Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-22
By DAVID AND ERSoN
sYxopars.

sxHo1s1s.
live on,A Soaseboat IN the wabash Sivsr.
him lin tsi'I she was WAS s ySrm n ay'a Wealthy Thy But
misunde rstandinE caused purposely by
a scoun6relly- former lover. and for Il
years, she and her son, an infant at the
in their present n
SHORTLY after this the seoundrelly 10y
ct. the mar with the fancy vest" re-
leaves hurriedly leaving a small red
Tss Pessfl Hunter md. . .res. pearl.
after the death Of his mother. which
comes suddenly.
He meets y beautiful girl. living in the
t Hooas, .; an s,h re's cues her +. from t the a ate, J;
Il; ~ s.il 81. M x,5l TIE %Ma ROSE ..vr,,,
known as the wild Man" She tells him
that her father was shot in the head
seven years before. ana has since been
tails Of the shooting are known to her,
afterward ne was elutchine knife,
The Pearl Hunter offers to lend her
me money Tor an operation on the WHO
Moon.
Another red mask is mysteriously hid.
den in the Pearl Hunters cabin. The
III pearl bay esas = , she he viii vfi'i give Ave
thousand dollars for the Blue Moon.
The deal goes through, and shortly
death. When found by the Pearl Hunte,
he has q knife in his bosom. and hi,
hand clutches a red mask.
and he is held OF suspicion Of being thu
red mask, murderer and thief, who
TIL Pearl Hunter goes to Jail. and tn.
l Boss" with whom he has hunted pearl:
Tor many wears. goes to his cell in thu
The Pearl Hunter escapes from tn,
jail by the window after an interview
through the bars with the real bandit
'"f He s goes With to the the e es6hy s ef the wi,
t He leaves his draft for 5000 with tn,
e The Pearl Hunter takes refuge in
. cave.
He is wounded by a chance shot from
one e., OF 1 the men hunting him
, hides him in her room.
CHAPTER xxv.-(Continued.)
The boy had sprung out of the b.;
chair and stood with his hin It'll,
fists clenched. The girls fine eye
grew wide; the face behind the cur
tains was a study,
II met that timber buyin' Teller o,
: the way down here" He caEac rca:
the girls chair. '1f thsy's anybody
hate. it's him. Gran'pa says'-h
e Ieant nearer, and spoke low-"h
kills people! Gee! but ! wus skeere,
. when I saw him a-comin' down tn
= road! He wus awful mad, an a
swearin' to hisself. / eckon he WI
Mask. He slashed at me with
switch. But l dNcked, an cut dirt
an Skinned over tn fence. When
a looked bac he wus a-goin' on towar
town. an ] streaked it through II
y woods lickety-split."
The very information she had bee
,e about to venture forth into tn
woods to acquire. The Pearlhunte
1t back Of the curtains drew a dee
and such as him. the bold liDert1
r since he was in a girls bedroondska7l
easing himself down into a chair thi
1t stood near the door. Billy talked OF
Them three Jew fellers luck ths
sr little Jew man what got killed bac
home this mornin'."
Of "They did,"
"Uh-huh! Tuck i'm down IN rive
t. in that white skifft. I'm go'n t. hay
me a skift like that some tim
l Gran'pa hoped putt i'm in tn cof1
= an tote i'm down to tn skifft."
s. Well
Eyes, ma'am. Hit tuck six men
I tote i'm. Y'u wouldn't think it
take six men T. tote a little Teller lii
him. would y'u? DO y'u reckon foil
git heavier when'th're dead?"
mo. l hardly think so. It's just
custom to have six carry the coffin
"Uh-huh! / reckon it's cause
a cofin's got six handles, an they il
naturally got t. have a man fer eae
ny handle"
ad fellow thoughtful, His eyes made a
other slow journey round the ROOF
l Gee, them's lot of books L
q. go'n' t have me some books son
TO time"
Wouldn't o like to have o.
at now"
i've got a First Reader, but T.
-, read it."
ill The girl led him to the bookcaa
irummaged out a book-probdbly Il
only collection of fairy tales in Il
Flatwoods-anf laid 1t in his hanc
nd The outside cover page was done
colors-a cat wearing boots; a ragg'
LIST little girl by u fireplace; a boy CHM
ing a bean vine; another boy with
lie sword fighting a two-headed gial
Round. with wonder. the sharp ey
1 %devoured the pictures.
Gee. } isht Granm could
IRE them!" =
~. "shs shall; It's yours"
oo "Mine!"
He Rugged it tight in HIS arms.
was worth a good many o Just
see the light h a trans-igured t
frock)oa In twO 1NnnDA hA WA