Show NUNN 0 i aw tl ian I 1 1 N yv ya 1 11 lu I 1 IS ssi c ly n W r I 1 I 1 I 1 hi I 1 1 il alv II 11 x if Is 1 nj tal ss f 1110 v r i M fi oey ALDERT ALBERT E SMITH CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY I 1 NOVELIZED FROM PHOTO PLAY COP ba I 1 M SYNOPSIS john dav davig 1 9 a and n d hafek ha k morgan executors of tho the estate of 0 john carr minor miner disagree e a over the disposition of the profits of 0 the mine morgan seeks the gold and tile girl cirl ethel carrs adopted daughter dau for himself and unsuspected by davis whom ethel really loves makes numerous sensational attempts upon the life of davis kalls suspicion is diverted to a mysterious hermit finally unmasked morgan and his gang make a last desperate effort to get eel rid of davis EPISODE 15 FATES VERDICT imprisoned in the sliding house which they knew must in a moment more topple from the verge of the cliff and be smashed into matchwood on the locks at the bottom of the canyon john and Ra clung to whatever object was handiest when the shack was momentarily checked at the brink by tile the stump and while the spider was vas creeping forward to fasten the ipe around the obstruction that it might be jerked away and the building permitted to fall the pair within seized the brief moment of respite to tear one of the loosely fastened planks from tile the floor As they made the opening they heard their names called from below and glanced down but a short distance below they saw the upturned race face or of the old hermit who was standing upon a narrow ledge just beneath the overhang of the cliff come down hurry yI he called softly and the pair lost no time in beying lowering themselves through tho thi opening made by the remove removed board they dropped to the ledge being caught as they tell fell by the one who stood below safe once more they crovi crowded ded themselves against the face of the cliff to escape if po possible ible being dashed info into the depths by the structure just above their heads when it should come roaring down A moment later it swept by them brushing their bodies in its descent from the UP lip of the cliff tile the spider pointed down into the depths at the splintered remnants of what once had been the shack then he turned to morgan I 1 how about the gold he demanded the hawk laughed the gold Is safe enouf enough li well get it later we might as well be getting away from here As they got into their saddles preparatory to riding away morgan glancing over his men noticed the absence of the assayer assay er not wishing the inmates of the home house alarmed as yet he decided that they should go hack back and look for him at once they wheeled their horses and started off on on oil a lope their pursuit was fruitless the man of whom they were in search having baving become suspicious of the gang through the inadvertent remark of morgan had taken advantage of their in tile the battle about the house and mounting lit his horse scurried back in the direction of the main cabin ethel hearing him come galloping up ran to the door just as the approaching roan man leaped from the saddle greatly agitated he called to her got mr davis trapped in a boure and tire are trying to shove it over the cliff with a cry of alarm the girl whirled and went running into the house A moment later she appeared with bridget the girl bearing n rifle ani and pistol the cook a double saw edoil edoff ed oil off shotgun calling to the man that they could ninke mate better time over tile the ridge on foot lie turned his livorse loose and fell tn in at their sides running as fast as they could they mounted the lie trail As tile lie house went thundering down into space john turned to the hermit an and d thrust out his hand we have to thank you tor for our lives sir I 1 had thought that you were the amthor of till all this deviltry but it seems I 1 mils grievously mistaken grimly the indian smiled 0 no o allm good man morgan find spider they all devil keenly davis surveyed their rescuer up and down running liis ills hand cross ills brow as he strove to freshen his is memory 1 I seem 0 lo 10 o know you he said slowly kokx ly and yet your name A smile i lie crossed the face of their savior 1 I think we had best go hack back to the cabin and look after the woman folks lie he interrupted As tor for my name there is time enough for that thought of possible danger to ethel spurred davis into instant acquiescence As they em emerged aged fron from the lie valley near the cabin a low exclamation from the hermit caused them to look hack line k morgan anil and ills his gang were already atline alline re ady in sight and headed for thim them and nt fit once they broke into a run daish dashing rig into the cabin john called loudly for but no reply came arid a quick search ree revealed aled the emptiness tin ess of the lions house c hastily barring the doors they made ready for the attack which they knew would soon follow morgan nt at sight of 0 the assayers livorse worse and tile the running three turned to the spider with a wicked oath curse them they have gotten away again it surely bents beats me and that fool assayer has hag joined them take halt half the men and ride back we may bag something the spider with mith a command to a number of the miners went riding away at their lead head while the hawk and his party dismounted taking advantage of whatever ver shelter they could find they opened fire upon the house ethel and tier her party hearing the approach of the S iders 8 gang ran from froin the trail and climbed to a little ledge over which a brow of the cliff drooped As the approaching party opened fire upon them they threw themselves flat upon the rock and returned it and the assailants seeing the impossibility of rushing the place scattered and took to lo shelter letter A careful scanning of the ilu atlon convincing the spider that an attack from above the ledge might be successful lie he dispatched two men to make a detour ind get above it while ile he and the rest kept up their fire on one of their bullets glancing from a rock pierced the assayers bayers as arm and his weapon dropped in an instant the trish irish woman hall had dropped ber formidable gun seized the wound y U M RINI ml fi I 1 va 5 7 g t 0 11 K YM I 1 aai A M 0 M ft A boxes of explosives were piled up between john and the tunnel 14 t R x T n V n Y a z ka IA 4 antonio moreno who plays the part of john davis od ed man and dragged him bilm into a recess where here she began bund bandaging aging it the th girl tier her ammunition exhausted turned into tile the niche abere her companions were in order to secure another weapon As she did so one of tile the men whom the spider had commissioned for foi the attack from above dropped upon the shelf before them before lie he could regain Ws hs poise bridget with a wild celtic war cry was uns upon him loch locking loching ing her mighty arms about his waist she elie hurled liliu him bodily over the edge watching liing him film a as lie went ent crashing down when lie was no longer to be seen she faced about and saw her sawed off gun where she had dropped it when the assayer had been hit slowly slie she picked it up Ile bedad dad I 1 clane forgot it ft she muttered but tier her moment of triumph was short hort lived even een as she spoke a second form dropped heavily upon tier lier liend head and she tell fell stunned upon the lodge ledge and before the girl could reload tier her weapon the outlaw had bad disarmed her covering the wounded man their captor uttered a triumphant yell vell and at that signal tile the spider and ills his followers came swarming over tile the ledge quickly the three prisoners were bound after which they were marched hack back along tile the ridge at the muzzles of their captors mc weapons apons drought Brou glit before morgan the cap thes were ordered to halt the hawk turned to the girl its open war from now on if you will join my side ill marry you after I 1 get gel rid of that cursed daas if I 1 not ills further remarks were cut short by a volley from above aboe from the sawmill where they ball bad been inspecting the machinery the two e engineers ngi had heat heard d the hots and in rufed out A glance at the gro group below bc low enlightened them as to the real situation and without hesitation they opened fire upon the outlaw gang back out of range darted the hawk dragging ethel after him blin uis ills voice arose in a sharp command to the mine everybody we have bave got the iho woman nil and they will have to come to our terms As they started amay beachle approached him and whispered lu in ills ear and with avith a gesture of assent morgan summoned the spider bel before tore them I 1 all right lie he returned rut but dont involve the woman I 1 can camuse use tier her As the party started toward the mine blackie Bl ackle who had lagged behind turned ills back upon and broke into a wild run toward the cabin av waving av his hondli on high as he leaped from rock to lock and with morgan arid and the spider sending their biff lets about him blin as closely as they 1 I 1 dared without danger of doing hiir pipii am rin m the party within the he cabin seeing tills this play and believing that the appi caching man ma was endeavoring to escape threw apen the door and ad bitted liim him into their midst breathlessly the new arrival sauk sank upon it i chair they are arc going into the mine with the lie wo woman ratin I 1 wont stand for that rough stuff it if you will have me after what I 1 have done ill help you clean out that gang im a sinner nil all right but no murder in mine scarcely had they assured him that his bib belp would be accepted than the two iwo engineers joined them and a council of war was at once called john spoke of course the first thing to fo do Is to get ethel and bridget out of their clutches I 1 have barricaded barricades barrica ded the mine entrance through flir ough the tunnel yo yonder rider vi had d as they have left the assayer r be hind and he seems to be able to use one hand lie he can watch it you two engineers can cover the vine screened entrance and blackie and I 1 will mill enter by the ole hole bole in the cliff Ra and the hermit interposed do da not assign any part to the indian and me go ahead with your plan for it ft is a good one I 1 think I 1 can help in my own olwin way As an all agreed they started olt off leaving the hermit Ita and the assayer who was now slowly approaching behind jolin john and blackleg readied reached the top of the roe rock overlooking tile the ledge mb which ich gave entrance to the mine slaking making a rope fast they begun began the descent merw davis first the other oilier man following him As the latter landed the spiders face unseen by john appeared at tile the entrance but disappeared as suddenly as it ft hall had come lit at a gesture from his confederate arrived upon the ledge they pursued their way along it blackie now in advance they peered around a projecting rock and in caught sight of th lie e villains afla I 1 n s busily at at the lie far end of the lie cave sneaking inside very quietly they arrived at the spot pot where ethel 1 lay bound and cutting tier her fetters john lifted tier her in his arms and boie boic her into the tunnel there embracing her he hooke it woke softly walt waft for me I 1 am going go g back after bridget A moment later mid and he had reached the irish woman slie she whispered m ed to him 13 ce lisy up to some dirty nur IllAr ruck jolin john at that instant the gun butt of tile the treacherous mackie falling upon the lilt head of the bending man mail he be drop dropped ed heavily to the floor in an instant lie he was mas upon his feet its his revolver in his nand hand the traitor was already in the he act of delivering a second blow when the the weapon of da dallis is flashed ill got you anyway you traitor or ho cried as ill lie sent a bullet through the he mould be assassins body hut but before lie he could repeat the alie shot tile the gang was upon him the desperate de battle which followed raged from wall to wall of if the ill e cave but eventually th lone man inan was pulled donn bound and laid next to bridget hy direction tile men begun bringing boxes of explosives dynamite cartridges and ti TT T with milli long fuses which they taw piled pill id up between john and the which lie he had find come next they lan an three lines of fuse to the pile one along the ground another along tin tile vail mall about waist high und the thard its as high as they could reach elthier ot OC the three fuses would ignite a nd md explode the mass of death deatle which they had bad plied piled about morgan addressed them boys that entrance Is blocked blocked the dynamite will keep him away from frem that one lf llight ht the fuses and well beat it this way which lends leads to the cabin and safety after it Is all over well come back for the treasure one by one the three death auces were w fired d the hawk an and d others p pausing bere iere dri ire f for 0 r a moment at the tunnel mouth to watch the sparks creep on jeered the two bound victims whom they were leaving behind to be blown to atoms with a final curse upon them Is morgan lorgan led his companions companion 3 through the tunnel toward the house AS they started john rolling over and over held his wrists to the streak ot of lire fire that was creeping along the floor on its way to the dynamite and regardless gard less of burnt flesh pressed his bonds upon it As the retreating gang was about to pass around a bend in the tunnel which would afford them safety from the forthcoming blast a door in tile the root roof flew open and th throwing their eyes upward they saw themselves covered by four heavy revolvers two in the hands each of the hermit and with death from the black muzzles staring them ll 11 in the face find and the rapidly burning fuses a at t their backs they threw up their hands bands with wild mild cries for mercy grimly the hermit called to john who with his bonds burned through now sprang to ills his feet pa pass ss up that woman quick raising bridget in his arms davis shoved her through the trap an instant later following her and slamming the door shut with their only hope lying in extinguishing the racing fuses the outlaws rushed madly back stamping tearing at the walls impeding g each others efforts fighting savagely among themselves athel having regained the ledge beard the wild yells of the imprisoned outlaws and paused in wonderment As she did so there was a roar that shook the mountain to its foundation a blinding flash flah and a stream stream of fire and smoke that shot from the opening and for far out across the valley in its midst abe saw the body of the lie spider spinning in the air an and with a shudder watched it ft as it made its flight to the jagged rocks far below the next instant some object fell at her feet and with a little cry of fright she sprang back it was a rope blown there by the blast and with a quick glance about which took in her surroundings she picked it up out of the mine shaft john the hermit bridget and Ra emerged to be greeted by the assayer and the engri engineers cers davis rushed eagerly forward where is ethel lie he demanded As none answered lie he pushed them aside an and d went hurrying away then she must be where here I 1 left her on the ledge running to the spot lie he found the rope which lie be and backie bachle I had bad used still banging there and dese descended ended followed by Ra who mho had closely pursued him there they tried the entrance but it was blocked forever by the lie huge masses of rock loosened by the he explosion and they turned their heir eyes down into the valley far below upon the rocks they made out the broken remains of what once had been the spider plunged into the depths of despair the pair slowly pursued their homeward way they entered the cabin to be greet ell eil by the lie others who pres 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