Show iceo 0 1 4 P 0 novelized from the motion picture play of the same name by the universal film manufacturing co SYNOPSIS la delle belle an mal queen fatally injured by tigers dice diem after rivine birth to a baby ab 7 doctor lund owner of the cir circuit e u a 1 IA belle Bell otil husband refuses to lecog ilio the cali L 1 IA la alelle In trusts the baby to III a down town t ir hip lip rear rears I 1 eg as a circus rider later doctor lund a second wife determined flee not hare share lund I a million millions and mends end a hindu enfant servant to lie din so of hr her doctor lund mend nili 1 s th r I 1 get from flip nip letter that prove O 0 s I 1 iura es parentage paren iund lund jr follow follows the chit determined to bleg ie at alter ter being a at t the mer mercy of the lion lions on three iff pee white while in her dressing 11 a tent Is I 1 locked locked in a wardrobe theat lund jr in his hi attempt tu rowie her tier Is I 1 knocked enee mense ler less by the hindu who hae has the let ter from nip FIFTH EPISODE before be left tho the tent with peg so aurely locked in tho wardrobe drobe chest end and young lund lying senseless upon tho the ground fiendishly dropped a lighted match into man mas ii ot of circus posters that bad cameles carelessly aly been thrown behind ono of the tern tem stored in fit the tent young lunde lunds good constitution ilcken ed hie his powers of recovery from chocklos Choc kroa kros stunning blow and he was only prone upon the ground for a balf space of time timo As he struggled tu to re gain his feet the tho smoke from the P burning paper filled bla his lungs and made more difficult dIBI cult hie his blind efforts to extricate himself from tits hi perilous petition position hy by grasping tho the corners of the ery very chest in which peg was locked lund managed to stagger to his feet iio ito half halt fell across tho wardrobe chest while tho the struggling and kicking cir cus girl beat with her hands and heels beels against the top and end of the box despite the still tur smoke that would have otherwise prompted him xo to seek frysa nir dir ruith VIM toun iund lund I und realized in a dazed way that there vas as something or somebody Bome body alive within tho chast to save this alito oven at the hazard of ills tits own now inow became young lund a purpose ito wrenched with hie tits bare hands at the locks and hamps that hold so curo cure the cover of the wardrobe cheat chest alleg frantic with fright and apprehend app rehon slon aion kept pounding and had licking kicking tho the of the box her signals having tho the effect of making kinking young lind L nd redouble double his frantic efforts hut but wita all hie his strength try as ho he tho the cover of tho the box resisted tho attack attacks of his baro bare hande hands uri graving ing the handles of the heavy chest and its human contents lund bent beat bis his strength to tho taek task of drag the tho box from the tont tho choking smoke blinded his eyes and filled his lungs the task seemed ut time beyond accomplishment hut but lund stuck stuck frantically at his work and slowly inch by inch worked tho the bedlivy choit over to the sidewall of the tent then ho he coaled era v led oitt outside aide where the air was pure refreshed by a few deep drafts of puro pure air his ro vired red and 9 f x N SILLES AR SPA S sr 41 V t V rhe waa greay rejoiced to find that it lifted in another 11 ho he had bad dragged tho the wardrobe bliest froe of thi tent ond and continued to haut it along tho the around the iro started by the flen cendia diol chogro had bad by bild time little comment bated to other uther combustibles it ic the lent thit flaming up and finally reaching the cloth sidewalls once tao cantus canvas was on fire the tint was as doomed and the simmer breite breio b t tn gan to watt the flames right down the line tent after tent as they stood cide side by ty bide side catch ing firo oro from the puke sparks or large pieces of burnlee cloth that were carried long by the wind the conrd was assembling tor for the oTe Tf taing attig abow and the performers were vere making reedy ready tor for their share in iho ahe in the men a dressing tent blip flip the clown was uneasily making his preparations ho ile was mystified because pee peg had not put in an ap appearance as ghe she usually did to greet aim before sho she began dressing for the ring unnerved and apprehensive because of the unusual things that had lately transpired flip decided to investigate when whelk be he stepped from the tent he was startled by the excited cry of firel that came to his ears with terrifying effect peg peg my girl where are you I 1 flip shouted as an be he dashed to the entrance of the women e dressing tent firel fire firel fire the dread cry aas as passed along from mouth to mouth in an instant the alarm had spread to every part of the lot and soon reached the in herfor of the big top where the as isem bled audience aud lenco echoed ae re frightful call wild disorder transformed the scene into pandemonium tto crowds rushed panic strick stricken cri from the main tent and thronged over the circus grounds employees Employ cea of the show hurriedly formed themselves into bucket brigades in an effort to quench the flames with the first cry of alarm th ani mal men meli keepers trainers and liu huskies skies set abat moving the cars kind sa as speedily epee dlly aa as possible they were dragged away from the menagerie tent and the big top in all the excitement poor III flip dis tracton tract with apprehension and fear for pegs safety rushed around half mad and had it not been for his frion lly associates ho he would have lost his ward obe searching high and low amons among the tho burning tents dashing in amid the lames flames ho lie was continually calling for per bis wn n arl icar W cynt w itter sr lly ity when whon the show people wore able to get borne some oi older der out of coutu slon w tind aa as tho the names flames died away because tt U lee vas as nothing moro to consume th pt turners repaired to tho circus train while the conti continued nied to move the show property prop eity abit was as saved from the lot to the cars flip bad had a faint hope of finding peg on the train grasping at the straw of possibility that she had made b h j r way to the sleeper during the tho contusion on tho the lot hut but the old clown aas aa doomed to disappointment and his grid was pitiful as ho he ran through the sleepers elet pers calling for peg and searching la in ivory berth available for signs of lis lj little birl girl having brill enlisted sted the other perform era ors in the fruitless search flip left tho the show train determined to return to the circus in another meager hope of finding peg meanwhile events had been strangely shaping themselves within a atones stones throw of tho circuit circus groupie group Is and pegs peril was constantly increasing the burning of the circus provided a cloak for some dastardly deeds when young lund hauled tho the ward rob robs chest containing peg from the burning tent ho be proceeded while his greneth Kr eneth enath held out to drag bis his burden toward the street which passed along the back of tha lot the show grounds were fenced in on this side aide and toward a sk gat in the fence once lund hallei peg ia in the heavy chest it was slow work and extreme ly laborious lund t experience in the denso dense so quickly following his attack by Choc kro so weakened the young doctor that he gradually gm dually succumbed to the strain just ad ho he had dragged the chest half halt through the open gate in the fence once his strength cor plemely failed him and he fell senseless across tho the wardrobe box tiers here he was dincov ered by a policeman who attracted ly the fire came running up the street bound for the burning circus seeing the tho helpless bej pless young lund ly ilir on the wardrobe Aar drobe chest the officer concluded that there waa was wok wo vo k tor for him to do immediately and witheat proceeding to the birb ho he raised lund in his aaront arma arms and carried him down the street arriving at a patrol box he rang ranc for in ambulance and cent tent lund to the hospital the policeman had not proceeded with hia his burdan halt a block until four rough looking characters caan run ning across the street on 01 their way to the pre they ii a aged tom toni t om oni a lumber ard directly opposite the show grounds and headed for uie the gate If hello ellot weats die dast I 1 said the burly loader leader of the th rack of cumans ruf as he ho ran smack into the tho wardrobe choit chest standing halfway through the gate sate die din looks worth while lots lot awl it and anti they proceeded to scipo tho the tour four men raised the wardrobe chest to their and without further comment started with it hur bur rielly across tho street end and entered tha lun lumber itier yard frequently halting to lost the heavy he box on piles of lumber while they took a breathing spell taft thugs proceeded through the lumber yard until they reached a house old and rather dilapidated in it iti i exterior dut but the building was a strange amuse arrange ment of modem modern appliances that kingdo it a place of mystery indeed entering directly from the yard with their burden the deposited the box on the rough floor ot of what appeared to bo be more ot of a storeroom or cellar than anything else boxes were piled plied in heaps plank planks and bits of lum her ber were strewn about and at the foot of the stairs leading to the floor above there projected into the room a square boxlike structure that ex tended from floor to ceiling ono of the thugs approached and opened a sliding eliding door that disclosed a darkened interior into this black hole the men carried peg who was still locked securely in tho the wardrobe cheat chest 0 0 when the girl heard strange voices as the roughs discussed tho the discovery of the tho cheat chest at tho the gate to tho the show grounds she decided that it were best beat to keep still and not disclose her pros ence she could bear voices but could not distinguish exactly what va was s 8 said aid peg felt herself being raised with a stealy swift movement atter after the men had carried the wardrobe chest into the dark bole hole soon the men began beran again to more the box and peg felt heraelto and her movable prison suddenly bumped down as upon a floor goor people in the town called the place where peg bad been taken I 1 tho the house of mystery located in a sparsely settled district on the outskirts of the city it was wag the only for several blocks in any u direction it was surrounded by a high feuce on all sices except where it fronted on a corner of the lumber yard vrho nho owned the haume or why lumber stored in great piles in tho yard nobody seemed to know or care certain it was that no busl bust ness was dor dord 4 by the lumber yard and the only people who were ever seen around the yard were a few rough looking individuals who hold no com communication munica if 0 a ith the stragglers they occasionally met in passing to and from the place shortly after pei peg had been carried into tho bouse house of mystery a big au was rapidly driven down the road that separated the lumber yard from the show grounds the flames from the burning show property ilia initiated the immediate surroundings i and with the moon shining brightly over all the lumber ard was wits almost ai as bright as dav day when tho the machine turned in and threaded ita its way among the plies piles of lumber until it topped stopped before the bouse house from the machine stepped mrs lund wife of doctor lund tho the owner of he circus what her thoughts had been teen when eho the taw saw her husband husbands property in flames wore not displayed or even indicated by her actions or anything she subsequently said clearly the had other end more im matters in mind than the safety of her husbands property there was a fiendish look upon her face and her eyes gleamed through the heavy veil yell that well concealed her hardened features she kent ent straight to tho the door through which peg ha I 1 iut a few previously been cald ca l 1 d and climbed the stair to the first door floor sho she was evidently not expected by bytho the occupants of the place for there was no one in to the ilia room when she entered mrs lund passed through tho the par lor to a door th tbt t led into a hallway hallay oud slid froin from there ehe she passer Passed upward an other flight to the room in which fhe discovered the four thugs working at the fastening s of the wardrobe ward chest they had just broken the last one ono of at tho the fastenings when mrs lund sur bur priced primed them with her sharp commard 1 I wan want you rien rieu to come down to tho the parlor ant listen to aliat ive got to 0 o eay snapped the woman in loud and imperious tones itally ece gee der bos boss Is here beret said one of tho the toughs drawing a long breath as ho completed tho exclamation t what do youse t link ink of flat daff ills III com companions equally surprised expressed no opinion but followed their leader downstairs to the parlor where mr ira lund arrived abbad ot at them and sit 41 waiting by tho the auble you men will hate to be mom ewel tul said mr mrs lund or we win will Z ull 11 lad land in jail the tho first thine thing I 1 want to I 1 know Is why did yon you put thia thib eating dating language in ft a letter jaquest jaques and mrs lund addressed herself to the man who had bad been the leader in the gang operations since they discovered tho the wardrobe box at the gate leading from the show gounde sounds well ite its a act fact boss said the crook addressed as jaques we ar are 0 hating having a hard time obeying the money we make here and 1 I for or one am about done with the game lou IOU can pay me my price right now and I 1 in m over with the job his ills companions indicated that they were of the same samo mind as well ell 1 I ou are a fine lot of you are eald said mra mrs lund her voice vibrating with corn scorn and rage I 1 I 1 leu cu get frightened at tho least little thing but it if you really insist on quitting III 1 II 11 try to compromise with you taking a big roil of bills from her handbag mr lund counted out a liberal share for each man and banded handed it to him I 1 take this on account atay stay by the gime gme and you t pass any more of 0 the queer stuff until your fright weara wears away dut but I 1 want you to stick with me and III pay you juat just the same as though you were passing counter felts tor for me dut but it if any of you don t want to be reasonable well you 11 wish you had been that a all I 1 ive ve got tu to say I 1 now I 1 im in going to the machine room to see the foreman you men are through until gets here I 1 ra going back homa right after I 1 see the foreman but will be here in a couple tit of hours so all of 0 you come back and get got your orders from him then mrs lund passed from the room and her hirelings went back to investigate the chest they had brought in they were so go busy talking to their boss that they neglected to tell her about bringing in the box there was as a surprise in store for the crooks when they lifted the lid saia sava tor for a few circus dresses the box was empty aa As they held tl ese two or three costumes aloft jaques said to his puzzled companions and we lugged dis box clean here to git something none of us can so 90 well a fino fine joke rid r id one of his compi alons aw awl never mind the skirts ets beat it over to the fire and see it if we wa 1 fr q pl rak eli N V fi s vj ba 4 aa U 41 r all four pounced upon young lund can pick up that a worth baring having said 0 th 1 k and evidently ol 01 ile e opinion that the suggestion waa was wb aton IN acting upon the counterfeiters ow ended the stairs and lett left their den ak the door they bad had entered when pee peg discovered 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