Jungle Treachery
Betty had always been a child of nature. Born in the heart of East Africa, she lived with her father, Nathan Briggs, a squatter on English territory, until now always happy. Big Bill McPherson, the territorial surveyor to the English Government, is trying to persuade his son, Bob, just out of college and anxious to prove his worth, not to go to Africa, as two parties have already been lost there. But knowing that, if he can survey one hundred miles inland, the Government will pay him five thousand pounds, Bob heads an expedition into Africa, leaving with three men. Nathan is prospering and has to account to no one. He hates the English, as did Betty until recently, and he is surprised to hear from a native that there is an English camp over the ridge. Betty is sent to find out what the men are in the neighborhood for, and on the way falls down a slide and sprains her ankle. The country is full of wild animals. At twilight the beasts of the jungle come forth for their prey and Betty finds herself in danger. She begins to scream for help. Bob hears the cries. He finds Betty and carries her to his tent, where he makes her comfortable and then proceeds to question her as to how she happens to be in East Africa. Nathan has become anxious about Betty and starts out to search for her, after ordering the natives to get their forces together to attack the Englishmen. Nathan finds Betty at the tent. He swears vengeance. Betty warns Bob to prepare for fight, and by the time the natives arrive the Englishmen have made breastworks from where they fire. They are victorious in the ensuing fight. Meanwhile, Nathan returns to his cottage. A lion, being attracted by the odor of meat, has entered the house, and as Nathan enters the door backwards, watching the fight in the distance, the animal pounces on him. He is found badly wounded and, knowing that he is about to die, sends for Betty, begging her forgiveness and confessing to Bob that it was he who had kept the English out of the territory, but pleading with him to take care of Betty. Bob later drives the first survey line Into British East Africa, and returns to Introduce Mrs. McPherson to Big Bill, who is as happy over the outcome as they. Moving Picture World, September 1, 1917
- Released
- 1917
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Release year: 1917
Storyline
Betty had always been a child of nature. Born in the heart of East Africa, she lived with her father, Nathan Briggs, a squatter on English territory, until now always happy. Big Bill McPherson, the territorial surveyor to the English Government, is trying to persuade his son, Bob, just out of college and anxious to prove his worth, not to go to Africa, as two parties have already been lost there. But knowing that, if he can survey one hundred miles inland, the Government will pay him five thousand pounds, Bob heads an expedition into Africa, leaving with three men. Nathan is prospering and has to account to no one. He hates the English, as did Betty until recently, and he is surprised to hear from a native that there is an English camp over the ridge. Betty is sent to find out what the men are in the neighborhood for, and on the way falls down a slide and sprains her ankle. The country is full of wild animals. At twilight the beasts of the jungle come forth for their prey and Betty finds herself in danger. She begins to scream for help. Bob hears the cries. He finds Betty and carries her to his tent, where he makes her comfortable and then proceeds to question her as to how she happens to be in East Africa. Nathan has become anxious about Betty and starts out to search for her, after ordering the natives to get their forces together to attack the Englishmen. Nathan finds Betty at the tent. He swears vengeance. Betty warns Bob to prepare for fight, and by the time the natives arrive the Englishmen have made breastworks from where they fire. They are victorious in the ensuing fight. Meanwhile, Nathan returns to his cottage. A lion, being attracted by the odor of meat, has entered the house, and as Nathan enters the door backwards, watching the fight in the distance, the animal pounces on him. He is found badly wounded and, knowing that he is about to die, sends for Betty, begging her forgiveness and confessing to Bob that it was he who had kept the English out of the territory, but pleading with him to take care of Betty. Bob later drives the first survey line Into British East Africa, and returns to Introduce Mrs. McPherson to Big Bill, who is as happy over the outcome as they. Moving Picture World, September 1, 1917
Top credits
- Eileen Sedgwick — Betty Briggs
- Charles Brinley — Nathan Briggs
- Fred Church — Bob McPherson
- Fred Montague — Big Bill McPhearson