Show s M 14 1 at vy V V I 1 ak lor mo 0 NN P LU iiii majta r i ivul iiii nul v T boy ALPERT A ae SMITH ond and CYRUS CYRU 5 TOWNSEND BI BRADY NOVELIZED FROM PHOTO PLAY 1919 bp y john davis and hawk morgan ek of the estate of 0 john cart carr miner disagree over the disposition tot tit the profits 0 of f the mine morgan seeking tho the gold and ethel carrs adopted daughter for himself and unsuspected by davis whom ethel really loves lovas snakes makes several sensational attempts upon the life of davis cusp suspicion let 0 n la diverted to a mysterious hermit hermil they 11 go to san francisco to get machinery for the mine there davis miraculously escapes more attempts upon his life morgan conspires with a dock foreman to imprison davis in a diving divine bell from which he be escapes davis ethel morgan and spider are by vengeful hindus EPISODE IN THE OCEANS GRIP the spider john ethel and morgan awakened by the heat and smoke fumes from the blazing brush the woodland temple of siva opened their eyes to see the grin grim visage of that god glaring down upon them ani and seeming to grin as lie he watched rate hed their impotent things beneath the increasing heat blasts outside the incantations of the hindus grew louder rising above the tree tops the smoke of the consuming temple rose to the heavens as the outpourings of if a living volcano far to the distance the trailing seeing this evil sign and instinctively knowing that it was the place for which he was in search glanced about with despairing eyes his hii own feet would never bear him there in time he had bad left the city alty far behind him and was passing a country house standing before it hitched to the fence paling was a saddled horse and with a grunt of he leaped upon the animal and went speeding upon his way to the clatter of hoots and the protesting yells ot of the ithe steeds owner owner who had emerged from the building just tn la time to witness the seeming larceny riding as he seldom had before the indian arrived upon the scene just as the flames were approaching their zenit li absorbed in ta left incantations tat ions and with the roar of the blaze in their ears the hindus remained unconscious of the hoot hoof beats of the steed that was charging madly upon them As a 21 thomb bursts upon its mark so did Ka Ra burst upon his unsuspecting audience without the waste of a second he be opened fire upon the group wore before him bim shallum throwing up his hands bands reeled back into the arms of two of his companions who lifting him bodily went speeding through the trees tree their burden again the great revolver roared and a second hindu with a yell leaped into the air and fell a moment later however regaining ili ills feet and disappearing in the wake of his big fellows having got rid of his enemies the indian ran swiftly around the burning building The fiercely blazing fire before the door made tiny any attempt to enter by that and ills his eyes flew upward instantly they lighted upon the limb that overhung the doomed structure and with a leap he secured the lariat that hung bung at the saddle of his purloined beast to throw it over the illma and mount it was but the work of a dozen seconds from the branch lie he peered down through an pening opening in tile the root roof upon the four tortured victims of the altar A glance told him that not a second was waa to be lost binding the handkerchief he had found abou about this bis nose and mouth he drew up the rope and dropped it into the interior of the now blazing building ile he slid down the rope until his feet rested upon the stove stone altar in the terrible heat the quickest action was necessary and clashing bing ethels bonds apart he raised her to her feet As lie did the same tor for john the girl tore strips from her petti petticoat cout which she wet in a jar of pea peril umed Turned water which stood upon the altar then bound it over her face as uie indian had protected bis big own As john arose giddily and covered ills his nose and mouth I 1 in n the same manner he saw Ra standing knife lit in land over the still twisting forms of morgan and the spider plainly the ancient one was alvas debating whether lie he should release them at T leave them to the mercy of the fl names asnes and with a commanding motion of liis lifs hand davis bade him film set them free plainly acting against his wilt will the red man obeyed and the last of the tour four victims struggled to ills his feet in the atmosphere mo illo sphere of the place speech was waa impossible As morgan and bellas were masking themselves john pointed first to the girl and then to the opening in the rocta corff nodding ills his understanding tile indian swarmed the length of the lasso until he gained the limb at another notion motion from john the spider fillou followed d and a loop was swiftly made in which the girl could bit before the strength ot of tile the four arms above she fhe w was as hoisted clear of the inferno nud and seated in safety at once the rope was dropped to the remaining two with the fire roaring on all sides and their clothing beginning to smoke it would be but the matter of a minute or two more before life within the platt was as impossible yet there were two men to make the ascent knowing that the chances were against the last ones I 1 ability to withstand the furnace heat until abts turn conse came john signaled morgan to go ahead without waiting any second invitation that party seized he rope and climbed and was hauled from the fiery bery pit to the breathable air above leaving the two other men upon the limb to haul up davis Ita assisted si 8 ted the sir girt to the ground where site she stood wringing her hands as she implored thein to hasten and draw her lover forth morgan flattening out upon the branch dropped the rope to tile the one and bade him climb it at alre same time slipping an open knife from his wrist and holding it concealed in the palm of his hand As the lariat fell uti uncurling curling before him davis seized it and began hauling himself upward hand over liand hand red tongues of flame caressing his limba As ashe lie mounted foot by foot crouching above him upon the limb like a panther ther above ills his victim the traitor morgan glued ills eyes upon the slowly ascending figure weakened by the terrible heat and his hands liot hot and dry it required every ounce of davis strength to rale raise ills his body from outtie out lie roaring mass mas yet little by little he be fought its his way upward until lit his hend and shoulders appeared above the opening upon the ground below ethel wai standing with outstretched arms and at ills his appear once a glad cry burst from lier her lips morgan eyes still fastened upon him fill ind and hoping every second to see him succumb to the heat anil and po IZO tumbling back to ills his loath uttered a savage curse beneath its ills breath ns besaw lie saw that the other despite lit ills terrible handicap was about to gain still the limb already the climbing one was but two yards yard beneath the bough and in ili a moment mori more would reach safety were the hawk to send him bad back into that roaring hell he must set act holh both quickly and skillfully and with a cry of encouragement coura gement to the man inan lie he hated he extended his arm down the lie rope as though to lend a liel helping pIng hand and as john with a look of gratitude raised one arm ami to grasp grap tile lie proffered palin morgan pressed the edge ui of UK tit keen blade to the rope willi it cry of de despair the betrayed one plunged straight down into the heart of the furnace paralyzed fly by horror at the lie sight ethel covered her face ace with iter her hands hand and stood swaying but unable enable to move inove released front from the weight of johns body by his tah fill the milt containing the spider and morgan whipped itself sharply upward the spider was thrown headlong to tue the ground and morgan elso dk dislodged lodged aly saved himself from following lit his victim into the fire by a fortunate clutch of the limb the knife in its release tilted in his is hand cutting a ga gash gah h in isis his palm palin then hen disappeared into the flames below regaining the lie branch by a 11 dep desperate prate effort morgan crawled its length with ills his limbs trembling beneath liin biri until he reached the trunk froni from which lie dropped to the ground at tile same time the rafters gave way tray before the lie gnaw ing of the fire and fill into the lie seething pit below with a I 1 cruh cra h that sent the sparks flying upward in 11 8 spout of flame alloi found the girl mill prostrated and the he red man miling basile her with ith a face fi as impressive as thou though h cabied from frimi stone the alie hawk got upon ills hn feet ind and thrust one hall hand into his coat pocket iler hes gone and we can do nathl nothing n more we must get E thet a away way front from here as quickly us as po possible ihle lUlli filee an and I 1 will take her b tick hack to the hotel bellas you stay around until the fire Is out and see that nothing elss elep catches keep the Inilla us horse until everything J is safe thell come collie ond report bat ion ou lanil all right returned return erl the spider older and Ra Rain fice acquiescing by a nod oil they endeavored deavo denv red ored to lead the lie gi girl I awny sin struggling x and that lint slip she would bleyer leave the place until her lovers lover body had been recovered sli at last broke don ind and permitted herself hop elf to be supported to the nall MUI aben jolin john wa was cut loose by the villainous hawk C in be dropped like a plummet striking one corner of the big center stone of ill the altar instinctively throwing out his hand lie clutched one arm arin of the aig figure ure and it at that w rench brench the idol which was pivoted in the middle swung on it its balancing print point thus reve aling lt a hole halt into which the body of the mo mm I 1 dropped in ili his aall fall lie dragged after him the linage image of siva which burst burnt into pieces some of the fragments wedging the file pivoted stone so that it could ao not baring back and close the opening john stunned for the bonn nt by the fall fal presently aroused himself inspection spec tion showed that he was lit in a rude cellar the roof of which was upheld by big columns formed of 0 logs boxes were vre scattered about aud and an ordinary lantern hung from ft peg tills this he took down lighted and began an exploration of the place A few moments search revealed a rough puncheon door at a far corner and raising its latch he held his lantern high and gazed attend an earthen tunnel sloping down lay illy before him so this his Is how the fakirs fakiri got away with the valuable offerings given siva by the gods dupes he murmured closing the door behind him lie he stepped into the passageway A short distance farther on the tunnel broadened broa bened into a shallow cave with broken walls and boulders scattered about here john halted baited seeing nothing suspicious and becoming aware that a subdued light was entering the place from the opposite side he again stepped forward before him was an entrance well screened by vines vine find and parting these lie he peered out at that instant from behind him four hindus rising from their places of conceal ment where they had dropped as they saw his light coin coming down donn the passageway threw themselves upon him hearing their swiftly approaching steps he whirled to meet till tills new danger but was wag an instant too late A club in the hand oi of a hercul herculean esin oriental fell upon ills his lead with a crush crash said and he fell senseless upon the ground quickly lie he was bound and this done tile the giant nho ho had felled him and who was aid dressed by his companions as shere kann motioned with one land haal instantly two ot of the smal smaller er men disappeared returning a coill moment en t later with the body of shellum r this th Is they deposited deposit pi at the ide of the fallen a 11 en one l tom a corner of alie cave a rude lit tt was lims brought and upon apon this the sen soles Is body of davis was placed Shel luins turban was fitted upon his lead head and the pointed native shoes of tit ohp lend dead hindu drawn upon ills fert feet then til rapIng ills his body with the file tunic so that only the head find and feet pr pro at ither cither end they loft left him and devoted their attentions to their former companion M n ho had perished before the Ind indians lans big gun placing johns coat over Shel luni they carrier carri eft the ibe corpse to a nicho niche in tile the wall ant there left it returning to the unconscious one two seized the front of tb the improvised litter two the rear and gravely left tile the cave hot noticing that their bare feet left wore more or lesi distinct imprints upon the i soft ground left alone in his algil agil beside the now smoldering fire the spider sat under a tree smoking lazily presently ills his eyes wandered upward to the limb and as they did so a thought seemed to aalke him for putting his big pipe aside lie he arose shinning up tile the tree lie worked his bis way out on the limb until he came to where the remnant of the rope still dangled there pausing and looking down followed a moments reflection vt hereafter lie he pulled up of rope and inspected it extending half way through it lie he saw a cut such as could only have been made by a sharp edged instrument A rion frown crossed his face lies hes lower down than even I 1 thought jilin him lie muttered as he let the lie rope end fall next lie he loicel a iced down into the lie ruins 0 of f the temple the blaze was lying dying and the top of the altar adies covered atis plainly revealed A second glance showed him the pivoted stone still partly open and he uttered an exclamation of astonishment well pit ill ti be hanged it 1 he aint got away again starveling marveling over his big discovery lie he d descended C to the ground cut down a few saplings sip linga and began making a sort of bridge which started upward from the ground and ran to the altar top I 1 over which the still hot debris was smoking this done lie he began mounting it cautiously tiou sly gaining the top of the altar lie he saw how low a part of the arm of the pod god had wedged the pivot and began kicking into the ashes at the same time fayling well you were some good after nil all old man next he tested the pivot and found it firm and being satisfied that it would not close upon him and make jilin him a prisoner he dropped into the ce cellar ilar as john had bad done the place was still dimly lighted by the glow from above and a short search discovered to him 1 a I fragment of candle tills this he lighted and proceeded down the inq passageway ngew sly following in the tracks of davis ile he arrived at the cave and proceeded to search ill lie same soon later running across the dead body of Shel shellum luin which avas covered by johns cont cent the coat lie nt at once recognized looking at tile the torn and footprint marked floor he saw tit lie c heavy imprints of johns shoes mingled with the tracks of the bare feet of the natives further exploration revealing where here the hindus had cut pole poles s and made a litter ile he began soliloquizing davis fell through the altar and came here he was attacked by tile hindus and put up a big fight but they made him a prisoner put soine home of the dead mans clothes on him and took him away now I 1 wonder chyr why not being able to solve the proposition further he retraced his steps climbed out of the altar and rode away meeting a man upon the rond read the spider stopped him seen any hindus passing this way partner purt nerl he asked ns as he reined iu in III his horse the man nodded yep I 1 seen four he athens carrying another man on some poles about a mile ahead where the big cluster of trees |