Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-07-30
SYNOPSIS

xhOLO0UH-kenn Gwynne was
when his father ran awa ay from Ken
lucky with Rachel Carter a widow
Xhsy took with them Minda Carter,
Ksnneth's mother died of a broken
nsart. His grandparents brought him
up to hate the name Of Rachel Carter.
CHAPTER I-Kenneth. now a young
lawyer. seeks lodging for the night at
f.rm OF Phinsas strbsT tSst Ksn
father ha. recently disd and that he is
on his way to take possession of ex-
strks.. land: he tbs hs; The
father and mortgage runs to his ia
ther's widow-the Rachel Carter.
beautiful nineteen-ysar-old girl. who
refuses to give her name, is visiting
the strikers. Ken 10 much interested
In her.
when 1 heard people out in front
Of the cabin shortly afterward, I nat
urally concluded that the lantern be-
longed to them," remarked the young
man.
"Well, it didn't" said Striker, lay
ing down his knife. II guess it won't
hurt you to know now somethin' that
will be Of considerable interest to
you later on. l amt betrayin' no
b0dy's secret, cause I said I was go
in to tell you the whole story"
"Don't you think you'd better let
1t come from somebody else, Phin?"
interposed his wife nervously.
"No, I don't, Eliza. Cause why?
Cause I think he'd ort to know. May
be he'll be able to put stop to her
f0Qlishness. We didn't know until
lshg after you went to bed that her
real reason fer comm here yesterday
was to run off an get married to Bar
ry Lapelle. She didn't tell you no
lies about her clothes an all that
cause her ma had put her foot down
on her takin' off black. They had i
all planned out beforehand, her an
this Lapelle He was to come fer
her some time before daybreak with
q couple Of hosses an they was to
be of before the sun was up, on their
way to Attica where they was 20 be
married, an then go on down the
river to his home in Terry Hut. Me
an Eliza set up all night in that bed
room, tryin' to coax her out of 1t.
don't like this Lapelle feller. He's a
handsome cuss, but he's as wild as all
get Out-drinks, CANDLES, an all Setch.
Well, to make long story short, her
ma must have found out about their
plans, cause she come here herself
with two of her hired men an old
Cap'n Scott, a friend of the family,
an took her daughter right out from
under Barry's nose. 1t was them you
heard down here last night. / will
up her mind long about midnight that
1t was foolish thing to do, runnin'
off like this with Barry, an like as
not when the time come she'd have
backed out"
"Her mother don't want her to mar
It's mighty funny way fer the girl
to act, when she's so fond Of her
mother. All the more reason fer her
to stick to her mother when it's a
fact that the old woman amt got
what you'd call friend in the whole
q
an-close an stingy as all get out. an
as hard as a hickory log. Course. l
understand why she's so sot ag'inst
Barry. She's purity well off an the
girl will be rich some day."
"Shucksl" exclaimed Eliza. "Barry
Lapelle's after her cause she's the
purtiest girl him or anybody else has
ever seen. Hes got plenty of money
himself. so they say, so why"
Il amt 10 sure about that" broke
In her husband. There's a lot of
talk about him gamblin' away most
everything his father left him.
guess she's kinder lost her head over
him. Hes an awful feller with wom-
On, 90 good lookin' an all, an SO diff
fersnt from the farm boys aroun
here. Alias got good clothes on, an
they say he has At a couple of duels
dowh the river Somehow that allus
appeals to young girls"
0wyAne was decidedly upset by the
rsvsiationsi q vague dream, barely
began. came to q sharp and disagree
able end.
"6hs actually had planned to run
away with this man LapelleT he ex-
claimed. frowning. ut was all ar
rangsdr'
80 take It," said Striker.
"The fellow must be an arrant
scoundrsl," declared the young man
angrily. "No gentleman would sub
Ject an innocent girl to such"
"All'S well that ends well, as the
TELLER says" interrupted Striker, aris-
Ing from the table "At least fer the
present. She seemed sort of willin'
to 80 home with her ma, so 1 guess
her heart amt everlastingly busted.
I thought 1t was best to tell you all
this. Mr.. Gwynne, cause got a sneak
In idse you're goin' to see lot of
that girl, an maybe you'll turn out
to be source Of help in time O. trou.