Show I I m oa AM err Novelized from the Motion Picture Play of the Same Name by the I Universal Film Firm Manufacturing Co n l FIRST EPISODE r- r a Th Those x e cots cats will get you some some- times mes said Flip the circus clown to toI La I 1 Belle BUe La famous animal train tran- trainer emerged from er one day after fter she had tile the cage containing hor her three ferocious fero fero- dOUR cious tigers much differ dlLer difference Well Viol It t wont won't make ence the famous animal queen responded re re- there Is la little tittle Joy In Ufo life for forme forme circumstances me rot under the present prevent The show was In winter quarters preparing preparing for for another season Doctor Lund a physician who paid more attention to the circus he owned than he did to the practice of his profession profession pro pro- w was s on hand to supervise the tho work it nf tid fUd not take the tho newly arrived arrived ar ar- rived members of the tho company compan long tong to that Ufa the showman also found Urn tilDe time a for th the companionship of a certain eer cere ceren Kale tain n party who generally drove out from riom town with Doctor Lund In the morning and aud called for him with a stylish horse and carriage late in the ft afternoon moon Looks aa as' though there might be a Mrs Boss around this show before beCore long one one ona ona-oC ona oI oC the newcomers remarked to his partner after a day or two of observation Oh Lund dont don't mean business Interposed Interposed in In In- ono one of the men who helped La Belle Belte with her tiger act He used to be pretty soft on this animal queen but now he will wUl hardly even give her hera herB a B look But a day or so 60 later Inter the later the husky would have thought differently Lad had he overheard the the conversation that passed between en La Belle Delle and th the owner of oC the tho show They met near her cage of animals and nd when La Ln Belle Belte made an effort to attract his attention Doctor Lund tried his best to avoid her You Vou must listen said La Belle Jn tow Cow ow tones V You au must hear When Lund stopped impatiently there was a distressed look upon his face and he glanced guiltily around to toBee see Bee If It they were observed La Belle Bette put her arms around his bis neck and drew his head d down wn long longi i enough nough to whisper something close in his ear Lund drew back as though he were shocked There was a cold cruel look in his eyes as he responded sharply I I IT dont don't care what is going to hap hap- pen I tell teU you our marriage must be kept a secret at any cost And turnIng turning turning turn turn- ing sharply away he left leCt La Belle standing crushed and dejected defected aa as teats teal s streamed down her pretty face Flip the clown from a n little distance die dis tance had observed the meeting between between between be be- tween La Belle and the owner of the show He Ho now hurriedly came to her side aide and in hi n sympathetic tones soothed her as best he could spasm of grief had passed a away way Well honey hero here Is the oft blow town for this circus said Flip the great veat clown of at The Worlds World's Greatest Show as he helped a J. J pretty girl down from tram the steps step of one of oC the sleepers In tA the train of oC gayly painted cars that had Just stopped at the end of or its night All run Yes Yea and Dd of ot all aU towns on earth forme forme for forme me to close the season In responded ti i iI r Peg Pap 0 O the Ring the girl safely landed on the tho roadbed roadbed road road- bed d and looking hurriedly toward the town hidden half among tho the locust trees Indeed It Is your Jonah town for fair lair continued Flip accepting the girls girl's remark as though they were apart a apart apart part of ot his unspoken thoughts Little did anybody in the crowd of rising early curious who had comedown comedown come comedown down to the railroad to see the circus circus circus cir cir- cus pull In realize that they ther was tobe tobe to tobe be so much of oC moment in the quiet o othe of f the little southern city in this last exhibition ex ex- exhibition of oC the circus for that year Still less could tragedy be scented in the tho care free carefree free demeanor of or the circus circus cir cir- cus cue people as they piled out of ot their sleepers and hurried along toward th the e show lot where breakfast awaited d them in the tho cook house as ns the dinIng din din- Ing fog tent lent with these traveling outfits i la is s called I f A Ae the show folks flocked al along ng toward to tow ward their waiting and welcome breakfast an observant person could Ond scattering evidence of at tho the semi senU- mental mental side aide of the rugged life UCo the cir cirr circus circus cus cue nomads must le lead d Here and there there- thereIn In the tho moving throng could be singled out Interesting pairs who moved moro more leisurely than did most of at their companions Yank Hawkins Howkins made free froe with his hie position as an Irresponsible atom among tho the rest reat by shouting a taunt to some of the laggards whom ho passed e l In his rush for tor the cook house house se Como Come on Corkey take hold of hor her hand hand and run with her She needs her cakes more than she does your soft talk bawled Yank to one of the acrobats And you Flip that's good advice advice for you too But Flip paid no heed Too deeply was he Immersed In his own thoughts of the fast approaching hour when he must part from La Belle DelIe the famous animal queen who walked silently by his side aide All season these two two Flip Flip the famous famous fa clo clown n and La Belle La had sought each others other's company early every morning when the train pulled town and they were seldom apart for tor many moments of the day until time came camo to seek their berths when the circus started on au Its alt alt- night all Ight run Flip was sad with the thoughts that came in realizing how soon he ho must part from the girl whom he no had hao grown to love so dearly despite an Insurmountable Insurmountable insurmountable mountable barrier that stood between them La Belle Bello La was distressed lu in heart and mind with the memories recalled recalled recalled re re- re- re called by their arrival In this quaint old southern city where two years previously she had made the great and grave mistake of consenting to marriage with a 0 man she did not love lova and had since learned to loathe It was right here in this old southern southern south south- ern town that she had narrowly escaped es caged death when the circus she first traveled with had closed its season Just as The Worlds World's Greatest Show was then closing its season the day Flip and La Belle Belte became the central figures In the present story Doctor Lund was as called to attend her He devoted more than a physicians physician's cl clans cian's ns n's care to the circus girl and after she had recovered he ho prevailed upon her to meet him In St. St Louis and be secretly married But the previously attentive doctor failed to become an equally atte attentive Uve husband and was content to have her travel with the circus and make her own way while way while he ho paid infrequent visits to her and then only when It was most convenient and agreeable to himself The wife played In his life Ufe a role of minor importance f The day pa passed 8 d for Flip La Belle Belte I ana the me rest or the circus folk Just lust as every day had been spent since The Worlds World's Greatest Show began Its tour Dinner over the rush of the afternoon afternoon after atter- noon show was on And then came the hour of all alt the circus day for tor everybody with the show show show- the quiet and carefree free Interim between between between be be- tween the afternoon and evening per per- Ladles Indies and gentlemen your attention attention atten atten- tion for one moment please rang out the stentorian voice of the announcer announcer announcer an We Wa now present as the crowning feature of our performance Mlle Mile La Belle La with her den denof denof denof of ferocious tigers Dimples Babe Dabe and Beauty Mlle Mile La will now entertain entertain en en- you with the most thrilling and defying death exhibition of ot control over these wild and savage beasts ever presented before the eyes of ot mortal mortal mor mor- tal tat man The band belched forth Corth a blare of fantastic harmony La Belle Belte La bounded into the ring Look out for Dimples U les said Yank Hawkins In a hurried undertone as he held safe sate the short run ruu that led to the cage door been acting ugly ever over since the tho afternoon show when you gave her the iron for her meanness La Belle seemed not to hear hear there there was no time to think no desire to heed anything save the tho wild rush of the three great beasts as she quickly sprang through the do door r and it was slammed behind her Flip had for that one night donned the uniform of a property man and stood as one transfixed close beside beside beside be be- side the cage In the fascination of the moment So many times had Flip watched La Belle work her big cats during the season that be he knew ever every move that was to be bo made during the act by br girl and beasts beasts and and he knew before 1 the thedoor door had fairly snapped shut behind behind be be- hind tho the fearless maiden that something some some- thing was dangerously wrong Crack Snap r C-r-r r C-r-r-ack r La ack ackLa La La Bell Bello e 1 Hashed flashed the whip under the noses o of f c Babe and Beauty Dimples crouched low in a corner where she hart hael never had never been known t to togo togo o 1 go before With her back to tho the door La Belle Betle had Babe Babo and Beauty In tn 1 front of h her r but to hor her loft crouching g low and growling ominously Dimples Dimple s 1 refused to obey command Flip who watched every move was In a position to see me e it all and take inas in inas as much of the awful scene as aa human eyes could comprehend comprehend but but even Flip could never tell toll Just how it happened hap that In the flash ash of an instant Dimples had sprung from her corner straight to the shoulder of La Belle Bello and hun hung there thoro with tho the iron fixed In his breast There was no one f who could say they heard even a m moan from LaBelle La Belle The animal men rushed up with heavy Irons to prod the ravenous beasts through tho the opening between tho the cage cago bars Then more quickly than It takes take to tell teU although in a space of time that seemed eternity to the tho suffering La Belle the rescuers prodded and clubbed the and fighting beasts away from the prostrate form of ot the girl And while strong men with prod- prod Irons guarded tho the opened door Flip reached Into the cage and dragged out tho now Insensible form of poor little La Belle bleeding from the deep gashes Dimples had torn in her shoulder shoulder shoulder der and side sido her bel spangles and tights a sorry remnant of ot their previous glories Pandemonium reigned The crowd was now well near near stampeded Flip rode In the ambulance that boro bore the Insensible La Belle once more to the tho Hospital of the Good Samaritans and they carried her into the same room where she had lain in agony two years before And the nurse who was there to attend attend attend at at- tend her was the s same me Mrs Ridley who had cared for her before beCore The emergency service of tho doctor in fn charge and the members of the hospital hospital hospital hos hos- pital staff soon had the still Insensible insensible ble La LaBelle Delle as completely ministered to as skill and science could pi Ish Then Flip Flip was admitted and close by sher her bedside the- the sorely grieving clown sat for tor days and watched for tor signs of ot returning animation One morning when Flip came softly into the room Mrs Ridley held up a warning finger for extra caution andas andas and andas as Flip approached the bedside ha r could barely restrain a cry of Joy to see that La Belles Belle's face bore a smile smite of ot half conscious recognition That day she gradually gained in fn strength until early in the evening she sho was able to whisper to Flip Get Doctor Lund tell teU him he must come and the weak pressure her hand imparted as he held it In his own was enough to inspire the clown to any task The doctor was not at his office when Flip called but he left word with the attendant asking Lund to go goat goat at once to the hospital and aud see sec the circus girl who had been so nearly killed by her tigers Thinking best to tell ten an untruth and save worry for La Belle Delle the real message message message mes mes- sage he gave her was in effect that the doctor was out of town but might be expected to call on au her the next da day And the sleep and rest she had hall that night gave her strength for the ordeal that she must soon face face tace alone When Flip arrived at La Belles Belle's bedside In the hospital next morning he was greeted by Mrs Ridley with tho remark Here Is a letter Ive I've Just written for tor La Belle Bello and Im I'm going to take it myself to old Lund and see If I 1 can move his stony heart Show It to me Mrs Ridley said Flip FIlp in a kindly tone l I 1 must know everything that goes goos on around hero You must tell teU me all that happened And Mrs Ridley idley handed the note to Flip who read Doctor Lund Not for tor the sake of myself alone do I ask you to come to me Hero Here in the same samo room where you said you loved me fate has decreed decreed decreed de de- de- de creed that another life lICe may enter even if It my own shall shaU pay the price Mrs Ridley left leCt the room room with the note while Flip sat by La Belles Belle's bedside bedside bed bed- side as she slept The hours passed and Doctor Lund did not appear Mrs Ridley had returned with the Information information tion that she had placed the note inthe In Inthe Inthe the hands of or the doctor himself La Belle Bello finally asked that Mrs Ridley Rid Rid- ley bring her writing material material for for s she e had a message to leave that must be penned by her hor own band hand The letter letter letter let- let ter finished La Belle wrote upon the envelope inclosing it these words For my child Not to be opened or delivered until my boy boyar or girl is 18 eighteen This letter and my child 1 to my faithful friend Flip Then she a asked ked for Cor Doctor Lund Mrs Ridley and Flip appeased her heras heras heras as best they could but as the tho moments mo mow ments meats passed there seemed to grow in La Belles Belle's eyes a new and strange light she light she seemed to bo be changing In her nature Flip could almost Imagine that ho he saw In her manner a reminder of the tho wild instinct of ot the tigers ligen which had twice almost killed her La Belles Belle's face flushed her breast began to heave and there was a look of almost mad determination In her face faco as with a revival of strength they both marveled at she sat up In bed and started to speak Flip and Mrs Ridley listened to every every every ev ev- ery word she sho uttered In low but firmand firm firmand firmand and resolute tones s sI I must ask you Mrs Ridley a pledge of secrecy Twice you have nursed me Once you saved my life lIco But this time I foar fear your tender minIstrations ministrations min min- will wUl not avail Dear D ar Flip need give me no pled pledge e for tor I know his lips will witt be bo sealed by his reverence for my memory But I cannot die without you ou two as witness witness witness wit wit- ness for tor each other knowing what I 1 have to say when the time shall come that the truth must be known Mrs Ridley within a week after I 1 had left this very hospital two years ago Doctor Lund who was so sol tend tender r and kind at that time met me meIn meIn mein In St. St Louis and we were secretly married The record is there thero under his name |