4
SYNOPSIS.
nam
a rich soclety favorite,
suddenly discovers that the Vallant
poration, which his father founded and
which was the principal source of his
wealth, had failed. He voluntarily turns
over his private fortune to the receiver
for the corporation. His entire remaining
possessions consist of an old motor car, a
white bull dog and Dumory court, & neg-
jected estate in Virginia. On the way to
Damory court he meets Shirley Dand-
ridge. an auburn-huired beauty, and de-
cides that he is going to like Virginia im-
mensely., Shirley's nother, Mrs. Dand-
ridge, and Major Bristow exchange rem-
iniscences during which it Is revealed
that the major, Vallant's father, and a
man named Sassoon were rivals for the
hand of Mrs. Dandridge in her youth
Sassoon and Valiant fought a duel on her
account in which the former was killed
Vallant finds Damory court overgrown
with weeds and creepers and decides to
rehabilitate t place Valliant saves
Shirley from the bite of a snake, which
bites him. Knowing the deadliness of the
bite, Shirley sucks the polson from the
wound and saves his life. Valiant learns
for the 4rst time that his father left Vir-
ginia on account of a duel in which Doe-
ted as
John Vallaat,
he
ne
tor Southall and Major Bristow ac
his father's seconds Valiant and S ¥
become good friends. Mrs. Dane ridge
faints when she meets Vallant for the
first time. Valiant discovers that he has
a fortune in old walnut trees. The yearly
tournament, a survival of the jousting of
feudal times, is held at Damory court. At
the last moment Valiant takes the place
of one of the knights, who Is sick, and
enters the lists. He wins and chooses
Shirley Dandridge as queen of
: the dismay of Kathetine Fargo, ¢
sweetheart, who is visiting in
The irnament ball at Damory
draws the elite of the countryside,
ley is crowned Valiant as ;
beauty Vallunt teils SNirley
and they Dbe« engaged
Fargo, determining to give up i
ant without a struggle, points out to Shir-
wild be for the won
LOL
Kat er
ley how terrible it w
an who caused ti
who looks so mu
ley, uncertain, but
er was in love wit}
ant’s pistol, breaks
King. a HHberated convi
Bristow had s to prison, m
against hi
with Shirley, t
to change her decision
“itor
falls
to
CHAPTER XXX! Continued.
Uncle Jefferson's lips axed
wide grin “Ah reck’'n dah’s
stray sprigs lef’, suh. Step in en mek
yo'se’'f et home. Ef Marg’ John
yo’, he be mought’ly hoped up.
gwineter mix dat julep in
shakes!"
He disappeared around
of the porch and the major strode
the hall, his gray slouch
on the table, and sat down.
it was quiet and peaceful,
cient hall
many times,
there The house
now. It had waked
vears’ slumber to a
Only he had lived on meanwhile
now was old. « He sighed
How gay the had
night of the ball, with the |
roses and music! He
what the doctor had said about Val
fant and Shirley—it had lain ever
since in his mind, a painful specula.
tion. The recollection roused Another
thougnt
stirred uneasily
that old darky so lo
A slight
rei
yo' two
threw
that an-
of old, when he
was the same
from a
renewed
Again
prime
place been the
by &
ights
from which he shrank
What on earth
ng over
made Bim
head. But nothing moved
creak of woodwork, he thought
and settled back again in his chair
It was, fact, a stealthy footfall
he had heard It came from
library, where a shabby
crouched, listenin the
hind the screen—a
evilly clad,
It had been
that Greef Ki
these last
yatred grown
kept
that julep?
noise turn his
the
in
figure
in corner be
tapestried man
with a scarred chee}
with good pu
ng had dogged the ma}
He huggs
te heat
no
few days da
whi
to
Greef King Stood an Instant Sreath-
ing Hard,
years of prison labor within bleak
walls at the clicking shoe-machine, or
with the chain-gang on biazing or
frosty turnpikes. He had slunk be:
hind him that afternoon, creeping up
the drive under cover of the bushes,
and while the other talked with Uncle
Jefterson, had skirted the house and
entered from the farther ide, through
an open French window, Now as he
peered from behind the ecreen, a
poker, snatched from the fireplace,
was in his hand. His furtive gaze fell
upon a morocco-covered case on a
commode by his side. He lifted its
lid and his eyes narrowed as he saw
that it held a pistol. He set down
the poker nolselessly and took the
weapon. He tilted it—it was rusted,
but there were loads in the chambers.
He crouched lower, with a whiepered
curse: the major was coming into the
i
i
library, but not alone—the old nigger
was with him!
Uncle Jefferson bore a tray with a
frosted goblet over whose rim peeped
green
odor,
the burden on the desk at his elbow.
“Majah,” sald the latter solemnly,
“you reck'n Mars’ John en Mise Shir
ley—"
“Good lord!” sald the major, wheel-
ing to the small ormolu clock on the
“It's ‘'most four o'clock.
you any idea where he's gone?”
“No, suh, lesa’n he’s gwineter look
ovah dem walnut trees. Whut Ah's
gwine ter say—yo' reck’'n Mars’ John
en Miss—"
“Walnut trees?
them?"
“Tree man come {om up norf’ some-
whah ter se erbout et yistidday, Yas,
suh. Yo’ reck’'n Mars’ John en—"
“Nice pot of money
timber! He saw it right off.
Is he going to sell
master.”
“Hyuh, hyuh!™ agreed Uncle Jeffer-
son. “Dam'ry Co'ot er heap bettah
dan drivin’ er ol’ stage ter de deepo
fer drummahs en lightnin'rod agents.
Ah she’ do pray de Good Man ter mek
Mars’ John happy,” he added soberly,
“but Ah’s mought'ly 'sturbed in mah
mind—mought'ly ‘'sturbed!”
The hidden her walted motion-
less. From where he stood he
look. He waited till through the
window he saw the negro's bent figure
the kit Then he
noiselessly lifted upright, and
resting the i
deliber
trigger.
The hammer clic
irty
wats
could
rear
chens
himself
the screen-top.
and
istol
alm
on
took ate
ked sharply on the
year-old cartridge, and
the major sprang around with an ex
as with an oath, the
the aside and
worthless th
other
dashed
pulls +d i ie
“You infernal m
was
screen again
trigger
urderer!”
all said,
swung his chair up, the
of Hell's-Half-Acre rushed
truck him a sledg
with clubbed
on the majors
heavy crashed through.
Gree! King stood an instant breath
then, without withdrawl
the prostrate form,
the cold gobls
to his lips, drained it
“There!” he sald. YThere's my
debt paid in full, ye liy-liv
fancy-weskited hellion!
the mayor of the Dome!”
was a mans
the sudden
cried the
he for, as
in and
hammer
It fell
and the
single
blow
full
the pistol
temple
iron
ng hard,
his eyes from
liftin, it to
gred,
that from
There step on the
bark of a dog
hand. He
corridor
French windov
across the’ lawn, a
came from the he
fell from his
alo
the
pistol
tiptoe the
through
dashed
ng
leaped
startled cry be
hind him
fing nvm.
Juise
No human eye had seen him,
had all that
Greef King!
you will,
been observed for Run
Double
is a swift.
it is only a dog.
a big one at that, but it is of a
breed that knows neither
quarter Like white lightning
bark or growl,
launched himeelf on the fleeing
and in the shadow of the
best
turn
now,
how thera
»
Nemesis pursuing
quar:
i
f
Kicking, beating with
weight,
Not till they had reached the hem
locks was that fierce grip broken, and
h a tearing «
snarling wi
seized a fa
striking
ing blows,
the hair bristling up on his thick
his red-rimmed eyes flery,
flail,
his hands at
the man
Panting,
the man
h rage and
en
out
*
i
11
i
bay.
crouch
‘hed himself, an
blundered full-face into
The sharp spines
forehead and the starting
nded him, so that he ran with.
out sense of directlon—setraight upon
the declivity of Lovers’ Leap.
He was toppling on its edge before
he could stop, and then threw himself
backward, clutching desperately at the
slippery ferncovered rock, feeling his
over nothing. He dug
his fingers into the yielding soil and
with knee and elbow strove frenziedly
to crawl to the path.
But the white bulldog was upon him.
The clamping teeth met in the striving
fingers, and with a scream of pain
Greef King's hold let go and dog and
man went down together,
Ten minutes later a motor was hurl
ing itself along the Red Road to” the
village. The cGoctor was in his office
and no time was lost in the return. En
route they passed Judge Chalmers
driving, and seeing the flying haste,
he turned his sweating pair and lashed
them after tho car.
S80 that when the major finally
opened his eyes from the big leather
couch, he looked on the faces of two of
his oldest friends. Recollection and
understanding seemed to come at once.
“Well--8outhall ?”
The doctor's hand closed over the
white one on the settes. He did not
answer, but his chin was quivering
and he was winking fast,
“How long?” asked the major after
a lengthy minute,
Again he launc
man, dodging,
a thorn-bush
|
i
|
“Maybe--maybe an hour, Bristow.
Maybe not.”
The major winced and shut his eyes,
but when the doctor, reaching swiftly |
it was to find that look once more on
“send for Judith.
must see her. There's time.”
The judge started up. “I'll
“My car
minutes.” He leaned over the couch
“Bristow,” he said,
you like me to send for the rector?”
and shook his head. He lay silent for
a while after the judge had gone out—
desk ticked
doctor busied
clock on the
on, and the
the ormolu
ominously
in Answer to Her Look,
“He Won't Rouse Again”
with the glasses beside him
said huskily
bad fall,
itly he
“You've had a Bristow. You
dizzy, 1 reckon.”
“Mzzy!"” echoed the major with
asperity It was Greef King.”
Gree! King! d God!”
“He hiding behind the screen
struck with something He
swore at his trial he'd get me. | was
have remembered his
feeble
God
was
me
¢ f not
a fool not to
time was out’
A look,
sprung into the
like and grim, had
doctor's face. His eves
room, and he crossed the
and picked up something from
rug. He looked at it a moment,
thrust it hastily
wolf
floor
ocket,
“l=—-remember now
snipped ft
it was a pistol.
He twice, but It missed
fire.”
He can't hide where we'll not find
* The doctor spoke with low but
le energy
that I care—mysell,” said the
major difficultly ‘But | reckon he'd
better be settled with, or he'll-—be kill
x some one worth while one of these
ng
days.”
A big
from the
fteelf
rolled
tear suddenly loosed
doctor's eyelid and
to feel bad” said
“I've gort of been a
in-the-flesh to you, Southall. We
somehow, and yet
choked and cleared his
“There's no call
the major gruffly.
thorn
wlways rowed,
The
throat
“I reckon”
ith a faint
iite £0 much
the roast
you as | did.”
A little later he asked for the restor
Ten minutes gone” he said
thei. “Chalmers ought to be at Rose
wood by now what a fool wa
to go—like this. But It wasn't-apx
plexy, Southall, anyway.”
At the sound of wheels on the drive
Valiant went out quietly. Huddled
a corner of the hall were Uncle Je
Daphne. with Jere
boam, the major's body-servant. Aun
Daphne, her apron thrown over he:
face was rocking to and fro silently,
and old Jereboam’s head was bowed
on his breast. Valiant went quickly
to the rear of the hall. A painful em
tO
doctor
the major murmured
smile, “you won't get
fun out of Chalmers—-
They never did rise
to
ous confusion mingling with a fastidi-
ous sense of shrinking. How should
the very sight of his face? In
forgotten this. From the background
leaped. There were two feminine fig
ures; Shirley was with her mother.
The doctor stood just inside the Ii:
brary door and Mrs, Dandridge went
hastily toward him, her light cane tap
ping through the stricken silence. Jere
boam lifted his head and looked at her
piteously,
“Reck’'n Mars’ Monty cyan’ see ole
Jerry now.” he quavered, “but yo'all
gib him mah love, Mis’ Judith, and tel}
him=~"" His volce broke.
“Yes, yes, Jerry, 1 will.”
The doctor closed the dosr upon her
and came to where Shirley waited.
“Come, my dear,” he sald, and dropped
his arm about her. “Let us go out to
' the gordon”
As they passed Valiant, she held out
| her hand to him. There was no word
{| between them, but as his hand swal- |
lowed hers, his heart sald to her, “I |
love you, I love you! No matter what i
{is between us, I shall always love |
It was wordless, a heart-whisper that
love itself could hear, and he |
could read no answer in the deep
pools of her eyes, heavy now with un- |
shed tears. But in some subtle way
his volceless greeting comforted and
lightened by a little the weight of |
In the library, lighted so brightly by |
yet grave with the hush |
of that solemn presence, the major |
looked into the face of the woman for
whose coming he had walled so anx-
ously.
“It's all—up, Judith”
“I've come to the jumping-off place.’
She looked at him whitely. “Monty,
Monty!" she cried. “Don't leave me |
this way! | always thought—" |
He guessed what she would have
sald. “Heaven knows you're needed
more than me, Judith. After all, 1!
reckon when my time had to come I'd |
have chosen the quick way.” His |
voice tralled out and he struggled for
breath.
“Jerry's in the hall, Monty. He asked
me to give you his love.”
“Poor old nigger! He—used 0 tote
& on back when 1 was a [little
aver.” There was a silence. “Don’t
eel, Judith,” he said at length, “You
ill be
he sald faintly.
his
80 tired
and drew
faltered
I've nev-
obediently
she
&8Y & prayer?
my prayers
above the fling, sot
try.”
anly. "1
than
I'd
I reckon
Te |
up a
tremu
prayed much
seemed to got
w. But I'll-
He smiled w
never
ce
wouldn't
Judith
prayed
God Almighty’
doesn't w
time.”
want
y yours,
ems as {f been
ugh.
anybody else,
dingdonged all the
"He to have been gathering
resolution, and presently his hand |
imbled over his breast “My wallet;
give She drew it from |
pocket and the uncertain flogers took |
out a key ‘It opens a tin box in my
runk. There's—a letter in it for you.”
paused a moment, panting “Ju
* he sald, “I've got to tell you, but
hard. The letter
Valiant gave me for you
morning, after the duel
it
seemed
his
it to me.” the
dith
its m
et
ighty
8 one that |
never gave
to you."
If she had been
grew like marble now. Her sli fin-
gere clutched the cane till it rat.
tiled against the chair, and the lace at
her throat shook with her breathing
Mon ¥ i
He lifted his ha
put the key
unbre
white before, she
: * la
little
nd
into here
Judith,”
irty
with difficulty and
“The seal's still
he said, |
years."
the key in her
upon it. There
fearful wonder in
For an instant she seemed
to have forgotten him In
grip of some swift and painful
tion
“1 loved you, Judith!” he stam
mered In anguished appeal “From
the time we were boy and girl togeth.
er, 1 loved you. You never cared for
me-——Sassoon and Valiant had the in-
side track. You might have loved me:
but | had no chance with either of
them. Then came the duel There was
only Valiant then. 1 overheard his
promise to you that night, Judith. He
had broken that! If you cared more
for him than Sassoon, you might
have forgiven him, and | should have
lost you! 1 didn’t want you to call
him back, udith! wanted my
chance! And so-—1 took it. That's
the reason, dear. It's—it's a bad one,
int it!”
ken,
kept it these
She was holding
hands, 100king down
was a strained half
her face
quite
11f
us
I've
the
emo
for
Eh atin afi ttt fier diffe fhe
Have Been Distinguishing Mark of
Factions as Long as There
/ is Record,
The determination of the “loyal”
an and child to wear a flower as a
token of their aversion to home rule
been used as emblems.
Since the leaders of the Yorkist
and Lancastrian parties each plucked
a rose in the Temple gardens, the Lan.
castrian a red and the Yorkist a white,
this flower has been a popular Smblen
Apart from the fact that red
are symbolical of love and white of
purity, the English national emblem
is the rose; the Legitimist party of
France formed the Leagae of the Rose
in imitation of England's Primrose
league, while owing to Gladstong's
fondness for white roses many liberals
once wished to make them an emblem
for their party, but the Idea was not
adonted,
A shiver went over her set face—
infinite distance to place and moment.
Between the curtains a white butter-
fly hovered an Instant, and in the yard
thought darted
to her that it was the sound of her
own dead heart awaking.
at the key and all at once put a hand
to ‘her mouth as though to still words
“Judith,” he ssid tremulously, be
“all
these years, after | found there was
no chance for me, 1 reckon I've—
prayed only one prayer. ‘God, let it
be Sassoon that she loved!" And I've
| prayed that mighty near every day
| The thought that maybe it was Valiant
a ghost You
Her face was still averted, and when
from ber on the pillow, with a breath
that was almost a moan. She started,
looking at him an instant in piteous
hesitation, then swiftly kissed the lit.
upon
only the plliow
upon it! Bhe
er knees by the
ald her lips on the pallid
it. Tr
and the
threw
th? "She
graying
herself on h
saw
face
couch and
y
forehead.
“It—it was
she
first
Monty”
on the
Sassoon,
nd her Yoice bro
had
said, a ke
lie she ever told
ank God!” he gasped. He
:
i
himself on his «
sirug-
bow,
strength {aded out
raise
tiled back
brought the doctor, but this
seemed of
Her cry
time the
and after a
tix
restorative no
and
last
th
ae
time he came
With a
in answer to her
again”
she him, and he
tting the door with care
3 look,
wont rouse
“T will wait”
left her, shu
ful sofliness
slight
sitting
were
told
But the
figure with #ta silver
was not alor
walking up and down
the misty wraiths John Vall
imagined went flitting
the empty corridors, but faces
sunlight, that came
¢ memories so long
the shutt of time-—
touch of a key tha
tightly in its
hair, there, Ve
ata
ant
times
plone
very clear in the
went
over by
evoked now by the
her hand still clenched
palm.
There welled over her (n a tide those
days puzzle, the weeks of waiting
silence, the slow rable months of
heartache, the Ic that had
deepened the my of Beauty Vali
ant's exile. In first shock of the
news that Sassoon had fallen by hie
hand, she had thought she could not
forgive him that broken faith She
and his promise to her had not weighed
in the balance against the idea of
manly “honor! But this bitterness
had at length slipped away. “He will
write,” she had told herself, “and ex
plain.” But no word had come. Whis
pers had flitted to her—the tale of
Sassoon’s intoxication-—etinging barbs
that clung to Beauty Vallant's name
That these should rest unanswered
had filled her with resentment and
anger, Slowly, but with deadly surety,
had grown the belief that he no longer
cared. In the end there had been left
her only pride-—the pride that covers
its wound and smiles. And she had
her wound with flowers. But
deepest well of her heart her
for him had rested unchanged
clear and defined as a moss in amber
1t mystery of silence
TINUED)
with th
woven ie
of
inexc
IE Years
stery
the
hidden
in the
3
love
The primrose, it is said, wae Bea
ongfield’'s favorite flower,
been chosen by his followers,
formed the Primrose league, as an
emblem, while in France, the violet,
their loyalty to the Bonapartes,
the son of the ex-Empress Bugemie
was brought home to be buried after
being killed in the Zulu campaign, his
body was almost covered in violets.
Then, again, there are favorite na.
tlogal emblems. There are the lilies
of France, the thistle for Scotland, the
shamrock for Ireland, the leek for
Wales, and the maple leaf for Canada.
The United States has no national
to ite wide rangs of climate, which
makes the selection of a flower of uni
versal popularity almost impossible,
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“My won, it is a document that Is
most gacred to the party that is sot in
nowar «Now Vark Sun
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