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' EVENING BUBLICJ LEDGER- PHlADELPBiA, BATlfePAY: AUGUST 27, 1921
7 vacMMr
By GEORGE GIBBS
lthor of "The Splendid OuUaBtTh Yellow Dove," "The Secret
CotvrloM. !'' " n ABltm & Co.
fT DEOINS TUB STOUY
I .L Xicholacvitch, Human
..A DuU, d'h'cn from nome oV
ffll? 'fco rf take, chut 0
fe'rJ.rrffo "'C house of Jonathan
fZiure; The man Meuuvre jca s
:Xouohthcjuari)v MMI.
. .1.1 .flier irno iwmm'a "'" "" " "
lrtUY..- nut hint, ami Icavci a
!e" nifl'7or JcOiWrr. ic.o drier-
iC"cr:or ,"'"'C
'iSril. IC Acr' .!ih.ml. t),rCa '
I.j fo mole ttoublr. nan nope, no
" tia it until the's had her ting-
$," ioil Mcr.
AND HEKC IT CONTINUES
.....I l.l.n nf in tlm. iinrch.
Blcre they lokocil about for Hhn.1. "c
U disappeared. ,mi in nc ""-,
II." roaJ Peter was conducted by the
fced oing man at the wheel to Uncle
KVthlnf unusual hail happened In his
.:... rtr lintl nn.v other iiicsenge or
1 Junto been posted, for
Mtd for this duty, had
lth
nnil
for StrjKcr, re
searched nil
fotinil nothing.
MnrnlnC
sS.j-ti .. nlHni?. bldlne his hour
7?..i.....ir Ptinuch. nn astonishing
Lim (ipcnicil to hove fallen over the
ln Tonntlmn K. McOuIie. When
tVcter arrhed he found his cmplojor
.;.j - d,n nnrtlrn lii n wicker I'liiur,
rtoilnj his after-supper cigar. True.
luTtday Euards were posted nonr-by nnil
Winker hovered as was ins worn, out. urn
l"' . l.i- .mln. nt-'u rlnmnntinr UHM
i. .i...n H.nt l'etcr wondered how
Unch a stolid-looking trcature could ever
Kit lost his self-control. It wan dlf-
V . I i-.l ttila nintiiiiiniMilincilu
anleis it could be that, having comu to
u j.u u nn! nwnro 01 tne nioincri 01
K.-.ur if nnlv a tcinnornry one, Mc-
Urt of a bal Job and nwnlt with stoicism
whatever the future wan to bring. 'Ihls
u Peter's first Impression, nothing
tlM eucscstlng Itself, but when lie lol
i., iho nltl man un to his room nnd
n him the money he had brought he
soted the deeply etched lines nt nostril
tad Jaw and felt rather thnn saw the
Meaning Ot Iliem Mill .nmuiuju .tn;-
Golrewas in the grip of some deep and
tlnlster resolution. Thcro was n qual-
lltr of desperation in his calmness, a
Studied lnililtcrence 10 me dangers
which the night before laBt had hecmed
lo ipralllng.
lie put tlio money in the safe, carc
h!ly locked tlio combination nnd then
ttrned into the room again.
"Thnnks. Nichols." he said. "You'd
letter havo some supper and get to bed
tonight. I don't think you'll be needed."
And then, as Peter's look showed his
lurpriso, "I know my man nettor than
jou do. Tomorrow nignc wp muui see.
liecioicd iiih npH nun n nun line, xnoi
out hi? Jaw ami lowered his luows im
pleasTiitl. Courage of a soft had conic
tack to him, the coinage of the nnlm il
it bay, nliidi lights against the inevitable.
To Peter the time .cemeil nronltinus
to Etato the need for tlio ohsonntimi
towers anil he explained in detail hW
projects. Hut McfJuire lisleni'd nnd
Vffctnlclor had tinlbhcil bpciilclug nieicl.v
thook his head.
"What j on say Is quite true. The
towers must be built. I'o tlioucht so
lora ions time, in a lew ilnH we w 11
Weak ot that acain nftnr tomoriow
filftht," he finished signllioantly.
As vou mease. ' sn il I'otnr. "Imt
tvery day ion now mn "
. u e II gam these ihns later," he
fcroke In abruptlj . "I want jou to sta
wound here now."
un rniiny morning no insisted on
laving Peter show him the tiee when'
tne placard had been dlM'owutil, and
ftr, nawnc taken lunch with him, led
m down to the big sugar maple, off
ta pitli to the cabin. IVter saw tliat
ne wanned the woods nnnowlv and
w;u 'i a hand in his wnitlnnd,
ttblcli retpr l.nou Imlil nn tm. ivn --
SoYitt, but the whine was gone from his
Voice, tho trembling from his hnmls. lie
bito around the maple with l'etcr, re
tjrdln? it with n Hmt or morDi(l nb
ftractlon, nnd then luniMlf led the wnv
w e pntli and to the house. Why lie
Mated to look at the tree wns more
Mil Pfttni. Mm.l.l 1 , . ..
tr. J "-'""," '"""''siaiiii. lor it was
;.tir' i,10t '"' "ll0 wns t0 1;ccl' this
, i ;" awiK'niiion.
... umu-rsmnu. Meholw." he Haul
nen the; rpnMio.i iim .,ti .
I ir,..,l .' -":."." ! "'.. . J"U it
I 'it , . KU lonu'ni at 11
u.l lws." on d let mi
iwoui tlio monev.'
..m.?TrnJ; ,x c ,nn,,c "P "y mind"
Ji,r ?.r;r,iilre vlth n to ,cl1 f iis oi.i
R. thcre 1 cni,,t bp " chnngo in
Plan-no clmiige nt all.
h.i ' Tcry "o11'" M1 I'cr. "It's
Mm monev I'm gUing away."
B,('I.JI" matter. Nichols. I I've
tot a lot more ."
pmii tho principle"
itm
l,.1.0. n with the
Pawled the old man.
cabin n.,rr,rV '""I "'l bn.k to tho
' n'njlmt ilicgiiHto.1 will, his
two u nil, i "' wins anil i-xcept foi
ro.Vnk? t,lr,"Kl1 ,,llu "m,U f'"' PUr
r' of inwwtlsritlnn. nothing tint he
l'.T? ,1(1""1 '"l1 "--nrnPlI.
Su"1,8. nnv. So far as ho
McGu l.' f?f t!JP I1l0!"'"t lln ",ls to.
Ittvant nn.i ;""""'." " . " "l "llT
MnM i.; i """""Ker. Whoso duties
Wbavc been pei formed ns pnn.il.K
ll Wells, or PPll .liisan
tOH'.Hl. inllril l.ln, Tf
I, ,", tlr, wimt lie hud hoard
" Knew tint ilown l,.. i,. tn m
n es
mo meet him
protested
principle,"
n'1trklr "r Shn.l Wells
'4UVVI1. "ha
jaea him
S?f."re .lolly cutting the wrong t
e u.. nireiidy sent some In-.tiurtlnns
i n.r ..-""" BU'"-
v iiih rnfmnnM ii .
be.,,,, i;;"" u".n' '"t no tilil not
kn
there.
be ,. ii i , , ."L "l 'oui.i no
uV,"re,hat his oiders lmd been o1,vp,I
v new thnt ho nnii,t tr. ,....i .i. .,..
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mill.,.. . i "..,-" "."'""
unlnu i"""? ""'is wiui urn men mm
I,' "' iiiiMins foi the (linage
L , r?.i..,,u. . "? 1"? ns M.flni.o
tli.. """. "iiiiin to enliDuc ranee
l??: V""'' to do but lo ,diev. '
nrn?MC'1,t"",11,ln' tl"W off his
ftitahE . ".'' .,,.nr'.,lv M,t,','l 'n t
the nl, nr 'n(lsh h.ls IB. n Plan
Welrni riint"m '"""rH' 1P" "'tli
.fwarw. II,. ion, n,,.! ,.rif,f,i .,
wmlni" ,w,s "usI,u1' fm sl,,! ll1111 M
"ii.. ... . .
lreati,i;4yn ,"'"" ,"'10
"Xo "
, "Oh '
she oske.
Wi " 1Mlp KI,,P'd "I
L,Bet hno 1)(r"ie me
''to U'!m,Kll tho wo,
'"" h the muttei?"
was nfrald
I look the
oods
lie knl.l 1, I ' .
N to bit-.. "l,s eMnK t0 l,r,,nK
2n bits
". '":, '"' WlnV"
me C--"-'11' kaiH J 0ll1",t
Ill, I
l'th a irrln
Ll ' " h
D0 I, i ..
im,."' '"'(II
L. 11 in
,, he miittcrrd, nnd then.
.and what do ou thluic
tolnS?;,"" ,,ll,,,,i,.lHn,lrW,t Wh,,t
ieuUrn1.,,"K.11"1 . ."'"'t l"t's bother
Sho lim
ITIAlt -.. .
"." Lflll lim I,. I.... i
sh.. i,r. :".."." vM" I'oousr
m in 7 i "'""Bin iiiein
..?,'" wnh a hurr
fomeaV" ?.'Pn l. 011 nfraid-whon
I "I i,..' ,""""
he
Xoutblni1 i K"VV'" pnl'1 I'fter, "Do
MX Jiink X ought to bcV"
"Well. Rlmil'u l,n'a nt.nf fl.ntf ......
n Hellion nroiinil'liere."
Miinrs a or Hellion?"
A n errnppcr."
'Oh, n flglitlni; man?"
108."
IVtcr Sat down nf lim lilnlin nml
Mruck loudly somo strident tllsroids In
ib ns. "j,iu,. this i" i,o laughed.
isn it ugly, lleth thnt'H whnt fight
lug is I had It day nml night for
J CirK. If Klind lmil liPOn 111 ll,n unr l,n
wouldn't ever want to light again."
"Here jou In tho war?" asked Beth
in nmnzement.
ut course. Where would I hnvc
lieen.' And hofnro ul,n nnnl.l ronli,
',' hnd swept Into tho rumbling bass of
lie "Keolutlonary Ktude." She sank
Into n chair nnd sat silent, listening,
at first watching tho door, nnd then ns
t ho soul of tho artist within her awoke
hp forgot everything but tho music.
mere, wns a long silence nt the end
when Peter paused, and then ho heard
nor voice, tense, suppressed,
in .i1 C0U,tI tco if ou made me seo
''I she gasped, almost hi a whisper.
" nr revolution tho people augrv
mumbling crowding, pushing
n crowd with cunH and sticks howling nt
n gate nnd then a mnn trjlng to
speak to them appealing "
l'etcr turned quickly nt the words
and faced her. Her eyes were like stars,
her soul rnpt In tho isIon his music
hnd painted. l'etcr lmd lived that scene
again and again, hut how could lleth
ItllOW Unless ho linil mniln lmn uon 117
There wns something stinnge uncanny
in iietn n usioii of the great dinma
of Peter's life. And ct slip hnd tten.
Lvui now her siiirit was afar,
"And what happened to the man who
was appealing to IhcmV" ho asked so
berly. She closed her e.u-s, then opened them
toward him, shaking her hend. "I I
don't know It'n nil gone now."
"Kut you snw what I plajcd. That
is what happened."
"What do jou mean?" she ques
tioned, stni tied in iicr turn.
Peter shrugged himself Into the pres
ent moment. "Nothing. It's just
revolution. Wnr. Wur is like that,
Ketli," he went on quietly nftur n mo
ment. "Like the motif in the bass
therp is no end the. threat of It never
stops day or night. Only hell could
be like it."
lleth slowly came out of her dream.
"You fought?" she abked.
"Oh, jcs."
Another silence. "I I think I un
derstand now wl4v jou're not afraid."
"Kut I am afraid, lleth." ho said
with a smile. "I was always afraid
in the war. Kccauto death la alwavs
waiting just around the corner. Nobodv
who has been in tlio war wants ever
to fight ngnin."
Ik tinned to the piano. "They all
want happiness lleth. Peace. This!"
he finished, nnd bis roving fingers played
softly tho Tsclin'.kowsky "Reverie."
When ho had finished ho turned to
her. smiling.
"What ision do you see In that,
Keth?"
Slip started as though from a dream.
"Ob. Impplnp'H nnd sadness, too."
"Yes." slid Peter sohcily. "No one
knows what it is to bo hnppj' unless one
has been fad."
'"I hut's true. ln't It?" she mut
tot od. looking nt him in wonder. "I
ni'M'i know what unhapplnc-s was for
but I giioss that s It.
He caught the minor note In her
oito nnd smiled.
"Come now," he said, "we'll lme
our first leson."
"Without the hooks?"
"Yes. We'll try breathing."
"Krcnthing?"
"Yes fiom the dinnlirngm."
And ns she looked bewildered. "From
tlio stomach not fiom the chest
breathe deeply nnd say "All.'
She obejed him and did it naturally,
js though she had necr brinthed In any
other wnv.
'Tine." he cried nnd touched n note
on tlio piano. "Now ting it. 'llirow
,t forwuid. Softlj fir,t, then loud
er "
It wns while she was carrying out
this Instruction that a shadow appeared
nn the doorslll, followed In n moment
bv the lUure of Shnd Wells. Roth's
"Ah" censed suddenly. The visitor
stood outside, ills hands on his hip",
in silent rnge.
Peter merely glanced at him over his
shoulder.
"How nro vou. Wells?" he said po
Uteh. "Won't jou come in? We're
having n singing lesson."
Shad did not move at speak ns Peter
went on, "Take the chair bv the door,
old man. The cigarettes are on tlje
table. Now, Roth "
Rut lleth remained as she wns, nn -enslh
legarding the intruder, for she
knew that Shad wns there for no good
purposp. Poter ruuslit her look and
turned toward the door, deliberately Ig
noring the man's threatening demeanor.
"Wo won't be long," he begun coolly,
"not over half nn hour "
"No, I know jo won't." growled
Shad. And then to the girl, "Reth,
eonio out o' there!"
If Shad's appearance had caused
Kith nnv uneejtnintj. she found her
spirit now, for her pjos Unshed nnd
her mouth do-ed in a linrd lino.
"Who are jou to snv wbcie I como
or go?" slio said cenly.
Rut Shn.l stood his giound.
"If ou don't know enough to know
what s what I'm hero to show ou "
"Oh, I s.u ." sii.l Poter coolly.
"You can ny what jou like, mister
Ami l'e got Mimetliin' to taj to jou
when this lad goes."
Oh " anil then quietlj to Reth,
"IVibnps joil'd better go. Run,, the
books tomorrow nt the snme time "
Rut Reth hadn't moved, nnd onlv
looked nt lWei uppenlinglj. So Peter
spoke. ... ..
"This man is impolite, not to say
dUngieiiible to jou. Has ho any right
to speak to jou like this?"
"No." suld lltth uneasily, "but 1
don't want nnv tiouble."
Poter wiilktd to the door nnd fneed
Sluid outside.
"There won't he nnv trouble unless
Wells makes it." And then, ns if a
new thought hud come to him, he said
ninio ih.oifullj, "Perhaps ho doesn't
quite iin.leibtand "
"Oh. 1 imilirstiind, nil right. Are
jou goin'. Reth?"
Him gliin.od nt Peter, who nodded
towaid the path, and she mine between
"(i'o nn hiik, Shad," she suld.
"No "
"Do j,m menu if If jou do I'm
tliioiigh'witli mu. You umlcistaud?"
l'lter took the glil bj tho aim and
led In r gmth awnj.
".lust wait u minute, Welle" he
Hung over Ills shoulder at the man,
"I'll be bnik In a hocoiuI."
Tim oir-lcs tone intlier bewildered
Hip woodsmnn, who had ex not tod to
find either fear 01 linger. The forester
piano -plajei showed neither only
I'.uolcss inso nnd a coolness which
could onlj be lu cause lie didn't know
whnt wns coming to him.
..j, l,hii ' I'll lit him!" mut-
leted Sluid. quivering with rage Rut
lVt,,.-. hnvlng fortified himself with n
idirniottu. wan now letiirnlng Wells
mlwimcil into an open space whoip
lliiu was plcntj of loom to swing his
elbows ami wulteu,
CONTINUED" MONDAX ,
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