The Washington herald., 1914-05-21

could marry Lucille; now he swears to
| break Cecil. He discovers that two stocks
In which Cecil has heavily invested in
are dangerous, and with friends plans
to have Cecil buy up all stock In sight
and when the break comes smother him
In ruin.
Meanwhile Lucille, tired of her luxury,
decides that what she really wants Is
love. She forgets her husbands patient,
deep-seated love and remembers Ernest's
passionate outbursts. About the time
she decides to 60 and see Ernest, Cecil
gets his first intimation from his friend
jackson, that the bottom In falling out
Of his stock In which his fortune Is tied
up. He goes to tell his wife, but finds
her going over her new gowns and,
thinking her mood one Of vanity, tells
her simply that he Is going out Both
Ernest and Cecil work all that night to
prepare for the following day. The panic
strikes and Cecil goes down to ruin with
the others. While that Is happening Lu-
ellie Is on her way to Ernest's ONCE.
She enters IN time to see him kissing
his stenographer. on whom he has been
lavishing attention. Ernest turns from
the stenographer, Maysie, to Lucille. but
she turns against him. Ernest tells her
she is ruined and that she will be glad
now to come to him. The news un-
nerves her for q moment and. telling him
what she thinks of him. she leaves Cecil
has gone home broken In heart and
spirit. He writes his wife telling her Of
his ruin. but that property he had made
over in her name still remains intact
and that she will be well fixed anyway.
Then he leaves. Lucille returns home,
and reading the note and the papers
realizes that he has beggared himself
for her. Her latent womanhood and love
for Cecil rushes to the surface. jackson
rushed to Cecil's home to tell him that
he has one chance of saving his honor
and his business. and that II by gathering
q few thousand more. Lucille learns Of
the new turn OF affairs and asks jackson
IL her property will help. Jackson sees
1t VIII save the day. She pledges all
and realizes her first real hap
piness. That night Cecil walks the
streets and drops asleep from exhaustion
on a park bench In the morning he
reads Of what his wife has done and
hastens to her. There he finds that she
sat up all night and also learns how
greatly she loves him Ernest has also |
learned the truth; he turns to Maysie
with a show of recent feeling and tells
her they shall be married at once.
"The Red spiders." |
Cat the American today.)
Cassim. q respected Mohammedan, &C |
an American tourist on Q |
treasure hunt for the lost emerald mines, |
which are said to exist in q remote |
part OF Asia On the journey back |
70 civilization after discovering the |
mines, the tourist dies. but not before |
le has intrusted Cassim with the mis-
hon of seeking his nephew to deliver
,ver to him his share OF the emeralds. |
About this time The Red Spiders,
notorious gang Of thieves with head
quarters in New York, send their king
md queen to Turkey on an important
mission. They kidnap Cassim's beauti-
ul daughter from the harem and bring
Ter back to New York. under the in
uence Of a powerful drug. Recognising
er ability as an interpreter of Oriental
ances, they place her on the stage.
Intending to keep the money that she
arms. Under the influence OF hypnotism.
he girl does their bidding. From this
oint on the scenes show the distracted
ather coming to America, seeking his
his capture by the gangsters,
nd eventually the complete annihila-
on Of the gang by the New York police.
assim finds the nephew. and delivers