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I * Louis Joseph Vance NOVEUTATION OF THE MOTIOr NAME. PRODUCED FOR THE INTERI UNDER "THE DIRECTION OF WHARTON,^ THE CAST. MRS. VERNON CASTLE as Patria Channing. MILTON SILLS as Donald Parr. < WARNER OLAND as Baron j Hurokl. DOROTHY GREEN as Fanny Adair. SYNOPSIS. Huron Huroki, chief of the Japanese secret service, conspiring to embroil the United States with Mexico, and desiring control of tlie Ki t at Chnntiitig munitions plants owned by l'atrin last of the "h'tyiitins t'hanninns"?schemes to cause the death of the latter, and substitute in her place Elaine, a notorious dancer ami i'atrla's physical counterpart. As it f..li.s out, it is Elaine who dies, Patria surviving actepittl as 111,line by liurohi and las confedera tv s. SEVENTH EPISODE. Red Dawn. COUNTERPLOT. In a hand tit once feminine ant! of decided character, the envelope was superscrihe.il; OK SON T.KKTKAM. Ksq., CienetaJ Manager, ('banning. Inc., Introducing ST I'? roadway, New York. Capt. 1 lonald Parr. The addressee accepted It frwn the hands of ('apt. Donald Parr with o slightly hoivd itir which was swiftly disslpaln.1 once he had scanned the dozen or Mo Jiucs composing the body of the note. ?... "With a somewhat startled expression Mr. Kert.ram peered over his desk at this Captain Parr?a brief scrutiny which Donald endured with composure UfitJ! Mr. Bertram (with Hie manner of one tdiMlli'jjgihg tin? Fes tiwioTiy of his own Senses), returned undivided atAtDtiou to a siNcoi'd ivjuling ot' the note. Then ft t\\iuTje"T)f amusement showed in Donald's eyes, he communicated this emotion in a swift jinnee to his companion, and again mashed it with ti setnhlanee of iinpa>sivuy. > ^Having verified his tirst impression of the sense of the communication, Mr. Bertrum clicked his tongue against his teeth meditatively?"Teh 1 Tch !" Outlining reposes a?pardon me-*~surprlslng degree of eonihlence in you, Captain Burr." he commented. ^ "I hope to prove worthy of her trusty" Donahl declared with all due, huuiini.^ "^smc?35aaBtt9m&, , J'i used the term surprising iri view of tiie fact that it ha* hecn my misfortune never t?? have heard of you | as a friend id Miss Ohuuniug'.s." X*S"Don't hpologl/te." said Donald calm- | ly?irtui let it go at that. "Of course." Mr. Bertram amended hastily. "I am Miss Channing's servant. Her will is my law. Bray advise me in what way I may serve J you/' iwritj " "Permit me ti:<r," Donald suggested, "to Introduce tnv friend. Mr. Kdward \V. Ryley, late the I'nited States Secret Service, now associated with me in the private bureau of information which I have organized for Mis* Channtng at lier suggestion." Mr. Bertram looked. If possible, more than ever startled. "I know mulling of that." he said, mechanically shaking hands with Mr. Kyley. "It is Miss ('hanninit's desire that I inform you concerning it. in strict eonlidenci?nal u rally." "Naturally," echoed Mr. Bertram, and assumed a receptive attitude. Rapidly <i?t:tii? I'arr sketched for the hettclit of the general manager tin outline of the existing situation between I'atrla ('banning and himself, on the one hand, and an the other Baron Iluroki and his associates. As he drew to his conclusion Mr. Bertram betrayed boundless amazement. "Kxtraordinar." !" he commented, and rather neeiilessly mopped his brow. "May I ask??" "Anything, Mr. Bertram. It is not tally my duty, 1 am only too happy to tell you everything." "Why?since these Japanese and Mexlcun conspirators have so openly shown their hands??" "1 won't indorse openly," Donald interrupted with a smile. "They have been very shrewd and cunning. It has O...U n... ~ I * ? Ill uiiw mi urru uui ^uuu nu ; unr >> 111 the assistance of Mr. Ityley here?tc penetrate their intrigues and mat* their every move." "Hut surely you have ample cxeusi for swearing out warrants for theii arrest!" "If we do that," Donald explalnec patiently, "we merely exchunge ai enemy we know for one we do no know. Japanese conspiracy will no die out in this country if we expos und punLsli Ha ron Huroki; a not he will take his place; and warned b Iluroki's fate, will work even mor surreptitiously. Hut as long as Karo Iinroki is suffered io remuiu head an forefront of the intrigue, we kno^ whom to watch and, through our ej perlence with his methods, how be^ Ui forestall bis machinations." , - [he Great Romance oj- Preparedness H PICTURE: PLAY OF THC SAME) 1ATIONAL FILM ^FRVICET. IMC... 'MC. COPYRIGHT. 5 TAR COMPANY | "But why?in the name of sanity? permit Miss Channing to expose herself to needless danger by continuing to masquerade to Baron lluroki as this creature, Elaine, whom he tried to put in Miss Channiug's placeV" "It is not my wish, but Miss Channiug's will. She herself conceived the notion of playing Elaine to lluroki, ami she insists on going through with it." "Hut why?" "As huij; as lluroki believes Iter his tool masquerading as Klaine, lie will have few secrets from hor?an<l couM-quenily?from us." "Bui if ho discovers his mistake?!" "I am doing all 1 can to provide against any serious upshot." "Miss Charming is a very brave young woman." "1 would a poor Ameriean were I not heart and soul and lu.ml with MNs < 'ha n n i.?.ir in this work!" lie oxvlaiuied. "Tell nte how I may help!" I'otiald eoiisulted his waleh. "iii i- train is due at (brand Central now." he anuounei <1. "I'nloes lluroki ha^ changed h?s plans, they will ead m you at lotir or thereabouts. 1 wish i?i ho present at the interview." "Won't that he i.angcro-.'s jo your p I a: i > V liow am 1 to exeu>e your presence V" "i'y this." And with a lew words of eicpi: na'ioti JJoiiaid stthia!;l? <1 to .be co'isideration of Mr. lk-rimm a loyal noon meat whose nature eompie?.? d the process of si upel act ion inaugurated by ti * letter of introduction. Alter a time he nodded. "1 undcr. :< ;;/l. Win! else ' i sv;,mt you to go down t Powder (; ioobflit?as snoti as y<>n ran . .i\e 11; i j>>?< iq:cr\ic v with lluroki i. :?? taVo ? ?;n vi'qpijojj jlpre iu iu*"t . Ihttiam's tone wr.; edged with . "\\ h: t situation tie ft "A you ignorant ? !' the tart that there is :i c? ri: u amount of disaffection among yui.r employees, in spite of m.nii; iuii>-eont raot wages, short hours. and g?ueral prosperity?" "I give you my word. I know nothing of any such state of affairs!" "It la tin* the less exists." "How do you know V" ''Through the activities of Mr. ltyley's assistants, who have been iu I'owder Town in one or another ostensible capacity?some even working in the Channing mills?ever since we .learned, through Putriu?Miss Chuuulng, I mean?-that lluroki was planning a demonstration there to compel Cha.nning's accynt^n^e of the Mexican munitiniVs contracts." " "You astound me!" - ... jg&> f "Will you g0?._ sx^ "Wlllnait fusing a moment's time!" "Then," said Donald, rising, "there Is nothing more for us to arrange until we have had our talk with Huroki. I will be look tit half-after three." ******* i j. Punctual to the minute of his np? pointiuer.l, he anticipated the appeurance of l'atria and her dupes by less than a quarter-hour. As he dropped into a chair by tbe side of Pert ram's desk that gentleman answered ilw mutllcd signal of bis private telephone, and after giving it an instant of attention, handed tbe instrument to Donald, accompanying the action with a gesture of surprise, "Channing. New Jersey." lie said giving "Powder Town" its proper titie, according to the United Sii.h-s postal authorities, "is calling (.'apt. Donah Parr." Putting receiver to ear. lie called hv MM .: . t? " j r>. i 11i i $ ? ;i | m ii 4 ii i aii. "Bancs, sir," came tin* fesponst over ili" wires?"speaking from I'mv der Town." "Soniet hing important. Barnes?" "Tilings look pretty nasty, sir. Tie air's thi?l; with suspicious circimi stances. Strike ami violetiee are la ing publicly prem In <i. I.nt no on seems to i.vmw just when anythin lelinite will happen. Ami I notice lot of .laps in the streets; they pr< ; ml t<? he engaged in petty hu.slne^srimiiing restaurants ami that sort < tiling?hut it's a safe het they're i close touch with lluroki and his ou lit. I've been spotted already, l'i afraid." "\\ hat makes you think so?" Pa asked as the other ceased abruptly I talk. For all answer he heard a deadem 5 hang at the other end of the wire? 1 sound closely resembling that made 1 } slamming open the foldlng-donr of i 5 alleged "sound-proof" booth. "lleiio?" he called Impatient] * "Hello? Barnes! What the deuc r Hello?" ^ No answer. Al HUM juncture uitr ?i'v:h;uh,v Mr. Bertram announced Miss (Mia * nlng with Baron Iluroki ami Sen * do Lima. 0 Once more Patria commanded I>c r aid's unstinted wonder and admiratl ,V hy her consummate histrionic abilit 0 from the instant she entered the rot tlie girl played to perfection the r< v for which she had cast herself. * "Oh, Mr. Bertram?)?ow do you d<: Patria olTered that gentleman a < sigucdly awkward hand. "So glad i' 1 ?ee yon looking bo well. Permit ??.v to Introduce my friends, Huron lluroki and St*itor do Lima." With his usual admirable address, lluroki rooovorod lToin ins disgust on recognizing Purr, and acknowledging the luttor's presence with a slight. cool nod, turned to exhibit marked cordiulit.v toward the general manager of (.'banning, Inc. Then, the secretary placing chairs for the party, they diseased themselves to the business of the hour. Ignoring Donald completely?turning toward him a cold shoulder which served its muster ill since it provided Donald with an opportunity to place i'utria's chair near his own?the Japanese buttered his selected victim with his very host grade of urbanity. "It is a pleasure to make the acquaintance of one with whoiu I am to transact so much business," he averred ?"to our great mutual protit, I trust." 4Tm sure I hope so," Bertram agreed pleasantly. "But may I inquire the nature of the business?" "Miss ('banning has not yet advised you??" Bertram responded to Huroki's artful look of surprise with one of blank non-comprehension. "Then?permit me?perhaps these papers will best explain," Bertram accepted a bundle of leguleap documents and letiued back in his chair to examine them. "Agreement between Channing, Inc., and Senor Juan de Lima,'' he read aloud the indorsement on the uppermost?"re machine guns and munitions for the do facto government of Mexico." He managed n moment of embarrassment. "I am sorry, gentlemen, but the strictly dotined policy of Outlining, Inc.. does not permit us to accept these coat racts." "1 am sorry t i seem rude," 15aron Iluroki said suavely; "hut if yen will he good enough to extimiue the signatures you will find that the president of Outlining. Inc., has seen lit to reverse your policy." i Hastily unfolding the document in hand, Hertram .scrutinized the loot of its last page. "Channing, Inc.. by Pntria Channing, President." he read, and hesitated, and i looked dubiously at I'alria. "This is year signature. Miss Outlining?" The girl, avoiding his gaze, murmured an afiiinialive. "Von can hardly question its genuineness." Iluroki commented with it superciliously lifted eyebrow. "You surely do not moan to Imply that the signature could he a forgery!" "No," Hertram admitted mildly? "no. J'?ut 1 am surprised?yes, much f Oil I j ?i "lUit why?" "Because?you know, of course, this contract is dated yesterday; whereas I hold here"?Bertram exposed the paper Donald had given hint at their earlier interview ?"an absolute jpower ' of attorney given C'apt. Donald Parr h.v Miss Patria ('banning ten days ago. by which it appears that any and all contracts signed by lur and lacking his counter-signa I tire become automatically invalid." Even the racial serenity of Baron Hurokl was hardly proof against this ' M<>\v Ho took a rather long moment .to recover. "None tlte less." he said at length, turning toward Donald, "Captain Parr will hardly withhold his signature when Miss ('banning requests him to a Ills it." ' "I am sorry/' Dotydil said quietly. "Even should MiSs ('banning command, I 'must refuse." "Captain Parr!" This was Patria's contribution, an excellently simulated erv of indignation. "I am sorry." Donald repented firmly. "But so long as this power of attorney rests with me, and so long as Japan conspires to embroil the United States with Mexico, by way of preparing ''or the allied Japanese-Mexican invasion of the Pacific Coast states?s< long, indeed, as Japan maintains a | naval base at Magdalena hay?Just s< i long will Channings refuse to sell arno and athmtinilion to any Mexican far , > i - . ?? I T!?>n wiiii t soever j HBI ' " t [lc? j H, A Message #? '* ??? ? - - ~V- .ftu,^ "Alio power of.attorney 1?, of cotirw, tl r? vocable," riotruiu suggested mull- tl ciously. 1 b "If Miss Clumuing wishes to revoke el it. that can doubtless be attended to n without delay," Donald agreed. "Do n you wish Mr. Bertram to eall in a v stenographer and a notary, Miss Chan- fi nlng?" ir Now, as Elaine, l'atria could not make a creditable forgery of the signa- ti ture of l'jitrin t'hauuiug; the extraor- p dinarily skillful ferneries appended to u the contracts in Bertram's hands were w the work of lluroki's able compa- > triots. As Elaine, she dared not at- . tempt to sign the name of l'atria in t< the presence of witnesses. I] "No, no," she s:iid hastily rising? v "not now, not today. 1 shall, of < our.se, revoke the power?tomorrow, p This afternoon 1 haven't time. I'm tl already Into for an appointment with tl my dressmaker." 11 "Then I shall expect a call from you <> tomorrow?" Bertram inquired amiably. 1; "At about what hour??" a "I'll telephone," l'atria evaded. "If n you please?Baron lluroki?Senor de si Lima?" When he had courteously shut the jr door upon the bneks of th?? iliv<???in ... % ...... W... ^ lilted conspirators. Bertram turned t?> w I'arr with a grin of unnll'ected delight, \\ "(!ood work!" he chuckled. 0 r.nt Bonald did not respond. Ife y \v;ts studying with a look of exasperation a small slip of paper which lie p had just unfolded. "What now 7" Bertram asked. p "Head that!" ]>ouald told him wrathl'ully. "Vou didn't notice?none af the otlu rs did- Imt I'atria dropped \ her handkerchief and I picked it up. ;; This message was iu its folds. I j? palmed it and? Oh, read the d?d thing!" t, 11c paced furiously to and fro while j, Bertram deciphered the message. *| Written in pencil, hastily, it ran with- r, out date or salutation <>r signature: "Huroki insists 1 must marry L>e Lima s] tonight at eight at the Little Church ( Around the Corner. I dare not refuse. What am 1 to do? POWDER TOWN. '' As that long summer twilight ebbed Into dark of night, me softly glowing u windows of the t'lmrch of the TransI I figuration signified to u largely inditi'creut metropolis that a private wedding was being very quietly cclc- , heated. 1 S Within, in tin* radiance that bathed the altar, Fntriu ('banning stood on ^ the left of Juan de Lima. < hi either j, side waited the lust man and matron ot honor, respectively Baron Huroki ' and -Mrs. Fanny Adair. * o 1'atrhi waited in a state of nervous . tension in no way perceptible. She di<l not doubt her l>onaid; she . . . ... i1 i.new that lie would nnd some way to prevent the consuiutnation of this iin, possible affair; she was not afraid. The organ fell silent. Its sonorous " cadences were replaced by the accents I otile clergyman intoning tlie mar- a 1 riage service. If any man can show just cause why they may not lawfully be joined toi gether . . . let him now speak, or else hereafter forever hold his peace! There was a little pause, abruptly 1 broken bv a scurry and scuffle of feet c confused with a frou-frou of skirts. Out of the shadows that cloaked the remoter portions of the church darted ?with surprising agility, considering 1 lmr bulk?a woman of substantial ma- * turlty, a plump, dark creature of dis- ^ tinctly Spanish type. . Half a dozen feet from the altar she uttered one piercing cry: "Juan, niy 'ushand! At last. I 'ave found you! Monster of ingratitude and Infidelity, why did you desert me:" She thrust hi fro: . her at arm'slength, shook liini mercilessly, then overcome by a tidal wave of (pienchless afTection, clasped hitn. struggling v vainly, once more to her bosom. Half-suffocated with exasperation, Huroki went to his confederate's as sistance. Hut even while disentangling > the unfortunate, he bethought him of i the bride-elect, and looked around for > her. ' ; She was no more there. Nor?lmr ried search developed?was she any- ! where within the eluireh. Ittvestitra MVwr wOKDb Was tn Its Folds. ... | .? ? ? *r t on nt the <loors elicited the Inform#* on, from innocent and disinterested ystunders, that a young woman lotlied beautifully in white laid run ittdly from the church, met a young tan at the gate, and with him had anishcd iti a taxical) whose chaufL'ltr unquestionably placed little value l his license. . . , At twenty minutes past eight that ixlcah, having eluded all attempts nt ursuit (If any sin-It there were) drew p before the apartment house in hlch Captain I'arr innlntaiiied his lew York home. A moment later the door of his quarts closed upon Pallia Channing and lie lover of her choice. "1 thought you I'ould never come!" she stammered. "I had to work very quietly," he exlained. "It was obvious from the tirst tat this arrangement couldn't callItiue?you couldn't go on hoodwinking luroki and at the same time keep out f marrying dc Lima. And when luroki found out that you had made fool of him. you would have to he lighty safely hidden to escape reprlnl. So I fixed things up for you here -I've moved over to the Yniiderbilt ? of hold of Anne, sent her to the ltltz ith sin order for your belongings?she lis 111? 1*4* within ton minutos of tho mo you loft for tho ohuroh?brought vcr\ I hi mi; of yours horo ami s oli, horo wo aro !" "I?111 how did you over find out do imi:i hud m wife?" "I didn't," l>on;ild oxplsiineo grave"Shu wasn't his wile." There csiiuo si knock sit tin* door. That's Kyloy. Lot him in. plesiso, line. I loft him to protect tho womn in case either lluroki or do Lima eesinie violent." Tho grin of the detect ivo sis ho on* rod wjis o\ idenet* of the fsiot thsit ho sol experienced no prosit trouble, hero hsid bo? n a hit of st rumpus, he ported?-nothing to speak of. Ilis stecounl wsis interrupted by tho lirill, iniporsstivo olstmour of the telehone. l>on:dd sinswered, and sobered ? sudden gravity as he csirriod on a riot" roiiversjition with Bertram in owder Tow n. "Trouble sit ('banning." he ttnoutieed sis ho hung up. "Botrsitn says 1 lit' msm Barnes wsis shot in si street gilt t his afternoon by some loafer ho interrupted him when he wsis ihoning me. in addition the town coins strike-mud sill of a sudden*? gitators, oven now, are preaching trike and destruction of property. | iertrsim thinks we'd better run down >..! I....I: tl... wit ....IS.,.. ? H' -! I UUI Mill u > |-| I''l I I 11 1 elves, It may prove necessary to mil n the governor for militin to protect lie mills." "l>omil(i?please! I am so afraid i?r yoti !" "I must ko, dear?I must. You eed not worry on my account?we've dozen men down there who will help tylev take care of me. Not that I ntieipate any serious trouble. The abide have no excuse for rioting till' he company refuses the strikers' dent nds?and it can't do that till to- | lorrow." lie found a time-table, scanned it apidly, snaiehed up his hat. "With luck and a fast taxi-man we an just make the next train, the last oni^ht." The door handed; incredibly, I'atria vas alone?alone, that is, except for Vnne. She threw herself into a chair, when he had suffered Anne to change her iridal carnieiils for a ne^lijxee, W omanlike, she was stubbornly bent >n spending a sleepless, wretched li^ht. In spite of herself, toward leven o'clock, she nodded in her chair, lien slept. It was two when the telephone troused her. One of her force of private secret service agents was calling from l'o\vh'f Town for Captain Parr, in Ij^norince of the fact that, according to the iinc-tuhle, and providing lie had alight his train, l>onald should have >een there with Hyley for a matter of hree hours. In response to her catechism the . < r.,i.? I I... I tl... C*t I >1 II t i ill, lit I* | ? m i n j i 11?i i iii? 01 i iiiuiwu in 'hannings was one of imminent emergency. A strike had been called at midnight ; the employees of the po\vler mills who had conn? olT shift at hat hour had not heen replaced; rioting was already in process; the general store maintained by the company liad been burned and looted; the mob was threatening to march upon the mills. Instructing the man to seek Captain I'arr at the mills, I'ntriu left the telephone and stealthily entered the bedroom which had been Donald's, which now was hers. From the adjoining chamber sounded an unmistakable snore: Anne tinfinest humbly slept. With every precaution to avoid wakening her, the girl found a sports-suit and hurriedly dressed, interrupting that process but once, and then to telephone her garage to send her favorite motor car, a high-powered rnct ..... ?...... .1 4 ik.. JUK lllill III III*. I I M J11 (1 M> lilt* tltllir. It was waiting for her when at length she crept quietly out of the apartment house. Dismissing the mechanic, she took tlie wheel alone. Constrained within the limits of New York to go warily, once across the Hudson she gave the motor Its head. Patria knew that country well; she made no miscalculation as to lies way; for all that, she could not hope to reach the neighborhood of Channings before the dawn. With madly throbbing heart, Patria began to recognize landmarks of the countryside that told her she was close upon Powder Town. The sun was rising in crimson splendor when Patrla, arriving 011 the crest of a hill overlooking Powder Town, I brought the cnr to full pause, that she might spy out the sit nut ion be* I fore running 011 into possible peril. I She had brought with iter, for just such use. a pair of binoculars belonging io l>onnUl. Now she unslung and focusscd these. OiT to the right, at the bottom of the cup, stood the unlovely huddle in i i I buildings. 1 ler glusses showed tlio^H yard gates closed and guarded by ttrtued sentries. On her left the single-track railroad spur issued from between hills and sloped down across-country to the mills. Oil this she diseovered a train consisting of half a dozen cn"j^lnd u I locomotive, all strangely inotitfuilcss? strangely, since the cars were outward hound, the locomotive hud steam up, and no reasonable excuse was upparent, for the stop in that particular^ The eireutnstunees made Putria wonder dully if, possibly, the railroad people had joined hands with her employees and declared a sympathetic* Dismissing this thought for the nonce, she turned attention to the This last lay in the middle '.jgiunee, half concealed hy an Interven^jB rise of wooded land. Put the smoke of its burning buildings was billowing up in ifl the still morning air. A stentorian pulling called her intcr-^^| est back to the train of freight cars.^^H mw lflBBEMBi JRB fl Slipped Out of the Church. The locomotive was getting under way with vast complaints because of the strain of the 111i?1 <* pull. H With a start I'atria discovered that H tin* rear car hud been uncoupled ami, H its brakes thrown off. As the train moved uphill, it was moving downhill, fl at first slowly under unassisted mo- I mcntum, but moinentarily gathering J way through the attraction of gravity. It was tit most ti mile from the H mills. By the time the ear had cov- C ered half that distance on that steep grade it would be careering downhill V at express speed. When it struck the jriy mill-yard gates it would cave them in H like eggshells. < Horror's frigid hand clutched at 1 *11 I I k I if I I* t II u lIiii mill I I I/ml I 11 11 k k I * i I_i ! thing had conic to puss through no ne- I cldent but through dellheratu^ ami I liemlish design. ^ I That freight car was loaded to its I eaves with high-explosive. When the W crash came, the Clianning mills would jfl be wiped olT the face of the earth. Without conscious thought the glrl^^B released the brakes and swiftly conxed^W the motor to its utmost. fl There was a bare chance that she might stive tiie mills and the many loyal men wiio guarded it including, doubtless, her Donald. I About an eighth of a mile from tho I yard gates tiie road crossed the rail* fl 1 road tracks; if sin* could but forestall V the freight car at that junction. . '< She hud half a mile to go ; (lie (Wight I car was moving at good speed before , li*r racer was even started, it was I j gambling with death, but Patrla could . ! not refuse the game because tho stsikes I were high. ) Miraculously, as it seemed to her I j when she was permitted time for i retrospect, slie made it. J The freight car was a hundred yards I distant and bearing down like a jug gernaut gone mad, when she stalled tiie motor-car on tiie rails, jumped, I and ran for dear life. 1 The ensuing explosion was like tlie trumpet of Doom. Patria, lifted bodily fl from her feet, was flung to earth again *1 with stunning force. Wiien she CHine to her senses again B there was neither freight not motor* 4 car to he seen?nothing but a ^*eat gap in the tracks, a craterlike ln 1 the ground. I But that was nothing: Donald Parr 1 was bending over her, lifting her In his I arms; and he was whole ami un- I harmed if pale with fright on her he- 1 ' half. I And she was quite unhurt. AVith n I broken little laugh of happiness Patrlo 1 swung an arm around his neck* , (KM) OF SEVENTH EPISODE.) 1 I - A yl '