Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-06-13

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ing from the bite Of the Tarantula
AS Jack peers through the window
Belle RECEIVERS consciousness and
Jack, realizing that the slightest
movement on the part of the girl will
cause the creature to bite, decides to
take chance with a revolver shot.
He fires and kills the Tarantula
without hurting Belle. Back at the
house, Grim" Gordon and his son,
Casper, have found the note sent to
Belle by Bull ShotwelI, asking her to
return the Idol and they think that
Belle and Jack have the Tiger image.
But Shotwell has secured the Idol in
his fight with Belle, and that night he
and his spy, Hilda, the maid in the
Gordon home, proceed 10 make use OF
the little image.
They enter Gordon's laboratory,
which is rather peculiar room since
its walls and all of the furniture are
Of stone. Their intent is to use the
property of the Idol which makes its
eyes glow when it comes near Ra-
dunn, to locate and steal a quantity
of the valuable metal hidden in the
laboratory. Just as they locate the
Radium, Gordon and Casper enter the
laboratory and Shotwell hastily hides
behind stone chair. Gordon reveals
to his son the workings of a turret
in the laboratory which projects Re
dunn rays. This turret is the reason
| for all Of the furniture in the room
being made of stone for anything the
Radium rays touch bursts into fame,
as Gordon demonstrates to Casper
by igniting some logs in the fireplace
with the rays.
Gordon is waiting for Belle to meet
him in the laboratory for he has
made up his mind to kill her and thus
secure the Idol and the portion of
the "Pact of Three" which she has,
and thus his title to the mines will
be clear. Casper Gordon first dis
covers that Shotwell is hiding in the
room and in the fight which follows
the younger Gordon is knocked I'M
conscious. Then "Grim" Gordon at
tacks Shotwell and after long strug-
gle Shotwell hurls Gordon into the
path of the rays which are still di-
rected at the fireplace as Gordon has
not had time to turn them off. This
brings to Grim" Gordon the ter,
rible death he had intended for Belle
the powerful rays almost instantly
1)urn him to ashes.
Young Gordon recovering from the
blow which felled him, manages to
turn off the rays and just at this mo-
ment Belle and Jack enter the labor
atory. Jack, seeing that Shotwell
has the Idol endeavors to take it from
him and while they are struggling the
Idol drops to the floor so that Belle
is enabled to secure it and get away
from the laboratory. Casper Gordon,
| taking advantage of the excitement,
decides to escape from the chamber
Of horrors, but Salonga, Tiger Face
and the Hindus are outside the house
and the capture him at once and
| take him to the underground temple
where they conduct their Tiger Wo--
ship.
They believe he has the Idol or
knows where it is and when he can
not tell them anything they vent taelr
anger by throwing him 10 the tiger
where he meets horrible death In
the meantime Shotwell gives up the
conflict with Jack and escapes By
leaping through window of the
laboratory With both Grim" Cor
| don and his son, Casper, killed the
same day, Randolph Gordon, broth
er of the older Casper, arrives On the
scene. 1t is found thar SCfaoa Cor
don's will provides that unless all
portions of the ''Paet Of Three are
found within three ngeathS after his
death, his entire Fortune Will 20 to
| Randolph Gordon. In the eveuB that
the "Pact of Three" is piacaa TO-
gether, in the meantime, The estate
will be divided between the heirs Of
the three persons named j0 the Pact,
Colonel Boyd, Peter Strong and Cor
don. Even while the viii is being
read comes another warning from
Tiger Face and Randolph, being IF q
timid nature, decides to return East
and wait till the three months have
elapsed rather than remain in the
neighborhood of the Tiger Wor-
shippers.
Belle, seeking rest and in an effort
to forget the terrible scenes she has
witnessed, takes train for a nearby
city to visit her sister. She carries
the Tiger Idol with her in her hand
bag and while on the train, she finds
that the bandids are not going to let
up in their efforts to secure the tok-
en-. Three of Shotwell's gang leap
from an overhead bridge on to the
top of the coach in which Belle is
riding and by forming sort of hu-
man chain from the top Of the coach,
down it's side to the window, make
desperate attempt to recover the
Tiger Idol But as the lowest mem
Der of the chain reaches through the
coach window for the handbag, the
top man of the chain Ices his hold
and all three bandits are swept from
the coach to the ground. While