Show P T 1 aff dind WALTER K I 1 ald sr JO T r novelized from the motion picture play of the same name by the tile universal film manufacturing co atik SYNOPSIS 1 la relle 10 lo la l o bleur animal queen injured by tigers die dies after kleint avi g b birtia to a b baby 1 I by doctor dotor lund owner or of th the circus and TA aa belles husband refutes refuses ta cog nual the th child la hell little ln In trusts aby 10 y to 1 hip lip a clown I up lip rear rears I 1 eg seas aa a circuit circus rider later doctor ductor lund a on oft I 1 wite wife determine determines ve hall all not hare share 11 1 lunie 1 n Is millions am and fda hindu find ervant to dispose of her boctor lund end send jivu thun in to bet get from hip lip letter that prove na 1 re 9 11 parentage I 1 und jr ir follow follows the how 1 to marry I 1 ie cc after ane at the mercy ot of lion lions on thre three occa eions ion alec while in her dressing tent is I 1 lo 10 fi 1 in a R ward wardrobe rote cheat chest by ue tte hindu arc into 1 stolen the letter from I hip ilip lip ves in Is carrie I 1 to the den ot of a band of coun terrecer ter of which aich mr irs I 1 lunt un i in the head 1 delaie re laie leases herself from the chet chest when whon I 1 it t ef a releases rc lessly left unlocked but before he 0 can from the house she lie drop drops 0 through hru h an opening in the floor create created then when a secret e elevator evator I 1 Is I 1 dropped from hinder under her fet she manages to gr with her tier hanje hands the ede edge of I 1 the he fin in he the floor and hangs there young doctor I 1 fund unil who ha has come to the rei eue itle of I 1 tg Is overpowered by the hindu and nd the counterfeiter counterfeiters carry him bodily from the houie house 1 r SIXTH EPISODE tes peg dangled in tho the air for a few seconda seconds her tier rail trail hold upon tho the floor our founding rounding the opening through which CA i the trap had just descended giving her a perilous grip on temporary safety hut nut tho the girl a strength in forearm and bands hands was as not sufficient to sustain her weight for very long sho she foil felt her hold slipping and do pita every effort cho she was finally corn com polled to drop precipitately down to the room below she landed with her feet on a chair upon which sho she bad had been bitting sitting when tho the trap fell be fore she he could recover her bewildered menses she was grabbed from behind by strong arms that rendered her helpless la in a twinkling she was thrown to the door floor of tho the trap the chair was sent spinning by a kick from the foot toot of her tier new captor and with a eujen ault tho the trap again started downward with peg iles pinioned by a rong tons hands it to 0 its anut descending floor her iler cries fell upon deaf deat cars care she was at the mercy of 0 chocklos Choc kroa kros burly henchman tho the elevator trap quickly to tt a sub tellar dark and musty ilo ile 4 foro fore peg could realize what waa happening t tho the floor of at tho the elevator waa was mechanically tilted and the girl rolled helplessly on to the dump damp soggy aground she know that her descent iliad finally ended anil aeils fa the elevator was drawn up the she realized that she was alone and olo tho the damp sub collar was till still as death when sho she cried out her boico gave forch a strange sound not a aund of the struggles glea and commotion in other parts of the house of mystery tery reached reacel the girl girle is cars she as utterly alone alon prisoner in unknown conone confines and helpless holp loea utterly helpless meanwhile young doctor lund waa was lighting fighting bravely to freo free himself from tho the grasp of his opponents the thugs had set act upon him hi fit tho the room through which I 1 und had first enter jl A the counterfeiters den bad had P she was at the mercy of chocklos Choe Choc kros henchman given order orders to his men that lund should be carried into tho the yard but a new now idea bad had struck tho the hindu end and he toll told hie his henchmen it a carry lund into another room in tho bouso of mystery tery the thugs were numerous bough nough with their combined strength to hold lund andor control until they bad had car it led him to the room bad had designated then they freed free a tying his bonds he lie goolt advantage vantage of at a brief respite to get ilreath bin breath and to gather his streng tu tiA to for r a n now Os resistance the cans gang Us aas liter utter him la in a twin was and nil in the larger room the scrap waa was renewed ron ewed lund dropped to tho the floor and the ang tu 13 c of counterfeiters fell upon him aa one man they well nigh knocked him this time took pains to do tho th tying hims himself eit and in bott abort order hd had youn lund bound band and toot bad with ith strong cord a SAC tac var b of bie I 1 prisoner then the gang threw throw lund into a corner the four thugs lett left the scene while remained to taunt and bully the victim ho he had caused to bo be rendered utterly helpless hel peg wax was in tho the Bub cellar beneath the room where lund was detal nel helpless As eho she looked upward the leer ing faco face and snakelike alike eyes of the hindu glare 1 tauntingly upon her she knew there was no mercy there she cried in the bitterness of her helpless ness her tier sobs reached lunde lunds cars faintly but sufficiently audible to let him know that someone waa was in dis tress lund folt felt intuitively that it wae was peg and as ho he strained at the lash ings which bound him tho the hindu smiled mulled tauntingly and increased lund a agony by jeering leering remarks the open trap through which the elevator blo vator ran was less than a yard from where lund a manacled feet rested upon tho the floor on tho the wall above him bo he noticed an electric switch stood where be he could look down into tha the open trap reach out his hand and touch tho the switch or face about and address his taunts to young lund without further effort than to turn his tile body by a slight n brement of his feet upon the floor near ive got tot your girl in i trap and ill pay you both off at once fairly shouted turn the water in and let lot you listen eho sho drowns holing lund desperately tugged at bis his bonds ho lie dreaded the hindu hindus threat and as reached over and threw down the handle of the electric switch tho the bound sound of rushing water came to lund s ears cars peg screamed in terror chockran looked down upon her and laughed with fiendish derision lund writhed upon the floor and to his cf of forta forts scorned seemed purposeless hut nut lund a brain was at work ovon oven it if his body was made temporarily use lost by bla his relentless bonds the girl in tho the trap below saw the waters rushing in to oy arcome her A great pipe in the aull it was emptying a flood into the cement walled waited pit and tho the rising tide bid fair soon to aub sub merge the hapless peg the higher tho the tide rose in thu tho pit tho the more fiendish flon deh were chockos Choc koi o 1 hearth heartless sa taunts past heir har knees soon waist wale high thigh the water rose until it lifted peg her feet feel then she noticed a peculiar fact there scorned seemed to bo be a slight burren in one main direction as the water r eddied around her hen peg pet permitted herself to float upon the water eho she realized that sho she was being carried lowly slowly across tho the surface of the pit toward the sido side of tta wall opposite the intake peg moved in tho the direction the cur rent took her and wren she sho bed tied ar or rived against the vail wall there was a noticeable undertow that drow her legs loss and foot feet agel alnet rist the side of the well liko like pit instinctively peg kicked with her feet against the wall and mado made an unexpected discovery through the cracks in a sluice gate tho the water was running out of at the pit lund had bad worked his body across a few feet of the floor until by raising his feet bound together as an they were ho he could reach the electric switch ho ile shoved the handle up and aa a CLock ro attracted by the lessening of the rush of water leaned far over the edge of the tle in the floor lund con tinned bid his maneuver IN forking fast last lund was able to cor coy er or enough floor pace to make up sufficient di to give him a leg length chance to reach the hindu an as he bent low over tho the edge of the open trap in effort lund kicked fl rt algat out with his bound feet and landed in the middle at 0 tho the llin hindus dug back the unexpected acted impact threw oft off his balance bb lanto sent him through the opening and splashing down in 0 the tle water below and ana at hat that instant peg kicked loose the slue sluice gato gate that eho sho bad discovered near the floor in the wall and on a rushing flood ot of water ater sho the was carried into an adjoining room ilia utterly unexpected drop into the pit found the hindu unprepared for the involuntary pluria he lie went under t cam tamo amo to the surface and floun dered around just long enough to give a brief breathing spell before ho he followed her through the sluice gate rees peg wet and te bedraggled dragg ed clothing reta ded her movements and she was alow blow in gaining the foot toot of a steep flight ot of ladde steps that led from the room into which eho she had been fair 1 ly catapulted by the sudden ruh ruth of at water chojiro aboc ro followed her peg iles continued her flight upstairs and clammed the doer behind her then she hurried on seeking an out let at the end ot at a long corridor which she he had suddenly catered entered good load tor for tuno tune WM was with her herthe tho door wu was open and nd peg was soon running through the yard rard toward shelter a md safety la the pile piles ot at lumber the hindu roused by br cuaty ble his gang ot at couf confederates as soon aa as bo be bv mada his way out ot of tho flood ed cellar collar tte thugs were kuckly adi ot of peg pegs escape aoi ld led them into tho the yard and scattered them into individual searching arching ee parties while the counterfeiters were beating back and forth among tho the piles of lumber peg was making her way B swiftly but cautiously out of the maie maze of it timbers chih served her so well ae as shelter and also effectively to baffle her pursuers she soon found herself at the end of the lumber yard and near a net network ork of at railroad tracks upon which freight cars care stood in long rows on she ran out into the railroad yard and mado made her way among the cars car she fled without purpose other than to carapo her pursuers but kind ly fate was as guiding her steps ae As she rounded the end of a long row of cars her delighted gaze suddenly fell upon the circus train lying on the opposite side cf ct the main lino line of tracks when peg dashed into the sleeper steeper where ehe she hoped to find flip the car was crowded with performers old hip flip was seated on tho the edge of his berth lie ile had been heen out all night sc searching arching around the lot inquiring about peg pet from everyone bo ho met and bad just returned to the show train utterly discouraged the other per formers were trying to comfort the disconsolate old clown when peg da dashed s h ed through the door of at the car and with a wild cry of joy threw her self into the arms of her daddy tapir fond embrace was of short du ration for peg iles made haste to tell in brief and excited sentences of her adventures in tho the of mystery sho she begged the show people to follow her back to the counterfeiters den and rescue the person whoever be he might be that wa was being held hold prisoner there blip insisted that peg stay close to him as the party dashed across the freight yards in tho the early morn morning tri they ran through the lumber yard peg retracing her steps as best she could without of coura cour a er climbing among the rows of at upended up ended timbers and his gang had given up hope of finding mcg a and had assem assets bled in front of tho the den to discuss immediate plans whoa tho the sharp eyed III hindu n du dl discovered a co ve red peg and her rescuing party rapidly approaching quick into the house and lay low cried the hindu and he led his gang into the house of at mystery tho the advance guard of circus folk saw the door through which hirt md h erter estered ert ered eJ and more not surprised when thov farind it l 11 1 two of afi turned to the show car cars young bund lund had decided upon hie his immediate plana plans he ile told peg and flip that he would go home for a few days as big father would probably want to advise with i him about the future of the show 1 when mrs lund returns returned 0 home from her hurried automobile trip to the counterfeiting den she owned and controlled she wae was greatly surprised to be informed by the butler that had returned during her ab sence and left word that he had an important letter to give 1 her thie this information came to her early in the morning following the fire at the circus and only a few hours after she had reached home from her all night ride she was passing through the entrance hall on her way to make preparations again to go to the house of at mystery when she beard heard doctor lund in conversation with someone in the library mrs lund stealthily approached the door and listened while her husband talked with jack borgne the man he had bent to the circus for the letter flip possess possessed edthe the very letter that sirs mrs lund bad had reason to believe was right then safe in the possession of at Choc kro her hindu servant how flow could I 1 get the letter she heard jack borgme exclaim when hen the circus burnt up there was eo so much excitement that I 1 couldn t do a thing on tho the letter job I 1 I 1 don t care it the show did burn the letter means more to me than the circus does said doctor lund youve got to get got that letter I 1 tell ou and just to give you another chance III newly outfit the dhow show and open it again right away mrs lira lund indulged in a mlle smile of at quiet satisfaction as she passed on upstairs to her bogra when she wag was leaving the house to take her automobile doctor lund and jack doynne departed through another door and took the train for the disabled circus with all speed mra lund proceeded again to I 1 the house a 0 mystery vi hen mrs lund rea reached cled the parlor she felt thit mit th it sho she was being follo followed Aed when she closed the door after entering she r need that someone had observed her sho she immediately suspected that her counley felting operations bad had been traced to Is headquarters lej iacre was u but one ono way wair cut the cot 1 k aa r u there Is your mani he lie it Is the leader of th counterfeiter tho the athletic threw them selves against the panels and burst the door from its hinger then the rescuers crowded into the house and followed close to peg as she be cautiously directed progress toward tho the room where young lund waa was still lying bound helpless on the poor thus the rescuing party found the object ot at their search and quick resa reas vae mado la in loosening the rope that bound lund so securely when tho the show folks were about to retrace their steps and big filing rang burst in upon theo them running pell mell down a abort flight of of t stairs and en t th i rescuers li 11 a rough and tumble fight the counterfeiters were matched in strength by the athletic circus performers ner formers and anti the battle was wits proceeding recklessly when matters suddenly took an utterly unlocked unlooked for turn abu men with drawn revolvers ap bearr I 1 at the head of at the down which the counterfeiters had bad just rus ru dd to pounce upon the showmen and the leader of at the new arrivals sharply commanded commac ded the combatants bold up their bands hands wo we are members of at the secret service declared the leader |