Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-21

The Pearl Hunter and his mother
She realizes that she is dying. and tells
him that she was formerly wealthy, but
had left her husband as the result OF a
a seo%ndse,IY form ssuf IeSel pu and for 3? 81
years., she and her son. an infant at the
time her life was wrecked. "a lived
in. tnetr present manner. II
ef, the man with the fancy vest" re.
appears; He comes to their cabin but
Leaves . h1rriedls leavins a small red
a Blue Moon worth some $4,000, just
after the death of his mother. which
He meets a beautiful girl. living in the
woods. and rescues her from the atten.
lions Of the man in the fancy vest"
ne rS Sal' Pe shf si Hun nThe v Mi,a E ise wild
Rose" where she lives with her father.
known as The Wild Man" She tells him
that that her father was shot in the head
in the strange Standardization. No de-
tails of the shooting are known to her,
but when her father was. brought home
which he handles constantly. and in a
package was a small red mask:
THE Pearl Hunter offers to lend her
he mopey for an operator on the Wild
Noon.
Another red mask is mysteriously hid
ucH III tDe HedTi HunteT s CABIN. 4He
next morning. "a pearl buyer arrives.
The peat' buyer says he will give five
THOUSAND dollars for the Blue Moon.
the deal goes through. and shorty
death. When found by the Pearl Hunter
he has a knife in his BOSOM. and his
hand ciutches a red mask.
ing over the body of the pearl buyer
and he is held or suspicion of>being the
red mask, murderer and thief. ,whe
The Pearl Hunter goes TO Jail, and tn
Boss" with whom he has hunted pearls
rGr, many years, gees TO- his/cell In tn.
The Pearl Hunter escapes. from tn,
Jail by the window after an interview
k~through>the bars with the real bandit
the Man with the fancy vest
He goes to the cabin of the will
He leaves his draft for 5000 with tn,
The Pearl Hunter takes refuge in
), He is ounde by a chance shot fron
) one Of the men hunting him.
The Wild Rose dresses his Wounds an
hideA him in her room.
CHAPTER xxK.-topntinued.,
She fuffed up the pillow on tn,
Ii couch, smoOthed the cover, darte
flacrossf the room n was seated at tn
little table with her sewing when tn
knock came at the door. .a f,
A quick glance at the tiny slit be
tween the curtains behind which sh
knew the Pearlhunterj was standing.
her hnger that said palmer eha
words to stay there: and she rose an
walked With<a firm step to the doc
A narrow inch she opened it an
with her left hand held 1t so. with he
r right shoulder propped against 1t j
such 4 way that her right side an
arm were concealed. 4
The man on the outside OF the. doc
drew. back a step, and, with a sweer
n ing bow-too sweeping, v for tn
FlatwOOds-his hat came off and h
handsome face put on its most affabl
y smile. That's exactly the word-p,
on-for it didn't come there natura
ly. He had lost the power to smile
really smile. Nothing is easier to G,
aggerate than poltteness; nothipg
the world SO easy to overdoS as
affability to insqlence.
And how Isl my wood-fairy tn
The girl made no reply. Her-fao
$ framed in the narrow opening
changed not a shade. From his plaJ
= behind the curtafH %the Pearrhunti
wondered II 1t still wore the expire
sion It had worn a moment before.
al Nothing 30 dfsconcert1 q man az
have his advances met with siiene
Come OF the hines and wrinkles tn
/. Idtd duty for thu, smile left the DO
face of the renegade.
- at was SO very lonesome in , Il
Village, with the me air hunting tn
desperate, that / thought I'd wa
out and spend the afternoon with yo
1t and talk over with you SOME We
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