The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-01-02
SMASHING BARRIERS
9th EPISODE

Dick, Long Tom and the detective,
caught in the closed auto on board
the steamer, find that is is being
pushed overheard by Bullhead and
his gang, who have stolen the steam
er. Bella, who has been taken
Eaboard a prisoner, frees herself from
I her bonds and lushes to the window
OF the cabin in with she is confined
ust in time to witness the dastardly
attempt the murder.
The auto sinks in the waters Of the
bay, Dick and the detective, able to
swim, escape from the sinking ma
chine and rise to the surface. They
find that Long Tom, unable to swim
is caught in the submerged auto.
Dick dives and rescues Tom, and all
| three struggle to heep themselves
above the water. Just then, launch
! containing fishermen hoves into
! sight. Dick signals to the men aboard
the launch, who hurry to the side of
the trio struggling in the water.
During this time Bella, on board
| the steamer, has freed herself and
with rope and lifebuoy, she climbs
down to the water. She is discover
ed in the at by the gang, who rush
after her in their efforts to pre-
vent her escape. Bella, let
ting go of the rope, floats free in the
wake of the steamer. Dick swims to
her and all four are now taken safe
ly ashore.
Bullhead, Squinty and Virgins, re-
alizing that they will be caught and
charged with piracy if they stay on
the stolen steamer take to the boats
and head for a rocky and deserted
portion of the shore. Long Tom and
the detective hasten to an old de-
serted wharf along the shore where
they figure the gang will land. Dick
takes Bella back to the hotel and
gets in touch again with the detect
i've. Tom and the detective are out
witted by the gang and, while hid
ing under the old wharf, they are
made prisoners by ruse.
With devilish ingenuity, Bullhead
plans to punish Long Tom and the
detective for their activities. He /
binds their hands and putting them
in an old boat takes them under the |
wharf where he fastens them to the
plankink with ropes about their
neks. The plans are to have the fall
ing tide strangle them as the boat |
drops beneath them.
While Dick is comforting with the |
detectives, Bella is lurcd by a mem
Der of Bullhead's gang, and again is
taken prisoner by Bullhead. They
head back to the lumber camp in a
stolen auto. Dick learns that she has
been kidnapped and, in following a
hunch that they may have taken her
to the old wharf, he comes upon
Long Tom and the detective just as
they are being strangled. They trace
Bullhead's movements and hearing
he is on his way to the camp, take an
express train to intercept him.
In town near the camp, Dix and
his companions make use of some
workmen and wire cable and man.
age to stop Bullhead's auto as it
comes speeding along. In the melee
that follows, Dick manages to re-
gain possession of Bella, but the
gangsters make their escape. Dick
uses the deserted auto to pursue
them' p,,llhcad chops away the
supports OF :" road bridge over a gull
~ TO 1oEl nm. = narrow escape from
death results. Euled in that at
tempt, the gangste-~ trv another
scheme. A trap is mao in the road
so that Dick will be held TN Rarbe1
wire is stretched across the road neor
a monster tree. When Dick stops to
remove the barrier, Bullhead, with
out being seen by anyone, Manages
to attach a ord to the rear of Dici.'s
auto. The cord is fastened to the
decorating cap of large charge of
dynamite in the tree. Just as the
auto starts on its chase again the ex-
plosiol comes, blowing down the tree
on top of the auto containing Dick,
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