The Washington herald., 1919-01-23

Egypt without money and. fearing
| to cable her husband that she has
| so quickly made away with his gem
| erous allowance. steals sacred
jewel, the Eye of the World" from
a mummy case in an Egyptian Tenn
pie. With her daughter, Betty, she
returns to America, accompanied by
Robert Giles. a wealthy man in love
with the girl; by Phil Kelley, a Secret
Service man, and on the ship is Won
Berg, a crook with an International
reputation. Importuned by her mother
to make a rich match, Betty breaks
with young lover and seemingly
tricks Giles into proposing marriage.
She prefers Giles to a scientist. DIR.
Phillips. her fathers heaviest credi
tor. who would willingly take her
| and cancel the fathers debt.
Betty's fiance bitterly taunts Giles.
! showing him a letter which seems
to prove that Betty married him for
his money. Phil Kelley, played by
\ Francis Ford, takes Betty's part.
Hovering about is the mysterious
Princess Kah, from whose temple
the sacred jewel was stolen.
Strangely forbidding also is the al
ways unexpected and ominous ap-
pearance of. a sinister. ghounsh.
taloned hand, which has before
frightened Betty into unconscious
ness.
| Giles is alone in his room, brood
fSg over the letter. when a revolver
slowly protrudes through the por
teresa shoti-Giles falls-dead,
| All the principal characters are
under suspicion. Betty, because she
is believed to have married not for
love, but for money; her mother. to
recover the sacred jewel, on which
| bauble Giles had advanced her large
sums of money, and because unless
she returns it her life is in dan
ger; DR.. Phillips and Kelley, be-
cause they were both Giles rivals
for the hand of Betty; Won Berg, be-
cause of his character and the
knowledge that he had been follow
ing the dead man in a suspicious
manner. and the Princess Kah, be-
cause she has orders from her
heathen sect to return with the
Eye of the World" or-die. DR..
Phillips dies mysteriously-suppo
edly at the hand of a soulless crea-
| ture he confesses to have created
| but which has grown beyond his
control.
| From this auSplClOuS SldTl IN lne
first episode the plot is woven into a
veritable maze of mystery, action and
suspense. The princess, sworn to love
no mortal, finds herself in love with
Phil Kelley. Betty is saved by him
time and again until she has reason
to regard him warmly. Mrs. Graham,
torn between her own selfish desires
and the awful tangle of lies, deceit
and worse into which she has been
thrust, finds herself in many desper-
ate situations; Kelley, spurred on by
professional interest in the tangle Of
| love, lives and crime, finds added in
terest when he discovers that Won
Berg is conniving for the possession
of papers of state which 1t Is his
{Kelley's) duty as a Secret Service
man to guard.
| AS grows the mystery, so deepens
the romantic element Of love. AS
force opposes force so develop the
many tense situations. The action
grows faster and faste.. And through
| II all the brilliant direction of Francis
Ford-Master Serial Maker-keeps the
plot well in~hand so that the story
! is told in a logical and truly dra-
matte manner. 1t is the sort of
serial you long have dreamed of but
never dared hope would be produced
in the marvellous manner of ''The
\ Silent Mystery"