Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-29
-, BEGINS THE STORY

As house " ,gcGuire fears breaks
TIC mah ouard, scares the house
throug" I'D ieapos a message cduin0
keeper ucetino. McGuire drranges
for, ap,,er 10 meet the man dnd g'pe
aifA feu peter is interested ~
him mo!nt.gg m!tg oirl in the neigh borhood,
beds,um,s and gives her music
Beth ouh o,h.s drousing the ire OF Shdd
lessons, I"at 70 The guards, in loue toifh
Wells Stod omV ~ disturbs a lesson. Peter
NO.. NO, out to meet him. -
90, And HERE IT CONTINUES
!. ,ow. Wells" said Peter aiert'y'
sN"you wanted to see mer' .,,.o.
nyes, / did, ye stuck up p'" AUd
.,.vin., psalm -sinsin' =, ,oonod %
.ua .a,'lps peter, r. both fists f'yins. -,... ,,,,.
70, rs, rn,sed and uncultured often ms
~. ,o,;teness for effeminacy, sensi'
,n,... t,ss fO tOr weakness. shad was a roush
oil,y ,nmble mi artist of high proficiency
anu ans he had reputation for strength
anu nouhotiyeness. ~ He was going 10
anu. anu short work of this job:
max n. 'p potsr had learned his boxing with
Du. u.,otot. Also he had practiced the
ns ,. and was familiar with ju'uts"
,",' sn, he didn't need either of them
w,s,,s rushed twice, but Peter was not
wa no rushed. The only damage ne
sn sono was to tear out the sleeve OF
ressssst sssstsnd dur up an fight like a man.
rUMyr,See r,yrSSre's no hurry" said feter'
..,m,y studying Shad's methods
"Ok, amt. there" MI, s.or,ed
This b; bull like rush Peter stopped
,;tb n neat uppercut, stralgnt,ei,,'"s
Shad's head, which came up Win u u
Ss6anred nose, and before ne GouI9
throw down his guard Peter landed nara
an % his midriff. Shad winged, put sn1t
ont n blow which grazcd retrr, ; c!.'ek;
Then Peter countered on Shad 5 INJURED
nose. Shad's eyes were now resaruihs
Peter in astonishment. But IN mo-
ment only one Of them was, Tor ieter
closed the other. >, ,
"We'd better stop now. gasped
Peter, "and talk this over =, ,
mo, you - roareu
sbad for he suspected that somewhere
In the bushes Beth was watching:
Peter lost what remained of his shirt
an the next rush and sprained thumb.
n didn't do to fight Shad trough and
tumble ;" But he got away at last and
stood his mar off, avoiding the blind
Had enough?" he asked again, as
Politely as ever.
mo" gulped the other.
80 Peter sprang in and struck him
with all the force of his uninjured hand
on the woodsman's jaw. and then Shad
went down and lay quiet. 1t had been
ridiculously easy from the first and
Peter felt some pity for Shad and not
little contempt for himself. But he
took the precaution of bending over the
man and extracting the revolver that
be found in Shad's hip pocket.
As he Strengthened and turned he saw
Beth standing in the path regarding him.
Beth" he exclaimed with a glance
at Shad. "You saw!''
Yes" She covered her face with
her hands. 1T was horrible"
, cd tried to avoid it." he protested.
Is he badly hurt?"
NO. I think not. But you'd bet
ter 60"
ne sees you.'
She understood, turned and vanished
obedlently.
Then Peter went to the house, got n
basin and. fetching some water from the
creek. played the Samaritan. In a
while Shad gasped painfully and sat up,
looking at the victor.
Sorry" said Peter. "but Won would
have IT. ~" "o'''
shad blinked his uninjured eye and
rose; feeling at his hip.
calmly. '"'N ''''
Give it here"
"A chap with bad temper has no
sternly. N
to his feet. ~ e''
I'm sorry. Shad," said Peter again.
saa held out his hand. Lets be
shad looked at the hand sullenly for
moment, "I'll fix you, mister. III
you YET he mutter ed, then turned
and walked away,
Ill II Peter had made one friend he had
aso made an enemy.
Ihe incident with Shad Wells was
unfortunate. but Peter didn't see how il
could have been avoided. He was thank :
im nevertheless for his English school =
as which had saved him from n defeat
a az !he hands of "roughneck" which
st vula nave been, under the circum :
F FSsahces :, nothing less than ignominious,
av,ci nvr u shad Wells had succeeded in van.
SI,Shing him, all Peters authority. MI
~ S ilIhhnence with the rest of the men
fo,onu nhcuulre,s employ would have gone
~ puver' wo' Tor Shad Wells was not the kind
ham naa1 upon whom such victory would
pste, pt@ hggntly sat. If he had thrashcd
hesn shad and not Peter would have
posit;one ene DosS or Black Rock and Peters
IVp would have been intolerable.
and br,ttes iaVed his broken knuckles
ali ~ ba'sen se cheek: he wondered II. after
Trno eHe aIair hadn't been for the best
bnt me ne mad made an enemy of Shnd,
had e,ra, according to the girl, Shad
hor,sd' d'esuy Deen his enemy. Peter alb =
but wb nsnting; as he had told Beth.
mro w,hatever the consequences. he wns
p ssse that the air had cleared amazInwlu %'
W ae was aware, too, that thc fact r. .
~ ~ mad been the champion of Rail- s .
%aaependence definitely stood te.t ser.,
,,aer "nateyer the wisdom or the pronriet~
RsoeJnrding to the standards of Blaci,
CsSsS. C.SS society. of Beth's visits TO the
sSnna.,, Sn, Tor the purpose of a musical
psteaa or for any other purposes'
sssT was aware that he had set tbe
tSst VI MS approval upon them, marked,
yisa,aa VIM. any who read might run, upon the
,osa Sase OF Mr.. Wells. Peter was still
Rs,py LOT Shad, but still more sorry for
tor h, H. whose name might be lightly used
~ Hher snare In the adventure.
}, g NJ made up his mind to say nothing
|sb,v happened, and he felt reason :
taeh a similar decision. lie woS So"n' unt
ss all certain that Beth wouldn't toII I
e,wearyoody what happened. for he was VAS
custosby s by this time that Beth was the
S'ouian OF her own destinies md tho =