Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29
CHAPTER XVII (Continued)

INDBERG, Uammersley turned and
-..,
49, iooheo AT MS guard VINO WAS s'aho-
! inc mo,ionloss by tho window. Gazing
"s '''''o"'o'H ny ''e "'"'"'
| out AT the tadins landscape i'n"perS
I.do. ,.a,, v,i,,,a 81. oo,,s,ri, was
Cuo Won N'h0en' MS cous'nn ""'
too much to hope that lido would be
/ OF service IN him lie had caught -
| ,,,r,n,o -, "a, ,a.o 4, tho hallway
s.n"pSe OF 40 ,. ,ace s...,a,u g. ,mt -" ~.
ders were given. He had gone pale and
.,.,., =, n,,,, T., .,,,, ,,s rorror os
,a.eu q. NV" :" P'.S "' .,,, .,o,rs
hanfnerslcy had gone UP 'oe e'aho
but Hammersley knew that the ties
NJ t,rship ,bs r,emor,es of their boy
,,., ,.,,do ,ho
nooo 'osetucr' "ere noti'"s u'''ua ~"
| iron will and indomtablc authority ol
the great man vino had condemned him.
W, e'e"t "'"" VIZ nov ,,.'.,,,.,.,,o,,
ouo Wouio sui,er ""e" ''',''''''o'
| died, for there had been time wheh
| the two had been much TO each other,
put ne would 40 hls uuly, noWeNe,r N,.,.fan, pdfan
n,.chino wbich tiammerslev had had
the temerlty to oppose. what else could
a worn, sign, w t,o,,d he AZ
i,,, SuVn pilso,,e, o,s,, nh' ttan,mersicv knew
sut! st'! as III III IeIo No in;us,ice in sup
,nai, .nat ~ be,n from such n source
MAS out OF the question If Udo had
| t "o 'u-L. ~ r>aoiand as IJammersley
,,as ca,,sht In c;srmanv, Uammersley
Tna,,, ,hat ho co,,d 40 nothing 10 save
hu NJ" ''a' "' No''N 'O
But Lindberg' Here the csse Tas ,,,s
dinerem, unr,rnsrs,sv had saved three years ago
IN ms ,sd VERY ioreS' ond fallen m in the path Of
an angry boar who would have n gored ro1
n,n 70 70 uea,; ha.n; t.indbere the forester
uho. 4, s", ~ In his ho,ysSoff tIiity. had
! 'm" ~ m"', r,nv,,,ors,a,,,s 80, choset,s cotllpa Mon
in many a hunt up through tbs rocky
gorkes o' o tu 81 which heekn ea Eas he
s Suen auu III s,U o,,n rugred h toeSsn,r-
nor n" II nc was IindSerg who had bern SO
useful in Keeping him informed Of the
eNaet Ssaue tr, W ,.bo had learned of the
iSro,,hnnn mHS sLat Won Stromberg had
;n,,.iiaI and ~ was Lindberg VINO had
iistened at the receiver upstairs In
vs., s.eiru G,.,,"harr's room TO the Conversa-
t,on ,Yben The councillor had told Cap
t ta,n Me,rih n,.,i, 'n and the hour of their ar
ri,,ai '
Already Lndbergg had repsIS psIev a fspT. spH.
ice and II was quite possible. now tnat
Usmmersley's actual miss'op had heen
discoyered that he would takn to cover
his n'ind clear In the thought that he
had h,s '," done ali that could be expected Of
hin, Rmt there was a warm affection be-
twecn the Two born Of many a long GAY
in the omen and many night by the
campfire where the old man hah 10 tapsns tpses,
the birds In their branches and OF the
many four-lerged things that scurrieo
beneath them.
They had often talked, 700. %. MAD had
lea rned that Lindbergs politics were
those that one learns under the open
skv-the eternal peace of Nature Pc
fore which war and men. its armed IN
struments. we're a blasphemy.
PERHAPS I.indberg would find a way
Rut what way? How? lido Won WIZ
d.n 1u, Tna' too was aware Of the woodcraft
Fellowship @ for often he had made their heir
duet trio. Eiammersiey sysnscteS RneI notS. 9TH.
ing of the services Llndberg had rem
dered him and he wondered whether w
this pass the ties OF klnshlp. would oc
strong enough to keep him silent az .o
ester for mischief in Hammersleys pc
half
|, IIammersley hoped, He clung 70 oc,nn. ,ms
dying ,rsS TsS to snEs anaSus S .NG the nSP old
OF heaven o,,iss re tf6ru for sympathy w and cour-
age To help a man in his position
seemed TO require larger stores oi pUs, no J
OF these qualities tnan hu,s ~. 60 death
nodded Of, LindberE did nc nor nr,eS oeat deSsm was
the kind OF death Hammersley ', nau
saved him from. a good death III a nd ta,s
game with a noble enemy, NOT me, .me n'"o =
OF death that awaited Hammersieyii ,,.'
; chen wall. And he must know as Ham,
= mersley knew that this was what wouio
, follow. al.
The dusk faded into dark and ana tne ternsd To,,
SIs Sisr head and examined him attentiyely
/, His face was unfamiliar at Blauielden
one Of the men probably sent ,Se uown nnrs, a.
Won Stromberg's orders from tis NE e,r,er' urp