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THE SALEM CAW JWEOOV. SATUBDAY, APRIL 2!, ir.l In tfaeTwenty Million Dollar Mysfenl " & H AROliD 'MAC CRA.TH 47 V II - i ',,:,.,. i'iis it I j . i ! p';l-. . '.,11 - 4 . ' 'trin'--rr ; r b sr fc. , f u c S - v t ': i !i I "1- : -v . : ' """"'wwwVlVAilVUll,i,M, ' n K i Ji iuMwlh. (-. U-.to si, ImhM WKHblMlkv fc. iitt 4.iS 'il i 15 ''A'Oi'i SYOI'HH. iiitorii, hiilr.'NS to f 2I),UHI),UI)I), la pluoi'il In th Kuai dlunshlp uf lur uiii Ih, Una amti All, a inyatu. HuaHnm All la ()Htr iiiIiumI Id ai'ctii'n tha k'i'I'k fortuiin fur hlmaiilf, anil when alio hucomra of uno li p intiKMH witry nffurt tii hrliitf ulimit hur rti-iitli, Ziiiluru la In luvn with a yuungt In wyor, John Stortn, anil alui ai'fka per inlanliin uf har mlaiirly iiik'Iu to marry liliu. HtiHMuiri All prumlat-a to grant Imr wmli pnivlilKd ahn shall anlve twenly ot hla cuaua. 7.uilura anlvea nl na of the iiiistia whim her undo dloa, and aha la m Imci1 of hor pU'Jua. At tha duath of hr umin, ZuJura haa anothxr ill tor for hi'i' hand Jim ttulnl, n itiari who hun beati playing aa dotitiU I Hiiaaam All, but whs, throiiKh alniara lova of the (till, ulvi'a up tha falao Ufa anil fora bank to hla work an a newapa ht reporter. No loiiKar obllK'd to aolvn Ilaaaain Alia caNi-a Zudora now coufronta tha K'ati'at inyaluiy of all, whkh la tha in y t iy of her own llfu ami the ambi tion to ai'i'iiro the vaat furl line of fit, (110.1)1)1) lfl Iiit. Un looklnic through hiT tmi'ln'a luipara aha alao Hilda that hir fajlinr lnfi hur an lutiMcat In a diamond ulna, and Btorm and Halrd both lnnd ua huIhiiio In trying to rrguln for tur pun uiaalon of thla ealalo, which la being ap propriated by roguua. I'liihUnii for Zuiloru'a ouiwe lielm'tva Hunt find lliilrd, arineil with knowl.dia of the illiimond mine, no I out for South Afrlia but not aloiui. There la n thrill ing euiMiiiuter down In Ihu "blun cluy oiintrv," and a uioie thrilling one aa they litnl In New York and the i-ohmi'h after '. hlora'a fortuiin kliln.it) her. t'ltltnately a naheruiiiu Mnda a note In a bottle and .storm Heta nut for the iHlund whera aha I held primmer. Oiiiilllhl: Itllll: li lUtvlil MeiClralll.l CHArTKIt X VIII. T1IK t'll'llKlt t'ODIO. BIT Slortii r. mil 1 no one lit Crulif Ixliniil, for t lit iiiiili' ivuHi'ii tlmt lila iiiiroiii'h m;4 seen nil.l inloni iiu.l nil iliiuiM Li'Iiiiikhu lo her were iihely In l.li ti mil of liuhl. Me ri'lurtii'il to tin' city il s. uiiiol.ile, lie let work go anil Initllili'il 1 nlli e of Muni for tin' uri'iiliT I' ll I of .Mill il.iy; Inn Hunt iih rtl ill ill Afrlrii, or e i mi Kii;li ni'iis. A iii I ivheti II. ill. I n ill Hunt illil ret urn, tin ' mli'il in tlie ir.'i'eilliig i'luiiler, tln-y 'eitti.'l Unit lliey Itiiil I n niri'ly foolinl. II i.l. li.te Inn) not loft Afrlni at all, but ImJ I .. l l, ..I tn ri'tniilu at tin' uiliioi until he lin.l l illi le.oveie.l from hla liijurlea It) tha wreck. An. I ii line lien caino Into lila lien il while I 'll III li'llilj. 1 liv i.le.i una l!iit: 'Die nmn Hunt wm Kitliim cI.'ki' to the wind, he una Kctliug u.'.ircr mi. I neuter. Why no! liiilnor all the ftou,'4 ii'NMilh' dm a move tiitiiiiiil 1 i uut'i win would do the lent with pleasure. Uninl niaila a copy of the wireless uml Its translation, The Murconi cotupiiny would back lilin up 1:1 Kcr; ami then1 nits iIiimkit, rcul uii.l men ileitis. They hud all kinds of ilucuuic ins to substantiate their cIiiIiih to Zuilorn's for- STORM LOWERED ZUDORA DOWN TO DAIRD AND HUNT wiiter front, In various degrees of rxcitrtnent. By and by .tnlorii licnril the rumble of a In the meantime Zudora waited ami niotorboat. It lit ml ml at the dock. Later site in nu oitl In the lent phase of tin hull' a ilo'i'ii tine atoUca, but to uiths' t.ilnl I'litput. a uni'lliim ir:inu till" lllst six il 'inci'ly, lilie tint? lie, Itiiili'litle, wus not tice.le.l in New Vmk, 'I'lie I'litigitirf up he hud receive, I at the li.itnls of Itnlrd uml siili-.'.ii,'tit nick hi. I left ti I in In a slinky way. The vnvnue o Mi I, ii and lxi k Hoiihl put him litmly upi'ti his feci itticH inure. On the vcyiue HudclilTe took iiirlleul'irly ond care of liitnaelf, ilrsnk imlhinii in I tin,. ei ited Ills ailmklnu. foreswore car ls, nii.l went to bed tarly. Hy the time he reached I'upe Town ha wita viliiellilng like hiiuself ngitiu; that la to aay, ready for auy devillry. Ourltig these lioitra of lotieliuess he Ih.ninlit a K'ukI deal. Much ai he loveil Muie. Pit A' si. ahe lis, I an Irou liati.l, and the f i. l wna liegiiiiilng to Irk blin. Wiy couldn't ilie a. c pt hla Idea, to ij ilt now tiJ go away whila (he fiint waa g.K'.I, to use tli parlance of the ayT Money? They hi.l plenty. The name, tha game; that wa bur eternal cry; thn apori f It, the excitement. Hh wnot u( of her w Jjieoa of tluie t) court J'ta- tunes, but there wna miiuy a slip twixt tlr cup mid the Hp. She wus like a gambler who hud pliiyed for liith altikes; ahe never again could find zest in a friendly gnui?, lYrhnps aha was nuly pltiylng with him, hav ing need of him as a cliessiuuu In her dan gerous game. If that was the case, ahe would Indeed find It u diiugeroua game. No woman bad ever yet 'made a fool of dipt. Kudclifie, Tha next bout nulled In two weeks; so, in ad ad of going down to C'upt Town, lie Idled about the mine, picking up odd bits of in formation which lie atored away for ftittira nae. There wus no excess lumber in f'upt. It.idclifl'e'a bruin. Where wua thut othes find? Neither his aide nor Hie oilier could as yet locale Unit mysterious bed of crysttila. He Hi n rt I'd out to do Home "xplnriug on hla own hook, but nothing important cutiie of It. Hut lie was tired of the incessant will' against Hunt and Huinl. He wanted a IlltU, a mouth or Iwo of princely gambling; ten or twenty thousand lo ilo with us he pleased. For weeks ho hud crushed down the Instinct; but this enforced inactivity Inul given it re newed life. He must have his lling. When he aleppeil on board tile bIiIi which wua to curry him buck to America it was the - Imppiest moment he had known In months. Jtucli lo little old New York, with its con fusion, its noise, Its lights, its excitement; no more Africa for liiiu If he could prevent It. When t In- ship stood off Nantucket Light he sought the wireless office ami dispatched a cede message to llruce, which read us fol lows: J. W. llruce, New York Sinhud X, Y. '.. Siiulop Aiireniii Loozlyde Tuiitier Iti pilll Mecca .ill Lover. Ituilcliffe. "doing lo blow up Hie city hull?" asked the upcnitiir us he studied the message. "No; just Hie Itruoklyn bridge." liinl clilTe IiiukIii'iI, paying for the in.'ssace litnl giving a generous tip. Then he returned to the smoke room uii.l , hived Cnntield until din tier. He won Iwo games out of twenty and fell quite Mitlslled with himself. llruce was busily engaged In work when the wireless an I veil. He smiled and spread It out on the hloiler and with pen nnd Ink bj gun lo decipher It. When he completed the translation be was highly dale,!. He would not have been, however, hud he known tl.ut every move he iiui.le wits being watched, that nearly every move he had made since Ills re turn from Africa hud been watched either by Halrd or by lluiil. It was lliiird who was watching Ii 1 in at this particular moment from rather a perilous positiou outside the of fice window. Hiiioe, thrust Hie cipher between the two bli. Item of his writing pad, picked up his hat and com, an. I hurried away. He must .' Mine. Iu V ii t at once. No sooner was he gone than Italrd entered quietly. He tiptoed to the desk, watching the il sir as he did so. llruce might return iiin vp'.'ctedly. From out of the blotters he drew the wireless cipher and the translation. He rubbed his chin and amilist. lie bud be gun to feel rather bored watcnltig Mr. Kr.li 8 day lu and day out, with no definite results. If llruce knew anything regarding the where about of .ii. lorn lie kept this knowledge most carefully to himself. Hunt would eujcy rea 1 li g this dispatch. It was really the tmaa'i lng proof he had been seeking for mouths. Here whs his aiuuggler, all nicely doue up in package, ready for delivery, " Arrive New York steamer Anreula. Will throw rubber ha" of diamond overboard be fore landing. Itaddiffe." Moth of them! All depenled upon getting bold of that bag vt diamond. Cucle Saul case Ituilcliffe denied sending such a cipher. It waa all as euay as falling off a log. II j would have taken the originals but for tiio fear thut llruce would return and find thetn gone and warn Itiulclifle. So he had to con tent himself with copies. He immediately Bought out Hunt, wltil whom h found Htorni, pule and thin throtign ,Worry and anxiety regarding his sweetheart ' " I've got them, limit!" " Zudora V " cried Storm. " No, my fileud; but I've got two men red linn iled in the smuggling gane. I have fol lowed Bruce for days; but if he knows any thing about Zudora's prison lie's keeping It to himself. I've seen li tin with no suspicious watched the neii from her window. Time after time she saw motorbonls headed for the island; time ufter time she saw them change I heir course nnd go cli tigging past, too far out of range for a call. She dared nut cull out unless she was absolutely as sured Hint the motorbout contained rescuers. She wns in truth greatly afraid of the terri ble old hag who acted as her juller. Severil times, during drunken spells, she hud pinched Zinlotii's arms cruelly nud jeered at hr. Money alone would win over such a beust; and she bad nothing; even her clothes were fulling in tatters. One day ahe spoke to the old woman. "Can you get me some warmer clothes?" '0, It's warmer clothes, is it? Any kind off Hie Island nnd rowed towari) abart a tW dinghy. H.sKMaiaK(MS; if k n " t 4 ' s"m5Msr I I i , M I ? If , ' :n . NS$,J IS " , k II T 1 t , ' .wNi I." f . ;jp, . ' U "xwwxwsas5 li sV A&usr3 'N VIINr ANT HE HAD THE". NOTE INhEr TRFMCVLING HANDS ' Utl.l I !; St siv: tlie I'll rharncters. Here, lluiit, r,..id i up. " I'lne work, Halrd; line work! Y nt .1:ti your newspaper business and hang your hn. gle up with mine. And toe boat comes j,, this artcrtiiKiii. Let's g.-t down t., (',c i,,,.,. Will you go along, SloruiV" "Heaven knows, I tut v.ti't anjthing elv to do. That note In the bof.l,. t,.N ,,, Where. I couldiit tin. I anything Island. Well, there Is this much, t i till ..!.!. .... . . mii wiiii my own nanus any m.in who harnied or offered Indignities to .ulr,.M " Aud we'll help you, boy." ag-ee, n -"Hut let Us lirst trap two precious p,,.,,, Who knows? We may. by taking t';,., custmly, find ourselves pretty n,.ar Zn.I .ni." " What do you mean? " " Keep your hair on and follow me." Have you round out something? Halrd "That remalna to he seen," answered the dftectlve, lioncomnilttiilly. fio Hit three, uf theiu atartl off f ir the cried o' rurs you'd prefer? Hiack fox Is fasU'nnMo Jest now." " nut I am cold! I will give you a thou and dollars if you will free him ! " " All right, l-'ork over th' thousand an' 'l lutiil yuh home tonight. " Zudora turned away , ti1;lt thp mil),.ril,,,L, old woniun would not have the satisfa-tion -if witnessing her tears. "Write a note, dearie, nn' f see If I can't get yuh some fresh f.gs. nut. m:n,l tio tricks; plain Kti-H-1, and t, cipher stuff or It don't git off th' island." "You mean it?" cried Zudora with wild excitement. "Yes. Hurry up. Inl ,liu. f u yii itora Inside of an hour." Zudora found a magaxine. ripr 1 off ti page, and scribbled on the margin: " Mra liamsey, ltl Willow drove avenue. I not permitted to tell place ,.f n,y Imprison ment. But plmse give bearer a of clothing for me. Z idora." The haj carried out the n.'te ,nj Mn, th door. heard a low murmur of voices and once tho hag's raucous laughter. They had fooled her a dozen times. Maybe they would fool h;r again. The visitor was Mine. Du Val. She read the note carefully and signified that there could be no danger in letting Zudora have some fresh clothes. She would have Gyp take the note; and Gyp was the hardest young man in New York to follow. Things hud gone bo smoothly for Mme. Du Val that she had begtiu to crave a little excitement. There certainly was excitement when Mrs, Ramsey received that tattered note. " It will tnke me about five minutes," she said, as calmly as ahe could. " Would a thou sand dollnra be of uny use to you?" Gyp smiled. " Nothing doing in that line, madam. Just get me the clothes. That's what I'm here for." A i Mra. Ramsey went up to Zudora's room another idea occurred to her. She telephoned Hunt what was taking place; and that was the shrewdest thing she could have done. " What's the chap lock like?" asked Hunt over the telephone. Mrs. Ramsey described Gyp accurately. " Good work I That will he Gyp the Gun man. I'll keep watch. Don't worry and don't attempt nnything on your own hook." Mrs. Ramsey got together some of Zu dora's winter clothing. Prom one of the skirts she ripped a hem and inside this she placed a little note of cheer and ceurugo, sowing it up with white thread in order to attract Zudora's attention. She managed to stretch out the promised five minutes Into nearly half an hour, After that she darjd not wait any longer, Tho messenger might become suspicious and leave. She went down stairs nnd put the bundle In Gyp's nrms, " You took your time," he growled. " I had trouble In getting luto her trunit. You nre not to be bribed, then?" " If I wns sure they wouldn't cut my throat. So long!" he Jeered as he turned down the steps. Hunt worked diligently the rest of thut dny, but when he saw Storm that night he kept silent. When the proper time came he would have a surprise for the young lawyer. When the clothes came to Zudora she ex perienced the first bit of ,lcasure since hei' Imprisonment. Clean clothes to a dainty woman such as she was mount pleasure under any cirenmstuuee. She ca me xipou tho whltj thread ami eyed It wonderingly, There had been no tenr In that skirt the Inst time she had worn It. And Mrs. Rnmsey certniuly would not have used white thread, . Her heart bounded! She felt the crinkle of pnper under her lingers. Iu leas than a mo ment she had the note in her trembling hnnds. She read It, then destroyed it and hid tin bits of paper In the four corners of the room. Hunt would find her) The reaction cnus'.'d her to break down nnd weep. Tho old hug hca.d the sound, but accred ited It to a hit of scntlmcntulisn). fk Hunt did not go directly to the ship mick. Instead he engaged a motorbont and a-dlughy Kven Baird was curious to lenru what wns going to happen. "I'm not saying a word; ust wait. Thera may be trouble; but I want the biggest trou ble out nf the way first." "tou know where Zudora: la, and we are going for her!" cried Storm. Hunt shrugged and gave the engineer orders, ft"" left the motor sbout t ottArUr of mil Zudora was nlwoyi looltinc ant of tit itjv dow, and when she espied tM,i,iiii moment later ret'oenlted i fimiliirMi's lilpiost fainted with joy, Storm laid his linger ipf ti lit isl tossed up a rope's end, rtirl hi att She drew It Inside and it A TWa Slorm went up the rope iiita Mi a, the bottom of the rope "iittlip noon. Vai this Zntlorn put iir foot ai SI em htci her down to Buirf oJ Burt, folWm quickly. They pushed ot inJ bt ti m " My girl, my tlrl!" wmmti Btets. Zudora laid her head iin ' She wanted nothing else ia the workl Baird sighed. Ho woadered II tta lj all the world I woman for him. , " Where now?" he asked ot Halt ' "Why, I thought that we'd nil iM the Aitrenin. If there's t bit ( to"11 going overboard I'd like to be on hind. Miss Zudurs, It took t low th " W you, but we did It. Your wanling freak lug wns a good Idea.. Sow, Store, Baird nnd I reach the mototbsat, V to the old duck. There'll be I WH You two get luto It and hike for N "God bless you, Hunt!"aald Sto "Pou't let tlmt worry pleases me better than tM ', 1 ....... a, Mtff a crook when he tlnnns """"".,,, ,e. Go home, and good And, Storm. If yod let any oae . " from you this trip, Ml take no W J" .i. mii t nere jv lug tier naca in- -- , -.l.,,v and Baird cltnuiea '"", hunt nnd wared their usou the onrs again. ' "I'm so tired, John, m tireal. .rye imd ifo;;;,'l(1A el,J a thousand mile. Hunt "cs. Aud.yotM.r-; boat, girl, but for. A of foresight on c,!edp Hunt on tu. t r" ,1 .... r.. r.mr colhes. Jl" ... ,i have you ac. , , tk(i Hunt talks, there r J M I rogues W'ore gTwa.alongrow,o.b.::;;; time. fLftsr. Anrenls they sy. As Bnlrd ,n ,,e shml.-w ot i. lmi HI ' 1 nun zwi i'" 4 . nl1j,iT. j bhooved.hotnto. .J (Jeorge! A M 'r j, U like this, n'"- ' j, bold for It. flnlv. r!'" 1 . lean 0"r ; wi-k The bug ,w,,bej1 lt,n,f.hn. 1 ,b'' it. Bulrds ou.: It ooBies. no boat hook from . 4 th. otb" the bag 18 alnieil at. - .vim T , W i ttto chase tl'ifl'' I