Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-06-14
The Tigers Trail
THIRD EPISODE
THE HUMAN CHAIN -
THE CAST

Belle has been left uncl lemons a., 81,
abandoned setback by sh'wcu and hi,
/ bandits after her thrills Ia .ht with
~hotWcll and, giant g.a .tuIa ha,
started to creep up her b. m. Mean.
while, Jack kandal, ~. mad been
bound to a tree by the b:s has sue
cccdcd, by using almos pcrhuman
strength in freeing Inns, ID hurrirs
10 and Belle Outside o.. chack hc
finds one of the bandits 6 from the
/ bite Of the Tarautula. = ack beer,
! through the window Belle overs con
seriousness and Jack, reali that the
slightest movement On u Jrt of the
glrl Will cause the creatu.e 90 bite. de
cIdcs to take chance VIII revolver
shot.
tie fires and kills the Il lula with
out hurting Belle. Back ne house.
" Grim Gordon aud his ..u, Casper.
have found the note sert Belle bv
Bull Nhotwcll, asking hen &. eturn the
Idol and they think that 3, and Jack
nave the Tiger image. b. ShotweII
has secured the Idol IN Iis aght with
Belle, and that night-.'t az. his spy,
iIIIda, the maid i'll the Coz On home.
proceed TO make use Of ID" Itfle image.
They enter Gordon s " winch
Is rather peculiar room since its walls
and all OF the furniture are of stone.
TIcir intent is TO use tie property of
the Idol which makes IS eyes glow
when it comes near Rad ga, to locate
and steal a quantity Of the valuable
metal hidden in the laboratory. Just
as they locate the Radiur, Gordon aud
Casper enter the laboTatJry and Shot
well hastily hides behind a stone chair.
Gordon reveals to his So the workings
Of turret in the laboratsrv watch pro
JectS Radium rays. Thi, rurret is the
reason for all of the furniture in the
room being made of stons for anything
the Radium rays toucl, bursts into
ilamc. as Gordon demonstrates to Cas-.
per, by igniting some logs in the fire
place with the rays.
Gordon is waiting for Belle to meet
him in the laboratory fe. he has made
up his mind to kill her sad thus secure
the Idol and the pOrtivi Of the "Pact
Of Three which she rs aAd thus his
title to the mines VII ss cSeur. Casper
Gordon first discover. Shotwsll =,
hiding IN the room s'fthe fight
which follows the yes ct Gordon is
knocked unconscious. When "Grim
Gordon attacks Saotweg and after a
long struggle Shotv.f% hid rls Gordon in.
to the path of thu lays Which are still
directed ut the fireplace las Golden has
not had time to turn them off. This
brings TO Grim Gordon the terri ole
death he had intended i'd Belle. as the
powerful rays almost instantly burn him
to ashes.
Young Gordon Recovering from the
blow which felled him, m images 10 turn
If Tn" rays and iu. II InJS moment
Belle and Jack enter the laboratory.
Jack, seeing that Shotwsi aas the Idol,
cndcavors to take it from him and while
they are struggling the Idol drops 80
the floor SO that Belle lis enqbled TO
secure it and get away from the labola.
tory. Casper Gordon, taking advantage
OF tdc excitement, decides to escape
from the chamber Of horrors, but Salon
"a, Tiger Face and the Hindus are out
side the house and they capture him
at once and take him 20 the under
ground temple where they conduct their
Tiger Worship.
They believe he has tie Idol or knows
wIcre 1t is and when he can not tell
them anything they vent their anger by
throwing him to the tiger and he meets
horrible death. In the 'ueantime Shot
well gives up the conflict with Jack
and escapes by leaping through a win
dow of the laboratory. With bota
l.,
killed the same day, Randolph Gordon,
brother OF the older Casper arrives
on the scene. 1t is found that "Gim -
GORDON S will provides that unless all
portions of the Pact of Three are
round within three mouths after ms
DEATH his entire fortune will go to Ran
dOlpa Gordon. In the event that the
Pact OF Three" is pieced together,
III the meantime, the estate will ba di-
Nlded between the heirs of the three
persons named in the Pact, Colonel
Boyd, Peter, Strong and Gordon. Even
while the will is being raed comes an
other warning from Tiger Face and
Randolph, being OF a tiInld nature, de
cldes to return East and wait till the
three months have elapsed rather tIan
remain IN the neighborhood of the Tiger
WorshIppers.
Belle, seeking rest and in an effort
to forget the terrible scenes she has
witnessed, takes train for a nearby
city to visit her sister. She carries the
Tiger Idol with her in her aand bag
and while on the train, she finds that
the bandits are not going to let up in
their efforts to secure the token. Three
Of Shotwell 5 gang leap from an over
head bridge on to the top of the coach
IN watch Belle is riding an dby form
ing sort of human chain from the
TOP OF the coach, down It's side to the
window, make q desperate attempt to
recover the Tiger Idol. But as the
lowest member of the chain reaches
through the coach window for the hand
bag, tie top man of the chain loses his
hoid and all three bandits are swept
from the coach to the ground. While
tins Is going on the bag containing the
Idol IS stolen by an old man in the ad-
joining staterUom who has made a hole
IN the partition and injected enough
supplying gas to render Belle uncon.
sclons. As the episode ends he enters
Bellies compartment and takes tne bag.
" he Tigers Trail will be shown
at the Victor Theatre on Friday of