Show CG 0 Ms novelized from the motion picture I 1 play of the same name by the universal Unive ial film manufacturing co clym 1916 by IN TIM 11 FIRST EPISODE those cats will get you some eald said flip the circus dowa clown to 0 la delle belle la famous animal train or r one day after ehe she had emerged froni train the cage containing her three tero loue lous tigers i I 1 well it wont make much difference dimce the famous animal queen responded spondee spon ded were Is little joy in life for or affie ane under the present circumstances the show was in winter quarters qu artora preparing for or another season doctor lund a physician who paid more inore attention to the circus ho he owned iban than ho he did to the practice of at his profession fes sion was on hand to supervise the york ork it did not take the newly ar jived ived members of the company long to d discover that the showman also found vito 1 for the companionship of a car ain tain party who generally drove out from rom town with doctor lund lind in th the morning and called tor for him with a stylish horse and carriage late in the I 1 afternoon k looks aa as though there might be a e mrs doss boss around this show before long tong t one of at the newcomers remarked to bis his partner after a day or two of observation I 1 oh lund dont dean mean business interposed t ter posed one of the men who wha helped la delle della with her bar tiger act he ile used t to be pretty soft on this animal queen but now be he will hardly even give b r a look but a day or so later the husky busky would have thought differently had bad he ovea ove jeard eard the conversation 4 bat hat passed between la dello belle and the owner ot at tho the show they met near her cage of animals and when la delle belle made an effort to attract bla his attention doctor lund aried ried his bid best to avoid her you must listen said la delle belle in low ow tones I 1 you must hear li when lund stopped impatiently t there was a distressed look upon his ace and bo ho glanced guiltily around to see ee it if they were observed x dello 11 put her anna arms around big his neck and drew his head down conr bough nough to whisper bl aper something eom ething close in his car lund drew back as though ho he fero kware shocked there was a cold cruel look k in his hia eyes as be responded sharply a arpy 1 I 11 dont care what Is going to happen en I 1 tell tel I 1 you our marriage must be inept kept a caret secret at any cost and turn dg ag sharply away he left la delle belle fan ding crushed and dejected an as eadi streamed down her pretty face flip the clown from a little dis tance anco bad had observed the meeting be tween la delle belle and the owner of the show ho ile now hurriedly came to her ade side and in sympathetic tones soothed her ber as best he could until hor her spasm of f grief had based away 0 0 well chonoy here Is the blow off own town tor for thia this circus said flip the great clown of the worlds greatest show as be he helped a pretty girl down from the steps of at one of at the sleepers alee pera in the train of gayly painted cara cars that had just stopped at ati the end of its to all night run yes and of all towns on earth tor for me to close the season in responded to 4 N P peg 0 the ring he the girl safely landed on the road led bed and looking hurriedly toward the town awn half bidden hIdden among the locust rees trees indeed it la Is your donaa town for fair continued flip 1 accepting the girl ilits a remark as h they ere a part art of bis his unspoken un thoughts Chon lits little did anybody in the crowd of arly early rising curious who had come lown down to the railroad to eee see the cirus cua pull in realize that there aa to be e so much of moment in the quiet of the little southern city in this iset last ex oz hIbIt lon of the circus tor for that year still less could tragedy be scented la in the carefree care free demeanor of the circus people aa as they piled out of their sleepers ilee pers and hurried along toward tle lot where breakfast awaited swelled bt ai la in the cook took house as the dia din ir teat tent nith with these traveling outfits Is ali As the show folks flocked along to ward their waiting and welcome breakfast an observant person could find scattering evidence ot of the sentimental elde side of the rugged life the cir cua cue nomads must lead here tiers and there in the moving throng could be singled out interesting pairs who moved more leisurely than thin did most ot of their companions yank hawkens made free with him position as an irresponsible atom among tho the rest by shouting a taunt to some of tle tl e laggards whom he be passed in his rush for the cook house come on corkey take bold of her bar band hand and run with her she needs need s her cakes more than she docs does your you r soft talk bawled yank to one of the acrobats and you flip good advice for you too but nip paid no heed too deeply waa he immersed in bis his own thoughts of the fast approaching hour whon he must part frum L 1 Il pello lello the famous animal queen who walked silently by his side all season those these two nip the ta fa clown and la bella belle la bad had sought each others other a company early every morning when the train pulled into town and they were seldom apart for many moments of the day until timo time came to seek their berths when the circus started on its all night run flip was sad aid with the thoughts that ame in realizing how soon he must part from the girl whom he bad had grown to love so dearly despite an ansur mountable barrier that stood between them la belle la bleur was distressed in heart and mind with theme morlea morles recalled by their arrival in this quaint 01 old 1 southern city where two years previously she jibe bad had made the great and grave mistake of consenting to marriage with a man she did not lore love and had since learned to loathe it was right here in this old south cm em town that she had narrowly escaped death when the circus she first traveled with bad had closed its season just as the world worlds s greatest show was va then closing its season the day flip and la bolle belle became trio central figures in the present story doctor lund was called to attend her ber ho ile devoted more than a physicians c caro care to the circus girl and after ebo she had recovered he prevailed upon her to meet him in st louis louts and be secretly mal married ried but the previously attentive ve doctor failed to become an equally attentive husband and was content to hare have her travel with the circus and make bor bar own way while rhile ho he paid infrequent visits to her and then only when it was most convenient and agreeable to himself the wife played in bis his life a role of minor importance tho the day passed for flip la delle belle and the rest of at the circus folk just as every day had been spent since the worlds greatest stow show began ita its tour dinner over the rush of the afternoon show was on and then came the ost lour of all the circus day for everybody with the show the quiet and carefree care free interim between the afternoon and evening performances for mances ladles and gentlemen your attention for one moment please rang out the stentorian voice yale of the announcer no we now present as the crowning feature of our per performance forman ce mile la belle la cicur with her den of ferocious tigers dimples babe datie and beauty mile la bleur will now entertain you with the most thrilling and death defying exhibition ct ef control over these wild and savage beasts ever presented before the eyes of mortal mant man I 1 the band belched forth a blare of fantastic harmony la belle la bounded into the ring look out for dimples said yank hawkens in a hurried lan undertone artone as a be he held safe sate the s short hort run that led ed to the cage door I 1 ashes been acting ugly aber since the aft atter emoo noo show when you gave her the iron for her bar meanness la belle della eremel col tint to hear there was no time to think no desire to heed anything ibave ave the wild mill of the three great real beasts aa As she quickly sprang through the door and it was slammed behind her flip bad had for that ono one ngit donned abo tb uniform of a property man and stood aa an one transfixed close bo be side the cage in the fascination of the homr moment nt so many timea bad had flip witched watched LR JA bette work her big cats during the season station that he knew know very every move that was to be mado made during the act by girl and beasts and be knew before the door had fairly snapped shut abut behind the tha feux fearless less maiden that something was dangerously wrong bracki cr C krickl r r leckt la belle flashed the whip under the noses of babe end and deputy dimples crouched low in a corner comer when she had never been known to go before with her back to the door la belle bad babe and beauty in fronton front of her but to aar left crouching tow low and growling ominously dimples refused to obey command flip wi etched every move was in a position to see it all and take in as much ot of tv te a awful scene aa as human eyes could comprehend but even flip could never tell just bow how it happened that in the cash flash of an Ini instant stant dimples had sprung from her corner straight to the shoulder of la belle and hung there with I 1 the iron lied tn in his breast there was no one who could say they leard even a moan from la belle pelle the animal men rushed up with heavy irons to prod tho the ravenous rave noua beasts through the opening between the case cago hire then more quickly than it takes to tu tell although in a apace space of time that seemed eternity to the suffering la delle belle the rescuers prodded and clubbed the snarling and fighting besets beasts away from the prostrate form of the clil and while strong men with prod iro aros a guarded the opened door flip reached into the cage and dragged out the now insensible form of poor little la LL delle belle bleeding from the deep gashes dimples had torn in her aboul der and side her spangles angles op and tights lights a sorry remnant of at their previous glories pandemonium reigned the crowd was now well near stampeded flip nip rode rodo in the ambulance that bore the insensible la delle belle once more to the 1103 hospital PItal of the good samaritans samaritana Samar itans and wid they carried her into the same yoom room where ahe she had bad lain in asody two years before and the nurse who was thero there to at tend her was the name mrs ridley who bad cared for her before the emergency of at the doctor in charge and the members of at the hospital chaff eoon door had the still insensible la delle belle as completely ministered to as skill and science could accomplish then flip was remitted and close by her bedside the sorely grieving clown eat sat for days and watched tor for signs of returning animation one morning when flip came softly into the room mrs ridley held up a earning arning finger tor for extra caution and as flip approached the bedside he 1 1 1 P 2 4 I 1 11 if 14 4 K la beill belk la cicur wa was bleeding from tha gashes the beast had torn ill I 1 i her shoulder n i i could barely restrain a cry ot of loy to eee sea that ia la hello delta a face bore a smile of balt half recognition that day ehe she gradually gained in strength until early la in the ehe she as able to whisper to flip get doctor lund toll tell him be he must come and the weak pressure prea aure her hand imparted as he held it in his own was bough donough nough to inspire the clown to any task the doctor was not at hia his office attics when flip called but he left word with the attendant asking lund to eo go at once to the hospital and see circus girl who bad been so nearly killed by her thinking Think lne best beat to tell an untruth and save worry for la belle the real mes sage he gae gave ber her waa was in effect that the doctor was van out of town but might be expected to call on ber her the next day and the sleep bleep and rest she had that night might cave gave ber her strength for the ordeal that she be must won tace faco alono alona when flip arrived at la belle belles bedside in the th hospital next morning morillo 9 he was greeted by lire mrs ridley with the remak here tiers Is in a letter ive rye juat just written tor for IP I L P llo and I 1 in going to take to ke it myself to old lund and BOO see if it I 1 can move his 1 stony heart show it to me ur mrs radley said flip in r u kindly tone M I 1 must know everything that goes on around here you must tell me all that happened and mrs ridley banded the note to flip nip who red read doctor land lund not for the sake of myself alone aline do I 1 ask yoa you to come to me her herto in tle tte tl e samo room where you eald said you loved me fate has decreed that ancher tife life may enter eveaj if it my own shall pay tho the price mrs eidly 7 left the room with tho the note abilo flip sat at by la bolle della 8 bed ida side as an she he slept the hours paced passed and doctor lund did not appear mrs had rt returned turned with the information that she bail hail placed the note la in the hands ot at the doctor himself la belle finally asked that mrs kid rid ley bring hr hor writing material tor for she had bad a menage message to leave that must be penned by her own hand the letter finished la belle bella brott upon the envelope anc II 11 these words for my child not to bo be coerced or delivered until my boy or girl is to eighteen this letter and ray my child I 1 to my faithful tr ieria FLIP then she aled for doctor duail mrs ridley and nip appeased her as beet best they could but as the moments passed there seemed to grow in la belle a eyes a new and strange light ehe jibe seemed to bo be changing in her nature flip could almost tip imagine agine that he saw in her manner a reminder ot of the wild of the tigers which bad had twice almost killed her la belle a face flushed her breast began to heave and there was a look of almost mad determination in her face as with a revival ot of strength etrene lh they both marveled at she sat up in bed and started to peak speak flip and krc ridley to every word ehe the uttered in low but firm and resolute tones 1 I I must ask you mrs ridley a pledge ot of secrecy ee crecy twice you have nursed me once you saved my life but this time I 1 fear your tender ministrations will not avail dear flip fill need give me no pledge for I 1 know hie his lips will be sealed by his reverence for my memory but I 1 cannot die without you two ae an att witness for each other knowing what I 1 have to say when the time shall come that the truth must bo be known mrs bim ridley within a week after I 1 bad had left this very hospital two years ago doctor lund who was so tender and kind at lat time met me in st louis and we were secretly married the record Is there under bis his name aul and sy my own family name la Is Sh the little life I 1 m boon to bring into existence was inspired by this same beast lund who now declines to come to me when I 1 need him most to you dear flip I 1 give tho the care of at my child boy or girl as it may be bring the child up to follow our profession I 1 was a great rider if it there it ip anything in heredity my child will learn readily and you flip shall see to it and flip dear but the sentence was never finished la belle tell fall back from the exhaustion of at her effort and then the hospital physician came and flip waa was led weeping from the room had tied he not been racked with grief flip would haro havo noticed a cran iran bur crying aown own the hall and had la delia delle only known of th mans presence pretence and who be was there would have been a vast differenced iLd la in the career of dr lund for it waa was the father at 0 la belles child who was sneaking awaa owa from the death chamber secretly and covertly cor ertly boctor lund had answered la |