Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-28
Hawk Kennedy vi

shad WV W. inst had time to ge
bs tneIu, ts,Io fre was all around. W.
q. me swamp-intto the waieI ;atn Io,
% tn' She put her face INTO ne'
Gambling with the recollection
ds ..s horrible. cant talk ooou
ru,ie clared at Mcclure, bu
irn,i Questioned Gneasily. a.,
gu qre rou saw nothing of blu'
'You-yo0 porer--"
sope' a effort Beth lowered he'
VI and replied: .,,,,. .,
NSndd'W NSSs.d Wells will bring it-if il
n burned. ;,
y 0h, i rhet @ vou can't see," broke il
'E E;I,io with spirit, "is that the
], child amt fit to answer any. any ,"o''
|sstIons Ions tonight. And she shan ac, 7,
ss 'r.D-no--of course" said Mcclure
N went out .e,,, ao, Go,
~, !, had been an eyenttul day Iot
u and Beth, the night was TO prov, prov,
eteI .,''i III for McGuire. for not c0n'eh,
Fenttu' n" % arrival of Shad Wells, nc
wa. eouragc in his hands and with
ck hls love at once to the scene OF
ierg .,or asT The wind had died and a
alSai hogan to fall, but the fire
burning fercely. :. ,,oc,iuo,s
Tbs other matter, IN Mc.,u'ie re-
nhts was so much the more I'm
p, usu'' 10 him that he had given little
ih. ~ 70 tbe damage to his property.
cssn.osts cussns might all be burned down
al Al that he cared NJ, 49,, p..o,
"u carried he met Shad and the
ID w mon that had been looking for
-Et Kennedy. but the place where
" ssbt had taken place was stlli ., a
! of fallen trees and branches an
j Inc hotly, and it was Impossible
Y r .nS one TO get within several hun
Essrs seemed little doubt as to the
- bis enemy. Jonathan X. Nc
y stood at the edge of the burned
4 niercing into the glowing embers.
look was grim, but there was no
Ee Of triumph at his lips. In his
m.nts of madness he had often
. Iod Hawk Kennedy dead, but never
d bo wished him such death as
\, He questioned Shad sharply as to
n share in the adventure, satisfying
q ,sH at last that the man had told
I 4tme story. and then, noting his
handed arm. sent him back with
srly in the car to Black Rock House
medical treatment with orders to
M tbe chauffeur with the limousine.
Wbpn the limousine came, he sent the
N watchers home. and got into it
solitary grandeur in his wet cloth =
peering out of the window. The
Bv of the flames grew DINNER and
At last with the first pale light to
eastward which announced the COM
Of the dawn. A light drizzle was
NJ falling when it grew light enough
pe.
McGuire got down and without
nkening the sleeping chauffeur went
Nh into the spectral woods. HI
sv where the old tool cabin had stood
from the description Wells hat
zen him, had gained n general idea OF
here the fight had taken place-twc
inbred yards from the edge of the
amp where Nichols and the Came
girl had been found, and nearly
line with the biggest of the swamr
ples, the trunk of which still stood
melancholy skeleton of its former
bndeur.
Euddenly startled, Mcclure halted
stood for a long moment
ben, his hand before his eyes, he
! Fned away and slowly made his way
rk to his automobile. But there was
triumph in his eyes. \ power greater
bn his own had avenged Ben Came
his vigil was ovcr-his nightly vigil
Pie vigil of years. He made his way
bis car and, awakening his chauffeur,
y him to drive to Black Rock House.
when he reached home. the set
X that his face had worn for 50
my weeks had disappeared. And in
place among the relaxed muscles
pich showed his years sat the be-
pity of new resolution.
was broad daylight when he quietly
eSed at the door of the room in
ch the injured man lay. The doctor
Pc 70 the door. 1t seemed that all
aedlate danger of further collapse
passed, for the heart was stronger
unless there was setback Peter
nOs mad an excellent chance of re-
aN, McGuirc himself offered to
"a beside the bed, but the doctor
alled mat trained nurse was al
" on the way from Philadelphia
MOuld arrive at any moment. SO
uufe went to his own room and
.ns INTO his armchair slept for the
unie IN many weeks at peace,
4nS MS benignant smile.
NA awoke in the pink room of Miss
~ McGulre in which she had been
Ged; She lay for a moment still
sseu, hcr brain struggling against
eaects OF the sleeping potion that
uOctor mad given her and then
,S, sttalgnt"ned to sitting posture,
uins III DcWilderment the embroid =
nlsAt robe which she wore and
uOwered pink hangings at the win
one couldn' I ut first understand
Nlh al her head and other aches
p%lS Whlrh seemed to come mys-
%;Sii' INTO being. But she heard n
ro"t f voice at her ear and saw the
\ Vts W lace of Aunt Tillic, who rose
t mt 1, rnalr at her bedside.
aunt lIIIi"!' she whispered.
VS. ~os all right, dearie," said the
fi "d, ia" doota,. You re to lie quite still
lae ,doctor---? Oh. IL rcmcm
[aEsni. And then with a sudden
taW'ns to full consciousness
W.T., Sh" gaspcd. W
DRe. DR better, dcarie."
Biz want TO 60 to him, Aunt
want to.
ApJ 60 'G can't, dCarie-not now"
MAO @ 10 by dint Of reinsurance and
ii0a, Tiri Aunt ThIic prevailed upon
M sso,' 10 lie back upon her pillows,
IN, pF a whiI" she slept again.
Joi,eth Seth was no wcakling and when
h Ior Istor cam" into her room some
s,ins s'er' tn" effects Of the notion
bDsnSo." AWAY, She awokc to full con
b in n'S, H.. II" saw the imploring ques
d a n'r eyes, before he took her
Ne '"' answered it with quick
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