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Photoplay Magazine — Advertising Section 103 "Moran of the Lady Letty" (Continued from page 102) Her Spanish garb attracted his eye for a moment. "But I'll buy that dress," he said to the girl's master. Then he turned and bid Charlie, the cook, who followed in attendance, to get it and take it back to the boat. Protesting and whimpering, the abject girl, under the lash of the Mexican, went off to remove the dress. Kitchell turned into the most pretentious hut of the village to drive his bargainswith the Chinamen gathered there. Charlie, lurking outside in his casual Chinese way, overheard Kitchell's talk, which led to mention of a suspicion of mutiny among his crew and of the strange capture of the girl sailor, Moran. "We will take the crew prisoners — and the she sailor, I'll look after myself," Kitchell announced. Hastening away, alarmed and disturbed, Charlie went to carry out his errand pertaining to the dress. He could now conjecture its purpose. TO his surprise the Chinaman encountered Laredo and Moran, wandering close to the village huts. They were hunting a dory to get back to the ship with their bag of gold. Rapidly, feverishly, and with his eyes dilated with fear, and many glancings back over his shoulder, Charlie told them the story of Kitchell's fiendish plan. Moran threw back her head with the laugh that welcomes strife. Charlie joined with them and led the way to a dory concealed among the rocks. They pulled for the ship. Back on board the "Heart of China," Moran, assuming a leadership, called the crew about. She displayed the treasure that they had found, and told the story of Kitchell's plot. "So it's share and share alike — we'll take the ship, and fight if they overtake us." Admiration shone in the eye of Laredo as she spoke. But the mettle of Moran and all who followed her was soon to be put the test. For Kitchell, with an uneasy sense of caution, taking a look at his ship, had seen the strange dory alongside and followed out in his craft to make observations. Stealthily creeping along the deck above he had seen and heard enough. Quickly he went ashore to array his Chinese bandits for the attack and capture of girl and gold together. The "Heart of China" and its mutinied crew must wait for wind and tide to sail. There was yet time. Within the half hour Kitchell, with two boat loads of the beach combers of Magdalena Bay, set out to take his own vessel from the crew. But with arms from the contraband cargo and Moran in command, the crew was alert. "Stand off and don't try to board. We'll shoot to kill." With that challenge Moran leaped to the rail and shouted her defiance at Kitchell. In a flash the battle was on. The old trade muskets of the crew roared a volley and then came firing at random. Wild with rage and lust for the treasure, Kitchell urged on his villainous band and boarded the "Heart of China." The fight became a hand to hand conflict like those of the pirate days of long ago on the Spanish Main. Moran was laughing and screaming like a waring sea eagle, as she plunged into the fray, clubbing an empty gun. Laredo, for the first time up against the raw primitive struggle to kill lest he be Killed, was making a brave beginning. He dodged a blow from the Chinese hatchet and (Continued on page 104) Your Life May Be a Gold Mine of Ideas for Stories and Photoplays DOESN'T YOUR life have its stories of love, its trials, joys, surprises, partings, misunderstandings, and reconciliations? Doesn't EVERY life have its Btories— and its photoplays? Don't nil of us take part daily in plots and situ of comedy ami tragedy? Isn't life a iucci changes, of variations, of new experiences seen, heard, taken part in? 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