Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-12
s nrcINs THE STORY

~ y Mcclure. MoGuire -" 9e,ng
kss a; I bv a biackmailer, Hdpk
esna.ss alias jim Coast, Kennedy
nG,vtSo,gu;re killed man ndmed
sys Mc1iI ~ iIe West. MCGUIRE says
rsmrGgm., Aid the killing. Peter
mneos ,foGpire. Cameron ;ogs he
s!ieues Befh Cameron. girl 'oith
sfAer y peisr has fallen IN ioce, ana
rAom he ;s giving singing lessons;
who" cameron ,ods killed for 0old
3tcda, J;,copered Peter evolves
NO. soye Moduire and get Beh
M .o,cv " rightly belonging TO her.
We mVn,s made up his mind TO
Peter ps,b. This is due to caste.
nary Gyard Duke. But his heart
Aim Beth notes an ar OF
aW ,,,, .. about him that dnnops
.s'Teli, not quite superiority per-
'ss AND D. HERE IT CONTINUES
= WAS just discretion, maybe or
u,,.,b;ns else, she couldn't decide
- But Beth didn't want to be put
30. ,,,ss case like the wax flowers at
Her voice was mere mechanical
e, .,rmept as he had taken pains SO
a. tell her. but he seemed to be
yer en- ~ ,be mistake of thinking her. a
akins; instrument, too. She WASH 7.
ecna as xery much alive, thingling with
ne ,,..r va very human under her demuree
ANY t during the singing lessons, and
hotbercd her that Peter shouldn'
nsa His ignorance. his indifference
n,,od nom her. Didn't he see what she
.r.d IlkeY Didn't he see that she
PvSe ,, no worth making love to !"
E little. a very little - once
The clouds had broken suddenly, oil.
~ without warning, when he had
ia like a rofessor-about sentiment
.,o,ooized-that was what he had
,ns.apoicgized for not making love to
hra then things had happened swiftly
incrsJ;ble. "r unbelievable things. The
aiming had flashed and 1t had shown
ugly Mr.. Nichols-a different Mr.;
ichols from anything that she could
aye imagined of him. The things he
nd said TO her ms KISSES
shameful things! A hundred
mes she had brushed them off like the
ision Of him from her mind. And still
bav returned, warm and pulsing to
er lips. And still the vision Of him re-
Undetermined. He had been so nice
her before. =.
Now Beth sat in the big chair oppo-
Ia Peter in the cabin by the log fire
for the evenings were getting cool)
nile he finished telling her about the
eath of Ben Cameron. of the murder
nd OF Jonathan X. McGuire's share in
be whole terrible affair. 1t was with
bme misgivings, even after swearing
er to secrecy. that he told her what he
Id learned through Kennedy and Nc
uire. And she had listened, wide
red. Her father. of course. was only
e shadow Of memory to her, the evil
,ade in a half-forgotten dream, and
herefore it was not grief that she could
el, not even sorrow for one who in
fe had been so vile, even If his miser-
bic death had been 80 tragic-only hor-
br and dismay at the thought of the
erpetrator of the infamy. And not
htil Peter had come to the end of the
ory did she realize what this revela-
pn meant, that the very foundation Of
cGuire's great fortune was laid upon
Fopcrty which belonged to her.
"Out Of all this evil must come some
bod. Beth" he finished soberly. THAT
Upper mine was yours. Mcclure took
and he is going to pay you what he
wes."
Beth had already exhausted all the
kpletives Of horror and amazelnent,
nd now for moment this last infor-
alton staggered her and she stared at
IN unbelieving.
PAY me? / can't believe"
1t was your property by every law
God and man, and mean that you
all have it, He paused and smiled
ftly. You see, Beth, you won't need
depend on me now for your train
"Oh-then this was what you meant
Mhat meant when I said that you
oIId owe me nothing-that /"
But ! will owe you-everything. I
pail Still owe you everything" And
zen, wonderingly, And just to think
my livin' here all this time so near
e man-and not KNOWN about"
Ter words trailed off into silent aston.
khment. '0''A
Yes. And to think Of his making
Is fortune on money that belonged to
ou! Millions. And he's going to nav
ou what he got out of the Tarantula
iitheT,,every dollar with interest to
But how can you make him do
hatF' she cried eagerly. what nroot
ave you got?" " pf'oi
ne smiled ,grimly into the fire as
HoheG fallen log into the blaze,
oiackmail is an ugly word. Reth
ut II shouldn't be blackmaiI 10 si.
nee Is the price Of getting what really
eiohss to you. Mcclure Is using yonr
poney-and he must give it to Won. rs
~ - money,not his. If he won't give
ivs you or his own free will he will
I've "n Il against his will"
ouu' now can you make him do
es IN asked Beth timidly.
by saving him from Hawk Kennedy
"ar "nm my price--and yours"
put how can you?"
- aon I know. I've got to fight Ken
us With his own weaponS-outwit
'm; IN and We thought out a PLAN
nut he's dangerous. You mustn't
Ae any further risks with q man like
pat for me-" ~ A'"' 'iAe
Peter only smiled.
d.i ~ Will amuse me, Beth. And be.
- He bent forward to tend the
Ip,.in n, h,s face Immediately grave again.
ow." '"e you that'
r;lle, Sne understood what he meant and
a ho' gently. Her Joy had come back
lusic lesson and through the recital Of
isle of mystery she had hung
.aenlessiy on his words and watched
changing expression on his features
10 talked into the fire. This was
es Mr' Nichols who was speaking
oW, her friend and mentor, who wanted
y 70 understand that this was his way
sm's, @,o,hement. But she ignored his last
ara, TO Beth the most important of