Show basoom 0 JOE MITCHELL CHAPPLE each episode suggested by a prominent author serialization by HUGH WEIR and JOE BRANDT produced by the universal film manufacturing company by the universal vim film manufacturing Corri company gany SYNOPSIS dudley district attorney because of hla his tight fight on the vice and liquor tru trusts Is I 1 killed by un au agent of ai mcree trumas oc laty the he commit tto of fifteen the fight la Is conti aued by his hi son bon vl ui uce v who lib Is I 1 elected d strict attorney anil and by b another son bon tom n la is in love with dorothy maxwell choso whoso fattier father io a head of the insurance trust NINTH EPISODE the insurance swindlers lers suggested ltd by JOE MITCHELL CHAPPLE author of rew throbs throb 0 ACCIDENTS nt at the grout great last cast A eim cm lumber wills were of so fio g f frequent occurrence that when dig big jim blake was oiled felled baj f iler der a healy bwy heal y collapsing timber nud and picked up for dead the affair did not cantio wore more th a ripple tn ili the liu affat s of the great the management of the orent great hastern has a habit of smothering the newn of accidents when their employees employ emp louen eem were the victims it was lu in the little white cottage on oil elm elin street near the factory yard tant the tragedy struck home the sadly smiling wor corrian rian ralth the two chubby clinging to her shirts who ulio greeted tile the gruff workman work iuan sent ahead M with ith the news of the auci accident dent jived jab ed for a nt at her eyed with a 0 irner corner ir ncr of her apron find prep prepared dred to the 4 body in the automobile ambulance jim bhe ahe fried cried jitu my lily biml the tired eyes eye A in the white face slowly opened thank god mitia for the he it hlll III loiue in handy fur for us ua nowr she s ailed bravery back at him till tha ln rancel how flow ille the by big unselfish nature of f jim to think of the incurance mid protection for her and the biddles flat and so nt fit 10 the next morning when it became up varent parent that jim waa t doorn doomed n long in ili bell bed if indeed ili he wr to recover with his life she put on oil hur her beit be it sunday bonnet and shawl and haltingly asked her eny to tile the bis big brown stone building which housed the 4 xa 1 1 tom changes change clothes clothe with the th negro bell doy boy i 1 accident and life insurance company it was it a big and the of tile the company within were we wentry acry glittering and very deiy i bious iut but a blaek lett lettered letter fd aln coldly ed cd that hint the ipaty t had jilt hii ta into ohp it a receiver celver re mrs wake snarled back with n gasp the kind or of dry sob w union toa boninti anny under the anost distress the 1 up ally a failure and till all the little of three yam swept away a but thim was waa not the wont bow wax wag the make rat family tilly to exist during the longi weeks feea ahead ilow how were jims doctor billa its 11 tie he paid A introna heery cheery voice spoke nt fit mrs blakes shoulder Is there anything i vati cut do for you um badamy the little woman whirled to look luton into a frankly pair of blue pray gray eyes net met in a ivd resolute fave ra and toni tom for tile the was be removed hla his hat nod and offered hla his arm ami let ut US go 90 sonic place when I 1 can talk alk to you he sald said quietly 1 l t have ri pa idea that bat your tory atory Is only one of many which I 1 have heard today you see I 1 nm am government special officer just ucb fraud I 1 strongly suspect the company li Is attempting to perpetrate now on an an innocent public ile he threw hack back lapel of hit roat and showed the silver star of authority mrs blake unhesitatingly followed his I 1 almost before she realized re it she HUC was mobbing out her story YOU yon must blust let we me take the place of the insurance com company he I 1 insisted URI t e d how much did your policy call furr for slip besita hesitated ted twenty five fire dollars a week fur for three mouths in ili case anae of disability from accident uric H I 1 1 will sevi BW you before that Is ID exhausted asid we will see what wu we can call do for your huab husband ant I 1 ile ie rose fuse keep up your courage mrs airs blake I 1 uin am sure that I 1 can help bell you how can call I 1 ever thank you dont try tow tom smiled again as title turned away but on as her wan wait little itie figure vanished the smile faded froin his face lie ile had work to do gehu dirrim work the company was oue one of trip strongest bran branches clies of the so ao called I 1 insurance nN urance trust und and as such deemed itself itsel f above the law immune from le ie lial gal investigation laiu tom turned finally awny chiq hands deep in ills his pockets his race fiu wrinkled in ili somber thought up ile ill did riot not notice the abe agun in the doorway of the building which glided gilded unostentatiously titter lifter him the fifteen kept their audacious antagonist under surveillance night and day reaching his rooms tow tom saw in it newspaper a challenge from the very vcr concern that was wait the object of his bis tria tile the accident and life insurance company invites any in ili VeRti obligation gation of its docks books and records from any Aver accredited edIted source no ile knew that roger maxwell father of dorothy the fiancee of his bis brother bruce the gulding guiding of the ton concern cern was roger linger maxwell impei bated in it plot fit K defraud the public tom shuddered und and threw the paper from croni mai hanl lie ae would take the lasur utne alive inen lit at their word und ind if there was crooked work urk belicen liin them find tom Lar carnigan been present tent at it 11 gri of the remaining leadem lei ider of the fifteen in their private that hat lifter afternoon noon be might have been a less lesi resolute lq li hla sudden determination stanford sone sime us as usual waa syria in ili the prem presiding iding hair chair and it wn wits his bis curtly grim vole which stated the purpose purport of the session Lanil gun Is on the trail of the bea lu in sur atice trust truit gentlemen unless we get liliu he Is vertalou to deal us another disa disastrous blow I 1 suggest that we leave tow tom aarn egaas fate lit in the hand of lit four picked gun men whom w horn I 1 have selected for their discretion and marksmanship TAir cannot escape them they have fiade orders to follow him to the death it if our man escapes Ir brother olber maxwell the crisis must be me met by you in this abla instance as the most interested party rogor maxwell staggered as be rose from his hair chair and hla his face was waa bag gard card when he passed through the door behind him stanford stone smiled am tied syn ayn leally at hla his retreating figure fig lire As ton tom Larni xan left ill his 4 hotel in a to atrit l lt uen ben Tr avertt tie be no tired alced that two men were following lim once out nut of atcha tom spoke to file he 1 I want you iou to changa places with me ine for till nn hour be said coolly showing ang a twenty dollar IIII bill its ICs a joke on in some friedes fr fri lends edds for n moment the man stared and then hp be winked three minute later inter tom rom in the overcoat and cap of the chauffeur drove slowly up to the entrance or of the hotel where hen bell travers lint lind ill ills rooms descended from his seat and entered cG terol the building the two gun well tuen fell back with euries rhen bey abey found the driver inside the tax ical grovers welcomed toni ton warmly and announced that hr he imd had ought boright the dally daily independent to light kraft pro ft tom then changed clothes with hiyi a bellboy bel lloy and walked out to the taxicab with a trunk oil hla his shoulders chile the two gun gull men three feet away smoked serenely on an conscious selous that their victim was waa at their el lions for a moment tom debated whether or riot not to enter the taxi ai hijii elf wit but instead walked around the torner of the hotel and successful ly eluded hb blit pursuers ile ho at once pru ceded to the ibe accident and life in ili durative tura tive 4 effic officer a and I 1 d pushed his way wu nto into lidger maxle laxie lila ira room 1 I have haie to see your books said ald tom curtly showing hla his alar 11 1 would like to start my lit at onic I 1 for born la moment hlo his wild wd stare and then he gathered himself together with till 1111 effort certainly tie he pre presaging sAing n button buttion which railed called a secretary show man mail to the IN vaults jones bo be ordered as the call was obeyed tom bowed and followed his conductor outside hardly had the door closed when maxwell picked up tip hist his telephone bone la Is that you stone tie he whispered hoarsely when bis connection was established Is if here bero to see sec the alie books ile ie lias has eti escaped our oue trap what want imil I 1 do where Is he now aa ou hla his way to the vault let him get inside anilde then and close the dohrl was the curt answer close the door echoed maxwell dully certainly it Is equipped with a time lock of course you can say it was wall mi fill accident it will bo be hours before it can be opened again ringer maxwell 51 atwell hunk hung back the reseller and paced the floor with his race face bathed lit I 1 cold perspiration it would be deliberate murders at maxwell we 11 approached the vault glanced fila a stealth lly ily over jils hla shoulder and then lurched toward the heavy door there was a clang of metal and theu a hoarse cry of dismay from the clork clerk at the nearby desk who sprang forward just juat in ili time to catch reeling runn form for or sods lods sake abe what have haie you done ai mr maxwell tuni tow Larn Larul lean gan Is inside it au all accident stammered maxwell get help at once dont maud there staring count later when three experts from the safe bate concern opened the vault they found the body of turn tom stretched on oil the floor door A physician who bad been hastily summoned knelt over the for form w and shook lits lilt head solemnly dead he be said meantime the evening newspapers news papera tin on till the streets were shrieking the latest sensational developments in tho case und uini the story of the accident in ili the edicts of tile tho insurance company which had anif remil remitted ted so bruce conva go hw he moaned lei leisring leitring tring from the injuries luj uiles which for a bluie had bud tied un an untimely death crumpled the paper ly the scoundrels lie he gilted lilted the murderous oua thole there husnu doubt ill hla his wind mind us tu to thy the cause of the and KB its purpose but ill have hate them yet et aili eacle outto him bin araie graie or prison it if it needs the file remainder of luy illy life tu to do ill had tiny one been fated to look tn ill on oil louei maxwell mail ut at that moment tile spectacle presented by the usually usual spruce prutia looking insurance president would tiu have been if 11 shock maxwell huddled over our his desk wn was a us UH a lust last resort tu to pase ease lili his cons conscience clence of ltd its baiden by the truth tu to if 11 dead titan man whose iia could avi amr cr upen against titu him in real life summoning u c the president directed the boy jo varry the envelope in elope to the Lar algan au hunie home it was not until then that roger bl maxwell axwell prepared to leave his office at the amlien l cottage the oci oc ii pants panta wore were clustered lu ili the living room with bated breath fur for the rumble tn lit the be street which should the a rival of tile the black k ukon with it b tile lie 1 body y of fit tho mon mm find aud broth er rat hut hour nu time needed eded hour without tle tile expected obaid bruce was um or 11 the point of pe hit mother io in tire when a 1 hurried sounded oil outside aside the front door was nun bull open und find bruce was facing his brother ton tom tom grinned nt at tile the ol olteia liets sture flare im dung hla his artas amis oyer tila his inu ders it taken a hard knock it 10 kill H n Lanil Kau he buckled ed animation old matt I 1 looked dead enough but the doi dimter tor suspected ms petted the ilie true faits facts und and willi aged to bring biln we around tn in ills his office A halt half hoor later tow tom VH tied to the door b a pral peal ur tile lie bell A boy intended extended a long envelope it wit i the bonfe ploll or of hoei ian i that had biever been for living eyes ees tow TOM caught abit hl hta bl liar hii from the rack and let softly out or of the front door lie ile was wan drier deter rallied mined it if possible to ti krep the alif bohres alon N lon from bruce arul e who lio would klie bia bl life to avold giving lv liiK Io dorothi maxwell pain roger maxwell in lils ills library at mid night to his feet feel with a cry rt that was almost u shriek tow tom lAir liral til jsn oil stood before him lafin 00 tio away he moaned 1100 go away anav slowly slona aveta hikly toni tom extended the it t Ma Ix swella wells maxwell rum pled to 0 o the floor tow tom darted to lit side ilde ju jut it ui as dorothy entered till the root room 1 I 1 fear your father ix 14 very ill III lit he hald neld brently better vall all it dovier hut but hilt but how dorothy 1 I will explain all later raid paid tom evasively I 1 j the early ear car ried the news newa of the apoplectic 1 of maan faiwell pil and that hla his life was ras despaired of hill bill raed aled to the maxwell home dorothy met him with a sad ad shake of ber piet ty blond head na as he BOUC to t take her in his arms not now noir bhe alle said ilak him hill away without a word bruce lind rande made his bis way back to the street flow was it t nil fill to end episode Ep liode no 10 next week |