Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, November 17, 1922, Night Extra, Image 43

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THE WORLD OUTSIDE
By HAROLD MacGRATH
Thrilling 'tery of fight for $7,000,000 and a btautlful gM'a
th author of "The Man en the Bex," "Luck of the frith,"
ConiH'eM, 101). by Hareld Slacd-ath
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jlu. Me ia Jfnrscarf.
She Threw Hun Down"
UTTB'S get te. He's n mudmnn en
II etic subject, hut nslde from thnt
be hn reason. IJwWw, when he sees
Suit I nm commanded te give him half
dC'Je,Tif.Rlvr .Mm three
Billiens? Thnt's teii2h. Knock en my
deer when you come hack. I II he
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mui. tipic Mm down. Muyhe she
beard ou had t-even lnlllienn.
"Yeii don't mean thnt, Jenny.
"I'm n mean nupi " eimrse i mm i
IMIin It. .HI1C WUUIIIII I HUH! J 11
Wlllen If she didn't love th' limn who
They went out Inte the hull, Han
croft with n light nntl Jenny with n
leavy step. At 'Jenny's deer he hum -denly
caught both her bunds and kissed
them shyly.
'if nnlv I hud hnri n sinter like you.
Jennv! 1 wouldn't have en red."
"Vell. I'll be your sMcr from new
en. Hetter toddle alone before Xancy
has hyelcrics.'
As sne saw me lop ei ma ueim van-
llh below the fleer level, Mie leaned
ualnst tne wan mm ict ! noun ei
tears foil silently. Oh. .Terry, Jerry!
BmUlcnlv she saw herself, ten years
bence, wrinkled and fat, and both job's
one.
liancreii jiuniieu nue mu mxi uuu
Imnmed the deer behind him. Ne need
ef aklng the chauffeur any questions as
te this or tnnt or wnereaueuis; tnu
(nil of this Journey would be nt Stew
art's deer, wherever that might he.
As he settled bnck atrnlnst the ciislilen
Jii sene'if the feel nf the letter. lie
tad net left It behind. Then he ru-
hiembereil the copy nt the ntliilavit
ntuck belilnd the bow of his hatband.
He would net require this new; se lie
tore It up. .
The mind had an odd way nf mls-
behavlne nt times. His thoughts new
iheuli! have been exclusively of Xancy
and were divided between Xancy and
Jenny. He wus very fend of Jenny;
te wanted te licit) her in some wnv.
The notion hnd been in hlx head for
tome dnys, nebulously, where he could
net nttnch it te a settlement. Xew
tbe notion came into the clear. He
would purchnsc a half interest In the
dressmaking shop where"1 Jenny pecd.
He would lend this half interest te
Jenny. If, by some stroke of bad luck
the establishment should fail, the lean
would net become a liability, but would
automatically reuse te exist. On the
ether hand, Jenny should pay him an
nually as much as she could, until the
lean was wiped out.
He chuckled. Ilcxnltn Mm fnnt thnt
Jjr placins himself unreservedly In the
sinus ei a mnumnn, lie mmlit be roll
tog toward permanent injury or death,
he COllld iltlH ROlnetlllnif In nlliu.btn iivii.
Jenny was right. If he went en plvln
the Geed Samaritan te everybody he
took a fancy te his solvency would he
ef ihert duration. Ne. matter. If thU
night h business turned out well Jenny
Should have her chance.
inc taxi stepped se violently thai
Bancroft Wfli ulinkcn In hli tniiiui 'I'l...
thanffeur opened the deer.
Hirst deer te the riirhfc ns rnn
P. sir," said the chauffeur. noIiteU
enough.
Bancroft Pnt nn nml K..i.Lt,.l l.t.,
Jtnees. The locality was utterly tni-
lamilinr. Ah fnr Ihnt Hw.w. .... ., ...
eal of New Yerk unfamiliar te him.
Am 1 expected te pny you?"
'Ne. sir. Tim centlpinnn vlw mni
DC for TOU nnld tnn In nilvnnn.. II..
Mid Sir. Hancreft, room four. He said
c" expected him te send for you."
'That's telernbly correct."
ii No"c,ef my business, but nobody
uvea In this house. Yeu can take that
ftr what it's worth."
The chauffer jumped back into his
Hit and whizzed away into the deep
Wing night.
TheiigutfuHy Hnncreft proceeded into
Jje house and bexan slowly te mount
.7,1 ,rem,bIinS Btaica. A dusty smell
suggested vacancy. The house was
i2S.n,i . ! s,t'rt had borrowed n
'oem In it. Hancreft had decided upon
one plmse of his conduct; he would
? V r9l-tnnce te any physical
wreunter. This imsivlty would serve
w lessen any violent intention en Stew
JEW1, A" tn,,t wns required of
Ki i?tfH w".s "K,lt ,iml straiht leek
into Stewart's face.
lit k ' "ST" nn'1 ,ower hallways were
ih. f "",', wnvi'rinK Bas jets. The
,.f i s d'A11, "lm"st "8 ,,ill f It wa
Jhl& lrs4 ,luer ,n ,,',, rlKht. the
.gins chauffeur had said. Hancreft
ffl "nt Jjescrlbe his emotions as le
fcl,l!)1!,i " tl ,loe,1"'b. Hu did net
I. , U r,,cu,nr'y ceiiriiKCNius: neither did
irmlJCiBI!y lnr!!c l'""1''- IIc w'" well
ui?.i A but we,,l(1 m' m Klvi' time te
Me the en., formidable weapon lie pus-
eI his filtlipr'ii InlCefV M...l...n..
Jjn oenld never nntlcipate them, an
In , I , f',s,ert''1 n" "bsevsien for 'year
n i. .. .. . " ..""
iBeiinn. ";ni ii oecemes murderous
InlJ vl'!u' A,", '''t Unncmft could
neX ;,c',.,rn,', ,n .,lls theiiBhts: "The
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t.i... i J.' m.. be no dedderlns.
deer i t.i . ' ,Kne nl" Ienea the
00r. iUt cr dllrlitiKim ...iti.i..
,.Hcre I hiii. Sir. Htiwnr .'"
ltent,I' ,n1,l'cr impatiently Hancreft
ffi0' eer tbe threshold, lie had te
iuf n.! 'i"" t,0,lI(1 ,l0 "' bucklim
te ill
runt I i t k.
ether.
"Biiiiunji, jer (me reason or nn-
yhenlasn'tnultennlslied
Till
behinil i.. ll "ls,olliewH seized from
It .' "J nweily powerful Krii.
Ulan nf '"'. ,,w,l'ected in time his
ii5d.0f l'Mlvity. and relaxed. Hepe
X?.n'y burned his wrists. Tl.,... u-itl.
wSKtMW,iftTH ,h,H r"" 1,,,a" tn
W i arm. "V11 ventimlly plnienint;
let h s V!"1 Wbh .A""' tlalA he was
rather' un'ite.0,, Jl"nelii hlnuelf.
ttrkLl 'l1?.''"11 f,,,,t ln tl,u Vflvul
TkP SH of t,u m.
lencS ereAcu,n" lhk out of the si
Cp'.trl.W Z I'X'11 twin e baltciy
e wall un'1 mevert '"ward
fremIhurn,mn.Ue'." s,,1(1 n" ireailc video
dMn.?.1lLmk,he ""'. "but the tJrrnt
rittii. .r"n,'in"y m" keen te U'O
SSeIj f Vi" .fennct. which consists
iJStTmii IirlHn martHtuff. If foil will
-w. jh-meph. 1 llimril nhnii tluir
Ricu wj,eh of ceurw, I hud
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nP, I hye ceid te beliave In
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wall nnd n match flamed. The gns wnii
feeble. Stewart nnd the few ebjtel
in tin? room had the effect of beinjt scen
n the nebulosity of wnter. Hnncreft
aw n deal table and two chairs, one
en eneh lde of the table. "Yeiiiik man,
n little learning Is n dangerous thine"
"1 might counter that, air, by sayinj!
'lint n tittle misunderstanding is equal
ly a dangerous Hilnic." Hancreft's vole?
was thick, for bin heart was pounding.
He must de nothing te Inllnme thl-i
niidiiian: he must wait patiently for
the denouement.
"Olie t Se you nnd I misunderstand
each ether?"
"Yes. lr."
Stewart did net reply, hut approach
ed Hancreft and carried him te one of
the chairs, Hnncreft was forced te sit.
Xancy was probably in some room
above, numb with cold nnd terror.
Whu'rver lie did. he must ulwnys keep
this fact ln mind, Nnnfyj
"De you knew who 1 umV" Stewart
demanded, 'roughly . .
"Yeu are Charles Jcrcminh Kennedy
,my father's friend."
"Your father's trusting friend 1"
Demoniacal laughter followed this, and
it broke qtieerly. "Ah. my (Sed! Anil
In another minute I should have had
my hands upon his threat!"
"In u little while you will thank
Oed, sir. that lie died before you reach
ed him."
"Ii would luivn heen nn pxtrnnrdl"
Miry miracle. I have wnndcreji, these
twenty jeurs, ttirmiuli all the labyrinths
of hell ; ie don't expert any merry.
"De you intend te kill me in his
slend. sir? 1 should like te knew."
"I Imvcn't decided," said Kennedy
moo-Illy. "It remains te be seen."
"I have never harmed you."
"AVhat has that te de with it? Yeu
are his son." Then Kennedy burst into
the Irenic strain again. "The Ureal
Adventure ('niimnnv mine absurd bus
iness te start our wonder. And u little
inter you put two and two together nnd
connected me with the man who entered
your father s office. Kvervlhinit I Plan
nod for you te de you did. Yeu icnsened
tlmt by stepping into each pitfall you
would eventually lenrn what I was up
te. Clever, but net clever cneuch.
"Thnt. is true. sir. I'm net much
mere- than a hey. Still, I found out
who von were."
"Charles Jeremiah Kennedy, it has
been many a year since 1 heard that
name spoken." Kennedy turns, abrupt
gestures. He did net want te hurt the
hey; nnd yet the father's mouth
and eyes of him stimulated the will te
murder, se. te keep moving, te tin; out
the inclination. Once he paused gloomily
before his prisoner. "Are you afraid
of me?"
"Yes. Hut only ns n normally sane
man bus the right te fear another who
is ' I
"I wonder." mused Kennedy. "Why
net? What has there net heen te drive
mc insane? I have killed a matt, I have
spent fourteen, years In prison, I hnvc
lest all that earth held dear my wife,
my child. Fourteen years with iron bars
between me and sunshine because of
your father s pertldy. I t. 'listed him lib lib
lelutely, and he beggared me. My child!
She may be dead. sh may be hungry,
she mny he a drub thing nf the streets.
Day after day I have sought her in the
crowds. Oh, I would knew her instnntly.
She would have her mother's smile."
The Mailman Rccemes Sane
Tears welled into Hnncreft s eyes
nnd began te roll down his cheeks.
What an Odyssey of sustained mis
fortune! Lawyer Snell's comment re
turned : Johnny Jenes of Seuth Dakota.
content te he a con boy. but whose bones
retted in France because a man by the
name of William Ilohenzellerii the
Innocent bystander. He must let this
unhappy man. relieve his soul of nil
its accumulated bitterness; tell his
story; then he should have the truth.
Hut what n weak tittle staff it seemed
for these colossal miseries te lean en !
Tins truth would net bring bnck the
wife and child, return the fourteen
years wasted in a dungcen-kecp: it
might net bring back even the mail's
faith in mankind.
Kennedy went en. He did net address
Hancreft particularly. "What have I
done that (Sed should pile thec miseries
upon my head? I have never harmed
any human being. I had played square.
And here I stand, guilty nf an inno
cent man's death, guilty of the deatli
of your father, if net by deed, by intent.
Frem a kindly man, something of a
dreamer, I became a piece of machinery,,
dedicated te destruction ! Hooked
me, when I was thousands of miles
away and could net defend myself ! Fer
fourteen years J hail nothing te de but
think and plan, think and plan. Hut
your father had hidden ie cleverly that
I found him only that tiny."
Hancreft's chin sank te his chest. In
nocent bystanders! This unhappy
wretch, Silas Hancreft mid Silast Han Han
ceoft's son, all three innocent by
standers, roeked and pulverized by
chance-medley! Hancreft thought of his
father's agony, never during te threw
his arm across his son's shoulder for four
the 'emotion might snip the slender
thread by which his life hung.
"I knew nothing of limince," con
tinued Kennedy, resuming his pacing.
"That was your father's game. Se J
turned everything I had into cash
borrowed en cail leans duiuiieil it into
Ills hands, and sailed for Seuth America,
I sailed away!" Kennedy laughed again.
"I sailed away! When I returned, two
months later, my wife was dead and
buried, my child gene, the savings of
years wiped out. Why, I didn't even
knew your father's brokers! I
was that trustful! I immediately wrote
te a friend of mine in t.nl'iiz and turned
ever the mine te him in trust. Te buy
that mine had taken up most of my
ready cash; and I would need capital
te work It. I then destroyed all my
luggage and papers anj tiling that
would indentlfy me us Kennedy and
started out te kill your father. Hut
first, I wanted one niore leek nt the
old home where I had known such hap
piness. There wns a crowd about the
deer'. An auctioneer was chanting in
side. The world became red. I pushed
people aside. A policeman interfered.
1 knocked him into the nreaway. He
died almost instantly from concussion.
An hour later I was in the Tombs
for manslaughter, under the name of
Stewitlt, the II ret that came into my
head. Manslaughter!" Kennedy covered
his eyes for a moment,. "I suppose
(Sed wanted te see hew much n human
being could stand and selected me te
experiment en. Se 1 became Stewart.'I
was mugged mid thumb-printed and
numbered, and slewed away in a collin cellin
like cell of gray stone. I seen became
a trusty, dun te my education, and in
a little while they fell te catling me
professor, I hnd killed a policeman ; se
the general run of convicts looked upon
me with venerathm.'
The gas Jet began te whlstle mourn
fully, nnd Kennedy modified it.
"Of course the first thlpg I naught,
en being liberated, was your father,
He was in neither telephone nor city
directory naturally. "Hut In the end I
found him a hoeend tee late Imagine
me, entering that village home, of yours
and finding my hooks, my porcelain, my
chairs! Loet!"
Hut Hnncreft new knew thnt it wns
net se. His father had rekcued these
treasured objects out of .the crush, in
tending tern day te restore them, te
Kennedy, beuld Kennedy ere ntvra,
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we might be involved in the Near
Kust new if we hadn't been in the
League nf Nations.
PETEYNew She'll Let
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