The Lamar register., 1922-04-19
Copyright by UHleJBrown and Company
SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER m-oceupyinx a dil.pidated
ment near Ithaca, New York. Polly Hop
klns lives with her father. small Jerry.
adjacent farm. Oscar Bennett. prosperous
farmer, is neighbor. He IL secretly
married TO Evelyn Robertson; supposedly
wealthy girl Of the neighborhood. Polly
alone knows their secret Marcus Mac
kenzie. who owns the ground the squat
ters occupy. is their determined enemy.
Polly overhears a conversation between
Mackenzie and q 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 I.-Evelyn Robertson dis
covers from her mother that they are not
rich. AS she supposed. but practically lv-
ing on the bounty Of Robert Percival.
EVsiyns cousin.
CHAPTER III.-Polly learns from Eve
lyn that the sympathetic stranger is Rob
ert PerclvaL Evelyn charges Polly with
a message to Bennett. telling him she can
give MN no more money. and urging him
to be patient She already bitterly re-
grets her infatuation with and marriage
TO the ignorant farmer.
CHATTER 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. u squat
ter who has suffered from the enmiy Of
Mackenxie. take oath to do hun no
injury.
CHAPTER v. - 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. he IL really enamored Of Marcus
Mackenzie. Al the arranged meeting
that night Bennett threatens Evelyn with
exposure unless she procures monsy fer
him.
eiyal. and they are mutually attracted.
Polly's feeling being something like ado
ration.
sation between Polly and Robert Perci-
val. Bennstt really caring nothing for
Polly. waylays tho girl when she leaves
fercival and abuses and threatens her.
PercivaI returns and thrashes the farmer
her and she bsgs him to help the squat
ters Perciyal Is neh and innusntal.
but agrees 70 do ' his "se best u MseKsnale
visits the Hopkins shack with an offer
to the squattsrs. through Hopkins. to
sum Of money. Ths orer Is refused and
Mackenzie threatens To burn their pitt
full dwellings and leave them homeless.
CHAPTER vIIL--Poliy visits PsrcivaI
enlist his aid. and he is on the point Of
declaring his love for her. when the girl.
in panic. ness. Mackenzie asks Evelyn
him after he has bought the Bennett
farm and got rid of the squatters Rob
% Mra fn IN an ssT, na tS ssS1r. tn. AID
ect to help the Silent City people.
CHAPTER X.-Knowing Benefits in
fatuAtion for Polly. Evelyn tries to In
he having agreed to release Evelyn to
secure Polly. In love with Percival
Though ,hs aa,y sea,Ssly ,eslizinx I, the Eiri r.
her he loves her. and she acknowledges
a similar feeling for him. Mackenzie
lays a trap for Hopkins and the latter
CHAPTER x.-Poliy goes to the Rob
ertson home to enlist Percivsl's aid in
her. He is also deaf to Roberts plead
lngs. and the latter. though assuring
Polly Of all the help he can give her. feels
himself powerless.
NOW listen 10 me, BOD. sne insist
ed. "You are very unkindl What's
happened here is none of your bust
ness nor mine Every squatter wom-
an has n man, and you can't expect
Polly Hopkins to be an exception. All
you can do is to get doctor"
Robert passed his hand over his
fnce. He looked dazedly from Pollyop.
so silent and pale, to the man so hor-
ribly still on the cot.
All right, ne replled Rrufny.
Come on This is no place" He
flung n glance at Polly Hopkins that
struck her like blow from whip.
and finished, mo place for a decent
girl
Stupefied by the flood of disasters
that had overwhelmed her, Polly
watched Robert Percivsl lead his cou-
sin from the hut. After the first wild
impulse to tell him the truth, she had
made no further effort to clear herself.
Evelyn Robertson was going to hold
her to the word she had made two
years agol Being innately honest her
self, Pollyop could see no way to
tighten her own detection or to still
Roberts fierce anger. Her little world
was tumbling to pieces around her. No
longer could she think of him as her
own, though but a few short minutes
before he had comforted her with
kisses and promises. He had demand
ed that she should trust him, yet at
the very first trial of his faith, he had
flung away and left her alone.
Blinded by tears, she felt her way
to the cot. Bennett lay in the same
position, his wide-open eyes holding
an expression of horror.
shes got lily liver all right. Os-