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Show :' ... .......I., .In.jJ.V -,V.'- . , 6ATUKDAY, MARCII 8, YNOMIi. nOUXtTTM. Keaaeta Owyaae waa (ve run eld la Ue earlac el 111 hie father raa ewar froaa Ken- teky wlta Jlaoael Carter, a wldew. mob wttk tiitai Miaaa gn, ifs beer dauchter. Ia tfce (ail teaaeta'a mother 414 ( a brekea Hla e-readDaraata breuerht aiea a te kata the naa ef Beehel Carter, "a evil woman. CHATTER L Keaaeta, saw a yewat Rwyer, seeka ladsing (or tha Might el (arm of Phlneea Striker, aaar AfeyeUev. lad. R eppeare that Kaa'a alhar baa receatly died aad that ka la a kla war to take seeeeaalea af eaalv laada ka kaa Inherited. Tha . artkere hesht tbeir (arm a( - Kaa'a atkar aad a mortfife waa ta kla (a hart widow the Raehel Carter. A weatiful alneteea-year-eld din, who eye aha knaw kla (atkar wall aad. vteeee ta rt hor mama, la vteltlnf be Striken Kaa la aeaeb .latereated. a kar. CHAPTER, II. la tha moral ag tk tlrl Im tone. Striker tella Kaa aba waa ilea a I a ta alopa with Berry Lapalla aad kar motbar cam la tha alg-ht aad leek har bona. A Kan eoeaoe hla war Itrlkor tails him: "That artrl w tola Owya a a' she's year half-aleter." CHAPTER III. A kandaema. daeb- Si young fallow rldaa up aad Intro ueea blmaalt aa Barry Lapalla. CHAPTER IV. Iaaae Stain, a (arm-v. (arm-v. givaa Kan a maaaaga (rem Viola ta ail aa aeon aa ha reaches Lafayette. CHAPTER V. At Lafayette Kaa aeaa kla lawyer. Cornell, and the recorder, pughar. It appears that tba will e( "Robert Owyn, formerly known aa Roe-art Roe-art Owynna," dlvldea aa estenelve property between Kea aad Raebal Lwya. Viola la aot siaaUeaad, bat Kaa decided not to oonteet. - CHAPTER VI. Ken call at Violas lemi and finds Rachel Inatead of Viola, tachel reviews the past, which nobody a Lafayette know. Rachel tells him bat Viola la not his father a daughter int Minda, ber own daughter by her : ret husband; that Viola bellevea her-elf her-elf . hla half-aister. She puta Viola's atare la kla heads. Kea telle her he leea aet make war ea wo roe a. CHAPTER VlL-Kaa aad Vlela meet d euarrsi. (Continued) " "In "plain words, be gsve you a. good tatting ' to," ' interrupted lira. Gwyn, anther grimly. "He said spare thlags I can aever srglve." "About 70a and Barry?"" "Wtll not to much about ms and Barry aa about the way I Oh, 70a fteedn't smile, mother. JHe Isn't going la make any fuss erer Barry. Be told Cat la plain words that be did not tars whether I married him or not a ran away with him, for that matter. And now I hare something I want to any to yoa. Wt may well hare It Mt now aa any other time. I am going a marry Barry Lapelle." There was ring af defiance in ber vote. Raebal Owyn looked at ber steadily gar a moment before responding ta fata eut-end-out challenge. "I think It would be only fair of CtT she began, levelly, "to tell Mr. pelle Just what be may expect la ase be marries you. Tell him that ran will never receive a penny or aa tech of land when I die. I shall eat you- off completely Tell- him that . It . say make aome. difference la Bis cai eolations." Viola flared. "Ton he- no right to Insinuate- that he-wanta te. marry jnelshoulder.. . for your money or your lands. He wants me for myself be wants me because be lores roe." "I grant you that," said Mrs. Owyn, adding ber head slowly. "Be .would be a fool hot to went you now. Toa are young, and you are very pretty. Sat after be has been married a few rears and yea bare become an eld snwg to bint, be will feel differently bout money and lands. I knew Mr. LapeUe and bm stripe. They rua ffbrengb with lore as they run through with money eulchly. And when he ame wasted aU his lore, Barry LapeUe wtn still wan money to waste. Be good enough te make Mm understand that be win never have a dollar of my money to wiete never, my child, area though his wife were starving to death. I mean itr "Then," cried Viols, hotly, "you are the moat unnatural, cruel mother that ever" "Stop! Ton will not And me a cruel and Inhuman mother when you come creeping back to my door kfter Barry LapeUe has cast you off. I bae nothing noth-ing more to say." "But I have something more to say." cried the glrL "I snail tell him all you hare said, and I ahall marry him la spite of everything. I am not afraid of atanrlng. 1 don't want a, pen-ay pen-ay of fathert money. He did not choose to glre It to me; he gave half ef aU he possessed to his son by another an-other woman, he Ignored me, be cut me off aa If I were a" . "Be careful, my child," -warned Rachel Owyn, her eyes narrowing. "1 cannot permit y to question hla acta or his moUrea. He did what be thought was best and we 1 mean , you and I moat abide by hie ded- alon." ' " I in not questioning your hue-bund's hue-bund's act," aaia Viola, stubbornly. ! am queetkmlng my fathert act" itra. QgjB-a1artad lLa tor 1924 VIOLA mm- By GEORGE BARR. McCUTCHEON 2M0T ASM, OMHTM tw Ker""ees wavered "and fKITTelL One corner ef her mouth worked eurV onaly. Then, without a word, aba It tamed away from the girl and left the room. . ,. ' , Viola, greatly offended, heard he ascend the stairs and close a doori then ber alow, heavy tread on the boards above. Suddenly the glrl'l anger melted, The tears rushed te bar eyes.- - :- "Oh. what a beast I was to hurt ber like that." ahe murmured, forgetting the harsh, unfeeling words that had aroused her -Ire. thinking only of the wonder and pain that had. lurked. In her mother's eves. "The only person In all the World who has ever really loved me poor, poor old-mother.". She stared through her tears at the flames, a little pucker-of uncertainty clouding her brow. "I am sure Barry ever, never can love me aa ahe does,' or be as kthd and good to me," she mused. "I wonder I wonder If what ahe says la tma about men." Later on, at supper she abruptly asked: "Mother, how old Is Kenneth r Rachel Owyn, started out of a profound pro-found reverie, gave her daughter a sharp, inquiring look before answering. "I do not know. Twenty-five or six. I suppose." "Did yoa know his mother r "Tea," after a perceptible pause. "How long after aha died were yoa and father married V "Tour father had been a widower nekrly two years,'' "Why doesn't Kenneth spell hla name as we dor "Kenneth.was brought up to spell it In the aew-f angled way, I guess,' was Rachel Owyn'a reply. "Ton need not ask me questions about the family, fam-ily, Viola. Tour father never spoke of them. He waa a strange ma a. Ha kept things to himself. I do not recollect recol-lect ever bearing him mention bis first wife or his son or any other member of hla famny," "I should think jon would have been a Uttle bit curious. I know I should." "I knew all that waa necessary for me to know," said Rachel, somewhat brusquely.' - - ---r "Where did yoa first meet father r She regretted the question the instant in-stant the words were out of her mouth. The look of pain almost of pleading In ber mother's eyes caused her to reproach herself. "Forgive me, mother," she cried. "I did not stop to think. I know It hurts you to talk about htm, and I should have" "Be. good enough to remember la the future," aald Rachel Owyn, sternly, stern-ly, her eyes now cold and forbidding. She arose snd stalked te the kitchen window, where she stood for a long time looking out mte the gathering darkness. faear.tha table, Hattle," aald Viola. presently. "We are through." Then she walked over to her mother and timidly laid an arm across her "I am sorry, mother." she said. To fls Mrs. Owyn did not reply. She merly observed: "We have had very little sleep In the last six and thirty hours. Come to bed, child." CHAPTER IX A Roadside Meeting, Kenneth remained st the tavern for a month. He did not go near the house ef hla stepmother. He saw ber once walking along the main street, and followed her with hla eyee until ahe disappeared into a store. The business bus-iness of taking ever the property, stgnlng the necessary papers, renewing renew-ing aa agreement with the man who farmed his land on the Wea. taking account of all live stock and other chattels, occupied bis time for the better part ef a fortnight He spent two days and a night at the little farmhouse, listening with ever Increasing Increas-ing satisfaction to the enthuaiastle prophecies of the farmer, a stout Individual In-dividual named Jonea whose faith In the new land waa surpassed only by hla ability to tm It Kenneth found It difficult te think of his father's wife as Rachel Owyn. To him, she was unalterably Rachel Carter. Time and agala he caught himself up barely In time to avoid using the unknown name la the presence pres-ence of others. The possibility that he might some day Inadvertently blurt It out m , conversation with Viola caused him a great deal of uneasiness and concern. Be realised that be would hava to be on his guard all of the time. There seemed ; to be no Immediate prospect of such a -calamity, however. Since the memorable encounter In the thicket ha bad sot had an opportunity to 1 speak te the girl. For reaeons ef her own she purposely avoided htm, there could be no doubt about thai 'vciJL-OX-aa-iitCThIarean w AUKRTCAN FORK fYouI tU laitu keunetli saw her Til-Ing Til-Ing off on horsebacl with two other young women and a youth named Hayes. She passed wttbtn tea feet of htm but did not deign to notice htm, although ber companions bowed somewhat some-what eargerty. fi .. She was a graceful and accomplished accom-plished aersewomaav . He watched he? aut ef .the corner of hla eye as -ahe cantered dowa the street, sitting the spirited eerrel mare with all the ease and confidence ef practiced rider. Later on, urged by a spirit of restlessness, rest-lessness, be ordered Zachaiinh to saddle sad-dle his horse and bring him around ta the front of the tavern, where he mounted and set out for a ride up the Wild Cat rood. Two or three miles above town he met Uayea and the two young women returning, The look, ef consternation thst psssed among them did not escape him. . He smiled a trifle maliciously as he rode on, for now he knew what had become of the missing, member of the psrty. Half a mile farther on he came upoa Viols and Barry Lapelle. riding slowly slow-ly side by side through the narrow lane. He drew off te one aide to allow al-low them to peas, doffing his beaver ceremoniously. Lopelle'i friendly greeting did aot surprise him, for the two had seen a great deal of each other, and at no time had there been anything in the lover's manner to Indicate9 that Viola had confided to him the story of the meeting In the thicket But he was profoundly Astonished when the girl favored him with a warm, gay smile and cried out a cheery "How do you do. Kennethl" "Better turn around and ride back with us, Kenny,"." said" Barry, politely but not graciously. . ri am on my way to. the. Wild Cat te see a man on business," said Kenneth, lamely. "Kenny r repeated Viola, puckering her brow. "Where have I beard that name before! I seem to remember oh, as If it were a thousand years ago. Do they call you Kenny for short T "It grew up with me," he replied. "Ever since I csn remember, my folks" He broke off In the middle of the sentence, confronted by a disconcerting disconcert-ing thought Could It be possible that somewhere la Viola's brain er rather In Mlnda's baby brain that familiar name bad atamped itself? Why aot! If It hsd been Impressed upoa his owa baby brain, 'why not la a lesa degree upon hers? ' . - He lifted his bst and rode off. He had gone not mere than twenty rods when he heard a masculine about from behind ; turning, he discovered that tha couple were still standing where he had left them. Lapelle called out : "Tour slater wants te have a word with you." - Wv;'V 'fl She rode swiftly up to where he waa waiting. c " " ' (.?.. u ' "I Juat want to let you know that I Intend to ten mother about meeting Barry out here today," she said, unsmiling-. "I shall not tell her that we had planned It In advance, however. We did plan It, so If you want ta rua and tell her yourself, you may do so. It will make no" "Is that aU you wanted to say te me, Viola V be Interrupted. For a moment she faced him rebel-HousTy, rebel-HousTy, hot words on ber Upa. Then a surprising change came over her. Her eyes quailed under the justifiable acorn In hla. She hung ber head. "No." she said, miserably. "I thought ft was alL but It Isn't I want to say that I am sorry I said what I did." He watched the scarlet flood sweep over her cheeks and then aa swiftly fade. , It was abject surrender, and yet he had no thrill of triumph. "It's It's all right, Viola," he stammered, awkwardly. "Don't think anything more about tt" ' We wm -consider tr unsaid." "No, well not" said she, looking up. "But I am sorry, Kenneth. Will you try to forget He shook bis head. "Never I Forgetting Forget-ting the bitter would mean that I would also have to give up the sweet" said he, gallantly. - .1 must be going now," she said, biting bit-ing her Up. "Good-by Kenny." A faint frown clouded her brow after she bed uttered the name. 1 must ask mother If she remembers hearing father fa-ther apeak ef yea aa Kenny." "Say, Viola," , came sn Impatient shout from Barry Lapelle, "are yea going to take aQ day?" It was plala to be. seea that the young man wad out of temper. Kenneth Ken-neth could aot repress a chuckle. "Better hurry along," he said, grimly, grim-ly, "or he'tt take year head eft. She rode off ta high dudgeon and he was left to curse Ms ill-timed jest. What a blundering foot be bad been I Her first timid little advance aad he had met it with boorish, clownish wttl Dusk was falling when Kenneth rode slowly Info the town again. He had reached a decision during that lonely ride. He would aot remain la Lafayette. He foresaw , misery and nn happiness for himself If be stayed there for, be It here declared, be was In love with Viola Owyn. No, worse than that be wss In love with lllnda Carter, and therein lay all the bitterness bitter-ness that filled hla soul. He could aever have her, Bvea though she cast off the ardent LapeUe, still be could not have her for his own. The bars were up, and It was ow beyond his power to lower them. And so, with this resolve firmly fixed to hla mind, he gave himself up te a strange sort ef despair. The Incomprehensible and incredible bad come to pass. He bad fallen la love with Viola Owya at first sight that stormy night at Striker's. The discover that she was hla own' half- 1 sister had, of course, deluded his lenses temporarily, . b,ut. now be CITIZEN realised that the alranger primitive Instincts In-stincts of man had aot been deceived aad would aot be denied. -J 1 His blood had known the truth from the Instant he first laid eyes upoa the lovely stranger. Since that first night , there had beea revelations. First ef all, Viola was the flesh and blood ef an evil woman, and that woman his mortal mor-tal foe. Notwlthataadlag ; her owa Innocence and purity. It waa Incoa-, eetvable that he should ever think ef taking her to himself aa wife. Sec-1 obdly, he was charged with a double 1 secret that must forever stand between be-tween him and her: the truth about I her mother and tba truth pbout herself. I ' There wss but one thing left for him to do go away. He would wind up bis affatrs at once and put longing and temptstlon as tar behind him as poe- albla. - His wanderings hsd carried him through dark, winding cowpatbe and lanes to within a stone's throw of Jack Trentman'a shanty, standing alone like tha parish It was, on the steep bank of the river near the ferry. Back In a clump, of sugar trees It seemed to hide, as if shrinking from the accusing eye of every good and honest man. Kenneth had stopped ut the edge of the little grove and was gating fiercely at the two lighted, windows win-dows of the "shanty." He was thinking think-ing of Barry. Lapelle. thinking of the foul luck that seemed almost certain to deliver Viola into bis soiled and lawksa huuds. , The fierceness of bis gnzo was due to the knowledge that Lapelle' wss how Inside Trentman's notorious shanty and perhaps gambling. gam-bling. "" This evehlBgTas on two or three earlier occasions, he had been urged by Barry to come down to the shanty and try his luck at poker. He had steadfastly declined these invitations. Trentman's place was known far and wide as a .haven Into which "cleaned out" river gamblers sailed In the hope of recovering at least enough of their fortunes to enable them to return to more productive fields down the reaches of the big river. '' Kenneth thought he was alone la the gloom until he was startled by the sound of a man's voice almost at hla elbow. "Evening, Mr. Owynne." , Whirling, he made out the lank shadow of a man leaning against a tree close by. "Good evening," he muttered In some confusion, conscious of a sense of guilt In being caught In the act of spying. Fve been f ollerin' you fer quite a waya," observed the unknown. "Guess yoa don't remember me. My name is Stain, Isaac SUIn." "I remember you - quite well," said Kenneth, stiffly. "May I Inquire why jroa have beea ifollowlng : 'meVTMr. Stain?" ' . " . "Wall, Jest didn't know of anybody else i could come to about a certain matter. It has to do with that feller, Lapelle, up yander In Trentman's place. Fust I went up to Mrs. Gwyn's house, but It was all dark, an' nobody to home 'cept that dog o' her'n. He knowed me er else he'd have jumped me. Course, everybody's heerd queer things about him, but this beats anything any-thing Tve come across yet Martin Hawk's dauchter, Moll, come hoofln' It up to my cabin this moraln' an' told me the derndest story you've ever heerd.-She came to mche. on tc CARS TMJCKS TRACTOICS acvuubt TnaTn'ainilaTrlena U Rachel's, sn' she claims te be a decent de-cent honest girl la spite of what her dodgasted father Is. Seems that Barry LapeUe aa' Vloty are calculator oa geittd' married, an' the eld woman objects. Some time this past week, Vloly' teld Barry ahe wouldn't marry him anywheres Vent la her owa mother's moth-er's house, Wall, from what Moll eea, Barry has got other Ideee about It "Tears that Barry ain't wlllln' te take chances on gettln" married Jest thst way, aa' besides he's sort of got used to hsvln' anything he wants without with-out wsltln' very long fer It Now,' I dont know wbuther Vlotya a party te the scheme or not maybe she Is an' maybe she slo't. But from What Moll Hawk ses there's d scheme oa foot te get the best of (Rschel Owyn by grab-bin' grab-bin' Violy some night an' rushln' her to a hldln' place down the river where Barry Aggers he c'a persuade her to marry him an' live happy ever afterward, after-ward, as, the ssytu' Is. Moll ses It's all fixed up, 'cept the time fer doln' It. Martin Hawk' an' a. half dosen fellers from sottie'eren down the river Is te do the Job. All she knows Is It's to be In the dark o' the moon, an' that'a not fer off.-. Moll sea she believes Vloly knows sbout the plan an' sort ef agrees to" "I don't believe It Stain," Broke In Kenneth. "She would not lend her-sejkte her-sejkte a. low-down trick likeihat " (To be continued)" All Too Tms.,.. ... 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