| Show in the re gr great e cat romance louia joseph oj preparedness t OF THE MOTION PICTURE PLAY OF THE SAME nane PRODUCED FOR THE international IONAL FILM SERVICE INC UNDER THE THC DIRECTION or OF WHARTON arar aar COMPANY ss THE CAST MRS VERNON CASTLE as patria charming channing MILTON SILLS as donald parr WARNER WARMER OLAND as baron harokl DOROTHY GREEN as fanny adair I 1 SYNOPSIS S baron ot of tokyo conspiring to embroil ei alio lie united states with mexico in order arde r to pave ave the way for ja panesa anese inva slon blon of lie pacific coast la in hunted blunted from tile country by charming channing isolo bolo r ex ot of it trust secretly created by patr patriotic otic progenitors to combat the national peril inherent in ed edness fearing tor for tho the safety of 0 tier lier properties 0 nesi P 0 I 1 in fit the southwest batrla leaves K new 1 I 1 york to investigate along tho the b border accompanied by tier her flance capt donald parr ELEVENTH EPISODE lovers leap THE borderland ever since earliest enill cst lawn dawn the trall train nad find been alternately with respiration tho the straightened passes and sweeping down lit in wild mild free flight through tho the widening valleys of a great and spacious hind find of haggard beauty and since lier her eyes had first opened to tills new day it lind had riot not been possible for long to distract Pa atten tion from froin that endless panorama of grim brim stark mark hills painted desert and boundless boun plains and in eyes while she watched it gladness shone deep find tender find ever tind find again tier lor young oung bodoni would lift and full walh biti it 11 gentle sigh of vor for tills this to tier lier was homecoming home horne coming sho she was returning after it long so bo journ in it strange far country to tile the hind which held first place lit in tier lier heart toward mid ined tire tho train at a little station hero ther 0 was unco uncommon minon bustle of life in III addition to tile customary cus tollit ry groups 0 or idle find and half breeds squaws squads with crude pottery to sell to the avid tourist and assorted asserted loafers it a company of liard bard cow people lint gathered and it couple of rough coated motorcars stood waiting As with tier her little train of servants and companions compart iong descended to the platform high spirited cli cering greeted tier lier the horsemen and women yelled piercingly and tossed aloft their hats and from one of tile tho motorcars it inan ghose heaviness of stature ns as ported oddly with avith ills his alertness of gesy turo ture strode forward sombrero in hand t then paused stared and said in it voice of wonder 1 Il latria Chann i tho the girl identified hint him after n mol mel moment ment of perplexity during which tier her f memory harked back to days a decade ngo ago iler her characteristic little frown ot thought was dispelled by a smile lind and a laugh of joyful recognition i I hodman todman pillsbury site exclaimed binl 1 I gave lint both her hands f he 11 took them thein awkwardly shaking a still bewildered heal 1 I dont know you yon nt nil all pat I 1 lie ile said 1 I was waiting for a little girl pr a i freckled long legged tomboy who y could beat tile mo riding and shooting find r most every way and hero here youre a woman grown lord I 1 how antique you inako ainali 0 o nc inc feel I 1 you slie she told him gayly youve grown up every whit ns as much jimell US as I 1 but no more not tho the least bit when I 1 went east E ast you were its as sturdy find and husky US as a string bean and ami now youre ouro us its slim and its ome as a water heavens I 1 dont accuse roe me of having chang changed eoll 1 but forgive P me SIN swiftly she made enado pillsbury 4 to tier her chaperon and captain parr 1 I want you to be great friends she said with just a hint of en embarrassment ass rient us those these just clasped hands hodman was tile tho first sweetheart I 1 ever lind had don and donald aillo kidded charin A ingay to pillsbury Is my lust last we ore are engaged to tier her immense relief there was no trace of hostility in ill tho the greeting which rodman accorded her betrothed sir air pillsbury rill lind had grown up in wore than physique in tile bourse of ten years the ability to mask ills his feelings with impenetrable dissimulation was only one of tile lie accomplishments which lie he had acquired and which fitted him film so admirably to command tit at once the friendship and respect of tile the army of employees who looked up to him na as tile the local rep representative resent it live of the channing interests as lit in short what rodman hodman pillsbury rills bury really wits was Ia viceroy ruling dominions of laud land and men broader it less populous thau than many a european principal ity that exhilaration which had been mounting in 11 atria ever since tier her awakening anva that morning grow grew still more intense as her motorcar swung away from tuo tile station find over a winding highroad now she he was thor ong lily tit nt lome home slie she to recognize is as old friends not only those well remembered landmarks but every tree find and boulder on oil tit tin wai oven even that slow plodding oxcart ox cart eart with its heavy wooden wheels heels primitively and KB its mexican driver with ills goad trudging beside the yoked beasts was like it brightly colored it 11 Iti from tho the hook book of yesterday they nt fit least ilont dont change bho sold said to rodman nodding toward the tit cart with its load ot of straw no lie ho with it a thoughtful frown the only thing that resigns tile greaser to the of civilization Is till an opportunity to do murder with n modern mug magazine azIne rifle or run ran guns and ammunition neross tile border lit in u s six ix cylinder machine I 1 where Is the border I 1 mean tile the boundary until parr inquired ill show you in a minute patria answered and presently Us ns the car topped a long slow blow upgrade gaining tin an eminence that overlooked much of that rolling lolling countryside she pointed out it bridge that it a gulley off to tile right the boundary title line site said that arroyo beyond the bridge Is mexico Is thero there much ot of that sort of tiling thing going on oil pair turned to pillsbury gun running I 1 mean 1 I hardly think so things bilings havo been very quiet lit in tills neck mck m ck of the woods its ita to tile southeast along tile the RIO illo grande grandc that the most moist of the trouble double has occurred to date three miles beyond the point where the road forked one line firm running down to tile tho bridge ut at the border the car drew up lit in front of tile dimming channing lia lit londa it n century naury old structure tuie built upon rambling lines of spanish areail tec lecture ture with a n cry of delight patria felt herself folded lit in tile the nard agad firms anus of rod hod inana mother it slight find dell delicate erite little woman who iho tind for years ears been a second mother to patriot the alie orphaned pha ined only when jhc ri the little girl wint went E lust list to complete com tier hur education yielding place to sirs lit in Patr las affections and sirs birs pillsbury proved not to have changed in the tit least I 1 then there was atess morgan waiting to gicht ber her bera a tow little will imp ton ten years eais igo ago today toda a slender blender und nad dignified young oung woman whose serene poise did not noi in the least detract from tier ability to td lido harder find and faster tin shoot straighter than tiny any man or woman within two days da a journey of the Clin channing nning ranch sister of bud morgan now foreman of tire channing iw arl upstanding youngster of five und and twenty bess lived tier her another and brother some twenty miles from the hacienda lin clenda slie site had ridden over to welco an old rival lor for the affections of ilomin pillsbury their indent ancient enmity thawed to the warmth of a spontaneous kiss and tile the relief imperceptible to any but another woman with which bass received the news of betro betrothal thal to donald provided even more comforting reassurance to patria in re rc aspect to the affections of rodman hodman ACROSS THE BORDER while the hacienda lin clenda slept in pence peace that primitive rt pursued laboriously its patient creaking way across tile bridged arroyo and the desert country beyond toward it far flung I 1 line ile of mountains which loomed lo ollied against agat the horizon in serrated array like the lie frozen pr ironle ollic of a stormy sternly sia sea distancing the oxcart as fast na as willing hoofs could run a horseman who leaving the station shortly after the departure of Patr las party for the hacienda had spurred ills steed to its swiftest pace as soon as lie felt secure from observation ar rived in fit tile the early evening tit nt a straggling row of adobe huts which figured na its the nearest mexican village twilight as still bright when lie he dropped from ills his tagged find and sought ono one of the dwellings which wore ore it 11 slightly less unI unkempt kempt appear anco than its fellows felloes in the doorway of tills lint somewhat I 1 contemptuously watching tile tike evolutions colu tlona of a squad of listless mexican infantry lit in the village plaza stood a gentleman in the field uniform of oe ua nil ofleter of 0 the japanese army ann tile the thud of jf hurried footsteps tn in tile deep dust of the alio street the japanese turned toward the up pron ching horse flu all expectant eye eo I 1 well gomez Go incz ho he said in Sp spanish anist coll ency I 1 llave liao to report that the channing girl captain parr and a small comp a fly of at friends arrived front tho the east this afternoon the japanese nodded ge gently itly many thanks lie ho said bald in an indifferent voice olce you will ho be duly rewarded for your our vigilance good night As tile the disappeared in tho the gathering darkness tbt th japanese emote s cioto ills his points together smartly ro artly in response a wiry iry little littie japanese of vicious gesture lu in alij uniform 0 of f an orderly came calne out of the lint hut and paused at attention AA go ao immediately kato ills his superior orde ordered and senor zelaya present my compliments and soy say that tant baron will be obliged it if cenerini zou ze layn AYR will consent to lionor honor tills humble abode with ills its presence nt at ills ill exulted tied convenience this evening sooner than baron zelaya shouldered through tile the doorway ot of tits adobe quarters n hugo ahugh find forceful personality well my illy friend lie he said leering companionably and slapping mapping a bootleg with the quirt which swung by its leathern thong from lila ills right wrist thero there Is news I 1 hear sit town down suggested nodding it Is truo true the channing girl lins lias conic come to the border to look after tier possessions even its I 1 foretold she would the dear little creature who has tits a hundred million u ut gold dollars to spend ranking fools of japan and mexico ell cli laughed ilow how sweet of her to walk within our reach I 1 just when I 1 could use it a little money too tool 1 undeceive yourself replied brusquely these hundred millions remain well beyond our grasp the lie girl Is no ito such fool US as to carry gold about with her in such stich quantities she Is riot not lie pursued lit in tone of thoughtful reminiscence riot not lacking a lint of in any way it fool I 1 tell you frankly us its I 1 have sald bald before she will upset all our schemes if we discount her shrewdness and ability I 1 ty and so BO what we must fand a way to trim trial her claws you did not send for me to ask ray my advice the outlaw laughed 20 no admitted only your operation cooperation co your sch scheme erae then Is matured the japanese nodded our course Is plain my friend leaving all other consideration aside for the time being forgetting that Is your patriotic unselfishness and my loyalty to nippon wo we both need money moncy much money granted zelaya said with glistening eyes and aliss channing has it and ana means to keep it ilow how then to persuade tier her to give us enough for our modest needs do go on I 1 the girl la Is madly infatuated with it young mun mait very dangerous to our coin common nion cause purs pursued tied smoothly donald parr ile he lias has tier her on tills journey to the border it Is lie indeed who jogs tier her elbow whenever slie she la Is lit in doubt its as to how flow and when and where slie silt ought to strike nt at us next 1 I should much imich enjoy meeting tills this gentleman the bandit announce announced 1 I should much enjoy effecting the introduction IIii assented so I 1 mean to do it hut but you must first promise me not to uny flay him hillve living lie ho la 14 of incalculable value to us dead a deathless peril tor for the chan nans 1 girl would never rest till she had avenged ills his death though the bile were to plunge her beloved country into with our two lons 1 I nin am nil all impatience for your point it Is in simple enough for months we have seen to it that tills section of the border was undisturbed that served our interests in innie ways than one by keeping the peace we provided c I 1 safe transit for arms and ammunition shipment menti from the north we also inspired in tho the bosom of these fools hereabouts confidence in a continuance ti nuance of immunity from our ralda so tonight the Clin nnIng hacienda will sleep in tranquillity never dreaming that you my luy friend with a largo large force of your picked horsemen wll raid it nt at blawn find and bring back to me tile living if somewhat damaged body of captain donald parr to be held for kinnoin for at a round corpulent ransom which the girl will gladly pay ruther than imperil the lie life of 0 her betrothed by any attempt to rescue him do you yon ice 0 brother 1 I see zelaya agreed licking ins ills thick lips Us as lie he rose 1 I see sec and I 1 jo m to pick my lily men I 1 RIDERS OF THE DAWN in the first allm hush flush of that cool sweet dawn batrla wakened with a smile and turning on oil tier pillow looked out through the open window nt at tier bedside before snuggling beneath the covers tor for another hour or two of sleep anti and because the dow dew wet world she viewed was so very beautiful she C could no more sleep but must meeds awls got get up and move more gently about tier her room bathing and dressing in her riding clothes while she dressed she saw raw one 0 of the cow com punchers pass beneath tier her window and called down to jo him softly begging film to saddle a horse for tier her and fetell it to the entrance to tho the patio without letting on to anybody lle iio promised cheerfully and went tits his wily way find and had the annimae waiting for tier her when at length fully attired slie site descended to tl th patio find crept furt furtively ivery toward the arched passage that opened on tile the out of doors hut but slie she wits was not to get away so cris lly parrs voice hailed lier her lit in amused expostulation before she gained the passageway Il here lere bowl all oil oh dearl dcarl sho she compla led its just my luckl why the matter 1 1 I did so want to go riding all by myself this once oncel I 1 and of course you had to be up and about and spoil everything I 1 diess your heart I 1 lie ho said im not going to ruin your lay the viry very first tiling thing far F ar be it fruin from me inc to butt in where angels fear where one augel does not fear to trend tread lie corrected laughing besides I 1 only got up so early in the hope of being permitted to to smoke at least one pipe in peace cut along with you and mind youre riot not late for breakfast 1 with tills she turned and scurried rIcI out of the patio and donald filled and lighted his pipe smiling tenderly to himself as lie he heard the drumming of her horses hoofs die out in |
