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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'-
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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. Once
or twice she thought she plainly heard
footsteps near by and renewed her
efforts te free herself, but desisted
iil'iiIii when she learned thnt it was only
the sound of the Hying leases dancing
agelnut the outside walls et iter prison.
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