Show TOE GREAT preparedness LOVIS LOUIS josrph JOL 5 f pil VANCE oftie motion picture play of the gamt abrame arame amt produced for the international film service inc under the me direction of Jf bartan inc cn st sur CY cwi THE CAST MRS VERNON CASTLE as batrla charming channing MILTON SILLS aa as donald ardonald parr WARNER OLAND as aa baron hurski DOROTHY GREEN as fanny adaar SYNOPSIS baron harokl of tok tokyo yo c conspiring on ing to embroil tho the uni united t ea stated a and d mexico aco in order to pave tho the way for the tha japanese invasion of 0 tile the I achille coast la Is hunted from the country by patria batrla cli anning sole executrix of 0 the tha li trust secretly created by patriotic progenitors to combat the national perils inherent in establishing himself just across the mexican border order hunold schemes to be revenged u van uan batrla who owns vast properties just north ot of the border TWELFTH EPISODE peace which basseth all understanding der standing BE BEFORE FORE THE STORM the punishment administered fly by the banning ranch much hands to the raiding party which under tho the leadership of that redoubtable scoundrel blancho ZI aYt had desee descended nOod Ilter literally ally like upon a sheepfold upon pa ila rans frins hi lh in tile quiet of early carly i morning seemed to work with sall halu enry effect upon the understanding of senor zelaya and lits his Jn japanese confrere baron days of complete pence peace followed that abortive raid lengthening into weeks scouts sent out by contain ca donald parr acting for reported that zelaya and harou had apparently never again ventured cultured forth from the mountain fastnesses fast nesses to which they had been driven by the people after their rescue of batrla und donald nor was there perceptible tiny any indication cation of concentration of Af mexican eilean PIT lery in the country south of the IL N der whether troops of the do de facto government or br followers of Ze layas outlaw fortunes in natural consequence that vigilance which had been excited among border landowners by the raid insensibly relaxed the stronger guards which they had established against further attempts against their lives as and propel properties were weakened by degrees with a single exception they relapsed into that fatally false sense of security which hall had theretofore been theirs thanks to long immunity fron from such outrages ns as had been visited upon other sections or he border country that solitary exception was a noteworthy worth one latala channing who lint had suffered too ciuch tit nt the lie hands of baron and ills his associates to belleve believe that anything short of complete preparation to cope with further furt lier attentions would discourage the enemy C my emy such measures then ns as and tier her counselors reckoned she must talce take to provide against possible disaster must necessarily be put into effect with tile the greatest secrecy A minimum of show must mask a max llull of intelligently 11 telli gently directed protective efT efforts extorts orts 4 patria spent lays days riding over oer tier her I 1 lands in company with donald rod nian man pillsbury and a small staff of ghosen lieutenants the topography of the countryside wits flag examined with minute attention tho the tremendous of oc the Clin channing nning ranch favored such secrecy it would have hao been almost possible to mobilize and ami maintain a great army within its boundaries undetected it would mould liao have been til altogether together possible had find tile resources of the land been sufficient to clothe rind equip provision such a force As it was n very considerable number of men aris added to the normal population of the ranch without attracting tr any attention nt whatsoever picked employees rode forth from tho the hacienda well nigh dally tor n time on oil long tours into tho the interior rend and cost anti and west along the border anil and the results of their na appeared dally daily by fivos and throes and singly son seasoned horsemen nil all alert clears clear eyed cd determined patriots As a rule they timed their arrivals to occur during the hours of darkness and as soon as they lind had reported to donald parr they were assigned to specific duties 3 nt at a distance from tile annin ranch houses anti disappeared into the night as silently na as they had cotrie come the hinterland of the ranch sh allowed them up in its i rin nofer stretches they lived and wrought sedulously at their tasks nil all ready for that cummons which might come nt at tiny hour meantime they drilled arinea quietly ns as cay as artilleryman artillerymen artillery artiller men puen and as gun crews within a period of time surprisingly brief had nt at tier her command a secret legion of trained fighting men ready for tiny any emergency inured to foill lor for with tho the border country resolute reso luto and ad willing only the drills kotlier of her ily illg corpa could not be kept under tinder cavor but these lini boon been going on for weeks be fore tier her arrival nt at the much occasionally their carried these swift sentries of the lie nir lanes south of the border but tile the reports of their observers ivero bly destitute of alarming information apparently the mexican population wits wag apathetic resigned to the pursuits of peace there was no more gun run ning that could bo be discovered there was no we movement of troops perceptible there were no raids there wits was not even a lonely case of sniping to keep the rint patrols rols on tile the aul vivo for or nil all that Ila trials prep preparations arat lons were pushed forward with energy there came a day several weeks after calavas Za lavas futile raid when this young woman rodo rode out to review tier her modest but wonderfully efficient forces she returned to the hacienda in till the quiet of evening weary but exhilarated im not afraid she told donald with a nod of her head indicating the mexican mountains in the south gouth their ragged ramparts looming in purple shades against the silvered skies of a perfect moonlight night let them come cornel I 1 lie ile laughed sympathetically but shook a reproving head let us not fall into the pit of overconfidence he said 1 I know how you feel fed its ivond wonderful erful to know that we nye have all these fine follows fellows to rally to our defense in ense case of need but after nil only a handful and what I 1 fear Is that the next act of oe aggression when it comes will be invasion in overwhelming forces wo we have gone as far as we can in the matter of making those men the toughest kind of lund haril hitting fighters but there arent enough or of them to withstand tin nn armela nd advance vance from froin now un we must insist devoto devote nil our energies lck to tile the planning of means to equalize superior numbers with superior intelligence we must bo be prepared to doliver deliver a staggering blow before the lie enemy can call find out liow how insignificant our forces are they sat rat in silence for it a little both gazing out over the distances beyond the border it Is too quiet too quiet altogether parr mused aloud 1 I cant forget flint Is somewhere out there lil hiding ding planning restlessly scheming to serve ills count rys purposes and at the same time dine to gala gain ills his revenge for the setbacks lie he has received at our hands nor can I 1 forgot forget it the girl replied of one tiling thing wo we may feel assured if blurok Iti has any voice in the councils council that are taking place down there the blow when it comes will full fall here first of all the shadow of premonition darkened tier her wood mood transiently she silly erad it a little 1 I wonder she said gilld alint iniquities lie he ts Is hatching down yonder there lq Is a certain psychic sympathy boti veon the minds of those that late well even ns is it Is with those who love there was less coincidence than might lie ila thought lit in the f fact let that nt at approximately lina tely tile same time baron was uttering substantially similar observations ions concerning patria tit nt a distance of something like a days ride from the hacienda tile the seene scene wits was the main room of tin nn I 1 adobe dwelling of more pro pretentious tent ious lous proportions and appointments tip than Is commonly to bo be found in the wilder sections of inland mexico there were a number of other adobe houses near it but tills this was the largest of tile the lot and it was further distinguished hy by it 11 restless going and coming of orderlies and ofil cers ot of superior rank in the field uniforms of the japanese army though thoro there was not lacking n sprinkling of others attired in tile alio livery of the troops loyal to tile tho do de facto government of mexico tile dwelling was in short tile lie headquarters of general nogi commander in chief of the allied japanese and mexican forces which lind had been secretly gathered together in tills this remote retreat and were now marking time under arms against receipt of word from tokyo to proceed with the long ions planned invasion of tho the southwestern united states from the slight eminence on which tile tho headquarters building stood th lie valley sloped away in donily moonlit perspective and as far as one could sen see it was a city of 0 dust colored tents populated by regiment upon of highly trained unit and efficient troops within tile ho headquarters building in a largo room brightly lighted and furnished with soldierly sevc severity rity an informal council of war was in progress general himself presiding lie ile ans a roan of nearly sixty yet carried ills his compact nna and athletic body with tile tho caso case of twenty five ills henvy beavy lidded eyes were ns as bright us as any youths tho the nom network ork of wrinkles that ln closed them with tile the whiteness of ills his hair alore betrayed bei rayed ills his ago and the habit of incontestable authority wits was distinctively lis als A man main who measured ills his words before uttering them who spoke seldom having once spoken was to bo be obeyed to td tile the letter lio lie dominated tile tho conference absolutely sol 11 ill that lint presence kwesell vil till blustering ral luit to 0 o lift his j alit stature that of it bin biart rt not lacking in III courage lintl ml deficient del klent in ili wisdon wisdom judgment only less dvar dwarfed fed vas te representative S senta tive of the Carr enrit interests torreon Tor roon it unit int intelligent eill mcilvan well gri landed in fit the fundamentals of ills his which wits was t lint anil exclusively nar ivar naron baron motif seemed mile t to 0 address nogi in ot of v qualley lt if without once sugg silly any tance tanco to accord ltv commander tit in chief tho the that was ills his due tills perhaps wis quite natural in view of the ho with which claron baa been clothie d by the imperial at tokyo nn in ou all dhority only spec rid to that of Opi teral NORI who was tur okla ls only ranking i officer in tho the allied al aed caknip the which lind dout tills this conta conr rence ronco was ti alio 0 failure of 0 the mexico system of espionage to secure tiny cc information ni its to conditions north coith of the ho border tills this was as lit to tile he I 1 uncommonly commonly in and q system 0 of f patrols or gaved by donald inett and maintained by datria and tier her neighbors for weeks spy after spy tin lind sought to penetrate the lines and invariably had been obliged to give up tip the attempt no less than three through mischance lind v aril shed utterly and inexplicably and no n 0 information of tiny real value lind been reported back to headquarters liy by those who acting under tinder instruction hild had confined their efforts to long dis tance observation with the aid of powerful binoculars they saw raw pa trials biplanes nos hait hanging gIng in the skies shies or swiftly coursing through them but that was wag all and hour hy by hour it was believed by nil all those present tit nt this conference the alio moment drew nearer when tile word to advance would bo be given out by tokyo it la Is not only humiliating hu roll rold was viat declaring it Is downright mildness madness to contemplate a movement in force without firsthand first hand information as to what this accursed girl Is up to it Is 18 insensate folly to underestimate her ter ability and anxiety to tinder and embarrass us it Is 1 all very ery well for you gentlemen lio ho addressed himself superficially to laya ina and torreon to point to our forces and suy say the untied united states can muster nothing to it that Is true ris ns far ns as we know but you make the mistake of thinking you have only tho the regular tinny army tind and the national guard to reckon with you have hac something else this puny still slip of a girl this insignificant patria channing I 1 know her its as you do not and I 1 tell you slie site Is like a living laino finale of patriotism she Is into intelligent igent to Ining lne sh i 11 1 tn king alii no steps stepi tp 0 o pippi ue it wi i r us its I 1 ull tell U ll you binni ein ni klows your t plis have antti thim alius fur for fallt wo we call employ V one of ours for it 11 would bo be fatal tit t allyc it caught ini lit in tin nu ut act of PS es PlOll aKe what hat would you an fn baggest gest then TOr 1011 asked thoughtfully 1 l and noille homo wily ny to tile the et ef fic loncy of your jour ket get us some trustworthy inborn tio lio matter how hou if I 1 may inay jinhe n suggestion ze sn ventured itt a iod from nod ln fit proceeded pulling polling lit ills to iho lie emils of relish with which holcli in lie permission to coli milt yet ot another atrocity on oil american soil it is ii a lung long time since wo va have broken tile the pence ot of thu the border hereabouts and ami these americans haul short let nio me send it tev few a mere hanotel ot C my illy men to execute n nini flying on oil the Cli anning ranch I 1 wi all I results ic re ilow how so boa nogi demanded bent over the map mill with ith I 1 alio 0 blunt end of it greasy forefinger indicated ind I 1 d it 11 certain point hero billere la Is n house fully twenty nilles miles from the lin clenda lio lie it Is tho the lionie of 0 the ninn named Af ranch ro foreman ile ho lives there with his son tits his sister mid and ills mother ills his wife afo ts Is dent danl both and ills sister tire deep in the lie confidence conal dea c e of tho the senorita let my illy men bring in either of these lie ire paused and ills teeth in a amlo of gruesome Kru csome and I 1 awill promise to induce him or her ter to tell its everything wo we want to enow now eagerly eyes sought the frico of ills his con anander in chief it told lint him however liott cr nothing impassively general nogi delibera deli berf cited it was aa nearly two to minutes later inter when lie he delivered tits his verdict erd lct let tills thing ila bo done he said enla lind and rose ending the lie conference PEACE WITH HONOR gomez was the name of the mail chosen by zelaya to do tho the work lie he aind nil slig suggested 0 O flamez oil cz the alio killer was the sobriquet by which lie ho was ns cnown to ills his fellows it a culet ician sail faced mexican of something a little under the average build of tits his breed listening gravely to the instructions of ills superior lie nodded gentle comprehension and sallied forth to execute Ze laYas ft aill with no moro more compassion lit in ills heart than lie would have felt it if ordered to exterminate till nil but ono or ni two to of ii a nest of rattlesnakes lie ile journeyed northward that night by motorcycle and spent tile tho following follow ing tiny in what appeared tipp pored to be desultory riding about the country just south of the border bonier pausing tit nt the dwelling of ills friend rind that to pass the time of lay day in nil all lie he made just |