Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-23

Immediately by another, swathed In n
| nnhdage which only partially concealed
| the dark eyes and beard Of Ynkimov the
RUSSIAN. It took considerable exercise
OF Will on Peters part to remain uuies-
cent with the stare of those fotr eyes
| unon MIN, especially when he noted the
weapon in the fingers Of the Russian.
Fut he waited until the two men got
| INTO the room.
There he Is. You got him, Yaki-
mov.' said Shad, with n lnugh.
| Perhnps-" Peter heard, but I'll
make sure of it"
lakimov's pistol rose slowly, half
way to the level Of his eyes. but IL wns
| never hred, for Peters revolver flashed
fire, twice-three times. and Yakimov
! with a sudden wide stare nc vacancy
pitched forward and crashed down.
| The surprise wns complete, for q fourth
shot went into the right arm Of Shad
| wells. which ruined his shot and sent
his weapon clattering to the floor.
Peter had taken Shads measure once
bcfore and the memory UI TIE plow from
the axhandle earlier in the day did
nothing to soften Peters intent. The
Quick command as he scrambled 70 his
feet and the sight Of the imminent
weapon caused Shad suddenly to forget
everything but the desire. Whatever else
happened, not to die az Y'akimov hud
done. And so he put his hands up
| staggering back against the wall. Peter.
with his weapon still covering Shnd.
lut his fingers over Yakimov's heart
| The man was dead. Then he rose SO
berly and faced Shad
Il ought to kill you like the dog that
| you are" he said tcrsely. but l want
to question you first. Stand over by
| the bed"
Shad obcyed and Peter, watching him
closely, picked IN his weapon and Yaki-
inov's and examined them carefully.
utting cne in his pocket and laying the
other beside him on the mnntel. But
| all the fight was out Of Shnd who
stood stupidity while Peter bound his
wrists behind him. The man was badly
hurt, but it was no time for Peter to be
| playing the good Samaritan.
So much for keeping bad company"
said Peter coolly "You'll find mere Of
the same sort in the lookup ut Mays
| Landing"
"You daresn't send me there" NUT
tered Shad, with a feeble attempt ut
| bravado.
won't I? You'll sce--for at
tempted murder. The Sheriff IS on his
way here now. Have you anything to
say?'
Shnd was silent. cying the dead man.
ooh, very well.' said Peter. lie
closed and locked tho door and. keeping
the man covered with his revolver.
moved to the telephone and got Nc
CURE Mt Black Rock House. telling him
in few phrases what had happened.
"Yes, Yakimov the Russian--I shot
him Yes ] killed him. II
was 20 save my own life "Shad
Wells - A prisoner.
"Send Briefly with a car down here
at once. Hawk has been here, too, and
las met Beth Cameron God
knows. He has taken her away with
him omewhere-abducted her.
Yes Yes I've got ~
find her. Yes, Beth-can't you under
stand? She came here to bring
me letter found it. Hawk
was here early this morning.
know it. He bound her with some of
my handkcrchiefs No, there
no doubt Of it--none at all.
cant stand here talking. Send Briefly
at offce. Understands
And Peter hung up the receiver and
turned toward Shad, who was leaning
forward toward him, his face pale, his
mouth agape at what he had heard.
But Peter, unaware of the sudden
Transformation in his prisoner, only
glanced at him and, bending over, began
a search Of the pockets of the dead
man, when Shad's voice cut the ST.
lence-
"You-you say, he stammered
chokingly, "you say B-Beth has been
abducted, mister-Beth CameronT'
Peter Strengthened, his eyes search
ing the lumberman's face.
YES. Today-this morning." he
answered crisply. What Of it? DO
you know anything-T'
Hawk Kennedy took her?' the man
faltered. Are you sure?'
Peter sprang up, his eyes blazing with
eagerness.
"What do you know Of Hawk Ken
nedy?" he cried. And then, as Shad
seemed suddenly to have been stricken
dumb, Peter seized him by, the shoulder
and shook him. Speak! do you
know Hawk Kennedy
yes" said shad in a bewildered
way. IT do-but Beth
"He's taken her away-don't you un-
derstand?"
"W- Why"
"God knows" said Peter wildly.
cts part of plot-againnst McGuire
to get money. Do you know where
he is$ Do you know where he's gone
with her? Speak, man! Or must l
81 know him. I've seen him
muttered Shad with hang dog air.
Today"
"No."
Peter gasped In disappointment, but
| still questioned quickly.
"Where did you see himT'
Down near the camp. He came back
again yesterday. He'd been away
Eyes, yes, know. What did he
say'Io", , anna ,..,, r.rt oa.or.d
around like he owned the place and
talked about n lot Of money he was
goin' to have. An how he was"
''DO you know where he took Beth
Cameron broke in Peter again.
mo. | dont-My God "
"Yes, him. You know what 1t means.
He'd kill her if he dared.
Would he? My God. Mister. You
"No. No." And then, sharply,
"Speak up. Wells, and I'll set you
free. Do YOU know where he could have
taken her?'
"I'm not sure, but maybe"
"Whcre-?'
"He stayed down at the Forks"
eyes. But he wouldn't have dared to
take her there"
"No That's SO. Maybe
"Wheref"
Some other place
"Of course. Was there any other
place that he knew ahOutE'
"Yes, there was But when he first