In the Path of Peril
Gypsy Joe and his band go into camp near the Lone Point station. Anita, the Queen, and one of the other women, spy Helen chatting with Engineer Compton, enter the station and offer to tell Helen's fortune. The young engineer, who admires Helen for her pluck in sticking to this outpost of civilization, rewards the gypsies for their very flattering word picture of him in the role of the successful suitor. Back at camp they tell Joe that only a girl stands between them and the money in the station safe. Waiting until the freight has pulled out, Joe leads his men in an attack. Compton's fireman spies the gypsies. As the fireman takes the throttle Compton jumps off and puts the band to rout. Joe is locked up in the jail. Anita contrives to pass him a saw in a bunch of flowers. That night he files the bars and escapes. Joe later plans to wreck the freight, climbs aboard and puts Compton out of the way. Near Lone Point he throws the switch when the train is but half over it. Instead of derailing the cars, the rear truck of a flat car takes the siding and is torn loose. Unconscious of the accident, the engineer proceeds with his train broken in half and the flat car dragging on the ground Helen is informed of the wreck by telephone and immediately sets out on her motorcycle to overtake it before the limited shall crash into it. Seeing the dragging flat car she puts on a burst of speed and rides up the slanting surface, abandoning the machine to catch the ladder grips of the freight car ahead. In a few moments she has reached the engine cab, freed Compton and brought the runaway to a stop. The gypsies are apprehended and Helen is thanked by the crews of both trains.
- Released
- 1917
Details
Release year: 1917
Storyline
Gypsy Joe and his band go into camp near the Lone Point station. Anita, the Queen, and one of the other women, spy Helen chatting with Engineer Compton, enter the station and offer to tell Helen's fortune. The young engineer, who admires Helen for her pluck in sticking to this outpost of civilization, rewards the gypsies for their very flattering word picture of him in the role of the successful suitor. Back at camp they tell Joe that only a girl stands between them and the money in the station safe. Waiting until the freight has pulled out, Joe leads his men in an attack. Compton's fireman spies the gypsies. As the fireman takes the throttle Compton jumps off and puts the band to rout. Joe is locked up in the jail. Anita contrives to pass him a saw in a bunch of flowers. That night he files the bars and escapes. Joe later plans to wreck the freight, climbs aboard and puts Compton out of the way. Near Lone Point he throws the switch when the train is but half over it. Instead of derailing the cars, the rear truck of a flat car takes the siding and is torn loose. Unconscious of the accident, the engineer proceeds with his train broken in half and the flat car dragging on the ground Helen is informed of the wreck by telephone and immediately sets out on her motorcycle to overtake it before the limited shall crash into it. Seeing the dragging flat car she puts on a burst of speed and rides up the slanting surface, abandoning the machine to catch the ladder grips of the freight car ahead. In a few moments she has reached the engine cab, freed Compton and brought the runaway to a stop. The gypsies are apprehended and Helen is thanked by the crews of both trains.
Top credits
- Helen Gibson — Helen
- Lloyd Whitlock — Engineer Compton
- George Routh — Gypsy Joe
- Lillian Clark