Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-16
THE WORLD FOR SALE
CopyriEht, 1915. by Harper and Bros.
THIS STARTS THE STORY

49,.
Ills oia"io 'hh
Fleda Druse, daughter of Gabriel
Druse, OF gypsy blood, shoots IN
sagoiac rivor ,yhoro II aows betwern
the towns of Manitou and Lebanon
w an s .i. .'p"e st;.isei" -, h,'
Mo- InaoIh, r,ananor of aroot in.
terests, who has come to Lebanon TO
unite the two towns and make them
'ne center ol commerce III '.!e Mes,.n ,,.,
~. Ill H,anohon5 no,,orf,1 hut
disrenutable character of Nanitou.
Ingolby attacks Marchand, who VOWS
y revenge. fleda IS cIaimed Dy one
1etlro rave as ms WY, unue'
n1arr;.no ,,,bor tboy wore children
Flodo roioctu hin, ond n ioalous mar
rel ensues between Fave and lngolby.
Marchand Stirs up ieuu between t.e
an,h;tions IIis nroiocts arc 70 bo
u.rnctod and hc himself thrown info
tbo rivcr Incolbv in dispuise min.
10, o rirht With bis ororio.
in Nronitou Towo reveals his deccp
:" -''"','I' Nv :. s,nos ,,,,on,
'iou "u" inSo'D' 10
sciou" OS o'o"'
AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
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Ih1E patrln Is inc clue ""''' -
= leave behind them on the road theN
No ho+ o+bor gvns;cs who travel in it
-, hosoro
may Nn"" 'n'a ""'' gym, .,o,
1t may be piece OF string " I"''
Of wool. a twig. or in the dust the an
o;o,,+ oross of tbo Romanv. which pre-
ccdod tho Christian cross and belonged
''"'u 'A'' '''' n,..:a;o World
70 the ASSNrah WI NV >,
The invocation that no patr'hS S"""
mark the road of a Romany is to make
-...... o,d Cor tho Rv Of Rys
III" "u ou''"''' anu r ,oo+b
to utter the curse Is S'h''"''
upon Romany, for thencetor"u'u
ororv hand of his race is against him,
-. ,
lree to "o n'i'' mann , r,wo
IL was ina' WIZ" sI, r,omort Fleda
shrink ana cover ~, " ,.'' -. ,rotost 70
raised hcr manu- S"uN'"''
Gabrlel pruSe. :, NIL, ,,,,.,,,,,rod
NO, no. not ti"I' n;,i .i '.'us ,hot
brokenly TO her iat"'r, WIN soIt
looked the pam nnu ''' 49, ho,d hv
Though She repuu'"'tu 'I 5ano5 tn call
which the barbarian l"u u"'vu aioo that
her wlfe' shc henru an ''"' ioa ~, tbr
starZke rive. was u, 't ho ,ooror thon
race, and TINS man mus ~ .hn rinsnnn.
the stranger, deartr man rr. ts.othor
forgiven OF MS u t'"e dootb whom
saved from Sh"''i'' IT,, CON soye
she who was sealeo " MIN
him. .,o ;,nor
She shuddered as She neu,u ,olf of
voice. She felt that 'hiS v'n ,h;oh hod
her, the inner -sce'hs SDu' WI snolnn
the secret OF the lar palhS' ' hon forbor
truly. Even as siie oVss ~ sa.hod into
to withdraw thr sentence !. - tho
her mind that the grim .N Lo.rod
night was the dhrh SP''" ,,ostor
between Jethro RAVE anu thorob
Gorgio seeking empooi'uen,' ;tso,f from
Jethro's evil soul ue,acheu
his body to persecute her' booa
At her appeal, dethro iniHeu :oln,t
His courage came oacN, 'ne v'i ~: no;r
self possession TOOK holn VI nm, I'M "assod
The sentence when the ny 'Ht p oort
was worse than deatn ,hn" - 'toar -
death. tool. for 1t maze mn .aost az wo :
from his people. ana TO De JUN" ns
to be thrown into the ABYSS II ""S
though a man without race VI IT, y
was banished into deSolatr spacec - "
vague way h" felt ITS tnl' SEnl'''"">' @
and the shadow OF II lell on ni"i, Loorso
"No, no. no. fleoa r'Pc"''N ":h;, ~"
". with that new sense Oh reSl,""''O''
ity where J'thro was cohceI"'n, , hor
Jcthro's eyes were tuI"tu upGn p';n,ain,
now. In the starIit night JuS' !lV'"ins L.e
to the dawn, she could 1aint'y see n;s h;s
burning look, could feel as II "ert' lho n'o
hands reach out to claim her ana n, .nt
felt that while he lived she was no1
wholly free. She realized that the manu-
of nomad, disorderIy oaroariSm wa,
dragging her with a force whlch "as
inhuman. or, maybe. superhuman'
Gabriel Druse could know nothing c'
the elements fighting in his daughter
soul; he only knew that her lht'res,
in the Master Gorgio was one ne ha'
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