Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-05-30
The Tiger w orshippers

from which radium is extracted.
As the serial opens Grim Cor
don is living in 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 a fashionable school in the East.
Working in his mines are a great
many Hindus and among them are a
number of the Tiger Worshippers
under the leadership of a Hindu
named Salonga. They are determin-
ed to secure the Idol They have a
mysterious hold over man known
as Tiger Face, whose face is marked
in peculiar fashion so that his coun-
tenance is more that of a Tiger than
/ of human being Also in the en-
ploy of Salonga and the Tiger Wor-
/ shippers is Bull" Shotwell, leader of
a notorious band of cowboy outlaws
All of these factors are conferred up
/ on one ambition-to secure the Tiger
Idol, but as the serial opens they
have been unsuccessful after many
attempts.
Bells Boyd comes home from her
! school in the east to live with her
guardian, Gordon, and on the train
she encounters Jack Randall, a good
looking young engineer, who is go
ing west to accept position in con-
nection with Gordons mines. AS
Belle steps from the train, "Bull'
! Shotwell and his gang attempt to
kidnap her, but are frustrated by Jack
Randall who Gusts the entire gang.
Bells then goes on the the Gordon
home and meets her guardian, who
tells her that when her father ap-
pointed him as her guardian it was
understood that she should marry
Gordon's son, Casper. But Belle is
not ready to marry yet and she tells
her guardian So That night Captain
Bill Boland calls on Gordon for a
sum of money. 1t will be remember
ed that he had Colonel Boyds frag-
ment of the pact of Three" and by
promising one day to deliver it to
Gordon he has been securing money
/ from the mine owner at frequent
intervals. He meets Belle and makes
an appointment to talk to her in the
house that night. When they meet
he tells her the history of the Pact
of Three" and the Tiger Idol and
gives her the portion of the Pact
which he had kept all these years. 1t
is his last living act for Gordon, de-
/ termined to be rid of Boland's black
mailing and secure his portion of the
Pact of Three" has connected a
table lamp in the room with a power
ful high voltage wire anu when Be-
land attempts to lift the lamp he is
instantly electrocuted.
The Tiger Face has been proving
about in an attempt to secure the
Idol and he sees Boland's death and
then makes his escape from the
house. Then Gordon enters the room
and at once sees chance to fasten
the guilt of Boland's murder on Tiger
Face Randall also comes to the
room, having been aroused by the
commotion and Gordon shows them
the Tiger Idol and by using a phial
of radium shows them how it's eyes
glow when the precious metal is near
it, and how he located his Pitch
Blende mines. He also informs them
of the manner in which the Tiger
Worshippers have prosecuted him in
an effort to regain the Idol. After he
leaves Belle and Jack they talk
things over and secure the right to the
third interest in the mines which bes-
longs to her through the Pact OF
Three" Jack, who by this time has
grown fond of the girl, agrees to
help her and they both realize that
there is trouble ahead and danger both
from Gordon and from the Tiger Wor-
shippers.
The next day the first danger is
encountered. Belle, on visit to the
mines, is surrounded by Bull Shot
wells men and the Tiger Face. AT
first she eludes them long enough to
hide her fragment of the pact OF
Three in a crevice in the rocks.