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By GEORGE GIBBS
'hkot of "The Splendid Outcast," "The Yellow Dove," "The Secret
ffnor Witness," Etc. "
ConrtoM, ltit, hu D. AvnUten 4 a.
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fTgDEOINS THE BTOmt
. J1!. MA noes to fork on the
WitJoShon K. McOuire. Mo-
i Mnghhokmaitcd by one
'tts killed a man named lien
'ZLn. thtir partner in gold pros
OfSZTln the Writ year before,
tffih V "Kennedy did the kll U
if Peter leUevee McOuire and sets
fai to circumvent Kennedy. Mo
!. learns that Beth Cameron, a
fifttoBta 'neighborhood, is tho
iS pj his former partner, and
Set iw " PWhcr a million
GEAihe moment the menace of
rZntdv l removed, Hcnncay re
fiSto the McQuirp estate to visit
. and there meets Beth Cameron
gl'C cho she is. vile believe.
M. ", j...i.i.nmflnn. and carries
Ueriog. Peter has received word
uJ Princess Oallitzin, a friend in
Wtf, that the Bolsheviki are on
WZck.ond he fact it brought
" ".. i. -kn thn nrrsmce amono
u. w of a number of maloontents,
i&lV Bhad Wells, his first as
Msnt. Wells is jealous of htm.
nstkert in love with Beth Cameron.
?' . '-. t h dnnaer in tho
SSef immediate trouble.
" AJTO HERE M CONTINUES
i FIRST Peter had thought thnt
'AbdWduaUy many of tho men liked
ItojHe bad done what ne could for
S J comfort and paid them the hlihest
ZL juitifiable, but rad""" h found
totbli Influence was being undermined
ai that the good-natured lagging which
Mtr bad at first tried to tolerate had
lLti to loafing on tho Job, nnd finally
ij overt acts of rebellion. Moro men
ujbeen eent away and others with oven
w conscience had taken their places.
, of them had cnunclatod Bolshevist
JocWnea as wild as any of Flynn's or
jMobl's. Jonathan K. McOulro stood
-. . which represented the hier-
bA. of wealth nnd was therefore their
CnUtuy enemy. 1'etor in a quiet
J& it the bunk-house one night had
S3 them that once Jonathan K. Mc-
&nl one of them. But even ns he
Soft he bad felt that his words had
S?d. no impression. It wus what Mc
8&unoir that mattered, they told
flST All this land, nl 1th I, lumber,
Sm the people's, nnd thoy'd get it,
too, in time. "With great earnestness,
born of i porsonal experience of which
rt could not dream, Peter pointed out
to them what had happened nnd was
ilthsirowlng picture of helplessness nnd
1 1 itarTitlon, but they smoked their pipes
(I la silence and answered him not at all.
Tier were not to be reasonod witu. it
tit Soviet came to America they were
Willing to try it. They would try any
thing once.
But Sbftd Wells was "canny" nnd
Peter had never succeeded in tracing
ibt of the neeidents or nny of tho dis
sensions directly to his door. Without
iridence ngninst him Tctcr did not think
it wise to send him out of camp, for
tniny of the men were friendly to Shad
i md bis mcmlKsiu was sure to mean an
o npheaval of sorts. Peter Knew that
i 8bad bated him for what had happened
I it tne cabin, but ttiat in ins Heart no
i 1nti-ri to coma out into the onen wherp
1 i repetition of his undoing in public
1 might destroy his influence forever. So
to Peter s face he was sullenly obedient.
Uklng care to give the appearance of
carrying out his orders, while as soon
is Peter's back was turned he laughed,
loafed and encouraged others to do the
lame.
Ai1 Imp Vii Inaf ttaaIp Tftf f 1 nil nnt
1 liked the looks of things. At tho lum
ber camp the work was almost at a
standstill, and the Bawmills were silent.
Jesse Brown had told him that Flynn
ind Jacobl bad been at tho bunkhouse
and that the men had voted him down
when the foreman had tried to send
them away. It was clear that some
radical itep would novo to be taken at
once to restore discipline or Peter's au
thority and usefulness ns sunerinten-
Jdent would be only a matter of hours.
'-- "iu ui mi ui tuunc luiiis wink
Peter thought as ho bumped his way in
the "flivver" over the corduroy road
through the swamp land which led to
the lower reserve, nnd as he neared the
Kene of these mntrrlnl ilifllciiltipn nil
thought of Hawk Kennedy passed from
Ms mind.
Thero was the other danger, too. that
had been one of the many mibiects of
US letter nf Aniilnali ClnUttlr, 4ny
Peter bad no doubt now that the foi -liner
with the dark mitbtnche who hud
followed him Hmvn frnm Vw Vnrlr niul
ho some weeks ago had been ent out
ef the camp was no other than the agent
f the Soviets, who had forwarded to
wndon the information as to his
Whereabouts. Peter had not seen thin
fun since the day of his dismissal, but
St tUMXWdl til (if In mnn In tlin lnf
Will Hjnn. Jacobl nnd porhnps Shud
Wells to make mischief in the lumber
camp.
The nnnnrtiintf.. ,Vin TH,. n..l.
inj matters to n focus was not long
coming, for when ho reached the
SMnnilis, which hnd resumed desultory
cperatlons, he found Finn nnd Ja
1, the "Itods," rnlmlj suited in the
mcc, wnoking nnd talking with Shud
uells. l'etcr hnd left his "fllvvei" up
e mad, nnd his Midden entrance wa-
hfiUrpris,c- Thp mfn Sot "P sullenly
mi would lmo Mpuched nut of tin1
joor, but Peter closed It, put his buck
"it, nnd faced them. He h cold
Willi nnt.ni. nn.l l.i.i i.i i i f.i.
.lira i. " . """ "ciu iiuiiiwu ill wiiu
fllfflculty, but he had taken tholr hum-,
VTv And mrnnf rv K.i.. ... -it..
nich would Kettle their stntus and his
own. once and fnr nil limn
'Wllllt Ore 'ion llninir liorn?" ha lin.
-ri,6ho,r,)y' ccl"B Flnn.
lie Irlvhmnii Muck his hnnds into
B Pockets nnd shruRgcd inimdi-ntly.
Wits my busimvH," be mutteied.
,1. '''n; You two men wne dls
""" because you woio incompetent.
him. 0" u'ro setting money mi
iZ , enrn ""d hecnuse jou were trv-
to pcrniado others to be- os worth-
.1. ,c ' vnca. iuu were ururioo
o the prnperty "
,' can't keep us off "
Wi..t iCoratf t0 tlint in n moment,
this - lJ:. bl P, " now .-
iil ,, "i iiiuiiuiig ins nnius
h bSr cos"Lot. jt ,,,ntn,,or bait'
(hi. Vl . """" "" fco wrong dc
fcV.!".." .n(1y'''. "me
becauR. 7fc. V," ' V""K sfrnignt, others
Tlah atley'd rather go wrong than
"F . Some of you 'Heds' believe in
uLV"1 Preftch. that tho world can
tt.lin,ie,?Ve,r,ntUl ."" th0 MMJ "J
hre &llv"iSd up ,n n "ow ,,en'. You
tMnrd0ot;nfi,!lon,t llrvo ln. nn"
Vlrfln. i n """ u V'"C wiinoin
est m?n f,or JJ-nnd "ylng to mnkc lion
" men do the snme. You. Jacobl. are
ho hi,i.. 71.C0War1,y f001 nt tlmt
SSaiSn" bBil?nd tlle cot-fiila of n
M stronger than you "
"Y wi ""? all6i
Wt rnin. y a" ? ,yoVr "I""", but ho
5rtS ' Wt'l ,8n ,,,e umHtvr "f
8eei!2tW" 3b w,1,,e 1m suP'n-
Vcrj goon. Now, as
"Yes, wo will,
n mnttcr of fnct-
"How?"
"By proving; which Is the better man
you or me " ,
'Oh, it's a fight ye mcan7"
"Exactly."
The Irishman leered at htm cun
ningly. "I'm too old a bird to bo caught wit'
that stuff puttln' yon writ' the right
on yer side. We're nfther sheddin' no
blood here, MIsther Nichols. We're on
this job for peace an' Justice fer nil."
Then you're afraid to fight?"
No. But I'm not n-goln' to "
"Not if I tell you you'ro a eneak,
a liar nnd a coward "
Flynn's jnw worked nnd his glance
passed from Jncobi to Wells.
"I'll make ye cat them nnmes back
wnrds ono dny, MIsther Nichols, but
not now. I'm here for a bigger cause.
Stand nnny from the door."
"In a moment. But first let mo toll
you this, nnd Sbnd Wells, too.
"You're going out of this door and
out of this camp all three of you.
And if nny ono of you shows hlmsolf
lnsldo tho limits of this property ho'll
nave io inico tne consequences."
'Mrnnln' what?" asked Wells.
"Meaning me," said Peter, "and
nftcr me, the law. Now go."
He stood asido nnd swung the door
onen With onn linnri. hut ha HMn'f fnlr
,- - , w ..w u.w HHW
uis eyes irom tnem.
They laughed in his face, but they
obeyed him. filing out into the open,
nnd strolled nwny.
Peter had hoped to coax n fight out
of Flynn, thinking thnt tho Irish blood
in him couldn't resist his taunts nnd
chnllengo. But Flynn had been too
clover for hlra. A defeat for Flynn
meant loss of prestige, n victory pos
sible prosecution. Llther wny he hnd
nothing to gnln. Perhaps ho was just a
pownrd llko Jacob! or a beaten bully
like Shad. Whatever he wns Flynn
seemed very sure of himself nnd Peter,
though npparently master of tho situa
tion for the present, wns conscious
of a senso of defent.
But he breathed more freely now that
ho had made his decision with regard to
Shad Wells. He spent a largo part
of tho morning going over tho mills,
getting tho men together and giving
them a littlo talk, then went up to the
camp in senrch of Jesse Brown. The
news of his encounter with Shpd and
tho "Reds" had preceded him and he
saw that trouble was browing. Jesse
Brown wagged his head in a deprecat
ing way and tried to sidestep the entire
situntlon. But Peter had reached a
point whero h wns tired of equivoca
tion. "I say, Jesse," he said nt InBt,
"you've lot' things get into a pretty
bnd mess down here."
"I'm a pcnceablo man, Mr. Nichols,"
said Jesse. "I've tried to steer this
camp along oasy-llke. 'til this bit of
woods is cleared up, and here you go
Mirrln' up a hornet's nest about our
cars."
Peter frowned. "You know ns well
as I do that the men nro doing just
ns they please. At tho rate they're
going they wouldn't have this section
finished by Christmas. I'm paying
them for work they don't do, nnd
ou know it. I put you in here to
fceo thnt McQuiro gct what he's pay
ing for. You haven't done It."
''I'vo done the best I could," mut
tered Jesse.
"That isn't thc best I want. You
knew Flynn nnd .Tucobl were back In
camp yesterday. Why didn't you tell
mo so?"
"I can't do nothin'. They've got
friends here."
"And haven't you got friends here,
too? I sent those men out of camp.
If they're here ngain I'll find the
power to arrest them."
"I'd advlso jou not to try thnt."
"Why?"
"They're stronger than you think."
"I'll tako my chances on thnt. But
I want to know where you Btnnd. Are
you with me or against mo?"
"Well," said Jesse, rubbing his hend
dubiously, "I'll do what I can."
"All right. We'll make a fresh etnrt.
Round up nil hnnds. I'm going to talk
to them at dinner time."
Jesso glancod at him, shrugged and
went out, nnd Peter went into tho
office, where he spent the intervening
time going over tne dooks. it wns
mere mat ono or mo cierKs. a man
named Brlerly, brought forth from the
drawer of his desk a smnll pamphlet
which ho had picked up yesterday in
the bunk-house. Peter opened nnd
rend it.
It was n copy of the new manifest of
the Union of Russian Workers and
though written in English, gavo every
mark of origin in tho Lenin -Trotzky
regime nnd wns cleverly written in
catch phrases meant to trap the Ignor
ant. It proposed to destroy tho
churches and erect in their stead places
of amusement for the working people.
Ho read at random. "Beyond the blood
covered barricades, boyond nil terrors
of civil war, there already shines for ub
tho magnificent, beautiful form of man.
without a God, without a master, and
full of authority." Fine doctrine this I
The pamphlet derided the law nnd the
state, and urged tho complete destruc
tion of private ownership. It predicted
the coming of the revolution in a few
weeks, naming the day, of a general
strike of all industries which would
parnljzu all the functions of commerce.
It was Bolshevik In Ideal, Bolshevik in
inspiration nnd it opened Peter's eyes
ns to tho cnnlity of the gcntlemnn with
the block imintnclic. Brierlv nlso told
him thnt whisky hnd been smuggled into
the enmp the night before nnd thnt n
file in tlie woodn hnd luckll hren put
out before it hnd become menuclng.
Brlerly wns a discharged soldier who
hnd lonrned something of tho vnluo of
obedience and nmde no effort to eon-
ccnl his unxletj and his svmpiithles. Ho
voiced the opinion t lint either I Ijnn or
.Tarohi hnd brought In the liquor, retcr
frowned. Jesse Brown hnd said noth
ing of this. Tho Inference was olnlons,
At tho dinner-shed. Peter wns to bu
made aware immediately of the diffi
culty of the task that lonfronted him,
for dour looks met him on all sldeB.
Thero were a few men who sat near
him whom he thought he might count
on nt n venture, but thev were very few
nud their positions difficult. Some of
them btill showed the effects of their
drink nnd hurled epithets nbout the
room, obviously meant for Peter's enr,
but he snt through tho meal patiently
nnd then got to his feet and demanded
their attention.
As he began he was interrupted by
hoots and cat-calls but he waited calm
ly for silence nnd seclnc thnt thei
couldn't ruQlo him by buffoonery they
desisted nftcr n moment.
"Men, I'm not going to tnko much
of jour tlmo," ho said. "A short while
ago I enme down here und tnlked to
jou. Some of jou seemed to be friend
ly tow aid mo and thobo nro the men I
want to talk to now. The others don't
matter."
"Oh, don't they?" came a gruff volco
fiom a ciowd near the door. Aud an
other, "We'll see about that."
Peter tried to find the speaker with
his gnio for a moment and then went
on Imperturbnbly. "I'm going to talk
to jou in plain Kngllsli, because some
things have liappcued in this camp
that aro going to miilce trouble for
oven body, troublo for mo, troublo for
McGuiro, but more trouble for you,"
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