Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-05
nrcINs THE STORY

N'cao's r,eu on the estdte " HI,
rosp 81 neG nWecGVire. II is their datp
ilss n H. III strangers e,oag iron, IN. ane
10 keep ,,,t a ths man Mcclure tears
ksase, tIaur,ouoh Iu, the guard and ledee'
ksoks tn,'"d md makes an dppom,
. me''ags g.,sr Keeps the dppom.
ment a. Wc1uire, discovers that me
msnt Io' nm old Acquaintance az. ana
mon =, 'm .,o,y. story OF murGer
hedrs .. 4, the far West, ZIG
snd eo''ov ovnok Kennedy, tels me
strnnoeII,, ono ,iav;ng Of Ben Cameron,
story OF w. - bv Mcclure. Peter IS
iheh par!moi!uef TO believo the storg
tie more ,h;ie 'h he talked to kenhedy
because . p"''g 6red and Kennedy toos
Q shot "pS .tey IL satisfied that Mc-
Injured 81 Inc shot and later
Gaire pten ,rith IL. Mcclure, S
CHARGES w" W hear that Kennedy "a, had
startled 70 ioo." ae" "He talked" Mo
tc9 as MS aai.e s'S,Si ,oas slipping from him.
0'.,r AND HERE IT CONTINUES
WE ooment, IL you please. 1 want
YC ,b,s thing perfectly understood.
orrangements were cleverly lnu .,e,,
.,ns our The suards--your instruc.ion' n.
hanglhs. .hs % %aashlisht and all the resi-;
msa, mss,dn,t want to kill me II you'c9ulo
lou q,un I'm obliged for this. CONSIDER,
'ep Won forgot that your hand lsh I
uon. ~ now ne it was when you were
IS s.esuSb sbnt ont in Arizona-Ah ! l see
oeaI xon already understand wha' l
nevri Msi,uire had started forward IN MS
hair. his face livid.,
"ycs ycs More than I wanted to know @
~ars than | would ever have KNOW,
moi, nloyed fair with me. You
you u,otbins for my life. You snot'
~ missed killing your man and then
w. ,ha light went out, sneaked away
nea .,a Va. coward that you are
iSe sn ,no nn YOU" croaked McGuire
'e.biy, falling back in his s.ciOs cha'r, 80 vour
Leaving me to the mercies o. ohoy,Dbt yOhbt
,c,ent enemy in the dark-who thousn. s,,.
.s vour accomplice. You can nalu,S
i.ws him under the circumstahcses. s
p"t @ / got the best of him-luck,iS loi
-and disarmed him. III you hau re-
uoinsd few moments longer you might
"rs taken part in our very interesting
roonysrsation. o Do you still deny al
FnS M,cu,re stihed with his fear and
NV was incapable Of a reply.
.sverv GOOD. So long as we under
,,,a escb other thus far, perhaps you
'SII ~, rsrmit me 10 go on. As you know
wn.ns N YOU in good faith. l wantec
1SsIn yoi in any way that a gentle
% could do. Last night you tricket
nn nS ~ nut nv life in danger. If yot
VI Lil,ed Kennedy everything woul!C
ave- been all right for YOU, Ana
n"ld have been accused Of the killing
.I had been killed no harm would hav
,..r done at all. That was your idea
!. was A clever little scheme. Pity !
ldnt work out.
McGuire's faltering courage was com
Ing back. , ,.o,oto,v
THANKS" said Peter, Il Will. on
hot OF yours scraped Kennedy shoui
1er, He vas bleeding badly. so 700 TOO
i'm u he cabin and fixed him up, II
was rather grateful He ought to haV
bs,n, | gave him n drink too-sevcra
drinks. You said he wouldn't talk; D"
"You made him talk d---n you,
Mcclure broke in hoarsely.
"No. He volunteered to talk.
nav say, he insisted upon II. You see
bappcned to have the gentleman's ac
huaintance--
"You---! o,,;,o oye
I'VE met on the steamer co,'' W,ss;c
when we were escaping rom IT." wo
His name was Jim Coast men -" Sie W"
waiter in the dining sa'o'h' 'o VIZ
]. Funny, isn't ltI . .ho,
To McGuire u seemed inL ~ Ironna
for at this revelation MS Jaw ".Sptbb III
md he stared at Peter as .nouSn .'
entire affair we're beyohu HIS ''ANp'N
hension. ,,. rorr,
You knew him A WILL WIZ. stronp
YES. Misfortune manes star .
bedtellows. Il was e.sae. ;." ;t' ~
Saton. ! preferred 10 VIZ - IN
'For-tor the lo'e Ul wer
rowied Mcuulre. ls ona there wa
lutching the cha,r ar'n ns n co pete
madness IN MS shil''hs es'''
Ratched nm Keeh'y.
II will. He told me now you a,l
be had worked together out IN ColoruufS
hp In the San Luis Valley, OF the goi
pIUbptCI Htui Nuboh W I
ailure-how you met again IN rueol
md then went down into the coppe
ountry--Bisbee, Arizona. ,,.
Peter had no pity now. He saw Nc
Guire straighten again IN ms chal,
bis gaze shifting past Peter from LEI Ie,
70 right like a trapped animal n
fngers CROPPED along Tie chair "rh''
along the table IdSe' trehDiihs' .as'
peter's narrative seemed TO tasc'hnte-
20 ,hypnotize him ,.,,
..c 10 Oh ne whispered hoarSe''
20 U on !!
hs Gu Sias s0' nnso,. nm ott' ann n,od Wes ou Psta
nsintina biS rtctrro 'Tdu Ioi,mraIu deIiI
sratCIy T VT P'o,"'e "os 5orriIIaNibs ,yiT%i % hen
the sand the r%J rorLsWbnt ,t'I"v Won wsrsn rsn
going to fail tbIs time There W,
going to be something Mt the end Of tn
terrible pilrrjmoe" re ,e renn~ @ ,o' , f. fnr N n
bhot 49,, P'e ''"h w i'P"S ~" ",