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SYNOPSIS.
The scene at the opening of the s
aid In the library of an old worn-ou
southern plantation, kn :
ony. The place is to |
history at of
Quintards, is the
and t}
CHAPTER XXX.~—(Continued.)
eT
Koper s
! per s
rmidable
plac ed t
this
orocul 1
£0046 ar
attribute
all
reason suggested
it was of such a perfidious n
the open and generous
could n have grasped it
By six he was
drunk; at eight sounding
deeper depths of with
to a variety
:
sufficient, the real
indeed
ture that
judge minded
Ot
o'clock undeniably
till
only
the most confused memory of lmpend
ing ten he and
he was
inebriety,
at
events; collapsed
black boy
kitchen wing. Here he was undressed
and put to bed, and the tavern-keep-
er, making a bundle of his
tired from the room, locking the door
after him, and the judge was
& prisoner
Rousing at last from a heavy,
dreamless sleep the judge was aware
of a faint fmpalpabie light In his room,
He was
profound
aware,
depression
too, of a feeling
He knew
that
eight
he might
hours of
groaning
look forward
utter misery
aloud. he
to forty-
of soul,
and, closed
eyen
COMmpass
quickened
pen at
it Instead, his
Something was
sun-up-ne could
to
not
ly remembered that Mahafly
spoken of this very matter-
the austere and implacable, the
embodied éonscience whose fealty
duty had somehow survived his own
gpiritual ruin, so that he had become
a gort of moral signpost, ever point
ing the way yet never going it hime
soll,
The judge lay still and thought
deeply as the light Intensified iteelr,
What was it that Mahafty had said
he was to do at sun-up? The very
dis
i
i
i
i
i
ably {t was no more than some cheer
less obligation to be met, or Mahafly
have been so concerned |
Eventually he decided
Mahaffy
weakly
received
not
it
evervthing
his fr
shaking
sWer
to
He
and
reter to
iend’s name
voice, but no
1” he hift-
should
shake-
‘Solomon repeated, and
looked in what
the di
ijown bed his frie
i ved ni
ng his position,
have been re the
‘tion of
nd occupied
er the bed nor Mauahaffy
judge gasped
this were not a premonition of «
+
0 which he
hen all I
‘entress and the meeting
tha
was
anger in a flash
he re-
3 3
membered |
it Boggs’, something of how eve-
ning had been spent, and a
him
I had other things to think o
it Dever
regret
shook
' © int" 1h
happen again! hie
1 raminrentiiilv
imseil remorseiully
He was wideawake now
him
ughtful
orget
a8 Pegloe had pu
had been
i
thi
wouid 1 1
ot
ern should continu
patronage woul
opin
confidently
floor ut
expects
hi
a three-legged stool he had found and |
turned once more to the door, but the
stout planks stood firm under his
blows.
Unless I get out of here in time |
I'm a ruined man!” thought the judge i
‘After this Fentress will refuse to |
meet me!” |
window next engaged hls at-|
That, too, Pegloe had taken
but a single |
shattered i
Ly space
The
tention
the p
SAVAED
caution to fasten,
blow of the
re
stool
gs and sash and left an emy
it framed the dawn's red glow. The
and shook his head |
was twelve
a risky drop for a gen
nd bulld
looked out
It
UsLY feat Or more |
veArs fa I'he |
making a
ring himself
of it he remein
sidered
bedding and lowe to the
ground
h
Ly :
to have read of captives In tha
means
bered
interesting
yielding
He
and Is Ned L Brougn
then
foe
of the
to the
missing garments
door. To say that
amazed when he found locked
would have most de
scribed his emotions foe,
he fell back a step or two, then |
with all the vigor he muster |
launched himself at the door But it |
resisted him
“It's bolted
turned
was
fhe}
it
inadequately
Breathing
and
conld
on the other side!” he
muttered, the full megsure of Peg:
loe's perfidy revealing Mself to his!
mind. He was aghast. It was a plot |
to discredit him. Pegloe's hospitality |
had been inspired by his enemy, for
Pegloe we Fentress tenant
Again be attacked the door; he be |
lieved it might be possible to force it]
(rom ita hinges, but Pegloe had done |
his work too well for that, and at
last, spent and breathless, the judge |
dropped down on the edge of his bed
to consider the situation He was
without clothes and he was a pris
oner, yet his mind rose splendidly to!
meot the difficulties that beset him. |
His greatest activities were reserved
feet; and wrapping the quilt closer |
about kim he broke into a labored run. |
Some twenty minutes later Boggs’
came in sight. He experienced a mo-
ment doubt-—doubtiess Fentress!
had been there and gone! It was a |
hideous thought and the judge
Then at the other end of the |
near the woods he distin.
guizhed several men, Fentress and his
friends beyond question The judge
laughed aloud. In spite of everything |
he was Keeping his engagement, he
was plucking his triumph out of the |
very dregs of fallure. The fudge |
of
meadow
ner of the quilt caught on one of the |
rails; he turned to release it, and in
that instant two pistol shots rang out
sharply in the morning air
CHAPTER XXXI,
Solomon's Last Night,
It had been with no little reluctuhce
that Bolomon Mahally accompanied |
would have to remain in
taleigh In upon Judge
Price. Intimately acquainted with the
judge's mental processes,
low all the devious workings
magnificent mind; he
the he
capnble
plish
his
he preferred
attendance
he could fol-
of that
fathom
he
could
simply was
of Com-
temix benefits Permitting
thoughts | min-
strength which
eum
vi
from
onnding
Peg
the
and
wa
Price's
ions
80 curiously blended SH
character,
of that great
the trammels of
ancholy O06
Ked
ag well
cynically
ion bis
medias
Ee In
It
the
a4
ang Caw
hour! He
reutiess
¥
every
geemed
Surely Yancy
gone thelr
ind strolled
fo He felt
rybody and
intelligence
ady on in-
stinct le day had passed and
had accomplished? Car
the judge, Yancy, Cavendish
the four men might have
BOM DPUTPOSE~—
and
the very climax of
absurdity He resumed his dark cor
ner and waited another bour Stin
no Carrington, and Yancy and Cavens
dish had not come up from the raft
“Fools!” thought Mahaffy bitterly.
‘All of them
(TO BE CONTINUED)
deep
ve
brute
ance
what been
mnmneion
who
to
worked together
here was the duel
fools!™
Haste to Reimburse.
carrying a ladder through
crowded streets of Philadelphia
the other day a big Irishman was 80
unfortunate as to break a plate glass
window In a shop
ping bis ladder, the Celt broke into a
run But he had been seen by the
While
caught him by the collar.
“See here!” angrily exclaimed the
|
1
|
“Sure 1 have,” assented the Celt,
“and didn’t you see me running home
to get the money to pay for ity
A SA AA.
Promises,
A man usually wants the preacher
to furnish proof that what he prom
ines is going to come true, but he I»
willing to take the glib promoters
WOULD REVISE
STATE GAME LA
Annual Report of the Commis-
sion Sent to Gov. Tener
ASK PROTECTION FOR ELK
Forbids Sale of Wild Game Whether
Killed Within State—
Bear, Rabbits, 'Coons and
Squirrels Are Exempted.
or Outside
Corresponden
State Game
isso report,
ted LO
revi
100
Heinz Sees Prosperity.
Business condit
3 ole ction
nd
them
would EO,
isted
by the
adj
time the
rogulits election were an
admin-
no ap
business
Good crops
that
those men who hold back might have
on business
the
have
the
in
will
nounced. The change
fstration, 1 believe,
preciable effect upon
conditions of the country
pext vear would offset any effect
Big Electric Merger.
Papers were filed here covering the
merger of thirteen recently incorpo
rated el ¢ companies of Lancaster
County into the Edison Electric Com-
pany of Lancaster, of which Congress-
man W. W. Griest is president. The
companies are the Elizabethtown, Ma-
rietta, Martie, Conoy, Eden, Conesto-
ga, Providence, Ephrata, Earl, West
Earl, Upper Leacock, Strasburg and
Pequa.
The Rev,
advises the Siste Railroad Commis.
shon that some of the cars of the Phil
from Third and Jackson streets to
Bow Creek, do not have enclosed piat-
formes for the protection of the motor
men. He also adds that six cars are
now performing the service that seven
were required to do, maintaining the
saune schedule, The extra speed in
the winter, he thinks, on such a mad
sad may become hazardous.
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