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ILLUMTRATKI) KKATURK SKCTION— November ‘> 9 . 19.10
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P lc it ir » « in ih e Illu> l> «(*4 P * M u r* Oectton
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■nil d a a a t fla p lc l p r in c ip a l« u n lr u » « c a p tio n e d .
M orton’s Cruel Blow
Sl ruck at Innocent People Whose
Son Nad Caused llis Daughter's Death
V W e ird
By IM>\N B R Y A N
No « trau ter «tory h a t r v r r b rrn told th an thin,
U aland« oui llkr a creation from Ih r pen o f
f l if .t r Allen Poo.
lali* fro m I In* < # 1 * 1 * 1*11 F irlil* o f O lil \f ¡»so u ri
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!ir<ili/.i‘ Kiri who ever ITVetJ
iilnnir the lunik» of Ili»• fitm-
oua Romantic Kiser. Strunge-
ly ah« wan it viviil contrast
(o her hideous looking father
bee H in t « »he waa the moat
tieaiitiful M i n i the most ador
able damsel in the commun
ity
Ill
the river b raru rr a handsom e
young law yer liad Jill«-d tier
Kverybody knew lhe reaaon th at
.«lie had taken thl* Irrevocable »lep
And the revelation of the la w y e r*
Identity by Plait Pore who unm asked
him . ruined the latter and he wan
forced to leave the country to co n
tinue hi» practice wliere he wo* un
known.
Thl» clever young law yer» omo -
elate» drove him to drink, and from
drink they drove him Into a life of
crim e
S tra n g e aa It may «erm hr
returned to the river where (H arare
had
drowned lieraelf and almost
he rx|K>>tulutrd
"I'd believe any*
thing you »aid. il It did oound power-
*bl s tr a n g e "
Fuh
P ace laughed
T lien he
atepped over to the well, pulled up
a bucket of
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Scarl» helped to take care ol the women, while T l« h P a ce ” con
tinued to dr.«« fo rth the trap with the foot of the dead man.
caught In the wire. He paid no atten tion to the »ulTering peo
ple on the river hank. I tcndishly he wa» e n joyin g ever» moment
o f the d ram a tie incident, f o r mouth« he had been biding hl»
lim e fo r thl« occasion and he intended to indulge hl« hideou«
w in e o f humor.
»
T lie 1 1«her folk residing In tlic
»hade of the willow» beside the m ean
dering platinum » trran i rem em ber
how PI. h I i Pace loved hi* daughter,
watched a fte r her, catered to all her
want*, and they remember him 11» a
kind of Idol without a peer In the
hlatory of the colored race
T h ere were a few people, however,
who didn't believe he wa« her fn llier.
It transcended I heir iim lcr»tandlng
how »uch an ugly m an could boast
»uch a beautiful daughter, anil they
minced no word* about how they
felt. T h l* attitude t-uuoed them to
udmlrr all the more the allm girl
w hole charm » enraptured women a*
well a.« men. and young swain» were
hypnotized when they looked Into
her eyes.
Nhe lived a dozen |metii love utorle»,
even liialh eliding by fllm lli•* lyereel 1
III the Identical » iki I III* body was
lound hy Pish P are who fished lor
n living.
It 1 .« slran ge also, th at Pish Par«
should find the m an -ho Inn' driven
Ids daugh ter to h er de ith He d id
n't tuke the m an out, didn't notify
anyone of his presence In the river
lielow the dam . and caught one of
hi* feet In his biggest wire fish trap
leaving him (here
Old m an P earls lived a m ile be
low file duiii and Pl»h P are often
stopped there to rest or refresh
him self.
One m orning when
passed along
the lane he threw up 111* han d at
•Scarl« who was working In a field
nearby and announced In a calm
voice “ I cau ght a whale tills m o rn
ing. You don't tmlleve It, do you?”
Henri* luu»!ied “ S h o p Fish F a re,'
T h ere was a stran g e Itght in the
old fisherm an's eyes. T h ey were
•m ail eyes and sh a rp o rd in arily, but
d rie d whut Fl»h Pace had m eant by now they glim m ered like silver m ln-
telling Much u "grotesque lie' i.Uuui. -airfiTrc ball*.
catching a w h a le ''A n d hr recalled the
"A in 't got none of th at w h ale," he
serious look In the other m a n s eye* replied m eekjy
"D o n 't aim to take
a t th e tim e
C ertain ly Fish
Pace hit out of the w ater fo r som e tim e
had been sober -h e was never known to come. T h en I'm goln’ to raise a
to drink excessively and he hod a l lot o f 'ru m p us'."
ways been tru th fu l and not given to
" I see." dem urred
Searls. T h en
m aking Jokes with his friends. C o n he fiassed his tobacco to Pish F ace
sequently, Hear Is was puzzled.
who took a chew and returned the
He thought about the Incident the twist to It* owner. "W ell, w h at kind
sam e night and until he fell asleep, of fish you g o t? "
and It was the first idea that cam e
"T h e best chann el cat ever caught
fo him the following morning. But In the riv er," averred Pish Pace,
he kept the secret to him self.
"a n d I m ean e xa ctly that. How
However, when Pish P a re appeared m a n y ?"
sh ortly a fte r sun -u p with his basket
He produced a eat th at must have
on lit* arm . Hearts called hint In. weighed ten pounds.
"W h at you got In the way of fish ? "
"M u st have a big mouth In that
he wanted to know, waving Pish Pace tra p ," rem arked S e m is
"to cafch
to a rocker on the low -roofed porch a whopper th at sloe."
"Clot any of llm l \Aiule you c a u g h t?"
"I 'v e got " P ish I 's c r rejoined sob-
bcrly. "th e biggest an strongest wire
tra p there ts In the w ater."
"A n d th is one w as cau gh t in 'h it? '*
ScarU inquired.
“ S h o ," F is h F a ce assured him.
"R eck o n I'll buy
th a t
fellow,'*
S e a rls said, indicating th e big chan«
ncl cat.
W hen Pish Face had departed, the
ancient fa rm e r »at lo r a long tim e
in deep thought.
"H e was sh o ' serious
when he
answ ered m e about th at w h ale." he
mused. " I wonder w h at’s eatln ' him.
a n yw ay?
I f th a r
a in 't som ethin'
pow erful wrong. I m iss m y guess."
S c arU didn’t dream , ol course, th at
Fish P ace's "w h ale ta lk " consisted of
a fa th e r’s distorted Idea o l evening
scores again st the paren ts of the
m an who h ad *ent his. daugh ter t i
a prem ature grave.
Fish Pace clim bed the h ill th a t
f'o n tln n eil 01
Putt
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