The new tabernacle opens, but Sister Falconer, after miraculously curing a deaf man in her audience during a faith healing, tragically dies in a blazing tent fire set by a carelessly-tossed cigarette.Moore), a young radio operator with earphones, a secretary, a cameraman, and other studio personnel - 'eight stooges' - are wildly thrown about during the chase.He stops Nat from wiping away the enclosing rings - a symbol of the depth of his drunkenness:Don't wipe it away, Nat.A train (and train station) motif played a significant role throughout he story, as did the themes of obsession and the existence of a strange love triangle.