New Britain herald., 1921-08-22

(ContiEued from Saturdays Herald.) } Captain Jonah Hand, aged skipper, gives up the sea and comes to tho home of his niece. who ia wife of Or Tin Peety, at Cardhaven. a fishing Village, to spend hia declining years: While not entirely welcome at tho Petty home, ha is kept in ignorance of this fact because he apparently has not long to live and Mrs. Petty ia his only living heir. He is supposed to have considerable money saved. His first day at the Petty homo ho overhears conversation between Pearl Holden, better known
 'Pear]y,' who was bound over to Or rin Petty by the selectman when her folks died and left her a charge on the town, and Aom Petty, his neice's son.
 Tom confesses to Pearly that he had gambled on the old three shell and pea game at the cattle shoy in , nearby town and mad lost not only his own money, but also nearly s25 7 belonging to the Ladies' Aid, of which ) he was supposed to buy a chapel lamp. Pearly offers to lend him the money out of her savings. She has an equal sum earned by picking ber- ries
 ''Capn Jonah gets up early and } gives Tom a $2O bill, thereby reliev- : ing Tom of his troubles Joseph 1 Helmsford secures lodging at Mrs.
 Petty's after the closing of the Inn. For reasons, known to himself, ,"Cap'n Jonah wants to be known as a veal ! thy man, so he and Cap'n Abe agree on a plan.
 } "Pearly" is delighted with the books which Helmsford brings to his room, and are the one bright spot in } 'Pearly's'' existence as a maid of all
 work.
 A mysterious iron box is delivered
 to the Petty home consigned to Cap l tain Jonah. This, naturally, gives
 rise to the impression that Captain
 Jonah's fortune is confined to the strong box.
 The Petty's treat Pearly so badly | that Captain Jonah begins to threaten
 to take a hand. Pearly is walking a country road with Joe Helmsford. a border at the Petty home one day
 when she is confronted by Tom Petty who insolently orders her to the house. A quarrel between the two } men leads to blows, during which Petty comes out second best.
 Helmsford leaves the Petty home after thrashing Tom.
 Captain Jonah in a burst of con-
 fdence tells Captain Abe, who runs the village store of his imaginary for
 tune. He is overheard by Tom who
 was hiding behind some boxes. | A child of Carey Payne has pneu-
 monia and Sue Montevedo faces a
 New England blizzard to go over and
 take care of it. She gets lost in the
 storm. 'Liphalet Truitt starts in
 search of her but passes her some
 where in the storm and is compelled | to retrace his steps.
 1 He finds where she has fallen l over a precipice during the storm and
 manages to drag her back to safety. 0 Captain Jonah gets home to the z Petty house just as Tom has finished n telling his story. Another kind of a 7 | storm follows in the house and Cap Y tain Jonah leaves, taking Pearl with n him.
 For in that flash. before the snow
 ,urtain shut down again, he had seer rs Ljphalet Truitt slide over the brink Of the cliff. Putting away those ,e troubles which had obsessed his mind ,r in an instant he started for the spot d charging recklessly through the storm
 He was familiar with this surf
 mans path. In this direction lay !, Salt Creek and the fish hatchery.
 In a few breath1ess minutes he
 came stumbling to the spot. He could
 not miss it, for he tripped and fell
 sprawling across the taunt rope which
 was fast to the crowbar. The crow
 bar was canted toward the cliffs brink ; and the frozen ground all about it y was broken and loose. Helmford o heard no cry from below; but he 1T saw the rope slipping and realized that there was a burden on it thai le was doomed unless he interferred. IS With a shout he 1eaped upon the is slipping hemp with both feet, just as g. moment when 'Liphalet Truitt fell in himself and Miss Sue drop a sudden s, nerve-rac cking foot down the wall o1
 the precipice,
 es She's goin'!" the ex-steward re " peated as the broken earth rattlet 1s about them. He tore his hands pain st fully in lifting himself and Miss Sut as up again to the edge.
 They would never have made it hat
 not two muscular hands seized Lip F halet coat collar and dra gged him up be He lost the rope, scrambling blindl, 70 on hands and knees, the woman stil te 1 Clinging to him. The crowbar brok IT. loose entirely and, with the rope ,l hurtled over the brink of the cliff. - With a burst Of sound that ros ~, above the clamo- of both gale ant T. sea, the land3lip broke away from tn ~. brow of the precipice. The men an h. the woman almost hung over tk ragged break for an instant. The 'iu He1mford pulled the others farther i lis and raised Miss Sue gently to he = feet.
 Miss Sue? Great heavens!" erie
 the young fellow.
 "Oh, 'Liphalet!" cried Miss Sue Are we safe?'