Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 8, 1922, Page 2

g — ‘(HE BEMIDJI DAILY FiONEER ‘THUR SDAY EVENING, JUNE 8, 1922 o T “Pm the fifth member of our little party,” explained Clay. William MacLeod Rasne . synopsis .7 FOREWORD.—Motoring _through Arl- sona, & party of eastérners, father and daughter and a male companlon, stop to witness & cattle round up. The girl leaves the car znd is attacked by & wild steer. A masterplece of riding on the part of $ne of the cowboys saves her life. CHAPTER I.—Clay Lindsay, range-rider on an Arizona ranch, announces his inten- tion to vysit the “big town,” New York. CAAPTER I1L.—On the train Lindsay becomes interested in & youn woman, Kitty Mason, on her way to New York o become a ‘motion-picture actress. She is mai a3 fair prey by u fellow trav. rry Durand, gang politician and rize fighter. Percelving his intention, Lindsay provokes a quarrel and throws Durand from the train. CHAPTER IIL—On his et day In New York Lindsay 1s splashed with water by & Janitor. That individual the range- Tider Kunllheu summarily and leaves tied to a fire hydrant. A young woman who sees the occurrence invites Clay into her housge and hides him f¥om the police. CI ER IV.—Clay's “rescuer” intro- @uces herself as Beatrice Whitford. Lind- say meets her father, Colin Whitford, and is {nvited to visit them again. He meets Kitty Mason by accident. She has been disappointed in her stage aspirations, and to support herself is selllng cigarettes in @ cabaret. Clay visits her there. CHAPTER_V.—Kitty is insulted by a customer. Clay punishes the annoyer. After a lively mixup Lindsay escapes. Outside, he is attacked by Jerry Durand and & companion and beaten Insensible. HAPTER VI.—Lindsay's acquaintance with Beatrice Whitford ripens. Through her he is introduced into “society.” His “side partner’ Jonnnie Green, comes to the “big town. on the Arizona ranch, CHAPTER VIL—The two take an apuri- ment together, Johnnie securing employs ment at the Whitford's as “handy man. An advertisement signed “Kitty M.” con- Veys the information that she 18 In trou- ble and implores Lindsay to come o a certaln house where she is imprisoned. Clay is dublous as to its authenticity, but finally decides to go. He makes his way Into. what he supposes s the right house and finds himselt in a young wom- ap's bedroom. _ - (Contimued from Jast insue) Again he had that sense of cold finger-tips’ making a keyboard of his spine, But he trod down the panie and. set his will to carry on. He crept forward along the ps ge. By ery step or two he stopped to listen, nerves keyed to an acute tension.’ A flight of stairs brought him to what be knew must be the second floor. To him there flonted a murmur of sounds. He soft-footed it closer,; reached the door, and dropped nois lessly to a knee. A key was in the lock on the outside. With lnlinltu/ precaution agalnst rattling he turned it, slid it out, and dropped it in his cont pocket. His eye rustened todthe opening. Three men were sitting round a table. They were making a btuff at playing cards, but their attention was focused on a door that evidently led into another room. Two uutomatic revolvers were on the table close to the hands of thelr owners. A bluck- Juck lay in front of the third man, Clay recognized him as Gorilla Dave, The other two were strangers to him. Something evil in the watenfulness of the three chilled momentarily his velns.. These fellows were the gun- men of New York he had read about —=pald assassins whose busimess it wns to frame Innocent men for the peniten- tlary or kil them in cold blaod. They were of the underworld, without con- sclence and without houor, A soft step sounded in thej corridor behind the man at the keyhole, He had not time to crawl away nar even t rise before n man stumbled uzulni him, ¥ Clay had one big ndvnnlnge‘ nv‘er his opponent. He had been ‘gljcen an Instant of warning. His\ right arm went up around the neck of his foe and tightened there. , [His left hand turned the doorknob. fext moment the two men crashed int by the room together, the Westerner jthsing to his feet as they came, with the fhody of the other 1ying across his back gfrom hip to shoulder. i Gorilla Dave leaped to his fee t. The other two gunmen, caught at; disad- vantage a few feet from the table, dived fgr their automaties. T hey were too Inte: Clay swung his bo Ay down- ward from the waist with /a quick, strong jerk. The man on/ his back shot heels over head as /though he had heen hurled from & cntapult, crashed face up on thed table, and dragged it over with him in his'for- ward plunge to the wald. Before any one else we uld move or speak, Lindsay's gun wi.s out. “Easy.now.” His volce was a gentle drawl that carried a nv:nace. “Lem- e be boss of the rodes a while. No, Gorilla, T wowdn't play with that club it I was you. I'm ’;ure h—l-n-mile on this gup/stuff. Drap it!” The last two w came sharp: and crisp, for the big/thug had telegraphed an un- intenponal wnruh-fg of his purpose to | dive "at the manj behind the\ thirty- eat. f Gorilla Dave’s\fingers openled and the blackjack dropped from ks hand to the floor. “For the love o' Mike, whot is this “Wot t'ell do youse mean? And what's the big idea in most killin’ the chief?” The man who had been flung across the table turned over and groaned. Clay would have known that face among a thousand, It belonged to Jer- ry Durand. “I came In at the wrong door and without announcin’ myself,” said the cattleman, almost lazily, the unhurried indolence of his manner not shaken. “You see I wanted to be on time so as not to keep you waitin’. I'm Clay Lindsay.” The more talkative of the gunmen from the Kast side flashed one look at the two automatics lying on the floor beside the overturned table. They might as well have been in Brazil for all the good they were to him. “Move over to the other side of the room, Gorilla, and join yore two friends,” suggested the master of cere- monles. “And don't make any mis- take. If you do you won't have time to be sorry for it. I'll ‘ce’tainly shoot to kilL.” The big-shounldered - thug shuffled Clay stepped sideways, watch- ing the three gunmen every foot of the way, kicked the automatics into the open, and took possession of them. He feit safer with the revolvers in his coat. pocket, for they had been within reach of Durand, and that member of the party was showing signs of a re- turn to active interest fn the proceed- ings. “When I get you right.I'll croak you. By G—d, I will,” swore the gang lead- er suvagely, nursing hisbattered head. “No big' stilt from the bushes can rua anything over on me.” “T belfieve you,” retorted Clay easily. “That 4s, I believe you're tellin' me yore imtentions straight. . There's no news /in that to write Isome about. But you'd better make that if instead of when. This is three crucks you've lm:l At me and I'm still & right healthy rube.” “@on’t bank on fool luck)any more. T'll{ get you sure,” cried Durand sourly. %he gorge of the Arizenan. rose. “mn\l»l)(-s:n. You're a dirty «log, Jerry Durand. From the heginning you were a rotten fighter—ih the ringjand out of it. You and yore strongrarm men! Do you think 'm afraid of you be- cause you surround; yoreself with dips and yeggmen and hopnuts, all scum of the ;gutter and filth of -the earth? Where. I come from men fight clean and out in the.open. They'd stomp you ont like u rattlesnake.” He {wmmn‘d open; the door, stepped out, d'osed It, and took the key from his ‘pocket. A moment, and he had turmedl the lock. F'rom within therey came' a rush that shiook: the panels. (Clay was already busy searching for Kitty. He tore open Idoor after door., ealling her loud- 1y by} name. KEven ji8 the darkness he could, see that the rooms weire empty of fanniture, There was a crash of splintering patsels, the sound of a burstig lock. Almost as though it were an wcho of it, came a heavy pounding upon the ‘dreet door. Clny guessed thit the thirty minutes were up and tha¢ the Runt was bringing the police. He dived hack into one of the empty rooms Just in time to miss a rush of ynen pouring along the passage to the stass. Cut off from the street, Clay tosK to the roof)again. It wauld not do foe him to be eaught!in the house by the police. Hevclimbenl the Padder, pushed his way tlrrough the trapdoor opeuning, and breatired deeply of the night alr, But he. had no time to lose. Al- ready heécould henr the trampling of feet up the stairs 'to the second story. Lightly lse vaulted the wall and came “to the roof door' leading down to nwaber 123. He found it latched. The2 eaves of the roof projected so far &hat he could not from there get a hqld on the window cnsings below. He {made a vain circult; of the roof, thend passed to the next house. Again he was out of luck. The. ten- ants had made safe the entrance agadist prowlers of the night. He knew that at any momentinow the po- lice might appear in pursuit of’ him. Thereywas no tirae to lose. ey crossed to the last house in the blocki—and found himself barred out. As w2 rose from, his knees he heard the voices' of et elafubliing through the cutthe to the roof. At the same time he smw thwt which brought him 1o imstant laction. (It was a rope clothies- line whicky ran from post to past, dan- gling fromy one corner of the building to anotherdand back to the opposite one. ' \ No man/ in {Manhattan's millions knew the tvaluel of a rope or could handle one\ morme expertly than this cattleman, His knife was open be- fore he hadjreached the nearest post. One strong /slash of ‘the ‘lladé severed it. guy?” dewanded.on: of the ot her men, — In six long strides he was at the unwinding the.line. He second_post Yused his knife a second time at the | third with post. deft motions Ulay workeq swiftly. He was fastening the rope to the chimney of the house. Every instant he expected to hear a voice raised in excited discovery of him crouched in the shadows. But his fingers were as sure and as steady as though he had minutes before him in- stead of seconds. “There's the guy—over by the chim- ney.” Clay threw the slack of the line from the roof. He had no time to test.the strength of the rope nor its length. As' the police rushed him he slid over the edge and began to lower himself hand under hand. : The wide eaves protected him. A man would have to hang out from the wall above the ledge to see him. Clay’s eyes were on the gutter above while he jerked his way down a foot at a time. A face and part of a body swung out into sight. “We've got yuh. Come back, or I'll shoot,” a voice called down. A revolver showed against the black sky. (Continued in Next Iss=e) AMUSEME “STARDUST” AT THE REX TONIGHT AND FRIDAY “Stardust,” starring Hope Hamp- ton, will be the First National at- ‘raction at the Rex theatre for an engagement of two days, commenc- ing today. It is based on Fannie Hurst’s fam- ous mnovel of the same name, the scenario having been prepared by Anthony Paul Kelly. The produc- tion was directed by Hobart Heiley, who has many screen successes to his credit, and James Rennie appears opposite Miss Hampton in the lead- ng male role. The cast also includes such well inown players as Noel Tearle, who listinguished himself in “Over the Jill”’; Vivia Ogden, who will be re- membered for her characterization n “Way Down East”; Charles Mus- set, Tom Maguire, Mary Foy, Edna Ross, Ashley Buck, George Humbert, Gladys Wilson and Charles Wells- ley, The production was many months in the making and was filmed on an elaborate scale. It is declared .0 be the most ambitious effort Miss Hampton has yet made since launch- ng on her screen career. “Stardust’! is an intensely dra- matic story of a young girl whose love for music lures her away from the narrowmindedness of her own home circle to the big city, where she finds both tragedy and romance. i - FAMOUS STORY BY STEWART EDWARD WHITE FILMED A famous author and & noted pro- ducer combined to produce “The Gray Dawn,” coming to the Grand next Sunday and Monday, namely Stewart Edward White and Benjamin Hampton. “The Gray Dawn’ equals “The Westerners” it its rich Western setting and surpasses “The Killer” in its virile drama and stirring action. Both of these successes represented the combined genius of author and producer, The story, depicts San Francisco’s picturesque period of 1856, directly after the gold rush—a period in which the city was in the grip of a lawl ss element. Into the plot is woven a beautiful romance, the lovers being enacted by the “screen’s sweetest ;sweethearts” —Carl Gantvoort and Claire Adams, who have recently been seen in“The Mysterious Rider” and as the sweet. hearts in “When Romance Rid Robert McKim, who of late has ap- peared in “sympathetic’’ roles, enacts a ‘“heavy” once more as “Sansome” with his usual dqramatic’ intensit; An unusually large cast fills the re- maining roles and are played by the rcreen’s most popular artists. They ace George Hackathorne, Claire Mec- Dowell, Frank Hayes, Grace Marvin, Maude Wayne, Snitz Edwards, Stan- ton iTeck and J. Gunnis Davis. “THE SLEEP WALKER"” AT GRAND AGAIN TONIGHT Featuring Constance Binney, who will be remembered for her work in «“39 East,” “Room and Board,” etc. Her newest picture, entitled “The Sleep Walker’” showing tonight for last timg at the Grand theatre is a light and’ sanguine romance, typical of the star’s recent offerings.’: For the . most part it pursues a familar course with now and then a humor- oux twist, or a melodramatic''feat, and, once, a real thrill. This last cccurs when the heroine rescues a baby while walking in her sleep, this taking place on a window ledge at a dizey height. This incident has been well directed and some of the long shots are very realistic in their sug- gestion of danger. Except in this scene the star has little to do except look youthful and appealing and in this she is always successful. Jack Mulhall gives a vivid performa The - coquettish widow whose child becomes a bur- den as soon as an interesting man Ridgely, and the child, a minature drama in herself, is a sympathetic bit played by Winifred Edwards. “Some Class” a 2 part comedy completes the program. “BILLY JIM”/ AT THE GRAND FRIDAY AND SATURDAY A Western drama with delicious ¢omedy supplied by the inimitable talents of Fred Stone! That’s “Billy Jim,” produced by Andrew J. Callaghan Productions, releagedi(by R-C Pictures, and scheduled for ex~ hibition at the Grand theatre for two days beginning Friday, One of the most popular favor- ites in the history of the American theatre, Fred Stone’s legion of ad- mirers extends as well to the screen, on which he is seen in one of his most congenial roles in “Billy Jim.” Not the least interesting feature of “Billy Jim” is the scenic grand- uer of the mountain lands amid which the scenes were taken. 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