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I 4 1 1 I j Iii II r. r 1 4 t 1 gt rJ I 1 I I r C J ti- ti r s iS l lI I 1 t. t tf f t. t 1 J I t j i l lI t ta lYe a I C J J 1 l. l r t c J I r rr r Gentleman G Geoff orr proprietor of oC the Blue Chip general store and gambling s I hall halt In tho the Mexican oil boom town of oC well merits the sobriquet by 11 which he is known Though none Ismore is ismore ismore I more deadly with his gun than Geoff Geor none nono quicker on the trigger when occasion occasion oc oc- Cas casion Ion for shooting arises he still stitt bears beneath his rough exterior evidences evidences evi i dences of oC gentler breeding and even of oC college collego culture His Isis personal history history his hl- tory however howe Is s a matter unknown to th th-e oil men men to the gamblers to tho the prospectors and to the adventurers who have havo flocked to the Mexican town with the first news of ot the discovery of oiL olL Here Herc alone so far tar as family Is concerned con eon concerned ed except for tor Billie his hla young oung and beautiful daughter Gentleman I Geoff Is tho the most prominent figure In Inthe Inthe inthe I the community Billie herself however however how how- ever eer because of or her beauty her youth her fearlessness and her independence Is In her own Wl way no less prominent than her father Representatives es of ot two great competing competing competing com com- oil corporations have o come to not al alone ne to gain control of or orthe the field but also to seek cek the mysterious mysterious mys mys- Pool of oC Lost Souls reputed among th the natives to be tho the vcr very heart of the great natural oil reservoir Only Tia Juana knows the secret et of or the pools pool's location This she has informed I Billie is disclosed in a map contained con con- tamed in a red glove glo But Dut Tia Juana Junna has not yet et divulged to Billie the hiding hiding hid hid- in ing place of oC the glove Kern Thode and Starr Wiley representatives representatives rep rep- of oC the rival rl oil companies are arc no less Interested In Tia Junna's Juanas secret than Billie It Is In Thode I however howe rather than In n Wile Wiley that Billies Billie's interest centers She feels an I Instinctive dislike for Wile Wiley And this I I as circumstances prove pro Is well justified justi Justl- riM fied for tor Wiley does docs not nol hesitate to stoop to foul means mean in n his quest for tor tho the mysterious lous pool Fearful that Thode his Junior and thoroughly trustworthy ma may defeat him In the tho search Wiley 7 11 e has resorted to employment of or the Vulture chief of a band of brigands and of oC tho the outlaws who consort with him I I Dillie Billie suspecting Wiley y of or conspiring jn ing with the Vulture confronts the oil magnate In tho the Blue Chip She Is prevented prevented pre pre- vented however er from pressing homo home I her charges b by Wileys Wiley's sudden change chango of oC front The veneer enec of oC polish drops from Crom his manner and he seizes the gl girl 1 I Quickly her hand slips sUps to the revolver re that han hangs s at her waist and skulk skulk- cowed not only b by vigorous rigorous vigorous vig rig orous display of or her own ability to defend de defend de- de fend herself but b by the approach of or Gentleman Geoff and rhode Thode he steals awa away Into the darkness of ot the thc night Stung b by hys momentary defeat Wilc Wiley calls upon tho the Vulture and his outlaws to raid Word Nord ord of oC their coming precedes them long IonS enough h to enable the men mep and women of oC the village vii vil lage to seek refuge in Gentleman I Geoff's Blue Chip There the they prepare to resist the tho brigands brigands' attack With Ith the arrival o of the Vulture and his band a ter terrific battle ensues Tho The huge portals of ot the structure hold firm however In the face of or the madI mad rushes of ot the outlaws and It Is nol not until un- un I til tit the Vulture c orde orders s a a. battering 4 i ram brought against the ht heavy heiry e oat oak te doors door of the Blue Chip that the defenders defenders de de- fenders renders feel teel thc they are arc doom doomed d i Dillie Billie fights I side b by side with Ith her father Thode defending the stron strong hold with the rest suddenly concepts conceives the plan of oC making a dash through i rear door and cutting culling and shooting his his' way through h the ranks of or the bandits of oC rid riding InS InS' to summon aid ald With this' this end nd In mind he slips out Into the night flight Almo Almost t at the same fame instant a bullet a finds Its mark In the body of ot G Gentleman Gentle man Geoff and he sinks Into the arm of oC Billie s l Meanwhile the battering ram still at- at I c sails the door Before teach each ach crushing f blow the tho hea heavy timbers Umbers groan and the i great hinges and bolts give bit by bit lit A fro few more lunges o of the ram and lh the I Vulture and his band will beat but down doom the barrier Will ill It hold until Thod Thode returns with aid If It It gives hes war what n new catastrophe awaits th the brave bran girl who pillows tS In her lap the h head bud id idof of oC the tho stricken Gentleman Geoff 1 1 Empire theatre theat c ever every Saturday |