Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-06-20
1.-THE EVIL SHEPHERD"
BY E. Phillips Oppenheim
by wnMy Browna Compan
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CHAPTER I-Trancis Ledsam defends
Oliver Hilditch, powerful business man,
In @ murder case and succeeds in get
ting him Off, only to be told by young.
prepossessing woman, who says that
she 10 Oliver Hilditch's wife, that Hill
ditch In an arch criminal and that Led
sam has turned loose q dangerous man
to resume hiS preying upon society.
CHAPTER II-Ledsam, dining with
his best friend. Andrew Wilmore, meets
Hilditch and his wife and Ia invited TO
dine with them at their home.
CHAPTER III-At dinner with the
Hilditches, oliver shows Ledsam how
he killed his victim and says his own
death the same way would make his
wife supremely happy. Returning
home. Ledsam receives q phone call
from Margaret, saying Oliver has been
murdered.
CHAPTER Tv-Ledsam gets the cor
oner to set divers death down al
suicide. Later on he admits to VIII
more that he has developed a keen In
terest in Margaret. He meets her IA
thsr. Sir Timothy Brast the evil shep-
herd, who. tells him Q crime will be
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CHAPTER v-Ths crime 10 COM
mittsd and Shopland, . Scotland Yard
detective, asks Lsdsam 70 interview the
girl In the ease.
CHAPTER v-Daisy tells Ledsam
nothing much, except that her COM
was trying to break away from his old
oVil cOmnAnfOna.
CHAPTER vII-By chance Francis
meets Margaret and asks for permits
sion to call, which she refuses. He
tells her he will ask her fathers per-
mission and Margaret begs him to have
nothing to do with Sir Timothy, al
though she admits he is everything
that is kind to her.
CHAPTER VIII-Just ~ Sir Timothy
appears to DO the murderer in the sec
ond affair. another man suicides. ad-
mitting his guilt
CHAPTER 1x-Brast displays an un-
usual humane side to his character
and mystif1ss Ledsam By It.
CHAPTER X-Franeis 10 invited to
dine with Brast at his cottage Return
ing to his office he finds an unfinished
scrawl from the brother of Wilmore.
asking aid, but ending abruptly. Will
more then tells him his younger brother
has been missing for days and they
fear harm has befallsn him. Search for
him proves unavailin0.
CHAPTER N-Under the influence
OF a lovely moon and the quiet of the
river Francis kisses Margaret and the
latter does not resent 1t, although ask
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house. They hnd Sir Timothy had taken
Lady Cynthia to see the Walled House.
The next morning Francis escorts Lady
Cynthia to London and finds Margaret
had left before them. Francis admits
that he wishes to marry Margaret.
CHAPTER xII-Shopland tells Fran
els that he can find nothing definite
about young Wilmores whereabouts.
Francis runs into Margaret and she
yields and becomes engaged to him.
There was a queer constrained 81
lence for several moments. Then Sir
Timothy leaned back in his chair and,
with word of apology, lit cigarette.
LET u.s." he said, consider the situ-
alton. Margaret is my daughter. You
wish to marry her. Margaret is Of age
and has been married before. She is
at liberty, therefore, to make her own
choice. You agree with me so far?''
Entirely" Francis assented.
TT happens" Sir Timothy went on,
that l disapprove Of her choice She
desires to marry a young man who be-
longs to a profession which / detest.
and whose efforts In life are directed
towards the determination of a class
for whom I have every sympathy. To
me he represents the SNUG as against
the human, the artifcially moral as
against the freethinker. He is also
my personal enemy. I am therefore
naturally desirous that my daughter
should not marry this young man."
I'VE will let 1t go at that" Francis
commented, "but should like to point
out to you that the antagonism be-
tween US is in no way personal. You
have declared yourself for forces with
which I am at enmity, like any other
decent-living citizen. Your declaration
might at any time be amended"
Sir Timothy bowed.
"The situation Is stated" he said. II
will ask you this question as a matter
Of form. Do you recognize my right to
forbid your marrige with my daughter,
Mr.. Ledsam"
II most certainly do not" was the
forcible reply.
Have any rights at all?" Sir Tim.
Othy asked. Margaret has lived under
my roof whenever it has suited her to
do so. Since she has taken up her
residence at Curzon street she has
been her own mistress, her banking
account has known no limit whatso-
ever. I may be person Of evil dispo-
sition, but have shown no unkindness
to her."
1T Is quite true" Margaret admit
ted, turning little pale. "Since have
been alone, you have been kindness it.
SELF"
Then let me repeat my question" !"
Sir Timothy went on, have the right
to any consideration at allY'
"Yes." Francis replied. "Short Of
keeping US apart, you have the ordi-
nary rights Of parent"