Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-19
=. ,rnyNs THE STORY

Nkso" .ronathan X. MoGsire.
S.Gv,rs 70 being blackmciIed ov ome
ssossX sss kennedy. Kennedy says No.
99s;S Killed Ben Cameron. tAesr
0ym 0., In prospecting. McGuire
y"E E.rnsdy did the Killing. Peter
..s. MCGUIRE. He deterntnes
s"".y; y" .;vcumpent Kennedy, and MO-
80 y oyor,ises to give million dol
-. "a Beth Cameron, daughter ot
~an pho ,oas slain. IN the
,,;us he Is being shddoDed, and
". yyon, abroad that the Bolshe-
a,tf crs trailing him. Kennedy re-,
M n fhe MoGuire estate and
,s. Refh. He suspects her IDENTITY
~, ~ ,ra,stions her about her father:
SW1st do you ,oant to knou forI'
~ osks.
AND HERE TT CONTINUES
,,rr bis bent brows were frowning at
ii a. path at his feet. He tried to
,.u,b--and the sound Of the dry cackie
VA little mirth in 1t.
mo matter. IL thought 1t might
guess ye'd better eo--1 guess
"a better." And with that he sank
s..,ily in Peters chair again.
rut Beth still stood and stared at
n, aware of the sudden change In
~ I attitude toward her, What did 1t
m mean? What were Peters relations
I'm this creature who behaved SO
,.,snsely at the mention Of her name ?
Whv aid he speak Of Ben Cameron
Who was he? Who?
TSe feeling Of which she had at first
A..n nc conscious, at the mans evil leering
sr;Is which repelled her suddenly cu!-
s..irst,d .IIr in a pang Of intuition. This
an 1t must be
I.wl Kennedy-the man who
~ stared at him with a new horr IT
!" ths growing pallor of her face and
W.sI Kennedy saw the look. It was
:. though some devilish psychological
sontrivance had suddenly hooked their
700 ZOO eonsciousness to the same thought.
Mn ssw the same picture--the sand,
~ ~ rocks, the blazing sun and dead
nan @ wing with a knife in his back
And Beth continued staring
!. ,houeh in a kind of horrible fasci-
rsBon. And when her lips moved she
mako as though impelled by a force
BEYOND her own volition:
"you-you're Hawk Kennedy" she
Id tensely, "the man who killed my
tather."
Ms s feet. a "who tod you thatY'
"I-I guessed tt"
"Who told We about Hawk Ken
p.dyl Who told ye about himT
GNo one"
aye didn't dream It. Ye can't dream
name" he said tensely. "Pete told
e-he lied to ye." .....
HE didn't"
But he had caught her by the wrist
sain and dragged her into the cabin.
6be was thoroughly frightened now
90 frightened even to cry out-too ter
(i6ed at the sudden revelation of this
man who for some days had been a
lind Of evil spirit in the background OF
Yer happiness. He was not like what
|he had thought he was, but embodied
IN idea that was sinister and terrible.
And while she wondered what he was
cing to do next he pushed her into tho
rmchair, locked the door and put the
sy Into his pocket.
'Now we can talk" he muttered
rimly. "No chance Of bein' disturbed
Pete amt due for hours yet. So he's
been tellin' you lies about me. Has
ei Sayin' / done it. BY G., I'm
beginnin' to see ."
He leered at her horribly, and Beth
besmed frozen into her chair. The
courage that had been hers a moment
sso when he had shrunk away from her
had fed before the fury of his questions
and the violence of his touch. She was
iEtimidaied for the first time in iicr
life and yet she tried to meet his eyes,
which burned wildly, shifting from side
10 side like those of a Gagged beast. In
her terror she could not tell what
dauntless instinct had urged her unless
y was Ben Cameron's soul in agony
that had cried out through her lips. And
pow she had not only betrayed Peter
but herself.
I'm beginnin' to see. You and Pete
payin' both ends against the mid
y, with Mcclure comm down some
MIN very handsome for a weddin' pres
nt and leavin' me out in the cold.
Very pretty! But It amt goin' to
Eork out just that way-not that way
u AL"
All OF this he muttered In a wildly
aMal Kind OF way, at no one in par
dtular, as his gaze fitted from one OBJ
ect In the room to another, always
essing over Beth almost impersonally.
put In moment she saw his gaze con-
nitrate upon her with sudden eager
less.
He told ye done It, did he? Well.
didn't" he cried In a strident voice.
didn't do 1t. 1t was Mcclure and
II prove 1t. all right. Mcclure. Pete
ant hx that on me--even II he wanted
but he told you, or ye wouldn't
spoke like ye did. / guess maybe
wouldn't of said 20 much II Pete
~ oeen here. But ye let the cat slip
ut o. the bag all right. You and Pete
snd maybe McGuire's with ye too
against me. Is that SO? .
nt yer speak, girl? Must ye sit
~: Just starin' at me with yer big
ysst What are 70 lookin' at? Are ye
No, I'm not dumb" gasped Beth,
uusgiing for her courage, aware all
while OF the physical threat in the
sns M very presence.
speak then. Tell me the truth. Pete
a u was your money Mcclure took
0ur money McGuire's got to make good
~. Amt that the TRUTH"
,vh' yes, ye will. Tpu'Il answer all
vn.. I'm not goin' ~ trife. What
@ ~ come here to See Pete about?
that letter 70 came to give him?
nitn clutched the heliotrope note to
poyom, but Hawk Kennedy caught
uI nands and tried to tear II away
% ner. 1t needed only this new act
pnysical violence TO give Beth the
'ass o. despair. She sprang to her
auding him, but he caught her
s she reached the window. She
ssa AZ him with her fists, but he tore
mIter away from her and hurled her
rs.su the bed over which she fell
Nsess. There was no use trying