River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-09-23


on the scene and discovers what has
been done, forces Holten to take back
the monew and tears up the deed.
Holten, who still hates Lorey,
whose father he had slain, plots to get
revenge on him and at the same time,
avenge himself on Layson. So he tells
the revenue agents that Lorey is run
ming an illicit still. They seek him in
the mountains but are unable to find
him, Joe having been warned by
Madge. Then Holten calls on Lorey
and tells him that Layson is the man
who set the officers on him. His sus-
picions are easily aroused, and he
goes cunning for Layson.
Fights Hand to Hand
He meets him, and as Layson is I'M
armed, his sense of fairness comes to
play and he throws down his gun and
fights Layson hand to hand. After a
desperate battle he knocks him un-
conscious. He puts dynamite under
the unconscious man, intending to
blow him to pieces SO as to leave no
trace of his deed. His warm heart
gets the better Of his intentions, how
ever, and he extinguishes the fuse.
However, Holten is watching from
the bushes, and when Lorey fees he
relights the fuse. Madge who comes
out on the porch of her home, sees the
Sizing fuse, and the man She loves
lying beside it. She mounts her horse
and dashes for the place. Holten,
however, sees her coming and wrecks
the draw of the bridge over great
chasm between the house and the I'M
conscious man.
Nothing daunted, Madge forces her
horse to take the great leap over the
broken draw. The horse just makes
it, kicking down some of the boards
and nearly slipping to fall that
would mean instant death. She
reaches Layson just in time to save
his life.
Sees Barn Burning
Layson and his friends then invite
Madge to visit them in the city. She
gladly accepts. But one of the women
has her cap set for Layson, and is
Jealous of Madge, to whom Layson
shows a distinct liking. She tells
Madge that Layson is playing with
her, that she is different and ne Will
never marry her. Convinced that this
is SO, she steals out of the house and
is about to return to the mountain,
when she discovers that the Layson
barn is burning.
She knows that in the barn is the
thoroughbred racer upon which Lay
son is depending to win the great
Kentucky handicap race. Practically
his whole fortune is staked on the re-
suits. She darts into the blazing barn
and rescues the horse.
Madge is induced to return to the
house. Then comes the great day OF
the handicap. Layson has wired to
another city for one of the best
Jockeys known. Holten meets the
Jockey at the train, takes him to the
barn where he plies him with whiskey
until he is unconscious.
It is almost time for the races and
Layon's jockey has not shown up.
Madge sees he is worried, and fearing
that Holten is behind it all, she re-
turns to the barn just in time to see
him coming from the jockeys room.
He attacks her, attempting to throttle
her.
Madge's mountain outdoor life has
endowed her with great strength and
she fights desperately, but is almost
overcome when Col. Doolittle comes
on the scene and Holten fees. Madge
then takes the Jockeys papers, dress
es in his clothes and hurries to the
race track.
She Wins The Race
She appears at the last moment and
| is lust in time to enter the handicap.
| After a close race she noses in just
ahead and wins the race for Layson.
She escapes before they find out who
she is, but Colonel Doolittle tells Lay
son who has won for him.
Holten spreads the news that it was
Joe Lorev who had set fire TO the