The Million Dollar Mystery CHAPTER I
Harold MacGrath A Sketch of the Author at Work and at Play
THE PAPER SHE HAD PURLOINED WAS INDEED BLANK
THE PAPER SHE HAD PURLOINED WAS INDEED BLANK
THE MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY
Novelized from the Scenario of
F. LONERGAN
BY
HAROLD MACGRATH
AUTHOR OF
THE MAN ON THE BOX,
THE GOOSE GIRL, HEARTS AND MASKS, ETC.
PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED
WITH SCENES FROM THE PHOTO PLAY
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK
COPYRIGHT, 1915
HAROLD MACGRATH
Published by arrangement with
The Bobbs-Merrill Company.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
The paper she had purloined was indeed blank . . . . . . Frontispiece.
Miss Farlow's Private School
You might have marked him for a successful lawyer.
The Princess Perigoff
The Black Hundred
Friends from Tophet
The Peaceful Butler entered into the field of action
She had gained the confidence of Florence
There was a stormy scene between Braine and the Princess
Norton reached the Captain first
She read with Susan
"Who is it?" Jones whispered, his lips white and dry.
He read: "Florence—the hiding place is discovered."
That night there was a meeting of the organization
Jones engaged a motorboat
"Leo, are you using any drugs these days?"
The Secret Panel
Four men were told off
"Better be sensible," he said
They had become secretly engaged
With her he was happy, for he had no time to plan over the future
They were to be married
Florence was permitted to wander about the ship as she pleased
Every one felt extremely sorry for this beautiful girl
Florence steals out in the night to jump overboard
A young and beautiful woman did not jump from a big Atlantic liner without the newspapers getting hold of the facts
"The poor young thing!" murmured the motherly Mrs. Barnes
"Come out o' that now!"
"I ain't goin' t' hurt ye"
Florence fought; but she was weak, and so the conquest was easy
"I know it now," she said, and she kissed him
He had put Florence and Braine in the boat and had landed them
They bound Florence and left her seated in a chair
They did not care a snap of the finger what Jones thought
She first thought of changing the clock
He took her straight to the executive chamber of the Black Hundred
Here was an operation that needed all his care and skill.
He examined the blotter with care
The men rioted about the house, searching nooks and corners
They were mapping out a plan when Susan's message came
Norton was idling at his desk when the city editor called him
"Give this to your father. He knows how to read it."
Florence discovers the cave
Florence steals the papers from Braine's pocket
Braine procured a launch and began to prowl about
Braine reached the girl and pulled her into the boat
From the shore came another boat
"They have all three taken out naturalization papers."
"Just a minute, gentlemen!"
The Police Captain's desk
They were tumbling through the library and the living room
Braine sank inertly to the floor, dead
Instantly they sought the fallen man's side
A quick clutch and the policeman had her by the wrist
The Mystic Million
"Florence, that is all yours."
Immediately after the ceremony
After the storm, the sunshine
