Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-23
West Wind Drift
BY GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON
Copvrtoht, 1850 bp George barr Mccutch.or

man, and there won't be nny nppeai-s,
all you've got 10 do In 10 act like n
10 DO this thing in the regular way. Fry
to forgot that you have practiced in tho
New York city courts Remenber that
there is such a thing as Justice and nay
absolutely no attention 10 what you are
in the habit OF calling the law The law
Is a beautiful thing IL You don't tnke il
too seriously. Ninety-two out Of every
100 Judges in the courts of the U, s 4.
of trying TO re,ner,ber I'm law 40 .,hnt
that nligh. mako them look like jack
asscs whom the case ia carried i'm TO a
higher coiirt-and while they are think-
ing SO hard about the law they forget ali
about tho moor uttie tribe called ti,stice.
I Ruess yo,I know that m weii NJ. do.
20 thsS., No S0~ use ,airins lin % obn,,t ~ "o'
"I o,,... AZ . 80, u,o..., uo,o,.
YORK: II 1t were not for technicalities,
IA stnrVe to death And, my goa, man.
we Ind TO stop and think about JUS.
tice every time we go into court, we'd
Pcrcival, Peter snipe. Flattncr and
several others strode out from the meet
ing house and swept the long line Of
They had expected to And the people
congreRated at some nearby point, ready
swoop down upor the prisoner the In +.
slant he appeared with his captors at
the edgc Of the wood, To their amaze
ment and relief the people had taken
percivai's command literally. They had
retired TO their huts. and but f,w OF then,
were to 'be seen even % m the,r Seor.tsns
Can you beat III" cried snipe. "By
10 us. ' - "'
"It's tho prea,oat .xbih,t,o, NJ ro-
strnint and Confidence i've ever known
This couidn't have happened at home.
The paze of all was centored upor two
nersons who yni ed %nr ran,di,, s., NO. a,ra rmo
ton taken bv Estts ana W, ~ nartv ar1 uSs Ne
one SPOKE for n few second, pa FIstt,nr
scowlinE face. was the f,rst to sneak t, To
alton II wss our w ~ mre cona,dnra,,o,, the s
for his friends feelings 18th that he said: '''
'Tii go and head EN- off. A. A." a
sense Ia old there's no
il. I'm in bad aIreadynana Sesides Tn,
the one who gave The order. '''' ~
drew a,onSsidc Of Ruth ciinton '' ana nd
Iandower MUM N''''''' anu
."The order was meant for ovsrv ons
Mise Clinton" he said ievelly. Am 1
isnore a. '""' 'ou ''"'' ue'''eu W
She .tonned short .rs sror, hor,o,e -,
hauphtiiv Their avas nat There ,rae
defiance in hers. She did not speak.
l.nndnVar tnl nj .a,l,t tta
with fury will '''o '"'' ""''e
Clinton" he Exclaimed "Sour beastiS
offIciousness- eNt"e'' 'ou' 'e@''''
You viii go back to your cabin at
ing Landoyer. 'e"
She did not move
Miss Clinton came out here at nv
sugKestion." said Landover' "If vol,
have any more bullying to do. coniine
yourself to me, Percivaf."
"I am not doing this hecause 7 onioy
II. Miss Clinton" went on. the Young
ewes % ~ am % sorrS 81 % is nsnos.nrw @ watos to ras
mind yo,, that tSore aro ne nri,,i. Co.
classes here yom ,vi,, hoya m nhew or.
ders the same az avery one e,ae''
Very we'll" she said. suddenly lower.
cabin. Mr.. Landoyer. There ia nothing
more to saw;
Percivai stood aside. They walked
past him without SO much asa glance
at his set, unsmiling face. Landovcr
slipped an arm through hers. She did
not resist when ne drew her up close to
his side. Pcrcival saw him lean over
and speak to her after they had gone
few PAGES. His lips were close TO her
ear. but though his voice was low and
repressed. the words were distinctly
audible to the young man.
Ruth darling, l am sorry-1 can t
tell you how sorry am for having sub
JNN'eN Jou w - Souiu
only help matters by resenting 1t,
-
She broke in, her voice as clear as a
bell:
..'Oh. II I were only a man-if were
only a man.
They We're well out OF hearing before
Percivai looked despairingly up at the
PINK ana gray FRY ana muttered with
heaTtteit earnestness: -
wish you were. Ia like nothing
tnrn0ne0
you
CHAPTER XIX
Just hefor. .rns.t ,hot .veniru
Sanrbo Wenaez wna nuSiIc;y LonyaS'
Conta.,,ns .ha9 ..,,r. , .i's .a
Sohtessing thn s'ss me 3he crime ne was carried 10
wb.at ala 90 m nr,ns IN ,,,IT
Ha hsd been ,ri.d W nv a"S t,rw ~ tusiva. '.
and thsre was aSaoiuteiv No o,,sstIon a.
70 hts e,,i,+ His comnanion nv n e i"I namss
Dominic caIious,v hatrawed hv m tSa sr odsr
man aed ' to tha Forest and 'ne Was o'ne not
,,n.,; w. ,os W ,ns aoe "o mns mo.
that he wss found h., n,rtv @ ~ nsoms
hmntsrs %ai,- -atarwad Ssna ppait ar,an.na M ,,t
Wa ua. hangad ot snnr,aa ~, the soI'
Manuel Crust cons,dered b,n,s.,s v,or,-
acd A. S,ahinn No nnsea as
n,ortyr Sorna sort ns n,,,nina tn
aSioys as ~ was ,mexnnnteh M cnns.d an M
want aho%t sh.Lir" vi u" h,s ' hean "sS- sorr e
ruI,v as ~ ont ~ tSo ',n n,,cl. eu hu spa Nv
t,,s,' ,s,,in,e ns a ~ t, a.e au'eh oy I,e WI,
;,n"n Mn, hv Tho iennrant eas,,w ~
apoi 49, mn, ~ .''e "o'""'' e''s"S per
susoet soe.ipp, pope a., ., .
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,iS aS'a 'iS 9oHvu ioiiomuis ~sIe VIZ
cont ention that 70 Praw,damc. hoS no,
Eonen,Ion , that u rroVIuence mao MOI
sl L.eneo & ne h,'d nus holes. leii9ws un-
,iu, uouo'euis ,, wouau nnve p.eil plnoeu VI 'ne
.i.. ,nosI uiretut posi.Ioni 80 sIrohs ana SO
o,,t ~hp Kin '"G pFe,au'ce sao conspreu
ise"'',St nm, iie waS SoNett,y 'nh,lh-