vo
od
wonder" began the
pa ed as he
into the
& coud aust
of du
of many
aw the crow
d betoro the tavern
ped It, & cloud
from the tramping
irs of feet, and that swept
1, thick and impenet
and no bigher than a tall man's head
in the lifeless air *“l wonder if
missed anything?” continued
judge, finishing what
to say
The score or more of men
quite near, and the judge and Ma-
hafly made out the tall figure of the
sheriff in the lead And then
crowd, very excited, very dusty, very
nolsy and- very hot, flowed into the
Judge's front yard. For a brief mo
ment that gentleman fancled Pleas:
antville had awakened to a fitting
sense of its obligation to him and
that it was about
for its churlish lack of hospitality. &e
envel
came
towar
the
did florid gesture,
“It's the pussy
volee.
"OR,
know
iy.
“Gentlemen
blandly.
“Get the wellrope!”
The judge was rather at loss prop-
etly to Interpret these varied remarks.
He was not long left In doubt. The
sheriff steped to his side and dropped
@% heavy hand on his shoulder.
“Mr. Slocum Price, or whatever
your name 1s, your little game is up!”
“Ain't he bold?” It was the wom.
an’s voice this time, and the fat land.
lady, her curls awry and her plump
breast heaving tumultuously, gained
a place In the forefront of the crowd
“Dear madam, this 1g an unexpect-
ed pleasure!” sald the judge, with his
band upon his heart,
swept off his hat,
fellow!” cried a
shut
him?”
up-—-don't you think |
retorted the sheriff tart.
began
the Judge
(Dy
Commas
t and throug
behind
more distant
voices
h ‘Am
as he ran
CHAPTER
The Family on the Raft
That would unquestionably
been the end of Bob
was shot out Into the muddy waters
Elk river, had not Mr. Hich-
ard Keppel Cavendish, variously
known as Long-legged Dick, and
Chills-and-Fever Cavendish, of lLin-
coln county, In the state of Tennes
fee, some months previously and
after unprecedented mental effort on
his part, decided that I.fmcoln county
was no place for him
Mr. Cavendish's paternal grandpar
ent had drifted down the Holston and
Tennessee: and Mr Cavendish's
father, In his son's youth, had poled
up the Elk. Mr. Cavendish now de
termined to float down the Elk to its
juncture with the Tennessee, down
the Tennessee to the Ohio, and if
need be, down the Ohlo to the Mis
glesippl, until he found some spot ex-
actly suited to his taste
With this end (n view he had tolled
through the late winter and early
spring, bullding himself a raft on
which to transport his few belongings
and his numerous family.
Thus it happened that as Murrell
and Slosson were dragging Yancy
down the lane, Cavendish was just
rounding a bend In the EIk, a quar
ter of a mile distant. Leaning loose
ly against the long handle of his
sweep, he was watching the lane of
bright water that ran between the
black shadows cast by the trees on
either bank.
He heard a dull splash, and caught
sight of some object In the eddy that
swept alongside. Mr. Cavendish
1x,
VAUGHAN KESTER.
Mey 1 Cameirarey
from
pled
ehe
Rrouseq
raft
draped
“I reckon we'd better lift him on
get his wet clothes
hime up warm,” sald
of the beds
t him In
bed!” cried all
{ttle Cavendizshes,
Yancy was bor
the two shanties. where
andaged head rested
i Then his wet
dry along
ne into the
* Ld »
The sheriff had brought the judge's
ipper. He reported that the crowd!
was dispersing, and that on the whole |
public sentiment was not particularly
hostile; Indeed, he went go far as to
say there existed a strong undercur |
rent of satisfaction that the jail |
should have so speedily justified It
self.
Presently the sheriff went his wey
into the dusk of the evening, and]
night came swiftly to fellowship the!
Judge's fears. A single moonbeam |
found its way Into the place, making
& thin rift In the darkness. The
Judge sat down on the three-legged
stool, which, with a shakedown bed,
furnished the jail.
Where was Solomon Mahaffy, and |
where Hannibal? He felt that Ma-|
hafty could fend for himself, but he |
experienced a moment of genuine!
concern when he thought of the child. |
Then--there was a scarcely audi
ble rustle on the margin of the woods,
a dry branch snapped loudly. Next a
stealthy step sounded In the clear
ing. The judge had an agonized
vision of regulators and Iynchers.
The cautious steps continued to ap
proach. A whisper stole into the
Jali,
“Are you awake, Price?” It was Ma.
haffy who spoke.
“God bless you, Solomon Mahafty!”
cried the judge unsteadily.
“I've got the boy-<he's with me,”
sald Mahafty,
"God bless you both!" repeated the
judge brokenly, “Take care of him,
Solomon. | feel better now, knowing
he's in good hands.”
"Please,
“Yes, dear lad
“I'm ¥ sorry
I loaned you was 1}
Judge
Be A
might
evYyer to il
pi
Il gave
tes THY
in Mur
i cCongecra
tion!
civil
addressed to
or two
the long after:
judge
any stages of de
for suppose
pened to Maha poi
itanding ore the the
ge wate hed the iast vestige of light
e from the sky and the st
Non iid Mahafly
uspensa was into
gllence
As
win the
window
d
fad arg ap
The
Suddenly
iong-
was
to
come?
lerabl
out of the
drawn
repeated
his feet
“Neighbor,
cried
The moon was rising now, and by
its light the judge saw a number of
horsemen appear on the edge of the
They entered the clearing,
picking their way among the stumps
without haste or confusion. When
quite close, five of the band
mounted ;
the jail
road.
"Look out inside, there!” cried a
and a log was dashed against
door; once—twice--it rose and
on the clapboards, and under
sounded a
Three times It
whistle 1
The horse-thief leaped
that means me!” he
or cantered off toward the
fell
gap through which the moonlight
streemed splendidly. The horse-thiet
stepped between the dangling cleats
and vanished.
He understood now.
emerged from the jail
“Your servant, gentlemen!”
sald, lifting his hat.
“Git!” sald one of the men brief
ly, and the judge moved nimbly away
toward the woods,
Now to find Solomon and the boy,
and then to put the miles between
himeelf and Pleasantville with all
diligence. As he thought this, almost
at his elbow Mahaffy and Hannibal
rose from behind a fallen log. The
Yankee motioned for sllence and
pointed west,
(TO BE CONTINUED.
1913 AUTO TAGS | —
75,000 for Coming Year.
for Li
Before New Ycozr
Many Applications cense
Arrives
Be-
ceived
30,000 Orders Were Filed
fore Close of 1911.
Lehigh Resources Grow.
A marked increase in the resources
of Lehigh County is the an
nual report by the commissioners to
the Department of Imperial Affairs
During the last decade the money on
has tripled. Totals show that
taxables number 47,178. The
real ate in the county is
placed at $69,634 850, the amount of
exempted property $5,949,415. and the
real estate taxable $63,685.
The amount of money on inter-
in the county amounts to $18.559..
noted in
interest
value of est
465
est
681,762; the borough. $3,116,618 and
the townships $5,162,088. Allentown's
county tax is
borough's $12,464.07,
$46,766.99, the
The debt of the county
.
the pure ice cream act ir constitu.
tional is exactly what we have been
looking for and it will enable us to go
right ahead with enforcement of the
Jaw,” says Dairy and Food Commis
tioner James Foust. “The case de
cided by the Judge was watched by
big interests and involved what they
congidered to be a conflict with the
pure food act of 1908, Had the State
lost it would have put us to much in-
convenience, but now we will be able
to go right ahead.”
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