V NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. IWJtUIIU.lUU Storm THE "ANGEL" BYN'OPSIH.-Oceupylng a dllapl itnted shack In tho Hllent City, a nquuUer settlement near Ithucn, Nc,w York, Polly Ilopltlnn lives wllli licr fntlur, small Jorry, anil an old woman, CJ runny Ifnpo. On an adjacent farm, Oscar Hcnnott. prosperous farmer, Is a neighbor. 1I Is secretly married to Kvelyn Ilabnrtson. supposedly wealthy Ktrl of the iielKhborhood. Marcus Mar IConrle, who owns tho Krotind the (limttcrs occupy, Is their deter mined enemy. Polly overhenro n conversation between MncKenr.le and a stranicer, in which the former avows Ills Intention of driving the ttquattcrH front his land. The tttran Kvr Hympatltl7.es wltli tho stiattors. and earns Polly's grntlttttlo. Uvelyn Itobortson discovers front her moth er that they uro not rich, hut prue llcally llvlnB on the. bounty of ltobert I'crclval, livelyn's cousin Polly learns from ISvolyn that tho Hympathotlc ntrariKor Is ltobert Perolvnl. Kvelyn charjees Polly with a messnfjo to Ilennott, tolling lilm she can give him no more tnonoy. She already bitterly roRretH Iter marrlapo to tho iKitorant fartn er. Polly conveys Iter message and Oscar makes threats. He Insists lOvelyn meet him that night. Polly has hor father and Ijirry Hlshop, a squatter, take an oath to do Mac Konzlo no Injury. Evelyn unsuccess fully tries to not money from her mother with which to buy off Ben nett and Induce him to leavo the country, fflvlmc hor hor freedom. Sho and MaoKenzle avow tholr love. CHAPTER V Continued. 5 "I wanted to 'fess up to you thin tnornlng, Poll," Osciir. rnn on. "It's si funny thing, lint r reckon I euro more for your little finger Hum for Kve'H whole body. Miiylti) some dny sifter I get nil her cash " Polly coughed down n lump Hint lierslsted In coming up In Iter throat. "You needn't splol lovln's to me, Os car," she gulped, "an' I believe In be in' honest. So, before your woman 'omeH, I might us well give you a bit of my mind. If I owned you from your 'np to your boots, I wouldn't use you for a. doormat In front of Daddy's shnntyl" He shot n look of amazement. The vonfldent smile faded from bin fuce, aind his Hps sagged at the corners. U'hen lie arose to IiIh feet. "T been thinking nbout you nil day," Ine broke forth. "You've got every thing looks, action and brains. I -want you, Pollyop iiml I'm going to UIsh you this time, ho lielp mo God I" Hie took a stop toward her and Polly Hcrumblcd up. Just at. that moment SCvclyn nnlicrtson entered. Oscar Hen snett turned swiftly, und Polly, very linlc, tilnced herself at Hve's Hide. Anil ih tho wind foamed the lake to fury mid shook Granny llopo's forsaken lit tle 1iut, tho man and two girls stood client a long, tense minute. Then Oscar smiled at Kvolyn, a tri umphant, Insulting smile. "'So you thought It best to mind me. iny lady," be luughed. "I guess after li while you'll come to know I meun what 1 Rny." Iflvo tried to speak hut could not. 1'olly squeezed her arm encouragingly. "You're a moan dulTer, Oscar," site thrust In. "Your woman's scared of you, that's all. ffry belli' better, an' nee h6w she likes It." -- "She's got a good right to be d d Hcared," grunted Hcnnett. "Now out with It, live. What's the rumpus? You haven't sent me a cent for a month." With Blinking lingers Kvelyn pushed Imek her wind-Mown hair. "I couldn't get any money, Oscar." Mho walled. ".My allowance Is all gone.' I gave every cent of It to you, You Know very well mother won't give me tiny more." She had one card left to plav, and fdie hoped It would tako tho trick. "J might ns well tell you," she con tinued, the steel In her eyes wiping 'iiwny the blue. "Mother hasn't any money. All I thought we bad belongs 4o Cousin Hob," She ceased speaking and walled an Instant to note how her news struck licr husband. He flung up a clenched list. "The devil lake you, Hvo !" ho cried. "Don't try to put anything- over on me like that. You're the biggest liar In Tompkins county." That he partly believed her showed In his manner. "I'd never 'a' married yon If I'd a known that two years ago," Oscar ns erted hoarsely. "You can bo dead certain of that, my Indy. You were SmvU.v careful to keep your money ptwijhle.s to yourself. Sit down, both of Jrmil You're shivering like two cats." Impulsively Kvelyn went toward him. "Qh, Oscar, listen, listen to me." she wild, trying to steady her voice. "I vnnt to be. free, I can't, I can't live his way any longer." A coarse oath fell from HennettV Hps. "You don't need to," ho j shouted. "You got a home to come f to my fiomo. Yon can do the work, my old toother's doing. It's your Job, not hers. You're, my wife, by 'ginger, and as 1 wnld to VH.vP here, you live with mo. or you pay up. I don't gve a tinker's d n ylfloh yiiu do." , i Ills 'voice grew deep as he finished, und tin evil, taunting smile drew up JiIh lips, Bypjy'u,juldered uild.swayed, ou by Grace Miller White Copyright by Little, Brown & Co. and Polly slipped o;.u unit around her unlst. "You want to be free from me, eh? Thnt's It. Is It?" he sneered. "Some oilier guy looming up to love, I s'pose. Welt, I don't mind who gets my leav Ings If you make It worth my while. Hut If not " Kvelyn's pnle, beseeching face lifted to his. She could not quit him with out his promise that she should have her freedom. Neither must he think that she could get him a large sum of money. "I can't get another dollar," she re pented hoarsely. "I simply can't. And and I must he free." A frown drew the man's heavy brows together until they touched, and he lifted his (1st to strike; but Polly Hopkins, by one swll't movement, thrust Kvelyn from under the innn's uprulsed iirm and crowded In between them. IJeeuuso Kvelyn was his wife, he had the right to bout her If he pleased, Polly thought, but be would not dare to strike Polly, "If you've got to swat some one, Os car," she gritted between her teeth, "swat me I" Tho beautiful whlto face came close to Uonnett's, and the challenge In the squatter girl's flashing eyes stirred a feeling within htm that he never had had for Kvelyn Robertson. Oscar had always believed that a woman must fear a man to respect him, and that to respect him meant to love him. He did not want Kvelyn Robertson In the furmhouse, but he did want money and Polly Hopkins. If he could master her as be had Kve, she would come to him willingly when he was reudy for her. Working on that principle, ho struck out. As the hugo fist cuuie In contact wy.lt Pollyop'a shoulder, she staggered backward. Her, low cry was followed by Kvelyn's scream. The squatter girl sank to the floor limply. No one bad ever struck her before. "Yod'vo killed her," cried Kvelyn; and Oscar Bennett, fearful tliut the girls' clamor would summon some In quisitive squatter, turned swiftly to S. "Hoth of you keep mum about this, my lady," ho ordered. "I'm off I See?" With tliut ho tore open tho shanty door; and Kvelyn stood panting with her hand on her heart until the sound of his running footsteps was lost In the windstorm. Then Kvelyn led Polly Hopkins home. One nrm hum; at the squatter girl's side; and the pnln In her shoul der, whero Oscar's list had landed, was terrific. On nearlng the shuck, Polly whispered : "Mebbo he'll he quiet a while now. You'd best scoot home, huh?" A small bos passed from Kvclyn'B handbag to the squatter girl's pocket. "I brought them for .Terry," said Kvelyn softly, "and oh, Polly, what ever can 1 do for you to (even up things? Perhnps " "Scoot home," Interrupted Polly, "I'm goln' In." Pollyop stole Into tho shanty In the greatest torment she had ever known. (Jrnnny Hope and Daddy Hopkins had gone to bed, and she could hear her father's loud breathing from the back room. Sho was glad of that, for if he were to learn how she had been hurt, his rage would know no hounds. She lighted a candle and looked about dazedly. The billy goat was snuggled against the wood-box; and Nannie I.amb poked her head up and blinked at the light. Polly put down the candle and slipped the dress from her shoulder. How dreadfully It hurt her!, Oh, how she wanted something to make her misery less! Hut squatters did not have money to spend on drug store remedies. From an old can she poured a little coal oil on n rag and bathed the In jured flesh. Then she took up tho lamb and dropped Into a chair by the ttfhle. In sheer exhaustion her head sank down upon It. After n while she straightened up, threw hack her curls, and raised the lamb's face to hers, a wry smile flitting across her Hps. "It's goln' to be a hard Job lovln Oscar and' Old Marc like Jesus loved wicked folk, Nannyop," sho said under her breath, "but mebbo now 1 been face to face with n angel, I can do It." Again her head fell forward; but almost Instantly she arose, and with tho lamb In her right arm like a baby, moved to the side of the bed. Then sho snuggled the lamb under the blankets and put (Jrnnny Hope's Hlble beneath her pillow. Carefully she slipped off her clothes and put on a course ulghtrobe. Then, having snuffed the candle, she crawled In beside the lamb. CHAPTER VI. Twice had the golden sun sunk In a welter of splendid colors behind West hill, mid twice had the warmth of his rising scattered the mists from the lakeside since the, encounter In tho hut, and Polly Hopkins was making ready for her dally Walk through the Silent City, it was her custom to go amoiig the squatters, and give -them couruge,'to tell them that they had a right to their home?, to food, and warmth. How her girl's heart ached fqr tholr.dutub ntry misery ! Surely the squatters had suf fered In the past year! Many a hoy hnd been taken from bis home and sent to France, and mnny a mother had crept about the settlement with grief-worn face, waiting for news from over the sea. Pollyop understood what war meant. The squatters were always at war! Oranny Hope had explained to .her that, whenever people fought anil were cruel to one nnother, that wns war. Hadn't sho warred but two nights uro with Oscar Hennett? She had not seen him since, and the pain and humiliation lie hud dealt her had been lightened by Granny Hope's nssurances that lovo wns the leveler of bote. So Polly, having quantities of love and sympathy to spare, sent It broadcast over the hopeless ones In the settlement and promptly put Os car Hennett's cruelty out of her mind. She did not even remember sometimes how much the milk Oscar had bo grudglngly given her was missed in the shack. To offset that deprivation, she was free from him and the ugly quarrels she had had to settle almost dally between him and Kvelyn. This morning, while Daddy Hopkins wns In Ithaca, Pollyop started out with her many loves for a walk. On her shoulder perched Wee Jerry; nt her side, In stately dignity, stalked tho billy goat, and tied to one of her nrms by a small rope gamboled Nannie Lamb- Hopkins. Through the Silent City sho wan dered, helping people here and there to see the sunny side of things. He yoqd the row of shnc'ks was the fence Murcus MncICenzle had erected to keep the squatters from trespassing on his woodlund, nnd In front of it Polly Hopkins stood. A bill poster had passed and left on the fence n pic ture that caught her attention. It was a beautiful woman, her eyes saddened with tears, nnd she looked straight out of exquisite coloring nt the wide-eyed squatter girl. In her nrms was n withered, sick, little mnn. and Pollyop knew that somewhere over the ocenn an enemy, perhnps u man like Old Mnrc. had hurt him. The woman held him close ns she looked nt Polly, nnd for a moment tho girl's eyes stung with tears. Then she went Then She Went Closer to the Fence and Spelled Out the Words Under Ihe Picture: "The Greatest Mother In the World." closer to the fence nnd spelled out the words under the picture: "The Great est Mother In the World." Ah! So she was, this protector of tho hurt and the sick 1 The Red Cross poster carried its wondrous message to the very bottom of tho squatter girl's heart. A sound, close at hand, caused her to turn swiftly, A mnn on horsebnek bud drnwn up on tho side of the road. The blood camo In swift lenps to Polly's face. There was the "beauti ful ungel" looking down upon her! What could she do but stare back at him? In .another Instant he had dis mounted nnd was coming toward her. Jerry slid from her shoulders to the ground. Pollyop's hand clasped his; but she did not speak. What had hap pened to her "angel?" He looked dif ferent ; more like the other men she occasionally saw on horseback. That was It! He was not wearing tho olive drob uniform 1 To add to her confu sion Robert Perclvnl was smiling nt her In the most friendly wny. Then ho glanced up nt tho picture, his line face saddening. "Tho Greatest Mother In the World, little girl," he said, and he smiled again. "Tho Greatest Mother In thcWorld," repented , Pollyop, In nwed tones. "Does thnt mean she's mother to the squatter kids what was hurt In the war, mister?" "Yes," he replied after n short pnuse. "Yes, It means that, and more. She's mother to every hurt boy nnd brings Folly comfort to every one on enrth that needs help." "Golly, she's some mother, nln't she?" breathed Polly soberly. "She's beautiful too. Squatter mommies has too many kids to stay handsome' like her." She made a backward motion with her thumb toward the fence and searched his face gravely. A choking sensation In Robert's throat made him cough. The girl's statement wns like a charcoal draw ing In which a few broad lines tell the whole story. He felt his Interest hi her Increase. She was the quaintest, prettiest and most solemn child he had ever seen. Yes, he knew she was an Inhabitant of the Silent City by the clothes she wore, and the thin, bow legged child, to say nothing of the be whlskered goat und woolly lamb that were with her. "What's your name?" he inquired "Just Pollyop," was the nnswer. "Polly Hopkins. My dnddy Is Jere miah Hopkins, the mayor of this set tlement." Surely! Robert remembered very well MncKenzie speaking of Hopkins, and he remembered too the painted Invitation over n hut door as If It were before his eyes. Looking Pollyop over from the top of her curly bend to the tips of her bnre feet, he decided that she had written It. Question after question he flung at her, and answer after answer came from Polly's lips. Site told him where she lived, and how she cooked the beans, bacon and fish Daddy Hopkins provided; how cold It was in the shnnty when the' cruel north wind swept up the lake; and how wet It wns witen the rain fell nnd clammy fogs shrouded the world in critv : how Granny Hope wns sick with palnsft She gave mm an Inside view of life in the bllcnt City. Long before she hud fin ished her recital, Perclvnl's courtesy had put her nt her ease, and she was chattering like a magpie. "Can I do something for you, Polly Hopkins?" queried Robert, as she fin ished telling about life in the squat ters' city. She flung out both hands In a com prehensive gesture ns much as to say he could see for himself how much she needed. "Sure, sure you can," she sold with, fierce emphasis. "You can make Old Marc leave us squatters be. You're blgger'n ho Is! The squatters need you awful had." Her volceobroke. Robert took n long breath. Of course he could help this girl and her people. Ho would, too! As far as money gave power, ho could equnl and surpnss Mnrcus MncICenzle. "I did try to talk sense Into Mr. MncKenzIe's head," he returned pros ently, "but now I will make him leuve you alone." In spite of tho curved Hps about which a smile lurked, there was appre hension In her voice when she asked : "Can you lick Mm to a finish, mis ter?" "Yes, I think I could," laughed Rob ert; "but It won't be nccessnry." "Then I sec us Silent City folks bcln' happy ngnln," sighed Polly. "We got n awful lot of things an' folks to take care of hero." Robert made a sweep with his arm that encompassed the group before him. "You hnvc, evidently!" he laughed. "An' I got more home," Interjected Polly. "I got Dnddy Hopkins an' Granny Hope an' this brat Is my brother, nn' this gont Is Billy Hopkins an' this lamb's Nannyop. Oh, sure, sir, I've got a hull lot to love In this good old city." Polly made nn upward motion with her hand townrd tho picture on the fence. "She's got a bunch to love, too," she said softly. "Ain't she?" He walked to her side and contem plated with her tho pictured woman, making her silent rtppenl to them for the wounded hoy in her arms. "Of course sho has," answered Per clvnl reverently. "She's the Greatest Mother In the World, Polly Hopkins, and nnd " his gaze dropped upon her, and ho continued, "and you're the littlest mother In the world." A glad smile widened the girl's Hps. All the fear that hud been ns a ton weight upon her hnd fallen away. She wanted to pay him the highest compli ment sho knew. When ho had mount ed, she told him gently: "Some dny, you'll be the biggest an most benutlfulest daddy In the world. Good-by." "Then Percival stepped in. Two well-planted thumps laid Bennett like a log on tho ground." (TO BK CONTINUED.) A Sporting Judge. "Thirty days In the workhouse. That ought to euro you of speeding." 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