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Show o THE HERALD-REPUBLICA- SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20, N, 191G Each Episode Is Suggested by a Prominent Author Serialization by HUGH WEIR and JOE BRANDT Produced by the Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Shown Friday and Saturday at the Rex Theatre Copyright, 1915, by the Universnl Film Manufacturing: (in hPfU, tiMtor innfF. .f u of hi tri;- -, v. fP r kil!d ii;l(, ul-i,,- -s tt.-r- aurnt f ')t it rO'itmltt' ' h. or.itrva-- d district rt to frm up r.il effort l"t attorney Ult j fi.;n av cull . . i by ! it.'; V h ;;! trn-i- r thr.f f . tb .1 Ij ;!. Iiht w TVTrv- - ten fiwht on thi ft'--f,tur''r"i. l t r. ho Maxfll. trust. ituro! to ro.-t-- - i..- - )? ?i the IhU i:.tcrs trust and r,.i '..- - ,;r r ;.;:., ;:.-wlior.i kit! Li rut ,i. villi bi'TV. h i p'ot I h rr n anl rh r'ifriVtLft, ftr!: nr eor i!rtorac atto inn f t; i t h:c. r.lr trust h Ht ;trhith lh trfian w ? eai-. ' i fl?il'.r.t rwi h.r lurcth! rr:'in) n; ia ;c!.t. ti.x expf.'. erm'i V,mI. Tu'-- . 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U:T(' than I "Bean's been there and you never a whit- - man, tf joi cm aw a prettier Job!" he reported, stuff jou'r i a luve Lanclrd over ti. "He'a pot the whole rrt I on ago" 'it oldinj -Vr t ,ioT ioil Ston. with a nac plac wired and every wlr leads to an-manrnr that some explosive: It's clever, too you've fcro itv in M vol You ilo feel Ih.at got to hand It to the lad! He hadn't l ti. ran t rrri t I rrcr. I'o you sup fixed it no tf al somtlhlr.jf will po off V.'.tl f m? as aoou a . i the door'a opened tbcre'd re wh.it yon thtfk I orrtf-rthere for omethlnjc to Ko mv tluit'9 a be t.ifc chance You fit to be InrfJe and there'll I'm ou 'Joins Tom'll wrongr. alt. I I! of nut i o be explosions all around him. He t.y j o. i a favor by Uttintc i to once won't have a chance:" Jul. Vol wr foot no.;th "U'U r.T" "Kine work!" enid Ston. "I believe think "U n'lt t a i"n you you've pot thetn tbit time. Dunn. Well, of that th we pot Dudley Iarnigan when he wa I .al'l ain't rofnplAln'.'i." tt'ri diftrlct attorney of New York, and It Ihnm. ::l!rly. but towftl by Stnn'a would be a stranre thins if we couldn't ?r-,;r.,: . r, .uplay of th put these two aor.a of hi out of the m all runnins: ;f ht n.it'ir. "You trr.it ritht :it you'!! fin I rn !Mr,' nil I ran Stone wa rrr.Illnj: a he made hla I tut th Jtr. way to the home of Itoser Maxwell, t.o u) hed cf the Innurance trut. and th ain't hur.ian' ; f orJtnr-vtr i: r?:n any ' fathr of Dorothy Maxwell, the girl v rut whom both Ston and Uruce LArnli;an f;rr th thln Tiy loved. Dorothy atone, except for the ni.iiTt tli '.. x:rit u." ' Tn my Merlons "fifteen" reduced aadly, affiir.' nall Ptor.. ju'ir -h..i ! bcrr. hv the work of the two Lar- i however, Slurry attrn;t if,., I ; but niitan knew the real character of Hn r;. tli'tr t!i-men th or of Stanford .itt.v. stone, and that be was the ...!,' . . ;n l:i !. that b.t of the mot dangerous conspiracy thm. henl t.iv.l Iiiriilx-i" th'-- ' world had ever eeen. of the Kraft Tm las' i'i'ar,. I .IV r vvoul'l Stone a model considered t'Ot't ft) .11 it hrth-Cveryon ete . I watt-h-was Interested man i a t tf 1ia'5. rich wh.) l,;.i,vri citlsep. ptrrs tu"1 in Ivie reforrr., who (tavf with the or ! :r tti fri-f- . i" tip to uimojt l;t- r.i!it y to charities of all u r to?" to What 9.ft. liven th two I.amiran had ' V, "ii-I ; u I. Iur,r. yet r.o rusptcloa that Stone was the ' -man t j J,ok I.)')'s sir' h' man behindIn all their enemies, the e refpon-ibl; x anv H";-- m ncy who the last analysis, ji f Iffor the murder of their father f: :ti. To:n I..trnlsi.t. rut over numerous attempts that had rv. an It trot the and he's filing rtty mad- - upon their own lives. the layout. I5nti for htov. So t r .i t if h - ' r pet Into Larnlan Dorothy knew the trud. and, though I , no loved Trues, and hated stone, she ?he that .non fU rati flat -r constrained to silence because the will was th fr"'it 0; tvho ;" .:! I it's out r knew that her father was In Stone's ai!n' fir to t.V' rrn . hir.a Mm to r. tvliil' Rvf power; that he was deeply Involved In the criminal machinations of the pans? I . ! f ' J rin'.'.:." rtil that the I.arnlirana had sworn to run tt'av ""U!! . I f'ui.it! tj "It' worth fry-- to earth. Stone had threatened, more Mor.. !. : I than once, that If she betrayed him Iiotr Kt lrT f x k t' ther." !nif he would see to It that her father was "Torn Ltrnlr.'a taken hi ruined, and he had, therefore, had to r ol hi broth er fTruee l still be content with doing what she could t loth-- The In secret to help I'.ruce. And In this, Ir:j- litnc' out toar.dth- - country. for some time, she had had the aid of but nil aloie empty I'tatt rro before he it.irts Kitty r.orkford. her be?t friend. prj fIV n !r.c!; there tvan'.a." Kitty's father, a railway magnate, for A rpn.-n-i of anirer tw..rj stone's had, at one time, been one of Stone's allies and secret partners. I'.ut a catasfenfire?. h a!rt bitterly. "I trophe planned to destroy Tom Larni-ga- n had nearly cost Kitty's life, and !ort wuirit him even to ntart for commis-ri llockford. shocked and remorseful, had With that Infernal sworn to have nothing more to do with irovern-rnen of hl from the had withdrawn there's no Ulllnj- what bell turn th conspiracy. H in down there. Weisner ilcesn't know from tii syndicate, had reformed his he'a too crude methods, and was doing fine and hon-l.nvr to cover Ma track work In the rehabilitation of his on of u. reatlj. but he'a rot so to much power we coutJn't keep him out railway. Kitty, moreover, though she knew les of the truth than Dorothy, of lb ryndlcate." "If Ivan inakM roo.1 he mar Ret to was eaiter to help, for between her and Ivanta but he won't know It"' Tom Lnrr. Isrnn there was something rnn.j that approached an understanding alaui4 Inrnn with a chuckle. -' It:-"And ald though Tom. knowing that he rtood In All rUhl try Slne. Your d.l!y peril of his life, had not felt Ii; warn you airain, Dunn. speaking to her. jetting pretty abort. If youI Justified insaw roj Ston? come In: she knew Dorothy Jon't Miow m result pretty soon a number of other men, wont have any further ue for you." lh.t already Dunn waa afraid lo answer this prominent In the Graft trust, were in time; he went off, Irslead. to fln! the houfc. ?" ! t . r. n. i T i s n-- fit vtr 'i -- p-n- .lt rl .intil Str. ff ; v rrl- Ti-rrc- 'j . i ; ! t c!vrn. ! i Ii-- . n 1 I T ! '':'. sIs: k;t it-r- f . N'n-.v!- v. t.-t- t' - ? 1 ! , J : f n-'- n ! r:-- s u v.-a- . ln " - i : .1 V. ; vt r-- lu-iK- -- - ha "Iv-ipiylvan- !: I'enn-pyH.irl- rn! .i! nt et -- fiM': V.v, w".iV v '4A;tv.,i ;;:(r; . gLu 4 sec-mo-d ! ,.. f.' v A(? - try -- VXV;! lv;,. " -- v - - - J " Pr.L:7w.Lle ICONVERS ATIO N 1 s ,(!. ton a ' - L'v J o: -t ;t- .--;. Whit -- l n 1 rillM'l JMI U l . llot. III ','-.- lmnn :r-"i- r"": ' .11) i. :1! .1 ' r i:t or n li'Vr n- - v a , -- Uu.V t- - i 1 f ; I ry! ; in n r , 1 . r.ulroAd ,''itr. .; f .; oo lh - l'.- i - ' Klill il..-KfiI- '1 '!m ...::.';w - : f:-- - 0mmmmmmmmmmmm Utr U I attorney. U-.i-.i. - and Kitty saw much oi the misery inevitably attendant upon a --strike. The miners were grim and determined; certain elements among them had begun to riot and to try to destroy the property of the mining companies. The militia and the state police suppressed all violence ruthlessly, but the temper of he men was growing uglier, and there could be no doubt that, sooner or later, they would organize and seek to settle matters in a pitched battle. "Poor fellows there's no chance for them against the soldiers!" said Dorothy. "If only they would fight out tho strike peacefully and in an orderly They play into the hands of way! men like "Weisner by rioting!" 'l--.'- . . ' ' 'AVa & fV'lfi H ? "It's human nature to act as they do, though." said Kitty. "lie treats 1 t ; V ,t . Kfct l n I.m!:';:;::. V'.i rwe1; these people horribly. I know my fa- V I t w.- fvt. 't:t: " ther would never have let his men suffer and starve as these men do." "Oh, I'm sorry for them! But they just put themselves in the wrong, in the eyes of a lot of people who are only too ready to believe W'eisner's side of the case anyhow, without waiting for evidence, even." But the two girls, although they saw much that was of vital Interest, did not, for a long time, discover where v-1r.- -.iJ"--;;tXv v vv. fY-'.- : Tom Larnigan was, nor what he was doing. Tom, as a matter of fact, knew that he could not hope to accomplish much unless he was able to' discredit: Weisner. It was W'eisner's claim that the shortage of coal, and the resultant high prices in the cities were chargeable to the strikers, and this had dene much to 'inflame public opinion against IT the men. Tom, on the other hand, v STOHE WA5 APPALLED was sure that Weisner was resorting to an old trick, and holding back great reserves of coal. If he could prove this, and force the release of these reserves, it seemed to him, opinion would walked into the trap. The entrance hall was ruined, but turn to the side of the strikers, and Tom, after the police and the. firemen much harm would be done to Weis- ' & had come, was able to s:o in and naclc ner s cause. . 'iv-this ba.i?. He iruessed the source of thwl So he was making his hunt off the peril he had so narrowly escaped, and beaten path, looking daily for some was able to smile at the disappointment evidence that would support his beof those who had planned his death. lief, since he knew that, guess, no matTom wj.s convinced, bv this lime, that ter how close it might prove to be to he had fortune on his side; otherwise, the truth, would be useless against to him, there was no account- such enemies. it ' And one day, on a specially built ing for his good luck. Stone was appalled and astonished siding, he found a long string of coal when Tom came, a? he had promised to cars, fully loaded. There was proof of do. But he was able to conceal his the most glaring sort that he had been astonishment and his dismav. right, for across the track a shanty "You must spend the night," he told had been built by track layers right .... . j Tom. "You can get. an early morning in the path of the loaded cars! Tom train you might as well have one more began at once to take notes and phonight of comfort. I'm afraid you'll find tographs, and in this occupation Weisit pretty rough down in the coal fields. ner surprised him. The hotels arc poor, and everything, is "Who are you? What right have you upset and disorganized bv the strike, got to come butting in?" asked Tom, so that it will be even worse than angrily, when Weisner began to abuse usual.'' him. Tom and Stone sent for agreed, "I'll tell you who I am and in a ' .. ..... Dunn. hurry!" said Weisner, with an oath. "He's fooled us again." he said, bit- "I'm Weisner the boss of this whole terly. "I don't know how- and I don't country, and don't you forget it!" care! But I've arranged a last chance Tom's-angewas too strong for his for you! He's in this apartment discretion. In a moment he and Weisasleep! You can get through the win- ner were grappling in a primitive, savdow and this time take no chances!" age combat. Tom, with a fair field, "Suppose I'm caught it's murder could have killed his opponent, but you're asking: me to do! ' gasped Dunn, some of W'eisner's henchmen hurried growing: pale. to his assistance, and in a few minutes "You've done it before and I still Tom, unconscious and bound, was have the proofs!" said Stone, fiercelv. thrown into the tool shanty. Weisner," "Which would you rather do have me raging, went up the hill along which : THERE WAS ASTRUGGLEl BUT .DUNN SUCCUMBED hand those proofs to the prosecutor, the siding ran, and stopped at the top, with the certainty that vou'll be con where the first car stood. Then an victed, or take the chance that you evil light came into his eyes. Who is going to "He wants the coal moved, does he?" "I'm Klad you think so," said Weis-nc- girls did not realize that Tom would won't be caught? no "We'd bctU-keep our ears open. to one the catch There's you? give he snarled. "Well moved it shall be!" with .1 sr.cer. "Mc I don't trust be in peril even before he left Kitty," Fho told her chum. "I think alarm except myself!" At once he sprang to the car, uncouthey thought that for him the tho?e men art- plant.! m; fome new dev- your or your arrangements-- Stone! he that knew Dunn but hesitated, You've hid plenty of chances at these danger would begin to be acute when pled it, and began to try to move it iltry." hand. held Stone the whip so soon as As coal messed fields. YVeisner he reached the that, getting on the grade, it would "I heard Mr. up every talking" about Larnifcanr., and you've do it." said Dunn, gloomily. "I'll , en-clown upon the shanty by the force roll I! out him could and managed of them! Let come, s.ny Interference with his business." said they stole they "All right," said Stone. "There's of caro him to sret of gravity. away unobserved. Kitty, "Ho ?ald that if any outfhlers I've fot ways of taking the way you can get in." And at the same moment Dorothy came skulking nrouml the coal mines if he turns up!" "Suppose we vent down?", suggested And at once he went downstairs and Maxwell, who chanced to be within "He's pretty clever," sr. Id Stone, Dorothy. "Down to Pennsylvania? I notified the hall they'd better look out that there was boy that he. had seen hearing, understood his purpose, and don't believe Tom realizes the dangers a V"'ibl cnot'gh there already without mockingly. to get into' his rooms! suspecting that Tom was in the shanty, burglar trying "He'd have to be to dodge a bullet!" he will face down there and we might In any more from outside." brlr.sins. was the very breath of life -Treachery The ear They'll talk ii the library," said said Weisner. "You see there's a save his life! I'm sure we could be of to Stone; lie meant to use Dunn to rid ran desperately toward it. saw that gained momentum; Dorothy Dorothy. "If we 5l!p In th"re new atid good deal cl rioting on account of the some use." himself of Tom Larnigan, and then, at she would be too late. But Kitty Rick-forit mattered suckers think we The can strike. Into "I'm willing," said Kitty, eagerly. the same time, rid himself of one who curl up the little alcove, lio nearer the bottom of the hill, unin that bipr settee. If they find us we to me whether or not they struck! "Dorothy what a terrible lot cf men could give damaging evidence against derstood Dorothy's frantic gestures. can pretend to be asleep." They couldn't have pleased me belter! they are!" him by haVing Dunn caught red handnot She ran toward the shanty, off. "I know it," said Dorothy, soberly. ed. So, he thought, Dunn would be They put their plan into execution, It will teach people where they get realsee. she but what would knowing I do we need we've got what "Well we'd better start, so that they eliminated as well as Larnlgan. and, as the expected, they soon heard The coal izing that there was some danger for the voices of the. members of the syn- care if there's trouble getting enough won't be suspicious." But Dunn, suspecting something of some one inside, since she could see dicate the survivors of the original for the cities! I should worry If the was nervous. He bungled his this, Tom, meanwhile, had gone unsuscar the racing down. And just in time, fifteen. Fto.ie spoke first. price goes up out of sight! Instead of being able to she pectingly toward his flat. He meant to entrance. dragged Tom outside and a mo"Weisner you needn't worry," he there you are. accept Stone's invitation: Stone could, spring on Tom and kill him before he "Well, anyhow ment later the car ploughed through said. "I saw Larnlgan just now met There's trouble burnings, riots. The he knew, give him valuable informa- awoke, Dunn found his victim awake him as he cam from the station. He's state police can't hold them 1 got the tion as to conditions in the coal fields, ready for him, with savage fingers the frail structure, smashing- it to taken his mother and his brother down governor to send soldiers. They picked and he had offered to do so. He did clutching his throat. There' was a ter- kindling wood. The two girls freed Tom. And then to the country. He explained to me r them from other parts o the state, and not see the rpy who lurked in the lower rific struggle, but it was Dunn who . saw a group cf men gathered on they that he wanted them to be whr It they ve got ball cartiriuges There's hallway of his apartment house; it was succumbed; Dunn, who trussed and about half way up. Tom went the hill, was safe and quiet, because he had to bound lo be shots flying and if Tom with the utmost unconcern that he in- helpless, remained down when the he sober faced, in a few up; returned, go down to Pennsylvania !" Larnlgan happens to stop one or two serted ins key in the door. He stopped fight was over. And Tom, still unsus- moments. "He has to, eh?" said Weisner, an- of them, whose fault is that? His, for a moment, holding the door open picious of Stone, went out to find him. "Weisner's foot caught as he started "I caught a burglar for you, Mr. grily. "That's my country that coal ain't it, for butting in?" with his foot and bent "down to stroke car in the brake," he said. the country! I don't Ktnnd for any sneak"Well, that's a good enough idea, a cat that had rubbed against his leg. Stone," said Tom, when he saw Stone "He was caught dragged alond and killed." ing spies in my section, i can tell you! Weisner," said Stone. "Only I don't The cat," he guessed, must belong to returning, with two or three of the Tom not avert much of the could Down there a man with money still has believe he'll ever get so far as Penn"He's tied his neighbors. Then he straightened employees of the house. trouble that followed, but Weisner's something lo say nbout how thing are sylvania. I Invited him to come to see up, and pushed the door open. But just up In there!" run we'rd not as cowed as you New me tonight and Z don't believe he'll then a mouse ran across the doorsill; "Good work!" said Stone. The man death and the government action that followed Tom's report brought about York fellows!" ever get so far as my house, even!" the cat sprang after it, in hot pursuit. had missed his vocation; anyone who a settlement of the. strike. And "r till to me a good thing The two slrls couldn't hear all of the Instantly there was'a blinding flash; a had seen him then, and had known, onespeedy more name was crosed off the to keep him frni solng down there it conversation. It was W'eisner's voice, deafening roar, and a great explosion too, what his real plan had been, x fifteen. list all. If possible." said Stone. "I'll make heavy and powerful, that was most hurled Tom half way down the stairs. wrould have been convinced of that. original(End of of Episode Eight.) no promises, because things have gone plainly audible; Sfone, from a more He was bruised and shaken, but he was In him a great actor was lost to the The United States in 1915 had sixty-nin- e wrong before when they seemed to me hi ;..'" ly developed sense of caution, not seriously hurt; no bones were bro- stage. He' concealed his fury, his dislynchings, an increase of sevenI Tom Larnigan, teen over 1914. definitely arranged. Hut don't think pitched his tone low, so that only an ken. And, even as he picked himself may at the sight of you'll see Mr. Tom Lurnlgan in your occasional word that he uttered was up the spy, hearing the explosion, ran who had once more escaped. Five new Mongolian towns have been Down In the coal country Dorothy opened to trade. clear and distinct. 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