The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-12-26
Smashing Barriers"
18th EPISODE
"The Murder Car"

With the llume collapsed after Bull
head and his gang have chopped
away the supports, Dick and Bella,
making daring escape on the flume,
are headed toward certain destruc-
ton. Dick sees the peril facing,
reaches up and grabs the branch of
an overhanging tree. Bella hangs on
to him and they are able to make
their way to the ground in safety.
They turn the attempt on their lives
to advantage by getting away on the
horses belonging to the gang. Bull
head and Virgins discover that they
are fooled again and go back to the
camp.
Dick and Bella go to the city to
engage detectives to find her faith
Ell. At the oil ranch Squinty watches
Long Tom and then goes to the city.
He apprises Bullhead Of the arrival
of Dick and Bella at the Alexandria
Hotel, Los Angeles. Dick engages
detectives and handwriting expert,
who proves to them that the deed to
the lumber camp was forged by
Squinty, who misused his powers as
notrary public. Dick determines to
capture Squinty when he is shown
proofs. Squinty learns that the for
gerry has been discovered and he
manages to notify Bullhead and Wig
gins while they are on their way to
the city. They send him instructions
to kill Dick and capture Bella.
Bella is induced to believe in the
powers of certain we'll known clair
voyant and she persuades Dick, much
agains this will, to attend one of
Nine. Pelatski's seances to get some
information regarding her missing
father Squinty learns that she is
planning visit to the clairvoyant
and by bribing and threatening Nine.
Pelatski, he arranges to make Bella
prisoner.
That night during the mediumistic
session the lights are put out and
Bella is dragged away through trap
door. Dick makes vain attempt to
find her and goes back to the hotel
where he enlists the aid of a detect
i've and the police. As he enters his
room in the hotel he is made sus-
picious by the odor of CIGAR smoke
that pervades it. He discovers Il
lighted butt on the table and imme-
diately scents crooked work. By
ruse he forces Squinty, who has
been interrupted while seeking the
forged papers, to leave his hiding
place in the room, and Dick pounces
upon him and makes him prisoner.
Another member of Bullhead's
gang, who accompanied Squinty to
the city, makes a search when he
finds his pal missing. He discovers
him in Dicks room and releases him.
Squinty Immediately warns the
treacherous clairvoyant that Dick has
put Il detective on the case. The
detective comes to the house and
threatens her unless she confesses
where the girl is hidden. She can
not be bluffed, however, and they go
away disappointed
Itititttu anu W iSSIAlS navy dIllNGO
on the scene by this time and are
determined to get the forged deed
and the girl. They plan to spirit
Bella away to one of the Catalina Is
lands where Pelatski has place.
There they plan to force her to come
to terms and marry Virgins. Dick
is lured into a trap also and is to be
either killed or so badly injured that
he will no longer endanger their
plans.
Bold and desperate they seize one
of the steamers that makes trips to
the Catalina Islands. They overpower
the crew and captain and take charge
of the boat and take Bella aboard. BY
means of Bella's handkerchief, they
entice Dick, the detective and Long
Tom aboard the ferryboat. In an
auto Dick and the other two go
aboard, on their way, as they believe,
to find Bella. In the middle of the
bay Bullhead's gang shove the auto
and all inside overheard and it sinks
out of sight.