The Adair County news., 1920-12-15
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER IL-Uriah Devon, Tony's IA
Their, returns to the boat from a pro-
tracted spree" and announces he has
arranged for Tony to marry worthless
companion Of his, Reginald Brown. Mrs.
Deyon objects, and Uriah beats her. She
intmates there is a secret connected
with Tonnibel.
When TOnnibel felt the water over
her, she swept to the lakes bottom
with one long stroke. Then deity she
rid herself of her dress skirt and be-
gan to swim swiftly under the water.
They were tense minutes that the
two men stood waiting, until suddenly
beyond them to the south a curly head
came above the waters edge. Then
they leapt to the shore and raced to-
ward the place she must land. To
the painting girl it was a race for life.
Suddenly, like a flashing glimpse
from Heaven, the words, STAND Still
and See the Salvation of the Lord"
foated before her eyes like fame of
gold. Philip MacCauley's deep voice
seemed to speak them in her ringing
ears Immediately after. "Goddy," she
groaned, Salvation of the Lord, oh,
darlin' Salvation"
, Just then her feet touched the peb-
bles on the bottom Of the lake. With
one wild leap she was on the shore
and up the bank, Criah screaming at
her to stop.
She heard the two men crashing
fhnA hnr oh
could outdistance them for long if she
tried for the boulevard, she had no
hope. But all about ner were giant
friends with outstretched arms, offer
ing her shelter. For one instant she
paused, then sprang into the air,
caught the lower branch Of a great
pine tree and like. a squirrel scurried
up it. Almost at the top, spanned over
by the blue sky, she craWled out to
the end of q big limb and chung to II.
Beneath her the men paused ana
shouted curses up at her. TOnnibe,
cared nothing for curses. Shed heard
them all her life, used them, too, when
she felt like it.
Suddenly there came to her ears the
tapping of a paddle in the lake. She
flung up her head, peeped out and saw
q canoe taking its leisurely way to-
ward Ithaca. She bent over and looked
down.
Daddy" she cried, there's some
one rOwin' on the lake. I'm gOin' to
hOller like HI. And when he comes,
I'll tell i'm how you banged Eide, and
if she's croaked you'll both get Jailed.
. Here's where I hOller!"
She sent out a quick birdlike trill,
and the man in the canoe held his
paddle suspended in the air as he
studied the forest. This didn't inter-
est TOnnibel as much as did the fact
that Devon and Reggie Brown jumped
to their feet and raced away toward
the boulevard. TOnnibel from her
perch saw them disappear toward
Ithaca before she slid to the ground.
The man in the canoe, too, made but
a short pause before he dipped his
paddle and shot away. On the deck
of the boat TOnnibel picked up Gus
sie-Piglet and, dripping wet, went
swiftly down the cabin steps. There
she found her mother on the bunk, her
face discolored by her husbands
blows. She looked as if she were dead,
and for a moment the fOrlOrn child OF
the wilderness uttered heartbrOken
little cries for help.
The cabin was cluttered in the
struggle Uriah Devon had had with
his wife In despair Tony looked
around. The old clothes daddy had
brought home were strewn over the
cabin floor. TOnnibel heaped then
together, then began to examine them
They needed nothing but pressing
This she'd do to save her mother the
work; and perhaps the fact that he
had something ready to sell would
make Uriah less brutal when he came
back. In running her fingers over
coat, searching for small rents, Ton!
felt something between the lining anC
outside, a book it seemed like, which
she hastily pulled out. 1t was small
and much worn. There wasn't an!
money in it, in fact nothing but pic
ture, wrapped up in paper.
She looked at the picture curiOusly
A baby's face smiled up at her, ant
her own lips curved a bit in answer Il
the laughing challenge in the littl'
ones eyes.
Then she turned it over.
On the back was written:
my baby, Caroline PendlehaveI
aged six months. If this picture is eve
lost the finder will receive a money re
ward by returning it to DR.. Paul Per
dlehaven, Pendlehaven Place, Ithaca
N. Y"
Money was what Edie needed
Money food and a doctor. If sh
could find this Paul Pendlehaven, pei
haps in exchange for the picture h
would give her bottle Of medicine 70
her mother.