Show EIGHTH EPISODE where la is my girl who has seen been peg cried flip the clown when he camo came back to the womans comans dressing tent after another search bearch in hla his trunk tor for the priceless letter she left here a few moments ago said one ot of the girls she went away with young doctor lund sald said another and it was only after diligent inquiry that flip discovered that hla his little girl had gone to the show train to find out how badly her pet pony had been injured when flip reached the railroad he found men running down the tracks toward the trestle his heart stood still when he be looked at the place on the sidetracks side tracks whore where the circus train was standing one ot of the cars care was missing and he was apprehensive of 0 disaster when he began to inquire about the cause of the wild rush of 0 men down the tracks one of these circus cars care got loose and ran onto the main line it has been wrecked down on the trestle was the distressing reply that came to his bis excited questioning flip made his way with the others to the trestle where piled in a heap the splintered and shattered car obstructed ted the tracks under a pile ot of debris flip saw the legs of a pony kicking about and his tears fears were thus confirmed this was the car peg had started tor for when she left the show grounds oh my poor little girl ashes killed I 1 know she Is walled the old clown his body shaking with grief while tears streamed down his taca face some of 0 the show folks had by this time arrived at the tha wreck and two ot of them gently urged him away from the scene you can do no good here fill flip P the wreckers will clear the track and some borne of the boys will stay here and see about peg you go back to the show just because she started tor for this car Is no sign she got inside of 0 it cheer up and dont grieve until you know more than we do now but flip was inconsolable his companions walked with him back to the show lot and the performers tried t f to cheer the clown while he be sat eat on his trunk and wept the news of 0 the wrecked car had spread rapidly among the show people and there were many to give flip a kind word and to comfort him with the tact fact that it was waa not certain peg had even been in danger mrs lund was among the number who visited flip in the mens tent she had come to the show grounds tor for her own sinister purposes and learned of 0 the wreck from the performers no one save tier er hindu servant knew why she was visa really Y there nobody with the show even suspected mrs lunds bunds heartless duplicity city it seemed natural that she as the wife ot of the owner ot of tho the show should visit the lot and only human that she should interest herself in flip by trying to comfort the old clown in his grief she was tenderness itself in lier her efforts to soothe him we do not know that peg was in the car she said the show folks are searching tor for her and it if my boy is with her you may be sure he ha will flud bud a way to protect her from harm but flip nervous and distressed found little comfort in anything she BUO said eald truth to tell the incident ot of the car being wrecked was wag all news to the designing mrs lira lund and she was hopeful that the hindu had bad at last accomplished the purpose ol of the mission upon which she had originally sent him bim to dispose ot of peg pee and keep her from sharing the lund millions 0 0 when the car sped down the tracks and came into collision with the onrushing locomotive and his gang were the first to investigate the result of 0 the impact one of 0 the thugs was sure he had seen peg and young lund jump from rom the root roof ot of the car and this point was a subject of much discussion eteri alen the thugs arrived at the wreck made a burriel search ot of the scene and then led hla his men to investigate in another diorec tion young lund and peg sate safe from their experience in the water recovered their breath and composure within a few faw moments after they had landed on the beach lund helped peg to her test feet and started along the shore to reach a place of comfort and safety over tile the jagged rock which rose above the sandy beach upon which they had landed lund helped the girl ho he loved they climbed along alone until they reached the shore end of a pier that extended tar far out into the water by moving among the rocks until they found a place within reach 0 of the planking on tho the pier lund was able to first scramble up himself and then hep help peg to a place beside him the pier extended so BO far from the shore that lund presumed they were on the trestle from which they had just leaped into the water they started to walk rapidly away from the shore end of 0 the pier but had not gone tar far until lund noticed tho the hindu and his gang clambering over the rocks beneath them at tho the same time saw his fleeing prey and leading his gang to the rocks where lund and pe peg 19 had climbed to the pier followed toll owed them with all possible speed well run across the trestle and distance thorn them with the start we have lund called to peg as he took her hand and helped her along but before they had gone tar far lund noticed his mistake discovering that they were running toward tho the end 0 of a pier and not upon a trestle ahead of them a few ew hundred feet was the pier head the footfalls of and his gang were plainly to be heard as the pursuers ot of young lund and peg sped across the planks to go ga back meant facing the thugs on the narrow pier the nearest shelter was behind a pile of shipping boxes on the edge of the pier while a little further beyond was a roughly built house that stood near the end of the dock lund quickly decided to go in the chance ot of finding protection from and his thugs or at least to have a fighting chance to defend peg and himself from the expected assault the fleeing couple had bad time to jerk open the door to what proved to be a small empty storehouse and find shelter within before the hindu and win hip gang could overtake them when the door resisted chocklos Choc kroa kros efforts to open it the gang brought a heavy plank and used it asa as a weapon to beat down the barricade it needed but a few blows backed by tho the strength of and his crew to smash through the panels and in a twinkling the thugs had rushed into battle with the athletic young lund and the agile and muscular circus girl with the odds greatly against them lund and peg gave a good account of their energies but in the end they were overpowered and hla his gang regained their breath while lund and the circus girl were held safe under the revolver of one of the gang tho the hindu gave his instructions tor for a close watch to be maintained upon the wiley and athletic young couple hold them here said to his gang while I 1 deliver this letter to the boss boas then the hindu departed from the storehouse leaving young lund and peg in charge of his gunmen and proceeded to the circus lot where he had been instructed to meet mrs lund and deliver to her the letter that proved pegs birthright when reached the show grounds it was necessary tor for him to adopt extremely cautious methods to avoid discovery he directed his steps from tent to tent keeping a keen watch for mrs lund and finally caught sight of her as she sha was leaving the tent where flip was grieving er levine tor for his lost little girl tho the hindu passed into the baggage tent where wardrobe cases were piled high intending Intend lne to taake make a short cut to intercept mrs lund he failed ailed to observe that he ha was being followed having la in his eagerness to re reach ach hla his boss relaxed caution to hla his ultimate regret jack borgne sent bent by doctor lund to make further attempts to secure the tha fateful letter saw the hindu sneak into the baggage tent and moved stealthily behind him at an instant when the high piles ot of wardrobe chests promised suitable privacy for or the execution of 0 his plans jack dealt the hindu a stunning blow from behind and felled him to the ground in a twinkling boggns had planed pinned his bla victim under his bla heavy weight and sending home a few more vigorous blows subdued the luckless completely then boyana made a hasty search of the tha hindus pockets and extracted from rom had designed us as a place of security the letter that doctor lund had commissioned borgne at all hazards to secure his purpose accomplished boggns beyene pocketed the letter and made good his departure leaving to recover fro n the assault as best beat he be could it I 1 was several moments before the hindu was abe to collect his senses and rise to his then he made tho the dincov ery cry atiat thu the letter lie nail i iolue cume to doliver into the hands of mrs airs lund his boss had disappeared leaving tho the tent tho the crestfallen hindu continued his search for or mrs AIrs lund when he finally discovered her the loss of 0 tho the letter was tho the first thing ho he reported anil ami then as an offset to his misfortune he made hasto haste tu to ex plain that he had the girl safely under guard in tho the store storehouse hou se on the pier but he was careful to say nothing about young lund being also his prisoner the hindu had his own own grudges to settle with young lund and ho he was furthermore careful not to let tho the boys mother know that her son was again in danger had a lively fear of mrs airs lund and had no desire to awaken her displeasure well its too bad that tho the letter was so nearly in my grasp and then to lose it said mrs lund to her henchman but the case Is not hopeless by any means it if I 1 could get my gang we might overtake borgne before he gets geta the letter to doctor lund ventured to suggest that Is a good idea take my car that is standing out by the road get your men and ill return homo home and head this man off come with your men to my house as quickly as you can and mrs lund departed for her homo home while sneaked cautiously away to find the automobile A mrs fro lund says tor for you to go back to the house on foot and let me have the machine bald to the chauffeur as he hurried up to the motor moter standing near the circus grounds then taking the wheel tho the hindu sped away in the direction ot of the pier with a view to a quick departure choe kro turned the auto around when he had arrived on th the epler pier backed it down to the storehouse and left it headed toward the mainland then he dashed into the old shack and found his men and their prisoners just as aa he left them peg and young lund were seated boated on a box in the comer while chocklos Choc kros thugs stood guard one ot of them still holding the revolver in threatening readiness nesB for or use the hindus hurried entrance awakened new interest in the possible developments did you deliver the letter dettert lett erT was the question hurled at by a chorus ot of voices when the hindu had entered and slammed the door behind him no I 1 said Choc kro and worse luck jack borgne gave me a good licking and took the letter away from me the boss says he was sent by her husband to get the letter and she has gone home to head bead him off peg and lund listened with breathless interest to what had to say lund was in ignorance ot of the beet let ter but peg knew that flip was vitally concerned in recovering a letter that had been stolen from his trunk and this the girl concluded was waa the identical document we must go eo to the house and get the letter away from borgne the boss motor is outside and I 1 want two of 0 you to stay here and watch these people while the rest of us take th I 1 machine Choc kro while giving thence orders had drawn his gang harily away from the door young lund and peg had been on the alert tor for any opportunity and in the brief second that the door WAS unguarded they leaped dona don a from their porch perch on the box and peg pee made a dash tor for liberty this was in accord with the plans they had formed peg pee to escape at the first chance chalce and depend upon young lund to interfere with any attempt to follow her peg reached the door in a twinkling with frank close at her heels there was a shout from Chock roi when the movement started but before anyone ancor e could interfere the girl had opened the door and escaped frank stood ready to battle with the thugs and by lively work kept the gang from immediately following the struggle in the storehouse vigorously maintained by young lund in battling with and his thugs gave peg opportunity to race to mrs airs lunds bunds automobile where had left it with the engine running in feverish haste the girl vaulted into the drivers seat beat and started the machino machine she was well under way before chocklos Choc kros gang had subdued young lund and made it possible tor for anyone to pursue her with lund temporarily conquered the hindu left two men to guard their prisoner and calling to the others to follow dashed out ot of the shack and ran along the pier far ahead of them peg was speeding in the motor she had bad left the pier and was running swiftly along tho the road that led toward the town anahis men followed as aa fast as they could run but they soon realized the fruitlessness of 0 pursuit on toot foot well hurry up town as fast as wo we can and rent a machine said the hindu when the gang had bad stopped breathless lor for consultation well got thero there in time to halk some and show the buss boss that wo we asan to obey orders meanwhile peg pee was indulging in tho the exciting gamo of 0 beating tho the speed limit she know knew every road br b r heart having ridden over the country on horseback in the years she had lived between circus seasons in the he old town it was an easy matter tor for her to follow the best and quickest Bt routes to the lund iund home but in her to reach her deatina destination tion she bh had not considered those watchful watch tul guardians of the highway the motor cops two of these men were resting at ease watching the highway when pegs machine dashed madly past them the cops had bud LuuL tu motorcycles in a tv ta inkling a and were as quickly in hot pursuit of the reckless girl giri peg found exhilaration in the wild ride and moving the gear to the top notch careened madly along the smooth roadway unmindful of consequences sho she continued her flight until sho she reached the lund home and slowing down turned into the driveway that led through tile the beautiful ground she stopped tho the machine before an entrance ent ranco that led through a glass door into doctor lunda library when she vaulted out ot of the drivers seat and ran toward the door she bile was able to see through tho the glass that doctor lund was in spirited conversation with a man whom peg had noticed around tho the circus lot in various towns ignoring ceremony peg entered the house closed the door behind her and stood tor for a moment listening to the excited conversation between doctor lund and jack borgne the two men stood at the farther side of the room and were so interested tn in their own affairs that they had bad not noticed the girl come in peg had formed no definite plan of lure dure but what she heard brought her bor to 0 a quick decision you told me that when I 1 put the letter in your hands you would pay over the coin jack borgne was saying baying to doctor lund as peg pee quietly closed the door behind her well ive ve got the letter now show allow MO me the green greenbacks reen backs you better show me ma tho the letter first was doctor lunds bunds reply im glod tor for the money it if you have tho the goods borgne reached into his pocket and pulled out an envelope holding it before him ho he extended his other hand ind arid said lay the bills in there and ill 11 give you the letter then two very unexpected interrupt ions eions transpired peg bounded forward from rom her placa by the door just as mrs lund entered the library |