Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-17

MctJHire ana IS tneTe ptuccu =" c"uVo
Of a body of men iohose principal
dutp appears to DC 10 see 10 mar
~ ,tranoer approaches the house by
";,ht or dan. Mcclure is desperately
rtyn;d of somebody or something,
Peter kno,os not tohdt or ,chom. He
/ trds the guard Tar, experiments tcih
r. fools Il and shdmes IT,
AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
CHAPTER v
New Elements
ryOME Of the men on guard In the
Smiddle watch reported that they had
,,ord what seemed to be the sounds Of
rrsic very far away in the woods and
wsrc disturbed at the trick their ears
hod nlayed upon them. But Peter
admit tell them the truth. If listening
sor The notes of piano would keep them
.uote listen they should. He slept
,rtil noon and then went to the house
for orders.
Morning seemed to make a diff
4rence in the point Of view. II the
moon had made the night lovely, the sun
brought with it the promise Of every
,ood thing. The walk through the woods
n Black Rock House was joy, very
slishtly alleviated by the poor condition
NJ the trees under which Peter passed.
II was primeval forest even here, with
valuable trees stunted and poor ones
vostly overgrown according to natures
law, which provides for the survival
Of the fttest. This was the law. too,
which was to be applied to Peter.
Would he grow straight and true in this
foreign soil or gnarled and misshapen
Ike the cedars and the naples that he
Srsight =. straight.
Optimism seemed to be the order Of
the new day. At the house he found
mat his employer had put OIL clean
shirt and was freshly shavcn. The
windows of the room were opened wide
10 the sunlight which streamed into the
room, revealing its darkest corners. Nc.
| Guire himself seemed to have responded
| 10 the cffulgence Of the sun and the
4 balmy air which swept across his table.
] His manner was now calm, his voice
4 more measured.
When Peter came into the room Mr..
Mcclure closed the heavy doors of the
steel safe carefully and turned to greet
him.
"Oh. glad to see you. Nichols" he
said more cheerfully. "a quiet night,
! understand
Yes" laughed Nichols, " except for
the man who got through the guards
and smoked n cigarette on your por-
tico."
"What!" gasped Mcclure.
Don't be alarmed, sir. 1t was only
myself l wanted to show Shnd Wells
the defects Of his police system"
"Oh All! IIa, ha. yes. pf course.
Very good. And you weren't shot att"
''On, no, sir-though I'd given them
leave to pot me II they could. But !
think you re adequately protected now
Good" said Mcclure. Have a
cigar, I'm glad you've come. l wanted
to talk 70 YOU"
gars, "It's about this very guard. l.
men under cover Mt least in the day
time"
Under cover?"
"Well, you see," went on Mcclure
In some hesitation, my daughter the
called it 1arter) Peggy is motoring
down from Now York TODAY. I don I
want her but she's coming. I couIdn' {
tton her She doesn't know ANYTHING
sbopt this-erNtbis guording rho house
And / don't want her to know. She
mustn't know. She'd ask questions.
don't want questions asked. III get
her away as soon as l can, but she
mustn't be put into any danger"
II see," said Peter, examining the
to know anvthmr about Tho imnending
sttempts upon your life md nronertv. "
iYes that's II :" said NIc9;nirn I'M
nst,entiv ar don,t want bor IN fnd
out. Er-she conidn't understand You
much I" Hs nsused-"it's.erHnec. ~ eco
essary that none of her friends in New
York or mine should know of--er-any
danger that threatons ] AJ" mc And ~
course-erwanv danger that threatens
me wo,,ld-in wov-threoten her
You seeY"
"I think a."
"I'ye mt all w.a,ons under cover
don't want her 70 sec 'em. So when
she comes-wbich NAV be ot anv mn.
mentNnotbinr must nIy Se % so;J y ohnyt y G tHc
men outside and What tbev're there for
In tho Sart;r unu WIZ, tha 'ney le tner, ,or,
sousth rT uay'iine they nusI nc gwen
ming the lawns % nr,,nira t trnns pSI or veal
inc The dr;veua'yp ~ us pnY ,oN 60 .h,t y, wa tSnr
AK bnt don,t iot onr 20 I ,nr, VIA no Ia: unTS
You'll oynioin '. .L;a %"y " e"h y" "mas'
Al for ~amrsa,s 'ntS W 'ne neur ne" men,
INV new sMnc,5 ,5ntondont onI ,U''se se StM :"
McC,";ro not vluea' mn oua o1 una iIreseer, .h ar
SLOWLY Iooki6o a. p Po,or sa p"reu n"t snI ~ nVor
! Of his evc ~ As'@t oa' VI '"' '"''
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