Show zy REGINALD WRIGHT KAUFFMAN each episode suggested by a prominent author serialization by HUGH WEIR and JOE BRANDT produced by the universal film manufacturing company 1316 1915 by the th universal film manufacturing Coin pany 1 FOURTH EPISODE the power of tile the people by REGINALD WRIGHT KAU iTMAN author audbor of Il home hillouse ot of bondage Bonda gOi jim the girt who goes go wron sit and my fleata a aal d Steph stephanie ionie SYNOPSIS dudley Lar carnigan district attorney at tacks the th liquor and vice trusts lie ile ta Is killed by woo wn ikirt 0 a secret ret ety the committee ut u tift fifteen een lifts ilia son ron brocco lAr carnigan Is elected district attorney and takes up the lie tight light bruce lu Is in love with dorothy alaxow ell chuse rather father la is head of the trust bruce Larni atin Is in decayed decoyed ile coyed to at tin evil re sort ait oit in en an effort to frame hint up lie he lias liaa the tha puttee commissioner pi eisent sent A tile iho abarta in a tion tenement ament saves tile the children of dow one of the conspirator a tin inen agrees to expose the fiust tie he la in murdered mui dured dered by the goong fiang Stant oid stone feud of the graft sayndl cat insists Lain lican must bi be killed allied aun men are in the park to kill larni kan ban in hla his automobile dorothy bl axwell over the dictaphone beatis the vlot ilot two more conspirators are killed and Lar carnigan again escapes RUCE despite tila his Bill successes a over our the graft MH cate his bin election wi ai district attorney began to feel after hla his escape front the plot to kill bill bilm in ili till ii explosion lit in the new subway that itic chalices chat ices of suu sue ces alotis tile lie lines lie had bud so nu fur far fol lowed were almost it seemed tu to hint fre re forces were being arrayed iiii aed against him the whole power of u tin the city alt was till on the side of the ifie eijin ei jun the mayor rui or with till nil tie ilia departments lie employed li owed open the will etli tile ali single or alln little lime pendent pende ut were either hostilo or A great latiny who it to to him should give hint cupis lipport irl wore were lut lul lit in to dorothy maxwell his dianee and practically the lie its in he was now dille able to confide HURT he hd did not want mint to worry ills his mother wibb the of u liln his troubles tie do told of ills his growing feeling that he was on oil ah the e wroligh road rad jve ve tt thought hought it wits it t wonderful thing when I 1 asis elected district attorney dear tie lie said bald to tier nut but tile the office tin leiis tie tied my hands again and again things tant I 1 could do it if I 1 vere a private citizen I 1 nm am barred from even n tempting attempting just for one thing this graft conspiracy I 1 am convinced la is country wide it cool hied to now york alone rut put its ii attorney I 1 vant KO go out eskle the ity hy my jurl jurisdiction stops there them hut but you clin cin go go outside to get evl evil idenie deuce slip she suggested the nili tuto I 1 do that accuse ituau me of neglecting my duty to pursue it i wapl rucy that they say una has no tit at till all except tit in my own brain the best bent tiling filing they tiny about me la Is that im vision aryn a lunatic must of alivin artay whether they actual ly belleme it or not that im a crook its tin MU out outraged ragel said dorothy with flast illig eyes well vell whit what do you think it seems to tuo luo that I 1 ought to lo as district attorney tt orney nt lit once ive beebi talking to bart allatt baah hes tile the editor of the lu independent dependent you lou know the man mail who nave gave jim stevem a J job I 1 I 1 jim was anrod fur for helping me to SKI 91 the ho goods ton the lie traction grafters drafters gr what want does alo he say 7 U agrees with nie me abat I 1 ought to resign ile HP lins ban promised me the support of his paper jr ir I 1 undertake tu car ry on oil the lie fight ly by it direct appeal to th the people ehnts tuy my chaincey ns as 1 see it to pet iret tin the people stirred up so that hut thay will really demand action so fur far they dont believe in ili me out but I 1 can muke them do it im sure then rhen if lie he thinks anit aliat and you yoli rel feel am n you yon do I 1 think you yon might to ro re blan sald said dorothy its you that libre not got to tn make the decision sion bruce adnice im with avith you whatever what eier you do that berlle mr ver ile lle it sald bruce 1 I agree with me I 1 shall resign tit nt onee once and the move moro in my new unlit fight will he against the grain trust 1 I know there hiis ans one there Is 19 and a particularly mean one lt it q for the iho rise in the price of 0 bread thares plenty of but creating nn an to send semi up eest theres no reason at all for the rise its tile the worst sort oi of I 1 shall ahall go ga to ro chicago at once the pince can pet get the erl evidence dence though its ita rf hi john dodson right here la in new york who Is my filial quarry mr air doilton Doi Dod laon sont said dorothy deeply wily why hes one of papas best abath just the tro trouble tible sald said bruce gagi y its ita because nien men who are supposed to be honorable lionor ablo null decent decel lt DIM who occupy une one nud dud positions are arc at the bottom of all tile aliu that its so BO hard for me to reach them stanford stone the secret lead head of the kiin graft syndicate unit and braces great elleray elle iny tay vas niia not delved by braces of his bla office which tilled of stones associates with tie ilo lie ilo given up he be said Iol dont lt lie fooled fur a whittle minute by hla his thaes just a blind iles hc going to keep on oil lighting it not ind its mure laila alian ever to put film out of the wity nay I 1 know for instance that ile liua s going to chicago tomorrow ow to try oto to get bet evidence against dodson and 11 hla graan shortage blacks lacka ll gone but lu ive got smother luan to follow him so it II came about that there traveled travel with brine fir tiVe follow following him as closely its as ills own shadow a desperado known to the police of at score of cities us ua lied sime athe meant to can hla his biolley bruce roue rone stanford let left tie no move inove unmade lit in new york that help belf to lo achieve tic hlee object ills his arst blow was maruck nt at the ludel end till ent A k hint bint was ello ligh with ule accord withdrew their puit port until tile paper niiva faced a staggering ilas loss anil and stone went further uli 1114 agents approached ip roii lied stockholders who frightened by tile the loss losi of earnings cariln caru ln wele wel e kind glad to sell their holdings so stone came into control of a grent great black of ID independent dependent stock and was able to apply for a slid and co bo force the suspension for it a time at least of the papers public publication atlon at hl uh lus Ins tunie tallue too suits were brought bruce for criminal it 11 bel tind and for foi laciny damages dai uaea toy by the men tio tie lind hold accused lit in connect connection iolli with the traction truc lon tIon trust exposure these vere here atille hults aulta which could not sue succeed v ced when they were brought to trial but it was nai not purpose to let them voine conio to 0 o trial arla il they served na as nil an excuse cilie for nt taching cruces truces tru ces bank ac comit and ills hig home ond this wa was done braces mother ans M terrified by threats of ejectment from her home and stone belled upon tier her pleadings to lu iu duce bruce to abandon his light fight 1 erea crea if his bl 3 well weh laid plans plana to put kruce e out of the way should not succeed even so however stone was not content ile felt that bruce still nos 1 1 A Q 1 71 I 1 j 2 A leave things thing to rn s ill ot got through othow somehow om how said ald tom ses beasch sod one thing that ho he coveted the loveon love of Doro doroghy illy maxwell the en 9 argement of f the two to hold had not been DU an ced but it was ai a more or less open secret anil and now stone relying upon lili hold over roger maxwell her father openly to go to boro doro thy ali and iv ni tier to marry him ile he was iia proul pro milly lAly refused but w not take ills his un angner giver lie ile wanted reasons und and dorothy reluctantly told him of the plot to ml 1111 1100 that ehe had bad by of the dictaphone in lilu uli Illee to tier her amazement stone SIM anade no dencil 1 I nin am hl hla A enemy lie ho laid imald c coolly 1 admit ll it what of if it your own fa ther ig 1 with ahli roe me xua ens would n mean eveh eren more to him than hail to nic i 1 I dont bollero your cried dorothy nut but she did it explained so much that ind bad troubled ond and my mystified t idled her and roger mexwell ahou she ie him film to done deny what ant had said bald do it indeed he be let her see ace that lio lie was to some extent tit nt least in power it was a dreadful tit dl lennan thit hit dorothy faced with druce bruce a thousand nilles engaged na as ille ilie knew la in a bitter and perilous and even no BO she did not know how great were tho the perils that dogged braces troll tied red mike like skulking klug beast of oc prey waited for hla his cli clintice atice to strike A dozen times inns tie he held ills hand band inspired by the animal cunning that was his bis walting waiting to make mire hurt meanwhile bruce found plenty of evidence ile tl was disturbed by the down that abit came to liliu him from dart bart rash and am stevens hut but it was letter for him to to als own part pa it 0 of f the work instead of going hack back to help them lie ile felt that bo be was on the trail of real facts which would prove terribly damaging to the enemy at last there tame came the chance be had hotd waited A mail lie he und lad bribed told n plan to send semi a sc housier out on luke lake from chicago beaty lly fly laden with grain go along ho be told bruce see mo methin worth while anil and druce bruce did concealed in a boat he saw BOW the crew under orders from the captain dumping damping the perfectly good grain into the lake it w was a s eo tho that meu were creat creating 1 n g the shortage he be was using ns ili lila exeme excuse tor for raising tho the price of dread bren d to the this clr lornce u ce knew offid serve 11 I 1 I 1 ive ordered tho tha price back for gods sake lake take them away said dodion his cause the facts would speak for themselves res and lie he hud had a small cum caul uru era with him with which he took pha to graphs of tuo the dumping it was ft as that however which was waa his hid undoing ile he had iu tu expose himself us as lio lie took the pictures und aud some k keen 1 I eye eo among the mou meu saw him I 1 in 11 11 wo moment I 1 e t he bo was dragged from the boat its a spy bayl cried some borne burly ruf flan baa I 1 arid and a moment later bruce was tight fight ing for hla his lire life ile iio fought well but the odds were too great lie ile ana was over iier powered lit in no time land iava savagely gely beat eu ell but then tin tile plotters plot teia made at fix fi tal mistake left alotis bruce might noon hino have tiled died but they threw him overboard 11 cobun id the cold water revived re vl veil him film to some and lie he was tible to cling to a floating spat spar that came providentially witt wittily ilu haf ahli reach and ami an hour later lie wits spied from tho the deck of a yacht und and picked up lip rie ile was vas unconscious w nhen ben lie wits ana on board when lie he come came to on an hour later a strange man bent beat over his cot are you ou bruce Lar algan he said bald arcely hoarn bo cly like the papers in your pock et say bay 1 I am said bruce astonished at tile the others emotion brute bruce im fin tom youre my broth er said haiti the granger truit ger it win was a wonderful tale talc they made of it between ix them tool tom left home bom lu in a lit it of boyish passion years before lie ile lad disappeared and nd tile the family had long alic believed him film dead 1 I have the heart to go home a failure bruce lie he confessed after lie he had lie heard ard braces story nut but by the lord ill il go home now flow and it du the work you set bet out to dol be in a hospital for n spoil old chap and youre lucky tit lit tant chilt hut but leave things to ro me ill get through sott somehow lehow so tom went east cast in bruce bi Is place tie ile carried cat i led 4 a letter to dorothy maxwell wid and he be caralt d also an absolute determination to defsie the graft syndicate and do braces work until bruce recovered out but ills his arrival tit at home dismayed film ue ile learned of ills his mothers suf but fe ferl rings and lie he learned too that boio thy Mix maxwell well the girt girl bruce loved and trusted was engaged to stanford stone ill play a lone hand then he said defiantly antly to hini himself gelf ill not dellier deliver braces letter lette but ill get this man dodson by myself chance guided him to a meeting of the poor held in protest the ilse in ili the be price of bread tom laral gan seized hlf his chance in a moment lie the speaker this Is n time to act not to balki he cried arlid follow roe me ill timid load you to the man who raised the price of bleada with it roar like tant of a pack of w nobui I 1 ves the crowd followed him film grow lug ing greater at every block until at last it stormed the doorn of tile the great office build ilig in which st john dodson had hla his office surged up to his office and bent beat down till mi guards and barriers until it wait at his very door then tom went lit in atone alone to find the great man ann cow cowering tring at his desk shall I 1 let them in he be naked asked or will you yield you cur ive ordered the tie price back to tho the ad ld figures cried tile the frightened dod son on for gods sake enke tatie them awnet tom believed him lie told the crowd they had won their heir fight and even ns as he spoke a shot tang rang out dodson had killed himself Min self at once tom and ills his mother went cut to chicago to find bruce Rome somewhat what improved ile he smiled as ho he heard of toms farst hiar blow at the forces of gratt graft episode Epi no 6 next |