STRAND THEATRE.

Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 614, 8 March 1921, Page 5

STRAND THEATRE.

FRIDAY NEXT.

THE DEVIL’S TRAIL.”

Dubec, a whisky smuggler, who trades liquor to the Indians for blankets and furs, is the bad' man in ‘‘ The Devil’s Trail.” His is pursued bv the men of the Royal Nor’west Mounted Police. At the opening of Ihe story, Dubec stops at the post where Mrs Delisle, wife of Sergeant Delisle is alone with her daughter Nonette and a baby sister, Julie. The outlaw kills Mrs Delisle and abducts Nonette. Twelve years pass end Julie Delisle celebrates her sixteenth birthday. The men of the Royal Mounted attend this happy function and, while the dinner is in progress, Sergeant Mac Nair arrives. He 'at once falls in love with Julie „ n d -iie With him, and this love persists despite the fact that Mac Nair has come to succeed her father as commander of the post. The post is located at Chino Landing, and Delisle has been unable to curb the lawless •''element, which hos settled there dur- * ithe gold rush. Dubec returns from the gold camp after twelve vears, accompanied by Nonette. The latter is now a woma of the dance halls., and she at first succeeds in keeping her identity from her father. bu t when Delisle’s life is endangered bv the lawless element and Julie has i,een made a prisoner by Dubec, Nonette reveals her secret. While Macalso a prisoner, fights to save T Ll be Nonette brings her father and others to the scene. Dubec is captured, and a happy reunion follows.