The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-12-18
Smashing Barriers"
7th EPISODE
"The Fatal Flight"

Bella falls over the cliff and lands
in the lake, narrowly escaping being
crushed to death by the lumber that
falls all about her. Dick, still cling
ing to the horses, is dragged away
Bullhead and his gang come upon the
scene. Dick jumps from the wagon
and rushing to the edge Of the cntt
makes daring dive from the edge
and swims to Bella. Just as he starrs
towing her to safety motorboat,
LOWING log ratt and manned by
lumbermen from the camp, comes in
to view near where they are strug
Cling to reach the shore. With good
intentions the crew of the boat start
to rescue Dick and Bella. Their at
tention is attracted by Bullhead on
the precipice above. He signals that
Bella is to be captured and Dick is
to be killed.
One of the men on the raft tries
it just as Dick is clambering aboard.
Dick upsets him into the water and
the second man and Dick have ter
l'itic fight on the raft. Bella, who
has been dragged aboard and is rap
idly recovering, tries to aid Dick. AT
ter vanquishing the lumberjacks and
leaving them to their fate in the lake,
Dick takes the launch and heads
downstream toward the sawmill
Bullhead and the gang ride to inter
cept them.
At the sawmill Dick and Bella
board a marine engine with its lum-
Der cars and at tllc point of a pistol
Dick makes the engineer start the
train just in time to avoid Bullhead
/ The gang pursue and drive their
! horses alongside the fiat car of the
train.
At great risk Bullhead and two
others of the gang board the moving
train from horseback. They are en-
gagged in pistol duel with Dick,
daring death, uncouples the car from
the engine and they are left behind.
Meanwhile some of the gang have
chopped down big tree and dropped
IL in the path of the onrushing lum-
Der train. The train is stopped to
avert crash and Dick and Bella
make q dash up a hill and take re-
fuge in a storehouse at the foot of a
cliff. Bullhead. and the others fol-
lowing close behind, break in and
Dick and Bella are driven to the sec
ond floor The gang are prevented
from following by Dicks revolver as
he covers them through the trap
door.
They concoct an evil scheme and
leave the storehouse, going to the
top of the cliff above the house.
Boulders are dropped on the roof.
The couple are about to be crushed
/ by the heavy rocks which come
through the roof when Dick discov-
ers a trolley cable from the house
to the valley below that had been
used to send supplies down into the
camp Holding to the hook of the
trolley they are carried down into
the valley out of the danger threat
/ ening them. At the other end of the
wire more of the gang are waiting
for them. Seeing this new danger
threatening them, Dick and Bella
take a great chance and drop in.
/ to lumber fume where the wire
! crosses it. They manage to scramble
aboard some logs being borne down
the fiume and drift out of sight OF
the gang. Bulhead heads them off
by shortcut at point where tho
1ume spans a sort of a gorge, the
gang chops down the supports of
the tiume, causing it to collapse.
They hide themselves and lay in wait
for Dick and Bella to arrive at tho
! spot. Not until they are on top of
the break in the flume do the daring
couple realize their danger and they
are rushed toward it to be killed or
crushed by the fall and the logs.