The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-07-12
Novelized from the Motion Picture
Play of the Same Name by the
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t.&sA s. Copyright 1915. BY the AushonL 3d..
prisoner. Then the. gang threw Lund
into a corner 1r
Copyright 1919. BY the Aushon.

The four thugs left the scene while
Chockro remained to taunt and bully
the victim he had caused to be rem
dered utterly helpless. $1,000. ~
Peg was in the subcellar beneath the
room where Lund was detained, help.
less. AS she looked upward the leer.
ing face and snake1ike eyes of the
Hindu glared tauntingly upon her. She
knew there was no mercy there. She
cried in the bitterness of her helpless.
ness. Her sobs reached Lund's ears
family, but sufficiently. audible to let
him know that someone was in dis.
.tress.
Lund felt, intuitively, that it was
Peg; and as he strained at the lash
ings which bound him, the Hindu
smiled tauntingly . and increased
Lund's, agony by jeering remarks. ,,s
The open trap through which the
elevator ran was less than yard from
where Lund's manacled feet rested.
upon the floor. On the wall above him
he noticed, an electric switch. II \ i
Chockro stood where he could look
down into the open trap, reach out his
hand and touch the SWITCH or face
about and address his taunts to young:
iLund without further effort than to,
turn his body by a slight movement
of his feet upon the floor.
"I've got your girl in trap, and I'LL
pay you both of at once" Chockro'
fairly shouted. ''Ill turn the water in:
and let you listen while she browns" -.
Young Lund desperately tugged at,
his bonds. He dreaded the Hindu's;
threat and as Chockro reached over
and threw down tho handle Of the;
electric switch, the sound OF rushing,
water came to Lund's ears. ,
, Peg screamed in terror, Chockro
looked down upon hey and laughed
with fiendish derision. Lund writhed.
upon, the floor, and to Chockro his ef..
forts seemed purposeless. But Lund's.
brain was at work, even If his body:
was made temporarily useless by his
relentless bonds. ..-....,s.. :, -, &.
The girl in the trap below saw the
waters rushing In to overcome her.
A great pipe in the wall was emptying
O flood into the cement-walled pit, and
the rising tide bid fair soon to sub.
merge the hapless Peg. L
The higher the tide rose in the pit
the more fiendish we're Chockro's
heartless taunts. Past her knees,
soon waist.high the water rose, until
1T lifted Peg from her feet. Then she
noticed peculiar fact-there seemed
to be q slight current in one main
direction as the water eddied around
her.
When Peg permitted herself to float
upon the water she realized that she
was being carried slowly across the
surface of the pit toward the side of
the wall opposite the intake. .
Peg moved in the direction the cur.
rent took her, and when she had ar
rived against the wall there was a
noticeable undertow that drew her
legs and feet against the side Of the
.well.like pit. 1nstinctively Peg kicked
with her feet against the wall, and
made an unexpected discovery.
Through the cracks in a sluice gate
the water was running out Of the pit.
Lund had worked his body across a
few feet Of the floor until by raising
his feet, bound together as they were,
he could reach the electric switch. He
showed the handle UP and as Chockro,
attracted by the lessening Of the rush,
of water, leaned far over the edge Of
the traphole in the floor, Lund con.
tinued his maneuver. 49,. ,#s.a4,g 81
Working fast Lund was able to Gov.
err enough floor space to make up suf-
ficient distance to give him a leg.
length chance to reach the Hindu as
he bent low over the edge of the open
trap. In final effort Lund kicked
straight out with his bound feet, and
landed in the middle Of the Hindu's
back. ..- .,, -
The unexpected impact threw
Chockro off his balance, sent him
through the opening and splashing
down into the water below. And at
that instant Peg kicked loose the
sluice gate that she had discovered
near the floor in the wall and on
rushing flood of water she was carried
into an adjoining room.
His utterly unexpected drop into the
pit. found the Hindu unprepared for
the involuntary plunge. He went I'M
der, came to the surface and foun--
dered around Just long enough to give
Peg brief breathing spell before he
followed her through the sluice gate.
Pegs wet and bedraggled clothing
retarded her movements and she was
slow in gaining the foot Of a steep
fight of ladderlike steps that led from
the. room into which she had been fair
.ly catapnlted by the sudden rush OF
water. Chockro followed her.
Peg continued her flight upstairs,
and slammed the door behind her.
Then she hurried on, seeking an out
let at the end Of a long corridor which
she had suddenly entered. Good for
tune was with bar- the, door was
open, and Peg gas soon running
through the yard toward shelter and
safety In the piles Of lumber.
The Hindu reused, by lusty shouts,
his gang Of cohfederates, as soon as
he had made his way out of the flood.
ed cellar. The thugs were quickly ad-
yised Of Peg escape and chookro led