The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 17, 1925, Page 7

1 THE SEATTLE »“THE FIGH (In The Star Every Friday) THE STORY THUS FAR An accident cripples the airplane ef Terance O'Rourke, government ranger on secret service, and lands him in Paradise canyon, Mexico, where Mary Marshall and her father care for his wounds, Terance assures Mary he loves her already. \ spy, Buck McLeod, is caught entering the canyon, but escapes and returns to crooked “Topaz” Taggart, boss of the Marshall ranch over the American border line, with the news that Mary is coming with money. Terance bids the Marshalls good. | hye, but soon discovers Mary pa ing on the road, and saves her life when her horse runs away. As a re ward Dad Marshall hires Terance as! foreman, Mary and Terance deposit the ney and go to see “Topaz” Tag. » Who first falls at dynamiting to eternity and later is foiled by Bud Hughes, aviator, after start ing a forest fire around them. He does lure Dad Marshall to American soil, where he is arrested em an old charge. An adventures, named Stella Montrose, tells Taggart she has evidence to acquit Marshall, but Taggart buys her silence and Marshall is sentenced (o death, while ‘Taggart’s gang rob O'Rourke of Mary's money and leave him for dead after an auto crash, Dead,” he cried, proached him, “Me too late.” He pointed at ‘Terence’s bound hands “Him hands tied—can't swim. Him drown,” There was no breath stirring in ‘Terence's breast. He lay motionless as the men ap- to turn him over, The limy body rolled over, and lay atl! Komi spoke again Leave him body with Komi, please,” he said. Him's father Komt's friend — Kom! b’ him where his father sleeps No harm in that, 1 guess,’ Buch said grimly, turning to his fellows “He won't trouble us no more now You birds beat tt back to camp, I'm aking ne Taggart the Spear that croaked The dripping men separated. his Komi watched carefully till vanished from sight. Then over Terance’s body, cut which bound his hands, Buck ® different dir own way in a all he bent the rope worked his arms vigorously, then bent over and listened to his heart “Maybe yet,” he muttered, “may be yet him With renewe live.’ zest he started work ing Terrence’s arms to restore resp! ration e end of a half hour Ter stil lay limp but the old Indian kept 1p the resuscitatory motions, faith frantically In the dim hope nging him to life ance ar still CHAPTER 19 Agonizing News a Montrose sat je in Taggart's office and listened intently “If Buck and the boys have put O'Rourke out of the way, aa I in structed them,” Taggart was ing, tapping the table with nervous | by fingers, “we be able to te. © safe, ify that for he won't Mary didn’t ek approached, kicked him with’ cash that check herself.” As Stella w ut to reply and as B ack on the doo ned her to be iT was a k Taggart mot siler ome tn. door accompanied stared in oper Her face wit gnition at the sight of him Why Stella,” he med ‘Stella Montrose,” and he mouthed as onishment at Btella too, Uighted up it's excl yan for | ward and greeted her warm Bud Hughes,” she cried, taking his hand. “I'd never have known you nm that beard and those cow punoher clothes Beaming, Bud turned to the puz sled Mary and Taggart, and ex plained “Miss Montrose and 1 used to do airplane stunts together In Benson's old flying circus, He turned back to Stella, and took & seat beside her They became im mediately engrossed in reminiscences oking his beard, and nid: ened toy ank these chin a long time. I'll do it now Then he added in a mo serious tone, with a note of tender ness, “I'd er have grown them if I hadn't lost you, Stella. I've often thought of you, and hoped against hope that cha gether agalr They chattered on ce would bring us to Mary, looking pale and worried talked to Taggart “That $20,000 check that Terence was bringing back when he disap. ndorsed and ca peared, has been hed an imposter,” she id im alsively “Why an imposter?” Taggart re plied. “You may be sure O'Rourke °F —— (1) A group of “Keyhole Kameos,” novelty dancers, who head the bill which will re- open the Pantages Sunday noon; (2) Pearl Harper, talented comedienne; (3) Phyllis Joyce, featured performer. «JUST 10 years ago Sunday, the Pantages was first opened to the Seattle public on its present site. A fitting celebration of the decade will be the gala reopening, to take place at noon, after two weeks of extensive reconstruction. The theater has been redecorated in the latest designs, and the most modern conveniences have been in- stalled, according to Manager E. C. Bostick, who has been auperintend- ing the work. The opening program js sald to be one of the most attractive vaude- ville bills to be presented in many seasons. Many of the Eastern head- line acta have been booked expecially for the occasion. Buddy, the active little trained dog which helped Raymond Griffith furnish many laughs In “Forty Winks," is once more the playmate of the silk-hat comedy atar in hin latest picture, “Paths to Paradise.” Carl Laemmle bandits’ midst! sweetheart. some fling at death! Every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at the Read about—and then see—the airplane catapult from the skies in a thrilling nose dive into the A smashing, tearing descent in a reckless attempt to rescue the aviator’s A ‘defiant, startling, awe- Presents Universal’s Greatest STATE THEATRE Chapter-Play “The Fighting Ranger” | Featuring JACK DAUGHERTY, EILEEN SEDGWICK and AL WILSON, World’s Champion Stunt Flyer First and Madison ° at They'll Reopen Pantages Sunday had a hand tn it I had expected as} muc ’ ‘Oh, T can’t believe that — not Terence,” Mary protested. He must have been held up—and the persons who got m him forged | the signature and ca i it.” Have it your own way, then. Mary,” Taggart snapped, ‘The fact nevertheless remains that the check has been cashed, the bank claims that you t the money, and O'Rourke has never returned ella, talking to Bud, was listen ing to the conversation of Mary and Taggart, with half an eur, veiling her interest in it Taggart went or T am afraid you wijl have to take this loss the best you car Banker Dawson phoned me immedi: | ately after he had seen you about it | friend she could tu TING RANGER” signaled to Btell o had t king j@ the scer ith Interested @yes and ears, to bring wate Hella applied a wet handkerchief » Mary's bre an s er both Stella and Taggart tried to cor : with effected sympathy Mary, ignoring their words, again alized what Tagwart had told her and broke int gonized sobbing Final, cont herself with dif ficulty and attempting to re n her polne, she { at Taggart with} tear-filled eyes, and faltered | “What shall I do? 1 have no, now No one—but you Taggart's eyes gleamed covetously }and he put his arm around the stricken girl and tried to comfort her Secretly he was glo that isfaction he Ile said there is nothing that can be| “Im ac for your sake, that this| done about it, If you try to force} has happened, Mary,” he lied, “But | them estore the $20,000 during| you will find that I am a friend you | thelr present stringency, he warns] can rely upon, and, as you know, I} that w Har M Hanch | am only too glad to do éverything in| to satiafy t againat | And | my po r for you.” j you know has thus far been very Mary finally sat up, atill weeping, | lenient about the delinquent pay-| trying to compose herself. | } ments your father owes him. We ‘I am stunned, overwhelmed — | can't afford to antagonize him on| there are so many things,” anid this smatler matter,’’ | "De 1 prison —- Terence dead Mary showed signs of breaking|the ranch slipping from us— my 16 burden of her| m gone t seems s0 hope- | art approached her, | j« I don't know what to do. | patted her aid | “Come, come, Mary Taggart sald “There, th Mary, we'll get you| solicitous! re almply all un out of all these troubles, Just de-| strung now. Go to the Bar M with| pend on me-—TI'll see you through.| Bud—and Stell here, She'll be a| I'm working night and day now|companion and camfort to you planning out means to save your 8tella’s a good friend and will look father, the ranch, and bring about after you till you feel m urself.” | your happiness." He lowered his! Stolla slipped her arm around Mary voice, as he bent over her, his arm) and « i } about her shoulders, and said: “And| “Yes, yes, I shall be « too glad | you know why, Mary — because of} to do anything I can.” | |what I have been telling you day| Mary. thanked them all, and| after day now" his yolce dropped | ting ne ted by Taggart | to a whisper as he bent close to her! and a, while Bud ran ahead to oa because I love you." |wet tho horses ready. Mary was He pressed her hand, then rose and| helped to the door and out tn the] spoke out loud again | street. They put her on a horse and | Right now I'm working up the| Bud and Stella, mounting, rode one | appeal in your father’s case. I shall) on each aide of her, while Taggart | | | can get the verdict reverned and ha | demand a new t . and I think we He beam nnit your father liberated.” upon her with the most w smile he could summon to his feanwhile, I want you down to the n and hay boys rour \ he ¢ im mediate shipment and * If you | will do that, I've got a line on a di jwhich I think I can p through which wi money problem and save the ranch. You see, Mary I have been thinking of nothing elne | | | | | | | i] | 1 | he paused that the full effec } ren! muster of the art these days except what I can do for ou.” He squeezed her hand again, de wire beat his brain as he looked longingly Yes, I k Mary answered and I do appreciate your help, Mr but I of the telephone In terrupted her. Taggart sel: the instrument and answered, After listening a moment, his face became tense with surprise, and apparent shock, and he exclaimed “Good God, in that true?” Inwardly he was exulting, but he concealed hin elation and affected a tragic alr. Mary eyed him with curt- ous expectancy, After listening a minute or two more he hung up the| recelver, and turned to her. Stella was now listening intently also. Taggart hesitated, thinking, aliy said slowly Mary —-that was Yaqui chief. He's reach you with word that an¢ f been trying that f his words might burat upon her that O'Rourke is dead!’ he finally con- to cluded. Mary, stunned, wild-eyed, unable jand unwilling to believe her ears slowly rose from her chair and stared at Taggart “Dead?” she repeated an in a trance. "Terence O'Rourke — dead.’ Uncomprehendingly she stared be. fore her, a tragic figure. Taggart supported her in his arms, and tried to explain. Suddenly the full sig nificance of the words came to her in @ flash. Uttering a pitiful cry sne collapsed in a dead swoon. Taggart, reclining her into « chair, | Strand Holds Over “Commandments” In order to give everyone an op- portunity to tnke advantage of tho first showing of Cecil B. DeMille's spectacular “Ten Commandments" at popular prices, the film will be held over at the Strand next week. DeMille spared nothing In his ef- forts to make the Biblical episode of this picture one of the most startling productions to be screened. He has photographed the grandeur of the *haraohs; the misery of the Israel. ites, the migration of the persecuted peoples to the Red sea, and finally, the parting of the waters for the fleeing hordes and the swallowing up of the pursuing hosts of Pharaoh, Linked up with the ancient tale is a modern story, by means of which DeMille points his moral. The cast 19 unusually fine, including laatrice Joy, Estelle Taylor, Nita Naldi, Agnes Ayres, Rod La Roque, Richard Dix and Theodore Roberts, Master Crook Film Opens at Heilig Tod Browning's master crook film, "The Unholy Three," star. ring Lon Chaney, opens Friday at the Heilig. Browning, a master di rector of this typo of film, is said to have made a heart interest drama of the highest type in his adapta tion of C. A. Robbins’ work, The allstar cast Includes Mae Busch, Lon Chaney, Matt Moore, Victor McLaglen, Harry Harles, Mathow Bety and several othors fa- miliar to the fans, Mise Busch hag the featured role and Chaney, who ‘s considered the of makeup, will not be plays a dual role that forgotten soon, Matt Moore has the role opposite Miss Busch, and Vie tor McLaglen, celebrated Wngliah and Harry Wares, 95-pound , are two of tho “heavies.”” Tho story has to do with the ad ventures of three freaks from a museum, who organize a band of crooks and operate under the cover of a bird and animal @ore. Cummings, who directed Moore's nowest production, Densort Mlower,” is a former and sereen actor, having been man to JAlan Russell in Irving Colleen Phe ate leading the old days, Komi, the old waving adieu, watched them off on the way to the ranch Returning to hin office, Taggart hastened to the phone and called the * he demar Buck nd pull anothy Hi the B tonight ns time get nteer the nch, When you get there watch for a note from, Ste she'll frame how to Ko about things without too much fuss," | CHAPTER 20 Idaho Bill Joins Up H ng up the telephone receiver Buck McLeod strode awiftly out of he Spear Ranch house, mounted a me 4 off From a clump of bushes where he had been waiting a myster poking negede pe of man 1 lrough clothes nd a slouch hat, watched Buck riding off. When he seemed at a nafo distance the stranger emerged from his hiding place, leading his horse, He mount ed, and followed stealthily. | Buck rode up into the hills to the the stranger trailing him cautiously. The lookout on guard, walting alert, nized Buck, and passed him in. | “We're makin’ another raid of the Bar M tonight,” Buck called as he ame up to the men, sitting on tho rec | ground “An'*t the whole Marshall herd get that,” | They were startled by | of a shot. | ‘The mysteriou4 stranger who had is time it’s a clean sweep o | followed Buck had approached too close nd the lookout had fired. | Buck and the others ran out to |see what was happening. They saw the lookout running to a spot where | Then, as tho lookout came up, the |man on the ground suddenly rose up, knocked his gun out of his hand, | and bowled him over. others rushed up and jumped stranger, After putting up a strong | fight, he was finally overpowered. | Buck tore his gun from his hands 1 “This is sure a fine way to treat a friend,” drawled the stranger, try- ing to grin aftably. “What d'ya mean, friend?” Buck asked. ‘m Idaho Bill from the ‘Three Forks country,” replied the stranger. “['m hidin' out from the sheriff. | Buck glared suspiciously at the | man. Ho signalled one of his gang, and said: |_ “Stokes, you came from Threo | Forks—ts this the hombre?” Stokes faced the man and subjected Finally hoe | him to a close scrutiny. | sald | “Well, I never seen Idaho Bill | personally—but I know he's got a | bad sear on his left shoulder.” They all turned to the stranger, jand Buck sald: “S'posin’ you stranger.” The man pulled open his shirt and lexposed his left shoulder, There, sure enough, was @ deep scar, “T hope you're satisfied, boys, Idaho Bill, “Seems to bo all right,” Buck de clared, and the others nodded ap provingly. “Wanta join our outfit, Idaho? Wo're just about to leave on a little rustlin’ Job." “Sure thing, I'l join up," replied Idaho Bill. identify yourself, sald “Falr onough,” sald Buck, and Buck looked toward the setting sun, | “Rout time we wi getting | started,” he shouted. "C'mon, boys |—let's go!’ All mounted their horses, and they moved off, Idaho Bill chatting and reminiscing with his new found comrades as if they were old friends, CHAPTER 21 Stella Waxes Sentimental “And 90 now, with father tn prison, Mr, O'Rourke dead, and $100,000 due the bank, there is only Mr. Taggart, the boys, myself, and that herd out there to save us from utter ruin," Mary concluded tear. fully, She had been recounting her otory, from the beginning when her father first fled Into exile, to Stella, who had gained her entire confi: dence, “Well, don't worry dear, it will all come out all right,’ sald Stella aympathetioally, coming over and altting beside Mary on the plano |bench, caressing her in motherly fashion, and wiping away her teard “Come, ehild—won't you play some more muse for meit will rest your tired head," nest where his gang was encamped, | smoking and playing cards. | don't for- | Buck and the | the; Ir | | | | | the sound |‘ 1415 Third Avenue Between Pike arfd Union 1415 Third Avenue Between Pike and Union (413 TO 1417 THIRD AVE. 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Saturday, $1.50. the keys lightly, sad, wistful ne It's a g my father loves," she ‘y mot used to sing it re ® AKO. It’s lovely id Stella with a sentimental alr “It satire sweet memories in me, Mary stopped. Then from beneath the window of the room stole of a guitar, gently strummed, a voice lifted in the words of a panish serenade. What a rom: night,” sald | Sella, listening and going to the window with Mary. The sun was/| etting. They saw the serenader an Mique ddeniy Bud Hughes came up, made a wry face, and menacing Miquel with his feet, chased him from the window. Yes, but see how reality boots ro- mance out of life,” sald Mary laughingly. “But there was a time when Bud, too, was romantic,” said Stella. “How well I remember—" Sho was interrupted by trance of Bud himself. the en- He was | resplendent in natty new clothes, his boots “shining, his hair plastered wn, and his beard shaved off com. pletely. He smiled and winked a to ca tention to the trans. ormation. he steers are all in the corral, the} ) member of the gang, but before Bud | could catch a glimpse of him, he had hastened off in the dark to join his) fellows The rustlers crept up on the bunk- how: where the ranchmen were playing cards, and w the hea ross the door, Jocking it. Then they sneaked back swiftly to |get their horses. Again, unnoticed by the others, Idaho Bill lingered He withdrew the cross bar, looked back cautiously, saw Bud running oward the bunkhouse, and disap. peared in the direction of the ranch house Bud flung the door, crying “Rustlers.” Miquel and |the other men jumped to their feet, | whipped out thelr guns, rushed out |to the stable, and mounted horses. Buck McLeod, and his gang, now crésa'be open remounted, were dashing back. The| ight shining from the open bunk- honse door showed them they had been folled in the attempt to put over the Job quietly. Then they saw the ranchmen come flying around trom the stable on their horses. | “Gotta be shootin’ after all,” mut- tered Buck with a curse. They opened fire. It was returned by the oncoming cowboys. A run- ning battle was on CHAPTER 2: Mary Meets Idaho Bill bunkhouse ! | 23 Battle While Buck and the main body of his men kept the ranch defenders engaged by gunfire up front, two of the rustlers had slipped away in the |darkness and back to the corral | gates. | As Mary and Terence came up the fenced lane into which the corral | opened they were suddenly stricken with horror as a sound of many hoofs pawing the ground broke upon their ears, and they saw the stam- peding herd rushing out from the | corral toward them. “We're too late,” Terence cried in dismay. “They've already opened | tho gates.” “What | Mary. | They can we do, screamed were trapped between the two fences of the lane, and in a mo- ment the steers would be upon them, They could only run back the lane ahead of the steers—but they would never be able to outrun the heard. |They would surely be trampled to death. ‘They started running never- |the less, as there was no altern- | ative Suddenly they tripped and stum- | bled. They found they had rolled into a small ditch crossing the lane. Mary started up. Terence held her back. “Lie still—fiat on the bottom,” he “This may save us. Miss Mary—ready for tomorrow's| At the souna of the shots Mary | cried It's our drive,” Bud reported. | dropped her book, and jumped to her | only hope.’ “You look ke old times, Bud,"'| feet in frightened alarm, Uncertain] The thundering feet had reached | cried: Stella. what to do, she clutched a revolver) them. The steers were leaping the He looked at her wistfully, and|!2 her hand and started for the door.| ditch. Their hoofs passed thru the said: Before she reached it, it was dung | ln close overhead dangerously close the stranger Jay inert on the ground. | | “Wish T felt like old times.” Mary gave Bud his instructions tella lingered near the open win. dow, leaned out, and saw sneaking up-—Buck McLeod. She furtively took a prepared note from her waist, and casually dropped it out the window. Buck, below, a hasty glance: “After nightfall when drop my handkerchief the way will be clear.” Then, unobserved, he sneaked back the way he had come, and dis- appeared. catching it, read, in Stella’s acted sentimental mood continued that evening after she and Mary had finished dinner. “What a wonderful‘ night it ts,” she exclaimed, coming to Mary. “It reminds me of so much—you know, Mary, It was just such a night as this that Bud—Mr, Hughes and I quit the circus. The moon was—"* Mary, smiling, Ufted a coquettishly reproving finger, and said: “Stella, Stella—I think you're in love with your memories, And—if you want—you’ll find Bud down at the ranch gate on watch-in tho moonlight, too. We have to keep a watch on, becauso we've had so much trouble with rustlers,” Stella, affecting a coy embarrass- ment, said: “Tr think T will take a little run out and see him-—I won't be long.” Mary picked up a book and settled down to read as Stella went out the door. Stella found Bud at the gate, in wistful meditation, Her coming sur- prised him. ? “Oh, Bud, on a night like this T couldn't resist tho temptation to come and chat over old times with you,” Stella told him, She exercised all her most alluring wiles, and soon had Bud's heart go- ing faster than it had in years, and his‘ tongue gently rolling over soft words of sentiment. Meanwhilo Stella's eye was fur- tively watching something lurking in the brush Just outside the gate, While Bud, oblivious to everything but Stella, poured out his heart to her, sho let her handkerchief drop to the ground, There was a crackle of breaking twigs, several forma leaped out the darkness and rushed upon Bud, taken completely off his guard. Sogeaming, Stolla fled, ax ono of the attackers started to tie Bud up with 4 coll of rope. “Now then,” sald Buck MeLeod to the men, “We'll lock the ranch hands in the bunkhouse and drive off the hord—we don't want any shootin’ if we ean help it.’ They rushed off toward the cow boys’ quarters, One lingorela mo. ment, drew a knife from his pocket and slashed the ropes that bound Bud, Jt was Idaho Bill, the new of | | open, and a rough-looking figure, his face half concealed by a huge som- | bereo, broke in and faced her. | “Stop—who are you?" Mary screamed, pointing the gun at the man. | “Don’t shoot, lady,” the man. | drawled, removing his hat and bow. ing with mock politeness, “Permit me to introduce myself—Idaho Bill.” He stared at her. Mary was still uncertain what to make of him, and continued to menace him with her gun, Outside the sound of shooting continued. “Please explain yourself, sir, or | I'll have to shoot,” threatened Mary. “Mary, Mary,” sald Idaho Bill, and his voice changed to one that was famillar to her, “don't you know me?” Mary lowered her gun, wide-eyed, and gasped: “Terence O'Rourke!” “The same, alias Idaho Bill, cattle rustler,"" Terrence replied, rushing toward her and enfolding her in his arms. After a kiss which more than re- assured Mary completely of his identity, he sald: “That old Komi sure did a good job on disgusing me when even my own Mary doesn't recognize me.” He hastily explained his reported death, how Kom! had saved him, and that he had adopted this disguise and joined the rustlers, the better to finally trap them into the hands of the law. “But I must sti with them as Idaho Bill until I have got more stared has caused all your trouble,” he said, continuing rapidly. “Only yourself and Komi know I'm alive. Keep the secret." She looked at him with Implicit love and confidence. “T knew all the time you had not deceived me, as they tried to make me believe,” she said. Tho firing of shots outside con- tinued, “But we must do something to stop them now and save the herd," sald Terence. “They're going to open the corral and run the steers off, Quick, I must go out and do what T can to prevent them,’ Ile started off, Mary, clutching her gum with one hand, and clinging to his arm with the other, cried: “Tm going with you,” no, Mary,"' he said, “stay her She would not be thrown off, tried to dart out alone, “T shall, U shall,” she insisted, fol- lowing him, There was no time for argument, and Mary was not to bo dissuaded, ® He Thoy slipped out thru the back of the house and toward the corm } “Tr wish you wouldn't do this Mary," he said, "You can't hold the fort alone,” sho answered, “and T can shoot ay straight as any man,’ evidence, and run down the wolf who |’ to Terence and Mary, but did not | touch, them, “I hope they're all sure-footed | critters,” laughed Terence, trying to inject a note of humor into their | precarious situation to cheer Mary, | Such thoughts come even in the face |of death. “If none of them slip pet be safe.” 3 Out {n front the ranch defenders | were slowly gaining ground on the rustlers. 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