The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-12-26
Motion Picture Stories and Gossip Of the Studios
"The Great Gamble"
9th EPISODE
"The Wolf, Pack"

Aline, hanging from the window,
and in her efforts to escape from
Blake, falls, as her lover Ralph, is
making frantic efforts TO climb to her
rescue, but fortunately, Aline falls
into a big pile Of soft earth and is
uninurcd Ralph picks her up, and
thinking only of her safety, carries
her away into the woods, pursued by
Blake who falls into bear pit dug
by a trapper.
Alinc exhausted, is carried by
Ralph to q. cave in the woods, then
he goes for assistance, but he has not
gone far when he hears Aline scream
A large bear, whose home Aline has
invaded, is about to attack her.
Ralph rushes back ,Undaunted by
the frightful odds he grasps the
bear from behind. A terrific strug-
gle follows, and aRlph, with almost
superhuman strength, succeeds in
choking the bear into unconscious
ness.
Meanwhile, Nell is having a gay
time as the supposed daughter Of
Roger Morton. Her gayety is in
terrupted by the nocturnal visit Of
Shorty, one of Blake's accomplices.
He makes a midnight entry into the
house and is surprised by Mr.. Nor
ton. Shorty is about to shoot Mr..
Morton when Nell, not realizing that
she is protecting her own father,
springs between the two men, and
pretending that she does not know
Shorty, gives him some of her jew
els, on condition that he will not
shoot her father.
In the Adirondacks, Blake who
has escaped from the bear pit, pur-
sues Ralph after he has left Aline in
an abandoned cabin to procure food
and assistance TO rher. Ralph meets
Blake-and a terrific struggle on
top of a hill follows. The two men
slip and roll down together 200 feet
into the ravine below.
Both are stunned but Blake recov-
ers first. Determined to rid himself
of Ralph, he ties him to tree.
When Ralph RECEIVERS consciousness,
Blake says to him-"Tell me where
that girl is, or | will leave you here
to starve to death" Ralph of course,
refuses, and is left by Blake to the
mercy of the wilds.
Nell, tired of playing the lady, and
longing for a gayer life, meets Coo
ley, Blake's accomplice, and at her
request, he takes her to cabaret.
Cooley instructs Nell that she must
get rid of the servants, and first of
all, the butler. They plan a scheme
that will enable Cooley to secure en-
trance to the Morton home as but
Ter.
While they are seated, Nell is re-
cognized by the detective who has at
tempted to arrest her for working
the badger game on Robinson. Cooley
tries to save Nell and fight en-
sues. The detective maintaining that
Nell is a crook, is about to take her
out, when Thornton, an old admirer
of Aline's enters with a party of
friends and goes to Nell's rescue, as
sorting to the detective that he is
mistaken and that Nell is Aline Nor
ton
Aline, awaiting the return of Ralph
who has gone to secure assistance, is
surprised by the approach of Blake,
who is searching for her. Ralph, tied
to the tree, is suffering from his
bonds and the cold. Aline, seeking
him, is followed by pack of wolves
She makes a desperate run for her
life. The wolves are seen drawing
near her. Again a horrible death for
Aline seems imminent. The episode
ends as the wolves draw near her.