The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-01-08
Motion Picture Stories and Gossip of the Studios
SMASHING BARRIERS
10th EPISODE pnr
"Overpowered"

Dick, Bella, Long Tom and the de-
,ective narrowly escaped being crush
ID OF death by the tree that Bullheat
had dynamited and caused to fal
across their path. Just as the explos
ion comes and the tree falls, Bella,
seeing the danger, shouts warning
and Dick shoots the machine ahead.
The tree falls with a great crash, the
branches just grazing the auto.
Bullhea1 and his gang, fooled once
again, return to the l:mter camp.
Dick and his party 90 to he liar-
mar ranch nearby to spend the night.
Bull ead's ncx': plan to capture Bella
and 90 away wiki Dick Is to Genl
Gus, enc Of his men, to. the Harmdi'
ral ell posing as IN escaped prisoner
from the lumber canp. Gus manages
to act the part 50 well That lick and.
Bella are deceived. When he propos-
G; IL show them to the deserted NINE
shaft, they readily consent. He leads
them to the shaft and Long Tom has
just descended into the mine when
Bullhead and his men surround the
party and overpowcr them. Dick
makes a great fight against the odds
but he is finally subdued and thrown
into the shaft. ,.
Bullhead decides to leave Dick and
Tom in the shaft and places guards
over them. Taking Bella and the de-
tective with him he rides back to the
camp. At the camp the detective is
placed in a. water tank with the ma
chinery so arranged that breeze
springing up will turn the fan and fill
the tank, drowning him. Bella is TAX
en- to Bullhead's house and locked in
one of the rooms with her hands tied.
While their guards are away, Dick
and Tom try to escape from the
shaft. They endeavor to lasso an old
stump projecting over the edge of
the opening. Instead it is pulled
loose and falls down upon them. Tom
makes a bow and arrow. Dick takes
off a sweater he is wearing and I'M
ravels the yarn from it. With the
bow and arrow they shoot one end
of the yarn over the bough of a tree
that extends over the opening of the
shaft. By this means they manage
to pull lariat they have over the
bough and fasten it SO they can pull
up and escape, after sub
DUNG the guards.
They start back for the camp and
arrive at dawn. While hunting for a
drlnk OF water, they discover the de-
tective's plight in the tank. 1t has
nearly filled with water by this time
and the detective is rapidly being
smothered when Dick finds him. Dick
to stealthily make his
way to Bullhead's house, while Tom
and the detective go to Toms shack.
Dick finds the house guarded and he !
climbs a tree whose limbs overhang
he cabin. When Bullhead and Wig
gins leave to get breakfast at the |
cook shack, Dick drops to the roof |
luietly and tears away the shingles,
making hole to let himself into
house. He hnds Bella and cuts her
ponds. They try to escape by rear
window but find it guarded outside
~ vicious dog.
They decide to chance it by the
'ront door. Just then Virgins enters
md Dick makes him prisoner. Thus
me at time he captures Bullhead
md Squinty when they enter the
house. He ties them up and while he
md Bella are in another room pre-
pairing to leave, Gus enters by a win
low and releases Bullhead and the
est.
In the meantime the rest of the
rang outside have been reused up
md they charge the house. Dick
to make stand against
hem and he is about to fire when
5ullhead and Squinty jump on him
rom behind. Virgins seizes Bella
nd Dick puts up a hard fight
gainst odds.