Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-17

8teo" Tonafhdn X. McGure. MO
eieb q 'Se;no bIackmailed .by one
9ske "Ksnnsdv. Kennedy tells
gerk NJ Mcclure killed Ben
fr "'tt father Of Beth Cameron,
Csse,o".s,h Va has promised to marry
ri ~no ~Wn,ov;re sdvs Kennedy did
Rr: pefer believes MCGUIRE
A. faJ,y, fa.,y., TO oircumvent Kennedy
~ re'ctsv'I rcts anne time force Mcclure
~ N p, pe,S million dollars,
y eey .So,e of the toedlth Cameron
reeW sm Immediately before hs
sA Peter reoetves y oo,a TS T,Snt
.c.,, Galitsin ~ bonoon Mgs
4. Rol,heviki knop h's phereaoonus pheDS
~ mav kili him at any rn'e' oe"
"a He letter. -
AND HERE IT CONTINUES
,rrH slipped the note about quar-
~ an inch out Of its envelope
m " oomld lust see line OF the
sns nd then quickly thrust 1t In
nupS ,,,t The envelope on the mantel
W, R "parlor heater and reso-
~ INT .no IN with her sweeping. From
~ y viz .;me she stopped her work and
~ At It just to be sure Una. Ias xas
n ,hsre. and at last took 1t up IN her
- again, q prey to a more nvely
3..;,v tban any she had ever known;
NY the envelope down again ana
~ her back to 1t went. into the
IT, H. az course Peter would tell her
aeni, ~. isdy was IL she asked him.
sh.re was no doubt at all that 1t
,sJt who had written the letter,
,ne familiar with delicate mode
.,,stsnce and given to refinements
hsd been denied to Beth. 1t was
ae2 2.iicocy co and refinement, this flow
,uasnr;ntion written with such care.
.sss and grace, which challenged
~ 80 ,rv,sticity. She would have liked
- pster about the lady at once. But
~ vould not be at the cabin at this
~ honr of the morning, nor would
~ ~ able to see him until late this
E.rssroon-perhaps - not until tonight.
Snnwhile, the note upon the man.e'
q burning its way into her conscious
vas endowed with personality
,.niuIne, insidious and persuasive. No
49, al London affecting heliotrope
..sslcnes had any business writing
sssiS notes to Peter now. He was
Z sth's particular property.
when she went up to the second floor
a, cottage q few minutes later she
M Inc heliotrope letter with her and
~ 4 on her bureau, propped against
~ pincushion, while she went on with
N work. And then, all her duties
n the morning finished, she. sat down
1 her rocking chair by the window, the
nyelope in her idle fingers, victim
n tsmptation. She looked out at the
sIns woods, her gaze afar, her guilty
liners slipping the letter out of 1t:
covering an inch, two inches. And ther
Eth opened Peters heliotrope note anc
read Il. At least, she read as much OF
4 q she could understandable parts
that were written In English-with
rowing amazement and incertitude. A
rood deal Of the English part even was
Grek to her, but she could understand
noush to know that a mystery of some
scrt hung about the letter and about
p3er, that he was apparently per-
cn Of some importance to the hello
lupe lady who addressed him in affec
3pnate terms and with the utmost free
XIISu. Detu Hdu lcuIucu III lLc TEcuCu
hliads which Peter had taught her
khat ami meant friend and that bel
9nsant beautiful. And as the whole OF
the paragraph containing those words
vas written In English, Beth had little
&mculty in understanding it. What
bad Peter to do with the cause Of Holy
Russial And what was this danger to
him from hidden enemies, which could
make necessary this discretion and
vltchfulness in Black Rock? And the
last sentence Of all danced before Beth s
eyes as though it had been written in
letters Of FIRE. "There is at least one
heart in London that ever beats fondly
"a memory Of the dear dead days at
,3ialitzin and Zukovo."
I, What right had the heliotrope lady 4
heart to beat fondly In memory of dear
dead days with Peter Nichols at Galit-
nm or lukoyo or anywhere else? Who
vas shey Was she young? Was sha
Hautiful! And what right had Peter
ven her to address him in terms OF
Rch affection? Anastasie!
and now for the first time in her
ne, though to all outward appearance
am, Beth felt the pangs of jealousy.
Lne letter. most of it in the queer
eoking script (probably Russian) that
~ could not even read, in it's strange
uerences in English to things beyond
~ knowledge, seemed suddenly to
- barrier between her and Peter
nst could never be passed, or even to
ndicate barrier between them that
~ always existed without her knowl-
~. And II all of the parts of the
uer that she could not understand
~ntained sentiments like the English
~ that she could understand, it was
Mery terrible letter indeed and indi-
c1ed that this heiotropc woman (she
~ no longer lady" now had claims
|kwn Peter's heart which came lony
WtOre Beth's. And il this Anastasie-
Neer women too.
Deth read the letter again and then
|JIpped II back into its envelope, while
~ saled out of the window at the
W. sme', frown at her brows and two
49, nhes curying downward Mt the
S.nn. Sne.s OF her lips. She was very un-
mpE. but she was angry too-angry
H. ne heliotrope woman, angry Mt
Msr and angrier still at herself In
n.y.. nv moment she forgot that she had
steh Peter Nichols without reference
ts,S sLat Ie ne was or had been. She had
,r% S nun that only the future mattered
|S.s n.y. now she knew that the past was
ning TO matter very much indeed.
IN. ter Ssra while sine got up, and took
|sS,,an aneh9tropc letter to the bureau
|n%,. sse she wrote upon the enyeIone
n iS~sr w vicionslly with a soft lead pen.
w., lou left this last night. You'd
,er ne 20 back to Anastasie."
|ni.t aen she slipped the letter into her
down. own ana sG with an air of decision went
|is,ass 'ne nt,, stairs (the ominous paren.
n,Ss Ss' sun around her mouth and
IrS s ,H ner way with rapid footsteps to.
IA tine sne path through the forest which
= nv w~ard Peters cabin.
o. Inn irs,,Sas was primitive, highly honorable
ei,,tnstl q instinct if not by precept, but % n
vta ts1e sse OF impulse. very much in love
vSst Via 'eaa ss. by intuition the Intrusion NO Of
h,nn,ss hs seemed a very real danger 70 ber or
Isrr IsryMness; Mass II her conscience worned w ni
oi poI;ta a. sne was transgressing the rules
i,pp' p'a'e = procedure, something m stronger r