Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-14

was his father, and there was some
trouble. In order to end it Henry
finally acknowledged that he knew who
the father was, and after that he had
no peace. Clifton-his name was Cliff
ton Hines-attacked Henry once, and
the place he would have hurt him.
Henry began to give him money.
Clark had left the fifty thousand for
start him in business with it. But he
only turned up wildcat schemes that
Henry would not listen to. He did
not know how Henry got the money,
or from where. He thought for
long time that Henry had saved it.
"I'd better say here that Henry was
fond OF Clifton, although he didn't ap-
prove Of him. He'd never married, and
the boy was like q son to him for n
good many years. He didn't have him
at til" ranch much. however, for he was
n Burgess through and through and
looked ike them. And he was always
get out
Then Clifton learned, somehow or
other, of Clark's legacy to Henry, and
he put two and two together. There
was bad time. but Henry denied it and
they went upstairs to bed. That night
Clifton broke into Hcnry's desk and
| found some letters from Elihu Clark
that told the story.
lie almost went crazy. He took
the papers up to lIenry's bedroom and
waHencd him, standing over Henry with
them in his hand, and shaking all over.
! think they had n struggle, too. All
. Henry told thnt bn tnnlf them
from him and threw them in the fire.
/ Ihat was year before Henry died,
ana at the tim" young Jud Clark name
was IN all the newspapers. He had
left college after wild career thepe.
and although Eihu had tied up the
property until Jud was twenty -one,
/ Jud had his mothers estate and n big
/ allowance. Then, too, he borrowed on
his prospects, and he lost hundred
thou and dollars ut Monte Carlo within
six weeks after he graduated.
'Onc way and another he was always
IN the newspapers, and when he saw
how Jud was throwing money away
Clifton went wild
AS Henry had burned the letters he
had no proofs. He didn't know who
his mother was. but he set to wOrl
TO find out. He ferretcd into Elihu's
past life, and he learned something about
Hattie burgess, or ThOrwald. She was
married by that time, and lived on {
little ranch near Norada. He went tc
see her, and he accused her downright
Of being his mother. 1t must have
been bad time for her, for after al
he was her son, and she had to disclain
him. She had husband and Il bo,
by that husband, however, by that time
and she was desperate. She threw hin
off the track somehow, lied and talket
him down, and then went to bed IL
. collapse, She sent for Henry later ant
told him.
THE queer thing was that as soor
as she saw him she wanted him. III
was her son. She went to Henry on,
, night, and said she had perjured he
soul, and that she wanted him back
She wasn't in love with Thorwald.
think she'd always cared for Clark
She went away finally, however, afte
promising Henry she would keep Clark
secret. But | have II suspicion tina
r later on she acknowledged the truth t
the boy.
= what he wanted, of course, was
5 share Of the Clark estate. OF cours
he hadn't chance in law, but he say
l chance to blackmail young Jud Clar
| and he tried it. Not personally, TO
| he hadn't any real courage, but b.
mail Clark's attorneys wrote bac
! saying they would jail him IL he tile
2 it again, and he went back to DR.
0 River and after Henry again.
, That was In the spring Of 1911