The Lamar register., 1922-05-24
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CHAPTER L-OecupyinK = dilApidated
ahslck In the Silent city. a squAtter settle
msnt near Ithaca, New York. Polly Hop
kins lives with her father, small Jerry.
and an old woman, Granny Hope. On An
adjacent farm, Oscar Bennett, prosperous
farmer. il a neighbor. He In secretly
married to Evelyn Robertson. supposedly
wealthy girl OF the neighborhood. Polly
alone knows their secret Marcus Mac
henzie, who owns the ground the squat
tsrs occupy. is their determined enemy.
Polly overhears a conyersation 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 II.-Eyelyn Robertson dis
covers from her mother that they are not
rich. AZ she supposed. but practically hv-
ing on the bounty OF Robert Percival.
hVslyns cousin.
CHATTER LI.-Polly learns from Eve
Iyn that the sympatheuc stranger is Rob
ort Perciyal Evelyn charges Polly with
message to Bennett telling him she can
sN9 nun no more money. and urging him
70 De patient She already bitterly
krets her infatuation with and marriage
TO the ignorant farmer.
CHAPTER WHOLLY 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 enInity of
Mackenzie. take an oath to do him NO
injury.
CHAPTER " Evelyn unsuccessfuily
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 10 really enamored o. Marcus
Mackenzie. Al the arranged meeting
that night Bennett threatens Evelyn With
exposure unless she procures monay Ter
him
CHAPTER Wholly meets Robert Per
eival. and they are mutually attracted.
Polly's feeling being something like ado
ration
CHATTER VL-OvsrhsArtnx . conver-
.ation between Polly and Robert Perci-
EVelya ana 7ansyins % simssif @ IN aoo IoV. Win tS
folly. wAylAys the girl when she leaves
Pereiya and abuses and threstens her.
hsr and she S.ss % him to @ sslp q u. so squat, M
though iscain1 tSe power ss Aoa Of MaSxsn.i. S:au
but agrees TO do his best Mackenzie
visits the Hopkins shack with an offer
leave the vicinity. offering them a 'rining
sum sum 81 monsy rhe offer is refused and
CHATTER vIiL-Pony visits Psreival
in the Robertson home In an effort TO
enlist his aid. and he is on the point of
declaring his love for her. when the girl
to be his wife. The girl agrees to marry
him after he has bought the Bennett
farm and got rid of the squAtters Rob
of Mra Robertson and Evelyn in a prof
ect to help the Silent city people.
CHAPTER Ix.-KnowinE Bennstt's In
fatuAtion for Polly. Evelyn tries to In
he having agreed to release Evelyn TO
secure Polly. In love with PercivaI,
so.! 5aossh ss,.y s.s,SsIy ss:sslsi1s i The si
her he loves her. and she acknowledge
similar feeling for him. MacKensie
lays trap for hopkins and the latter
ertson home 10 enlist PercivaI's aid in
her He is also deaf to Roberts plead
iugs. and the latter. though assuring
Polly Of all the help he can give her. feels
CHAPTER XI-A week later Polly.
alone during heavy thunder storm with
a visit from Evelyn She tells Polly
something has struck" Oscar. The two
women carry him from the road into the
shack He is insensible. Polly sets out
10 get d doctor She meets Percival who
accompanies her back to the hut. Evelyn
tells Robert she is there on a visit to
nett is Pollys sweetheart Robert be-
ueves her. since the girl. true to a prom
ducts Evelyn from the hut. after bitterly
denouncing Polly for her duplioity. Ben
nett dies and Evelyn is free.
CHAPTER NIL-Polly borrows a dress
from Evelyn and with Jerry tries to beat
her way on train to Auburn prison to
visit her daddy; She is discovered BY
them and denies having given the dress
to Polly. who is accused OF stealing IT
Percivsl takes her home. dissusted.
zie are married. Determined to oust the
squatterH. Mackenzie takes Baby Jerry
from Polly, intending TO place him in an
institution. Polly's heart is broken. She
swears to have revenge.
Her mind brought back to the baby
away or In some unknown place, she
cried weakly as she replenished the
fire Had the wicked ones of the
earth made Jerry forget Daddy Hop
klns who up in Auburn was ignorant
Of his Whereabouts? Many times Polly
had taken up her pencil to write him
Of the child, but it always dropped
from her fingers before II reached the
paper Daddy could not do anything;
and she would not add to his heavy
burden.
She was at the stove, her cold, stlff
fingers spread over II, when the sound
Of footsteps outside sent her headlong
TO the door. Appallingly terrified, she
dragged It open.
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