Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 1, 1922, Page 2

| THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER B R s 2 Copyright by William MacLeod Rane . » [+] ... synopsis i FOREWORD.—Motoring through Ari- ®ona, u party of easterners, father and daughter and a male companion, stop to witness a cattle round up. The girl leaves the car and is attacked by a wild steer, A masterplece of riding on the part of one of the cowboys saves her life. CHAPTER L—Clay Lindsay, range-rider on an Arizona ranch, announces his inten- tion to visit the “blg town,” New York. CHAPTER I1.—On the train Lindsay becomes interested in & young womarn, Kitty Mason, on her way to New York to become a motion-picture actress. She ‘s marked ag fair prey by & follow truv; aler, Jerry Durand, gang politician and ex-prizo fighter. Percelving his intention, Lindeay provokes a quarrel and throws Duraud rom the train. CHAPTER 111.—On his fiat day in New York Lindsay is splashed with water by & fanitor. . That indlvidual the range: rider punishes summarily and leaves tied to a fire hydrant. A young woman who sees the occurrence invites Clay into her ‘house and hides him fmm the police. CHAPTER 1V.—Clay’s “rescuer” intro- duces herself as Beatrice Whitford. Lind- may meets her father, Colin Whitford, and 18 invited to visit them again. He meets Kitty Mason by accident. She has been disappointed In her stage aspirations, and to support herself is selling clgarettes in a cabaret. Clay visits her there. (Continued from last issue) <ahen agaln he became aware of Durand. The man was not alone. He had with him a hulking rufian whose heavy, hunched shoulders told of strength, There was a hint of the gorilla In the way the long arms hung straight from the shoulders as he leaned forward. Both of the men were watching the cow puncher as steadily v cats do a house finch. #oing to pop in about three * announced Cley to himself. Silenfly, without lifting their ey from t r victim for an Instant, the two men moved apart to take him on hoth sides. He ching to the wall, fore- ine o frontal attack. The laughter bad gone out of his eyes now. They had hardened to pinpoints. This thne it was no.amateur horseplay. He was fighting for his life. No need to tell Clay Lindsgy that the New York gangster meant to leave him as good as dead. The men rushed him. He fought back with clean, hard blows, Jerry hored in like a wild bull. Clay caught him off his balunce, using a short arm Jolt which had back of it all that twenty-three years of clean outdoors Arlzona could give. The gangster hit the pavement hard. He got up furious and charged again. The Arizonan, busy with the other man, tried to sidestep. An uppercut The Men Rushed Him. He Fought Back With Clean, Hard Blows. Jarred him to the heel. In that instant of time before his knees began to sug beneath him his brain flashed the news that Durand had struck him on the chin with brass knuckles. He crumpled up and went down, still alive to what was going on, but unable to move in his own defense. Weakly he trled to protect hiy face and sides from the kicks of a heavy boot. Then he flonted balloon-like in space und vanished Into unconsciousness. . . . . . Clay drifted back to a world in which the machinery of his body creaked.' He turned his head, and a racking pain shot down his neck. He moved a leg, and every muscle In it ached. From head to foot he was sore. Voices somewhere in space, detached from any personal ownership, floated vaguely to him. Presently these re- solved themselves into words and sen- tences. “We're not to make a pinch, Tim. That's the word he gave me before he left. This is wan av Jerry's private little wars and he don’t want a judge askin’ a lot of unnicessary questions, ¥’ unders! . “Mother av Moses, if this he-man from H—I's Hinges hadn’t the luck av the Irish, there’d be questions a-plenty asked. He’d be ready for the morgue this blissed minute. Jerry’s a murderin’ divvle. When I breeze in him and Gorilla Dave off till yuh come a-runnin’. At that they may have given the bye more than he can carry. Maybe it'll be roses and a mice black carriange for him yet.” Clay opened his eyes, flexed his arm muscles, and groaned. He caressed tenderly his aching ribs. “Some wreck,” he gasped weakly, “They didn't do a thing to me—out- side of beatin’ me up—and stompin’ on me—and runnin’ a steam roller—over the dear departed.” “Whose fault will .that be? Don’ yuh know better than to start a fight with a rigiment?’ demanded the ser- geant of police severely. “That wasn't a fight. It was a waltz.” The faint, unconquered smile of brown Arizona broke through the Dlood and bruises' of the face. “The fight began when Jerry Durand and his friend rushed me—and it ended when Jerry landed on me with brass knueks. After that I was a football.” ‘t'ne words came In gasps. Every breath was drawn in pain. “We'd ought to pinch yuh,” the ser- geant suld by way of reprimand. “I'hink yuh can come to wew York and pull your small-town stuft-on us? We'll show youse. If yuh wasn't al- falfa green I'd give yuh a ride.” The officer dropped his grumbling com- plaint to a whisper. “Whisht, bye. e a stralght tip from a man that knows, Beat it out of town. Get where the long arm of—of a friend of ours—can't reach yuh. He's a re vingeful inemy if evey there was wan.” “You mean that'Durand—" . “I'm not namin’ names,” the officer Interrupted doggedly. “I'm tellin’ yuh somethin’ for your geod. Take it oy leave it.” “Thanks, I'll leave it. This is a free country, and Lo man livin’ can drive me away,” answered Clay promptly. “Ouch, I'm sore. Give me a lift, ser- geant.” s They helped the cow puncher to his feet. He took a llmping step or.two., Every move was torture to his out- raged flesh, “Can you get me a taxl? That s, 1! you're sure you don’t want me in yore calaboose,” the range-rider sald, lganing against the wall. “We'll let yuh go this time,” “Much obliged—to Mr. Jerry Du- rand. Tell him for me that maybe I'll meet up with him again some time— and hand him my thanks personal for this first-class wallopin’” From the brulsed, bleeding face there beamed again the ®mile indomitable, the grin still gay and winning. Physically he had been badly beaten, but in spirit he was still the man on horseback. Presently he eased himself Into n taxi as comfortably as he could. “Home, James,” he said jauntily. “Where?" asked the driver. “The nearest hospital,” explained Clay. “I'm goin’ to let the doctors worry over me for a while. Much | obliged to hoth of you gentlemen. 1 always did like the Irish, Friend Jerry is an exception.” The oficers watched the cab disap- pear. The sergeant spoke the com- ment that was in the mind of them both. “He's the best single-barreled sport that iver I met in this man's town. Not a whimper out of the guy and him mauled to a pulp. Game as they come. Did youse see that spark o' the divvle in his eye, and him not fit to crawl into the cab? S'long, Tim. No report on this rough-house, mind yuh." “Sure, dlike. (Contim‘md- in Next lssze) [MUSENENTS. HELEN GIBSON APPEARS AT THE REX TONIGHT Miss Helen Gibson will appear in person at the Rex theatre at a special matinee for the children of Bemidji. Miss Gibson is never so happy as when she is talking to a group of happy school children. She will meet the kiddies and tell them about her many experiences in making the thrillers #that children like so well. She will tell them how she rides two horses at once; how she breaks broncoes; how she goes from acro- planes and automobiles to trains. Miss Gibson (wil tell them all about the many funny things that happened during the filming of the many pictures in which she has star- “Hazards of Helen” series, the rail- road company whose equipment they were using made Miss Gibson cut out certain scenes for fear that she would wreck a locomotive., Another time she was hanging from an aero- plane over a train on a rope ladder and the ladder broke. / The accident almost cost Miss Gibson her life. Miss Gibson is a staunch defender of the new knicker suits for women for sport wear as she believes that ‘I frecdom of movement is conductive to grace and good health. Miss Gibson is essentially an ath- lete. She says that were it not for her staunchness of body, gained by her continuous: active outdoor life that she would ‘have lost her''life many times while performing many of the stunts which have startled and thrilled the movie going public. She tinerefore urges every woman to live the outdoor life and eat food and wear clothes that will promote the general physical weil being. Miss Gibson has without question had more experience in picture mak- ing than any one actress on the I find him croakin’ this 1ad proper and lscreen today. ihe acts like a crazy man when I stand “HOME STUFF” AT GRAND THEATRE TONIGHT ONLY Viola Dana, whose admirers on the screen are legion; has the stellar role in the Meiro special production, “Home Stuff”, which comes to the Grand theatre tonight. Viola Dana has the stellar role of Madge Joy, a leadinfd lady of a cheap barnstorming company, who finds a haven in a quiet, simple farmstead, after being ousted from the company, and her place taken by an inexperienced girl, whose ad- mirer is willing to back the impov- erished show. Then the company of actors come to the farr, bringing with them the girl, a runaway from the very home Madge has entered. The working- out of the plot is truly splendid. This story by- Frank Dazey and Agnes Johnston was directed by Al- bert J. Kelley. John Arnold photo- graphed 2nd A. F.,Mantz did the art work. The supporting cast includes Tom Gallery, Josephine Crowell, Nel- son McDowell, Pricilla Bonner, Rob- ert Chandler, Aileen Manning and Phillip Sleeman. “THE DEVIL” AT THE GRAND FRIDAY AND SATURDAY .., Suave, bantering, cynical; clever, crafty, with subtle innuendoes, “The Devil” ensnared an artist, a model, a banker and his wife in a diabolical plot to overcome Truth with Evil. “The Devil” was one of M George Arliss’ greatest stage char- acterizations. As portrayed on the screen, it is a character delineation to live arnd roll down the years of photoplay- history as an interpreta- tion without par. The 'Grand theatre presents Mr. George Arliss in “The Devil” tomor- row with Sylvia Breamer, Lucy Cot- ton, Edmund Lowe, Roland Bottom- SEMIDJI FLORAL CO. 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