Show ire 9 0 61 of the P 4 r h carac WHITE new rom no orlee rm r SYNOPSIS CI L I 1 lonely and almost friend loss acas Ton donnibel nibel dovon devon living on a canal boat child ot of it a brutal father and a worn out discouraged motho rj bandera wandera into a Salva salvation Uon army hall at ithaca Y thero there slie she meets meats a yount salvation arin army captain philip maccauley MacCa ulcy CHAP ll II Uriah deon deion tonys 12 father returns to tho the boat from a p protracted tra c ted spree and announces lie has haa dar arra arranged nied for ten tony to marry a companion of lits his reginald dron bronn mrs devon objects s and uriah beats her she sha Ind intimates mates there Is a secret connected with Ton donnibel nibel CHAPTER ill the picture of a baby heart jumped almost into tier her throat the then to cease c ase beating there stood tier father gr grolli enraged and anin and nal nfl as if slie she were cre dead and no longer abbe to help tier child tier lier mother lay rill almost touching distance if uriah carried out ill his plans the 11 the lion id fallow ahert would claim tier her ns as bi hib woman nian klinl Ill ought flight frightened ened tier her so sn that hiat efcic e stopped abnel us as the acin nc calliel anine upon the lie deck 11 wil Wi inis n t s rife inetter ry ily lie asked quite casually ally hoa killed y 11 burst forth tile hie KI gil and imbolli you fellers feller dont oil t 11 to got get pinched bet better ter scoot offen tits boat trinh laughed and Reg gios 11 I 1 pitched cackle followed been giving your noman a little ell e pal ajol t lie he demanded turn turning iniz on devon well they all need it now bow find and then but ashes the ay liveliest breathing corpse I 1 ever S sav did ou hit er dev yep growled mhd other in man an and im goin oln to bent tony too lille lm am bial sans aa slie she marry sou nou if iou vaa tho the last man livin you watch the brat there roge rege while I 1 duck ede lit in the cabin Ton donnibel nibel wide eyed and suffering saw her father lift tier her mother up tip in his brawny arms and carry tier her downstairs none too gently when lie had disappeared a throat sound made her swing her eyes to abo other man he was contemplating her ath itu a smile nn an evil smile such as she hated in men his white teeth seemed like many gleaming knives sharp strong and overhanging his red lips spreading away from them he took ft step toward her and stopped why so much fuss cus about nothing my little one he said cooing daddy salt said I 1 had to marry you tir hrca callied nied me girl brush ln hacht a stray curl from tier brow rut but I 1 dont I 1 im coln to 0 o stay star with my mother on the dirty mary there no law forcing n girl to marry a man slit slip bont dont alk and I 1 hate you see hull who spoke of n law smiled krown 1 I I 1 rut but I 1 do know my little tony otly kill tilot say a very meek meck yes lacs when I 1 vet get through with you suddenly shuddered and n tiopelo lio pelo s helpless feeling went nent in waves over tier her oli oil to lie bo ani where in fit gods clear clean ann A nn from hose lustful eyes but lio no limits to cripe o cape reginald uron nas as blocking tile iho small space through which she must fly if slie she acre ore to lie be saed at all she anew LAA elv nil if she all e ca could ill t I 1 ill hide I 1 e for ii I 1 little while I lile tile lie two men collid drink until they slept then she could come bal bad and holp help tier glicr mother site had heard tile woman popping be below in the cabin and becu ecu nime incie plain ly to tier lier sufi par oar ramo devon blous blois and after that slI silence ence iler her heart thumped like a 9 hai hammer niner against lier let side behind her lay jay the lie shining lake and one emst glance tier lier sl only a added to t 0 tier lier fear there was not a sign of if a boat ann anywhere Nh cre she as frantic to scream if it would von am imae c done one lar her an rood 1 I think ill kiss hiss aou my little bird salt said reggie p suddenly wil ili iiii eyes youre pretty enough h for anyone to anant ant to hiss ry by jove I 1 never until touny today just liow how much I 1 liked you if I 1 hissed you well perhaps dolid dinno nour mind about about things lings ti donnibel Ton nibel slid backard bac kaid to the boat rall rail when she touched tou clied it she whirled d about anil nil dove headlong into tile 1 bic when reginald crown raw aw HIP it gills feet disappear under tinder the liu ilk ut ul feied an oath and cried out itu he expected such an action of on lier jet pait lie he ran to the cabin tops steps and screamed to devon ashes in the take lake ry ity lie ile shivered as is tile other man sprank to the deck when donnibel Ton nibel felt the water waler over tier site she swept to tile the inke bottom with one long stroke e then deftly she rid herself of her diess und and be gan to swim swiftly under tile lie atar batur they were tense minutes that tile alie two men stood waiting alting Nv until suddenly c udd 0 bcd beyond oaid them to the south a cut caily ly head came above the waters edo edge e then they leapt to the shore and raced to ward the place site she must 1 land to 10 the panting girl it t was ivas a race for life suddenly like a li hashing ashing glimpse from heaven the lie words stand still find see the salvation of tile the lord floated before tier her eyes like a flame or of lold gold philip MacCaul cys deep voice seemed to speak them in tier lier ringing rim ang can immediately after goddy site she groaned salvation of the lord oil oh darlin salvation just then tier lier feet touched tou clied the pebbles on the bottom of the lake inice with onel one ivald lid leap she was waa on the shore and up lip the bank urlah uriah screaming ut tier lier to stop she heard the two men crashing after tier her that her short swift leaps could outdistance them for long iche tried for the boulevard slie she hod had no hope but nil all about nor ner were giant friends with out outstretched strete tied arms offering her shelter for one ane instant she paused then sprang into the air caught the lower branch of a great pine tree and like n squirrel up it almost at the top spanned over by the blue bine sky she crawled out to the file end of a big limb and clong clang to it beneath be her the men paused and shouted curses up lip at tier her Tonn bel eared cared nothing for curses shea heartt them all tier her life used them is tao ahen han ahe felt like it suddenly there cume came to her ears cars the lapping of a paddle in the lake she flung up her head peeped out and saw a canoe taking its leisurely way vay to efird juinta she bent over and lookeb flown down daum site atie cried theres some one roin roeln on HI tile lake inic im coln to liellei filhe li it 1 and when lie conics comes ill tell lin ill how you banged ede ili nu if lies s I 1 s croaked both get jailed li liciet ciet where I 1 lj she hvidt out a quiel quick hilll and thi HIP nian maii in the canoe held bl hit ponfile kulil e suspended ii in the ar air ns its ili lie tuil led tin tile forest this dant intel lt est To lillibel as much ni as did ill the fact that del acon ucon oil and djovin junille Jui nind to 0 o their feet and caved nn iman oward lit ilk amill tier leilh saw thein disappear annl toi tid botnic bile slid to the alic ground tin the annn in tile canoe too lint but a pause beaole lie he dipped liis his middle illo and shot uway on oil tin the deck of ill alir huit boat Ton donnibel nibel picked up tip gussil piglet ILI find dripping wor wet ent swiftly down thu the cabin steps aher she fouad tier mother on oil the bunic tier face discolored by tier her husbands blows she looked us its if 1 she mere deal dead ind and foi fill a 1 moment the forlorn child of the wilderness uttered nt d heartbroken little eric 4 for help tin rife cabin ui u i cluttered torl in the struggle sti trinh devon lind had had with ills his ife if in despair tony looked around the old clothe daddy lind brought horne home were strewn n over tile the cabin floor door Ton donnibel nibel heaped them thein tog ther luT then began aco an to them they needed nothing but pressing tah i he lied do to save hot her another tile orl nuil tile llie fact that dial lie had tiling leady to bell ell bould malzo make uriah less brutal when lie cattle came baick if in funning bunning tier her ainge i oer ocl it coit coat searching for re rank its tony felt oni ething lietchen liet cen tile tilling lining und and a 11 boo book it seemed ille NN loicl lii lie cl I 1 she hastily pulled out it inns as small and much worn there evasn it a an money in ill it in fact nothing hut but a tile ture cure wrapped rapped 1 up in paper slie site looked at the picture curiously smiled nt lit her anil 1 N P I 1 zt f I 1 irise iri SW esy she looked at the tha picture curiously tier her OMI oin lips curved a i bit in answer anser to the laughing laug lillig challenge clial lenge in the alic little ones ei acs es j then site she turned it over on the back n NN i itten my baly baby caroline Pendle haNen fald six months it if tills this pectin e Is ever lost the tinder will receive a money toward by reclining redlining red lining it to dr pon Ile haren place ithaca N y money was wag what edie nee needed money mone rood food avd a i doctor jf if she could find tills this paul haven perhaps lit in exchange for the picture lie would give tier her a bottle bottas of af medicine for tier her mother flast hastily flashily ily changing tier her wet clothe clotile 4 site she slipped the babas face into tier her blouse turned down the jakup und and crept from the canar canal boat and with gussie in her wins arins was soon jost in tile forest CHAP CHAPTER IV the rhe Pent lichi vens in till all of county no had bail moio moie prestige than f john and paul cha on had chosen and surgery as foia vocation tion when they were in collig collego colle gf john wa j a bachelor and paul a ohp ali ower at the alie time this story opens the latter aras nn an invalid ills his aulty brought about by the death of lif hf q young wife ibio lind find died at it the bertt of their daughter and the disappearance of tile the little girl alien site wac wn but it ii benr old place comprised a whole city bloch on which stood a honse hanse almost n mansion irr in tile family were john paul all and mrs mra curtis art and her two children Ha therine and reginald mrs airs curtis was it second cousin to tile Pend lehaven broth era cri and had made her hoine with them since tier her children had been left fatherloss fatherless sirs mars curtly curtis had bad burled buried two husbands silas curtis the father of katherine and edmund brown the ho father of reginald for over a year now paul pendle lieven bad not left tits his apartments in it tile the southern wing of the house many times he had told tits his brother john that lie he only waited with what patience he be could for the call to go awny to follow after tits his girl wife and perhaps well perhaps his child might now be with her mother on the day that ullah devon returned from ills weeks bout doctor was seated opposite bi his cousin mrs curtis at dinner sarah lie he began gravely 1 I wish visit consent to my taking Reg reginald inala in hand for n time ile he will he alis ilij j cutely ruined ir if ishii dolic with ill him tho the coquettish smile which mrs curtis always used in tile the pic of the doctor left tier her fuce fare and tier her lips lipe drew down at the corners lio lie done tiow now she he cried ye itle going lo to rolless lit at nil fill sa W wout oart ita pubs bs any of ills ions if lie go to eans ard of got lits ills houis lit in III io a moment und and thru then calt went on another thin I 1 dislike to speak peak of but bui I 1 must reginald lins no idea of mine and thine ani fit very cry mini afield h takes aar what i i c tit belong belking to ro liin A r cbill uttered a iii il gino ous you vot accuse him of scaling alie he scle billed im lie does oos sarrah if nil fill gentle con im ali intz moia find and chingo i it MII hurt till to 0 o know now that some one almost tripped stripped my wardrobe of clothes and now I 1 ind find there much left for cor conr paul paul I 1 Is cry much dla dis presed I 1 I 1 suppose suppose if reginald Regind ild did take hike them he thought they were of no milne were they queried mrs loaning lennan len over the lie table lable still ver angry whether they were ere or not sarah doctor ignoring ills his young cousins appeal they belong to him and they were valuable to paul to in that they held something lie ile prized highly it been my matilt to interfere between you yon and your children sarah but 1 I do wish ask the boy it if lie he did take tabe paulin clothes it if hes sold them ril ill pay whatever hat ever the amount Is how perfectly disgusting snapped mrs clr curtis curels if the child did sell them thinking they were no rood good certainly not want them bach from a secondhand second hand shop doctor Pendle limen rose from the table e As kalz him about the sulm suits sarah lie said aling all ng toward the door Pei pc bap if ou tell him paul will give t ive him a bundled dollars for thorn them and tile lie contents of their he cioll too look then hem up tip ill ii cuitis ouita s loo ioe with dignity tier her dump dalip handkerchief clenched in tier her hand ill not my only son she sald n 1 I distinctly with a gesture of despair doctor edit went out of the room for I 1 or a moment after held hed pone gone and lie sound of ills footsteps lind had been lost in file fhe corridor the mother stared at tier dalip daughter Taugh ahto ter the fact Is ip she burst out its as cousin john says I 1 much influence oner hg j gf but I 1 dont be afore lies hes as bad as people say in a little town tow ibi ilice ike tills flits a person cant take a stop sideways without old wags Mil commenting mentin on it I 1 hate ithaca for just that reason it if himself replied tha he 1 ady laughter in A a yat j q tone ij atje j y lav inet c to b bg tit about ay iy advice L f as mahrn a you give fe him a good raking ov over er if you dont mind your Ps P s 1 and ad Qs never have cousin jotin john for your third husband lius band I 1 can tell you that youre loure no nearer marr manning ing him than ou were ton ten year ngo ago as I 1 can s sec c I 1 J will ivill though miss impudence hashed flashed back the woman oman paul wont lie be much more than in ills grave before cousin john makes me ills his wife I 1 ash ish to heaven paul would die lind and and I 1 dont notice with all sotir flirt lit ins and maneuvering manen vering youre gel citing ting your our cladis on philip ah h that hat shot told nee face hail had gone red at t the oi ord J lien very white how perfectly vile slie she exclaimed with a catch sn in her olce ice then she straightened up fend laughed lau glied well im not forty five years old and pretending im vAlve uve anyway nor do I 1 dye dve my hair and flounce out 11 with iab race face to pio brov im theres a shot for you mother the irate mis curtis out of tare room mom followed by tier her daughters moa art frt laugh for three years katherine hail been madly passionately in love fore with philip afa an intimate friend of the alie frilly the young mans home adjoined he hers rs and during ills his orph orphaned nned boyhood tied hed spent a great deal of his spare time at the kut but since hed batur returned D et I 1 from fr france 1 n CC antl and d had taken tip the salvation army work a bori which B Kather Za therine lne hot hold in h open contempt the intimacy bird about ceased canse cc nse V 11 doctor joam hao a visitor after remaining hidden in lip lie forest for some time T stole st 0 I 1 t along toward ian ian lit in fit alio gathering gloom tier her heart filli fill I with nith hope to got get some medicine for edith and in ts take back the picture to the filcher who ho had cadou acied 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