtp."
Zudora readily agreed to this. Btorm called
up the detective who replied that be would
await their coming. When Zudora told him
about tht vision hs did not laugh as ahe ex-
pected he would. He began pacing the office.
After a whUt he spoke.
" Do you want my honest opinion?"
" Barely I"
" WeU some one wants to get you to run
away. And wktt some one would thlt he?"
Zudora thought for a moment " lame one
who knows about tta diamonds 1" with sud-
den excitement
"Rlgbt-ol At least test's my opinion.
We'ro getting warm. Africa is farther away
than New York. The secret may ho right
here la this little old burg Itself. Flay up to
It Some on will be watching you tod your
game will bo to let them believe they've got
you scared. Confidence la crooks alwaya
breeds carelessness."
" That la my opinion" aald Zudora.
"Yon ought to know. Why 'don't yon set
yourself to the job youreelf ?" asked the de- I
tective curiously.
"The truth la Mr. Hunt I've really lost
my grip since my undo died. I atem to be
oppressed aU tta time. I jump when I bear
unexpected noises; I find I'm always looking
ever my shoulder?"
" For whatr
" If I knew that I could face it without th
least difficulty. It's the unknown that rasps
on the nerves. I who until recently never
knew whet nerves were."
"Well whatever game your enemies are
Í laying you finesse your carda sad ten what
kty've got. They've surely got tht ace of
trumps; make no deobt of that. Our game
It to draw that out on a worthless card- And
now you'll have to excuse me. Oat to go
down to the Bed line pier. More diamonds
aro due. They'll pull the wool over my eyea
far a while but sooner or later I'U get a leetle
bolt to peak through."
Zudora's enemies did bold tht see but they
did BOt Intend to wttte It ta Detective Hunt
hoped they would. Self-preaervation forbade
them to let go of it until tht lsst trick.
Bald Mme. Du Val that afternoon : " Sbe
looked frightened and ahe was frightened but
it will take a aerie of frights to make her
feel like running away."
" Well" ad vised Ctpt. Btdcllffe " plant a
series of f rights. Keep bar guessing. What's
th matter With slipping her a ' heart ' once a
week with warning to leave town or suffer
the consequences? Send it by mail; leave It
under her door; waylay dry goods bundles and
slip on In there. If you keep at a thing like
that It alwaya wtara them down In the end.
8b may be just as clsver at you sty the is ;
but nerves art nerve. Her uncle bad a
whacking lot of gold In that bouse. Do you
think that Hindu servtnt apt away with it?"
" I rather believe to. If Zudora hnd that
gold the would not be living to modestly. A
woman who is used to runabouts sod Paris
gowns isn't going to give them up unless she
has to."
Be Zudora began to receive tht mysteriou
heart She found It in her laundry stuck in
her dressing mirror on tbs floor in the hall
la botes of fruits and candy and always with
tka warning " Beware ! Save your life!
Leavt tbt country I" And it did wear down
her nerve.
Bat In the meantime Huat ran down two
of his quarries. Ikt aad Bill. One has to
work up to land tbt chief crooks. You never
af rarely begin with them. You lop off this
tentacle tad tbtt sad each operation weakens
than.
Tbs final presentation of the mysterious
heart made Zudora nearly break down. It
seemed to her that her uncle mutt have had
tome deadly enemies and that she had inher-
ited their vengetnc. But they did not suc-
ceed In their endeavor to frighten her to the
extent of driving bar awsy. Tht "heart"
failed in ita purpttoi hot the evil star ttlU
sailed clearly t cross the heavens.
TO M CONTINUXD.l
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