Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-07-05
The Tiger Trail
SIXTH EPIC Sc
THE SECRET Al EsAssIN.
THE CA$T

Jack Randall ..-....-.------- -.George Larkin
'' Grim Gordon .-----.. MARK Strong
Randolph Gordon 1890. MARX Strong
Tiger Face ....-.--,.-- Harry g. Moody
Bull Shotwell.. Freq5riek L. Kehler
Salcnga .....--.-.-......-.-.., -..--George Field
Hiida ...............-........--...Easter Walters
Belle BOYD, at tn eend Of tae proceed.
ing episode, is in the most dangerous
predicament of the entire serial She
has been eornered by Shotwell's out.
laws and has taken refuge in an old
house in the woods only to find that
this very house has been utilized bv the
Tiger Worshippers to recapture their
Tiger who has escaped The Tiger is
in a rear room of the house and starts
for Belle vino takes refuge on the over
head rafters up to which she hastily
climbs. At this moment the Hindu Ii
ger WOrshipers arrive at the rear of
the house TO secure the Tiger and Belle
percIed precariously on the rafters is
in danger from the Tiger below, the out
laws at the front of the house and the
Hmdus, also her sworn enemies at the
rear,
The Hindus approach the outlaws and
both bands decide that the immediate
thing to do is TO capture the Tiger. as
the Hindus insist that taeir god be
taken alive. Meanwhile Jack Randall
is rescued from death by a band of
cowboys as the outlaws were about 10
lynch him for the supposed murder of
Knockout Smith. Smith had been
really murdered by Randolph Gordon.
who had then placed the empty car
fridge from his revolver in Jacks gun
while tie young engineer was living UNI
conscious. The cowboys examine Jack :
gun and see that the empty cartridge
IS of another make from that Of the
rest in his pistol and this satisfies all
that he is innocent Faro Nell comes
up now and tells theml,f Bellies predi.
cament in the old house and Jack and
the cowboys ride to her rescue.
Belle, however, has taken advantage
of the excitement over the. capture and
Grating OF the Tiger 70 CLIMB down from
the rattcrs Of the hoGse and make her
escape on one of the bandits horses.
Tiger Face, Salongs and some of the
outlaws, &c in pursuit of her at once,
leaving the Hindus tS take their Tiger
back to the Temple. Belle, holly pur-
sued. crosses deep ehasm ,by tnrowing
her lariat across the swi1 ring hand
over hand. When os-f tSs. bandits
e1deavors to folleEH by sae same
4ethod she cuts i I'M which leaves
him swinging by hncek far down the
ipreeit,lcS Ths 81 hdity open Ere
across me shasns st s9s.1s and 'sndeavorsT
to pull up the man y9sc has been left
hanging on the rope. f.Ack and the cow
boys arrive at this nShent and the ban
dts allow their conrdde to fall to his
death in the valley Ibdlow as they drop
the rope and take 70 figat. Faro Nell |
is now detern iled TO find the murderer |
of Knockout" Smith and she is pretty |
sure that L is Randolph Gordon. 80 |
she locates him in q dance hall on quite |
a spree with some of the dancing girls. |
While he is making love to one Of the !
girls, Nell steals his revolver and re-
moves the cartridges before replacing it /
in the holster. That night Tiger Face |
makes another attempt to secure the
Tiger Idol which Belle now has. He has
Hilda, the maid in the Gordon home, |
who is his confederate, leave the win
dow open and through it gains entrance
to Bellies room.
Jack has comet TO say good night and
Tiger Face hides in wardrobe until
Jack leaves and then slowly open the
door of the wardrobe just in time TO
see Belle in the act OF hiding the Tiger
Idol in drapery. As the episode ends
the sinister brute is creeping towards
Belle, who is unaware of his presence
in the room.
The Tigers Trail" will be shown
at the Victor Theatre on Friday of each
week