Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-06-12
FIFTH INSTALLMENT OF
"LUCILlE" A STARTER

This series will be shown at the
Unique theater next Friday evening,
June 10.
AS Lucille Love RECEIVERS conscious
ness in the pit which has been dug
by the native, sees her dead horse
beside her and realizes that the pa
pers have been stolen from her the
desperation of her condition is pit
liable. She crawls out of the pit only
to see a pair of hungry lions in her
path. To escape them she climbs up
a tree and to her amazement finds
a vine ladder on which she escapes
into the forest.
Loubeque is anxious to secure the
amulet which makes Lucille a sacred
and he orders his native to follow
her. In their search they are seen
by the lions and in fear of them
Loubeque builds a fire all around
him through which the lions do not
dare to penetrate. The smoke of this
fire attracts Lucille and she steals
up as near to the camping place of
Loubeque as possible.
Something in the manner OF the
native rouses suspicion in Loube-
que's mind that the savage is not
loyal, but on second thought he dis
misses the doubt and goes to sleep.
But his doubt of the savage is well
founded, and his master is no soon
er asleep than he takes the papers
from his masters shirt and runs
away into the forest. Lucille, how
ever, from her vantage point has
seen the pilfering of the papers and
follows the man.
The lions prove the nemesis of the
native and he perishes in their clut-
ches. In order to search the body
Lucille goes to the camp and secures
firebrand from the fire which Lou
beque, now awake and aware of his
loss, has also deserted. Lucille
scares off the lions and secures the
precious papers from the mangled ma
tives breech clOut. She is Overjoyed
and makes the best time she can
toward the sea-cOast. Loubeque at
ter searching in vain decides that
further attempts to find Lucille are
in vain, as she had probably met the
same fate as the thief.
Lucille in her flight to the coast
sees a fluted pillar sticking out OF
the ground in an unusual manner
and as she is examining it, the earth
about her gives way and she is pre-
cipitated into the midst of a sunkeI
city, inhabited by race Of men
similar to the monkeys but witt
many features which closely ally
them to the human race. At first
they are as afraid of Lucille as she
is of them. But the encouragement
of numbers is on their side and they
pursue her to the rude throne Of
majesty's method of subduing his
subjects is to throw necklaces of dia
monds to them, and while they are
occupied with collecting them he car
ries off the prize himself. Lucille
sees that she is no safer with the
king than with any of the rest OF
his race and in a super-human burst
of strength she frees herself from
him and escapes.
The unwonted activity of the rae
ing and chasing about displaces Ger
tain rocks which hold back gasses
These gases collecting quickly ex
plode and the side of the mountain
| is blown out. Once more our hero
inc is at liberty and she searches
all along the riverbank until she
comes upon native dugout, il
which she floats down the little riv
er to the seacoast.
She finally sees a little brig stand
| ing off shore and attracts the atten
| ton of the boatswain of the ships
gig. He rescues her and takes hel
on board the boat And Lucille pass
es one comfortable night slice she
does not realize that the spy, Lou
beque, is on board the same boat
having been rescued the preceding
day.