The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-11
illustrated By
K. II.
Livingstone

/ in the road"
! F'rantically she threw the dazsd Polly
over the threshold. The darkness was
dense, and the torrents Of rain peltsd
their faces. Another zigzag streak OF
fire ran across the sky, making = vivid
! picture as 1t blazed Cornell university
! into plain view. In tho white light ~
it Folly saw a man lying face down.
in the path leading to the shanty. He
made no effort to get up as the two
girls bent over him.
"Mebbe he amt dead" muttered
Polly, shuddering. Let's lug him in tho
hut"
Between them they dragged the heavy
+ inert body into the shanty and shut the
; door. oscar looked dead when they
/ turned him over. His face was liviJ'
and his eyes tightly shut.
/; The thunder hit him, huh" Que"-
toned Polly. awcstruck.
shudder after shudder ran over Eve
lrn.
81 don't know" she moaned. Yes, I
suppose so. oh. It was dreadful"
She began TO cry, wringing her hands
desperately.
Don't do that" begged Pollyop, with
a shiver. Come on an help me get I'm
I'D on my bunk"
Weak from the shock. Evelyn was OF
little service in lifting Oscar. But the
he'd was low. and finally after much tug
cins. he was rolled lifelessly over on his
back. stretched to hia full length on
the rickety cot !:
Standing side by side. .he girls
looked anxlously down upon him. |
Il guess mebbe he's dead, amt hs!'
quericd Polly woefully. !
Shaking off her superstltious terror |
Evelyn touched the PROSTATE man. Per- I
haps he was dead; and out Of somewhere ;
!,
were, her troubles were over.
Il don't know" she whispered. But
he looks So"
"pollyop showed Evelyn aside and |
slipped her arm under Benefits head !
She seemed to have lost all version 10
him. She realized then only that
human being was suffering, perhaps
dead At her tender touch the mans
eyes flew open: and. pantc-stricken'
Pollyop withdrew her arm and was back
beside the other girl before she spoke
Hes got life in him. Miss Eve she
chartered between her teeth. Look
: at his eyes! God, amt II awful
Quietly Oscar lay gazing at the girls
,as the stared at him. Polly was the
first to so to him.
Feel awful sick. Ell. Oscar" she
asked in low tone.
The man did not answer even by
movement OF his lids.
He can't talk" she went on. look
ing around at Evelyn. He ought to
have doctor. Can't you go UP to the
boulevard an get Doc Bacon"
A fresh burst OF tears 80 ehoked
Evelyn Robertson that for = space she
could not answer.
NO. I can't go out in this awful
storm again" she finally replied. "Of
course. I can't" she repeated. swallow
ing. I'm afraid. won't 60! I won't
take a step. II any one goes
Then stay by him." interjected
Polly. duly, AN III co."
| Ashamed 10 declare that shA was
afraid to be left alone with Oscar, Eve
Ign watched Pollyop as she went out
! and softly closed the door behind her.
Polly Hopkins fingered several mo-
ments to accustom her eyes to the
nights blackness. Beyond TO the east
!, Lake Cayuga rushed on toward Ithaca
as IL its Intentions were to swallow the
little town in Que hugo mouthfui. FOL
lyon crooned over mechanically words
, which fell hourly from Granny Hope
. Ask an 1t shall be given thee" she
whispered. Then II that's So let me
get some one to help Oscar"
Through the clatter of the elements
she heard the sound OF footsteps off In
. the dark road An answer TO her
, PRAYER was about to step out OF the
night gloom. She hoped It was Larry
Bishop or Lye Braeger. Opening her
lips, she gave the weird. crying, squat
ter-call OF the Storm country; and
voice that clutched at her heart an
awered her.
Then. by the next flash Of Jagged
lightning, she saw Robert Percival
coming toward her.
1T that you. Polly" he called
What's the matter?"
YEP" she faltcred timidly. Il got
some one sick In the shauty.'
or all the people she had expected
10 see he was the last AS she waited
for him to approach, Pollyop's active
mind gro sped the fact that now Robert
would know what his cousin had done