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tttX-ed vhootiug h a t which to pulled down over his brows, wont out of the hotel by tho ; buck door and onloriiig Iho Iirst opttciaiis . th a t ho saw. puiThtmcd ti pair ol bluo (jpet- , tildes, 'thou, alfectiiig a slouching and in- : valid gait, entirely unlike his own, he wont : out into tlio town, fairly conlidout th a t oven j if he mot tho Swoina again they co u ld ,n o t .


possibly recognise him. Ho made his way a t a good speed donii to


tho hiU'hoiir, South of tho Castlo, and afUm a few minutes iound a boat-yard which .scomd likelv to aiford him what ho wanted. Tins was 'an electric launch. An uidinary


motor boat, ovon with tlio most niodcrii silencers, would make far too much noiso to bo sale. The mulflcd throb of the engines would rise to tlio castlo and give him .away, it


tho yard, used for excursionist trips, a largo and roomy boat, hut easily coiitrollwl by one man if ho understood tho mechanism. Tho proprietor, liowcvor. was a hard-


aiiYono were oa the lookout. Tliore was an elcctrip lannch, belonging to


headed York.sliircmnn and wanted to know a groat deal more about Punch than Punch felt


inclined to tell him. “ No,” ho said, “ 1 don’t think as 1 II let


vo’ the boat on hire, mister.” pound.”


‘ Will vou sell lior to mo” “ Shu Cost mo liost p a r t »f two hundred said th e man eyeing I’linch witli


^^fFp^l^'gjvo you two liuiidrixl and fifty lior. I havo the notes in my pocket.” “ Can’t 1)0 done,” said tho man. “ Tlirre luindroil ?”


“ I’d like well for you to come with mo to the nearest jiolipe Btalioii fir^t.’ .said the


.


boat builder with an ugly Icor. Punch langheil, though ho could


knoiked the man down. '• With all tho pleasure m tho world,


i-.aid. “ unb'.ss this vail satisfy you,” and pulled out tho dncumoiit from I


have


ho lie


Homo


Office ami gave i t to tlm follow. “ You can read th a t ,” ho said in a swrii


haniion to you. 111 two 111111111101 tho man’s a ttitudo was ut­ . ■ ,


hen you caii be CURED of SKIN DISEASES & BAD LEGS by LapagB pW


EEi, Bfadfofd


terly changed. Ho agreed to hire tlw boat to I ’linch for twenty-four hoiini and for the same numl>or of pound.s. receiving a deposit equal to tho value of tho Imat. From a .surly, 8iiHpicious bully, ho 'vgk di.'uigcd into u willing helper, and for tlic .‘kjcond timo Pnncli I.U*A.sfd tlio forclhoughl winch had Ic-i him to obtain tlio all-i>owcrful talisman from


London.


On liLR way back to tho Sea \ u*w liolol, wluTO lio planned au early dinner and a -


^ i i


I dinner whicli should in every ivay make up for hiH intorrupU-d lunch—Punch Iwtlioupht : hmi'olf of tho diliicuUy of his climb. Ho | Ivjught a pair of indiarubbcr-solod^


i>K»te. and a t an oil and colourmnn’s half a pound of powdered rosin. Alihmigh he did not km>w it. tlint liwt purchaM? was to tho the proiouinlost importance in the nightinaro


hoiu*.>» to como.* * * * * *


^Vltlloul a .<ound. a long grtM*n painted boat gl:dc<l up to Iho dark mass of tho granite


inch' a t tlio c:i.‘'tlo. Punch snapi>e<l down tho controlling .switoh


water. Hi.s voyago had IkkjIi entirely unevontiul. . , . ,


He had takt n liis Ix-aringH carefully U*foro- hand. TlV.* A*l-‘Clric launch an^^ve^o<l oxi>ectation. and boro ho was at tho Ivegiiming Wf Sii.s dosiiTuto onUTpri.se. It was viTV • !^iik as lio crept up tlio mole and felt his wav down it towards tho end of the funicular railway in tho side of tho cliff, which to\vt*rc«l up almw him an incnxIiMe hoiglit intt» the


sky. Onco and omo only did ho vonturo to tinsh ,, .


iiis A'hcirif^ torcli. and when he tlid tlio circKj of light rovealo<l the* rollers and cable of tho almost p.TiK*ndicular track alimwt at


hifi feet.


not roalisci hoforo. The only grip to lies foot was tho coggLHl rail into which tin- I t<- iilud hroak-whcol ra n - his t»nly moth(Kl of


long hionth. he began the iv.Tilous ii.swnt. Perilous iiiil.- (l it w.as. how iiuich so he hml


Ituhbing Ids hautl.s with r^^^in stmt tawing a , progro.'sion upwards, to haul himself by the


* .vtout fct-eol cubic. I Up and up ho wont, until tb«‘ nuirmur ot


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; u>L.> aclnd like fire ns tln-y clutr lnd the slip- I pory ndl. Tho palms of his iiaiuLs wore w**t with iKT-vpiralion as ho hauled himf^df ovit


‘ And VA't he felt no h-ar. .^nmethmg within 1 him said that Ito wouhl


upwards. ,, , . . . .


I was pfi-foctlv cool. Alter all. ho fA-lU^otod. I impofiftihlo as this miglit. lx> to many I'ooplo. vet it wa.s not such a daiigonui'i f* ;r. a.s iw-


and his head


ing hauU-d up an Alpine precipice, clinging to it with hi.s vitv eyelids, as he had done mam* times in tho i>ast(. 'Ihere wa.s no tear of tiio s tout steel ropo giving way.


tooUnsl rail w.as firm, nhsolutely. and no avalanche could dA-sfxmd iMxm him from tho


llie Bummit. Nev.'rthele«H the little man was Fohhing . . . .


with oxaustion as ho a t last rcaclusl tho plat- form a t the top ami lay ilonai to rwiv, r


liro.ith he.side the car. I t was not quite so dark on tlie summit ol


the rock—a sta r or two hud made it.s iii'p.‘ar- ance and a verv distant glimmer on the Imriroii heralded the arrival of the ii ooii. He rose at lemrth and found liiin,s-lf con­


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fronted with II high spiked i nning wliii li shut off the car platform from tin- ri-st <if the hiittlemenis. I t was imi>o.s-ihIe to elimh it. Ho w.rtild lo iiiipnlml to :i certainty, and tho


and in some tliri-o mimites, with iinly one loud crack, had wrenched off the lock and steppcrl out upon the t.irrace. I^iieh had a fairly good idea whore he was,


gate was lockcl. Ho pulled his .stevd jemmy out of Ins pocket


and how to ri-aeh Inn’s tower on the other side of the mii.ss.'d buildings which frowiiml


aliovo him and around. Ho moved like a cat in tho doeis'.st shadows


ho could find, now up a flight of slono slaira, and now through n mysterious <>clioing arch­ way or down .a n-irrow pii-ssngt* lietw'cM‘n two fiftv foot walls. In his right hand ho helcl iii.s'lrn.slv bar of stool. His automatic pistol was in his pocket, hiit he- would only n.se th a t .as a last resource' On he went in u tte r silemxv Tho castle might have liren a castle of the divul. and he met no single soul until ho enini' to the door a t lle> foot of the tower. Ft w.m open, and ho ran lightly up the stairs, passing tho door which led on to tho tornco and so up to the nail.etuddcd harrier


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i tido ui-on tho rocks sank to a distant whi.s- ! pc-r; up atwl up, nnti] he rm’»! floating in i iniil-atr. crouching almost on his htoiiiacli. j I and with the top aa far away a.s over.


I I ih


and hroiighl iho l>o;u. gently to n-st a t the foot of a flight of sUiim de^comling to tho


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voice, “ but if you hroatho a word iiMiit it, then somothing very unpleasant indeed will


fer i


of Ian ’s room. Placing his ear against i t ho listened caroftiUy. Thero was no sound, and ho tapped lightly with liis knuckles. There was still no responso. Ho thought th a t luii might bo sleeping, and jiroparcd to force tho lock, wlien tho idea camo to him to try tho hancllo of the door. To his amazemout i t opened easily and lie


entered. The gieat tapestry-lmng ruoin was uii-


tenanUd, Umugli brilliantly lit. He hur­ ried round i t until ho carao to tho bed and upon the whiteness of tho pillow was liis


stantly understood.


friend’s note. Ho tore i t open, road i t through and in­


Ian was in tho Central Keep with Swem, ,


Ho had hcon taken thoro heforo tlio oxpected timo, and was probably a t this very time learning tho last secrets. 'I’lioro was not a moment to laso. Ity liook


or by crook ho must find his way to the con- tro of the wob where Swem was lurking, lie must got tiicre uadiscoverd and leam what was goii.g on. and if anyone got in liis way —his lips tiglttened into a grim line, and in tile nthlotio little figuno th a t crept down tho stairs again with its murderous weapon in its hand—fe,w would havo recognised tlio little (laiidy of the laindon clubs, no Ie.ss than tho great Jloteorological expert. . . . Ho found his wnv into tho Central Quad-


tho otlicr end of the room! and ho ducked, to escape a second timo, jus t as Swem snatched a telephone instrument from tlio


tahlo and shouted into i t WHEN THE WORLD REELED Lconl Daly! Tho Keep! Quick! for „ . , , ,


in which to decide. Ho could not rash acro.ss tho room and tacklo Swem. He would ho sliot (town before ho had gone two yards. 'To nip out on to tho stairw.ay might possilily give him a chanco of killing Swem, hut oven th a t was doubtful. There was not a second


your lives 1” Punch had ouo hundredth part of a second


to lose if ho were to get away with It is cvi- donco. la t l must dio, poor Inn 1 Die for tho


good of tho world. Punch’s decision wa.s iiutomntic and lie


iiopptd into tlio dark stairway like ii rahhit into) its burrow, just ns another bullet struck tho stonework with a vicious splash of 1ml metal. Ho rushed down tho corkscrew stair­ way a t breakneck spc«l, finding timo to prc.ss a; clip of cartridges into his pistol ns lio did so, and stumbled out into the courtyard, half of -wiiich was licginning to he fillerl with gliostly yellow moonlight. Ho h.a'd not gone three stops .before lie


of tlio castlo and tho harbour, was almost directly opposite to whore Punch crouclictl in tho shadow of an enormous huttress. Ho V


ho.ard Iiclls whirring all around. Tlio arcliway, which led to the so.award .siilc


k'-


gan to creep round the walls to roach it, not daring to cross the open space, when ho heard loud voices. Someone was ninning.


and shouting. “ A boat, a boat—therc’.s n liont down a t


the h.arhourl” There wore answering voices also, and one


itsocmed to Punch wiis tho voice of a woman, who began to scream. That way was harroti.


(To ho Continued.)


ranglo witliout mislmp. Tiioro wore ligiits in iniuiy of tho winduws of the servants’ quarters, but tho Keep itself was a frowning mass of daikiiftas, as black and forinidahio as


tho sisTcts. it dhuaincii. Mo came to tlie archway whicli led to tho lift and looked in longinglv with a Oash of liis torch. No! ho dnro not try th a t way, uiiloss all


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. The .


other ivays were impossible. Hnweycr quickly the lift shot him upwards to tho in strumeiit room, tho noiso would betray him and whoever was there would he a t least par­


tially on their guard. Ho crept along, feeling his way by his


hands until lie camo to another door. To his oxtreme relief i t .stood ajar mid ho stole in loeling his foot strike up<m a step. Oently puhliiiig tho door to behind him, he lit his torcli and saw Iicforo him a narrow, circular .stono stairway built in tho thickno)S,s of tho wall. This could lead nowhere but to tho room Ito sought, particulars of which lio liad gathonxl from remarks of l.emi feeder and young Gomlncro. Up above there was the instrument room, and nowhero else.


ness now, until a t last, a y.nrd or two above him ho saw a thin lino of light. A step or two raoro and his eyes were On a level with i t nnnfhcr noisclc.^s leap and ho stoml nixm a ’little platform with a door before him. Thou ho listoncsl, hi.s heart heating like “


th'"* rri«|>or higher notc.s of Tan Murray. ** Tliank Cod! T am not too late!” Punch s:tid


to himBolf.


Hi.s hand crept to tho knob of the door. It yielded without a sounil to liis turning and


, , _


ho openocl i t inch by inch. . . . Ho wn.s immc^liatoly aware tha t the voin‘s


canio from tho other einl of a v.a.st apartment, tile f.act giving him courage, and with in­


of gilded Smini.sh leather, entirely shutting out evcn.thing beyond, and lu‘ stepiHil into tluY room. .M


‘(uro from observation. Punch heard Sweni tell Tan lliat he must


dio. and hi.s friond’.s calm rejoinder—” Under ihti ' iremn-tan'es, Mr. Swcmi. I take this a.s


a Was this tho moment to reveal him.‘'**lf? on your p a r t .”


TT<‘ lAHik out- his tlencllv-looking automatic' pistol and lield i t ro.ady. No. he must hear a little inoie. Hi.s duty wa.s quite phain. He there to g«‘t indisputable evidence


again'^t the murd.*rer. evidence of Ids plans Agaiiiht tile coininon gc»od. and^ during the nt'xl f*‘w poA'omls umrc' he rt'joiroAl that ho


had lu Id his hand. Swem’s v<^ii-e hoomotl out into the rcvtni


uitli ever increasing re.sonanco and jxiwor. and t ngliiig in every nerve Punch heard the hid'-ous phit for tin** destruction of Txnnhm. His blood fn^ze in his vein.*;, hia mouth


j‘P>piv<I the* Iv-ating of hb arfceric*s and ho was sick with a deadly Fiekne.is of tin* .soul. F«*r he. of all men. could i-stimat** and


gether. TTie full liorn>r of what, hi* lieard nearly


un 'eistaml what thi.s meant. He know tlint Lin-nln Sworn Iiad tho ixiwer to do what he


<dd The la.'t wonts sounded like a great gong


i*f .Vatun- h»0 ';e and plough a gn*at furrow thr. htimlred yard.i wide thnmgh London, from en I to end. Nothing will live in its U't-h and in tin* it*iitrc* ot th a t path will Ik*


of doom. “ . . . Then I shall let all the


W«-stuiin>ler.*’ Tho vt'ico cmled and only ins (x.'hcH*s rover-


lx.*ratL*d round and round the room. Then cpiitkly and .silently Punch .stepped


OUT ‘ f his concealment. TTo saw a g re i t clmmK'r. half library ami


half K.-mniilic lahornpAry. Tn a fla.sh of ^i-inn ho n*cognid»‘d all the apparatus for producing Horziati Waves upon a colossal


scale, anti in a far corner hy the o|en gate of tin* liftr-stood Swem hnnself. a colov^al figure K-hiud a table. A few yards away, in a strang-'-ltHiking chair, tho purpose* of which T’nneh knc'W hy intuition, lay tho limp


was <lc-nl. and th a t the lethal current hn<l already flashed along the \nrc*« which he saw eneirriine the chair legs. Then he was nn- deroivcyl. Swem was looking down and om* hanil was


figiTo of Tan Murray. F*>r a momom Puncli thought hi.s friend


alvove the switch on the*


table. TTo spoke aloud. . . . ” Shall T. while ho lirp tiiere unc'onsciou.s?


Or sii.all T keep him to se the legimiing of tho g-oit experiment?” He s'-'in^d to hesitate and then he shook


his h<*ad (h'cis'velv. “ No! he shall die now. I t is more merci­


veugo aft- r all and such nfl T can difii'on*;e with ehild’sh thine*; like this. Farewell. Tan M*’rrav I” TTis left hand was docending upon tho


Mvit h when Punch levelled hi.s pistol. ” Stop!” he culled out in a loud voice and


in.stanlly tho great figure of Swem grow ptill a.s death. Tliero was not a moment to lost*. Punch pulled tho trigger of his pistol— the hammer fell with a ‘-harp click, no more.


-and


TTo had forgotten to load ith Tn the twinkling of an eye. Swem fitooped.


whipi'O'l open a drawer in the mTting table, and pulled out a revolver. There was a deaf­ ening crash, a hnllot zizzed by Puncli'fi bead


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ful and he ip a brave man. To k«*p him to my ojxTation.s is hut petty pride and n<-


finite pri-cmition ho i>oeped in. Not two yards in front stood a tall screen


Ttoiind .and round lie wont in u t te r dark­ ^ ?


i Children’s Corner. ^ i»'V/*»AA»'\/%*'\/W\<A/WWVV^UWWV>'VA»'Wa/vW’W'^ WHY AJIK BLACK CATS I-UCKY?


• What is tho origin of the sui>civtition tha t


hlnck cat« aro lucJry mascots? Tho .subject corner up again on tho ro|)ort th a t clown Mack cah? form a part of tho ship’.s c-ompany »m tho Ronown, in which tho Prince of Wales will shortly nuiko his voyage to India. One olU'U hoaiK of a inomhor of a shipwrockwl crow turning back t-o the sinking vessel to bring off the ship’s c a t - evidently with tho idea th a t tliough i t has not brought luck on th a t voyage i t is only fair to give it another chaiuo to allow whsiL i t can do. Hut still thoro i.s the ijuostion. which own FZg\piian mytiiologA', with its veneration for cata. diK-s not answer—why aro bla< k mt.s lucky?


ABOUT’ LUCKS AND KKYS.


drum, and l>eans of swe.at sta rting out upon hi.s forehead. A moment’s ccslncy of listen­


ing. .and then—vniccfi! Tlio deep organ voice of Lincoln .Swem .and


may think tliat locks ami keys an.* a modiirn invention, l)Ut i t is not so. There has always been the iicvd of them, for though ** men may lomo and men may go ’’ tho same old human iinturo varies hut very little, no matter what j>eriod of history we dissoc t. Who, then, wa.s tin* first locksmith? We know that Tnl>al O'.in was ” aji instructor of every artitice in brass and iron,” ami as tin. majority of locks and keys aro imnlo of the materials there i.s a probability Unit lio, or a t least one of his immedial** descvndaiUfi, was the tirst loc'k- smith. Anyhow, locks were amoiig.>l the earlie.sL ic<iuiremeiils of men. No loAs than -I.OOU years ago tho Kgvptmus


jHK'-.seii-otl tlu! most ingenious inethodfi of lock­ ing their valnabh.s away from tho imiuisitivo and dislioiiost. It has Iks.'m stauxl tliat tin* noco&sity for keys indicates a step in eivilika- tion, to wit, a projHjnsiiy for .stealing. His­ tory, however, teaches iia Uiat thieving is not a weakne.<s |H.*culiar t4> ilie pn.*sont generation nor j.s it likely to di.sapjK'ar in the near


grew hot and dr>*. there was an electric, pri' king in hi.s hair and h's knees kiioc'ki'd to­


as. for instniico, one n.s*'<l hy hanker.s, would fill the nninitJatod witli wonder and admira­ tion. Yet the brain of the ancient lock.sinith was almost, if not quite as subtle and re- s*iurts‘ful as bi.H d '‘s<-cudaiit of the twentieth o ntury, for only a few years ago an Knglisli locksmith, who liad lal>oure<l long, ami who iia<l flattortyl hims<*lf u|><in inv<*nting a lock iik'*ly to <lt'fy tlio cleverest burglar, found to his u tte r consU*rnation and chagrin th a t hi.** patent had hei.*n anticipated I .oMil veai-s ago. Truly there is nothing ni'w under ihe sun.” In the ” Song of Solomon ’we n*ad of tin*


future. A minute e.xamination of a miKlerii lock,


lock, while in the Now Tostament the word key is .several time.s inonUoned. A rhymer of


the flovAM)i'.'rf*ntli century wrote:—


'ITio k^^v^ of l*i-t* r .iml the ^word of Paul Shall siiut ami o{*on: cub in pieixv> all. In former <biys keys were symliolical of


jFOwer and oflico. TTio Saxon matron con­ stantly carried ono susiK'nded from her gird)** ns lier insignia »if olfm*. Briti.sh middle cl.ass inistre.-vses and hons4*keep<.*rs generally. unUI recent times, to<ik a pride in the bunch of keys which hung and jiiigUsi together at


their side. U Ava.s ciLstAunan* among tin* Uoinau.i to


priv-A'iit iheir wivA*r. on their w<‘<lding day with a key, ami this, as far as aiiliquaries have been able to de.scrilie. was a most jx-culiar bioking ami intricat*? pioi'o of workmansliip. The pmllock is not an article of imxlern con­ struction. for several with their keys havt* hei ii di.SA-nvei'cxl among Homan tombs, though wliether the ancients exjK*ct<*<l to fimi a tl.se for them, Hko the NAirtli American Indian wit h»s <log ami ^.ix*ar. in the next world, is a mailer ol conjecture. In au Falinhurgh miLsoum is a U>ck made of wtx)d. Some of the olde.sb l^gyptinn locks w<*ro made of the .s,'Aino suhstame.


"xtravagnnt in tho niatt^T of their lo<*k.s and keys. Uold and nilvor kevR are seldom u.vtl uow.iday.s lor other jmrpoH'.s than prc.M.*nta-- tion.s. Wo rc*ad of ” four and twenty silvi r k**\\s as hanging high uinm a pin.’ ihit for intricacy of invention and delicacy


jK'Culinr kx'k; i t is made in tin* .shnjK* of a bird, the wards of which are hidden in the tail. A few ceiituri*'s hack {xxDpli- wore rather


of workman.ship |>orhnp.s no lock has ever Mirp:ms<Hl ono made BcveraJ years ago. which (xmtainosl 21 .small hlo<k.s of metal, differing in aizo. and corrofiponding to the letters of tlie alphnliot. *The person locking the door can form with tlie hlock.s an indofmito com­ bination of woriLs which prevent/^ all, save hiinwlf. and tho«o to whom ho di>mlg«’«; tho MXTct. from unlocking tho bolt ngtiin. Thi.s ifl a very Baft* lock, but in the iKLssossion of a forgetful iK*rson i t might l>c the monn.s of sjMuling hit* temper eaijccially if th a t ix*n;on wafl in a hurry.


'fho (Tiinew produce a Who was tho lir.st liK-ksmitli? Some |ks>p Il*


stage comiiaJius, and traiisferring to patures ho coimnoncod playing leading uAos with famous artiste like AInrie l)or<i, AJico Ilndv and ^Lary Pickford. De.xtor will .shorilv scon in ” Behold My Wife.” an adaptation hy Paramount of Sir (JillKwi F.irker’s ” Tnmslntion of a Savage.”


After eight iiiontlis as a nu*mlK*r of the


Los Angeles film c*olouy, Sir Gilbert Pirktr is now in Euglaml. Ho is full ot ei.ttmsjasm for tho ciuenm iia a rosiilt of a Califumii visit; and his recent journey is only to tike care of some prc*ssing busim-ss affairs. He o.xpccte to return later to coiitimie hU £1


^


writing a t the I^isky .studio at Cdifornia. ” Tho past eight months a t UoUvwlmI have been the most fasc-inating of my expeiicnce” t-ays Sir Gill*ert.


•• The technique of tie


scrcon was new to me a t tlie ^Mrt, but 1 havo gained in knowledge of it until nou I feel iKirfoctly a t homo. 1 look lomMrd eagerly to my return to this ta-scinuiir.i: study,”


is ” A Fighting Fool. Adapud from tbe story by W. McLeod Kaine, i t i.s doscrilxdaa a powerful drama of raiicli life in .Vrszorj.


/The title of tho latest Tom Mi.\ prorluciion


as the screcn’.s greatest dramatic actor, wjO siitn-Uy be seen in a super-production entitled •* Perjury,” adapted irom au original story by liu th C. Mitchell. According to all aocmmte. i t is a jKiworful drama m which a mail’s hasty tomj>or sways the scales of justicv agaiast him when on trial for liis life. The picture wa.s jirotiucod umler the direction o: Hairy Milianlc, who w.as rxt>j)omib]e for the Fox AlasUrpiecc “ Over tlie Hill.” By the way, the la tte r film recciv<><l unanfmois praise af ter lK*ing shown privately to the trade and press recently at the l.oLclon Pavilmn. Much of its sncce.ss is duo to titf wonderful characteri.^ation ol tho role of M» Benton hy Mary Carr. During the yt\are run which ” Over the Hill ” has enjoyed on Bniadway. .Vew York, Mrs. Carr has l".en the recipient ol cxingratulatory uios.-<iges from thousands of jFOoplo.


William F'arniim, who lias bc<*Ji dcscriW


M Tl-r d. i | r iitl'


Usually it i.s difiii tdi to jHirsuade uicmf)ors


ot tile ilriti.sh arist‘»cracy to grant imiring picluro comj*ani<..s the U.sin ol their housfs for ” shots.” Uowi’ver. a remarkably fine mansion o\u*rior Ini.s l>ecn .sivurod in “ Grtvnlands.” ihe !'»*autiful projvrty of YLsn-ouiu Hamhlt'den. near


niamcs'5. for .). S. Ib»herteeu’.s jtnxiuction, *' PerjK*tua.” With lus white i-olouretl front­ age ami velvety ^tret<•hl*s i>i wide gavn pastures .•;tretching down t<i tlu* rivir> elgv, ” Grc*enlaml’.s ” well di’-s.-rves is i>*puuinon


lien!ey-en-


as the fine^it sliow plac** of the distri -t. • • L “


Another imjHirlant adilition hu^ ja*.! boyfl


made to the rank.s of William Fox stars in tlie poriKm of Maurice Flynn, who I:.li bH''D engaged to make a special rories of fe;ttare productions. Flyun has playv*! imjxYrunt roles in tk'vend K<ix pictun*s in uliich he has .shown considerable talent ami wrsitility. TTie title of his first starring fiMture will Ic aniiotinc'si in dtio course.


A sub-title in “ The TTs-t-ing ."cribing a gang of crook.s:


the bn*om lliat swept Hell.” —


tho p a r t of the wickeil Queen Merg.ui L* rar in tlie Fox SiH*<‘tai'nlar t*omedy-Dr;nn.\ ei CVuitracls .'V Yankts* a t the Court oi King Artfiur. enacts one of the princijml i"Kf ii ” TTu* La.st Tniil,” an adaptation -f Zane Grey’s |K*pular nov»*| t»f tlio same mvine. Emmoll .1. Flyn suiwrinN-ndisl tlu* filmmi: d


Bo-autiful IbieK'niary TTicby. ulie plajid


both pnxluctions. Nohmiy will have to comitl.'iiii ol the itorif*


lieing •• dry* ” which aro now in c"in'*’ oi nn*- iluvUoii at Famous Player»-La.sky'.a l>*nd‘'n


CK'CUJYU'S


studio. A little cosy Frem li cal*\ with a tiny bar. and an atinu'tlve row of Unu^- a corner of the .stag'*, and a il


used in * asKigmxl ..


•


‘ PeriK-tua.” N<u 2 Mag* ha> Ijvn U> the interior of a big KaM Ln


Ixindou “ puU ” which will U* lie*


sr.-emr^ of GvHirge Fitzmauricv*’s pnsluction o ” D.ree Live Ghoste.”


Armistiiv


aj)prni*rirttetly jollification


in the


tertsl .so many ililhctUtic.s in the way "hl'J.* ' regulations and ry*strictions of Iiours. tliat it wrwi ion (smrtideri**! r>cdiont to convert Kart ot jwxfi into a tonq>orAry bar. ^\lth th>^ tin.* stmlio authoritivB acquinxl the enuipmunt and aecft'’^'>nt*s of a once pr* p OILS piih ’ of tho typic’al TMiittx'haix'I or*


tend^xl to have a rL*al lir4'a*’;4sl hoiis** mr purjxDisc. but tile .studio authoritie.s


.starring in William Ft*x pnxhictions, is ? -j


The whirlwind h^inwnian. Buck


.Tnecard. who also wrotk> the storv. It is. th a t the sta r’s nkill in the saddle '' • _ G^ted in an unumiaK way as


on a ncYV picture Entitled “ D<*ath.” under tlio cliroction of


.Mi*encB aro Tx'ing filmcd\ high np m the fomian Mountains.


|


has just (-ommcnceil work on a screen v of " Jaekio,” the


Tlio domuro l ittle ncfirewi,


talontori actor William) Scott, who h lKviio.1 in support of sowcral past, is en.aotinc tho


Coimtias Bareynskn, o f which YVitjiam recently acquired tht) film


Foi .n-


rL,j;.


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i th'e more blaiani variety, d'-coniuxl


opeMD^ It was origimdb’ ^* ‘ VC-


lieid invsul I


Brenail sons r | ing m|


Fi 11


annual a t the WldlKl Suit.'il| at


day SatniT given! Mndal Lizzitf E. V \ and i | the dinb>i| Tho s i to rail


SOt|


and it to g l’


Uf t ’elle.n-d by df* aiU'


with tlie:I I candidii: a t tlio inc


Tlu: Lit. In agr-•


am roncetl tunitics fn of progr*.- all pid'li*


with viciion. an] broad


unemph'yi;| The in*


ciin omy resi'L-cuv* onr Town


.nny Stat» many havf I wp. I l:iynig-on tH;heim* u ment arui| th a t- - in a t t ra c t ’.or. it ran l.e is to pro nbrea.st <*: and ‘ Mtor


1 Ksai: Jst. Ai


p 7 ''


MOVI-LAND. xiv -‘ BACK SEAT*


g Elliot Dexter, who has arrived in EnglanH


from New Y'ork, is well-known on this (aj for his forceful portrayals in such well-knoBs plays as “ Don’t Chango Your HiisWi S “ Old Wives for New,” and utliers, u„L in Texas, lie started liis <lraiii:itie career in


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