The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-07-16
KATHLY1N PICTURES TONIGHT.
No. 8 OF the Popular Series Will BE
Shown at The Idle Hour
Theatre This Evening.

No. 8 OF the Popular Series Will BE
Shown at The Idle Hour
Theatre This Evening.
Tonight is Kathlyn night at the
popular Idle Hour theatre, when No
of the thrilling adventures of Kath-
Ign will be shown. The first show
will start promptly at o'clock. The
following is the synopsis of the reels
which will be shown tonight:
Pandemonium follows the escape
of the leopards, placed to guard the
treasure room in Umballah's palace
Royal personages and their attend
ants flee from the spotted terrors
and Kathlyn takes advantage of this
to get away from the throne room
where she was surrounded by enem-
les. She fees into The Garden OF
Brides and takes refuge in a covered
bullock cart close to the palace walls
The scene opens as Kathlyn lifts the
draperies of the covered cart and
gazes atfrighted at the prowling leo
pards in the palace yard. AS they
rush by, she deserts the cart and
runs through the garden-still, the
walls seem to bar her escape. A
heavy, clinging vine is not to be de-
spised and she Immediately uses this
means to scale the barrier. Her faith
err and Ramabai, who have been rein
forced by Bruce and Pundita, have
their camels only short distance
away and her appearance is hailed
joyously. She is assisted down the
wall by ladder; then the party
mount their camels and start through
the city of Alfalfa. ..
AS they pass through the outer
gate, they are recognized by Umbal,
lah's captain of guard, who hurried
ly rushes to the palace and notifies
Umballah. who is holding session
with the council of three, of his dis
covery and their departure. Umbal'
lab decides to give chase, as he is
particularly anxious to recapture Col
Hare, who has been made king
merely to serve as the creature of his
caprice. Then begins an exciting
chase over plains, and through wood
lands with thrilling incidents. At a
native village, the party come upon
a festival in which the dancers are
masked with animal heads. Learning
of the close pursuit of Umballah
they persuade the dancers to allow
them in their places, and although
Umballah and his followers come
upon the scene and see the dancers
they do not penetrate the disguise
and recognize them, and so disgust
ed. they finally reluctantly return te
Alfalfa.
Kathlyn and her party, having Sc
cured fresh mounts, start on thell
way to cross the mountains ant
eventually stop and camp for the
night. During the hours of dark
ness, treacherOus natives steal thell
horses, greatly mountaineering the
travellers. Different members of the
party start out in the morning tt
hunt their property, and kathlyn i:
trailed through the broken country
by a pair of hungry tigers. Her sit
uation is perilous, indeed, when
sheepherder observes her and, throw
ing up rope, Kathlyn fastens it tt
rock, and then slides down the
face of the cliff. leaving the madden
ed. astonished beasts snarling at the
summit.
g Hardly has she escaped this dan
ger, when she hears the bowling o.
pack of wolves. and rushes breath
lessly along until she sees the noun
tain rest-house where the faithful
Pundita is resting. The wolve:
make for the cabin, but the womer
cunningly see an inner room in the
house, and by concealing themselve:
in the cupboard, allow the wolves
to rush into it, then showing the door
shut-trap the bowling beasts. By
this time, Col. Hare and Bruce have
arrived upon the scene-kathlyr
shows the hunter how she has i'm
prisoned the wolves, and he leisurely
picks off the leaders with his rifle
About this time a caravan comes
that way, which they join, and event
ually arrive safe at a seaport town
Here they learn to their sorrow
from a California cablegram, that
Kathlyn's sister, Winnie, had sailed
several weeks before for India, and
is now in the city of Alfalfa. Al
though their own safety was secure
they decide at once to return to Al
laha, as they are familiar with the
treacherous disposition of Umballah,
and know he will visit all his wrath
upon the innocent girl.
This is about as they expected, for
the real ruler Of Alfalfa, having dis
covered Winnie and recognizing her
as the girl he saw in California,
makes her prisoner, and, previous to
placing the crown of Alfalfa upon her
head, has her sequestered in the
harem. Kathlyn and her party Sc
cure DISCUSSES before entering the
city, and come upon the scene on the
very day of the coronation. They
manage to secure admittance to the
throne room, and Kathlyn secretly
gets a message to her sister, assur-
ing her of the plans made for her
rescue. The openly cruel treatment
of Umballah to Winnie causes Kath-
Ign to throw aside her disguise, and