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CHAPTER I.-Never having known his
Gather, and living with his mother on a
touseboat on the Wabash river, "The
iRearlhunter"-the only name he has
learns from her a part of the story Of
her sad life. The recital is interrupted by
q 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
the "Wild Rose" She eludes him before
he can make her acquaintance.
CHAPTER ia vacant cabin on the
shore has attracted the attention of the
ailing woman, and they move into 1t.
Their first meal is interrupted by a
Stranger who resents their presence. The
youth drives the man from their home.
His presence has strangely affected the
mother. That night h youth finds with
In a 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 endeavoring to leave a
massage revealing the secret Of his par
entage.
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Rock, to which he takes the gem for safe
keeping, the "Pearlhunter" meets the
stranger who had disturbed his mother
in their cabin, and insults him. They
part as bitter enemies.
CHAPTER Nv. In the village the
."'P~earlhunter'' sees the girl who had at
tracted his attention in the woods. h
Is annoyed by tho stranger, and the
H~'Pearlhunter'' rescues her from his un-
welcome attentions. He accompanies her
to her home.
CHAPTER Vat the house he mee.=
the father Of his "Wlld Rose,' known to
the locality as the wild Man." mentally
Irresponsible as the result Of a wound re-
-ceived from a man wearing a red mask,
a notorious desperate. The youth de-
clares his Intention Of devoting the
n he is to get for the pearl to pay
ing 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 play. destroys 1t.
Next day Lou Solomon. pearl buyer,
pvchases the gem for 5000.
CHAPTER W1.-Solomon accompanies
the youth to his cabin and within a few
minutes of their parting the pearl buyer
is stabbed and robbed of the gem. The
'sPe%arlhunter" Isl charged with the muir
der and robbery and is saved from lynch
dng by the Intervention of the sheriff.
The mob believes the "Pearlhunter' is
the "Red Mask" He is confined in the
village lookup.
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secure the release Of the "Pearlhunter'' IL
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.
CHAPTER 1x.-Going at once to the
nome of. his "Wiid Rose" ne tells INC
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'' inds the murderer
there, and the latter unwittingly discloses
to the youth his hiding place, a cave un-
sder a waterfall.
CHAPTER x.-on the departure Of the
desperate the ~*'Pearlhunter', visits the
cave and discovers certain proof that it
is the Red Masks" retreat. Hiding from
his 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 XXI. - Helpless from his
wound, the "Pearlhunter'' is found by
the 'sWild Rose" and taken by her to
her home. The "Red Mask attempts to
enter the cabin but is driven away by the
gisl, 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. inclosing
money and urging him to return to the
world and the friends he has left. The
letter also reveals the fact that the .rWild
Rose is a great heiress, though her
identity is not fully disclosed. The "Pearl-
hunter" having in mind the capture of
NJ the RED Mask" and his own vindica-
ton. caves the girl and goes back to the
village.
CHAPTER XIII.-Bent on vengeance
and yindication. 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 n the 'tPearlhunter'' arrive on
the scene in time to ayenge the old man
but not to save him. The "Pearlhunter'.
shoots the i'sRed Mask The blows in
hicted by his assailant have the effect
Of restoring reason to the wild Man.
He m 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
20 the Innocent daughter Of the Red
Mask" abandoned by him In her infancy
when he took 70 HIS career OF crime.
CHAPTER xv.--The wonderful pearl.
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