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SHE VAGRANT DUKE
1 By GEORGE GIBBS
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.-:i,A h,i revolution.
iUt country at Peter
and goei'to worm on wo
Li el Jonathan a. cjc.
SKiA Wm blackmailed by one
Efc Kennedy. Kennedy tayt mo
V6 killed Ben Cameron, Heir
SSSroiimwiii Kennedy, and Mo
faTpromliet to give a million dol
Vww. '.n rmrAH. daughter of
W """- ;.!. in
.fm he ii being shadowed, and
tXom abroad that the BoUhe
Sf on trailing Mm, Kennedy re-
$& Beth He mupeofhtr identity
S3 Mi(foii her about her father.
vytUtio you want to know fort"
14 oifcf.
JAND HERE IT CONTINUES
- . . i t .. fwinnltt at
iTJThls cent raowo ...-
i .... .tJi nt his feet. He tried to
ta3b-nd the sound of the dry cacklo
.Uttle mirth in it.
Wo matter, xx wiuu. ..B
Jh t mms sre'd better goI guess
'i better." And with that he sank
11 it in jL'vivi. o .iw". -o-- -
But Beth still stood And Btared at
Km aware of tho sudden chnngo in
fctK&to toward her. .What did it
Jl ncflnT What were Peter's relations
,.v 11,1. .ffiiturn who behnved so
JSSiflT at the mention of her name?
m, MA he speak of Ben Cameron?
W w,"h?f whEhlhe had at first
...J . Liiii. nf the man's evil leering
gem i"""' I. . t,. ,,,j,i.t i.
!i vMn reueueu uti nuuuiitiij --
Stated In a pane of intuition. This
in It must bo
Jr-i. E-n.,1r the man who
" . llM .tf. naw linrrnr
u the growing pallor of her face and
Hiwk Kennedy saw the look. It was
"TfJih nm devilish wtvcholoclonl
"ntrlvsnce had " J!?
ro consciousness iu i" ,
Btth w the samo picture the sand,
IT. v. thi. blazlnc sun and a dead
bu lTlnjr with n knife in his back
iVnd Beth continued staring
4i thmgh in a kind of Homme rasci-
..(in And when her lips movca sne
IfDoh.as thoiiRh Impelled by a force
Ifcrond her own wilt Ion.
"yOUyOU re IIUWH ncimcuji oin;
ild tensely, "the man who killed my
Mta" , ....,
"It's a lie, ne gnupeu, npriUKiut;
9 his feet. "Who to'd you that?"
"I I guessed it "
"Who told ye about Hawk Ken
dr? Who told ye about him?"
"No one "
"Ye didn't dream it. Ye can't dream
i name," he said tensely. "Pete told
(be lied to ye,
"H didn't."
But he had caught her by the wrist
fain ana araggcu utr nu-j im raum,
An was thoroughly frightened now
:oo frightened even to cry out too ter
med at the sudden rcveintion oi inip
nin who for some days nau oecn a
ilnd of evil spirit in the background of
ler happiness. He was not liue what
it bad thought he was, but embodied
in idea that was sinister and terrible.
Ini while she wondered what ho was
oing to do next he pushed her into thn
irmebair, locked tne door and put tne
ity into his pocket.
"Now we can tain," ne muttered
rlmly. "No chance of bcln' disturbed
-Fete ain't due for hours yet. So he's
en tellln' you lies about me. Has
eJ 8ayln' I done it. By G , I'm
lerlnnln' to see "
He leered at her horribly, and Beth
iemed frozen into her chair. The
rcurage that had been hers a moment
ro when be had shrunk away from her
bad tied before the fury of bis questions
nil tbe violence of hit. touch. She was
nctlmidaled for the first time In ficr
life and yet the tried to meet his eyes.
lrMTi htirnAfl nt1rll alitfHvtf ftm oIIa
Jto side like those of a caged beast. In
her terror she could not tell what
dauntless instinct had urged her unless
in was lien Cameron s soul in agony
that bad cried out through her lips. And
now she had not onlv betraved Peter
bnt herself.
"I'm beglnnln' to see. You and Pete
-Dlarln both endn inralnst the mid-
pit, with McGuire comln down some-
aln' very handsome for a weddln' pres-
ni ana teavin' me out In the cold.
enr pretty! But It
Irork out Just that wav
i au."
All of this he muttered in a wildly
Untl kind of a wav. nt no onn In nnr.
wular, as his gaze flitted from one ob-
w in the room to another, always
Using over Beth nlmnsfc imnprnnnnllv.
put in a moment she saw his gaze con
centrate upon her with sudden eager-
leu.
I 'J'5e,toW ' ! donc " d'd c? Well.
I '"do t," he cried in a strident voice.
In, v uu ,u" ll wttB i'tcuuire nnu
Ill.ProTo it, all right. McGuire. Peto
u la mat on rac oven it he wanted
0. IlUt lin told VAIl A, va wnifMti'f
f spoke like ye did. I guess maybe
iwouldn't of said so much if Pete
d been here. But ye let tho cat slip
nt of the bag all tight. You and Pete
-and maybe McGulre's with ye too
Jl against me. Is that so?
'at yer speak, girl? Must ye alt
CW 1nt tnrln' nt ma Hh Klw
J2b"What ar8 y8 lookln' at? Are yc
K I'm not dumb," gasped Beth,
miillne for hap ivMirn nn... nil
P while of the physical threat in the
"B" .r'.Pr"Ln"-
iu i & ZT lam' xel ma tbe truth. Pete
Ifl It Was TOUr mnnT Mrrinlrn tnnlr
lour money McGulre's rot to make ood
irV A.ln,t that tho truth?"
I won't answer."
Un. v win & nt -i.
tt.i i, " f bu ii answer an
E5...-1 m "? Boin'trlfie. What
In,.?? fSm.e. here t0 "e ret nb""
t!i: V" ,e!J.er ' cnme to give him 7
r'l' to mel"
JJh clutched the heliotrope note to
'1.1. l ,.uul " tvennedy caught
ism l. A M fccu iu icur ii. awn;
ta,ner. It needed nnlv thin nnw rt
0P,Vlca' violence to give Beth tho
'rate nf dni. ou. . . .
lt ii..ji -i"'i. hub niirniiR 10 nor
m eluding him, but he caught her
"'ore ah ,fi,.j 4i. ...ij m..
KwfV hlra w,th her fists, but he tore
CwirJ i.i?w'7 ,from her and hurled her
r .? the bd nv nhl.li D1.. 11
rtfT.'i Th was no uso trying
"aeless tMn "i". w.n,c1 8,po.e ?1
IV mi. i ivuu bo sne
tlit? !?leMJ nulng her Injured
ie taA.V'i? ePerately to think what
iwf -flV wntchlntr her keenly from
diV. .fLhls. ?. nwk Kennedy wns
l tb. Ei,nl',0ireJett-.8neln8
nata S .",'"" wuru oy wora. iias
d 5E?J? ,nter8t and 'hen to pua-
ii; "
ittrai M.? "Z", "ho heard him
icV F '!tti,a8tVas he glanced toward the
STU1
ifc1 5oa!t know," she said,
idXl do. Whkr. dM .. L.t .1.U
It ain't goln' to
vay not that way
Oh! Your house I Where?"
In the village."
' I see. An' this scrawl on the en
velope you wrote It "
Beth couldn't reply. He was drag
King her through the very depths ot
humiliation.
At her silence his lips carved in ugly
amusement.
"Anastaslel" ho muttered. "Some
queen that with her nurnle naner an'
all. And ye don't know who she is?
ur who Pete is? Answer mel"
'" I don't know." she whispered
"I I don't. rcaHr.''
"H-m! Well, he ain't what he's
seemed to bo, that's suro. He nln't
what he's seemed to be to you and he
ain't what he's seemed to bo to me.
But whoever he is he can't nut any
thing over on me. Wo'll see about
this."
Beth straightened and sat up, watch
ing him pace tho floor in deep thought.
There might be a chance that she could
escape by the window. But when she
started up ho ordered her back roughly
and she soon saw that this was im
possible. At lajst he stopped walking up and
down and stared at her, his eyes nar
rowed to mere silts, his brows drawn
ominously together. It seemed that he
nau reached a decision.
"You behave yourself an' do what
I tell yo an' y won't be hurt," he
growled.
"Wh-what are you goln' to do?
she gasped.
"Nothin' much. Ye'ro just goln'
witn me that's nil."
"W-where?"
"That's my business. Oh, yo needn't
be scared of nny love makln'. I'm not
on that lay this trip."
He went to tho drawer of Peter's
bureau and took out some hnndker
chiefs.
"But ye'd better be scared if ye don't
do what I tell yc. Here. Stand up!"
Beth shrank away from him, but he
caught ncr Dy the wrists and held her.
Yo're not to maKe a noise, d'ye
ucurr i cant iaao tne chance. "
And while she still struwlcd des
peratcly, he fastened her wrlBts to
gether behind her. Then bo thrsut one
oi i'etcr'8 handkerchiefs In her mouth
and securely gagged her. He wasn't
nny too gentle with her. but even In
her terror she found herself thanking
uou mat it was only abduction that he
planned.
Hnwk Kennedy went to the window
and peorcd out up the path, then he
opened tho door and looked around.
After a moment he camo in quickly.
"Come." he muttered, "it's time we
were off."
Ho caught her by the arm and helped
her to her feet, pushing her out of the
door and into the underbrush at the
corner of the cabin. Her feet lagged,
her knees were weak, but the grasp on
her shoulder warned her of cruelties
she had not dreamed of and so she
stumbled on on Into tho depths of the
forest, Hawk Kennedy's hard hand
urging her on to greater speed.
CHAPTER XIX
Yalilmov Rccnls Himself
It was with some mlnglvings that
Peter left his cabin, leaving Hawk
Kennedy there to slecn nff th ctrt.
of his potations, but the situation at
i. 1"mDcr camP wa" so hazardous
that his presence was urgently required.
Hawk had awakened early, very early,
and very thirsty, but Peter had told
him that there was no more whisky
and threatened to throw nvr thn hr,u
affair of he didn't sober up and behave
uwiseu. Anu so, nnvtng exacted a
promise from Hawk Kennedy to leave
tho Cabin when he had had his sleep
out, Peter had gotten the "flivver"
from McGulre's garage (as was hi
custom) and driven rapidly down to
ward the camp.
He had almost reached the conclu
sion that the copy of the partnership
agreement which Hawk had held as a
threat ovor AIcGuIrc had ceased to ex
ist that It had been lost, effaced or
destroyed. But he wonted to be more
certain of this before he came out Into
the open, showed his hand and Mc
Quire's and defied the blnckmailer to
do his worst. He felt pretty sure now
from his own knowledge of the man
that, desperate though he was in his
intention to gain a fortune by this ex
pedient, he was absolutely powerless to
do evil without the signature of Mc
Guire. The question as to whether or
not he would make a disagreeable pub
Uclty of the whole affair was impor
tant to McGuire and bad to be avoided,
if possible, for Peter had given his
promise to bring the affair to a quiet
conclusion.
Until he conld have a further talk
with McGuire. ho meant to lead Hawk
Kennedy on to further confidences, and
with this tend in view and with tbe
further purpose of getting him away
from the cabin, had promised to meet
him late that afternoon nt a fork of tho
rond to the lumber camn. the other
prong of which led to a settlement of
several shanties where Uawk had man
aged to get a lodging on the previous
night and on several other occasions.
In his talk with the ex-waiter he
learned that on his previous visits tho
man had made a careful survey of th
property and knew his way about al
most as well as Peter did. It appeared
that he also knew something ot Peter'
problems nt the lumber camp and the
difficulties the superintendent had al
ready encountered In getting his sawed
lumber to the railroad and in complet
ing his fire-towers. Indeed, these dlffl
culties seemed only to have begun
again, and It wns with great regret that
Peter was obliged to forgo the oppor
tunity of seeing Beth that day, per
haps even that evening. But he had
told her nothing of his troubles the
night beforo, not wishing to cloud a
day so fair for them both.
Tho facts were these: Flynn nnd
.Tacobl, the men he had dismissed, had
appeared again nt the camp in his ab
sence, bent on fomenting trouble, nnd
Shad Wells, already Inflamed against
the superintendent, had fallen an caiy
prey to their machinations. Accident
were always happening nt the sawmills,
accidents to machinery and Implement
culminating at last In the blowing out
of a tube of ono of the boilers. It wat
this misfortune that had held the work
up for several days until a spare boiler
could bo installed. Peter tried to find
out how these accidents had happened
but encb lino of investigation led up
a blind nlley. Jesse Brown, his fore
man, socmed to be loyal, but he wai
easy-going nnd weak. With many of
his own friends among tho workers both
ot tho camp nny mills he tried to hold
his job by carrying water on both
shoulders and the consequences were in
evltablo. . , .... , .
Ho moved along the line of least re
sistance nnd the trouble grew. Peter
saw his weakness and would have picked
another than to supersede him, but
thore was no other available. The truth
was that though tho men's wages were
high for the kind of work they were
doing, the discontent that they had
brought with them was in the air.
The evening papers brought word of
troubla in every direction, tho threat
ened railroad nnd steel strikes and the
nrosnect of a coalless twinter when the
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