| Show pi r r albert cyrus mw M w NOVELIZED FROM PHOTO PLAY 1010 bit EPISODE 4 SYNOPSIS john davis and hawk morgan ex feut a ra 0 uie tho estate of john carr miner and joint int I 1 guardians of 0 ills his adopted daughter athel ha quarrel over the disposition of the profits of the mine morgan kinau un unsuspected ll 11 s by davis makes several e attempts on the life ot of the latter diverting suspicion to a mysterious hermit morgan morean summons a villainous accomplice com PI ice tamed named spider bellas several of their attempts to kill davis so that morgan organ can pet get the gold and the girl are miraculously frustrated by a mysterious hermit davis Is bound to the traveler ot of a saw used tor for cutting culling logs hound bound to the traveler of the saw mill and being slowly but surely fed against tile the whining 1 buzz saw knowing that a few seconds more must find lis his body being severed by the he jagged teeth john davis fought against terrible death with all the desperation pe Iier atlon ration of a powerful and courageous man had file fate which ilich stared him in the face been a clean death at tile the muzzle of a gun or through a fall over a cliff he might have resigned himself to it and died then and there but ali allm tho thought eglit of being beina torn in to by the steel teeth of this whirling ni monster onster aroused him as nothing in his life had ever done before beneath ills his clothes liis his muscles swelled like whip cords as he summoned evel every 3 inch inch or of his splendid strength into the battle for life the saw was but a I 1 foot from his body it would strike stride him tit nt tile the breast lir cast pass through gli litin him I 1 as 18 through a piece of deadwood leave him severed in halves alves li through his mind flashed the vision of ethel finding him thus ethel the woman he loved god 1 lie he could not endure the thought ile he shut liis ills eyes end and released ills his concentrated strength streu gili as ai a steel spring unbends un bends before that terrific effort lite hie cord that had bound his right arm snapped like a 11 rubber band and the arm wits was free quick as thought he be threw out its his hand and braced it against the beam running across the mill above the whirling blade then stiffening his arm until it became as a bar of iron he be pitted his strength against that ot of the traveler had it been a large mill designed for the handling of heavy timber no mans stTen strength gUi could have resisted st it but fortunately for the victim of morgans treachery when old john carr the pioneer had constructed it he had only with the thought of sawing the lighter stuff that grew upon the mountains furthermore the belt which drove the traveler had gont gone slack with age and no longer gripped the pulley with its former tenacity by a titanic effort of which few men would have been capable the desperate one upon the conveyor so br braced aced himself between his lashings las laings and the beam that had his arm been a crowbar croN bar it would have been scarcely less bendable for an instant the issue of battle batile between man and machine hung in doubt then thanks to the loosened gripping power of the ancient belt bell it began slipping around the driving put pul lefand the movement of the traveler ceased yet the instant the strength or of the man should give way the spinning belt would again assert itself and the battle would have been useless the flashing teeth would bury themselves in the helpless body and the end would quickly come nor kor for long could any man matter legs how powerful hope to hold ills his own against the tirelessness of the machine and even now john could feel his strength beginning to run from him as sands stream from an hourglass within the cabin ethel glanced at her watch then turned to Ra mr davis promised to be back within halt half an hour more than alian that length ot of time lias has already passed and still no signs ot of him with so many strange things happening I 1 am becoming nervous suppose we go and find him bin silently the old indian arose and followed her ter into the open air A short distance up the trail the girl whirled upon her follower listen I 1 hear the hum of the sawmill what busan business ss has it to be running bad medicine murmured the old did man we better hurry heap fast without stopping tor for further words they broke into a run in the direction of the sound the girl in the le lead ad A minute later she hue burst open the door of the mill and stood as one transfixed before her lay john dalls hound upon the traveler ills his neck muscles swollen from the frightfulness of his 1113 exertion ezer Uon his arm still holding the saw at bay but beginning to tremble as a wind thrummed thrum med reed unable to speak lie turned his eyes toward her lu ILI it a wild appeal for help belp the wordless call aroused her as though it had been an electric shock in the wink 0 of an eye she was herself again with every muscle taut as a harp strIng iier her glance lew fiew over the mechanism of the machine and bending she picked up a wooden billet from the floor leaping forward she thrust it between the lop of the belt then giving her lever a sudden twist she threw the heli belt from tile the pulley re ilo llevad of the pull the traveler became an inert thing and with it a long gasp gas p tug ing breath of exha exhaustion utIon john let ills his arm fa The danger was past but so BO narrow had been ills his escape that tile hie teeth ot the saw it had ad torn liis ills clothes thank god she cried a us completely nerveless from the shok shock and suR suspense tu pense of tile the moment she fell limpy upon tile the traveler beside the hound bound one her ber arm thrown across liim as though to further protect him Ra old and slow or of gait came panting into the room T taking a ki engg in t had happened with a glatice glai cei lie drew the girl away and seated her upon a s tool stool then whipping out his knife freed davis and ad a assisted him to arise arms arm out outstretched trl ached tita freed eed one staggered to ills his rescuer dropped upon ills his knees tier her in lit ills arms arins I ille from it a pocket tile the ever practical indian drew it a small flask and tendered it placing it to the he girls lips davis forced tier her to drink a few spoonfuls and revived by the lie stimulant tile color came now ing back to tier her cheeks taking johns face between her palms she looked down to it the tears mounting riling to tier eyes while unable 0 to o resist the temptation of tier her lips he drew them to his 1119 own kissing them with a grunhof grunt of approval u the indian averted ills his head you are not hurt burt slie she gasped 1 I wits was in time ile he kissed tier bior again yes dearest you saved me from a terrible death and while I 1 do not know liow how much my fly life is worth to 3 ou on it is yours 1 I should have died also ila had d I 1 been too late slie she sobbed within the 1 abin the lie anuk and bellas but bat heads close together get lier Sud kiny all hey v sprang to their feet and stood food staring like t two 0 men who ANIM see sec a corli 0 ielse for before them thein stood divis daal lit ins head still bleeding jig front from tile the blow of the billet thrown by tile the spider elliel elhel upon his arm and the lie old indian following closely it in their tracks ily cy the seven denil devils liow how did you he 11 gasped g the ns as with ith eyes protruding he gazed upon them bridget wegan entering the lie room at that moment seeing the limp chop forn form of the girl to lier and drew her to her ter motherly y bo bosom boom om petting her crying babby babby john overjoyed by the knowledge of ethels love missed tile the words word that astonishment had forced from the lie arch plotters lips and hold held out ills its land hand to him instantly regaining their poise the baffled pair greeted him heartily boys beamed the rescued man as ile he slapped them on the bac backs congratulate me inc I 1 am tile the happiest man on earth miss ethel loves me ye yes s loves me lite twice my life has hung by a thread since I 1 saw you such a f short time ago once by a damnable deadfall which I 1 sturn stumbled bled beneath and the second time when I 1 was fighting a buzz saw for my life I 1 got out from under the tree unaided but this girl saved me from being cut in two and then it happened what happened asked the 11 spider the sweetest girl on earth gave me tier lips and heart it was worth a thousand times what I 1 had gone through it has made me so happy that dial I 1 am more than grateful that tl I 1 it t eNery everything thing has happened just as it lias has but from now on life means something to me and I 1 am ain going to count upon poll you two friends to help me in my fight against this fur coated monster who Is ever socking seeking my life morgan Nl organ again grasping the others liand land wrung writing it warmly depend upon us john we must keep together hereafter and he will find it harder to deal with three than with till one ounce for ounce dais returned the clasp together let it be we will piece together oguther viliam vi hat we can make out from the he papers and after we have given ethel a chance to rest until tomorrow we ve will go to work to find the alie mine that will give bellas a cliance chance to go to io the settlement tomorrow and attend to some matters for me it if you will ind him a horse he be will start before daybreak so as to be back tomorrow night As the hawk and spider left the room they met Ita on the porch going to get that storm door up tonight the former asked Ka Ra shook his bis head too dark to work now sie ile fix him tomorrow leaving the indian behind the spider addressed morgan what do aou ou want me to do in the village tomorrow A thin grin crossed Alor morgans gaas dark face dace you dont go to any village tomorrow saati with willi 1 I 1 nod ol of understanding the spider said no more from within ethels room site and john wat watched lied the pair depart slowly tile hie arm arin of the man crept around her waist aud and drew her ter to him an and with a little sigh of content she let tier her lead bead fall upon his shoulder sweetheart let us be married now lie he pleaded as he bent his head and kissed her smiling happily up nt at him she shook tier her head bead no john dear not right away W we e must m t wait until we have carried acle ucle out U uncle n johns plans then it if you ton insist Ins insists istl lie cried kissing tier her again then I 1 shall not only insist but demand you will not need to demand she said as her hand patted his cheek Ra happening to pass the partly open door both saw and heard vhal was its going on oil within with will n 4 ak V m at 44 3 d lo 10 va 0 VI t 4 74 g UN A A U c 4 A 5 11 0 03 91 S ka Z morgan woeful of face but with a laugh in his bosom fa faint 1 nt smile breaking across his stole face lie he entered the kitchen to confront bridget I 1 young chief and young squaw they kiss each other in the mill and they get married blinebry bli neby meb hyso 11 he be announced the rolling pin dropped from the big irish omans floury flour hands and tilie held them aloft ecstatically glory be the fondest wish of me heart she cried and careless of her whitened fingers seized the astonished Ra about ills his shoulders and broke into a wild irish jig as she dragged him around the room indignantly breaking away from tier her lie he backed to the doorway from which he viewed tier her with great disgust you damn tool fool donjan lie he announced nou noun ced need the next instant lie he was speeding up the trail for dear life with a frying pan clattering at ills his heels the next morning the spider harnessing up his light buckboard in the early light took his departure ostensibly for the settlement a dozen miles away anay once out of sight of the cabin however he swung sharply at right angles and concealing ills his rig in a small choked with bo bowl ders and small trees sat down to a await alt the coming of his confederate some fifteen minutes later morgan appeared upon the scene bringing with nith him a bundle which lie he deposited upon the ground then addressed the other when I 1 throw the stick I 1 am whittling past the corner of the house you act wait for that signal do you hear bear think I 1 cant understand english growled bellas do your part and ill do mine morgan striding away was vas followed folio ed by the eyes of the spider returning to the cabin morgan approached pro ached the living room door uan itala face was upon the porch putting the finishing touches to the door upon which lie had been working the day before As finished tile vestibule was about five feet square with glazed lazed windows on ano two sides and the storm door on the third morgan forgan IN as lie he entered through it observed that one entering or leaving the vestibule would N not be visible from the living room until he wa was well in front of the living room door passing into the house he greeted ethel and davis cheerily and tile the three sat down to breakfast 1 finishing in this morgan turned to the other man suppose we have another look at those papers davis I 1 would like to study them a bit with a nod of assent john arose and took the articles from a desk and handed them to the lie other man who ho still sipping ills his coffee road read the them in over slowly having satisfied himself as to certain points lie he arose 1 I am going to aee ce if if I 1 can identity identify a certain point lie he announced as he took doyn a pair of field glasses from tile he wall without further explanation lie he went outside outride calling lie attention of Ra to cei balij things still remaining to be done to the vestibule and the indian picking up tip ills his tools resumed its ills work picking up a piece of wood that had been discarded by I 1 ita morgan lorg andrew drew ills his knife k nife and carelessly began to whittle it its ills head bent and to all appearances deep in thought we will now return to the spider no soon had morgan disappeared than bellas opening the bundle which ills his confederate had dropped upon the ground beside him drew forta lariat a fur coat and cup cap winding the former about its ills waist and donning the latter two garments masking asking Il his face with a handkerchief lie he went creeping stealthily s t Q alth 11 y away 1 w ay approaching the haube upon tile the side which il contained contain od the great stone stolle chimney bridget opening tile kitchen door r jut just tit at that moment to throw out a pan of water ater sent him scurrying quick is as it a squirrel behind tills this retreat where pun gun in hand lie he stood alert the shutting of the kitchen door telling itani that lie he had not nol been observed lie replaced the weapon antl and peered cautiously around tile the the chil chilliness lineys edge seeing that the coast was as clearce cle arhe picked up a small stone jud anil to tossed cd it along tile the sloe side ol of tile house toward its front As the lie pebble rolled along the iho ground margim who mho still stood apparently ly absorbed with fill the whittling of ills his stick flicked it a lightning glance from the side of ills his eye upon the moving object closing his knife lie ile pitched the stick alongside tile the stone stolle and turning upon ills heel reentered entered re the house where da bals dals Is and ethel were ell engaged aged in playing checkers lie he addressed davis davis I 1 think I 1 have made a discovery come out here and ill show you john arose pardon me lite a moment ethel it is your move ill be back by the time you have made it said john slightly curious as to what the other had bad found he followed morgan just a little littie bit this way said the hak as he led the unsuspecting one a short distance from the house from his hitting hiding place the spider ila had d |
