The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-11-06
WALLACE REID
YIN 1.-THE VALLEY
OF THE GIANTS"
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For Popular Star
TIE CAST

Buck OgilVy Will Brunton
Cardigan Charles Oglc
Mrs. Cardigan Alice Taatfe
Col. Pennington Ralph Lewis
John Cardigan, a pioneer Califor-
lia logger, builds the town of Sc
quota, and lays the foundation of a
great fortune. To the bride he Civ
os as a wedding present, "The Val
ley OF the Giants" After her death
he nstills into the mind and heart
of Bryce, their only son, the fact that
The Valley Of the Giants belongs to
his mother in death as well as IN
life, and that he must protect it with
his life. 1t is made doubly sacred il
that it holds a lone monument-to
mark the wife's grave.
Several years later Bryce returns
from college and travel. He finds his
father nearly blind and in business
difficulties; deeply in debt, with little
land except The Valley OF the Giants,
upon which q note of 100000 is due
in six months to Colonel Pennington
Cardigan's enemy and business rival.
Shirley, Colonel Pcnnington's niece,
rich in her own right, has a keen
sense of fair play, contrary to her
uncle's %scheming dishonesty.
Bryce makes the discovery that
Jules Rondeau, a man handling fore
man in Pennington's lumber camp,
has fellcd one Of the giant trees in
the Valley to obtain q rich burl which
Pennington later converts into u
tabletop. Bryce is angcred by this
vandalism and goes to the lumber
camp where he thrashes Rondeau il
Il Grueling fstic battle. This is wit
messed by Shirley, VINO upbraids
Bryce for his seeming brutality and
for his temerity in hurting Rondeau's
unconscious form against Penring-
ton, hooking him down.
Rondcau's men seek revenge md
pursue Bryce, who boards the log
2ing train, in the cabOose OF which
Shirley and Pennington are seated.
The train runs away when the en-
CINE breaks loose and dashes down
the steep grade. Bryce makes his way
over the logs to the caboose and IN
couples it and brings it to d halt just
il time to prevent it from going over
q steep bank after the logs. He wins
Shirley's gratitude and love by this
act OF heroism, but Pennington re-
mains as cold as ever, remarking that
Bryce did what he did TO save his
own life.
The three things most vital in the
life Of Bryce at this particular period
are a growing love for Shirley, the
old boyish love for wild blackberry
pie, and the protection Of ali that his
mother held dear. He proceeds to
accomplish the latter by sending fol
Buck Ogilvy, an old college chum
and "the best railroad promoter this
side of Hades, especially when you
have to build a road with hot ain
And Buck brings with him an eye
specialist, who later a~lleviates the
growing blindness Of Cardigan.
Aided by Buck, Bryce secures q
temporary franchise for a loop rail
way that shall be a feeder to a trans.
continental road.
Cardigan, ignorant Of his sons
energy and action, decides to sell The
Valley of the Giants so as to retrieve
the note that Pennington holds. Pen.
nington refuses to give Cardigan tht
| price he once was more than anxious
to pay for The Valley Of the Giants
allowing Cardigan to withhold q
acres surrounding his wife's grave
and now offers Cardigan only $4,000
| for the priceless land which is mater
ally useless because of it's blocked
outlet.
"A few days later Cardigan receive.
I word from Judge Moore that he has
client who will buy The Valley @.
the Giants for 500, 000-the un
!: known client, as develops later, be.
ing Shirley herself. Cardigan . il
allowed to keep 20 acres around hi.
wife's grave.
In the meantime Bryce is fighting
with brain and Drawn. Pennington
with continual brides, influences th'
Mayor of Sequoia to annul the tenn
porary franchise. Bryce discover:
this and Immediately proceeds a
night to lay the tracks of his rail
way across Pennington's road. A
spectacular fight follows, in thu
course of which Bryce is shot from
ambush, though not seriously wound
ed. Through the knowledge of Shir
ley's lawyer, Judge Moore, many
facts are laid bare, disclosing the dis
honesty of Colonel Pennington. Ht
is brought to an accounting and Shir;
ley tells Bryce that she is the new
owner of The Valley Of the Giants
and that she is going to build a roac
that will open the lands of all tn
owners and give aN a fair chance tt
ship the priceless timber in order that
the government may share the ben.
efts.
Bryce has accomplished the three
tasks, in that he has all the wilo
blackberry pies he can eat, with Shir.
ley at his side to make them for him
and his beloved Valley Of the Giants
is safe from vandalism.