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THE GIRL TELEGRAPHER^S PERIL
An Episode of the
HAZARDS OF HELEN RAILROAD SERIES
CAST
Helen, a telegraph operator
lilake, a lineman
Rena, his daughter
Myra, her sister
Pete, a tramp telegrapher
HELEN HOLMES
J. ■?. McGOWAN
PRANCES WILLIAMS
PEARL HOXIE
..WILLIAM C. EHFE
Released Saturday, January 2nd.
Author, E. W. MATLACK
Producer, J. P. McGOWAN
Blake is painfully injured when a locomotive smashes his handcar. Helen, who has witnessed the accident, dresses Blake’s injuries.
The lineman, who is a widower, falls deeply in love with Helen, but the girl rejects his suit. His pride wounded, Blake angrily stalks from Helen’s office. Accidentally humping into Pete, a tramp telegrapher who has just drifted into town, the lineman thrashes him. Helen comes to Pete's aid and drives Blake away.
A few minutes before the Elwood Express is due that afternoon, Helen glances out of the window. The sight of Myra, Blake’s three-year-old daughter, crossing the trestle over which the express must pass fills her with horror. In spite of the danger, the brave girl rushes down the track towards the child. Pete also discovers Myra’s peril and
hastens to the scene. The Elwood Express is approaching at full speed when Helen reaches the child. Seizing Myra in her arms, the girl leaps off the trestle, landing in the river, thirty feet below. Unable to swim, Helen and Myra are in a dangerous predicament when Pete dives to the rescue.
Although the engineer of the express sees what has taken place, he is unable to stop the train until the trestle has been crossed. Blake, attracted to the scene, learns of Myra’s awful peril. The frantic father rushes to the water’s edge just as Pete assists Helen and the child to shore.
His gratitude causes Blake to beg Pete and Helen for forgiveness. He again asks the girl to be his wife but Helen is still to meet the man she is to marry. Her next hazard will be released Saturday, January gth.
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