Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1921-02-10
SYNOPSIS.

boat, child Of brutal father and a worm
out. discouraged mother. wanders into q
Salvation army hall at Ithaca, n. Y.
There she meets young Salvation army
captain. Philip MacCauley.
CHAPTER IL-Uriah Devon, Tony's IA
Their, returns to the boat from a pro-
tracted spree" and announces he has
arranged for Tony to marry worthless
companion of his. Reginald Brown. Mrs.
Devon objects. and Uriah beats her. She
intimates there Ia secret connected
with Tonnibel.
CHAPTER I11.-1n clothes that Uriah
has brought Tony finds baby's picture
with notification of a reward for its
return to Doctor Pendlehaven. She
goes to return the picture.
CHAPTER IV.-With the Pendlehavens,
a family Of wealth. live Mrs. Curtis q
cousin. her son and daughter, Katherine
Curtis and Reginald Brown. katherine is
deeply In love with Philip MacCauley.
CHAPTER V.-Tonnibel returns the
picture to Doctor John. and learns 1t be-
longs to his brother. DR.. Paul Pendle-
haven 1t Is portrait Of Doctor Paul's
child who had been stolen in her Infancy.
and her loss has wrecked Doctor Paurs
life. Doctor John goes with Tony to the
canal boat and ministers to Mrs. Devon
while she Is unconscious.
CHAPTER Vl.-Returning to conscious
ness Mrs. Devon Is Informed by Tony
OF her visitor. She Is deeply agitated.
makes Tony swear she will never tell Of
Devon's brutality. and disappears.
CHAPTER vl1.-Tony's personality and
har LON Itpn
he arranges to take her into his house as
companion to his invalid brother.
CHAPTER VIII.-Tony's presence in
the house has a good effect on Doctor
Paul. He begins to take a new interest
In life. Visiting the canal boat, Tony
finds Reginald Brown there. He attempts
to kiss her. Captain MacCauley appears
and throws the man into the lake. Uriah
Devon orders MacCauley off his boat
CHAPTER 1x.-With the girl a captive
Devon insists that she shall marry Brown
On her persistent refusal he beats her
brutally. throws her into the cabin. un-
moors the boat, and starts to leave
Ithaca. MacCauley follows in his canoe.
He takes the girl into the canoe through
the cabin window. The men believe Tony
has committed suicide. MacCauey de.
clares his love. and Tony acknowledges
she returns 1t. The girl returns to the
PendIehaven home,
CHAPTER Kat dinner in the Pendle.
haven home MacCauley, not knowing Of
her presence in the house. meets Tony.
and his affectionate greeting alarms
Katherine and her mother.
Suddenly she saw the tall tree d.
rectly in front Of Or. Paul's room
shake as If giant hand were clutch
ing at Its roots. How could that be?
There wasn't any wind, not even a
breeze. Her heart jumped into her
throat as she crept away from the
window and back into Pendlehaven's
room. The little night lamp glimmered
dimly above the small table with its
load of medicine glasses. She stood
in the shadow and peered through the
screen. There among the dripping
man.
Her mind went Immediately to her
father, but she put the thought Of him
away, for the form in the tree was
much more slender than Uriah Devon's.
DR.. Pendlehaven still slept, his face
turned toward the wall, and Tonnibel
squatted down at the foot of the bed,
keeping the dark figure In the tree in
the line of her vision. She dared not
leave the room, nor dared she call
out. How often DR.. John had told
her that his brother must be kept free
from shocks of every kind. For an.
other ten minutes she leaned her chin
on her hand, still keeping her eyes
on the window. Then she saw the
flutter of a wistaria branch against
the screen and knew that the hour
had come. Another tense silence for
several minutes. then little scraping
sound as IL sharp instrument was
moving over wire. Some one was try
ing to get in. Tonnibel crawled for
ward on her knees until she was d.
rectly 10 front of DR.. Paul.
She sank back against the bed and
waited.
The scraping sound at length ceased.
With forward shove of her head,
Tonnibel saw that the wire netting had
been ripped fully foot, and then she
saw a hand move little by little
through the opening, until long arm
was fully inside the room. Tony
watched 1t. fascinated. Then she saw
1t waver toward the table, pause, open
and lay some little pellets down with
out sound. Then long white fingers
drew of the covers Of the glasses
noiselessly and picked up the pellets
one after another and dropped them
silently into the medicine. AS quietly
the covers were restored, and the arm
slowly withdrawn. Directly beneath
the window, Tonnibel rose up.
There through the faint light she
was staring into the face of Reginald
Brown. Instantly she recognized him,
and all the terror Of that day when he
and her brutal father had. placed
menacing shadow over her swept her
nearly OF her feet. Reginald had come