mMi 5 2'f $f EVENING PUBLIC) LEDaEB-PlaiLiELPHlA SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1921 7Y F,4GiMJVT Z)W ByiGEORGE GIBBS Huther of "The Splendid f "8 feHew m." 'Tie Seeref I , CatvrieM. lllt tW D, Atvute 4 Ce. fcnFGKON I could " Shad Well" K7i you'd only let me ncip you TO Mnnd th.nk ,,' of ninth n i. ..In' te UCin ,iuu " ", ttjyrl , e forget that new," 'it8 Tpte nkly! Knn,l taxing out f?'?.n knife he cut Ihe cerd.1 lint !" V fihid'" Vrlt. "Just te I.-W fc.H mean what 1 say." And VI 'ifbcrly. "Yeu knew these weeds. ,h'?' . Vn find Ilelh Cameren nutl I'll S&w ?hg. esaln-t you. I. that 'birain?" 2VrTanc.i nt his face nnd el the Ktf iUf 'W your ce.t and rWS.rBh"rZ and ebced while -8 ,;tcr and washed the wound. P"?Jn one right "through the muscles .ct fnrm Hut no bones wcie il wn .'nd Peter bandaged It skillfully. Aedihla Jaws during the 8Mnr of the wound, but he Mil w.u.5 mere 1'ctcr knew that th" pgwuw ;, -- . . ,, h..t , KnCW n,0 SJ.tShd was new powerless te de him mt hJerr. and that there was n tic fM them new Inte this strange nl r..7? As Peter finished the bandag & wn. Improvising a slim: for the Landed arm. Shad crumpled siilo-leng ! i the edge of the bed. his face & and would have fa len te.tij fiSrftW'r hadn't held him upright a ii .If carried him te the armchair Th.n Peter unlocked n cupboard tin. SSlht forth whisky. BvlnsSha.l 'cter peurei! .".. nmhlcrful. and in a moment the "'win te revive. Se I'- 1UU1I " mother gin1"; ar l!miclf together. man Dis-'' " - .,.v Mhn.l mill..,! mother gm " tu.hima vou're net up te it TtXd wagged his head with 'i-rmS-te it all rlrtt. I'v t te go. mister" We'll find her if u't n these weeds " "Bully for you. Feeling better new? Shad nodded and then mined his Itid. staring with a frown out of the ilndew by the piano. Peter had been wibserbed in bin tnHk of netting tin 1 t, rights that he had net noticed . J..M .lnu- (lint, hfld riKPii in the ieuuVr sky. And following Shad's i late he turned ins ncuu mm h.ui.ci eitef the window. At first be thought It mirht he the afterglow of the sun .., ..niil word from Shad aroused kin te the real significance of the ...!. ... . 1 ,1 liimlinHiunn liter gaspcu iu luiuuniuuu. "Fire!" echoed Peter, aghast. "Thfr'vft set the weeds afire, mis ter," mutered Shad helplessly. At the same moment me tciejmniiu from the house began jangling furious ly. It was McGulre, who hnd made tie lame discovery. "Yes, replied reter te tnc Hysterical isestlens. "It h the lumber camp. Itej've broken loose and set the weeds lire. You've get te get all the men job tan together and rush them down litre. Where's Bricrly? On the way? Oh, all right. Geed. He'll take me 6wn and I'll send hira back. Tm. I've get a clue te Hawk 1 don't knew, but I'm going te try"lt. I'm taking Shad Wells with me. Til old tool house by tnc cedar swamp. Erierli will knew. Send the men en fa relays when they come with shov shev i'.i and aacks. What did you hjJ What? Oh. 'D n the weeds.' All right. I'll ret the paper If I can Yes. It's my affair as much ns yours new. Yes. Geed-by." Peter hung up the receiver and turned te Bhad, who luid risen, his urin in the i'Iej, Just as Briefly came running up tte path te the deer. CHAPTER XXI The Infcme The war through thn weeds was loner. ht Beth stumbled en. urged by the reuia tone and strong hand of her enp enp ter. She knew the weeds well, better then Hawk, but hhc had never ventured n fir Me the ferpst ns lip led her. She All Tfry CPrtnln thnt hn knnw cvpii Ipsh thin she if the wny 1 c was taking, and that his object in avoiding the reniN a paths which led te the southward as te keen her hidden from the eyes of any persons thnt might be met en the paths between Hlack Iteck and the him- Mr tame, Hut after n while she hcean te think that he knew with mere or (is definltcness the genernl direction la which they were moving, for he Hopped from tlme te time te leek nt the iw and get his bearings. And then Hh a gruff word he would move en Jim. always te the south and cast, m the knew that he had already de- ddld llnnn 111. .l.i.tln.(ln Wl.li "er hands still bound behind her, preg- Jen through the underbrush was dlf- 11 'i v tlle branches stung her like Wlp-lashes, nnd thorn bushes cnught tr arms nnd tore her tllmsy frock Wlhrk Th. .. i.. i.- ,1. ....i l. .Li " h " '" l "lulni inuuu preathlng nnlnful. but Hnwk kpeiupiI i UnSUAre nf Tiac bitiTnUtiTd nt mi. tysely obllvleui of them, for he hardly inceti at her and Mild no wenl ex "Pt te urge her en te grenter exertion, ttlier, they npproncheil the renil "Kb he wanted te oteis. he warned 1,7, v nn nn"' ,0 remain where he '"' ner anil went forward te Investi ?.?i?"Cr whu:" he returned nnd liur- rt. fir I";.os, lnt0 the thicket upon "i ether side And it Una nn, ..r.,11 ,1.- - ly hidden ngnln fnr from the sight I n tii..,i.i. .. . . " it.; T I '7,0'",; puwer-ny mat lie tin tin "e. me bends nt hnr .i.uta en.i i. irJMfrem ,1Pr """th. Hut slie knew f-'ie than crr thnt she wn Mninii. ""a bis power. JJnLY' htPr- "e typified terror, C f?,'1 """tnl-and behind the vbf,i. .. " ,nr, fin'" .nn" H" n1"1 Un...i.MiVuu '' n w the Knife in wire ta i,...t,.,he ""ntlen in which she i "7 "tirrir wnn nnt a. ..!! u I ", Di, . , ii ,ir ehe tried tn nnmmnii lim Mli. 1 1, ,.. ? l0.r,"nbat her fenrs, te In. I """U ,, OUId huve 0jlnne nf ,.... nn. nIii, iiid tlint hoen Hawk Ken. lined it, T Until. 1 Wilt Vl'T" ? hn(,Bk ln her own 'keaeve-Ii '";, """need her gruffly ' nnen i'1, lVvar of ''ringing his W.LUJ,,?n. hpr' She could see that he tiraT.v f'r,'n,t..un.0" Mf "hJect te get Wi fin.,1 i " '."".'" Uoel where none 'mwll . ,"" wlmt then? ...,, w"'l impulse n mnm.nl nt ,le- fewthVeb.nfh,J! r' m !,.. " " '" ' ,iiy. ier ny Zlu'ly tired.. Again. W te h.n,i v . n,SBlc ,v,t" him. Mdrew.niJ, ut h d her mind WtUV nJ8t0l, PUSh ne lmr nn nl.en.l b- "y mJll ,hr'"enlin bodily in- rcWlmiine 51'8 lmi1 lear"ci1 t Hi lk." n,.rftI'ahle of nnv crnellv. It.it lnlten,ri !'" ".'"t he dangers that from T r' thn which could '" Calhv r,."nl CI,P,,,-V nml in ''is h lit i n 'I eV'n f"ml '' N.,he 'S",.,:inl:li'y. As Hawk had top. nmt "en that lay thlH E1 '"eVe!.",, U,tim,ntc l,l,rl''Se was rt ii... In.es of iK'teriiilnlnif. Ml,,. tPle Z ? . ? totally without l'Cte'r" i ,'??hl. '.'" first . ...uv uu uieuiit te laue Jier far back Inte the weeds and there Kill Iter as lie had dene her father, thus again destroying all claim. But ns the moments pns'ed and she saw thnt no had some definite objective, the feeble remnants of her courage gathered strength. Her attempt te escape had railed, of course, but his tolerance gave her n hope that he did net dare te de the dreadful violence of which she had thought. Fer hours It seemed they went through underbrush nnd swamp-Innd. stepping from tlme te time nt Hawk's command while be listened nnd get their bearings. Ucth had never been In this part of the weeds, but she had nn Idea, from the crossing of the reed and the character of the trees, that they were new somewhere In the Lewer Reserve and net very fnr from the lumber camp, .t was there that IVtcr Nichols was. Her heart leaped at the thought of his nenrncss. All memory of the heliotrope envelope nnd of its contents seemed te hnve been wiped from her consciousness by the rough usnge of this enemy te them both. It seemed te matter very little new who this woman was that Ieter had known. She belonged te a mysterious nnd unhnppy past for he had hinted at that which had nothing te de with the revelation thnt Ileth had read In his eyes as te the meaning of the wonderful present for them both. She knew new thnt he could have ex plained, If she had given him the chnnce. Instead of which she had rushed heedlessly t0 misfortune, the victim of n childish pride, plunging them both Inte this disaster. That pride was n pitiful tiling new. like her disordered hair and iier bedrngg'.cd frock, wh rh Happed Its ribbons, soaked and muddy, about her knees. Hut as long ns she was still nltve and in no immediate danger, she tried te none for some incident which would .-end Peter back te ISInrk Reck earlier than Hawk had expected, where, nt the cabin, he would guess the truth us te her meet n with Hnwk and wlmt had followed. mn ut.h V"1'1 hc EU08S a,l that? The difficulty dlsmnjcd her. He would hunt rer her, of course, ns coon as hc learned et licr dlMippenianee, but clever as he was there seemed iw wny in which he could solve the mystery of her flight, still less, having guessed Hnwk Ken nedy s purpose, fellow any trnll through the wilderness by which her enpter had wd her. Even In the apparent hopelessness nf l.cr situation, she had net reached the elnt of actual despair. Youth mid her customary belief ln all that was geed in, the world sustained her. Some thing would happen something must happen As shn im,l,l nin she prayed with her whole heart, like "uviii, ie ue ueiivcred from the hand of the oppressor. Thnt prayer comforted her nnd gave her strength, and se when they came out nt, the edge of the swamp some mo ments leter she obeyed hN instructions mere hopefully. There was a path along the edge of the water which pres ently led Inte the heart of the weeds again, and there utmost before she wns aware of it she found herself facing n small wooden heuse or shanty which seemed in n fairly geed stnte of pres ervation. Silently, Hawk Kennedy unfastened the hasp which held the deer, and gruffly ordered her te go Inside. Won dering, she obeyed him. Hut her cap tor new ncted with n celerity which, while it gave her new fears, set ether fears at rest, for he took the handker chiefs from his pockets nnd gagged nnd bound her arras and wrists again, push ing her down en n pile of sacking which had served some one for a bed, tying her feet and knees with ropes that were there se that she could neither move nor make n sound. There for a moment he steed, stnrlng down nt her with a grim kind of humor, born of his successful lllght. "Seme kid. by G ! I'm kinder t,erry d If I nln't. But ye hadn't any business bein' who ye arc. I be lieve I'd rather kill ye outright than nun ye any mere mat l would. Mnybi I won't have te de either. Understand Hut I get snmethln' te de first. It ain't any child's play an' I ain't get mucn time te spare, isc n geed kid an He quiet nn' go te sleep and I'll be back after a while an' bet ye free. Understand?" Ueth nodded helplessly, for it wns the only thing that she could de, and with relief watched his evil shone darken the doorway out of which he went, carefully closing the deer nnd fastening the hasp en the outside. Then fclm heard the crunch of his footsteps ln the dry leaves behind the cabin. They moved rapidly and in a few moments she heard them no mere. Lying- en her side, her bend pillowed en yiie bnggiug, it did net seem nt firbt ns though she. were uncomfertnble, and her eyes, wide open, peered nreund her prison. There was n small window, un glnzcd, and by the light which came from It shu could see some nxhandles plied in one corner of the hut, several cres-cut snws en n box at one side, a few picks uuil u shovel or two. It must be a tool home used for the storage of extra implements nnd she remembered dlmlj thnt Khnd hnd once spoken of the cutting that hnd liven begun down by the swamp nnd abandoned for a better Incntlen, nils tnen was where lluwlc Kennedy had taken her, and she knew that it wns a spot little visited newa days except by hunters, and nt some distance from the scene of present leg ging operations, tewnrd the spur of the railroad. It was here perhaps thnt Ha wit Kennedy hnd hidden while muk- lug his enrller Inveitigatiens of Hlack Heck while he ripened his plot ngalust Mr. McGulre. There wero several empty bottles en the fleer, a moldy crust of hrend, and n broken water- pitcher, which confirmed the surmise. She rcall7cd that Hnwk had plum.cd well. It seemed hardly posible te hope for u chance pesber-by in this deserted spot. And even if i-he heard the sound of guns or een heard footsteps in the leaves, what chance hnd she of making known her whereabouts? Hut she strained her ears, listening, only te henr the twittering of the birds, the chattering of squirrels and the menning of the wind In the tree teiiH. Hew near was freedom and yet hew illlhVult of nttaiimient! She wriggled gently in her bends, but each motion seemed tu make them tighter, until they began te cut inore and mere cruelly Inte her tender flesh. She tried by twisting her hands and hendlnir her bedv te touch the knots nt her knees, but her elbows were fnstened securely and she could reach them. And nt lust she gave up the attempt, half stilled from her exertions nnd suffering acutely. Then she lay unlet, sobbing gently te herself, trying te find a comfortable posture, and wondering what was te be the end of it nil. Hours nassed In which the scamper- Inir of the four-footed things grew less nnd less and the birds censed their chirping. Only the meaning of the wind continued, high in the tree tops. 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