Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 10, 1922, Page 2

‘{HE ANy ST A BEMIDI DAILY FiONEER Copyright by Wiliam MacLeod Rune SYNOPSIS " ¥ FOREWORD.—Motoring _through mona, & party of easterners, father and @aughter and a male companion, stop to witness a cattle round up. The girl leaves the car znd is attacked by a wild steer. A masterplece of riding on the part of Sne of the cowboys saves her life. CHAPTER I.—Clay Lindsay, range-rider on an Arizona ranch, announces his inten- tion to wusit the “big town,” New York. CAAPTER I1.—On the train Lindsay becomes interested in & young woman, Kitty Mason, on her way to New York to become a 'motion-picture actress. She is marked as fair prey by s fellow travs T, , gang politiclan and ex-prize fighter. Perceiving his intention, Lindkay provokes u quarrel and throws Duraud from the train, Ari- CHAPTER II1.—On his fiwst day in New York Lindsay is splashed with water by & janitor. That Individual 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 from the police. CHAPTER IV.—Clay's ‘‘rescuer” Intro- Quces herself as Beatrice Whitford. Lind- ‘meets her father, Colin Whitford, and is invited to visit them again. He meets Kitty Mason by accident. She has been disappointed in her stage aspirations, and to support herself 18 selling cigarettes In a cabaret. Clay visits her there. CHAPTER_V.—Kitty 1s insulted by a customer. Clay punishes the annoyer. After a lively mixup Lindsay escapes. Outside, he is attacked by Jerry Durand and a companion and beaten insensible. CHAPTER VI.—Lindsay’s acquaintance with] Beatrice Whitford ripens. Through her he s introduced {nto “society.” His “side partner” on the Arizona ranch, Jolnnte Green, comes to the “big town.” CHAPTER VIL—The two take an apari- ment together, Johnnie securing emplo; ment at the Whitford's as “handy man. An advertisement signed “Kitty M. col Veys the information that she Is in trou- ble and Implores Lindsay to come to a certaln house where she is imprisoned. Clay i3 _dublous as to its authenticity, but fnally decldes to go. He makes his way into what he supposes s the right house nnd fluds himeelf in a young wom- an’s budroom. CHAPTER VIIL—Naturally indignant, the girl is reassured when Clay tells her the reason for his unmeant intrusion. She shows him how to enter the housc he ls after, through the roof. In the place he comes on a party of “gunmen,” obviously waiting for his appearance. Lindsay “gots the drop” on the thugs, locks them in a room, und escapes. CHAPTER IX.—With a theater party, which includes the Whitfords, Lindsay meets Kitty Mason, friendless and penni- less. He léaves the party to take the girl 10 his apartment, there seemingly being no other place avalable and Kitty In dire need of immedlate food and warmth. ___{Continued from Inst_isrue) The ghl was waiting where Clay had left her, crouched against a base- ment millner’s door under the shelter of the steps. “I=I've looked for you everywhere,” monned the girl. “It's been—awful.” “I know, hut it's goin’ to be all right now, Kitty,” he comforted. “You're goin' home with me tonight. Tomor- row we'll talk it all over.” He tucked an arm under hers and led her along the wet, shining street to u taxleab. She crouched in a cor- ner of the cab, her body shaken with sobs. The young man moved closer and put a strong arm around her shoul- ders. “Don't you worry, Kitty. Yore Dbl brother is on the job now.” He knew her story now in its essen- tials as well as he did later when she wept It out to him in confesston. And becuuse she was who she was, born to lean on stronger will, he acquitted her of blame, CHAPTER X Johnnie Makes a Joke. As Kitty stepped from the cab she was trembling violently, “Don't you be frighteend, 1i'l pard- ner. You've come home, There won't anybody hurt you here.” The Arizovan ran her up to his floor in the automatic elevator. “I've got a friend from home stayin’ |In with me, He's the best-hearted fellow you ever saw. Youw'll sure like him," he told her without stress as he fitted his key to the lock. In another mo- ment Lindsay was Introducing her casually to the embarrassed and as- tonished joint proprietor of the apart- ment, The Runt was coatless and in his stockinged-feet. He had been playing a doleful ditty on a mouth-organ, Caught so unexpectedly, he blushed a beautiful brick red to his neck. “Heat some water, Johnnie, and muakeé a good stiff todd. Miss Kitty lus been out In the rain, ; He lit the gas-log and from his hed- room brought towels, a bathrobe, pn- Jumas, a sweater and woolen slippers. On a lounge before the fire he dumped the clothes he had gathered. He drew up the easiest armchair in the room. “I'm goln' to the kitchen to jack up Johnnie so he won't lay down on his Job,” he told her cheerily. “You take yore time and get into these dry clothes. We'll not disturb you till you knock.” When her timid knock came her host brought In a steaming cup. “You drink this, It warm you good.” | “What Is it?" she asked shyly. “Medicine,” he amfted, “Doctor's or- r ‘While she sipped the toddy John- nie brought from the kitchen a tray upon which were tea, fried potatoes, ham, eggs and buttered toast. \ |\ LAY | The Runt Was Coatless and in His Stockinged-Feet. The girl ate ravenously. It was an asy guess that she had not before asted food that day. Clay kept up a flow of talk, mostly about Johnnle's cullnary triumphs. Meanwhile he made up a bed on the uch. Once she looked up at him, her :hroat swollen with emotion. “You're zood.” : “Sho! We been needin’ a 1{'I’ sister t0-brace up our manners for us. It's ucky for us I found you. Now I ex- »ect you're tired and sleepy. We fixed 1p yore bed in here because it’s warm- ar. You'll be able to make out with it all right. The springs are good.” Clay left her with a cheerful smile. “Iurn out the light hefore you go to red, Miss Colorado. Sleep tight. And don’t you worry. Yowre back with I home folks again now, you know.” Tired out from tramping the streets without food and drowsy from the toddy she had taken, Kitty fell into deep sleep undisturbed by troubled dreams, e The cattleman knew he had found her in the nick of time. She had told him that she had no money, no room in which to sleep, no prospect of work. Everything she had except the clothes on her back had been pawned to buy [tood und lodgings. But she was young and resilient. vhen she got back home to the country where she be- longed, time would obliterate from her mind the experiences of which she had been the victim, It was past midday when Kitty woke. She found her clothes dry. After she dressed she opened the door that led to the kitchen, Johnnie hegan to bustle about in preparation for her breakfa: “Ple don’t trouble. T'll ent what youw've got cooked,” she begged. “It's no trouble, ma'am. If the's a thing on earth T enjoy doin’ it's sure cookin'. Do you like yore algs sunny side up or turned?” Sither way. Whichever you like, Mr. Green.” While she ate he waited on her:so- liettously. Inside, he was a river of tenrs for her, but with it went a good denl of awe. Even now, wan-eyed and hollow-cheeked, she was attractive. Johnnie's lonesome life he had never before felt so close to a girl as he did to this one, “I—I don't like to:be so much bother to you” she sald. “Maybe I can go v this afternoon.” , ma‘am, we won't have that a- tall,” broke in the range-rider In alarm. “We're plumb;tickled to have here. Clay, he . feels thataway could keep housesfor you while I stay,” she suggested timidly. “I know how to cook—and the jplace does need cleaning.” “Sure it’ does, Say, whi's'the matter with you bein' Clay's sister, jes' got in last night on' the #rain? Tha's the story we'll put up to the landlord :if you'll gimme the_word,” Johnnie ‘told the :story of the search for her, with special emphasis on the night Clay broke into three’houseés in answer to her advertisement. “I never wrote it. I never thought of that. It must have been—" “It was that sealawag Dwrand, ybetcha, T ain't still wearin’ wfy pin- feathers none. He was sore because Clay had fixed his clock proper.”? “I've got no plnce to go, except\back home—iand I've got no folks there but a second cousin, She doesn't want|me. I don’t know what to do. If I hal a woman friend—some one to tell yme ders.”. what was best—" . Johnnie slapped his hand on his knee, struck by n sudden inspiraticn. “sny ! Y'betcha, by jollies, I've got 'er —the very one! ..You're d—n-—you're sure whistlin®. We got a lady friend, Slay and me, the finest little pilgrim in New York. She's sure there when the gong strikes. You'd love her. Tl fix it for you—right away. I got to go to her house this afternoon an’ de some chores. I'll bet she comes right yer to see you.” % Kitty was doubtfal. ‘“Maybe we bet- ‘f8r wait and speak to Mr. Lindsay about it,” she sald. ES wNo, ma'am, you don’t know Miss geutrlce. She's the best friend. Why, shouldn’t wonder but that she and lay might get married one o' these He thinks a lot of her.” “Oh!” Kitty knew just a little mere of human nature than the puncher. “Then I wouldn't tell her about me if ¥ was you. She wouldn't Jike my beln’ ho! You don’t know Miss Beatrice. She grades 'way up. T'll bet she likes you tine.” When Johnnie left to go to work that afternoon he took with him a res- olution to lay the whole case before Beatrice Whitford. She. would fix things all right. If there was one per- son on earth Johnnie could bank on without fail it was his little boss. P (Continued m Next [ss=e) AMESE “THE LAW AND THE WOMAN" AT ELKO THETARTE TONIGHT Those who enjoy a mystery, love and thrill, in good measure, will be well pleased with the Paramount Picture, “The Law and the Woman,” will be shown at the Elko theatre tonight and Sunda. Betty Comp- son is the star and Penryhn Stan- laws was the producer. In the role of Margaret Rolfa Miss Compson has one of the most effective emotional parts of her screen career, portraying a courag- eous and faithful wife who saves her husband from the electric chair by inducing the real criminal, a woman, to confess to a murder, she risse to high dramatic heights. The picture was produced with the wealth of detail, handsome settings, and splendid cast that is always found in Paramount Picture. A- mong those in the supporting cast are William T, Carleton, Casson Fer- guson and Cleo Ridgely. “THE GRAY DAWN” AT GRAND SUNDAY AND MONDAY A famous author and a noted pro- ducer combined to produce The Gray Dawn,” coming to the Grand next Sunday and Monday, namelv¥ 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 rapresented 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 remance, 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 Rides.” Robert McKim, who of late has ap- peared in “sympathetic” roles, enacts a “heavy” once more as “Sansome” with his usual dramatic intensity. An unusually large cast fills the re- maining roles and are played by the screen’s most popular artists. They are George Hackathorne, Claire Me- Dowell, Frank Hayes, Grace Marvin, Maude Wayne, Snitz Edwards, Stan- ton Heck and J. Gunnis Davis. “THE WHITE MASKS” AT THE REX THEATRE TONIGHT “The White Masks” adapted from the famous story appearing recently in The Peoples Magazine will begin an engagement of one day at the Rex tonight. The story was a thriller indeed, and caused unusual interest among readers of the magazine, yet, in pic- ture form “The White Masks” pre- sents a more intimate unfolding with the result that the thrills and inter- est is kept going at a rapid pace. The story is dramatic—intensely so. It starts off with a bang and never for a moment is there a sign of a let-up. There are situations picturized that trayed and each brought to a climax that is astounding. ‘Franklyn Farnum essays the lead- ing role. This, he handles in a mas- terly manner, denoting the red-blood- ed American he is. Every oppor- tunity is well taken care of by this clever screen star and he is aided materially by “Shorty” Hamilton. “JAN OF THE BIG SNOWS” AT REX THEATRE SUNDAY James Oliver Curwood, who has written most of the big outdoor stor- jes presented on the silver sheet, provides an intensely human drama of the Hudson Bay country in “Jan of the Big Snows,” which will be are forcefully por-‘ [RAGS the attraction at the starting Sunday. “Jan of the Big Snows” in its screen version was = directed by Charles M. Seay, an able director of outdoor productions in the motion picture industry. It will be distrib- uted throughout the world by the American Releasing Corporation. For his story Mr. Curwood chose the Hudson Bay country as the loc- and the spirit, adventure, romance and thrills that are evidentin:that isolated land, A special comedy in two, parts starring Al St. John completes the program. ' Rex theatre “BILLLY JIM” AT THE ELKO MONDAY AND TUESDAY A Western' drama with delicious comedy supplied by the inimitable talents of Fred Stone! That’s “Billy Jim,” produced by Andrew J. Callaghan Productions, released by R-C Pictures, and scheduled for ex- hibition at the Elko theatre for two days beginning Monday. One of the most popular favor- ftes 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. Some of the most beautiful “shots” ever scen on the screen serve as a backgrounds for outdoor action in “Billy Jim”. CLEVER NEW PLOT IN “THE WISE KID”’; GRAND A more than pleasant reaction from the tiresome Pollyanna fairy- tales, “The Wise Kid”, which is showing for tonight only at the Grand theatre is a laugh on the per- son who goes through the world look- ing for a chance to do a “kind deed” instead of minding his own business. Maybe the gray haired man in the subway prefers to stand, rather than to be considered old, and maybe the boy who wants to borrow money for his breakfast is a crook, the picture teaches. Not in any sense a preach- ment, however, the story illustrates these facts in one of the most enter- taining ways possible, and even the| most serious moments are not with- out humor. E It might be described as a love affair in slang as the characters are of the tenement section with the jargon and- tastes of “that district consistently reproduced. One of the best scenes is, that in the movie within the moving piciure an amusing slant on sctéen- hoakum, and its un- failing appeal to- the masses. ‘Fur- nished with ‘a good story at the start, the continuity writer and the director have made the most of ev- ery situation and character that had possibilities. The directors skill as well as the''work ‘of David Butler has done wonders with the cross-ex amination scene. Gladys Walton is starred and proves a comedeinne with no small degree of talent and charm. The rest of the cast includes David Butler, Hector Sarno and Hul- lam Cooley. “Speed ’er Up” is the comedy which completes the program. - —_————— [ W. C. ANDERSON Beltrami County Representative for McWade Self-Sealing Auto Tubes || 716 14th St, Phone 392-W SEE - HO-CARDSMITH SNAPPY SIGNS THAT E SELL STUFF For Quicker Service PHONE 983-W Bring us your clean ost- ton =ags--no buttons, bands ! or woolep cloth scoepted. Pioneer Office Qi y = LOVE ' loves a haughty girl of the East. She scorns him— and then the action starts to popping. THRILLS © - The hold-up of the\ po]'(éli game—the fight at. the mine—the lariat trick; hundred thrills, v ¥ HUMOR =~ The king of comedians, Fred Stone, sweeps thru R-CPICTURES Presents FRED STONE « BILLY JIM’ An ANDREW J. CALLAGHAN' PRODUCTION {STORY OF A WYOMING CATTLE RANGE ery feat of daring, ELKO-Monday and Tuesday T T T REX Toda FRANKLYN FARNUM, FOR MANY - . YEARS IDOL OF THE SCREEN PLAYS STAR ROLE IN “THE WHITE MASKS” In Support of MR. FARNUM Is an All-Star Cast: VIRGINIA LEE, “SHORTY” HAMILTON, AL. HART Adapted from The Peoples Magazine story by E. H. Corr. Fox Sunshine Comedy—in two parts REX ORCHESTRA 7.10-9:00—10c & 25¢ e e ——————————— TUESDAY—NORMA TALMADGE, in “LOVE’S REDEMPTION” A he-man of the West = = a barrage of laughs in ev- E = g REX -- Sunday & Monday _Directed_by. Charles M.Seay A STRONG DRAMA OF LOVE AND HATE IN HUDSON BAY POST Thrilling James Oliver Curwood Production Shows the Honor-bound Code of the North That Holds a Woman Safe A picturization of James Oliver Curwood’s thr )b- bing human story of the Hudson Bay Country, “JAN OF THE BIG SNOWS,” will be the attraction at the REX THEATRE for two days, starting Sunday. All the romance, adventure, thrills and spirit embodied in Mr. Curwood’s story have been visualized by Charles M. Seay, an able director of virile outdoor picture. For powerful acting, scenic splendor and tense situations —this combination of a great author—a fine story and a capable director—places “JAN OF THE. BIG SNOWS” well up in the roster of big outdoor produc- tions. “JAN OF THE BIG SNOWS” is distributed by American Releasing Corporation. . Al St. John Comedy-—in two parts FOX NEWS REX ORCHESTRA Mat. 2:30 Eve. 7:10-9 READ THE PIONEER WANT ADS _ BERNIE W. 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