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Show THE X-t- SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SUNDAY, JANUARY 16, 1916 HERALD-KEPUBLICA- X, Y.yShl YF5 & Each Episode Is Suggested by a Prominent Author T--m Serialization by HUGH WEIR and JOE BRANDT Produced by the ' ... 1 - Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Shown at the Rex Theatre Next Friday and Saturday GEORGE BRONSON Co. Copyright, 1915, bythe Universal Film Manufacturing HOWARD THIRD EPISODE The Traction Trust ric;Kewted by ;nnitr;t; imwnsox iiovaui. ntb.tr of !ol, 'God'a Man Larnlran. Dudley ele. district attorney f New York, attack the liquor an'i lc- - trusts. He tn killel by an agent of a secret society, the rommntre of ills son. Bruce Larniffan. In anJ tnka Hptritt attorney I f i.rht. Hrure in love with i'j M whose father la head Jorothy the in r.i - t r t. cf to an liriKf Larnlcan him vtl riort In sin effort fram hav-Jnup. He tatj the eonxplrntnrf hy A the ioft romml'Monfr ftre r b r t In a tenement prent.the l.arniKAn mvm the rMWiren of way. I ow. Thi of the conspirator. on' to upow th trust, lie In rrian awr rti'intfrefl by the :ns. fifteen, !ctcl th- - i !- t- - sr i cruhln?: Bntrrn ofI.AP.NI;ANH th tenement houne trust, the munler ty th Kraft of Ant nIow, who wni fibout to Klve Iirtice evi'tfnr aealn.m the fifteen. aervrl to show JtnforI Mon anrl th remalnlnsr mmlr of the itrtft yr.Hrate that In lruce they a foe far more rlanKeroua to them reultlnsf In ltIf t yndt-a- f-- than tnnr!ere.t tit- f,ithr fta.l erer hen. continued to put Stone In possession of any information he desired. Black at first was not disposed to resort lo extreme measures. "I'm a bit nervous about having him killed," he said to his employer. ''He'i a prominent figure there'd be a hue and cry that wouldn't die down for months! Some one would be pretty sure to be caught and blab." But Stone was obdurate. "You know what I told you," he said. "No excuses so. Black. I want Larnl-gaout of the way!'' - Black yielded at last, sullenly, but completely. "All rlRht." he saiu. "But don't blame me If you're sorry afterward. You would have Larnlgan's father put out, and that's made more trouble for you than Dudley Larnlgan ever could have raised. But I'll take my orders. "Ilere'B the best way to do it. We've got this man Bonner. When the time comes I'll have him take Larnigan through the park. Larnlgan often rests by taking that route; Bonner can take him along a road I know, and I'll have some men planted at a place where there Isn't one chance In a million that any one will be snooping around to see what happens. Three or four shots- - bills pretty well, don't you?'' Honner started. "What do you know about lhat?" he asked, betraying himself. "I know a pood bit about you," seld Pete rjuletly. "I know you got a century note, and I know what you did with part of It helped out a guy you'd known before you made your getawuy, hey? Foolish, Honner. Now, I'm on to you. And think quick now. You can have your choice between gettlnR a few more of those century notes or golnj back to Jollet to finish your morning. Ills work. Indeed, was never done. For a number of reasons he chose to do much of hia running; around In an automobile. It was necessary to and have a trustworthy chauffeur, Bruce had found this man some years Lefore. at a time when IJonner was In a great deal of distress. He hnd helped him, and Honner had been grateful and had proved his gratitude more than c nee. Dlack was Intimately acquainted with Itruce's movements, and he made It his business to become familiar, too. with all the people who surrounded Ilruce. Honner he dismissed at first from consideration. "There" one man we can't reach," he told one of his henchmen, Pete by rame, "And he'd he the best If we could eret hlin. Nothing doing', thouKh, I It's too risky to try him out, becaus he'd be as likely as not to tip Larnicm off and make the whole Job $100 n term: I was never "You lie! In Joilct," stammered Bonner. Hut his denial was feeble. It was plain that he was lying, and Pets did not even trouble himself to answer him. lie Just stared at him until Honner, oppressed by that steady flare, beKan to wilt. harder. 'What do you want?" he asked un"Sure we can tret him," said I'ete. "The shofur, you mean? Ain't every certainly. "That's better, my buck. Beclnnnr Kuy Kot his price? Slip him a century to see where you K?t off. are you? Just to get him used to the Idea." Don't II I tell you. We want you to let him know where It's from. See? Well, Then watch him and nee what he docs. keep us posted about .vh;re Lainipon We c.xa tell pretty well how he takes plans to no every day. See? And maybe some time we'll want yo;t to that." "You mlsht he rlRht at that. Pete." take him somewhere else when he's Kn. suspected that a city inspector was being bribed to pass an inferior grade of cement used In the construction work. "The graft in that might run to millions!" said Jim, appalled. "And the danger my God! The whole thing might collapse at any minute!" "Get the facts down and print them!" said Bruce. "I'll stay here to get more evidence If I can. I don't think they suspect us yet." Stevens obeyed." But at the office of his paper. Instead of being praised for his enterprise In securing a wonderful story, he was bitterly attacked by his managing editor. Stevens had not known it hitherto, but his paper was a tool of the graft syndicate and was preparing at that moment to launch a bitter attack upon Bruce Larnlgan. The story Stevens turned in was torn up. He himself was summarily discharged. But that, as it turned out, was a false move." For it only aroused the fighting blood of Stevens. He went from newspaper to newspaper, until finally in the office of the Independent he found an editor with courage enough to face the consequences of defying the trust. "They may smash us," he said, "but went down with her. At the curb she seized his arm. "Bruce, where are you going?" she asked tensely. "To seo an old friend Jim Stevens." he said. "He's a newspaper man, and we're going to pull off a stunt together. I'm going to drive through the park, I guess." "Let me take you there," she urged. "Please, Bruce, send Bonner home alone. I want to show you how my new car runs." He thought nothing of her request and was glad to yield. Bonner, star- tled and dismayed, saw what had happened, and at once, instead of going home, as he was told to do, he hurried to Black. "D-rsaid Black. "Well," we'll have to get those fellows and plant them near Larnigan's house'. Come on take me through the park! It's riskier, but that can't be helped." Bonner obeyed. They hurried into the park. And at the fatal spot as Black stood up a volley rang out. The gunmen had mistaken their employer for their victim Black fell dead! Meanwhile Dorothy had waited for Bruce during his talk with Stevens and had then driven him home. They found Mrs. Lamlgan in tears. The n!" . The fifteen had procure! the murder rf rt;'Hy Ijrnl3n. Urue father, the district attorney of New York. Hut Hruee. rowlnr not only to avencre th.it rrtme. but to brlr.e: th fifteen to h.i.l !ffAtp! their first efforts to rruih Mm anl h-l- . oowrrMY e. ju.n-ti.-- rr- I W r; ' . I -- In nplte of atl oppo- I;. . J e . "ie'- f J '; '- B-- I ' . " tO. ' 4 ' -. ure.l his election to the rr, le rr,inl by hli father' death. he I'ollAwtnr htn elertlon. moreo-er- . to him a !lftfcrc anl fotS4 lui'l plot .. nullify hU Influence with the peoIn turnlncr the ple an. I 1. I e sition. of-fi.- tip. n SKUNK IS SKUNK IN j j THESE DAYS OF FUR tfe plotter. At frr. Stone, Now !rnce In th he tvnn hesSnnln to fear hint. And th fact that fc wan In love with DorBruce' othy raxwell. the irlrl who was n detrmlna-tiohis Increased fiancee, only withto cet ril of Truce. Even out that powerful motive, however. tanf"r.l Stone coultl not have helped Hruce. ht feellnsr of enmity tow-arTh very existence of the frraft syndicate. It wps now plain, depended upon the elimination of this able and relent- - i-- A' d wo-.!- A:AA.;AA; v r It w.is Impossible for Ftanford Stone to tvork In th open. It seemed to him vitally important to hold secret his the Kraft syndl-catronncuon nruo was ro I'vn far from simpectlne It that nfter the cTeath of Anton Iow he confided many of his pirns for th future to .Stone. "Pow's !e.ith Is tnfortnnate." he to!d Ston. "Me mn a rfHaln, but he wan about to turn over a new leaf. He imv- - hern a i'fnl witness, too. 1 have oi:T Irons In the ftre. I m more and r"re convinced that all the irraft In fM city runs ultimately thnt one man doml-r.t'to a central all t'; corrupt elements. I can't r'rike s any particular form of craft. T o what it may be, without central power." weifcerifnc thet snld Str.n reasonable. t sounds Th -- Acs: ,vX' . .. v''f b:r - ' r-- , re-w4t- -- (' ' - - p. fjuf n vl ' ' 1 . - vH " v - . a a ? t Cjp' A a a '':-.; .A A a- ' t'-- Y- sth. A - . r-;- '4 if a? ;-t- : Sa13LMCK;J?LMS DEATH OF k THE. f ;''-;';:'-- A-.'Ail j 'J, : to am of th lk Into the operstionn traction trust. I am convinced that the whole organisation Is riddled with srr i ft and that the rlty In being X7 VV c . -- SV an t left In connection w ; . mrjyt Kls.. V S s.-.-tl I ' J I ! oiir o-- i . 1 s-- fr nt to"! : i i i t le-su- sul-Inl- -- lt very-shor- v. e J Intf-rfer- e busl-lies- nen,'-twistin- g n. j - rs po-k- - et. ( h-- j df. com-soniethi- tele-Mike- 1 1 h-- uai nij 's Skunks usually live in burrows and in very cold places remain in their subterranean homes from December to the middle of February. The young, usually six to as many as ten in a litter, are born in the spring and remain ."' i Jc-- H i, W5 If y .v.",' V . f - Jmtvce OYMrlMITE "V- 49stW J this! CaRTfgio'og and it'll all be over!" given you his orders. Get tint?" "I won't do anything against the "All riKht if you don't mess it up," boss." said Bonner. "He ?Id Stone. "Aw. hire a hall!" said Pete disgust- "Tip me off when there's a good eillv. "T flnn't wnnt von to in.il.il a chance to go after him," said Black. speech. If you don't want n sr.y fo "You can find that out a lot better than ptiM!jiplrite.I citizen, a favorable opportunity and chose a ' hut don't blame me If they tr.k you I can." f. uty to uphold you n th fijrht you time when Honner was at the wheel of out of your cnr antl 5np the bra ?'jiets Stone was In a hurry. He was Y,w rr.lTlsk'n." Ms car, which was drawn up to "tho on you. alarmed 1' it no by Dorothy's very obvious in!tor, nlce than curb. A manv i eople were paPs- - ' nunr-:mv Honner vicious wasn't fatuation by for Bruce. It threatened, he wr M fi transformed and twisted Irg alouir the p.ivt m. nt. I'ete seized I. l 'in and would to hav control her to such an extent feared, nothing Without delay he a moment v. icn P.onner was looking v hit" and malice. - that he his to a Icyulchance than better prove never be able to have his conwould on of A mo his Black, ti e envrlopo the other way and tne iu to tv his Bruce and devotnn even if Bruce had been with way her, so that it fell directly In front of the. fidential Barents. In removed. And so he hurried rescue hia come to man had who things a "Htvk." he said crlttlnaiy. "you chauffeur. Then, sllprtng off in tho ' he need. Hut The of his time the little. e office of Bruce arrival greatest his at "know wh-ryou stan d wish t:e You're crowd, he wotched Honner with the lie j was a and In character. . weak determined Dorothy company essentially lr my power as a man eyes of a fcrr'.-tn ft:..lutIy to the him. On some pretext he got into touch much without f! difficulty yielded Hru.'e I wan o man th be. fall startled tbt" Honner Ircould ly ju: with Black and gave the final orders. wav. No excuses jho envelope. He picked It up. stared combined threats and urgings of Pete. l.u m put out ofth.-t-the no that And then, trying to smile, he went out . him, moreover, I don't care how at It curiously for a moment and then o understand as the come to Bruce harm would into the anteroom of his private office you l it. but if vo l don't succeed looked around, before he tore It open, to greet them. Dorothy smiled as she he did. of anything to set. If he could, whence It had come. to i'd better disappear." t a so in was held And out her hand. Black able ' I'll d my bet." prowled Black Hut t!:fre vas no familiar face around. Stone to Stanford to time report "Were not "Hut ben proved that h"s a He didn't, of course, know I'ete. together, Mr. secure the Stone." she said,really a to he that found had way he In his behavior after tcet w.ns "I'm looking bold of." It man Hut to gayly. hard hus ami Bruce elimination of final I I was he Pete for that ou Inclosure told papa. the thought "No matter. that excus bad sen might he here." reli.-vworst of its the Kraft I . as And syndicate he watched Hv an don't excuse. want ul. xvouidn't Co. i.trested. "I'm sorry he isn't, Miss Dorothy," I.arnisran a slow rin spread over Pete's features, f I want proof that Bru said Stone. "But If you'll call up Boyd tono used Black constantly, but the Penrose's office I attain with our them into a repulsive and won't think you'll get him. were very I'll take between them meetings t he Now rt on the job." after for Bonner, semblance, ugly Larnigan outside while you in do," acred had one seen the glint of the yellow rar"- s'nce Stone knew that Black telephone." "I'll see what I backed bill, looked ur quickly, furtive-- I m,Knt Rt "' time overreach himself Black and vaiushe !. Dorothy smiled her lhank3. She was an'1 he caught in the execution of thar-actoTUack was or.e of a number of aj ly ard then crushed envelope and bill crimealone and by pure accident picked left lfa- - that come about even of the underworld through whom Into his And when. Ju.t a up the dictaphone receiver. To her Mone worked at times. Many an un- moment later. Bruce came out he said Ston mlRht nnv found it difficult to horror and amazement she heard Black a explain his association with such explained fnd 5emins2r!y insoluble mys- notUr.g of what d happeneJ. giving the final orders for Bruce's murcharacter. But to overcome this a 'criminal I've to Kot his number." raid Pete history tery of New York's der! Her heart almost stopped, but she "All I Kot to do now is to get markable and Intricate system of xvould b ' cleared up If proof of all the to control herself and heard on him. and that ought to munication had been established. Dlc-b- e managed crimes committed at Stone's Instigato put her in possession of all And now taphones enabled Stone to hear every- - enough easy." tion could be furnished. of the plot. Then, schoolthe details It was Bonner's best trait, as it thine: that wen: on in 'Black's office or Bla'k. driven by his fear of Stone, turned her features, she went out and ing out. that paved the way for headquarters. There were secret prepared to add another to the list. Bruce Joined and Stone. suc,es. He had the chauffeur phone wires also. And Stone, who r.rur c fjurid it ne esary at thi.t time "1 think I'll go straight home. I to rid? a great 'deal around the city. Matched without intermission, and lit j trusted no one, had so arranged mat-- a was d he few abU to take an op- - ters that even when Black supposed he can't reach papa," she said. "Coming, Jtin qust for evld nee kept htm con of to him alone. s t . ?i 'had shut off the working of the dicta- - Bruce?" talking on the move. Very often jor'nnity "L,ook here, pal." he sabj, "you like phone, another and secret installation He nodded a farewell to Stone and vat until the .mail hours of the r.'-- if 17 ' 1 ith Black thoughtfully. "It's worth nil cot haven't tli. dsihwavj. c anyhow." tryir et. but I'm Pfinsr after mv rvid-ne- e s'o. under Black's Instructions, a hun If. and I mar n" ! your help." dred dollar bill was placed In an en- t nri at your .ervce." said Stone. veiope. which was addressed to Bon- "Am I've toll JO-- i before. I fel. as a rer on a typewriter Pete waited for that It Is my r!M nor-- .; - A!,.;-.-- ' Aj- ;i - tfc 44' - aA5-iaa?- :a - ' .v.vw.",,.'.r'. l :.- -- I Bruce. , dame. Kft sympathetically. "Now. for instance." sat, - nteA FSUCE. m- v.; A A?A,' . : f 3r H1 ft 4 - The gentlemanly fur dealer and the woman who buys furs are less fastidious than a few years ogo, when the names of the animals that furnished some of the peltries were never mentioned, a pretty alias being substituted in their stead, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Today it is quite different. The dealer in furs uses no subterfuge In his advertisement or in his colloquy with his customers. If the muff and collar are of that native American, the skunk, the salesman does not hesitate to say so openly and aboveboard. The mephitis putida is a beautiful animal and not to be sneezed at, whether it is ambulating in the wood pasture or made up for cold weather wear and adornment of some dainty iVS3 AV-5llC-;A' . AVf;?A I ?-- - tiv-'- . s t 1 ". w-lt- h , -- V to. cn i :A?AAMrisipli ?e-ipi?- e.l lesn n' i the stecret hfsd of n.!lrrte. hil p nvrf ul srraft th Then when yez come back make the contact and and ye report biff! Aisy does it see! Don't be drop-pithat stick." Bruce obeyed, working his way into the tunnel. But above when Kelly came out Penrose was waiting by the electric switch. Kelly. "Aisy does It, sorr," said "Give him time to get to the end and starrt back. Then I'll touch the switch, and good night, Larnigan!" "Splendid!" said Penrose. "Here I must get the girls out. They're, inspecting the work. I don't want them to take any chances." Dorothy and Mabel indeed were near by, and Dorothy had recognized Bruce. She had an accomplishment that few of her friends suspected she could read lips. And so, though out of hearing, she knew what Kelly and Penrose had said. At once she slipped into the tunnel after Bruce. "Come quickly! There's a plot to kill you!" she screamed. "Drop that stick and run Don't ask me how I know!" Bruce obeyed. Together they ran for the street, and just as they got out of the tunnel there was a dull roar behind them. Bruce had escaped! But the blast had unforeseen consequences, for the rotten cement gav way, the street fell in, and Boyd Penrose, sitting in his automobile, was swept to his death. wire along. J. 1 taMn "It's tolme yez learned the blastin'. That's the worrk that pays," said Kelly. "Take this dynamite cartridge, now, and a red crross. The hole the driller left is there. Ye see, ye carry the DOaOTHV AND BfUCl-OVEfcHeAf?. THE 88LI0f3: PLOT holder of the mortgage on her house had arbitrarily refused to extend her mortgage, and her lawyer had just told her that he had found no one willing to take It up, good as was the security. Bruce saw in this a plot on I he part of the fifteen to punish him. But Dorothy, without telling him of, her intentions, determined to save him. She had tome property of her own, and she went straight to her father and aked him to advance her a large (mm on certain securities. He laughed as he did so, giving her the money in Larnlgan is in the right, and. we'll back him up. We'll begin by printing your story and putting you on our staff. Go out and get as much more stuff of this sort as you can." A new danger threatened, however. For Stanford Stone had been in the office of Stevens' paper talking to the managing editor when the reporter cash-- . "What do you want it for?" he asked. She told him, and, though she saw the startled look that came into his eyes, she did not know the reason nor that it was Roger Maxwell's insurance company that had threatened to foreclose on Mrs. Larnigan's house. Yet it was true. She had unwittingly defeated a plan concocted by her father and Stanford Stone. Maxwell said nothing to Dorothy of tho truth. Perhaps he dared not. Perhaps it was because just after he learned what she meant- to do Boyd Penrose, his old friend, and his daughter Mabel, one of Dorothy's best girl friends, were announced. Penrose jvas head of the traction trust. He and Maxwell had many interests in common. And in the course of the talk the incident of the mortgage seemed to ' - made hi3 report. Unseen by Stevens, he had heard everything, and so knew that Bruce in disguise was working as SUGAR IX WOOD. a laborer in the subway. At once he German scientists who have investisaw a chance to crush his enemy. He the wood of trees for use as huwent to Penrose, and the two concocted gated man food to eke out the supply of orwood a new scheme for Bruce's destruction. dinary breadstuffs report that contains large quantities of sugar, Bruce, suspecting nothing, was pleas- starch and oil and small quantities of in the winter particularly ed by the praise that Kelly, ostensibly albumen, The food elements are found months. the foreman of the work, but actually principally in the twigs and sapwood the tree. The hardwoods contain the personal representative and graft of the most starch, while the soft woods collector of Penrose, gave him for his contain little starch, but considerable oil. Pine and spruce contain too much work. resin to be used as food, while oak willow contain too much tannin. "Sure, an' you do well for a green- and The wood muet be finely ground and in horn," said Kelly. ."I'll be afther rais- mixed with tho usual breadstuffs can that the digestive organs in' your pay an' givln' ye better worrk order utilize it. to do." LIGHT FROM ANIMALS. Bruce grinned his thanks. He was Ulrlc Dahlgren of Princeton Prof. disposed to like Kelly and to believe that the time will university that the man did not understand the come when predicts the luciferous substancefire-of by composition carried rottenness of the work that was being chemical fish and other animals certain flies, done. Kelly, as was afterward to ap- will be used for illuminating houses, etc. He believes that this will come pear, was a good actor, wasted on the about when the nature and job he held. He refused, in spite of of the chemical constituentsproportions of these substances are discovered, and says Penrose's urgency, to be hurried. a lif?ht having an efthey willofgive "You'd be wantin him to smell a ficiency 99 per cent instead of the 15 per cent produced by lights now in rat," he said. "He's no fool, that lad. uec ile takes carreful handlin' such as he CONTINUOUS ROD CASTING. gets from me. Lave It to me, Mlsther machine A continuous Penrose. I'll see that he goes to king- has been N. J., at Newark. developed dom come. Lave It to Kelly." which will bring about a radical the rod industry. Instead of Day by day Kelly saw to it that change inrods of lead, zinc, brass, copmaking Bruce got better work and more per, aluminum and steel by a rolling as lias been done heretofore, portant to do. He praised him en- - process, the hot liquid metal 13 transferred di couraged him, and he did lull Bruce's rectly from the crucibles to an edless of mold blocl!s in V?e machinesuspicions so that when at last he wasi?ualn comes out continuously as The rod ready to strike Bruce trusted him. lons as the molten metal is poured in. , be forgotten. It was the next day that Bruce and his friend Jim Stevens, the reporter, went to work on the new subway, ht.ving decided that this was the best chance they had to secure first hand of an incontrovertible sort against the trust. Nor were they wrong. In a very short time they discovered the truth of what they had with their parents until the following spring, when they have to make way for another family. The skunk is a beautiful and graceful animal and when seen in the woods presents a kittenish appearance. Skunks are nocturnal in their habits and frequently travel considerable distances, entering villages and the suburbs of cities where they commit havoc among fowls and eggs. There are several species of this animal that range over North America from Hudson bay through Canada, Michigan, Indiana and to the south through Mexico to Cential America. It is about as large as the domestic cat, the body twelve to fourteen inches Ions and the tail nine or ten inches more. The prevailing color is black, with wrhite markings in the forehead and neck and a white stripe on each side of the back. Sometimes the white stripes are narrow or altogether wanting. The tail is black mixed with white or tipped with white. When taken young and handled gently it Is said to make an agreeable and pretty pet, but even with this recommendation culled from natural history it is not likely that this animal will ever become a popular favorite. rod-casti- , . ng ce - ' 1 |