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"iWEETHEARTl"
Si'NOrsiS.-Occupylng a (lllniil
dnted hIiuck 111 the Unont City, u
snuuitur Huttlfinoiil nour itiiacu,
New YorK, 1'uily 11oikIiib Iivmm
with hor lather, mnuil Jerry, anil
un old woman, Granny Ho. Un
un udJiiCMiit tarm, unour Jiannott.
lirosporuus farmer, IH u neighbor.
Ho la secretly married to kvolyn
KoborUion, Hi,iioNMlly weultliy KiH
of the nolKhburtiood, Murciin Muc
Kenzle, wno owns thu ground Hie
wiuatlerH occupy, In their deter
mined enemy- Polly overhear a
conversation between MucKenzle
and a strunger, In which the former
avowH IiIh Intention of drlvliiK the
squatter from hlH land. The stran
Ktr HytnpathlzeH with tho squatters,
and oarni" I'olly'a gratitude. Kvolyn
ItohertHon dlHoovurn from hor moth
er that thoy tire not rich, but prac
tically living on thu bounty of
llobert I'erclvttl, KVelyn'a cousin.
I'olly IfartiH from Hvolyn that tho
sympathetic stranger Is llobert
Perclvnl. Kvolyn charged Polly
with a message to Ilonnct, telling
him she can Klvo him no mora
monoy. Sho alroady bitterly regrets
hor marriage to the Ignorant farm
er. Polly conveyB hor message and
Oscar makes threats. Ito Insists
IJvclyn moot him that night. Polly
has hor father and Uirry Bishop,
a squatter,' take an oath to do Muc
Kenzle no Injury. Kvolyn unsuc
cessfully trios to get monoy from
hor mother with whlrh to buy off
Donnottand Indueuhlm to leave tho
country, giving hor hor freedom.
She and MacKonzlu avow their
love. At the arranged meeting that
night Dennett threatens Kvnlyn
with exposure unless she gives him
monoy. Polly moots Robert Per
olval, and thoy are mutually at
tracted, Polly's fooling being adora
tion. Oscar kills Polly's lamb and
Perclvnl thrashes Oscar. MacKen
sle orders tho squatters to leave
Hvelyn plans to marry MacKenzlo.
Pcrclval and Polly confess their
love. MacKenzle's men arrest Pol
ly's father on a framod-up charge
CHAPTER X Continued.
10
"YOU llO HOllietlllllS, lUU'llUll" KllO
implored, "Please do it quick, mi',
mi ' A light leapt into tier eves and
wlif bum out: "Molilio 801110 luy you'll
lie asUlu' mo n his favor, an' hero's my
void before Ood, I tit) It."
Kor a short .space of time tlio two
Kills stared Into each other's eyes, but
Kvolyn's fell first. She sank hack
limply.
"Take her away, llobert!" she
jroaued, "It's too dreadful."
After I'ollyop and ltobert had koiio,
she turned swiftly on Marcus.
"I wish they were all duntl, those
wretched, squatters," she said fret
fully, and frowning, MacKenzlo con
tinued his breakfast In silence.
Miserable days passed for the en
tire stiuattcr settlement. That the
right arm of the Silent City hud been
lopped off when Hopkins was Impris
oned showed plainly In the abjection
of Us Inhabitants. ISvcry countenance
was wrinkled wMh anxiety; and still
the strango men hovered about thu
lakeside.
Ugly rumors circulated through the
Silent City. It was said that to tlx a
felony on Hopkins, the olllcers claimed
that In searching hliu, before shutting
hliu up, they had round n revolver in
his pocket, livery one that knew hltn
scouted the Idea, but Jeremiah Hop
kins was promptly Indicted for carry
ing concealed weapons.
The only concession Robert had been
able to obtain was permission for
Polly to visit her father, and thly after
day she carried Jerry to see him.
The day of Hopkins' trial Polly had
to stay at home to care for (itanny
Hope and the baby.
Late In the afternoon, while she
was rocking Wee Jerry, for there was
no other way to keep him quiet, there
(nine a rap on the door. Placing hliu
on the cot, sho called a soft: "Come
in."
The entrance of Uobort Perclvnl
filled her with apprehension, he looked
ho serious, so drawn and pule.
"It's about daddy," she exclaimed,
forgetting for the moment how oinhnr
russetl sho was. ,
ltobert nodded.
"Sit down, Polly," ho said gravely,
"Mint I'll tell you."
-Mutely she stood staring at hliu.
' "Sit down, dear," he Insisted.
"I don't want to sit down," sho
moaned. "Tell me about daddy.
What's happened? He's goln' to Au
burn, huh?"
Had he boon able, ltobert would
have contradicted her, (lladly would
lie have chased away the welling tears
that came slowly Into tho dear eyes.
"Is It Auburn prison?" sho whis
pered. "Dltl tho Jury say ho was
Kullty?"
"Yes, Polly, hut I've still hopes I can
get lilm another trial," answered ltob
ert. "Oh, little Polly, please don't cry,
please don't."
Unmindful that he was holding out
bis hands to her, she sobbed hysterical
ly, utterly deprived of self-control.
The more Robert pleaded with her to
Brown and'mparv J
cease, the more she kept up the Inces
sant wall.
At tho sound of her anguish, Jerry
awoke and set up a loud screaming,
and, ever true to her mother Instinct
for lilm and all others In her wild
world, Pollyop took lilm up and seat
ed herself, hushing and caressing him.
"The littlest mother In the world,"
breathed Robert tenderly, bending
over her. "And a brave girl you are,
too, Polly Hopkins."
"I enn't be brave over any morr. I
can't. I need my daddy so, I do. I'm
thlnkln' my heart Just blisted when
they took hltn nway."
lie understood, and Robert's very
soul melted In sympathy. Indeed, never
had he workotf so hard on any one
thing as he had done to defend the
squatter. It had been only after Muc
Kenzle had outwitted hliu that he had
come to the Silent City to brettk the
bail news to Polly Hopkins.
"Pollyop," ho began, much moved,
"you do need your father; every girl
does. Rut while he's gone, If ho really
has to go, I can make living without
lilm much easier for you. You must
tako somo of the money you have for
yourself," he hastened on. "No one
needs It more than you do. No. now
don't shake your head, denr. Some
one must help you don't you see?"
"'Twos awful good of you to give
mo the money, an' let me help the
squatter women," came distinctly from
tho sobbing lips, "but Jorry an' me
couldn't tako a cent of yours!"
Somehow Robert had expected this,
hut her refusal did not make lilm any
the less determined to help her. For
a time he was silent, as Polly slowly
rocked Jorry back and forth,
After a few moments the boy fell
asleep, and his sister laid him quietly
on the bed again.
"Now what bo I goln' to do?" she
queried forlornly, looking straight at
him. "Gfanny Hope says love's all
powerful, an' every night 1 cry out to
the good Ood to bring my daddy home.
It's true, ain't it, Jesus can help a
squatter girl?"
"Of ccurso," Robert assured her.
"Of course, and, oh, Polly, I wnnt you
to be different"
"What do you menu by beln' differ
ent?" sho stopped lilm quickly, and
then she caught the look he cast
around the room.
"I'll always be a squatter," she went
on fiercely. "1 love squatters, I do."
Ills face burned at the emphasis on
her words, yet he liked her better for
standing by her humble- friends,
"And you love, mo too, don't you,
Pollyop?" he asked, reaching out and
taking one of her hands.
Didn't she love him? Ah, more thnn
she even dared to admit to herself 1 A
blush mounted to her curls.
"Yep, I'm lovln' you, too," she
brenthed. "You an' daddy-"
Robert stood up dizzily, bringing her
up with mm. what was thero In this
"Hadn't You
Best Go
Asked,
Now?" She
crude squatter lassie that made his
heart beat so?
"Polly," he murmured, drawing hor
to hint. "Little Polly," nnd then he
raised her face to his "Kiss me,
sweet."
Limp anil trembling, she leaned
against him as she had that day In his
own home. She was so tired antl
lonely.
"I want you always, Polly," he
whispered In her ear. "Some day I
want you for my wife. I'll take you
away from Ithaca all of you, your
father and the bnhy and O runny
Hope too. You hear, don't you,
Pollyop?"
At that Polly clung to him. She had
lost sight of the fact thnt sho might
have to marry Oscar Rcunctt to free
Dnddy Hopkins, and to keep her peo
ple In the Silent City. She only real
ized that she was In Robert's arms,
and thnt he was telling hor over and
over ami over that he ndored her.
"Hadn't you best go now?" she
asked. "Some one might catch you
here. No! Please, please don't kiss
me no more."
Without flic slightest regard for her
protestations, Robert, smiling, gath
ered her completely Into his arms.
"Perhaps," he stammered, "perhaps,
sweetheart, your father'll come hack
In spite of Marcus MacKenzlo. Good
by, dear."
She followed lilm to the door and
watched him go up the lane. Then she
crept back Info the shanty.
"Daddy," she cried, "I'm tryln' my
best to save you, dear, an', an' I will.
I will, durlln'. Your brat'll save you,
Daddy but oh, Ood, It seems as how
I couldn't do It."
CHAPTER XI.
Over n.wcek had passed since Hop
kins had stood before his peers to be
Judged of a crime the law would not
overlook. Ills lawyer, a good one nnd
well paid by Robert Perclvnl, had
fought strenuously for a new trial ;
but nfter much rk'llhcrutton on the
part of the Judge, the motion hat been
denied ; and this was the last day of.
Jeremiah's stay In the county Jail.
It was soon after luncheon time thnt
a high-powered motorcar was carrying
Kvolyn Robertson and Marcus Mac-
Kenzle to tho Ilennett farmhouse. The
purchasing of the farm had been set
tled, as far as Marcus was concerned,
although Kve's pleading nnd Oscnr's
stubbornness hod made lilm offer
more for the plnco thnn It was really
worth.
When the farmer walked up to the
automobile, as It stopped before his
door, Oscar paid no attention to Kvo
lyn, sitting beside MacKenzlo, save to
give her an awkward bow.
"You'vo spoken to this squatter girl
about what you want, Rcnnctt?" asked
Marcus, going to the point at once.
"Yes, sure I have," growled Oscar.
"I told you that t'other day ; but Polly
seems to be nlways holding off for
something. If she toes the mark, then
I'll sell my farm and tnke her West.
I won't have that brat of a Jerry,
though, but I suppose Polly'H make a
row when I tell her that."
"You won't he worried with the boy,
Rennett. I'm going to have the Chll-
dren's society take him. Hopkins will
serve a long term, and It you marry
Polly, tho rest of the pests will scatter
after a while. I'll bo glad to he rhl
of the whole Hopkins tribe. But that
girl Is like n liurr; she sticks tighter,
the more you pull I"
"That's tho bargain, Mr. MacKenzlo.
I sell the farm at the price we talked
If I get Polly Hopkins. If I don't get
'or, then I won't sell. I can make a
good living here for mo nnd my moth
er, and I don't Intend to leave this
country without Pollyop."
The thought of his staying around
Ithaca " filled Evelyn with drend. She
know something of the tenacity with
which he clung to any notion that
might take possession of him. How
could sho have ever submitted to his
caresses? And the words "Until death
do us part," rang In her ears, filling
her with nauseating disgust.
"I wish he were dead this minute,"
she thought passionately.
She was waiting for Oscar to con
tinue, but he evidently did not Intend
to; so, settling back us if anxious to
start, she said coldly:
"I'll go to her then, as soon as I
can."
"When today, ma'am?" asked Oscar
eagerly.
If she had to approach Polly Hop
kins about this dlsngreeable matter,
the sooner the better, Evelyn thought.
"Yes," sho consented languidly. "I
might go now, I suppose."
"Rut. you won't llntl her homo till
night, Eve," Marcus Informed her.
"She's gone to soo her father before
he goes to Aubuni. I tried to put the
quietus on that, but Rob cut up so I
told the sheriff to let' her In
"Then I'll telephone you Inter, Mr.
Bennett," said Evelyn, lifting her chin
haughtily as If he were really beneath
her consideration, "flood afternoon!"
The hours passed slowly by! It
seemed an eternity to Oscar while he
waited the call from Evelyn. When
ho heard her voice over the telephone,
he answered grullly.
"Now. don't be nasty, Oscar," or
dered Evelyn Imperiously. "I'm doing
the best 1 can. I'm In n booth talking,
nnd If you'll meet mo at seven, we'll
go together to Polly Hopkins. Does
that suit you all right?"
"You don't suit mo very well," Oscar
grumbled Into the receiver. "I'd ltko
to glvo you the licking of your life,
my lndy."
Evelyn's laugh came ringing ncross
the wire.
"Don't put yourself out, my dear
man," she taunted. "Now, don't start
bullying mo over the phone, Oscar, for
I won't stand It. Hold your tomper If
you can possibly do so. For once do
as I tell you ! Will you?"
"Oh, I suppose so," Bennett rapped
out. "Whcroil 1 meet you?"
"Well, let mo seo. At seven on the
boulevnrd, near tho lane."
"All right I" and Oscar slammed up
tho receiver without waiting to hear
any more, nnd proceeded about his
farm tasks. Thoughts of anger toward
Eve, now so overbearing nnd con
temptuous, were soon crowded out
however, by anticipation of tho time
when Polly would belong to him be
his to lovo or abuse at his own sweet
will, for Oscur had little doubt that
the squatter girl would eventually
yield to his will.
Pollyop, meanwhile, quite uncon
scious of Oscar's vicious Intentions,
was already utterly overwhelmed with
misery.
After the meager supper was over
that night, sho sat crouched near the
wood-box, her arm around Billy Hop-
kins' stringy neck. Granny Hope was
In bed and Wee Jerry, having cried
himself lo sleep, wits in Jeremiah's
room, rolled up In n blanket.
For the first time In her life Polly
had seen her father weep. How Im
petuously she had kissed nway his
tears I How she had hung to his neck!
Wlnyi they had been forced to leave
In), Jerry had shrieked his misery all
the way through the streets of Ithaca.
To make the matter worse, It began
o rain, to thunder and lighten. And
now, a forlorn, lonely little creature,
she sat listening to the tempest out
side with no company but the billy
goat.
How listless nnd hopeless she felt!
Only when the thunder rolled over the
ake, and the lightning flashed across
the sky, did she lift her head. When
she was happy, Polly loved the
storms, but now, with Daddy In Au
burn, how could she bear the thrash
ing rain mid the moan of the willow
trees as they swung to and fro over
the shanty roof?
She found herself wishing fearfully
that the storm would sweep off to the
south and down behind the hills. Over
and over In her mind went the thought
that perhaps she could have helped
In, the White Light of It Polly Saw a
Man Lying Face Down In the Path
Leading to the Shanty.
Daddy If she had done what Evelyn
wanted her to. Why hadn't she con
sented to mnrry Oscar two weeks ago?
She knew why, and, blushing, blamed
herself. She could not keep the lmnge
of Robert Perclvul from smiling at
her.
All of a sudden n frightful flash of
lightning made dim the flicker from
the smnll candle, and was followed In
stantly by a thunderous roar that
shook the very earth. Mingled with It
came a womnn's scream. Polly strug
gled to her feet. Some one was In
trouble! Some squatter-woman was
calling her. Sho dashed toward the
door Just as it Hung wide open, and
Evelyn Robertson rushed In.
"Polly Hopkins," sho cried, grasping
the squatter girl's arm, "Pollyop,
something struck Oscar, and he's .dead
in the road."
Frantically she drew the dazed Pol
ly over the threshold. The darkness
was dense, nnd the torrents of rain
pelted their faces. Another zigzag
streak of fire ran across the Sky, mak
ing it vivid picture as It blazed Cor
nell university Into plain view. In the
white light of It, Polly saw a man ly
ing face down In the path leading to
the shanty. He made no effort to got
up as the two girls bent over him.
"Mebbe he tun t dead," muttered
Polly, shuddering. "Let's lug him In
the hut."
Between them they dragged the
heavy, Inert body into the shanty and
shut tho door. Oscar looked dead
when they turned hltn over. Ills face
was livid, and Ids eyes tightly shut.
"The thunder hit him, huh?" ques
tinned Polly, awestruck.
Shudder after shuddor ran over Ev
elyn.
"I don't know," she moaned. "Yes,
I suppose so. Oh, It was dreadful !"
She began to cry, wringing her hands
desperately.
"Don't do that," begged Pollyop, with
a shiver. "Come on an' help mo got Mm
up on my bunk."
Weak from the shock, Evelyn was
of little service In lifting Oscar. But
tho bed was low, and tlnnlly after much
tugging, he was rolled lifelessly over
on his back, stretched to his full length
on the rickety cot.
Standing side by side, the girls
looked anxiously down upon him.
"I guess mebbe he's dead, ain't he?"
queried Polly woefully.
"Thus did the storm country
give back to Evelyn Robertson
her freedom."
(TO IJH CONTINUED.)
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