The Lamar register., 1922-04-26
SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER L-occupyinE q dilapidated
shack In the Silent city. squatter settle
kins lives with her father. small Jerry.
and an old woman. Granny Hope. On an
adjacent farm. Oscar Bennett, prosper GUS
farmer, is q neighbor. He In secretly
married to Evelyn Robertson, supposedly
wealthy girl OF the neighborhood. Polly
Kenxie, who owns the ground the squat
terra occupy. Ia their determined enemy.
Polly overhears conversation between
Mackenzie and stranger, in which the
former ayows his intention Of driving the
squatters from his land The stranger
sympathizes with the squatters. and
earns Polly's gratitude.
CHAPTER u.-Evelyn Robertson dis
covers from her mother that they are not
ing on the bounty Of Robert Percival.
Evelyn's cousin.
CHAPTER II.-Polly learns from Eve
lyn that the sympathetic stranger is Rob
ert Perciva. Evelyn charges Polly with
message TO Bennett. telling him she can
give him no more money. and urging him
TO be patient She already bitterly re-
grets her infatuation with and marriage
to the ignorant farmer.
CHAPTER Iv.-Polly conveys her mes
sage. and Oscar makes threats He In
sists Evelyn meet him that night. Polly
has her father and Larry Bishop, a squat
ter who has suffered from the enmity OF
Mackenzie. take an oath 70 do him no
injury.
CHAPTER w. Evelyn unsuccessfully
tries to get money from her mother with
which to buy on Bennett and induce him
to leave the country. giving her her free
dom. she is really enamored Of Marcus
Maekenzie. Al the arranged meeting
exposure unless she procures money fer
him.
CHAPTER Wholly meets Robert Per
cival. and they are mutually attracted.
Polly's feeling being something like ado
ration.
CHAPTER vIL--Ovsrhearing = convsr-
sation between Polly and Robert Perci-
val, Bennett, really caring nothing for
Evelyn and laneyins himself in love with
Psrcival and abuses and threatens her.
Percival returns and thrashes the farmer
h aa ,es IN s 10 WAY he ss. can e
ters. Percival Is rich and innusnual.
though lacking the power Of Mackenzie.
visits the Hopkins shack with an offsr
to the squattsrs. through Hopkins, to
leave the vicinity. offering them a trininE
MaeKsnIis threatens to bum their pitt
full dwellings, and leave them hemsissA
CHAPTER vIIL-Poiiy visits Psretvai
In the Robertson home In an snort TO
hs ov. Sna fof ns her. on rse.
In a panic, ices. Mackenzie asks Evelyn
to be his wife. The girl agrees to marry
him after he has bought the Bennett
farm and got rid OF the squattersL Rob
srt falls In an enort 70 secure the aid
of Mrs; Robertson and Evelyn In . prof.
ect to help the Silent city people.
CHAPTER x.-Knowins Bennett's In
fatuation for Polly. Evelyn tries to In
duee the girl to promise to marry him.
he having agreed to release Evelyn TO
though scarcely realizing IL the siri re-
fuses Meeting Robert next day. ne tells
her he loves her. and she acknowledges
similar feeling for him. Mackenzie
lays a trap for Hopkins and the latter
is arrested.
,an homs so sHs, fsss sas,vss 70 tht .is IN
freeing her father. Mackenzie teers at
her. He is also deaf to Roberts plead
ings. and the latter. though assuring
Polly of all the help he can give her, feels
himself poweriess.
The sound OF laughter somewhere in
the house sent n wave of terror over
her. She snatched at the first gown
under her hand, rolled ii into a bun
die and fled down the stairs. Until
she was In the lane again. she did not
breathe easily.
Once back In the shanty, Pollyop hid
the dress beneath her bed without even
daring to look Mt It, How Evelyn was
TO arrange the visit to Auburn, she
did not know. but Of one thing she was
sure. she had beautiful dress to
wear.
After she had put the child to bed,
and the door was securely locked, Pol
ly drew the curtains tightly over the
small windows. Even the corners OF
the room lost their shadows; and The
Greatest Mother In the World" seemed
to stand out more plainly than even
when the sun shone.
Pollyop placed her warm cheek
against the picture and smiled. She
earnestly believed this wonder-mother
was helping her to go and see Daddy
Hopkins. She turned and looked long
ingly at the sick little man, then up
ward to the woman's face.
You've done so much for me an
Jerry. ma'am," she whispered. "Meb
be sometime you'd -him-smils
Just once at me-"
Then she took the bundle from un
der her cot and spread out her treas
ure. II was delicate shimmering
silk, and in II was the color Of the
sun just before he sailed over the
western hill on his journey arounc
the earth. There could not be suct
another hpaufiful pnwn in all tn,