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Beatrice Fairfax Episode 8: At the Ainsley Ball Synopsis

Beatrice Fairfax receives a letter signed Robert Wells, who writes: "Is there any way an honest man can prevent his girl from falling in love with a fascinating foreigner?" At Jimmy Barton's request the letter is handed to him, for he knows Bob. Jimmy visits Bob at his office and finds him much excited over the attention paid to his fiancée, Martha Ainsley, by Andre Versale. A scene shows Versale calling upon Miss Ainsley. He is a fortune hunter and has established an accomplice in the Ainsley home as Martha's maid. Versale urges Martha to elope with him from a masque ball that is to be held at the Ainsley home on the following night. Jimmy and Beatrice secure cards to the ball from Bob, who also furnishes them with a description of the costumes to be worn by Versale and Martha. On the night of the ball the two men and the two women, their faces covered by masks, look exactly alike. Versale mistakes Beatrice for Martha and urges her to elope. She agrees. He tells her he will go to her room and instruct the maid to prepare for the trip, taking all her jewels with her. Beatrice tells Jimmy and then detains Versale. Jimmy goes to the room, but after the jewels are in a handbag, the maid becomes suspicious and tears off Jimmy's mask. She sees she has been imposed upon, but Jimmy overpowers her and takes the bag with the jewels. He hurries downstairs and gives the bag to Beatrice. Versale has completed all his arrangements. Jimmy leaves Beatrice a moment. While he is gone, Versale, believing Beatrice to be Martha, carries her bodily, despite her struggles, into a waiting automobile. When Jimmy gets back he is amazed to find Martha instead of Beatrice, and Beatrice, the jewels and Versale gone. He tells Martha of Versale's duplicity. Accompanied by Bob, they jump into a high-power automobile and start in pursuit of Versale and Beatrice. A wild ride follows. Just at dawn, they come within sight of Versale's car. He starts shooting at them. Bob, who is driving, puts on the greatest speed and the car dashes alongside that of Versale, just as the adventurer puts a bullet into the front tire of Bob's car. As it explodes, Jimmy leaps from the running board into the flying automobile. A battle follows. Jimmy finally compels Versale to drop the revolver. Beatrice picks it up and as Jimmy overpowers Versale, she covers the chauffeur and orders him to stop. The two prisoners are bound and Jimmy turns over the jewels to Martha. She weeps on Bob's shoulder and promises him she will never flirt again. While Bob takes Martha home and policemen take charge of Versale and the chauffeur, Jimmy and Beatrice hurry to the office, where they write the story of their night's experience.

A Trip to the Wonderland of America Synopsis

This fascinating region was set apart as a Government Reservation, to be known as Yellowstone Park, in 1S72. The park proper is about 62 miles long, from north to south, and 54 miles wide. While the tourist may reach the park entrance by rail, it has been decreed by Uncle Sam that beyond the Great Lava Arch Gateway the iron horse shall not trespass. So here leaving the pathway of steel we take our place on one of the six-horse coaches that run from Gardiner up to Mammoth Hot Springs. Coaching, Troops, Morris Basin, Great Fountain, Pack mules, Riverside Geyser, Old Faithful, Deer and Bear, Upper Falls, Canyon, Field Glasses. Standing on a balcony at Artist's Point we take up the field glass to have a tele-photo panorama of these weird walls with their clinging pine trees. We look down the Great Gorge. On either side walls of exquisite color rise with here and there pinnacle-like great church spires. Above our heads fly eagles who build their nests and raise their young on the top of these lofty peaks. The scene is a powerful one and beyond words, but the Great Falls add force and quality of action which tempers and dignities the whole scene. This enormous volume of water that looks like a curtain of lace, tumbles over a cliff of volcanic rock 310 feet. Here the traveler finds himself spellbound, held by the pure beauty of the scene. In turning away he pauses to marvel at the wonders of nature and the beauties of our great national playground.