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Show THE RICH COUNTY NEWS, RANDOLPH, UTAH JPolly Miller White , cZQrace IllustralibvRHLivinstone, M rgwn andGgnpaiy ' "JUST POLLYOP-POL- LY Whats pour name? HOPKINS! he inquired. " Just Pollyop," uas the answer. Polly Hopkins. My daddy is Jeremiah Hopkins, the mayor of this settlement." Can I do something for you, Polly Hopkins? queried Robert, as she finished lellinq about life in the squatters city. She flung out both hands in a comprehensive gesture as much as to say he could see for himself how much she needed. Sure, sure you can, she said vnth fierce emphasis. "You can make-OlM arc leave vs squatters be. Youre biggern he is! The squatters need you awful bad. Her voice broke. Robert took a long breath. Of course he could help this girl and her people. He would, too! As far as money gave power, he could equal and surpass Marcus Mackenzie. "I did try to talk sense into Mr. MacKenzies head, he returned presently, but now I will make him leave you alone. In spite of the curved lips about which a smile lurked, there was apprehension in her voice when she asked: Can you lick im to a finish, mister f Yes, I think I could, laughed Robert; "but it wont be necessary." Then , Polly. I see us Silent City folks bein happy again," sighed a awful lot of things an folks to take care of here. We got There you have them Storm Country Polly and Robert Percival, heroine and hero of another of thoae fascinating stories fay Grace Teas of the Storm Country was her first story. It Miller White. was printed as a serial in a magazine for women and practically established the magazine. It was put on the movie screen and made fame. Of course the fortune of a woman film star of world-wid- e Grace Miller White (Mrs. Friend H. Miller) kept right on writing of the "Storm Country." Half a dozen other stories have been successes. More than a million copies of her books have been sold. The Storm Country, by the way, is Cayuga Lake and vicnity in New York, one of the garden spots of the world. Given a beautiful and persecuted squatter girl and a nice young nan with brains, sympathy and money what more do you want for romance I CHAPTER I. i -i- from miles Four Ithaca, N. Y., Oscar Bennetts farm spread Its awes along the face of West Hill between the Lehigh Volley tracks and the highway leading to Trumansburg. Oscar Bennett was what the country people and even the Ithaca folks called a fine farmer. His farmhouse faced a lane that led to the west shore of Lake Cayuga, and from the front porch he could see, much to his dislike, the few squatter shacks that straggling brought to an end northward the Silent City. Like ail other substantial citizens, Oscar detested the squatters. In his estimation they were a set of thieving loafers and sneaks, and many times he had wished that he owned the ground they squatted on Instead of Marcus MacKenzie. Of course it was no secret that MacKenzie never let an opportunity slip to pop a fisherman Into jail, but In Bennetts opinion that treatment was not severe enough, and besides, it did not accomplish anything. idea was to Jail the men whenever the chnnte came and for a period as long as the law would allow. But what good did that do? Fierce hatred flamed in the haggard faces of the wpmen, and they held to their squatter rights with the tenacity of leeches until their husbands were given back to them. Bennett would have done away with the wives and mothers If the Job of breaking up the Silent City had been his. No man would hang to a hut long without a ; '8 woman in It. One morning In the early spring Oscar was finishing his breakfast when the door opened slowly. A girl with a small tin paLl in her hand stepped Into the room. She smiled at him al- most humbly. Shut the door! he shouted at her. Wheres your manners. Folly Hopkins? Cant you see the rain's coming In after you? The smile faded from the girls face. Mechanically she turned, closed the loor and, uninvited, seated herself In a chair and placed the pail at her side. So youve come begging, PoJlyop, went on the farmer, wiping his lips oh the sleeve of his gingham shirt. Well, you might as well tuti tail and run home again, for youre not going to get anything more from me. I don't want a poachers brat around here. The girl's bare wet feet drew tensely backward under '.he chair; but she remained discreetly silent. Oscar always abused her and cx'ied her names, but that was because she jvas a squatter. After a while, hed change his mind, and then she would take home what she came for. She noted with a quick breath that Oscars eyes softened during the time he was silent. That hoded well for her errand; but Bennetts mind was not on milk or any of those suffering for the want of It. He had Just discovered that Polly Hopkins was beautiful even if she were barefooted and ragged. Her straight young shoulders were covered with wet curls that seemed to have given to the wide eyes turned back Into the house. For the moment he paused In the kitchen; be could hear his old mother pottering about overhead in his bedroom. She was doing the work his wife ought to do! What a fool he had been to marry Instead of. the Evelyn Robertson! fortune he had expected, he was tied hand and foot without money or woman. He thought of the radiant squatter girl who had just left him. Two years ago womanhood had not dawned Ho upon Polly Hopkins, but today undertoned an oath and went ont to the barn. Polly Hopkins ran down the lane as fast as her legs could carry her. The milk was safe in the bucket, and she hod scarcely reached the railroad tracks before she had decided not to mention Oscars vicious demand upon her. If she told Daddy Hopkins, he would do some harm to Bennett, and there would be no more eggs and milk for Granny and Jerry. If she spoke-o- f it to Evelyn, there was no telling what the girl would do. milk she needed. The tangle-haire- d squatter girl was When Bennett returned, she was the daughter of Jeremiah Hopkins, the standing with her hand on the door mayor of the Silent City, the leader of knob, ready to go. In silence she took all those who lived in the rows of huts the pail he offered her. that ran along the Lehigh Valley Looka here, Pollyop," he began abtracks and on down the lakeside. Uncouth and ignorant were Jereruptly. as Pollv opened the door. Whats to hinder your paying for miah and his kind, and visitors who came to the little city of Ithaca agreed your milk yourself? He said it with extreme deliberation, with the towns Inhabitants that it was a shame the law allowed such a making emphatic the last words. Polly threw up her head and eyed blot as the Silent City upon the natI run my legs most off ural beauty of Cayuga and its majeshim sharply. for you as tis, Oscar, she retorted, tic surroundings. between here and the Robertsons; Pollyop stood shivering, her troubled but I dont never have no money. You gaze searching the lake for a boat know that, an Daddy Hopkins dont Daddy Hopkins had gone away early get much, either. If I had a dollar, I with Wee Jerry, and she always worbet Id spend every penny of it fillin' ried a little when they were out. Yet up Jerry an Daddy an Granny Hope she knew that the only way to get To make him the bread, beans and bacon for the with milk an eggs. understand how anxious she was to family was for Daddy Hopkins to please him, she went forward a pace. defy the law and drag his nets whenAn Id buy em all of you, Oscar. ever the game wardens were not Thats as true as Granny Hopes God about. Without the lake and its hidis settln up In the sky. den food, it would be a desolate world I didnt ask you for money," an- Indeed. swered Bennett, staring at her. SudWee Jerry was Pollys denly he came close to her; and Polly brother, and long before he could backed to the door. His face was red he had chosen his fathers big and agitnted ; the cords In his neck walij, shoulders upon which to beat his way were swollen while his fingers twisted through an Unfriendly and often huneagerly. That was another thing about gry world. But this same world which which Pollys eyes had been opened in had wizened Jerry had given to Polly two years of growing womanhood. and as a wild beauty, a body When a man looked as Oscar did now, as a marsh reed. pliant a girl got away as fast as she could. With a sigh Pollyop turned to the You might pay me in kisses," he house. The door was shut against the muttered hoarsely, towering over her. storm, and a thin curl of smoke Ten kisses for each bucket Youre twisted upward from the toppling a heap prettier than Eve. losing itself In the baby For a long moment Polly did not chimney, leaves of the willows. The little lines Her breast heaved as sfae speak. that had traced the troubled brow swayed backward. vanished at the of a slab of I get all the kisses I want to wood over the door.sightOn it was painthome, she said. Here, take your ed in crude letters: heart Is If your hand olTn me, Oscar, or Ill tell Eve loving and kind come right la. If it aint, scoot off. Pollyop and Granny Hope had worked a long time to make this sign, and even longer to nail Itr J up. Itll help the Silent Cfty folks, Specially, Granny, she had said. if I $mlle a lot at em" She flung open the door and went In, closing It behind her. Ia one corner cf the kitchen, an old woman, so dd 'that no squatter could remember her Other than aged, sat near the stove. About her shoulders was a shawl, and Its edges were held together with clawlike fingers. Munching on a bit of hay at the wood-bowas a lean 'goat, an old friend of Polly Hopkins. Long ago she had found him, lost in the wilderness of the Storm country, and had brought him to the Silent City, The shanty consisted of three rooms. Back of. the kitchen Daddy Hopkins slept, and in the miserable coop-hol- e where Polly had once stored rubbish Granny Hope stretched out her weary bones at night. Pollys bed ranged the kitchen wall, and the room had but a bench, two old chairs and a three-legge- d table to offer in rude ho Polly noted the glitter in Bennett's angry eyes and felt again the quiver of fear. She gives yon all she gets her fingers on, she came back at him in defense of the absent Evelyn. Lots of times she's got along on about nothin' to send you cash, an didnt I come runnin' up here with It as soon as she give It to me? Now her ma's gettin' on that Eve aint spendin her money on herself, an she watches er like a hawk does a chicken. She told me that only yesterday. The squatter girl rose to her feet, anxious to be gone. Oscar, you might be lettin me have just, a wee bit of milk. You ain't iosin' nothin' through me. She picked up the pall, and with a growl the mau snatched it out of her hand. Womenre a d d nuisance, he Well, wait here. grumbled. He went out of the room, and Polly Hopkins drew a long breath. It was getting harder every day to get the For Infants and Children, Genuine Castoria Always Bears SSSSSga fiSSSSSf For Over finite Sttn0 Barnet Copy brows. Why had he not noticed before that Polly Hopkins was so pretty, Oscar wondered, and a slow smile parted his lips. Pollys eyes lowered, and the long dark lashes only' added to Bennetts sudden admiration. A quick-draw- n breath slipped audibly pnst the mans teeth. Pollyop sensed in his at- titude toward her a new quality that she recognized intuitively as dangerous. To bring bis attention back to the purpose of her visit, she ventured to say: I thought It wouldnt hurt you none, Oscar, to gimme a little milk for Granny Hope an Jerry. Im always runnln errands for you an your woman. Bennetts heavy farm boots made a scraping sound under the table. What good does that do me? he returned. Upon my soul, I might as well be without a wife as to have one who wont live with me or let anyone know Im her husband. Im gettin sick, good and plenty sick, I can tell you. Miss Polly Hopkins. This speech did not disturb Polly over much, for hed made it a dozen times before. It was only the expression in his gaze, she did not quite like. Her mind went to Evelyn Robertson, the girl that Oscar had married. As If It were bjut yesterday, she remembered how two years ago she had gone with them under protest to a minister far back In the hills. Evelyn had explained that for some time to come no one but the three must know of the marriage. Pollyop had learned a great many What girl does things in two years not after shes passed her fifteenth birthday? One of the things she had found out was that Oscar was a dreadful person, more dreadful than most of the squatter men. Of course the men folks of her people did beat their women, now and then. That was their right without any quest. on. The blood colored even her ears as she remem-herhow Oscar hectored his wife for the money it was so hard for Evelyn to get. Another thing shq had come to understand was that, if Oscar had not been afraid of the powerful Robertson family, he would have forced Evelyn into his home long before this. It had been a hard two years task to keep him quiet. 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Ill put old woman Rob- to herself. better half should be prepared for betGetting high up on the social The old woman stirred and lifted ter or for worse. is a career in itself. ertson next to your coppin her kid her withered lids. an marryln er. Hell aint wet, she muttered. Its Oscurs fingers relaxed, and his hand an warm hot, I mean," and she dry from her arm a as dropped away shivered, drawing nearer the fire. rough laugh left his lips. She looked Taint like this lakeside. so lovely, her eyes blazing, her curls tumbled in confusion on her shoulders, Granny Hope had been in the Hp-kin- s shack since the first winter snow. that he would have taken his pay for the milk without her permission If she Her own hut stood on a little point had not thrown at him a threat he about a quarter of a mile away. In It she had Jived alone ever since her husfeared she would carry out. Mens kisses are what youll get, band had gone down in the Big Blow, a storm that was a tradition In the my pretty lass, he predicted grimly, and If I was finished with Eve, by settlement, and which only the oldest inhabitants of the Silent City could God, Id set about getting my share. I wont always be married to my lady remember. Robertson, mind you, Pollyop." The blood had left his face. He Old Marc had a beautiful was quite white and stern, and by this time Polly was on the porch. angel with him. Talnt so easy to get unmarried as tis to get married, she told him. (TO BE CONTINUED.) An me! Im Just Daddy Hopkins The Fourth Estate. brat, an I dont want any kisses but WARNING I Say Bayer when you buy Aspirin- - , . ldsn. Id let Jerrys tongue go twist The expression the fourth estate, for milk before Id pay for It with referring to newspaper workers, is Unless you see the name Bayer , on tablets, you are with credited to Edmund Burke, who is Oscar sprang at her. She was so quoted In Thomas Carlyles fifth lecnot getting genuine Aspirin prescribed by physicians fantalizingly beautiful, so alluring even ture on Heroes and Hero Worship as over 22 years and proved safe by millions for in her grotesque attire that for the saying. There are three estates in moment he forgot he had reason to parliament, but in the reporters galRheumatism Headache . Colds fear her. more money. lery yonder there sits a fourth estate, Neuritis Ill kiss you, anyway, he snarled, more important far than they all. The mans face darkened. Toothache Neuralgia ' hut Polly, That's just the rub, he conceded and afraid, shot This was in 1839. In this country Pain, Pain Earache Lumbago , but at that Eve aint playing square f oni the porch, and reached the lane, where class distinctions are not made lie milk dashing against the cover of politically little ever is heard ef the with me. The Robertsons have money Payer package which contains proper directions, Accept only e pail. lhre6 estates the nobility, the clergy to burn, and she deals it out to me in The man halted, looking after her. and the people but the term fourtf small little dollars. I tell you Pm sick Tandy Bayer, bores of 12 tablets Also bottles of 24 and 100 Druggists, u the trade Sat of Beyer Meaefaetote et UoooaeetlcacldastK t SaUrrUcadd With a shrug of his shoulders be estate la comparatively common. of th whole thing." 1 e -- fleet-foote- d |