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Learn more- Arthur Vail receives an offer from the Government to finance an expedition into Africa. He suggests to his daughter, Millicent, that she and Jack spend their honeymoon with him. They agree, and a short time later the expedition starts. In Africa, Mara has become queen of the village in which there is a mysterious idol in the temple. She rules with a hand of iron. A native tells her that the full moon is near and asks who is to be the sacrifice. He is told that he must find a white person or be the sacrifice himself. Vail's party leaves for the interior, but the two men leave Millicent with Gonga, the leader of the natives, thinking it will not be safe to take her farther inland. After a day's march, Vail and Jack arrive at Mara's village and find their way to the temple, where they are taken prisoners. Mara notices Jack's youth and good looks and covets him. She mentions her lions' den where she sacrifices all white people and then tells him that their only means of saving their lives is for Jack to marry her. Jack laughs and she slaps his face. Just then Millicent is brought before Mara. When the girl screams, Jack starts up in horror and Mara understands the situation. She orders Millicent sacrificed. The natives carry Millicent to the temple where the lion den is; Vail and Jack accompany the Queen. Meanwhile, Charlie, the elephant belonging to Vail and a great favorite of the whole party, has wandered away from camp and has approached the village. He hears Millicent's screams and enters the temple as Mara is torturing the girl with the sight of the hungry lions. Mara's natives flee in terror, but Mara pushes Millicent into the den. Seeing this, Vail and Jack overpower their guards and try to get into the den. Charlie takes up a rope that was around Millicent and lets it down into the hole. Millicent starts climbing up the rope, while Mara, seeing what is happening, draws a knife and starts toward Charlie, who is pulling up the rope. Jack and Vail enter the room and Jack grabs Mara's arm as she is about to strike Charlie. Jack and Mara fight and the latter is thrown into the den. Coming from the temple, Vail, Jack and Millicent mount Charlie and hasten away.
Moving Picture World, October 20, 1917
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