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Show jmo TK DINS Y WALTER K. rilLX. ; 1 W rl JO BPAMDT But the cruel Fllndu Instantly realized real-ized the prospect of his mission being accomplished, and, satisfied that the girl had fallen to a terrible death, shouted to his pal : "Come on and get away from hers. She's done for, and we'll have good news for the boss that will mean a bunch of coin for us." But as they ran they saw young Lund approaching across the open space, at the border of the woods. "Let's tackle him," said Chockro, coming to a full stop. "Do It alone, If you like," was the answer that came from the other crook as he sped along. Young Lund ran toward the top of the cliff. Going to his bauds and knees, when within a few feet of the J?JX Novelized from the Motion Picture OJd Play of the Same Name by the TDffS Universal Film Manufacturing Co. rip. 3uddenly sh? turninl and said: Til do your act. Thn he can't fir yoa. ' If your foot Is not well tomorrow afternoon, I'l make up like you and wear your togs," said the glrL When the Fllndu reported to Mrs. Lund, at her hotel that evening, the woman was Immensely pleased with the information that the letter was In Flip's possession. And to secure the Important document, Mrs. Lund and the Hindu perfected a bold plan. Giving Giv-ing Chockro the necessary Instructions, Instruc-tions, Mrs. Lund directed him to work out the preliminary details before show-time the next afternoon. Chockro and one of his men, accordingly, accord-ingly, drove to the clnjus grounds the next day in a rented automobile. Tho driver had been bribed and Instructed, and leaving the machine In a somewhat some-what secluded spot near the tents, Chockro and his men proceeded to put the woman's plan Into execution. Mrs. Lund was on hand to give her hirelings final Instructions. Sneaking lap to the entrance of the dressing tent, Mrs. Lund and Chockro saw Flip sitting sit-ting on his trunk, evidently waiting to begin preparations for tho afternoon show. Flip was In despair when Peg entered en-tered his dressing room. "I guess we'll be forced to try your scheme," said Flip, In response to the girl's Inquiries. "My foot is still In such a bad shape that I can't stand on It, and I've had to 6end one of the boys downtown to buy me a crutch." "Well, I've seen your act so many times, daddy, dear," said Peg, "that I know every trick, and If you'll 6how me how to make up my face, I'll go on In your place, and I'll bet the manager won't know the difference." The girl went through with every trick Flip was accustomed to do and to every outward appearance It was the old clown himself who was con- vulslng the audience with laughter by his drolleries and comical antics. Even the few members of the company com-pany who were Informed of the substitution sub-stitution could not detect any discrepancies discrep-ancies in the girl's performance. The program required that the clowns should appear several different his man to top speed. The chase led straight to the edge of town, and out upon a country road, with young Lund managing to keep Chockro's motor well In Right. During the chase Chockro and his man had discovered that their Job had been bungled. They were likewise treated treat-ed to a surprise In realizing that Instead In-stead of the old clown, whom they were ordered by Mrs. Lund to kidnap and search for the much-desired letter, let-ter, they had brought along the circus girl. "Right ahead. In that clump of trees, Is the house," called Chockro. "Stop there and let us out." Arriving at the designated spot, Chockro opened the door and ran Info the yard. There he met the gardener, who was In charge. "I heard your house was empty. Do you want to rent It for a short time?" said the Hindu. This remark was the signal Mrs. Lund had previously arranged, ar-ranged, and In response the gardener, liberally bribed for knowing and seeing see-ing nothing, assured Chockro that tho coast was clear. They carried Peg Into the house, an entirely empty place, with two rooms on tho ground floor. Tho girl costumed cos-tumed In Flip's clown suit was thrown Into the corner of one of the rooms and momentarily left there by her captors. cap-tors. When Chockro and his man looked from the window in the next room their fears were realized, for they saw young Lund run through the gate and come toward the house. "We must get away with the girl right now," said Chockro to his confederate. con-federate. "Then we can fir Lund, now that we have him out here, away from any help." And suiting the action to the word, the men again entered the room where Peg had been thrown. "We'll get you this time, young lady," said the Hindu, as he made a dive for the girl. By a quick move Peg eluded him, and screaming at the top of her voice, made an attempt to reach a window, hoping to thus escape. es-cape. But the Hindu and his man were prepared for the move, and headed head-ed her off. Just at that Instant a crash of glass in the next room warned the conspirators conspira-tors of trouble In another direction. tightly bound feet and elbows as a means of locomotion, through the connecting con-necting door and gradually arrived at the open window. Ity ingenuity of ef-fort ef-fort he raised his body u a position where he could sit upon the window Bill. His hand .struck against a piece of glass that remained undisturbed in the low conirr of tlx- sash. ami. although al-though hi lingers were painfully cut, the Incident gave him nn ide.i that worked eventually to his release and freedom of action. By "sawing" the .strands against the sharp edge of the bro'..i u gln-;s, Lund soon cut tho rope that bound his hands. In a twinkling h had released his feet from their lashings, and was out of the window in another Instant. The girl, meanwhile, had run to the gate. The report of Chockro's revolver revolv-er had warned her of her continued danger, and when she almost stumbled over the body of the gardener the terrifying ter-rifying sight completely unnerved her. She shrieked at the top of her voice and, turning abruptly, ran toward the dense wood that surrounded the house and grounds. Fate played a strange prank with the girl, for as she ran wildly among the trees. Peg felt the symptoms of the affliction she had Inherited. The strange spell began to overcome her, and under Its Influence she ran on until un-til she stumbled and fell. Chockro and his pal, from their hiding hid-ing place among the trees, heard the girl scream, and running In the direction di-rection from which the piercing shrieks seemed to come, they caught sight of the circus girl as she ran among the trees. Young Lund also heard Peg shriek, and, he, too made haste to Investigate. Lund ran to the front gate and saw the body of the gardener as It lay upon the ground. Suspecting Chockro to be responsible, responsi-ble, and believing also that Peg was In the near vicinity, presumably at the mercy of the ninda, young Lund ran around the house and back and forth among the shrubbery and hedges in the hope of catching sight of the glrL Utterly nonplused, the young doctor doc-tor stood still and looked about him helplessly. In that instant there came faintly to his ears Peg's cries as she rnn Tvltrllv tlirrmr'h tha wnnrlfl T,lind SYNOPSIS. L Bella Le Slour, animal queen dies After tfvlnir birth to ft baby. Doctor Lund. wner of circus La file's husband, refuses re-fuses to recognize child. L Belle " trust baby to Flip, a clown, who rears, Pel? m circus rider. Later Doctor Lund s eecond wire determines Peg "hall not .share Lund's millions and sends Hindu Servant to follow clrc us and depose of Slrl Doctor Lund sends thujra to get from Flip letter that Pves Peg's parentage. Mrs. Lund also wants this letter. Many excltlnjr andhazardous attacks and events transpire. Doctor Lund s son jho Is roi-lowinir roi-lowinir Peg to Induce her to become his wife reJCiU girl from many perilous straits. In the preceding episode Peg has been shot by the Hindu while performing in the circus ring. During tho excitement the elephants atampede. One of them picks up Peg with Its trunk and escapos from the tent with her. carrying her until he throws her upon the ground in a lumber lum-ber yard. Here she Is discovered by two sailors from a steamer at a nearby dock. Tbey carry her to the boat and make her a captive in the cabin. Young Lund. In a motor boat, follows the steamer, climbs on board and rescues Peg. When Lund and Peg reach tho deck they find their snotorboat has gone adrift. The episode ends with Lund and Peg. holding at bay, with belaying pins, the drunken sailors. TWELFTH EPISODE: Peg and young Dr. Lund were In perilous straights, marooned at the stern of the anchored steamer, with only two iron belaying pins to defend themselves against the onrushlng river pirates, drunk and half-crazed because their plans had been frustrated by the timely arrival of Lund and Jerry, the Jockey, to the defense of Peg.. When the sailors had knocked Jerry down, nt the time they made their rush from the bow of the steamer, they had In their eagerness to assail Lund and Peg neglected to dispose of Jerrv's revolver. This oversight tem- they exchanged blow for blow with the sailors. But the odds were too great, and this Lund and Jerry soou realized. "We can only Jump and swim for it," Lund shouted as instructions to Jerry and Peg. "You Jump first," Lund called to Peg. "and we will go over the side after you." With only their heads above water Lund.Teg and Jerry could not observe how their good fortune was working out. They had not had opportunity, during the excitement of the fight on deck to look about them. But the strange proceedings on the deck of the steamer had attracted tho attention of two men who were cruising around the harbor In a motor boat. "What In the world Is all that rumpus on the deck of that steamer at anchor over yonder," said the man who was steering the motor boat to his companion. "Certainly looks as though there was something peculiar about It," replied the other man. "I'm Just curious enough to want to find out," said the wheelman. The three swimmers were going strong when the motor boat came to their relief. At Lund's request the motor boat made directly for the pier from which Peg had been kidnaped. As they approached their destination, the three bedraggled unfortunates could see on the dock a group of people, evidently watching the little craft as It fairly flew over the surface of the harbor. "They're the folks from the" show, I'll bet." cried Peg "and I know daddy Js anxious to see who's In this boat." The Girl Went Through Every Trick Flip Was Accustomed to Do. edge, he crawled cautiously forward. When he felt the earth begin to yield beneath his weight, Lund drew back f 6ecure ground. Several times he made the same attempt, at-tempt, but could not approach close to tho edge without endangering his own vk' yl 7f-f s u ir trJ frTfw -M-- -t4 porarlly saved the situation. Jerry sood gained his feet, once the mob of sailors had swept over him, and recovering re-covering his revolver from the scuppers, scup-pers, made a quick dash aft. "Hands up, everyone of you I" was Jerry's triumphant command when he reached the stern of the boat. "Dp with them, and line yourselves against the rail," was the second order. And the drunken sailors obeyed with alacrity, as they caught the gleam of Jerry's gun. "We'll march them back to the bow of the boat," said Jecry to Lund. And suiting the action to the word the three captives were now masters of the situation as they drove the sailors forward. The motor boat which had brought Lund and Jerry to Teg's rescue was drifting farther away every moment, their only hope was In subduing tho rufiians, and retaining the mastery. Jerry made the sn-ilors climb one by one to the half-deck at the very bows, and then while Lund and Peg followed them, the jockey held the balance of command with the revolver. This advantage ad-vantage was an asset until the sailors discovered, by strategy, that the pistol was no longer a weapon to be feared. The capstan and chains occupied the greater part of the half-deck on which the drunken sailors were held under temporary control. One of the crafty pirates crept along the maze of chains and ropes, using the capstan as a shield to hide his movements. There were too many of the rufllans for Jerry to watch all their movements and this man consequently succeeded In his purpose. pur-pose. When he had gained the edge of the overhanging deck, the sailor jumped. Jerry's attention was attracted by this action, and taking hasty aim the "Hands Upl Everyone of Youl" ' Ana reg was ngm. There was a scene of great rejoicing among the crowd on the wharf when the boat came sufficiently near to permit per-mit Peg to be recognized. The motely group, most of them, still dressed In their circus costumes, shouted with Joy and danced about the wharf In expression of their delight. Strong arms assisted Peg from the boat, and lifted her bodily to the wharf. But when Lund and Jerry scrambled to the pier, .the rejoicing reached a climax In cheers and tears Peg was overwhelmed by her girl companions, and Flip wept for Joy. Tho men who had effected the rescue were heroes of the moment, and when Teg and the others had profusely thanked the boatmen, they were given three cheers by the circus crowd as the party started back toward the show ground. Flip's Injured foot made It Impossible Impossi-ble for him to walk without assistance, riaclng his arms over the shoulders of Peg and young Lund the old clown finally accomplished the Journey. "We are back In time for the show," said Peg. "But I guess the principal clown will not be among those present." pres-ent." "Feels that way Just now," said Flip. "And it will be the first show I've missed In many moons, I can tell you that." With Flip made as comfortable as possible in the men's dressing tent Lund and Peg gave the old clown an outline of their adventure. During the conversation the thought occurred to Lund that the letter Peg had entrusted to him for delivery, had not been given giv-en to Flip, and taking the precious document from his pocket Lund hond-ed hond-ed It to the old clown. Water soaked and crumpled though It was, Flip eagerly grasped the letter and stowed It away In his pocket. The prying eyes of Chockro, peering eagerly through the entrance to the dressing tent saw the letter pass Into the hands of Its rightful owner. The Hindu chuckled to himself, In the thought that he would have something of value to report to Mrs. Lund, his "boss." When the other clowns had dressed for the performance, the pain In Flip's sprained ankle was so severe that he decided for once to miss a show, nis companions derived con-" slderable sport from the old man's misfortune, but Flip took their raillery rail-lery In good part. And just at that moment the manager man-ager of the show entered the dressing tent, ne was plainly out of sorts, and addressing himself angrily to Flip fairly fair-ly shouted : "Say, old man, if you think you own this show because you've traveled with It for years, you're mistaken. What's the matter with you? Why did you miss the show tonight?" Flip met the lowering glance of the manager with steady gaze and responded: "My ankle is sprained, and I can hardly hobble. It's a funny thing if I can't uii.ss a show after all thete years without yon hollering." The other clowns Hter M la pmrment, as Flip thus curtly answ ered the nuin-uger. nuin-uger. "Well, old man, you'll never miss another an-other show wlille you are with this trick. The next time I'll throw you and your trunk off tha train." i Flip was downcast when Peg came , to help him down to the sleeper a few i moments later. The girl presumed : that the pain In his ankle was tho I cause of the old clown's unusual mood. 1 But when h. told her about the decwe I of the niauat.'.'r, she tried to ;hr biui bounded away, guided only by Peg's shrieks, that came to him from varying vary-ing directions as the girl dashed onward. on-ward. But Chockro and his fellow thug also took their bearings from Peg's cries, and being nearer her, were able to catch glimpses of her as she fled among the trees. Under the strange spell, the girl, screamed and ran. Finally, In her mad flight, Peg reached the edge of the woods. Before Be-fore her was a wide stretch of level ground that ended at the top of a steep precipice. Far out before her spread the waters of the ocean. While these stirring events were transpiring, there was a motley procession pro-cession of circus people hurrying along the country road, following the direction direc-tion young Lund had taken In his chase after the Hindu and his prey. Old Flip, half mad with apprehension and suffering intense pain from his injured in-jured foot, hobbled over the ground as fast as he could, aided by a crutch. The group broke into separate searching parties and scurried through the grounds. One of the clowns discovered dis-covered the shattered window, and climbing through, was horrified to see fresh blood streaking the window casing. cas-ing. The ropes that young Lund had "sawed" from his hands were lying upon the floor. Faintly to the ears of one of the searching party came Peg's screams. Hurrying to report the incident, the circus folks were called together. Again Peg's screams came to their ears, and fixing the general direction from which the sound arose, the crowd of show folk dashed off through the woods, eager to solve the mystery which seemed to surround them. Unaware that help was so near, the sadly beset circus girl was at that moment mo-ment in the gravest danger. During her flight through the woods, the attack at-tack of her strange malady had passed away, and when Peg fell to the ground near the edge of the cliff the shock brought her to complete sensibility. She was dazed for an instant as she raised her body to a sitting position upon the ground. The sound of hurrying footsteps, as Chockro and his man crunched the dry twigs under their shoes, attracted Peg's attention. When she looked around and saw the Hindu rushing toward to-ward her, the terror of her position almost al-most made her faint. But she resolutely reso-lutely controlled herself and faced the new peril unflinchingly. "Now we have you where we can finish you off properly," cried the nin-du nin-du exultantly. "I'm going to throw yon over the cliff." "Do It, and you'll come with me," said the girl with forced bravado. Chockro and his man separated, each taking a position for the purpose of preventing Peg from leaving the edge of the cliff. Then they both cautiously cau-tiously approached her, Intending to throw her over the bank. The girl was soon forced back to within a few Inches of the edge, aud every time she moved the margin grew less. The two men were careful to avoid the girl's clutches, aud Peg as warily tried to prevent them gaining a hold upon her. And In this endeavor the unfortunate girl miscalculated the distance dis-tance separating her from the edge of the precipice. Suddenly the earth began to give way beneath her feet. In an attempt-to attempt-to save herself the girl overbalanced and, with a wild screech of distress disappeared from sight. Even the vll Jains who witnessed the sight were for a moment stunned with horror, . me. ne iiuu eeu mc iwu uiru run away, but had not arrived In time to see their victim go over the cliff. But he intended to make sure, although hoping against hope that his suspicions suspi-cions wouldnot be confirmed. Lund walked along the cliff a short distance until he reached a spot where 6olld rock Jutted out from the edge, and onto this he crawled with hands and knees until he could look straight down along the face of the precipice. His searching gaze was soon fixed upon a sight that made his heart stand etlll. About twenty feet down,, where the rocks Jutted from the face of tbe cliff, he saw Peg lying motionless, her body lodged In a crevice formed by tha spreading rocks. Probably two hundred hun-dred feet below the waters of the ocean dashed against the cliff, casting clouds of spray upward as they spent their relentless fury upon the rocks. Lund drew back from the edge and looked helplessly about him. Back of him was the dense woods. To the right and left of him there was a clearing, where the forest, save for a few scattered trees, did not reach the edge of the cliff. Before him, far below, be-low, the ocean spread itself until lost to sight. Lund ran along the top of the cliff In search of some possible means of securing help. Not a soul was In sight, but some little distance ahead he discovered what seemed to be a new building under construction. Hurrying Hur-rying on, he found that the building was new and being painted, but there wero no worklngmen around not a soul to give him aid. During a quick search of the premises prem-ises he found several colls of stout rope, the painters had evidently brought for the purpose of rigging swings to stand upon while painting the house. One of these colls he eagerly eager-ly seized, and hurriedly retracing his steps, dragged It back with him to the Bpot on the cliff above where he had seen Peg lying, Jammed among the rocks. There was a lone tree near enough to the edge to be of good service, and around its trunk Lund wound and securely se-curely fastened one end of the rope. Throwing the loose end over the edge, Lund unhesitatingly disappeared over the precipice, going down the face of the cliff hand-over-hand. At a safe distance Chockro and his pal, their curiosity overcoming them, had stopped to watch young Lund as he maneuvered. They witnessed his run after the rope, watched him as he returned, and when he let himself down by the rope the nindu's evil mind awoke to a new Inspiration of flendlshness. "Here's our chance to make a clean Job of it," cried Chockro as he started on the run. "Come on, and we'll fix tho young man while he is at our mercy." The Hindu's pal followed along. Reaching the tree where Lund had made fast the rope, the two men lay prone upon the ground and. grasping the strands for safety, crawled to the edgo and looked over. They 6aw Lund in the act of letting himself down. And when Chockro pulled his revolver from his pocket and aimed it at Lund, his companion shouted : "Don't shoot I know a better way. We'll cut the rope." The two men drew back from the edge. Chockro replaced tho reolver In his pocket and, drawing a heavy-bladed heavy-bladed knife, began cutting the strands Cf rope. . (END OF TWELFTH EP1SODEL) . times during the performance, and between be-tween acts Peg went to Flip's dressing room to get careful instructions from him as to what were the tricks that were next to be performed. Peg had made severul calls on Flip for these instructions and was back again for another "rehearsal" when she discovered the old clown was not in his dressing tent to meet her. Thinking that he had been momentarily momentari-ly delayed, Peg started to leave the tent in search of her daddy, when, to her dismay, she was confronted by Chockro and one of his men. Without uttering a word and acting as with one impulse, the two ruffians quickly lifted the supposed clown bodily bod-ily In their strong grasp and carried "him" to the opposite end of the dressing dress-ing tent, where they had previously silt the canvas. to permit them to make a speedy exit. Chockro had placed a gag In Peg's mouth, effectually preventing pre-venting her outcries. Their uutomobile was standing near, with its engine running, and into the waiting machine Peg was thrown. But despite the fact that they were off In a twinkling, the rufllans had not mado a ' clean getaway." One of Peg's girl companions had entered the dressing tent Just as the Hindu and his man were disappearing with their captive. Tills girl sounded an alarm that roused the cirrus people peo-ple to action. Young Doctor Lund heard the commotion, com-motion, and learning the cause, made haste to follow. The Hindu hud gained a good start, meanwhile, and by the time young Lund had secured a machine In which to pursue tho kld-napcrs, kld-napcrs, Chockro" had covered considerable consider-able ground. Promising the driver of the automobile automo-bile he had rented a rich reward If ho would overtake the Hindu, Lund urge4 Young Lund had sent an empty box crashing through a window when he" heard Peg's screams, and in a twlnk-' ling had followed through the opening made In the shattered glass aud frame. Lund grabbed the knob of the door leading Into the room adjoining the one he had so unceremoniously entered. en-tered. Turning the knob and pressing against the door with his shoulder, Lund effected an entrance but was knocked flat by a'sudden blow from the fist of Chockro's burly companion. Through the opened door Peg darted, dart-ed, and In nil haste vaulted out of the open window, landing safely on the ground only a few feet below. Then the girl ran for her life Into the low bushes that surrounded the house, and was lost to view. Leaving his pal to guard young Lund, the Hindu ran to the window from which Peg had escaped and looked out. nis hurried glance fell upon a figure In white, moving toward the gate, and taking quick aim, Chockro Chock-ro fired from his hastily drawn revolver. re-volver. Too late, the Hindu discovered his blunder, for In place of shooting the girl, whom he supposed the figure In white to be, Chockro had shot down tho gardener who had been bribed to aid their conspiracy. Tho report of the shot brought Chockro's pul from the next room, where ho had been guarding the half-stunned half-stunned victim of his own assault. The now-frightened Hindu cried: "I thought it was tha girt, but I've shot the gardener. We will have to tie Lund up and make a getaway." Young Lund, experienced In escaping escap-ing from thongs that bound him, was better pleased to have the thugs do-part do-part than he would have been to keep the issue confined nt close quarters. . He worked his body, by using hla ' ' I m J h " " A f' L " T f v f r ' t t -j s L"jssi if Suddenly the Earth Gave Way Beneath Htr Feet Jockey pulled the trigger of his revolver. re-volver. It mlsse.l fire, again and again. There was a shout of joy from the drunken sailors when they observed that Jerry's gun was useless, and the Jockey realized that the odds had quickly shifted and were now heavily on the sailors' side. Without waiting to clinch with the man who had jumped to the main deek, Jerry quickly climbed to tho side of 1'eg and young Lund to assist them hi the i.ioe lighting that had broken Uhj.-o. The two men protected Peg by U.xim.g her behind them as |