The Okfuskee County News (Okemah, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 14, 1916 Page: 3 of 8
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SYNOPSIS
L Bella animal queen fatally Injured
ky Users dies after giving birth to a
taby Doctor Lund owner of the circus
La Belle's husband refuses to recognise
the child La Belle lntruats the baby to
Flip a clown Flip rears Peg as a circus
rider Later Doctor Lund's second wife
determines Peg shall not share Lund's
millions and sends a Hindu servant to dis-
pose of her Doctor Lund sends thugs
to get from Flip letter that proves Peg's
parentage Lund Jr follows the show
determined to marry Peg After being at
the mercy of the lions on three occasions
Peg while In her dressing tent Is locked
In a wardrobe chest Lund Jr In his
attempt to rescue her Is knocked sense-
less by the Hindu who has stolen the let-
ter from Flip
FIFTH EPISODE
Before lie left the tent with Peg se-
curely locked In the wardrobe chest
and young Lund lying senseless upon
the ground Chockro fiendishly drop-
ped a lighted match into a mass of
circus posters that had carelessly been
thrown behind one of the trunks tem-
porarily stored In the tent
Young Lund’s good constitution
' ' quickened his powers of recovery from
Chockro’s stunning blow and he was
only prone upon the ground for a brief
space of time As he struggled to re-
gain his feet the smoke from the
burning paper filled his lungs and
made more difficult his blind efforts
to extricate himself from his perilous
position
By grasping the corners of the very
chest in which Peg was locked Lund
managed to stagger to his feet He
x half fell across the wardrobe chest
while the struggling and kicking cir-
cus girl heat with her hands and
heels against the top and end of the
box
Despite the stifling smoke that
would have otherwise prompted him
to seek fresh air forthwith young
Lupd realized In a dazed way that
there was something or somebody
alive within the chest To save this
life even at the hazard of his own
now became young Lund's purpose
He wrenched with his hare hands
at the locks and hasps that held se-
cure the cover of the wardrobe chest
Peg frantlo with fright and apprehen-
slon kept pounding and kicking the
inside of the box her signals having
the effect of making young Lund re-
double his frantic efforts
But with all his strength try as he
might the cover of the box resisted
the attacks of his bare hands
Grasping the handles of the heavy
chest and Its human contents Lund
bent his strength to the task of drag-
ging the box from the tent
The choking smoke blinded his eyes
and filled his lungs the task seemed
at times beyond accomplishment But
Lund stuck frantically at hts work
and slowly Inch by inch worked the
heavy chest over to the sidewall of the
tent Then he crawled outside where
the air was pure
Refreshed by a few deep drafts of
pure air his strength revived and
She Was Greatly Rejoiced to Find
That It Lifted
In another Instant he had dragged the
wardrobe chest free of the tent and
continued to haul It along the ground
The fire started by the fiendish
Chockro had by this time communi-
cated to other combustibles In the
tent flaming up and finally reaching
the cloth sidewalls
Once the canvas was on fire the
tent was doomed and the summer
breaza began quickly to waft the
flames right down the line tent after
tent as they stood side by side catch-
ing fire from the sparks or large pieces
of burning cloth that were carried
along by the wind
The crowd was assembling for the
evening show and the performers
were making ready for their share In
(be program
In the men’s dressing tent Flip the
clown was uneaBlly making his prep-
arations He was mystified because
Peg had not put In an appearance as
she usually did to greet him before
she began dressing for the ring Un-
nerved and apprehensive because of
the unusual things that had lately
transpired Flip decided to investigate
When he stepped from the tent he
was startled by the excited cry of
"Fire!” thht came to his ears with ter-
rifying effect'
“Peg Peg my girl where are you?”
Flip shouted as he dashed to the en-
trance of the women's dressing tent
"Fire! Fire! Fire!”
The dread cry was passed along
from mouth to mouth' In an Instant
the alarm had spread to every part of
the show lot and soon reached the In-
terior of the “big top” where the as-
sembled audience echoed the frightful
call
Wild disorder transformed the scene
Into pandemonium The crowds
rushed panic-stricken from the main
tent and throngdd over the circus
grounds Employees of the show hur-
riedly formed themselves Into “buck-
et brigades” In an effort to qnench
the flames
With the first cry of alarm the ani-
mal men — keepers trainers and
huskies — set about moving the cars
and as speedily as possible they were
dragged away from the menagerie tent
and the big top
In all the excitement poor Flip dis-
tracted with apprehension and fear for
Peg’s safety rushed around half mad
and had It not been for bis friendly
associates he would have lost his
wardrobe
Searching high and low among the
burning tents dashing in amid the
flames he was continually calling for
Peg his dread increasing momentar-
ily When the show people were able
to get some order out of confusion and
as the flames died away because there
was nothing more to consume the per-
formers repaired to the circus train
while the workingmen continued to
move the show property that was
saved from the lot to the cars
Flip had a faint hope of finding Peg
on the train grasping at the straw of
possibility that she had made her way
to the sleeper during the confusion on
the lot But the old clown was doomed
to disappointment and hls(grlef was
pitiful as he ran through the sleepers
calling for Peg and searching In every
berth available for signs of his little
irL
Having enlisted the other perform-
ers in the fruitless search Flip left
the show train determined to return
to the circus grounds In another
meager hope of finding Peg
Meanwhile events had been strange-
ly shaping themselves within a stone’s
throw of the circus grounds and Peg's
peril was constantly Increasing The
burning of the circus provided a cloak
for some dastardly deeds
- When young Lund hauled the ward-
robe chest containing Peg from the
burning tent he proceeded while his
strength held out to drag his burden
toward the street which passed along
the back of the lot
The show grounds were fenced In
on this side and toward a gate in the
fence Lund hauled Peg in the heavy
chest It was slow work and extreme-
ly laborious Lund's experience In the
dense smoke so quickly following his
attack by Chockro so weakened the
young doctor that he gradually suc-
cumbed to the strain
Just as ho had dragged the chest
half through the open gate In the
fence hla strength completely failed
him and he fell senseless across the
wardrobe box Here he was discov-
ered by a policeman who attracted by
the fire came running up the street
bound for the burning circus
Seeing the helpless young Lund ly-
ing on the wardrobe chest the officer
concluded that there was work for him
to do Immediately and without pro-
ceeding to the fire he raised Lund In
his strong arms and carried him down
the street Arriving at a patrol box
he rang for an ambulance and sent
Lund to the hospital
The policeman had not proceeded
with his burden half a block until four
rough-looking characters came run-
ning across the street on their way
to the fire They emerged from a
lumber yard directly opposite the
show grounds and headed for the
gate
“Hello! What’s dls?” said the burly
leader of the pack of ruffians as he
ran smack Into the wardrobe chest
standing halfway through the gate
: "Dls looks worth while Let’s swipe
It” and they proceeded to swipe
The four men raised the wardrobe
chest to their shoulders and without
further comment started with It hur-
riedly across the street and entered
the lumber yard
Frequently halting to rest the heavy
box on piles of lumber while they
took a breathing spell the thugs pro-
ceeded through the lumber yard until
they reached a house old and rather
dilapidated hi Its exterior But Inside
the building was a strange arrange-
ment of modern appliances that made
It a place of mystery Indeed
Entering directly from the yard with
their burden the thngs deposited the
box on the rough floor of what ap-
peared to be more of a storeroom or
cellar than anything else Boxes were
piled In heaps planks and bits of lum-
ber were strewn about and at the
foot of the stairs leading to the floor
above there projected Into the -room
a square boxlike structure that ex-
tended from floor to celling
One of the thugs approached and
opened a sliding door that disclosed a
darkened Interior Into this black
hole the men carried Peg who was
still locked securely In the wardrobe
chest
When the girl heard strange voices
aa the roughs discussed the dlseovery
of the chest at the gate to the show
grounds she decided that it were! best
to keep still and not disclose her pres-
ence She could hear voices but
could not distinguish exactly what
was said
Peg felt herself being raised with
a steady swift movement after the
men had carried the wardrobe chest
Into the dark hole Soon the men be-
gan again to move the box and Peg
felt herself and her movable prison
suddenly bumped down as upon a
floor
People In the town called the place
where Peg had been taken “the house
of mystery” Located in a sparsely
settled district on the outskirts of the
city It was the only house for several
blocks In any direction It was sur-
rounded by a high fence on all sides
except where it fronted on a corner of
the lumber yard
'Who owned the house or why
was lumber stored in great piles in
the yard? Nobody seemed to know
or care Certain it was that no busi-
ness was done by the lumber yard
and the only people who were ever
seen around the yard were a few
rough-looking individuals who held no
communication with the stragglers
they occasionally met In passing to
and from the place
Shortly after Peg had been carried
into “the house of mystery” a big au-
tomobile was rapidly driven down the
road that separated the lumber yard
from the show grounds The flames
from the burning show property Illu-
minated the Immediate surroundings
and with the moon shining brightly
kaor Is why did yon put this incrimi-
nating language In a letter Jaques?”
And Mrs Lund addressed herself to
the man who bad been the leader In
the gang’s operations since they dis-
covered the wardrobe box at the gate
leading from the show gounds
“Well It’s a fact boss” said the
crook addressed as Jaques “We are
having a hard time shoving the money
we make here and I for one am about
done with the game You can pay
me my price right now and I’m over
with tiie Job"
His companions indicated that they
were of the same mind as well e
"You are a fine lot of counterfeiters
you are" said Mrs Lund her voice vi-
brating with scorn and rage "You get
frightened at the least little thing
But if you really insist on quitting I’U
try to compromise with you”
Taking a big roll of hills from her
handbag Mrs Lund counted out a
liberal share for each man and hand-
ed It to him
“Take this on account stay by the
game and you needn’t pass any more
of the 'queer stuff until your fright
wears away But I want you to stick
with me and I'll pay you Just the same
as though you were passing counter-
feits for me But If any of you don't
want to be reasonable — well you’ll
wish you had been that's all I've got
to say
“Now I’m going to the machine
room to see the foreman You men
are through until Chockro gets here
I'm going back homo right after I see
the foreman but Chockro will be here
in a couple of hours So all of you
come back and get your orders from
him”
Then Mrs Lund passed from the
room and her hirelings went back to
Investigate the chest they had brought
in They were so busy talking to
“their boss” that they neglected to
tell her about bringing In the box
There was a surprise In store for
the crooks when they lifted the lid
Save for a few circus dresses the box
was empty' As they held these two
or three costumes aloft Jaques said to
his puzzled companions:
"And we lugged dls box clean here
to git something none of us can use"
"Well that’s a fine joke” said one
of his companions
"Aw never mind the skirts let’s
beat It over to the fire and see If we
All Four Pounced Upon Young Lund
over all the lumber yard was almost
as bright as day when the machine
turned In and threaded Its way
among the piles of lumber until It
stopped before the house
From the machine Btepped— Mrs
Lund wife of Doctor Lund the owner
of the circus What her thoughts had
been when she saw her husband's
property In flames were not displayed
or even Indicated by her actions or
anything she subsequently said
Clearly she had other and more Im-
portant matters In mind than the safe-
ty of her husband’s property There
was a fiendish look Upon her face and
her eyes gleamed through the heavy
veil that well concealed her hardened
features
She went straight to the door
through which Peg had but a few mo-
ments previously been carried and
climbed the stairs to the first floor
She was evidently not expected by the
occupants of the place for there was
no one In the room when she entered
Mrs Lund passed through the par-
lor to a door that led Into a hallway
and from there she passed -upward an-
other flight to the room In which she
discovered the four thugs working at
the fastenings of the wardrobe chest
They had Just brokeu the last one of
the fastenings when MrB Lund sur-
prised them with her sharp command
“I want you men to come down to
the parlor and listen to what I've got
to say!” snapped the woman In loud
and Imperious tones
“Hully gee der boss Is here!” said
one of the toughs drawing a long
breath as he completed the exclama-
tion “What do youse t’lnk of dat?”
His companions equally surprised
expressed no opinion but followed
their leader downstairs to the parlor
where Mrs Lund arrived ahead of
them and stood waiting by the table
"You men will have to be more care-
ful" said Mrs Lund “or we will all
land In Jail The first thing I want to
can pick up something that's worth
having” said a third
And evidently of the opinion that
the suggestion was worth acting upon
the counterfeiters descended the
stairs and left their den by the door
they had entered
When Peg discovered that the ham-
mering on the fastenings to the box
which held her had suddenly ceased
she cautiously tried to raise the lid
She greatly rejoiced to find that it
lifted readily under the force of her
pressure from within
She heard voices below and with
great caution descended the stairs and
listened She heard the woman and
her gang in loud conversation hut
could not clearly understand the sub-
ject of their discussion
The stairs she descended led Into a
short hall with a door opening oppo-
site the foot of the steps To reach
this door was Peg's resolve but in do-
ing so she must cautiously pass the
open door that led into the room
where Mrs Lund and her gang were
conversing
' Peg deftly fneaked along the wall
keeping her eyes on the occupants of
the room and as they were In spirited
discussion she managed to cross in
front of the opening without being dis-
covered and safely reached the door
at the end of the hall She tried the
knob cautiously opened the door and
passed through to find herself In a
pitch dark closeL
At that Instant Mrs Lund passed
Into the hall on her way to see the
foreman of th" counterfeiters’ work-
shop Peg had J&r time to swiftly
close the door that hid bar from view
safe In the stuffy closet The girl
found by feeling carefully areend
with her hands and feet that she was
In some sort of a storeroom filled with
boxes and barrels
She heard the thugs pass upstairs
and come down again after having
discovered the empty wardrobe chest
She listened as they passed through
the parlor and slammed the door be-
hind them Then very cautiously
Peg opened the closet door - and
stealthily proceeded to the parlor
Quickly glancing around the room
to discover the nature of Its furnish-
ings and an avenue of possible escape
Peg’s eyes fell upon Mrs Lund's hand-
bag as It rested on the table where
the "boss counterfeiter” had placed
It after paying off her gang
Peg picked up the purse opened It
and took out a letter On the envelope
she read the superscription: “Mrs F
C Lund Sr No 1410 Wilshire Street
City" Before the astonished girl
could open the letter she heard Mrs
Lund’s footsteps approaching
The girl dodged behind the piano
having first stuffed the letter Into her
blouse and hid herself from view by
crouching low against the wall Mrs
Lund entered the room picked up her
handbag and passed through a door
which Peg observed slid open instead
of working on hinges as doors most
frequently operate
Peg held her breath frightened at
her narrow escape from discovery In
a moment she heard an automobile
start up and by the decreasing sound
she surmised that Mrs Lund had
driven away frbm the house
Then Peg read the contents of the
letter she had taken from Mrs Lund's
purse: “Dear Madam: The secret serv-
ice Is wise to our money Almost
Impossible to get rid of any more
You bad better come at once
Jaques”
Mystery deepened mystery In Peg's
mind She listened for some sound
but the house seemed empty and ut-
terly deserted '
Surely this was a mysterious place
and the more Peg pondered the more
was she perplexed
- Finally she flung herself Into a
chaiy In the middle of the floor The
poor girl’s nerves were becoming un-
strung and she felt a strange nerv-
ous tremor She bit her lips nervous-
ly she stamped her feet upon the
floor petulantly — and in an Instant she
felt the chair upon which she sat
move downward almost as though the
floor had been dropped slowly be
neath It
And such Indeed was the case
When Peg stamped her feet upon the
floor her chair was resting In the cen-
ter of a secret trap The noise Peg
made with her feet upon the boards
attracted the attention of the fore-
man of Mrs Lund’s counterfeiting ex-
perts who were working in the ma-
chine shop underneath
The foreman pressed an electric
button the trapdoor upon which
Peg’s chair rested was electrically
lowered and Peg soon realized that
she was descending Into some un-
known depths Reaching out frantical-
ly with her arms extended Peg
caught the edge of the opening and
held on with her fingers as the trap
continued to descend leaving her
dangling In the air with her chin
held even with the parlor floor through
main strength of her wrists and
hands
When young Doctor Lund opened
his eyes he was for a moment dazed
as he lay upon a couch In the hospital
trying to figure things out
Then In a flash it all came back to
him how he had heard someone
pounding and kicking within the
chest how ho realized that a life was
at stake — but he knew not who it
was The last thing he recalled was
struggling with the heavy box drag-
ging It across the ground
His returning strength and aroused
vitality asserted Itself Lund grabbed
his coat and cap Just then the door
opened and a hospital attendant en-
tered Lund flung him aside dashed
through the door and was out of the
hospital running up the street In a
twinkling
His brain was clear now he no
longer felt the effect of his fall under
Chockro’s sudden blow or the strain
of the struggle in stifling smoke that
had so quickly overcome him
Lund surmised that the glare
against the sky was the burning cir-
cus and as he ran along his suspi-
cions were confirmed by others who
joined him in his wild flight
He ran toward the fire using the
street that led between the show lot
and the lumber yard He turned In at
the gate which he now recalled and
was soon mingling with the excited
crowd that was rescuing the show
property as best it could
Lund dashed around kicking
against the sides of all sorts of boxes
In the vain hope of getting some re-
sponse The fact that he did not know
who was in danger made him none the
less anxious to release the prisoner
If someone else bad not already done
so
Finally Lund gave up the search
and helped with the salvage of the
circus property
But as the flames began to some-
what die down and the work of sav-
ing the circus property seemed to be
progressing as well as might be ex-
pected under the circumstances Lund
disconsolately gave up hope and wan-
dered aimlessly off the grounds
He went In the direction where
there was the least crowd wanting to
be alone with his thoughts to formu-
late some definite plan of action So
he wandered oft the show lot through
the very gate where he had fallen
senseless In bis efforts to move the
chest end itf human contents to a
place of safety
As he strolled through the gate he
£zed across the street to the piles of
lumber that were revealed In the glare
of flame tr well as by the bright
moonlight Thing" looked quiet over
there and Lund crossed the way en-
tered the yard and soon found com
fortable spot to rest upon a pile of
planks
He was barely seated when he heard
voices approaching from a general di-
rection hack of him Lund thought It
would bo- discreet to hide and await
developments
Four men were In the group and as
they came nearer to him Lund caught
threads of their conversation that
made him alert in an Instant
“Jaques is certainly a fine chooser"
said one of the men "He picked us
a good load to carry and nothing for
our labor"
"Well you guys can say what yod
Revolver in Hand the Hindu Stood
for a Moment
few skirts in it when we swiped It
from the circus lot and that I’ll
swear"
"Sure It was heavy enough to have
more In It than a few show rags" said
a third member of the group as they
passed on out of further hearing to-
ward the Btreet
Lund however had heard enough to
stir his blood He waited until the
men were well out of sight and then
dodged among the lumber piles going
In the direction from which he had
heard voices approaching him
He soon reached the house stand-
ing in a flood of mellow moonlight but
with every window darkened and not
a sign of life
Cautiously Lund reconnoitered un-
til he found the door ajar which the
counterfeiters had not closed behind
them when they passed out Entering
Lund looked around making his way
carefully In the gloom 'among the
boxes and piles of lumber
He Investigated as closely as he
could the hallway and found It led to
stairs that connected with the upper -floor
Retracing his steps he had
scarce time to slip through the door ' -and
into the semidarkened room h
had first entered when he heard the
outer door being opened by a hand on
the knob
In a flash Lund had dodged behind
a pile of barrels and boxes and
scarcely breathed as the figure of a
man passed him and entered the door
that led to the dimly lighted hall
Lund could scarcely suppress an
exclamation of amazement as he reo
ognlzed in the faint light Chockro the
Hindu The man passed up the stairs
but after Lund had moved thinking
the Hindu well out of the way Chock-
ro stopped abruptly and retraced his
steps
Revolver In hand the Hindu stood
for a moment In the door and then
with a quick movement of his empty
hand pressed a button by the door
and flooded the place with light
Lund stood revealed with Chockro's
revolver leveled at his breast
"As long as you have been kind
enough to call sit down and stay
awhile” said the Hindu sure of his
advantage and with complacency that
made young Lund’s blood boll
Still holding his revolver leveled at
Lund the Hindu returned to the room
he had just left and motioned Lund to
be seated
Without a word Lund found a place
to sit down He eyed the Hindu in
silence watching for some chance to
even up the advantage and at least get
another opening for a rough-and-tumble
contest with his familiar adver-
sary Lund searched his pockets for a
match after he had taken a cigarette
from his case
“Here’s a light” said the Hindu
sarcastically approaching Lund with
a match in one band and his revolver
"covering” Lund In the other
Lund reached for the match but In
the same motion quick as a cat be
struck the revolver from the Hindu’s
hand and Instantly grappled with him
How the bout might have ended
neither antagonist was to know for
on the Instant that Lund was gaining
an advantage the four counterfeiters
entered the door returning from the
show grounds for their orders from
Chockro
In a twinkling the thugs had re-
sponded to the Hindu’s hall of dis-
tress AU four men pounced upon
young Lund and by sheer weight of
strength In unequal numbers bore him
struggling to the floor
“Now that yon have him tie him
safe and take him Into the yard” cried i
the Hindu to his henchmen And
having bound him hand and foot the
four ruffians raised Lund to their j
shoulders and carried him through the
dooi
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