i-TRTi1 Wf' p WW" ii&i rf f West Wind Drift V By GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON t ' CopyrteM. l'i bit Oterpe llarrJteCiUehien B HAD reached the pinnacle of hap- H nines In believing that in gin no .i was In his nrms. He wan blln Bird deaf with fcsstasy. The awakening .jj a shock. Hid senses reetea ret- an H" ...! ikM null, rllntnn 1afll Atlt niteni " - - f his thoughts entireiyi iDunn you!" he cried ngnln. nlvl ireiv her clone. "Hhe Jmtes me ahe will always hAle me," ne was mumenng, Why shcttld i rnrr-T wry sneuia i re- fun te tAke ."tiler lips were en hli igaln. warm, firm, voluptuous, trewing hIp heart' bleed with the resistless ew'er of ft magnet. They did net hNir the rapid npprrfnch tf footsteps heavy, swin nil or one run. Ing.' A dark, panting figure raced pant hem, ana men aneiner nut a iew paces behind. Prclval a eenrea were released. They bast off the bewitching bendn. HJs head went up again, in n nasn ni brain wai Hear. Mis nrmn wtm mm nuiui ner, itne Erin still lying close ngalnst him but Mbii current of pnsBlen that consumed iW 01 Ulrm iw iiwnvu, "What waH that'.'" she gasped, ha If mlnr eLt of a dream. He releaied her, and sprang out Inte he path te peer fruitlessly after the inseen runners. The sound of footstep u rnptdly diminishing. They were tuddifnly awftris df wom an's voice far awny te the tight. They irerc IndHtlnct hut thire waa a. stnlstur il(fnflcanec In the t'Vcr-lncrnaatng vel- '"There's treubl" out there," said Pvr- Sivl. "Something wrong. ueme Reme alenr! Veu muat get Indoor at nee." He gratped her arm ntnl dlurted :' ui., IT in ih llrifitnn of li'MPnli n. Hhe itumbled at first, but aulr.tjty feli nie ainue ". .v.. --.,-- iew added te the clamor, . . . ... I knew 1 knew." ahv crieii in n tfSlft wyaal fSVrng'g'ld ",- ,h. cabin r'?nelt jeu "tloer." was l'crclvnl's com- Land I "se turned away. She steed in me oeor ler a memmi, aeklna-after him. He peased out of the I rii i. of lluhL The cherttii of voice, Eew louder down the way -like thel0' voice. The nljent, ghostly figures ake-belleve mob in the t,hcntrc. j merged Inte a compact, motionless mass Then sne ciesea me iear iieiviy, luctantlv. Tha three girls watched her in silence as she .steed for many second J with her hand en the knob, her eyes . tlirhtly shuL rtni IU leU OIIU ItHU HI 'in. & " " a wry smile en her llpa an slm ahruggi-d j her sheulderh nnd unread out her linmls in a gesture of resignation. . I res belt the noer. sue said.. A; Alma hesitated, her eyes grew hard, her voice Imperative. "De you knew of any reason wny you aneuia nei ue naDein Mr. Perelxall and I have, commanded! ', "Ne no mnanme. criee aui.u. imm- UA. the heavy wooden Ml i fell into plce. Olga again Bhrugged her heul- Sirt and. threw herself Inte a chair ra front or in nrepiaqe. . I 'U'ut en your ciemcs,- sne eruereii. mt.., U hnrv.nlnr m.rtum,,? Whnt li all the nehu about!" questioned one or the gins liut there was no answer. Olga wj staring Inte the Are. CHAPTKlt XVIII, Ptrclval's bleed wen still In n tu mult n hiv i an duwn the line of cxblni. Frem every doorway men M'ere new stumbling, half-drBd, half-asleep, llehlnd them, In many cabins, marmetf, ..- ............ .......... .h l'.hIi.i. . PU!ini VTViliVII iirilblHE'li ..... u.a i there urere lanterns ar.J a chnotle niasal of moving object. Abeve the Increasing camer row tne ncrr.uie, uncanny wain . . ....... n. .i.... i-. t.1,.1 ,X, hia i brain cleare',. Men sho.lted o.ueiilen an he passed, and obeyed hU csmn(and te folic w. The ugly story Is seen told, Fhlllppa, the fifteen-year. old, daughter 'of Pedre1, the head tanner, hud gene out from her father'i cabin at dusk te fetch water from the llttle reservoir that had been constructed nlengtlde i,0Hp Kretf f'yer a short dlstance abeve the cablns..The peel wiui a scant 200 yards from her I1UIUV. 11 Wit a 1KB IlllllUtVO KUtn V4l.i snd back. Half an hour paused, and she ' haa net n turned. Her metner became uneasy. Pedre reasirared her. He laughed at her fear ' . "She could net have fallen Inte the peel," ne said. "Yeu forget the fonee we hate built around It." "I am net thinking of the peel. Pedre," he aricued. "Oe you at once and search 'or her, She 'la no laggard, She u.i net topped lr. te aee one of the gtrla." And Pedre went grumpily forth te earch for hle daughter. An hour later it. came vtarKtrlng down from the iroeds abeve the peel te meet the deaen lr mera friends and nols-hberx who had let tout some time earlier te leek for thJ iwe at them, father and daughter. He bore In his arms the limp, appar ently lifeless form of Phlllppa. He waa covered with bleed, he was chattering llke a madman Out of his Incoherent babble the horrlfled searchers were able te put together the cruel story. It seems he had heard a faint cry far-back In the denn weed another and yet an other. Then utter silence. Even the nlghtblrds were still. Hwlft, paralyzing fear choked him. He tried te call out aa he rushed blindly up from the peel Inte the forest, but only hearse, unnatural rasps left hla lips. He fell often, he crashed Inte the trunks of trees, but alwayn he went onward, gaplng nut his futile cries. He knew net hew long he beat threueh lh .ervt-rt. He wu net (even sure that It was Phlllppa cry he jmu ntaru, out nis soul wan nuea wun a great, convincing dread. Ha knew lhat his beloyed Phlllppa. the Idel of hla heart, the cunsfilne of hli life, was up there In the weeds. Frequently ha stepped te listen. He could hear nothing save the pounding nf his own heart, and the wheealng of hla breath, thl;k and labored. Then, at last, during one of theso silences, hi heard something moving in the darkness nenr nt hand. Something jeme one was coming toward him through the underbrush) He called, out hearsely: "rhlllppar1 The sound ceased inrtantly, and then he heard a whlH pered cxecraUen. Wild rage pesaessnd nlm He plunged ferwnrd Inte the erush. Bembthlng crashed down upon his head, and he felt himself falling for ward. The next he, knew, he was trying vainly te rise te his feet. Something hoi was running Inte hts eyes het nnd tlcky. He lifted hla hand te hi head; it came away wet He put his fingers Inte his mouth and taated bleed. It wa.i enough. Ills strength came back. He "Pinr te his feet and rushrd onward, Jheutlng, cursing, calling upon Ged He had no recollection of finding hla girl. Apparently everything wan a blank te nirn until long ufterward he saw light moving among the trees and voices were calling his name. Perclvai and ether cool-headed "men were hard nut tn hMir m r,ir ne k mob. Men and women, bent en vengeance, made the night hideous with their cerses, howls nnd shriek In their 5E2rPa.i 'U-y they prepared te kill. They had heard the stories about Man ?. ?ru,.t Rnd hlB dlsclplea. Only the do de !2,,nefl.,!?nd tJn V the tmall group JPJ1 "il te 1'orelv.M's support kept UJ maddened crowd from seeking out JuJS.' JIT" "nrtlnar them limb from H Th ttl'?" from the Deralns were HwiV''S li.aUn t0 lhe P,enM ' the Hvel-heftded Jut as they had been the $Lt0 d?Vu"1 ,he VM f Manuel -TUSt &nit hln etii. TnJl..u...tiu ...: i - - ...- n.i.n. AiiuiTiuuuiir iivv MT 'Vugh men and lawless : collectively SJ2 .WT .th "l.aVM ' dlsolpllne It iyT It. vne,r vanity mat I'erclvnl and hn-et n. vPPlod--enly they nailed It w2,.!2,it!rt vanity. The mnb spirit JJM quelled for the Mine being, at liaat. Ne one was se fnoiiei D . tTJii..,J YZl. and Lul M t"MnB crlme was tf)nA X ?rm" PUBirtimwi. thVe in- irur tit ''"' ll(II1WI. til... Ve ." lh8. n8"nt n,"" "" the wi ?h0,i"niven'M .'ury' "" w have te SwrJ gTng." ut et Very ne 0f Mttnu11 feurt Wi?m'n.w.rB ,he """"I- They SSu5Lllk wl,l'',ts te reach the cabins I2fm..i . .""i"!"'" reiiqwers of 1 ' vrvei. wim Knives nd .txes i i i . - A nnd burning f nfrel n they tried agnln nnd aftaln te force their way through lhi (ubbprn wall nf men that had been rnlsnd against thorn. Ait for Manuel Crust And hi Itttle. group of radicals, thny had vanlahed. I inw nan mingien Mini ti.e moo nt til"? eutwl. Thre wtre nvitijr hi renhllisl Sttlna this one, nh.l , i hat one. temem' uactii spaaKlng tr ,. - ---. . .. Mm. remimliar't hearing him eure the tuvlsher, Dut aa ineir own n.nmcd utan te run rrein up te lip, they sller.lly, mvtttly dlsnttpeared. Dawn found the cantn nwuitc. hut grimly ellint. Ne una hail Ri'tic te bed. With' the Mrst ptrerilc of Ony, the man hunt begun in yitnoet, All iilnnt long the camp hnd been patrolled. Kvefy eabln hnd hren stftrched, even these no auplcd solely by wninen, This search had lircu oendllcted n nu enlnrl), busIlP) llke wny under the mipervlttlen of nun chosen by 1'crnlvnl. The felly of beating 'he weeds ditrlhg the night was roeog reeog roeeg nlncd een by the tnest Impatient t thre wai time tneugh for that when the blackness nf night had lifted. Throughout the long night the redtlese crowd, with but one thought In m'J'd. hung nbeilt the cabin of Pedre the far trte. The doctor and several of the nursts wire there, Down at the meeting lot'te a bonflre had been Stat ted, and tiera tvi.ew ifriilme,! Ihn mm lit whnm thit lenders had Intrusted flreurnm nnd ether ' weniiei'd men of the gun efw. under. nffliiiM frnin thn nnentne. the ctitiiniltten . of ten nnj etlurR. It win neetiitcil eh a fact that twi mrn wire Involved li' the heinous deed. I'ervlMtl'B iifreunt of the inystcrleu-i ruHneni wincd delnltcly In eitnhllsh thU ile enllul Uien Olcn Ob'iakv te verify hli ntuttintnt. If sh" vtas Mtir prlsed by his admltM) n th.it he was In ner cempniiy whun the nu'n lushed rout i horn In the daiknuM she did net bonny the fact tihe Indulged In a derisive smile when he went en te c.rulnln that It was se nark h hed faUd te rcen!e her until una xuune iu mm. am' iigrcva wiin him that the two men muat have ccme ,,t0 the open u very nhornilslance abeve out tictwecn me brenklne Inte ft. beuten rbadwny, they IVrc.v.1 hal ..Bued crd.ra for the ' I'vJr ""'i' i" cimgregiuc en me gnjen f.Mhe flr nlgn of day. The ce'd gray "" ' ; '- ! J.u. '''" ;-"" ,, J," " "' "!"" iai "n .all dlrectlena. Theto was no i-heutlng. no turmcll, ecarcely the neund " " iii.cihikiiuu!c. i u net necessary for 1'erclval te cnll for crder when he app nrcd en the steps and began te ipi-nk. The only sounds were the rhutllltig of feet, the rustling , nf (."."Si..', ..; vv, irniivin-u UT31IIIII3I of the mnis n0 Hpeke partly In Kng'lsh nnd partly In Spanish, mul he was brief. ..Veii knew what we an here for and what 1 ahead of us I don't have te tell you the story of last nlarht. Teu itnbw t ns well an I, Yeu will be gaA te hear the latest word from Dr. (..,, phlllppa Is conseleus. He thinks ,"fe X0nVi&MBaV "VR? ex ', Jhy ""' , , i k JL The g'V ,$- 7r de'"l.,,0te cent noses. We will no about It eji rneldlv ftH DO,.ihi, After thVi w nTiir ii 5?...?f ,01?!. ,..Aner MIM, We Will get down te business. Mr. Iandevar and Mr. Malene will check off the name of every man, woman nna cjiiia. as your nrfmr-H are called. oeniH forward, answer and then meve ever beyond the corner or me euuainn. we ve get te una out lust who Is mUsIng If any ene la miss ing nt all." He raised his voice. "I want you all te keen cool. Don't forget' that we are after the men who committed this crime. We nave no riant te ka.v thnt Mnnnel - ---- - V. . i ..... .... Jru," or any of his crowd did this thing U,"'U we have posltlve proof of the fact. " " " " in until We have Desitive tirnnf nf the funl. 1Byjn .'. hfxe b"'.n. any of ,Manu hiib, uuii i Avians iimi. pupie. v : must make no mistake. I am snvtnr this te you new because I see Manuel crust nna some or his rrlemln standing ever there nt the edge of the clearing. Step! Don't make a move In their di rection. We've all had time te think we've 'all had tlme te get ourselves In hand. There Is n right nnd a wrong Way te handle thin thlnir nnd we've ITet te be sure we're right. The guilty rnnnA. nKPln0 iT' ennnee csi-ape. iney navrn i a cnance, and you knew It. Se, let's be sure lets ee 'eeaa sure before we accuse any man, We have no right te charge iuanueis gang with this crime. The guilty men mny be here among us absolutely unsuspected. Chiller! Veu and Soapy Shay go ever and tell these, men that we are taking a count of all the people In this camp. Tell them te come nnd answer te their names. They will be safe." The count was never completed. Manuel Crust did net wait for his name te be called. He pushed his wny through uiu umwu, lenvirw nin followers eenina. Advancing te the feet of the steps he cried out hoarsely te Perclval: "If you want your men, I I, Manuel Crust, will lead you te one of them. He Is up there In the weed. Three men are guarding htm. He Is Sanche Mendez, the blacksmith. "Listen, I will tell you. It Is the Ged's truth I tell. There were seven of us hiding out there In the weed. We were scared. We heard our names called out We had heard the threats te burn ua olive. We ran away. We were net cow ards but still w ran away. We would wait till the crowd cooled off. That was my advlca. Then ve would return then we would help te find the man who did It and then we would help te burn them allve. An hour age Banohe Mendez crawled out of the brush up there above the landing and begged us te protect him. His leg wasi broken. He had fallen ever a leg. Yeu all knew Snnche Mendez. He was a geed boy. He wnn the friend of Hest Perclval. He wns no friend te me. But awrnra he will be mv slave fen-ver If I will sav him. Then lie tells us eerythlng. When I ask him why the hell he run nway. he says he lese hit mind or emethlng. He Just' go craxy, he says. He say everybody wan chas ing him he could hear them In the hunheH. h could henr that girl scream ing out hU nnme and all that. He was going te jump tn the water and drown, hecause he nays people tell him elwavs It U the easy way te die. Dut he fails down and breaks his leg here below the knee. He cannot run no mere. It la all up. He Id afraid te breathe. Peo Pee pin are all around him with knives and axes and clubs. He enn hear them In the brueh, Then the daylight oem, nd he seta us down below In the wK&s&uTi he says he thanks Oed. I will be!. friend I will save htm because I am an angel from heaven ! Bah I I spit In his face. We tie him te a tree with our holts, and then ! come down te tell Bees Perclval we have his man his geed and loyal friend." "Step!" yelled Peiclval, ns the crowd began te show nymptetnH of breaking away. "Listen te me! I gte you fair warning, I don't want te de It, but. by Oed, I'll order these men te sheet the first who tries te start anything. We're relnir te have law and order here. This man Sanche la going te have a fair trial. What's mera, he had a companion. What does he say of the ether man, Manuel Crust?" "Sanche Mepdez says he was alone. There was no ether man." ' Perclval -looked hard Inte Manuel Cruat'a bloodshot ryes. An appalling thought had suflenly flashed Inte his mind. Many Bocenda passed before he dared tei open hln lips. As If by divine revelation the ultuotlen lay -bare before him the whele Machlnvllaa scheme as conceived by Mnnuel. sUnahe Mendel was te be sacrificed t Even us he steed titers) MMehless, the plan begunMO work tewarfl It4 well-cal-eulated end. 'Manuel's frteMs started te harangue the crowd. Thly srsra growl ing hearse Invectives, shaking their lists In the direction of the weed, fanning the pent-up fun of the mob Inte a whirl wind that would sweep everything be fore) It, Onee the tide turned there would be no stepping It until flanche Mendez was tern te nieces. He would shriek his Innocence Inte deaf ears. And that was Manuel's gams. Pcrclval's heart leaped with Jey as he saw the armed force under Lieutenant Piatt meve' swiftly Inte a position bar ring the wny te the weeds. He thrilled with a mighty pride In the shrewd In telligence and resourcefulness e' this trained llrlitlnf. mnnAnrem the far-off 'Jiomeiana. (CONTINUED fimirein ' j ft'ifti. ly ', r iir ...... . . Jimiivi, lJJ2J j EVENING PUBLIC THE GUMPS Leeking Back ) I i , - i j I 22?uc& Si?!6 1 ivrtwai vjef imm wi frtw J ll Vl1, JW 5J "r TMAY? 3 ertflJS j SOMEBODY'S STENOGThe Bess Keeps Stewiri Around, ,,,.,.rt. (l. .. . If WrC.r?u H IHt II r.. - . . ,. DlCKEMS IS AW peautil: caht i' KEEP A THIA4 ej . .: . . . . el jr-1vY DUUN fl V The Yeu no Lady Acress the Way The young lady across the wny Kays Mr. Carpcntlcr wen his first contest ever here easily enough, but wnlttlll he gees 'up against Cove Ceve lciltle. PETEY Simply Necessary " 1 -fff Tl:k 7 &frhiiu!y& JsSsSs&e' THE CLANCY KIDS That's All srt i ....," LflbGEI - PHILADELPHIA MONDAY, NOVEMBER MIS5 ) ISMT THAT ( IT BACK OF . "T&UR fiAR? I yj : aaa 1 1 T -V 5 vfi' -PHv) ! THE TERRIDLE-TEMPRRED MS. V I if) JbJ A" 'ISSlill !. T Ui M t0i!riiujUAf -fV ?v fffiiW J7 C" poyeu Mg AN TO J8- thay you r TeAcneR N6ei? MAVfc TO TJPACU rewt n ErBR - ...- tOFl.A6! DID YOU THAT SPECIAL LETTER THE PIFFLE PIPE WORKS A.S X TOLD TOU TO f e-tBUT Yeu DIO . YeO TbeK IT OUT VITH VOU VbuRsfiLF LAST U6HT MR. BANG By A Ht "Liu 4u4XT -Ctxw jimLnMJub cXtdi, c.dd "Ltjuu. "JLeJC -fviu Witt, u rw rvie -tiXJUf FswuXc. MteaXJu' . T u"4- -s- THtrcAN;eT ( "THC KlW TO MN" , jri 4W 1920 V DO Yeu KAJevW VJHERE THAT AlUT HERE BILL 16 THAT WAS YOUR OM MY DESK r T J FONTAINE FOX cim SCHOOL 'DAYS -& f PfrTEV DSA13, it sans HeRETtfAr NA'ONteW Atft? COIWC Te HAve IfceiR maimer EMOtfOIDCRED Or4THElfi . aTeCKlHCS HOW w ? 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