Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-22

and dear WIN ee1'~'s' A"o .hw"Ne""e
..s = shock. His senses reeied for an
80 ,,.a p.,n c,,n,on wan, M,
nstAnt--an. Wv" n
'pamn you." he crlcd again, md
drew her close '.sno hates mc---she will
always hate me-" ne was rnnnbl'ng,
.ne,,,a ,oro, why should I rc.
why '. ".,,.. ,,,'. 80, -, NJ.
fuse to hke--7 'fier h!f wero on ms
psa'n. -. 80" ,,nod I With tSs r.s,,,,sas
biz ne~I'' D
power OF n magnet
rnsy die not hnar tho rapid approach
= soo,,tep,-.h.av,.. swift an Of ,ne run.
ming. dark. painting hsnre raced past
ram. and then another but a few paccs
..,na
pen'nu.
:. :, osY the bewytchine bendb. His head
Ne. y. -, - !, r,s,, ~. n.s,., 40,
went " ass s,,,. ,v.n. ain ,hn,,t S.. wn, "
clear. n ny ix,ns n cinss ' nxoin.t n hn,hm, sme
wss ss current s, s OF passion that comsu,nsa
both OF hcm "as Vt. CmeoSeu' n.
what was that! shc gaspel' as II
comlns oot .. u resm'
He released hsr' tr',,, ana ,sprsng out INTO
Unseen runners; The sound OF footsteA
They. were euddsniy aware or wom-
fn's voices iAr nMay 10 ."u i,s', MY
we're indistinct Dut mere We u smistSr
isnlhcanoe III the eFer-'"ere"s'hS VOL
ime. n,
There's troupis OUT .nerS, sarl Ier-
fival. someyn,nE wrons' ,.a.n a,
ZONE along You mus. BS' ,m1o" , s,,,s,; m
tapldly OF m the a,rect'Cn oL n Sap,n; III;
She stumblea ~ nrs'; Om auuHy a,,,y ,vnr. n
nto stloe WNn n, 80
how S aSuoS SuSwI - ' Know" she cried In his
WogIa. o,hnr.'s heil to nav" he grated.
They reached her eaT. RI. iHs, hres "s s,ar, inv
oor Yves .n,oTn All. Sph ptha sr,rarcs. Recoa.
,,cO ed cOrype1f ;yns Followed hy ciatter Of All.
ated voIcek Olga was fairly dragged
INTO the cabin.
Bolt your door,' was PerciVars COM
She stood In the door Tor moment.
ooklng after MIN. ,,,he re pSsseY out .. e VIE
radius OF nSnt. Inc cnoIus " N"'css
grew louder doWh Ihe wnyLmhe '"e
maEe.beiisve a noS ~ ~, s"s soSr esii; sinw,v 70.
uctanuy, The three gir!s watehsd hsr
n silence az she suoV% .h ,' nnh hsr eyes
wLn ncr manu- ." '"e ""'"' "e' e'e'
tightly smut =, ,,,oa >, ~, ,r,,r, w,s
,s Sns .n,,ie or her iins ns ,6e shruRurd
WY wya,,i,Inrs u" aon snrc,J oft hcc hands
in nsr n 1.stuTe Of reslgnation.
III vgsNSo,, gretS, Inc Ioor' s;,e said. Az
Alma hesitated her eyes erew hard, her
,,a,ns in,ncrativc. "Do vol, know OF any
re,son why YOU should not do as both
Mr Perclyeii and l have commanded p
Mono madame" cried Alma hast.
uy.
As the heavy wooden bolt fell into
place, Olga again shrugged her sh0ul-
Sers % and threw herself into a chair In
front OF the fireplace.
10 all the noise about3" questioned one
Of the girls nj,
But there was no answer Olga WE
staring into the hre.
CHAPTER xviIi
p.rc,yars blood was still in a tu-
c,h,na From, every door%uy men wero
now stumblinx. baif .drrsy.d. haif.asieep,
WeS,nS thr,n In Inanv cabins. n,nrmed'
awi,a,sd wo,nen nWnssred' Farther oa
sSsrs xsrs lantcrns ara "a chaotic mass
Of Of moving objects Above tho increasing
~ womat,. Psrciyrrs Hood coSled Ma
Srain cisarea Men shs itod aues,ion, a.
Ibe nassed. and obeyod his command a.
follow.
The ugly story is SION told. FhnIppa,
,hs the sSf SsaS soyn.r 'i Snns or, fr,p, he:
K fathers cabin at dusk to fetch water
= from the little reservoir thnt had been
condtueted oionK,ide Lcap Frog river
A short d,stnnco above tho cahIr,s. -fhe
pool was a scai.t 200 yards from her
and % Snck. HaIf an hour passed, and she
had not returned. Her mother became
uneasy, Pedro rcassured her. He iaugho,l
| a, her fears
she could not have fallen into tho
pool" 40 said. You forget the fence wo
II am not th,rkIng of the pool. Pedro"
she argued $50 YOU at once and search
Ior her. She 10 no iagyard She nus not
% Apd Pedro w.nt rrumpily forth to
|earch for his daughter. An hour later
Toods above the pool TO meet the dozen
Dr mora friends and noiRhbors who had
let out some lime earlier 10 look for thS
lwo Of them. father and daughter.
He bore IN hia arms the limp. appar-
covered Win slood re was chsttertng
like a madman Out OF mis- !ncoherent
babble the horrif,od searchers were able
to put together the cruel story. Il sooms
| he had heard a faint cry far back In
| the donso wood--anothcr and yet an.
nightbirds were stili. Swift. peraiyzing
| fear chokcd him. He tried to cali out as
/ he rushed blindiy un from the pooi into
tho forest, but only hoarse Unnatural
xasps loft his iips' He feii often, he
crashed into the trunks OF trees. bur
always he went onward. vnspine o,,t hIs
| futile cries He Knew not how long he
beat through The forsst He was nor
even sure that Il was PhIlippa's cry no
had heard but his soul was filled with
great, convincing dread He knew
mat his beloved Philippa, the idol Of his
heart, tho sunshine OF his life, was UP
there In the woods. Frequently no
stopped TO listen. He could hear nothing
save the pounding Of his own heart, and
the whesaing Of his breath, thick and
Then, at last, during one OF those
snlenees; hs heard something moving IL