The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-03-13

"ouiuH TlSk duytnlnB ike tHdt. III
might fall into Hawks hands, and the
fust thing he would do would be to
turn 1t over to Lapelle-'cause Martin
cain't read himself"
Il was only wondering If she could
find out little more about this man
Suggs, just when he lived there and
and all that"
Hes purity cIose-mouthed, she says
Got to be, l reckon. He fell in with
Martin ten er twelve years ago. an
there was a price on his head then
Martin hid him for awhile an helped
him to git safe away. Like as not
Suggs amt his real name anyhow"
Kenneth was a long time in deciding
to speak to Rachel Gwyn about the
man Suggs. He found an opportunity
to accost her on the day that the Paul
Revere came putting up to the little log
built landing near the ferry. Viola had
left the house upon learning that the
boat had turned the bend in the river
two or three miles below town, and had
made no secret of her intention to greet
Lapelle when he came ashore. This
was Gwynne's first intimation that she
was aware of her lovers plan to re-
turn by the Paul Revere He was dis
tinctly annoyed by the discovery.
Rachel was in her back yard, feed
ing the chickens, when he came up to
the fence and waited for her to look in
his direction. All week-in fact, ever
since he had come up there to live-he
had been uncomfortably conscious of
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parlor window. Time and again he
had observed slight fiutter when he
CHANGED to glance that way, as of
sudden release of the curtains held
slightly apart by one who furtively
watched from within. On the other
hand, she never SO much as looked to-
ward his house when she was out in
her own yard or while passing by on
the road
She turned at last and saw him
standing there.
May 1 have a word with your" he
| said.
| She did not move nor did she speak
for many seconds, but stood staring
hard at him from the shade of her deep
black bonnet.
"What is 1t you want. Kenneth
Gwynne?'
NO favor, you may be sure, Rachel
Carter"
She seemed to vince little. After
a moments hesitation, she walked
slowly over to the fence and faced
him.
"Well?' she said curtly.
| ann xo,, NAV how.
named Jasper Suggs?"
Are you speaking of my old home in
Salem or of-of another placer"
THE place where l was born" he
said. succinctly.
II have never heard the name be-
fore" she said. why do you ask?."
'There Is a man in this neighbor-
hood-a rascal, l am told-who says
he lived there twenty years ago."
She eyed him. narrowly. well, go
on! What has he to say about me?"
Nothing, so far as 1 know. 1 have
not talked with him. 1t came to me In
a roundabout way. He is staying with
4 man named Hawk, down near the
Wea. have been told that he would
like to see daguerreotype Of my ia
ther some time. just to make sure
whether he was the Gwynne he used
to know"
Has he ever seen you, Kenneth
GwynneT She appeared to be abso.
lutely unconcerned.
mo"
"One look at you would be sufi-
cIent," she said. "If you are both so
curious, why not arrange meeting?"
.'T am III no way concerned" he re-
torted. "On the other hand. should
think you would be vitality interested,
Rachel Carter. If he knew my father,
he certainly must have known you"
VERY likely. What would you have
me dor" she went on Ironically. go
to him and beg him to be merciful?
Or. II it comes to the worst, hire some
one to assassinate him7"
II am not thinking Of your peace Of
mind. am thinking of Viola's. We
have agreed, you and /. to spare her
the knowledge Of"
"Quite true" she interrupted. "You
and have agreed upon that, but there
It ends. We cannot include the rest
Of the world. Chance sends this man,
whoever he may be. to this country.
! must likewise depend upon chance
to escape the harm he may be in a
position to do me- II 1t not possible
that he may have left before 1 came
there to liver That chance remains.
doesn't it7'
"Yes," he admitted. ut is possible.
/ can toll Won som athiu0 ohout ht,x,
He IL related to Simon Girty. and he
was renegade who fought with the
Indians up north during the war. Does
that throw any light upon his ideu-
tity2
He says his name 10 Suggsf" she
inquired.
He was rewarded by a sharp catch
In. her breath and a nassinr fiiclar of