Show I 1 4 IRVIN S C bill each episode suggested by a prominent author serialization by HUGH WEIR and JOE BRANDT produced by the universal film manufacturing company copyright ISIS 1915 by the universal film manufacturing company FIRST EPISODE liquor and the law suggested by S author of 0 back home and judge priest stories St orlet 1 PI aey LAn MOAN district D attorney of now york was n lisull who would never iner bo be sus reeled of bi byster staci loil ivill four hi word aali good when lie ho said sald it thing it was mas taken for trini ted that tie he knew xai aly what wh t ile he win talking tills lK slid that lie he had fiat tile the facts to lierk up his 1114 and yet iet it he wits wax ut at this okae alli lost tile the laughingstock k of the city that alint hid had unwept hill into nt lit the lie lust last election liy fly all majority tile the newspapers newspaper i while they did not ilot actually mutually attlio 1 winnilu full of blin ills own fr rida lol looked heLi tit lit him blui asic tince U veil tits ills awn soll ion till en and nd in as distant tit in tit alic offlie shared the prevailing ut tit I st to t a certain bertal n extent fattier father und and bolt were talking ive nu beltt that there klieros a good donl deal of graft we VL nil all know re Is lu in fact mild bruce its ita not so wry very long since I 1 was to tin the bur bar nud and of course I 1 nent lii ixon beell in ill till office doigg but blit ive soon a few 19 still to ally that there Is a imade up tit of re inell big bilk bust libil ness ulen that practically lelakes a 11 r or of crime I 1 think you vou wont went pretty far dail dudle dudley y sighed lie ile anant t nt at ull all angry it llo looked tit lit his son soll till tiel itly and at little wearily you think I 1 went pretty far it sald 1 11 tire the city ali als im in I 1 believe and hii yet I 1 shall prove it if I 1 le alve every charge I 1 have made I 1 biall prove that hut tile most cist powerful tills country bas ver fer avi barn ii ima has its right here in ili ni new w york nn orwill naidia ou tile lie to sc cure unfair nil va graft for its ir lemberg I 1 shall prove that will not bot stop lind lina not stop poil ut at balee laughed cant you tell adl ine inc then in he ached why there must be in abla organization that I 1 know kirn who are anre d to br be respectable suppose to bo be sald lih hn father bitterly 11 ay iy y tn aro tho the leading men of tile alie city or of the whole country vhey they arp men inon who 71 1 4 ar X g aw azima U it wes we a yellow grinning skull are the leaders or of our greatest industries frijey control the Lua luiss of tile the co jojnny na it Is but they want to iret get into their own handi i thea th nant to stifle all competition tey arr are vot not content with the fair it profits they to yet get in every ay iy line arid and io double their profits if they aire nr not checked they will net get at n strangle hold on oil the nation they will control elections every who they will name oue one of them tyirin selves ches us as president arid this country will to be it republic bruce lie ile saw ahe icv wild light in ili ills his fathers eyes lie he khew duew ills ril dillier rillier lier better thull the well outside who laughed ut at bilm who bo lind acen jeered d the flip speech that lind bud all the trouble never had dudley land KW gan since ills hl sou could remember balled fiill eil ti it ninke rood good tiny ginte ment nuy any nbc e yet alls 1 ball 70 want he heard now callett called for more mora faith finith thou than druce bruce could muster uster ni ile iia wits about to say nay of the urt ourt when there was vos till ii aliw wa was 3 a h at and tin in domce liny boy clil rea par cal willell tio handed to the lie district rails came by special messenger ka air r 11 lie said the ho boy said there was iff unil and liu ho say where it cirtno frum kruko tool took the anc diw and alad took out ills snaking nit kluK to cut the string ilia his father aln leicil him let ID i 0 ste see that lull a tie be sit setd ILI it hr the writing wilting of the im utility nud arid thell with a gesture Bt sture or oc dis dislike wid 11 trust he be d tivi shu 11 1 I thought bald its from thein bruce gluud NIl lt 1 ilu I you menu da dart tie ho asked are you afraid send ful you a bomar no I 1 1 dont think so said ili ill seriously and heedless of ill blaso 4 sons aa jesting kine 1 I dout dont belleve the time lias conic for tant yet open it bruce we vc ni well veil see w lu in it hrico flit cut the tore tora boef fr the papers all fligl then as the contents tout cuts of the package opre revealed he started back tilled for tile the moment with horror it am ai j 1 0 ah p 1 I shaa hal enforce tho th lawn law ans a yellow grinning skull that he DC Yeve revealed aled and on its ita forehead some om words were written let the liquor trust nione alone bruce read lend we will phone for your answer I 1 dudley Larnt gan bookel at him you nee bruce hp he sald said there are arb soure somo who take this business moro more so se linn flat you ion ilo 10 hut but why tills this la Is a joke a silly illy senseless practical jokel joke exclaimed bruce surely they try sert bously boualy to frighten ris lilen you with a stagy old trick liko like this whether they tried seriously or not they su succeeded said ills father anther tor for I 1 am certainly frightened bruce bruce stared nf ill alea y you tire are frightened by thier said bald fir urine tie from tits his father to the skull dad you need a rest your bour nerves are upset youve been ave reworking rw better to 10 a va bation and got get back into shap dudley laral nn shook his bla head bead sadly 1 I shall take no Ta vacation cation until I 1 have beaten the grafters drafters gr or until they bui have e beaten roe me lie he said 1 I have bave been walting waiting for the to come bruce when I 1 could take you into my confidence regarding this I 1 teo ace that nothing noth liiK I 1 can wy say will vill convince you M abit at tills this Is in a real and deadly danker danger that I 1 face hut but the proof will come soon L it will be cunnif aheu it does doci come I 1 linow know that I 1 can call cou count n t on in you my boy that it they dicy in getting me ma out of the tha v ny they will still hate bate to reckon with you lit 11 spite of himself bruce bafs begin ong to be affected ilia father was na su so serious perlous was ow BO evidently in deadly fear acar that price hr could not help being moved it was ns impossible for to bellac when lie tried to think things out that there theio was waa any basis for his bla fathers fear arar hut but it was waa equally tm tin pos possible ible for him film to believe bellei ie that a man maa like dudley would give elv way to punk without the rory roa sous sons you walt wait brum alil sald his hi father thi liin ally lly 1 I 1 have ft a good bood deal of work tu to do arid and I 1 shant need you bruce not got up itna moved hesitatingly tile the door just then hen the be telephone on oil bl his 4 tnt father berA desk rans rang out sharply dudley before he no pointed to another instrument nil and bruce lifted tin lt re tehi ceh er to 0 o listen to fo the tae A voice erl evidently dently disguised c came aine thinly to hla his car hello Ilc llo nello helln Is this district at torney ca aci Lar algan you know wh r to la ins ing ir IF anu nrc are tn in doubt look nt at the skull no lie spot you take ike a rest nc he ought to go eo sonne solie where lad and play golf for a week or two get et entirely rid of the and worry of ills his office 1 I su ested so something methin g of tuat that sort to him hia today todal sir said dram hut but iva ita always been very hard far or my bother to po davils 4 JO 0 spare himself icela 1 ln n an any c ti y tte ne w t as hard as it be a cent in the world and as a matter of foot fact hes bes a fairly rich anu always the way always the way said stone well do the best you cnn to persuade perau per junde ade him tay my boy lie need the 1 lie rest 1 11 I think so too said dorothy suppose you take bruce brace somewhere else stone bud and I 1 have dome business to talk over and well need the papers I 1 have in my desk here lit in our talk bruce rind dorothy were not at all loath to go eo they smiled at one another na as the they y went arid and neither turned to see it the look that stanford stone sent utter after them a took look that might well 11 leave are aroused braces fear and wonder lind ind he seen it knowing what he be did of stones power meanwhile district attorney barril tan an had bad stayed at his long enough to hulsh some important work i rid nd then had taken ills place in ill his s nu ali to mobIle drive mo me arouni around the long wil way T hoine acine javk lie he said to his chauffeur tile the air Is so beautiful today that I 1 it will rt me just to ride at around aund 0 o up tip into the country along ilie river rind downturn don turn hack back until its little to get we me home for dinner yes sir air suld said the chauffeur bruce not got home long before tits hla ta return in spite of tits lila fellin concerning tits hid fathers tears fear 4 bruce was n ns worried As an for tits mother mile he find always opposed tier lier hus husbands eu en try into public life arid and she was wor ded every time he was few Dib lutes late ate in retting getting home bruce tried to to alin aim tier her but be himself was worried and as it grew dark lie stood in the hall ball looking for the rays from the headlights f tile the car that herald his fa thera couil ne at last lie he saw naw them fur fir down the drive that led to the house ills iia heart leaped happily and he e went back to call his mother here ho he comes mother its all acht 0 course ho he cried you were illy to bo be worried she was in the conservatory tit at the back of the house cutting flowene for tile lie dinner table and lit he had find to go well awry away front from the front door to nna find her then he slipped an arm around tier hei waist arid and they walked through th gre areat at hall together they heard the car stop atop outside and heard dudley voice giving some order vie the car started again and then out ade side there was a muffled cry mrs screamed bruce leaped forward the door burst open and his father in clutching cluer birely at ills side bide nud arid foil fell bruce took one look lie he saw the blood that stained the floor arid and then as his mother transformed by the need of action and gaining control of herself hor self went to work to stanch the flow oi of blood druce bruce raced for the telephone tie ile gave a number and waited culpa hently for the answer I Iello lollo hollo hel lol lehe ho cried at lost last dr morgan 7 hurry over here doctor bruce talking sly my fathers been badly hurt its ita very serious aiu afraid yes your instruments then tie he helped his bla mother to do 10 what little there was to be done before the doctors arr arrival iral together r they got the wounded man on oil a couch and made him as comfortable its as they could he had bad fainted and was no I 1 longer 0 r conscious ilia his breathing was heavy and a growing spreading gray eray nev nea in tits his cheeks told bruce little na as ho he was used to such scenes that there was little hope it if any then bruce telephoned to the poi poin but be could give no clew lie had not taken the time to try to find tire the as sassin but then as he heard the doctors car chugging up outside bruce 4 yr bruce was making a splendid campaign laign went to the door and flung tt it open Ilu pinned tied to the doorsill win was tt it note coto written on oil rough paper in an unformed hand compliments of the Ofte fifteens eril I 1 that was all hut but tt it was enough bruce shuddered with terror and re morse na lie he realized that hi his s father had becu right that bp be find been marked for death by nn an implacable alon which had bad struck him down ut at last ol 01 on hla his own doorstep then the doctor arnine at the sight right of lit lie looked giove amre gently he be examined le vaund lin sorry sott he said hla his votes voice showing his emotion em otton there la Is notting I 1 cau can do except perhaps to bring him to before bel cro be bogges to bebon ile til aed |