Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-05-31
The Tigers Trail
FIRST EPISODE
THE TIGER WoRSHIPPERs


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In order to understand clearly the
first episode of The Tigers Trail,
Pathc ; great serial staring Ruth Ro-
land. II Is necessary to recount series
of adventure which happened some time
before the Serial proper beings. Ilree
advHturee, Peter Strong, Grim Cor
done and Colonel Boyd has chartered a
vessel and gone TO Last India in search
of treasure Before leaving their ship
10 90 ashore they drew up ana signed
an agreement TO share equally any
treasure they found, and that, in case
any Of them met death in their adven-
ture his share was TO 20 10 his heirs.
Having made this Pact OF Three they
lore it into three pieces and each took
one Strong and Gordon retained their
fragments OF the Pact but Colonel Boyd
before embarking Tor shore, called BIZ
Bolaud Captain Of the slip, asl 8 and
gave him his piece OF tae Pact with
instructions to give il to his daughter
Belle in case OF accident. After land
ing the three adventures encountered
a tribe Of natives known as The Tiger
Worshippers whose god was the Tiger.
They found no treasure but succeeded
in securing a Tiger Idol which the ma
tIves looked upon as the symbol OF their
religion. y thrilling fight ensued be-
tween the adventures and the natives
and only Grim Gordon reached the
ship alive with the Tiger Idol. He re-
turned to America and shortly discover
ed a wonderful property Of the Tiger
Idol. When il came near RadIum its
eyes glowed with living fire. This pro-
perty Of the Idol made Gordon a rich
man since with tle Idol he located
tremendous deposit of Pitch Blende,
the mineral from which Radium is eX
tracted.
As the Serial opens "Grim" Gordon
is living III a mansion near his mines.
He has taken Belle Boyd, the daughter
OF his old partner in the Pact of Three
and has educated her at fashionable
school in the East. Working i'll his
mines are a great many Hlndus and
among them are number of the Tiger
Worshippers under the leadership of
Hindu named Salonga. They are de-
termined to secure the Idol. They have
mysterious hold over a man known
as Tiger Face whose fave Is nTarked
in peculiar fashion so that his counte.
nance is more that OF a Tiger than OF
numan being Also in the employ of
Salonga and the Tiger Newspapers is
e. Bull ShOtwell, leader of a notorious
band of cowboy outlaws. All Of these
factors are centered upon one ambition
to secure the 4iger Idol, but as the
Serial opens they nave been unsuccSs-
tI after many attempts,
Belle Boyd comes nome from her
school in the East to live with her
Guardian Gordon, and on the. train sIe
encounters Jack randall, goodlooking
,oung engineer, who is gong West to
accept position Iii connection with
Gordon ; mines. As Belle steps from
the train, bull Shotwell and his
gang attempt to kiduap her but are
Irus rated by Jock Randall who Gusts
rne entire gang.
Belle then goes On TO the Gordon
home and meets her Guardian who tells
her tnat whcn her father appointed him
as her Guardian 1t was understood that
she sOuId marry Gordon son. Casper.
out Belle Is not ready TO marry yet
and she TENS her Guardian So That
night ill Bvland calls on Gor,lan for q
sum OF money. Ii Will be remembered
that he had Colonel Boyd S fragment
OF the Pacs OF Three and by promis-
Lag one day to deliver il to Gordon he
las been securing money from tle mine
owner at frequent intervals. He meets
ocile and makes an appointment TO talk
10 ner IN the house that night. When
theE meet he tells her the history Of
the Pact Of three and the Tiger
IDOL and gives her the portion of the
fact which be had kept all these years.
# is his last living act for Gordon, de-
terminUd to DC ria OF Boland = black.
mailing and secure his portion of the
- Pact OF Three, has connected a table
lamp III the room with powerful high
voltage wire and when Roland attemnts
to nit tle lamp he Is Instantly electro
cuted.
the Giger Face has been proving
about IN an attempt to secure the Idol
and he sees BoiaHu : death and then
~ go hIn escape HON 'Gl h,l.se. Then
Gordon enters tle room and at once
sees a chance to fasten the guilt of
poland ; murder on Tiger Face. Ram
ualI also comes to the room, having been
aroused by the connection and Gordon
shows them Tiger Idol and by using
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