The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-07-26
THE TIGERS
TRAIL
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
H CAST.
THE L IDOL.
Thirteenth Episode


In the bandit Shotwell's mountain
retreat from which the posse. headed
by the hero, has just chased the BAN
dts. Belle and Hilda are fighting for
the Tiger Idol which stands on the
chimney piece. Belle takes the Idol
and automatically releases a spring
that fires a gun. This dastardly con-
t~rivance was rugged by Shotwell as a
trap. The shot hits Hilda-a wound
in the arm. Belle feeling responsible
for Hilda's wound, takes her to her
ranch int nurses her.
Meantime there is battle between
the posse and the bandits. Shotwell
gets a land mine and detonator and
blows up a bridge just as the posse
is crossing it in pursuit of the bandits.
Jack then follows one of the bandits
along to the edge of a tremendous pre-
cipice where they have a terrific fight,
Just as it looks as if Jack will surely
be pitched over the precipice by the
bandit. the wounded Dashaway Davis,
who has staggered across country to
come to Jacks help, fires a shot that
finishes the bandit by sending him
pitching headlong over the precip1ce
and down into the Great Abyss. Jack
then carries Dashaway to the ranch
house where Belle nurses his wounds.
That night Randolph Gordon, who
has a one-third interest in the pact of
Three and wishes to obtain the Idol
in order TO exchange it for the pact
of Three" held by the Tiger Face and
then destroy the Pact, comes to the
ranch house. He plots with Hilda and
they discover that Belle means to hide
the Idol that night in D~ashaway's
room. Randolph binds Dashaway and
hides him in a closet. Then Randolph
takes Dashaway's place in the bed
with his head bandaged just like Dash
away's. When Jack comes into this
room TO hide the Idol, he has not the
heart to awaken Dashaway, and there
fore leaves the room with the Idol and
gets Belle to hide the Idol in the room
of Pauline Holiday, a house guest.
Randolph watches and sees where
Belle hides the Idol. Randolph then
steals into Pauline's room and gets the
Idol, terrifying the girl. Pauline
creams The house is alarmed. Ran
dolph, still wearing the ~bandage, is
chased. He is overtaken by Belle,
who, seeing the bandage on his head
in the dark. mistakes him for Dasha-
way Davis. Grieved at finding as she
believes, that the man who has many
times saved her life, has now proved
d~isloyal, all on account of the destest-
ed Idol. Belle tells him that, if he
will give her the Idol, she will never
reveal to her friends the fact that he
turned traitor. To her establishment,
Randolph fights for the Idol. But
Belle succeeds in getting it. And Ran
dolph makes his escape.
Belle now feels that at last she will
obtain freedom from persecution ait the
hands of Tiger Face and the Tiger
Worshippers, as she can now take the
Tiger Idol to the Hindus and obtain in
exchange the Pact of Three" Next
morning, accordingly, Belle and Jack
take the Idol to the Hindus to ex-
change it for the pact of Three"
But TO their dismay, they learn from
the Hindus that the Idol is a fake.
Shotwell had made this fake Idol, as
he was not fool enough to leave the
genuine Idol where his enemies could
get it. So the Hindus swear that Belle
has tried to cheat them and warn her
that she shall be punished. There is a
fight. Jack and Belle break away and
fly from the Sea Caves where the Hin
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Belle and Jack are chased across the
country till they reach the railroad.
Here they see a train of empty oil
tanks standing on a siding. No one
about. Jack sees that the Hindus are
so close upOn them that it will be
necessary for him to hold them off I'M
til Belle herself can escape. He bids
her run to the oil tank train and hide
in n of the Oil-tanks.
While Jack holds back the Hindus,
Belle runs to one of the empty oil
tank cars and climbs through the man
hole Of the tank. Meantime the Hin
dus lock Jack in a section house.
A certain Hindu has followed Belle.
As she now peers cautiously out of
the man-hole Of the tank to see if the
coast is clear, the Hindu who followed
her, climbs up On the opposite side of
the tank behind her and hits her a
sudden blow on the head with the lid
of the man-hole. The blow strikes
Belle unconscious and she falls to the
bottom of the tank. The Hindu then
elaps the lid on the tank-thus shut
ting Belle in an alright tank filled
with the fumes of oil. And the train
starts.
Jack escapes from the section house
sees the oil tank train speeding rap