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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGERr-PHILADELPHIA", TUESDAY, DECEMBER
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30, 1010
A DAUGHTER of
A Bterv 0 A'eio Vorfc tAlt
11 U LEROY SCOTT
Author 0 "A'o. IS Wathlnoton Sauare," "Slaru Regan,'
Printed by apeclal arrangement ttllh
Hoiitihtoii Mtffllu Co.
Copyright, mm, by Ltioi S'coK.
HB ItBACIIEU for n switch, nntl the
next instant his twlchlnp, loosc
hnnglng featmes wore n part of the
darkness, lie guided Harry to the outer
door.
"Try to make Vourlccnth street be
fore )ou're wrested." he whispered
rapidl). "The farther away from here
the better. Renumber, tlrfs ii solus
to be for only a few months mul that
I'll never forget it and thut there will
bo nothing I won't do for joul Good-
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With llmt Ilnrry wns tnrusr one una '- i--i" , , ', ...-...
fho door was locd. Automatically he She lay tense, hardly breathing vvalei
stnrtcd through the dark, quiet streets, Ing for hem to emneotitfom break
for tho brighter regions of the eity. Hutfat. She lemcmbered that on v one
....... i. .. -ii.i .......r.i .rr.i nil , morning paper was delivered to the
flits litislnrsH wns nf minor lonscfiuence
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Ills mind did not icach forward and
vision some one hultlng him and snap
ping bracelets of steel upon his w lists.
What ho Paw was Jennie eroding from
the Grantham to Kenneth Ilnrilsou's
car was Kmneth's pos
sessive manner as he helned her into a
seat was Jennie sitting by
Kenneth's side as she rode away out
Of his life.
Tlio Web or IJfc
THE breakfast room at Silver ltlutfs
the next morning was as softly
radiant as if the air were an impalpable
solution of luminous gold. A gentle
eastern breeze, sauntering across the
Round from its birthplace out upon the
wids ocean, bore sea fragrance and a
broad exhilaration through open doors
and windows. Xntine did not know
bow to bring out of the night u more
gracious summer morning.
But when Jennie came in to breakfast
a trlBo late at Silver Bluffs the family
breakfast was served at 7:15 for the
nako of tho city-going men she did
not so much as note the rare splendor
of the day. Most of the night she
bad kept going through again and again
'that scene with Harry on the Grantham
roof, and she had kept seeing the de
spairing jet quiet look which he had
given her at parting. Her decision had
been wise and proper she knew that:
but the approval of her judgment had
not brought her that calm which is the
necessary prelude tb sleep. So she wns
worn this morning, and nervous, though
her habit of self-control enabled her to
seem the usual Jennie.
Sho had just said good -morning to
the others, and had attacked her grape
fruit, when a sharp exclamation ftom
Mr. Harrison caused her to inisc her
yes. Mr. Harrisou was. staring,
mouth loosely open, at the morning
paper ho had just taken from beside his
plate.
"God!" he gasped "God'"
"What is it?" ciied the startled Mrs.
Harrison.
He did not even look nt her. Instead
he addressed his son.
"Kenneth Murdock's dead !"
"Dead!" ejaculated Kenneth.
"Murdered shot last night!"
This Murdock was baiely more than
a name to Jennie; his fate had so little
interest to her that only her outer
consciousness was aware of what had
been said. Hut she did notice that a
look of Mist lelief had come into the
face of Mr. Harrison held upon his
sou, and that u similar, if lesser, iclief
was in Kenneth's face.
Vor a moment, in the Nignifienuee and
the surprise of the event, the two men
foicpt that the) vvo-e not alone.
"Kenneth. Hint cli'jrs ill) inn situ.i
1 tion cntirelj !" e.trlnimeil the older nun
in a marveling tone. "L nrieistuml what
it .means to our business?"
"Of course! We'ic in better shape
than ever. !"
"And the very day we thought mat
ters were going to explode for us!"
"We're ecrtaiulj plajing in lurk!
And so is Sam C'onwiiv !" A quick,
keen look ennie into Kenneth's fine.
"Who killed Murdock Conwav V"
t "I don't know. I've onlv jusL seen
the headliues."
Mr. Harrison glanced bail nt the
paper mid skimmed the text. The next
moment lie was looking up, new as
toundment in his face.
"Murdock was killed bv that joung
man in our office )ou know, Ilarr
Edwards!"
Out of her apathy Jennie came "dar
ingly to her feet. "Killed b.v Harry
Edwards?" she ciied.
"That's what the paper savs.'
"Killed by Hany IMvvjrds!" she ie
peated with it shivering gusp
Onlj her bunds, one nf whnli
clutched her chair's batk and the other
the edge of the table, pi evented her
toppliug over.
''Why, Jennie what s the matter? '
cried Kenneth, springing up to her side
nnd seizing her in his arms.
She saw that all were gaing at her
in amazement. Fighting for self-control,
sho managed a smile, though it
was n very white one. "I'm all right
how. I guess it was just the shock. You
know the shock of a man I'd met In
this bouse, and onco had danced with,
actually doing such a thing "
DREAMLAND ADVENTURES
IIY riAUII-i
THE PADRE'S PIGEON
(Pcaau. siltinn More ihr fire on a
bli::atdy afternoon, findi hosclf
turned into a tiny, icispu pci son. iS'ic
i'j carried up the chimnril I'll the draft
and finds Billy waitmg nt the top with
a tnoio sleigh in which they tide
through tho storm to the Sunny
South.)
v
Tho Snow Sleigh Melts
PEGGY gave a cry of alurni when she
saw that tho snow sleigh was melt
ing under the warm ra)a of the southern
sun. Sho expected thut any moment
she ti nd Eillv would go tumbling
through the bottom to the green cuith
far, far below.
"Wo'ro thawing," she exclaimed,
leaning back from the broken side of
the sleigh and getting t lost to liillv.
"Gie-whlllikers' Anil we huven't
nnv parachute"' shouted Kill). "We
will get an awful li'inip whtn we hit
the giound "
.Inst then the whole front of the snow
sleigh gave i sudden shiver and dropiivd
off, just like an ielele falling from the
ulge of the roof. Billy hung tightly to
Tcirfv to keep her from slidiug with it.
"It was a mistake to come south in
this snow sleigh iusteud of going north,"
ISta. cried. "We might have known it
would turn into rain."
And the sleigh wan turning into rnin.
liiop by tlron it tell uvv.i) beneath
I'cgey and Killv. At uii,v uimiieiil the
w expewed to go plunging downwaid
"through the empty uir Hut now they
bad a surfirKe. Thev found that us
fust as the snow turned into drons of
rain tho diops of rain turned into a
mist, nnd the mist wus forming a Huffy
bit of cloud w'hich floated along beneath
them. . . .
Splabh ! The last piece of the snow
sleigh melted away nnd down went
1'cggy and Kill)'. Head over heels thev
turned, bpt strange to say (hey didn't
full fur. l(ist"iil thev liiuibhtl upon it
cushion as soft as ha). The (iislilon
was tho bll ot rloiiti u linn (migiit
them nnd as they lay upon its down)
tsurfnro tt floated gently tow aid the
earth.
Of course, if Peggy nnd Hilly had
been tbelr natural size the cloud could
nover have held them up Hut tho chil-
TWO WORLDS
etc.
"I understand perfectly," paid Mr
llitrils-ou in lier toft, sympathise' oiec.
"Perhaps jou'tl better Ho down In jour
room, and I'll hae breakfast brought
tip to you a little later."
"Thanki. I will. Hut don't bother
about breakfast I sha'n't care for any
And driV t come iiiong, plene' tills
last smilingly to Kenneth, who was sup
porting her with an etioiullng mm u
she (started out "I'm nil right, I tel.
jou. I'le.iso go baek anil finish join
breakfast."
He relinquished her, and she walked
out stcadllv eunuch. lint instead of
going up to her bed, she sank upon the
rr. lit Innllinit iMfil 1.1 I li n lll'ltU- ntft,,.
t ,, . .,,. ti..ir. . !...,. M.. ir..
lison glanced through it peifuuctorlly.
If, till, J HL .!,,.! ,, IUIO ...tlt. '.I.
nnd left it behind foi the family to lead
when he stnitcd for the cilv.
When they came out she sprung up
and deputed herself to bo tiioroughlv
iccovcrcd from her tlmry of nerves
She watched for Mi. Harrison to toss
nsidc the paper as was his wont. Hut
this onco Mr. Hurrlsoti held on to it,
nnd when the Myra biguti its swift
thrust through the wnteis, n white
blossom of spray springing into sudden
bloom at its bow, she saw him in the
shelter of the afteideek again reading
the front page.
For a space Jennie was foiled siel.
with suspense. Just what was it that
Harry hail done? What had happened
to him? She recalled tint Williim. the
bullcr, had his own favorite paper
brought him evcrv morning. She went
into the dining room, awa from Sue
and her mother, on the excuse thut nftei
all bhc would have her breakfast theic;
then told William that she hud changed
her mind and would rat nothing, bor
rowed his paper and slipped out the side
entiance and down the bluff to that
bit of silvery heath where a few weeks
since she had talked with Hairv. Seated
behind the big boulder she began to
read.
For one brief d.nv I.ariy Murdock,
comparatively uuimpoi taut though he
inn) have been in his life, in his death
forced llmopeau events, then hurijing
toward the outbreak of the gieut war,
to let him sh.ne with them Hie ft out
page upon let ins of equ.tlitv for big
local politics weie involved. The storv,
as the paper gave it, and as it mine
from the police. .Ttnnie at onto saw to
be an appallluglv perfect ease against
Hnrri Inspector Timolliv Pixon. in
lei viewed, had ills evidence convineingl)
arr.ived: the iitcnttiit piiii-etl htm for
the amazing uderit) and lompleteness
with which he had handled the ufluir
Two vvituesses. Joseph tiiaves and John
I'enrson, had seen Kdvv.irds shoot Mur
dock ns the latter tame out of Hnl
loran'i, i.ife. and hntl then seen 1M
wartls vnnih mound a corner. Ed
wards lint! managed to evade the police
for u tune, but hud been nnested bv
Detectives O'Hiicit uutl Caey ns he
was tr.ving to enter n tnxicab on Fom -teen
tli street.
His motive for the murder (still ac
coitling to Inspector Timothy Dixon)
was very simple: Edwards was n parti
san of Aldciinaii Samuel Conwa.v there
was a bitter politnnl feud between Con
wav ami Mmdock, and oung Edwards
hail thought to seive his put inn and
gain gi tutor favor bv eliminating Cou
wiiv 'h antagonist.
Conwa.v. interviewed, had bit id with
the solemiiitv of one awed bv sudden
ile.it i : "Itojs, no one v in lie inme ion v
ovej this man than I am! Mm dock and
I hud 0111 tlifleteni cs. v"s- but (hej
weie peisoiuil mul lould have been
smoothed over. Hairy Edwards must
have got an exaggt rated idea of theii
danger to me and being impetuous he
must have thought he could help me
thin w.ij. In spite of what he's dune
I want to tell von that he's n good
squill e chap " Whieh was n fine,
gencious, upstanding statement the
m count declined
EdwuuN, mlci viewed had main
tinned n si did sihnce the usual stol
ulltj. so ihe pipei thnratlcricd it, of
the miiidercr who knows that his least
winds mio liiciimiuate him.
Jennie was dazed. She believed every
word of the account it was so simple,
so convincing, so in keeping with just
what Hair) would do. lie was guilty
)es but she in u tlegiee was also it
sponsibie. Her lefusiil hud driven him
to it. For n spine she sat staling nut
ill Ihe Sotiud, sluveiing, a wild tearing
within her. lie win n nice bo), she
bird him she u.illv liKul him. Ami
she hint ill iv t'ti mm to this' Ami f.i
tuch it deed, with Ins guilt so obvious
she knew well what the puiulty would
he! . . .
Trimbling ull through, she took up
the paper and with a fcmfiil fascination
lead the story again, mid ngaln, and
again. It was not until the fourth read
ing that her brnin caught .1 fiagincnt
of n sentence that her frantic eyes had
thus far skimmed over without seeing:
"The victim, leaving Hnlloran's cafe at
0.15 . . ."
(CONTINUED TOMORROW)
dion had R.cu tinned into tiny, wisp.v
perous as small as birds and us light
as feathers. And so the eloutl us lung
as it stuck together could earry them
sufely.
Looking down they found that the
ground was not far away. They could
sec the bhds darting about ubove the
treetops and could hcjr their thiilliiig
sonc.
"The birds! The birds!" cried I'eggy.
"Oh, isn't it line to tome sailing out of
the cold north nnd sen our lovely biid
friends again !"
"Hurrah!" shouted Hilly. "Tliero'
General Swallow soaring up ahead of
us.".
"And behind him is King Hird," ex
claimed Pcggv, "Oh, 1 hope they will
wait fir us."
Hut General Swallow and King Hird
seemed to be going roine plate In s
hurt), Thev Hew swiftly timl would
have been fin nvv.iy before the t loud
tould have floated down to them hud mil
u siiupp) breeze tome (taring ulong nt
that moment 'J he snappy biccc
whipped tho cloud all to slued, mul
down luuibkd I'eggv nnd Hilly again
tliis time iu a loug fall that gievv faster
and fiibter each second. Indeetl, it wns
so fast that they gave themselves up for
lost, expecting to lilt the ground with
a mighty thump.
' Kut again thev landed on a cushion
or later two cushions. Hegg.v hud bion
HKililiiug around like a piuwheel when
she stopped with a j-ilt Sin had turn
hied light mi the back of Geneial Swal
low. And Hill) had eomo dotvu
asti addle of King Hird,
Two more itbtonislietl birds thnn Gen
eral Swallow and King Hird never
flapped it wing. They didn't know
what had struck them.
"An eagle!" screeched General
Swallow, ducking nnd trying to throw
Piggy oft".
"An nlrplano!" shrieked King Hiid.
turning an unexpected somersault. Hut
lV'-irv unit liillv limit: t i: it. Tliele onlv
limine of coining safel.v to until la,v lul
titling me micMiig. jumping, 1.1 igmeueti
bird.
Tomorrow trill le foM 7ioio I'eggy
and Hilly are called upon to help solve
a mystery,)
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