| Show 7 7 11 N X N y wi all A a saw fqy y albert bert E smith ond and cyrus cyru 5 Towa townsend send drady brady adf lulf hy u bapa NOVELIZED FRO PHOTO PLAY finally assented the blanket SYNOPSIS boht rob n hails davis and hawk morgan executors of D f the estate of john cair miner disa disagree 9 ree over the disposition of the profits of t alie he mine morgan seeks the gold and the gi girl r ethel carrs adopted daughter for himself and unsuspected by davis who whom m ethel really loves makes severs several sens sensational attempts upon the life of da dails vis sus suspicion pi clon Is diverted to a mysterious hermit ethel is lured to a fake hospital where she Is about to be married to morgan thinking he is davis davis and Ra Rain tace appear in tho the nick of oc time but morgan escapes without being r recognized ethel and davis are then drugged end and bast cast adrift in a boat with internal infernal machines aboard they escape EPISODE 13 THE RIVER OF DREAD morgan and the spider having suspended the box of TNT from a limb above the car tracks of the electric road so arranged the small rope sustaining it that when the car bearing john and ethel passed the spot the wheels NIi eels would sever the line thus letting the explosive tall fall upon the car this done they drove to the top of a nearby near by hill from whose crest they could gloat over the destruction ot of those who stood between them find and their evil designs being behind time the car tip approached the trap at a terrific pace jolin john and ethel who were standing upon the front platform saw the rope lying across the way and suspecting that some danger was wais connected with it called upon the motorman to stop it was too late to do this however and seeing that the ear must cross tile rope john did not hesitate seizing the girl in his arras arms he leaped from ahe platform by grent great good luck land ing upon a pile of fresh dirt which had been thrown up by some workmen who abe were making an near by scarcely had they stopped rolling over and over when the occurred just in the rear of the speeding car tb throwing rowing it on end and crushing it like an eggshell arising from where they had been rolled by their impetus the man and woman approached the ruined car john getting on his hands and knees peered beneath the ruin then arose with a grave face The motorman Is dead crushed to a jelly he be announced the girl ashud dered i it Is ie horrible I 1 we escaped by a miracle it certainly was a close call for us however we can do nothing here I 1 will notify the company as soon as we reach the inn come being overtaken by a wagon a short shor t distance on they requested to be taken aboard and a moment later found themselves occupying a sent seat beside the driver who obligingly took them to the inn morgan and the spider from their coign of vantage upon the crest of at the lh hill watched the blowing up of the car with absorbed interest As tho the entire framework arose in the air and then fell with a resounding crash the alm ilm hawk k clapped his companion upon the back jubilantly done for this time bad luck to them he cried but the spider had become pessimistic through many failures im from missouri he returned just wait until the smoke has blown blawn away before you begin to crow A moment later through tile the clearl clearing Dg air they saw john and ethel hurrying toward the wreck L told you tou so laughed lau glied the spider t ar C morgan swore loud and ion long fill all we can do is go back to tile hotel and wait tor for them lie announced as his first rage began to cool he gave the wheel a twist and once more they were upon their way Ra left in the closet bound and gagged stayed neither long first finding a nail that protruded from the wall hi he sawed the bonds which held his wrists against it until the thin rope parted then quickly unfastened his ankles an kleit the fact that the closet cloet door was locked gave him small concern placing his back against it and his feet against the opposite wall he gave it a shove which popped it open BS as though it bad been a cigar box crossing the outer room he took ills his revolver from its place on the table where it had been left by the ones who mho had made him prisoner and buckled it on feeling sure as lie he did that morgan forgan and bellas were the ones one who iho were causing the series of accidents and discouraged ni at his inability to 0 o convince davis of the fact he be decided to bay no more but rather to constitute himself a silent and ever watchful guard over the pair As lie left the inn lie caught a glimpse of morgan spider coming up tip the road in a email cat car whereupon lie he hll bid hi hii nelt in the wayside brush and watched them pass shortly later while he was still lying in its his retreat and waiting for something to happen john and ethel rode up to the inn in the wagon dismounted and also alo entered expecting new deviltry to break forth any moment now that ohp four were again under the same roof the indian arose and rne sneaking aking bock to the lie hotel raised a side bide window and crept up the stairs at the lie top of which he took FL a position at tile the keyhole of the room within which the four were talking the first thing that IN morgan forgan and the spider did as they entered the inn ina upon their return was to go to the room in the closet of which they had left Ra the splintered door told them the whole hole stor story morgan uttered a curse f if lie he moots meets davis hell tell him all be knows and then it will be fin an open fight however I 1 guess were a match foraman for a man and a girl once move bellas laughed sardonically we aint been yet and weve had plenty of outside help to boot ignoring him the other went on if we see davis first well block the hit indians g game a tile lie ile drew forth a big roll of bills well ive been rubbed ribbed of this savvy the spider grinned 1 I get gel ou you missed it last night after Ra Rain tace left us if lie tarns up one of us will try and get him before lie can open his mouth the beba we can do after we get into the mountains with the pang gang we wont cure care nhat lie he tells huai here they come now the door opened arid and into the room stepped uthel ethel john wet muddy and forlorn looking halting in surprise as they found themselves looking into the muzzles of I 1 morgans and the spiders drawn drann weapons with expressions pres of tellef relief the pair lowered their guns so youre ibeck again beamed the hawk as he advanced with hand out you sure gave us a fright since they tried top to chloroform us find and we ve finally woke up to find you gone weve been half beside ourselves with anxiety you look a though you had b been tn through wind fire and high water davis laughed and then some briefly lie told his story then asked what had meanwhile happened to them morgan answered hlin him it beats me when the Spi spider derand and I 1 woke up we were tied hard and fast but I 1 got a knife and well look at these he held up the lashings which Ra had cut from himself these tire are what they had bad us trussed dup up with I 1 wonder it if it Is that indian that Is making all this trouble ive been robbed of a thousand dollars since lie he left us last night the alie face of davis flushed cut that talk out morgan lie warned sternly id trust Ra as I 1 would ethel or you and I 1 would trust him as I 1 would john chimed in the girl morgan assumed a defiant tone where did he go then yes and why lie he here chimed in bellas john waved them aside hell show up when the time canies however there Is no use in arguing over it lets get some breakfast and then go back to the clean hills ive had enough of this town morgan quickly assented the same here spider get the things ready for us with peace restored they started for the breakfast room the spider and morgan ili wholly olly unaware that from the retreat into which lie he had slipped at the first sign of their the malevolent glare of the indian bore upon their backs as lie he fingered his long knife for Ra had heard all find and its his hatred for the villainous pair had become as deadly as the spew of a rattlesnake at tile the railway station the returning travelers were met by the gung gang of miners together with two engineers engineer ar an assayer and a gang buss boss morgan introduced john and ethel to the crowd with nith the nation that the spider had summoned the men from tile the city by telephone and that ill the latter had gone ahead on the express to make arrangements to receive them As this was being done dane the indian arrived and unnoticed by anyone boarded the train from the opposite side and secreted himself morgan and the nine mine boss who was none other than our old friend doctor fream now shaved and otherwise disguised took their seats in the smoker apart from the rest the boss addressed his companion spider dwore wire hed have everything ready at the camp ill answer anser for tile the sang gang as for the lie rest I 1 cant tell yet good returned hawk well ta fix them thein when we get then them where thre UK re is nobody to butt in and spoil the ilia game reaching their station they were met by the spider knowing that we could not make the mine tonight I 1 have prepared an all abandoned camp near here tor for our use until tomorrow was his announcement thankful that there was a place of rest near at land hand the party followed him until the selected place was before them it co consisted n aisted of one fairly sool house consisting of three rooms with other shacks adjoining it sup per finished they began their preparation for the nights sleep it was decided that the girl should take lake the inner room of t the house john the second and morgan the outside room tile spider was waa to sleep with the men in the auxiliary sli shacks acks this arranged and all being tired from the strenuous day just passed they bade each other good night and retired there being no bed or bunk in johns room he r spread pread a blanket upon the floor and bringing a saddle for a pillow stretched himself for the night twenty minutes later he was sleeping peacefully the hour of midnight came and silence brooded blooded close over the camp the door of morgans room quietly opened and the lie plotter crept out to he be joined a moment 1 later ater by spider and tile mine boss otherwise the take fake doctor bream passing to the baek back of tim house they disclosed the entrance to a n deep cellar which ran I 1 immediately 1 under the middle compartment t of the house wherein john was deep in slumber and into this hole they disappeared 1 I arranged it this afternoon before you came caine whispered bellas as they were safely underground she ns as slick no as pease and without a sound lighting a lantern lie ho led the way ny to the cellar on the sides of which were rei repealed caled two wheels with etli ropes wound about them and which led to a simple lowering and hoisting arrange ment connected with the ceiling above which also composed the floor of the sleeping mans room the spider taking hold bold of one of these wheels and morgan the other they began letting them slowly unwind As they did so the floor upon which john lay sank foot by foot into the cellar until it came to a rest on the earthen floor so slow and silent had been the groces i that the weary had not awakened with a spring the three were upon him caught asleep and covered by his blanket he was halt half stifled and bound before he was fairly awake and before he could gain his breath a gag ats placed in his mouth and a sack drawn over his head then laying him aside the floor was hoisted back into place and securely propped from below leaving no sign that it bad ever been tampered with which could be observed by anyone who should now enter the room above by the first morning light ethel awoke hastily dressing herself for the he day she went to the door of davis room and knocked there was no response and she repeated her tapping louder this time there still being no ansin r and feeling assured that lie til already ready had arisen and gone out she opened the door a little way and peeped in tile the room was empty As she lie turned away she encountered morgan just arisen yawning sleepily and in the let act of going to the basin outside for his morning wash she nc accosted him where is john seen him yet miss ethel in tact fact I 1 just this minute rolled out it if he in his room find him somewhere around camp but when breakfast had been eaten and still no davis all admitted that it had begun to 0 o look queer an examination of his loom revealing nothing morgan suggested that lie probably had seen a iper der and was stalking it in the hills anyway we have got to get these men on oil their way and start them at work so we will go along leaving the boss find one of its his men to wait for him that is all we can do just now ethel secretly protesting was coin compelled to adroit admit that hat it would be folly for the whole party to remain aln behind raid find awalt await the he return of one man leaving the pair named by morgan to unger linger about the place until the vanished one came back from his hunt built the remainder of the party continued its way into the mountains and toward the mine that Ra had disappeared worried ethel but little she knew the indian and his strange silent ways end and felt lie he would return unerringly home whenever the mood came upon him As the departing party wended bended its way may out ut of sight around a bend in the trall trail the bos and his helper got upon their feet well wander around for a while then slowly follow the bunch anil cutch up with them tonight at the mine we call tell them thein that lint wo nye waited A hit ill all day dinv and no signs of him and let them do what hat they like announced crenin mounting their horses they went nent riding leisurely awny away in the cellar john had once more manage managed to free himself by means of the secret knife which he carried concealed in his waistband this done tie lie emerged from the hie pit and a moments inspection shoving him that the party had left he took a foot trail that led in the direction of 0 tile the mine A mile further on lie he came to a house where he rapped agthe door acoman A woman opened it briefly lie he told lier her who he be was adding that an accident had separated him from his hid party and asked or the loan of a horse and some weapons I 1 my man has gone to tou ton n D but you eq na az U 2 w S V 11 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 3 Z A n t I 1 vo v A 12 i mn 21 leg P T ij om VIM wo 0 rt Owl 1 N V az U in i A clift V X X I 1 11 ll ma r K v 1 1 t v Z I 1 they were swinging wildly down the maddened stream are welcome to help yourself to a horse out of the corral ill get you a gun while you are roping him was her response As he returned from the corral with his mount the woman met him at the door rifle ride in hand and thanking her and promising a quick return of the borrowed artries articles art lies lie he set out upon his way from the winding trail which arose in successive uprisings from the valley into the foothills the boas bass and his follower looked down to catch sight eight of a galloping horse and rider far below yet not beyond rifle shot an oath burst from the lips of fream iles hes got loose but we can pot him from here raising his rifle he fired but as the smoke cleared the horseman aas aias seen still pursuing his way and apparently unhurt the other scoundrel raised his weapon sighted carefully and pulled the trigger As the gun roared the man below toppled from his saddle and tell fell headlong to the ground but I 1 got him lie laughed for a moment the pair watched the motionless form below then spurring their horses went galloping away that davis was not dead in fact with a bullet through his head was flue to his quick thinking when the bullet fired by F fream ream NN whizzed close by his head |
