The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-31
SYNOPSIS

SYNOPSIS
 Circle Jim" Borden, named frn red birthmark on his hand, has S. his third prison term. One in eachs den generation, always a criminafi borne the Red Circle mark Jim an- son Ted, the only, known living oil Bordens, are killed. Next day III sees the Red Circle on a woman's I outside a curtained automobile. s marked with the Red Circle, s Grant, loan shark, Mary, Junes ry discovers her thelt and tells her S Circle Jim's" daughter, though N Travis does not know. Mary tricky mar. Lamar visits Smiling Sam," old crime partner. Sent to Surfto- Smiling Sam, Alma La Salle robs guests at ball. Lamar follows back to town, captures her witfs jewels, and goes after Smiling San. the edge of cliff pursuer and pun engage in deadly combat. Gordo fugitive, rescues Lamar, and Jul turn saves Gordon from arrest. Sm Sam sees the Red Circle on June's Il tells her he knows her secret ands lows her to her city home. She , Gordon to get away, after recovo for him the securities receipt whic. eliminates him by triclling Farwelh Lamar. Lamar suspects June. He :. lures Smiling Sam. Gordon gives ! self up. !
 Allen and Mary, descending the $ again, had just reached the garden Lamar arrived at the house. A g' told Max his very direst fears were fled. He had reached the Travis E three minutes too late to save the he loved.
 For one wild moment Lamar pon@ on the idea of covering both her ps cutors with his pistol while June CSC But at once he realized the suicidal of such an act. No his one way to her now was by his wits, The tim force had passed.
 He advanced calmly toward the sS in the garden At sight of him Allen shouted:
 We've tracked her down at last, nv W se-
 What is it? What does it all me3 demanded the bewildered Mrs. ri, l.no.li5 voice for riie nrsr t.ne.
 Tt means. madam replied the q ''that this young woman isn't your ( She's slick crook. The daughte Gnu Circle Jim Borden. Max he ed, turning to Lamar, You've wd hard enough on this case. You q to have some kind of reward. I'm ing to give you the honor of ma tlle arrest Go to it, son.
 May I arnar moved to Junes side touched her on the arm.
 ',f te. sweetheart, he whispl al 1n I'm going to get you out of this takes my last dollar and my last brea
 As they passed Mrs. Travis on way to the street June paused and out her arms. Mrs. Travis recoiled her as from a snake.
 With bent head the girl moved o her lover's side. The world-her wo seemed at an end. She had not tine CT to suffer any more. Her brain heart and body were numb. She wa as if in her sleep.
 Next morning as Charles Gordon pi up his newspaper he read, in big l lines. that the mysterious "Red ( lady was at last captured; that was a society girl known as June I is," but that she was really the daus of Circle Jim Borden.
 Silar F'arwell, so ran the story. bro a charge of grand larceny against and Mrs. Travis refused to help the or to have anything to- do with Junes old nurse Mary had used her savings to provide bail and had t June away with her to a little apartl in the lower part of the city. The newspaper account was corre' every detail. Twenty hours earlier Travis had been one of the most pol girls and one of the richest heiresst the city. Now accused of crime, homeless. she found no friend to hell except the old woman who had I'll and petted her from babyhood. Max Lamar, it is true, had don that mortal man could do; yet he but a helpless atom in face of the iron power. He had arranged that J' detention should be as brief and as humiliating as possible. Then he scurried' out for ball. But before he return Mary had provided the ne bond and had spirited June away. Now, in the tiny apartment to V | Mary had brought her, the stricken sat alone. The nurse had gone ou supplies. And June, in her saualid living room, had no companlonship her own tragic thoughts.
 She was still stunned and apat from the terrific blows fate had her. She sat gazing stonily in irol her. self-hypnotized by her dreary ings.
 And, as she sat thus, alone. brood a strange thing happened. Or if il not happen, the dazed girl was at certain that it did. s | Through the closed door of the emerged a shadowy figure-a form vague something, that seemed to g; shape and features as it crepr 70 her chair.
 Gradually bending down above her shape became recognizable. It W l thickset man. broad of shoulder, de- chest. The wrath of man with le' head and a shaggy mane of white I with. a rugged, hopeless face in
 smoldered deep, fiery eyes. l On the shadowy right hand that res out toward the girl glimmered Circle.
 The ghost--if ghost it was-was
 ghost of Circle Jim" Borden!
 June sat motionless, staring with
 bewildered eyes
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