The Pleasantville press., 1912-11-20
FIRE
AT SEA

Il
Herr Snuders, an unscrupulous Hol-
lander is in league with body Of
Belgian revolutionists who have
grown restive under Holland domina-
ton. Snuder receives communica-
tion from the conspirators, which
arouses his greed:
"If you will send boat to the lit
tie town of Brisken for cargo of six
hundred pounds of gunpowder and
deliver them to our friends at Ostend
on the Belgian coast, we will pay you
six hundred forms"
"THE REVOLUTIONARY
COMMITTEE"
Snuders posts a notice to the effect
that he wants two men to man a
sloop. This notice comes to the at
tention of Verhoff, an old Dutch sail
ing. master addicted to. schnapps, at
a critical moment-he is out of gin
and cannot raise money to furnish a.
fresh supply. He goes to the office
of Snuders and he is offered writ
ten agreement that contains promise
of a glorious orgy.
81 promise to pay Herr Verhoff two
hundred forins upon presentation of
receipt from the Revolutionary
Committee of Belgium for six hun
dred pounds of gunpowder and will
deliver into the hands of his wife,
Frau Verhoff, one hundred forms
three days after his departure from
Breskins." y. SNUDERS.
He half accepts and draws back
again-the immortal conflict of good
and evil becomes plainly visible.
Snuders is of the opinion that every
man has his price and adds another
bag Of coin and pours it out before
the distorted vision of the gin fiend,
and he accepts both the. money and
the proposition.
Two other characters are introduce
ed, meanwhile, a young sailor named
THEN and his sweetheart. THEN sees
the notice posted by Snuders while, in
the company of his girl and proposes
to sign articles for the unknown ven-'
ture. She demurs on general princi-
pies or from some private knowledge
of Snuder's evil reputation. The young
man insists-he needs the money
and they go together to the office OF
Snuders, THEN enters as Verhoff is
about to make his departure. Snud-
er sees in Tijen nothing more than
one of those young men who will
swear by a salary as long as they
are not asked to actively participate
in the crookedness and engages him
to work under Verhoff as an innocent
and irresponsible factor in the scheme
,Tijen signs up, is paid and the boat
is made ready for cruise.
They depart on their sill-fated voy-
age" and in spite of the large sum
paid for his services, Verhoff immedi-
ately displays lack Of ability to even
protect himself from the consequence
es of firing the vessel, and we are
treated to an early evidence of his
carelessness. While Tijen is sleep
ing below, the skipper sits down on a
bale of inf1ammable material to smoke
his pipe. The inevitable consequence
es are told in the title.
Well. she burns and Verhoff es-
capes in a small craft with his i'll
gotten gains, leaving poor THEN to be
consumed by the flames. Verhof gets
back home and turns out his wife and
child. The old fellow puts three COB
lets on the table and two bottles of
schnapps and he proceeds to drink it
up. Delirium comes on and the wick
ed skipper dies in horrible agony.
This Big two-reel sensation, full of
thrills and stirring scenes and action
that holds you in breathless suspense,
and presenting notwithstanding So
briefly and righteousness will be
shown Thursday afternoon and night
at Hubin's Theatre.