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houseboat on the Wabash river, 1.-THE
Pearlhunter"-the only name he has
learns from her a part Of the story of
her sad life. The recital is interrupted by
a fearful fit Of coughing and he hurries
ashore to seek a root that affords relief.
, Returning with the root, he meets a
young girl whom he mentally christens
che wild Rose" She eludes him before
he can make her acquaintance.
shore has attracted the attention of the
ailing woman, and they move into It.
Their first meal Is interrupted by q
stranger who resents their presence. The
youth drives the man from their home.
His presence has strangely affected the
mother. That night the youth n with
In g. mussel the largest pearl that has
been found on the river, the blue Moon"
Returning exultant to the cabin, he dis
covers his mother dead, she having sue
Climbed while e~ndeavoring to leave q
utessage revealing the secret of his par
entage.
CHAPTER Hat the village Of Fallen
Rock, to which he takes the gem for safe
keeping, the "Pearlhunter' meets the
stranger who had disturbed his mother
tn their cabin, and insults him. They
part as bitter enemies.
% tI1AI EN- ~. In the village the
"~'Pearlhunter'' sees the girl who had at
tracted his attention in the woods. She
rs annoyed by the stranger, and the
"Pearlhunter' rescues her from his I'M
welcome attentions. fIe accompanies her
to her home.
CHAPTER Vat the house he mee.z
che father of his wild Rose.' known to
the locality as the "Wild Man." mentally
irresponsible as the result OF a wound re-
ceived from a mar wearing a red mask.
a notorious desperate. The youth de-
clares his intention Of devoting the
money he is to get for the pearl to pay
: sng for a surgical operation which will
restore the old mans reason.
CHAPTER Win the cabin that night
the "Pearlhunter" Is aroused from sleep
by the stealthy visit of a man who con-
ceals a red mask in the wall and makes
his escape. The "Pearlhunter,'' mystiaed,
and suspecting foul plav. destroys it.
Next day Louie Solomon. pearl buyer,
purchases the gem for $500.
CHAPTER v11.-solomon accompanies
che youth to his cabin and within a few
minutes of their parting the pearl buyer
IS stabbed and robbed Of the gem. The
"Pearlhunter" is charged with the muir
der and robbery and is saved from lynch
Eng by the Intervention of the sheriff.
The mob believes the "Pearlhunter" is
the RED Mask" He is confined in the
village lookup.
CHAPTER VIII.-The stranger offers to
secure the release Of the "~Pearlhunter" if
he will promise to leave the vicinity. The
youth refuses. Made desperate by the
strangers threats Of harming the girl,
the young man prizes the bars from the
window of his cell and escapes.
~ D., w =. "
home of his wild Rose" ne Tells nc
girl the whole story of the selling of the
gem, the murder of Louie Solomon. and
his accusation of being the Red Mask
The girl believes him innocent, and he
leaves the draft he had received for the
gem with her. Returning to his cabin,
the "Pearlhunter" finds the murderer
there. and the latter unwittingly discloses
to the youth his hiding place, a cave un-
der a waterfall.
Non the departure of the
desperate the "Pearlhunter'' visits the
cave and discovers certain proof that il
is the Red Eask's'' retreat. Hiding from
mis- pursuers, in a rocky Granny in the
woods, he is seriously wounded by a
chance shot fired by a member of the
posse searching for him.
CHAPTER XII. = Helpless from his
wound, the "Pearlhunter'' is found by
the wild Rose" and taken by her to
her home. The Red Mask" attempts to
enter the cabin but is driven away by the
girl, who threatens to shoot him. The
.Pearlhunter" would follow him, but the
"Wild Rose insists he is not strong
enough. and herself takes the trail of the
renegade, both of them realizing how
/ important it is to know what the next
movements of the Red Mask are to be,
CHAPTER XII.-The girl returns to
her home, drawn back by a visitor, a
small boy, who has a letter for her. The
youngster has met the desperate and
gives her the information she was seek
ing. The letter proves to be from an old
friend of the wild Man," inclosine
money and urging him to return to the
world and the friends he has left. The
letter also reveals the fact that the 'Wild
Rose" is a great heiress, though her
= identity is not fully disclosed. The pearl
hunter" having in mind the capture of
the RED Mask and his own yindica-
ton, leaves the girl and goes back to the
village.
CHAPTER xIII.-Bent on vengeance
and vindication, the "~Pearlhunter" forces
the sheriff to accompany him to the cave
under the WATERFALL, with the object of
experimenting the Red Mask" Before
they can seize the desperate he discovers
their presence and escapes.
CHAPTER xIV.-In his infatuation for
the wild Rose" the RED Mask" invades
the girls home. and meeting with resist
ance from the wild Man." beats him
senseless with his revolver butt. The
sheriff and the "Pearlhunter' arrive on
the scene in time to avenge the old man
but not to save him. The "~Pearlhunter'.
shoots the Red Mask" The blows in
dicted by his assailant nave the effect
Of restoring reason to the wild Man.
He comes to himself, and is revealed az
Colonel Warbritton. father of the Pearl.
hunter" famous soldier and gifted must
clan. and the wild Rose is shown to
be the innocent daughter of the RED
Mask" abandoned by him in her infancy
when he took to his career of crime.
CHAPTER XV.-The wonderful pearl.
the Blue Moon" is David Warbitton's
Ono longer the nameless "Pearlhunter")
gift to his bride. his wild Rose" and
their home Is henceforth In the Flatwoods
they both love.