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THE SAtEM CAPITLT JOUttNAL. SALEM, OREGON. SATTJRDAT, NOVEMBER 14. 1914. -& MILION DOLLAR WSTEPYlkold Ifacdtb $10,000 FOR ONE "The Million Dollar Uystery' ttory KI1 run tar twenty-two consecutive weeks in this paper. Uy an arrangement with the Thanh-niter Film company il has been mode pontble not only to read the itory in this piper but also to tee it each leeeh In fne various moving picture theaters. For the solution of thii mystery story fiO.000 will be given by the Thanhousrf Film corporation. COXD1T10X8 COVEItsniQ TUB CONTEST. The prize of 10,000 will be won by the wan, woman, or chili who writes tho moat ecceptoble solution ol the mystery, from which the last I wo retll of motion picture drama will bo made and the la-it . two chapters of the ttory written by Harold itacilrath. Solutions may So tent la the Than housvr Film corporation at S South Ir"o both avenue, Chicago, III., or Thanhouser Film corporation, 11 West Twenty-thiri stiect, Sew York City, N. I", any time up to midni'jht, Jan. Hi, 1315. Thi$ alio we sacral weeks alter the last chapter hat been published. A board at three judges will determine which of the many solutions received i the finuf acceptable. The judijcs are to be Harold Macllrath, Lloyd l.anergan, ari Jifi Mae lines. The judgment of thit SYNOPSIS OF PIIRVIOUS CHAI'TEHs. Rtnuley Hnrajreave, mllllonulre, after ft nilrnunloua escape from the den of the Rang ot brilliant Ihlevea known na the Oliick Hundred, Uvea the Ufa ot rroluse fur ellthteea yenre. llaraTreava accidentally meet llrnlne, leader ot tha lllack Hundred. Knowing- Urulue will try (o get htiu, he escapra from hla own home by a balloon. Ili'fore escaping- ha vrrllfl a letter to the stria acbool where elithteen years before he mye trrloualy left on the doorstep hla baby flnunhter, Florence Gray: That day Hargrrave alao drnua 11,000,000 from the hank, hut It la reported that tula dropped luto the aea wheu the balloon he escaped In wna punctured. Florence arrlvea from, tha fflrla1 school, ConnleMN Oliia. Ilralne'a eooo paalou, vtalta her aad clalnia her aa n relative. The lllack Hundred then aea meana of making Florence n. tararet for their attacka, They ara after tha 11,000.0,00, and Hralat. their leader, aeta trapa for Fiarenee. I'hs Itlark Hun drrd, after a mmber ol attempta, fall, due to tha wtadou. af Janes, the liar reave butler, and Portoa, a aewapapee ruau. i?x)kyriiu; lull; Uy lUroM Muarmfh.) CUAPTKIl XXI. r Aiia tor or rspaHe, JIM tniil nothing at llrnt about b!a til utnre to Jones, whom he mat half an bur later. " Wat It necessary to keep that In visible luttur? " he aakod. " No," said Jones. ' Would It have lvn our iffalrt a stTtoni tutu If It had fallen luto alien handa?" " Decidedly," anawersd Junes. ' " It srooM iiiex n (light for tlx Black Hundred or a long time uudcr cover, If our friend Bralnt learned that ltimula w now taking an actlv loter fiit In the doing) of tha Black Hundred. And eventually all our woik would hart to b doaa vvt again." " Ab I " " Ton look ttC rnamed up. Anything liuppened? " aakad tha keen ayed bo Uar. " Nothing much t muda g elgaratta oat of the letter and amoked It," Jonea chuckled, "I in tfiat yon hart liml an adventure of soma aort) but It can Wait." " tt can." " Rooiuee I want yon to pack off to Waab liigton." " Washington f " Yea. I want you to Interview thoaa oftV rlula who art moat familiar with tha aitra- dltliin lawi." "A oaw klukr" "What I wlab to learn la thlai Can t man, formeti; uudtilrablo, take out otturat Imitlou papeia and hold to tha protection ot the United Bittaa gomrnmantT That la to My, a pohtoner, menaned by Bllierla, become tn American cltlwn. Qa la abduutid and nirrl'd back to R inula. Could ha look to thin government fur protecMon? That la tvliiit I want ou to Oi.d auU" ' That wUl bt aaay. When (hall t itartT " At toon a yoti can pork your grip." Tbt'a alwtya packed, riIUd tha re porter. " You aea, 1'ir eturnallf eluinted hither tad yon, at moment' t notice, to I alwtya have aa airra grip ptoknd for quick travel." "The Rumlan agunt waoti firilna, Vrena, tml Ihc iHiuntaaa; and loillglit I'm going to Uy to point thetn out to him. It would tab. My ai mora than anything I know to dim Inale thla pracloua trio In Kutolan folilon H't tliuniugh : tod once tcroninllehed, gimd Any to the Black llundrtd In America. Tha traanltttlon In Rutiila hut a" 111 anuia political tlg.illlcunce, but on I lilt tide of the water It la merely an aggregmioo of innrcllcwt tliugt." " I'll lake tlie llrtl trtln euL lluf roo will Ml Florence " "Surely." " And tulle ctre of four own heela Ion Were wttrlicd tt the It.itrl " " I know It ; but Hie watcher ronti) learn liotlilng ll'tirl Hcrven ne a name will tug gcat nothing to the foul who followed me. Ilmldct, we bulb knew ll.nl lie waa I r t trial to peck throimli the kmliole Tint hotel, v'"i know, allll reiilua Ih.i old flilonel k"V hole.." "To keep the uuliU lu g.iod hiliuor, I tup. HUNDRED WORDS boari will be absolute and final. Nothing ot i literary nature will be considered in the decision, nor given any preference in the selection ot the winner of the tlO.OOO prise. The last two reels, which will give the most acceptable solution to the mys tery, will be presented in the theaters laving Ms feature as soon as it is pos sible to produce the same. The story corre sponding to these motion pictures will ap pear In the newspapers coincidentally, or as toon after the appearance of the pic tures as practicable. With the last two reels will be shown the pictures of the win tier, his or her home, and other Interesting features. It Is understood that the news papers, so far as practicable, in pnnting the last two chapters of the ttory by Uar old MacOrath, will also show a picture of the successful contestant. Solutions to the mystery must not be snore than 100 words long. Here are some Questions to be kept in mind in connection uith the mystery as an aid to a solution: No. I What becomes ol the milllonalret No. 2 What becomes of the 1, 000,000 1 Ko.S Whom does Florence marry f Ho. What leoomet of the Russian countess t Hobody connected either directly or in directly with "The Million Dollar Mys tery" will be considered as a contestant. Concealed at the rendeavoua of tha Black Hundred, a man learna of the re covery of the box from the aea by n aallor and of Ita aubeeaueut retura to tha bottom of tha aea, and he Quickly communicatee the fact to Jouea. A da plicate box la plnntrd and later tecured by the band, but before Ita contrnta ara examined the box myatcrloualy dlanp peora. Finding; hlmaelf checkmated nt every turn, Dralna rnnravora to enmreh toe llartrreava houaehuld In the law la order lo sain free acceaa to tha home. Tha timely dlecovery of the plot by Norton aeta the police at the heela ot tha pack aad reaulta lu n raid on tha aTanv'a rendeavoua, which, however provea to bo barren of reaulta. The Hlark Hundred beg I a to fear Nor ton and plan to dUpuae of him. Axalo tha unnoticed butler ahowa hla hand by rearnlnf Norton and defeating- limine. Florence aecurra a mretrrloua paper which la of vital Importance to her falber'a aafely, Dralae loaee hope ot aecurlac the ll.ooo.ooo and turna lu re venue. poae," laughed Jim. " Well, I must bt on y way to make that dyer." Tee two thook handa and Jim hurried off. The bitler watched him till he disappeared down the tubwuy. "flo't a good lad," bo murmlired, "and t brara lod ; and money la only an Incident In humun alfalra aiW til. I'll be a good angel and let the two be happy, alnca they lovt each other and bavt pi Med It In a thou sand waya." For long time tha leather boi acrona which wat Inacrlbed "Stanley Hargrtaa" fl1rVkfrTv1rrt ,i7 'J VtV ft .. '. 1 t r , 'i xf j. i! w J r L nWawMmiaaaas)m blAWL AND BIT AXOMTUCt TLAN Uy In peact undlstuilied, A busy tplder bad Woven a trip acroaa the handle to the quaint lock Tha boi waa att 111 bully ttalnrd from Ita lininertlou III I lie tell water. At I cer tain time it wat quietly wlthdnwn from III hiding plic Il wis stealthily oprued A bsod retched In tnd when II withdraw t packet of piipert wit ilso withdrawn. Tht but was tin In locked and luwered ; and prce enlly the spider returned to find that his running trip hud been totally destroyed. With IW Inlliilto patience of hit kind bt begin tbt weuvlng of nnolher trap I'eihtpt this would le uiiire sui-ciiMHfiil thiiu Its predecetaor. later llcnrl flcrvnn recelveil a telephone rnll lie ivne luf n mi.hI thut lilt unut lu Allleilca would lm rc'lincd by his prewlice at tuih ami such t hot ili.it ulght it the opii-a t'lirihct liifoi'imiiloii iiii'd uot lt given over the telephone. Scrvan twined well stilnllid tie di'wcd carefully that evening, rallml up the udun ilivk aud Insulted If hit 1 it' e 11 , YI i 111 , 1 V , ' it '-4 T. J 1 I i' f .1 I x rt JiwUi" ns vv i ' X ' K -'A? ' ' " , """ WMnof jl i i. UHUVt f f e; t . ' . . : U - ' X;,h f X , ' e ' ' ' t , V . .IVV'i' ''','':' , ' u 4? "A ,i t-Ai'f . w,a ' xVV r-; '" 'J I - 1 , ( , - v . - - . box tickets for tha opera had arrived. Ho waa informed thut they hnd. Inlantly tho tpy, who bud dured to linger about the hotel, overhearing thin convcrtatlon, determined to notify Kralne at once. And at tho tame time, Norton, In disguise, determined not to loan alxbt of this man whom he had net tilniaclf to wutcli. The tpy left by one entrance and Jim by another. Jim hnd learned what he desired: that tht Russian agent would be followed to the opera and that it waa going to be diffi cult to hand tht documents to him. Tht MliNlraVIWKllVrVM Y'eiv!VJJ '. . ' W. lf 1, ttl Mi" r 4 i la! S I . I vV V 1 s k4 X let - 'IBP J. THE. CATTUVI, C Itr.NW JCrV-VJ" ipy entered a drug store tnd telephoned. Jim wilted' outtldi', Wheu the man cam nut ht Krolled up the street lud entered the Dear est tuloon. Jim's work ivnt done. It wit llrulne't lleutenint, however, who took the news to Urtlue, " We have lucv-mlcO," " Oood ! " suld tlrtlne. " He will go to the npert. lie will hnct t hot. Doubtlcse they htv arranged to de liver the papers there." "Aud the licit thing Is tn get the num ber of hit hot " This llialnf had no difficulty in doing " So that's all fixed. He culls hliiHcIf Servan and registers from I'srle I'll show th- f.-'l lint l.r hits no Moujik to deal with Ibis time." "Aud what tra Ihean documents? " tnlt.'l Ulgi. " Ah, that's whnt w are ao tntloua to Ond out. Some paper are going to he ei cbuuged betweeu this Iluulnu spy aud Joneg WHQJX. HANDJ. ALL. or hla agents. That these papers concern na vitally I am certain. That la why I am going to get them If there l.at to be a murder at the opera tonight. Norton haa been to Wash ington. He wat teen coming out of tha Rus sian embassy, from the secretaries of stat and war and a doien other offices. I'vo got to And out just what all this means." " It means that the time has come for us to fly," tald Olga. "We have failed. I have warned you. We have still plenty of money left. It It time we folded opr tents tnd stole away quietly. I tell you I feel It In my bones that there is t pit before ut somewhere; and It you force Issues we thull all fall Into it." ' "Tht white feather, ray dear?" " There is altogether tome difference be tween the white feather and common scmse caution." " I ahull never give up. You ara free to pack up and go if you wish. As for me, I'm going to light thit out to the bitter end." "And take my word for It, the end will he bittit." Well 7" . " 0, i hll stay. Ton know that my future is boiinO up In yours. In the old days my advice generally -:wulcd to you at sound ; aud when you followed fi ,""U were nicceaa ful. From the tlrat I tdvlkcd ,'r4 not to pursue llargreavp. See what has ImppcnvZl" " Knough of this chatter. I've got to die some time; it will Ik) with my face toward this man 1 halo with all my soul. You trust tu oie; I'll pull out of this .'.II right. Ynn Just Bi yourself up stiiunlugly for Ilia oporn Is night and lenva the rest tu me." Olga ihruggrd. She wnt something of a fnttllst. This man q,f hcra had suddenly gone mad j and ont did not reason with mad people. "What thall I wear?" the ashed calmly. "Emeralds; they're your good luck stone. You will go to the boi before I do. I'vt got to spend tome time at the curb to he lure that thit Servnn chap arrives. And It It quite possible that our friend Jouea will come later. If not Jones, then Norton. I was a fool not tn shoot him when I U.I tht rhitice. We could have covered It up with out I lie least dilllculty. Hut I needed the In formation ill). nit thut pnper, With Norton going to Washington and Junes ronfetlng with this Servan, I've got to strike quick. Il concerns us, Hint I'm certnln. I'erU up-, we've lots of enrds lu our sleeves yet. Rt at the opera nt Rill). I'ty no attention to any one; wait fur me. Hemember, I shan't write notes or tend any phone messiigm. tit carry of any Imp like that to get you. out side. Now, I'm off," Jones approached Ftorenct Immedlite'y tfter dinuer, " 1 hive Important business In the city tn nliht. t'mlrr bo cliviolisninres leave tht house I shall proluihly be followed. And our enemies will hnve need of you Inr more loulglil than it hit previous mc, I shall not send ou phone or written measnge, Ton hnve your revolier Sti.sit nnr stmnre mm Who enters We'll make UHoirlei after.'' THWr.?, "Wt are near tbo end?" whispered Flor ence. " Very near tht end." "And I thall tct my father? Jonea bent hla bead. "If ws succeed." "Titers Is danger?" thinking of bcr lovof. "There Is always dnngcr when I leavo thit house. So bo good," the butler added with a smile. . "And Jim?" " He hna proved that he can take cart of hlmaelf." "l'll him to lie very turti'ul," "I'll do no. but It will not be necetjary;" and with this Jolts set forth upon wLnt be cucsulcrcd the ciilniioutlng adventure. . ' Tho utual brilliant crowd began to pour Into the op'ra. limine took bit stind by the entrance. He waited a long time, but Ills patience wet rewarded. A llinouilue drove up and out of the door came hit man, who looked about with casual Interest. He (lis- . missed the limousine, which wheeled slowly round the coiner where It could lie convenient ly ptrked. Then Servun entered the opera. Brains hurried round to the limousine. The lights, save those demanded by truffle regu lations, were out The chauffeur waa hud dled In hla erat. "My man," laid Ursine, "would you Ilka to make some money?" "How much?" listlessly. Tbs volet wat muffled. ' Treaty." "Oood nlgni, .It", " ITIfty." " Good night and good morning 1 " "A hundred!" " Now you'vt got mo interested. What kind of a Joy rids du you wnnt'" " No Joy ride. Listen." Briefly the conspirator outlined hit needs, and finally the chauffeur nodded. Five twen ties were pressed Into his hand and ha curled up In hla test again. Servan entered hit boi. lu the hoi neit tu his tut a handsomely gowned young wWnau. He threw her an Idle glance, which wst re pnld In kind. Ijitcr, Bralne came In and tat down beside Olga. " Everything- looks like plain sailing." he whispered. Olin shrugged slightly. During the Intermission between the (test and second acts, Servan took the rear chitlr nf hit but, nenr the curtains. Brslne, watching with the eye of I lynx, suddenly observed the curtains stirring. A hind was tliruit through. In Hint hand wtt t packet of pi pert. With teeiirni Indifference S.-rvan reached tuck tnd look the papers, stowing them tway la t pocket. Brnlnt rose it the beginning of the second tel. " Whert tre you going?" tsked Olga nsrv- ously. "To see Otto." "A bold attempt waa mide to mh Serve n while In the boi, but the timely srrlvitl pt Jim frustrated this plan. So Bralne wit fon-cil to rely on tha chauffriir of tht lim ousine. . . As Parrnr's Inst thrilling note died away Bralne and Otgn mae. f H " Bt careful And comt to tht apartments Just aa toon at yon can." "I'll bt careful," Brains declared easily, " Yon can watch tht play if you with." When Servan entered the limousine ht waa quietly but forcibly seized by two men who had boon lying In wait for him, due to tha apparent treachery of tha chauffeur. Serves fought valiantly, for all that he knew what tha end of this exploit wat going to bt. On of the men lucceeded in getting the docu ment! from Bervan'e pocket. "Done, my boy!" cried the victor. "Give, him a arack on tha coco and we'll beat hvi - "Just minute, gentlrmen!" said a volet from ll.e scat at the side of tht chauffeur. "I'll take those papers!" And the ownny nf thn voice, backed by t cold, sinister looking siituiuallc, reached In and iMnliwatcd tha epulis of war. "And I tbouldn't make tny attempt to slip nut by the side door." "Thanks, my friend." until Servso. shaking himself flee from bit raptors. " Don't mention It," said Xortoti nlmbbly " Ws thought something like thit would h ip. pen. Keep perfectly quiet, you chaps. Pile on, chauffeur 1 drive on!" "Yes, my lord! To what particular police station tl.all I head this omulhus?" "The nenrest, Jones j the very ncnrest "1 Can think of! Home day, wheu I'm rich, I'l' bin you for my chauffeur. Rut for the ir"n ent I shall eipect st least I boi of I'trtegiir out of that hundred." Jonrt chuckled. " I'll buy you a bog out of my own pocket. That huudrcd goct tJ charily." "Here we art! Out wlih you," siiltl .lira to lilt prisoners, He shouldered them Into tht police station, lo the captain's desk. "What's this?" demanded the cnptaln. "Holdup men." tald Jim. " Kutorcd thin man's car and tried to rob ti I in," "t'h hiihl An' wbo're-you? " Jim showed bit badge and card. "Olio I Hey, there; I mean yout" snld the captain, leveling a linger at Otln, " Lift up that hat ; lift It up, Sure, li't Fountain Ten Oltol Well, well; an' we've been lookln' for you for ten months on the list forgery case. Mr. Norton, my thanks. Take Vm be low, ssrgeaut. You'll be here tn mnke tin complaint in tu' mornlu', sir," be sddrd to Serve n, " If It II necetasry." " It may be) against Otto'l pal. I don't know him." " Very well." And Jones snd Norton tod Serrtn troop4 nut of the ttatloi. At Inst Jones and tht reporter entered chetp lunchroom and ordered coffee aud tmst. " You're a wonderful mstl, Jones, even It yon are an Englishman," sold Jim as ha railed for the check. "Kngllsh? What mikes you think I an English?" asked Jones wlih a curious glit ter In hla syes. "I'll trlt you on the night we put tl.a Mir ers under limine and company " Jones stared long and intently at his rouuej paitoer. What did he really knowt (TO 01 CU.triMtB) J. I