Show to Peal erS e earman At F toe tAt M Morten n Picture Pun Pt tj sy y Signal Film n rid juu nr C y If II SYNOPSIS Arnold discharged station agent forms forma formaa a band of or robbers and by the use of a 0 double robs tho the Deer Deor Head station The father of Helen Holmes is convicted of ot tho theft With Webb the tho Investigator she fights tights against tho band of raiders Masters l her fathers father's double leads loads tho raiders In their crimes Wilson Nilson the railroad railroad rail tall road magnA Ie Is a victim of the gang Ills His son son nO Roy does not know that his father conspires with his crooked henchmen henchmen henchmen hench hench- men to lower the standard of ot the tho th roads road's organization Wilson Nilson meets his death ina In InA Ini i A wreck Masters Blasters and Mar Marshall plan to rid themselves of Helen by abducting her herand herand herand and selling her to a Chinaman but they thoy steal the wrong woman They are chased but escape EIGHTH EPISODE iThe i The Knotted Cord In the office of the chief chic of police e Helen nelen with Melrose Webb and Roy Wilson Nilson impatiently awaited news concerning con con- corning touring car No l Instead of ot news a n call came from the depot reporting tIl that t a patrol officer had bad been knocked on the head and left senseless senseless senseless sense sense- less on the platform From the bag bag- the chief got n a description of or orthe the officers officer's assailants and what was of cf f the more Importance learned that the two men had shipped a n trunk frank on onNo No 9 to Pedro Lady Melrose may be in that trunk exclaimed Helen Belen listening ea ea- gerly Melrose snorted incredulously Impossible Im I possible I INo INo INo No persisted Helen Impetuously With Ith that gang nothing is impossible She turned quickly to her companions We can beat at Number Nines Nine's time tol Pedro Comer Comel Come I y f i f 1 4 Webb tf Fused ne Suu U jor ton u. and d. d g Helen l were lQ L rose rose half dazed at the suddenness suddenness' of ot t move followed They tumbled rt police car and with a the wheel started at emergency speed seed for f r the harbor terminal othe 1 r The highway parallels the railroad track to Pedro and after catching J eight Ight of ot the train they soon overhauled I Helen HeIen always the wit and reso resource re of t of the party now ga gave gae e her ord orders is t the driver Beat Bent the train to the Burnett Bur Burnett n nett tt the bridge bridge the overhead crossIng op from It to tho top of ot the theal al ala a id it if Lady Melrose is in that n trunk nl ll take her place shook he startling proposal shook even Q 4 W courage ho he eau caught ht his breath on and Melrose declared her ln i sane but Helen nelen was obdurate her point The sergeant urged tl police car madly ahead Once ati f bridge Helen nelen clinging to the tho edge dge Iii Ing n hand over hand above No Os ck Sic As tho the train shot under her s h T dropped to the car baggage gage o oCho Cho t. t le messenger within heard heardt t J neavy r vy fall Believing he ho faced a aup I he up he slammed all doors shut and tirade made mader r a iy y for defense But nut Helen nelen lowering ii herself herself elf from tho the top of ot the car Sh shored te iI j through the window her star ne IIo H 1 opened the door and swing j Jn in ng Inside she explained But Dut wh u s sho f helped him open the trunk hunk her W cars were realized Lady Melrose In aI less within It i th the aid of the messenger l her gently out and then to ti ement of the trainman itU ah herself would take the place O oath t pI woman directing J. J tm lie w to close the trunk and leave iti i q be aImed Her companions In the polices police t ana ana- ane a a. ne by speeding furiously had hadr a ar r dy y beaten heaten the train Into Ped Pedro o t the Intention being to let the Ral RaiDerS tr J. J their trunk and follow them ther t nth their Ir r headquarters that all nil o n together V en the train pulled in Marsha Marshall all ria Masters claimed their trunk f tt and ana d t. t it in Intel o Q V th III I 1 to ym t l' l t. i Ii- Ii A T lW J JT T last ps t k nil p. p T f- f fm m r rw he eric crie to Marshall Mai shall acted promptly Get her herout herout out oot of the trunk he shouted as the car reeled with the breakneck speed Throw It t overboard and well we'll beat It for tOl Ling Wo Helen listening heard the words Ripping a n strip of cord from the tho trunk lining sho she rapidly tied Into It by means of knots the tho dots and dashes of aMorse a aMorse aMorse Morse message Tho The abductors were veers already opening the trunk Resisting an Impulse to use her pistol she feigned unconsciousness In order to go through to the end and capture all nU concerned The next moment she was lifted from her hiding place and the trunk was thrown off oIL The machine was now within sight of the ferry terry slip a boat was about to start across tho the bay With Helen between them tho the two men hastened aboard Just as Webbs Webb's car reached the discarded trunk on the roadway Unluckily Webb stopped to open tho the trunk Then finding It empty he dashed for tor the ferry but only to see the boat halfway halfway half half- way across the bay Explaining to the curious that they were taking a sick woman to the hospital hos hes- pital Masters and Marshall without interference got Helen to Ling Woos Woo s. s True to his word the latter paid the two men the money promised but as ns asher asher her captors started to go Helen nelen covered covered cov coy ered Bred them with her revolver She w was now o however hev r In perilous surroundings A noose was vas dropped suddenly from above it caught her gnu guu hand and Jerked her arm above her head Disarming her with a n laugh Marshall and Masters money in hand left her Ling Woos Woo's prisoner Webb with his m men n had gone back to the trunk It was wa Roy who picking up the cord that t lay In the trunk bottom and ond running it Idly filly through his hands realized suddenly that the Uie fiber bore a message To decipher this was the tho work worle of ot a moment and he read Helens Helen's words aloud At Ling Woos Woo's place We Wo can get Into Ling Liag Woos Woo's place through the company warehouse ho said hurriedly But we must get et there quick The Tho machine was run at top speed back to the ferry terry The party caught a boat and once across the bay they ran through th the railroad warehouse broke open a door smashed Into Ling Woos Woo's and after a sharp fight overpowered over oyer- powered him and his gang and rescued Helen Marshall and Masters went straight to a l wharf saloon where here Burke Durke was waB to telephone them for tor news At Mountain Springs Desmond had been advised of the selection of Roy noy Wilson Nilson as president of the line When he showed Burke the wire the Ule latter shook his head Im Tm afraid that boy wont won't stand for any crookedness ho he muttered Hell have to go east cast anyway ob oh- observed observed served Desmond So he wont won't bother bothel us Burke now told Desmond of Marshall Marshall Marshall Mar Mar- shall and Masters' Masters latest exploit But deeply Interested in Helen Belen herself Desmond was enraged at her abdu tion Burke taken completely aback listened In humiliation to his outburst of ot wrath I wont won't have women mixed up In this work work declared the an angry ry Easterner Apostle of ot morality eh eb sneered Burke No I fight men snapped Desmond tersely Remember r that or you go to the discard Im I'm going to break up Ul the transfer business at the terminal he be added most unexpectedly Ruin the road asked Burke Borke For a while returned Desmond bluntly i The intrigue suited Burke He ad ad- Marshall and Masters and the two made ready to loot a merchandise far cat car on the freight ferry I Returning with h Helen elen from Pedro to headquarters Roy noy Wilson received the news of ot his election His fr friends ends crowded about to congratulate With them were Desmond and Burke When r are are re you going East asked Desmond b. b tl the new executive j Roy noy glanced toward Helen The we run the Railroad Raiders to tot tot t t Q and th-and and get Helens Helen's father out of ot the the penitentiary I. I t Burke Durke looked reproachfully at nt Desmond Des Des- mond their plans were threatened but neither could say anything Down at Pedro the Raiders all aU set awaited In their launch the arrival of darkness to loot the car ferry And news of their success reached Mountain Moun Maun r i tain Springs next morning when an ex ex- cued Englishman La In n spats and frock i suit uit It pushed past the headquarters' headquarters office of- of fice ice e boy and catching at the first clerk lie he he encountered harangued him ex ex- The clerk could make nothing 1 f what he was saying but others t gathering managed to get a coherent statement Somebody declared the Englishman robbed y car crossing the ferry last night In the thc rap group suspected this must be the looting carried out by Marl Mar Mar- Marl l l laths lath's gang He took the Irate Engin Ensi Eng Ens- i hman lInan in to Desmond 1 t This Tills Is Mr rr Chapman Chapman- he be began nn I tint but t could get no further Chapman In great eat excitement interrupted him and taking a comedy cue cne as Chapan Chap- Chap an tried to talk him down talked back at the wrathful shipper r esmond for a time could get nothing Of f what either was saying But when when'D Burke D quieted down Chapman reiterate ed e d i his charge that his car had been fibbed on the ferry Desmond sneered at the statement statements i s and Chapman more furious than ever I exploded c again with wrath Desmond I fi Ifs Ifs' set him roughly down In a chair i ifa fa and d turned to Burke Burle but the moment his hands off Chapman the lat lat- ter bounding to his feet took the warpath warpath war war- path again Thinking by this time the thene feene ne had gone one far enough Desmond fe placate the angry man mall handed him hima a at cigar Chapman dashed it t to the ia nor por or Desmond took him by the t rs See here he exclaimed sharp ly Listen I 1 II II I wont won't listen yelled the indignant man Again Desmond was forced to push him Into a n chair Keep quiet long enough to allow me to appoint a manto manto Ipanto man to Investigate your char charge e he shout shout- ed This Tills somewhat subdued Chapman's Chapmans Chapmans Chapman's Chapmans Chapman's Chap Chap- mans man's choler But Desmond already upset and forgetting that Roy noy was now his leis own superior called In the latter and asked him to go with Chapma a to Pedro to investigate the case Roy made no objection whatever Indeed he welcomed the opportunity and his Ills frank honest face made a happy ImpressIon impression im Im- on Chapman The two men left talking most amiably together Too late Desmond realized his blun blunder der He ne turned to Burke Get word to Marshall that Wilson is on the Job END OF EIGHTH EPISODE |