Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-06-05
LUCILLE LOVE

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at the Unique Friday, June 10.
At the end of the third install
ment of Lucille Love, We found the
much harrassed daughter of General
Love, with the missing papers still in
her possession, trying to escape from
the South Sea Island, and her adj
miring captors. She is terrified by
a lion in the jungle and flees back
to her hut. AS the fourth Install
ment opens the lion is trying to
break down the Goor of the desper-
ate girls shelter, and is only foiled
by a spear in Lucille's terrified
hands.
But Loubeque is not SO easy to
turn from his purpose of recovering
the papers, which mean the accom-
plishment of his revenge and the dis
grace of General Love. He instructs
his native slave tc collect dry grass
and teaches him how to weave a
rope. This he stretches from his own
hut to Lucille's and ignites the end
in his hut. In a short time the fire
eats it's way to the hut where the
daughter of his enemy is asleep, ex-
hausted from her efforts and her mar
row escape from the lion.
To make assurance doubly sure,
Loubeques native summons the tribe
to which he belongs, and which is
hostile to that by which Lucille was
captured, to assist him. Lucille,
scarcely awakened from her sleep,
is driven from the hut by the fire
and almost runs into the arms of
Loubeque. He struggles with her and
attempts to seize the papers But
Lucille's savages are at hand and at
tack the spy before he can recover
the papers. The natives, however, are
very superstitious and deathly afraid
of the imprisoned fire" in Lou
beque's automatic revolver. One shot
is enough. The tribe falls down be-
fore him in fear and subsection.
In the meantime Lucille has made
good her escape and has entered the
chiefs hut. But while the natives are
afraid of the white man, they are
not afraid Of the savages which sup
port him, and terrible battle Ell
sues between the rival tribes.
In order to step the carnage, Lu-
ellie resolves to take advantage of
the superstitions of the natives and
dresses herself all in white, impro-
vising her garments from sacks and
white cloths. Climbing on the great
white elephant she goes among the
warriors and the fighting ceases like
magic. All bow down to the sacred
objects, the color white, the sacred
elephant and the sacred healing
woman.
But Loubeque is not discouraged
and at this juncture there comes to
his assistance an ally in the person
of a woman from the tribe to which
his slave belongs. After discussing
ways and means, Loubeque decides
to try clever bit of deception on
Lucille. He sends the woman to the
chief, in whose house Lucille is care
fully guarded, with instructions to
tell the chief that she is from a
neighboring tribe which is friendly.
She is to say her master, lies i'll
and at the poil.t of death, and that
she has heard of the wonderful white
healing woman who cured the chiefs
daughter, and had been sent to get
her to heal her master.
The ruse succeeds, both the chief
and Lucille herself are completely Ia
ken in and Lucille starts Immediate
ly on horseback with the false guide.
In the meantime her companion un-
der Loubeque's direction, has dug a
pitfall and cleverly covered it with
brush When Lucille's horse comes
cantering down the trail bearing
his rider on her errand of mercy
both crash into the pit, in one of
the most sensational pictures thus
far shown in the series. The horse
is killed instantly, and Lucille lies
like one dead. The two slaves of
Loubeque climb down into the pit,
and the woman takes the papers
from the bodice Of Lucille's dress.
She returns them in triumph to her
new master, who decides that while
he lacks the sacred amulet which is
still around Lucille's neck, his pres
ent mission is but half accomplished.