The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-03-04

would capture his ward and remove her
from his path. Then to gain control of
the Marvin estate.
BalthaZa manages to steal'th dog,
which he takes to a supposedly vacant
house in the suburbs. In reality this
house is occupied by a notorious gang
of counterfeiters who are on friendly
terms with Bathaza. He explains his
mission and is promised cooperation by
them. A sinister looking old hag, a
member of the gang, is later induced
by Owen. who is presented to the
cOunterfeiters by his henchman, to
write to Pauline advising her that she
is in possession of the ''lost" dog
which was advertised in the papers.
Pauline Immediately sets out in her
racing car to claim her pet, but is per.
turbed to note that the address given is
that of an old deserted house. Over
coming her fears, however, she rings
the bell which is answered by the old
hag. Bidding Pauline to follow, she
leads the way into the house. She ap-
proaches a wall and knocks with sec
ret signal A panel opens and the two
women pass through. Stepping into a
room, Pauline sees her dog and eagerly
starts toward it. She is seized by the
counterfeiters. During the struggle
that follows the dog makes a dash
from the room and escapes. Some
time later, Harry is surprised to see
the dog running toward him. trailing a
piece of broken rope. Picking up the
rope Harry is lead away by the dog in
the direction from whence he came.
Suspecting foul play, Harry allows the
dog to lead him and finally reaches the
old house in front of which he sees
Pauline's racer. Making his way to
the basement, the dog scratches on the
panel which leads to the room where
Pauline is held captive. Harry hears
the approach of the counterfeiters' dis
tributing agents and hides. He sees
them give the secret signal and pass
in. Waiting a moment, he also gives
the signal and passes through the PAN
ell. which he fastens with a chunk of
wood. AS soon as Harry is seen the
gang makes a rush for him. Shouting
for Pauline to rush out, Harry quickly
evades the gang, aud followed by the
dog they dash out to Fthe racing ma
chine in which they make their escape.
The gang sgives them chase in the
agents touring car. Owing to a pune.
tured tire, Harry and Pauline desert
their machine and take refuge in
contractors shanty nearby.
The gang attempts to follow, but
Harry stands them off with a rifle
which he finds in the shack. Balthaza
discovers some'pOwder bombs left by
the contractor and determines to blow
up the shack. He sneaks toward the
shack and lights the fuse. Attracted
by the sputtering, the dog grasps it
and dashes away trailing the bomb
after him. Coming to a bridge the dog
leaps down into the water, eXtinguish-
ing the fuse. He then swims to shore
where he is found by party of camp
ers. They discover the bomb and won
der at its being in the dogs possession.
Following his lead, they arrive at the
shack just in time to save Harry and
Pauline from the attack of the counter
feiters who had already succeeded in
smashing down the door. A furious
struggle follows, but the Youthful
campers soon have the Counterfeiters
hOrs de combat. Balthaza, however.
has managed to escape ard carries the
news of his latest failure to Owen, his
villainOus employer.
Ensign Summers, the commander of
a submarine and the inventor of a rev
torpedo, meeting Harry Marvin and
asks HIM to take her down in the sub
marine next day He agrees.
The next day, Hako discovers Sum.
mers plans and mails them to Mile de
lougeon He then hastens to the navy
yard where the submarine is moored.
Summers gives the order to sail, but
HakO marriages to get aboard He gives
Summers a letter from Nile de Lonpeon
and sneaks below while it is being
read. Hako places the bomb in the
pump room and hearing sailors an
proach, hides. The submarine is row
well out in the harbor. Harry, having
no faith in the submarine, follows in
his motor boat. Summers orders the
seclusion of some palms, hears the
plotters talking and realizes from their
conversation that some deviltrv is
afoot. Meeting Summers later she |