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Stewart's examination proceeded. Wrenn
accused hini‘ol being a. spy in the em-
play of Colonel Hemn-ienway. and Stew-
art in turn accused lvrenn of chicaner-
ing to try to remove him from his path
in order that '
wn with the opposition till
the question of his blood test again
came u
, Tailiaterro arose and moved that the
blood test he set aside. or at -least post-
poned, reminding them that John Mur-
rell had conlidence in Stewart and that
the young Georgian had promised to kill
Colonel rlemmenway on si lit. A hub-
bub of objection followed this motion,
and when a spectacled abolitionist from
suspend:
noon on a c
Ll offer resolutions when the Prodi-
gal come home.j' . ,
Another roar of laughter greeted thi
witticism, and tewart's hopes fell as h
heard 3lurrell’s laugh among the 0
The delegates from Boston sank down
upon .1. bench. each shaking like a leaf,
whining and stnmrriering the most abject
apologies. Ills attitude of extreme fear
ave Stewart a sudden keen insight into
how terrible a reputation the clan really
Cured I
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had. Stewart felt now that he was a.
marked man. He understood now that
the "blood test" implied lo commit mur-
0
killed he would kill first lVrenn and then
the monster, John Murrell; and then. if
Taliiaterro could not or would not pro-
tect him, he would sell his life dearly.
"What is this blood test?" he de-
manded. “Am I required to kill a. man
here tonight?" '
, "Sure!‘,' shouted three or four, includ-
it
right. then," - shouted Stewart.
snatching at long knife from the council
(able and leaping at VVrenn, “I'll kill-
you"
It Taliiaterro had not leaned forward.
and struck down his arm. he would cer--
Wrenn‘s’side. ‘
"Good! shouted lllurrell, not
knowing how near death he himself had
been. “Good! You’ve stood the blood
test all right. WVr
tify to that."
and laughed and expressed themselves
as satlsnetl: that i , everybody except a.
dozen or so of ‘.Vrenn‘s henchmen, . These
>swora deep oaths of revenge behind their‘
beards. and made up their mind to hide
their time, '
CHAPTER Vll.
A ‘V031.-KN OF THE PURPLE.
E raft of negroes was started down
the river a little before daybreak
next morning with Copeland and 3. man
named Russell in charge. The ‘crowd
dispersed. melted away in the foggy
autumn dawn. iilurrell had named Stew-
art second lieutenant, placing only 'l‘alli<
alerro over him, had given.'I‘om
'ren place that might be called
third lieutenant and chief organizer.
"You Will go down the river with
Talliaferro," said Murrell. 5'
Miss Maymay,
clan. the li
rowers will take you down. I will
down by the time the niggers arrive.
Captain Purvis and I have some business
here for a day hr two."
“'ords cannot express how well pleased
young Stewart was with this arrange-
ment. If his note to lllccregor had not
miscarried a sheriff posse ought to be
waiting to arrest Murrell the moment he
started traveling unprotected. As
Stewart’a own safety. he expected to
escape from Talliaferro and the Acadians
alt the first opportunity.
Just before the departure at the chief-
tans from the island. Stewart received
another shock. one that showed him the
ous position in which he was
They entered the great log
house which some slaves under‘ Mur-
0'
iv
as
a
tire; and there before the council table,
lying on the dirt floor in 9. pool of blood
was the Bostonian. . -,
"I. ok here, liver." said Wrenn.
laughing brutally and looking at Stewart
to see how he took the thing: “behold
here the fatted calf that rose last night
to second yoIIr’resoiutlon.”
"He has gone the way of all fanatics,"
said Tallialerro, looking sadly down at
the corpse.’ "1
powers have been enlisted in this
cause, then the clan may do with me as
' ll him."
Stewart was soon to learn that a fa-
natic is as dangerous an enemy as a
criminal, That bright autumn after-
noon those two got into a long boat and
the Acadian rowers sped hem: lightly
over the seething. chocolate-colored wa-
ters of the lilississippi. That night they
drifted past ltlernphls, dark and silent
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above the water, and the next morning
3. little after sunrise they hailed the
raft load of human merchandise. That
was indeed a. filthy and bestial lot of
human creatures, most of t em’sunk
deep in brutality by the brutality prac-
ticed upon them: and there was more
than one who had shed white blood in
order to gain a temporary freedom. It
is hard for the reader living less than
ninety years later to conceive the can-
a ood ll -
John Murrell
and the likes of him had ilaralyzed law
and its administration. If
slave he simply said, “John llIurre1l's
got him; it‘s no use for me to try to get
him back.” If a whole‘ family were
found murdered in a.lonely plantation
house, people said. “It's Murrell‘s gang.
Vi’e’d better keep hands off or
able to share the same fate."
"As the long boat shot past the cumber-
some raft, there were hails back and
forth. and Talliaferro threw Copeland
a message from Murrell.
"Those fellows." said
speaking in English so that the Acadian
rowers would hot understand. "are sunk
to the lowest depths of degradation.
And Who, has done this thing? Their
white masters. >we had in the
South today ii. Toussaint L‘0uverture. a
man with a. vision for the future of his
eople."
"L'0uverture was nnly.a negro,” re-
plied Stewart a little haughtily.
. Ah, you are like all the others," cried
Taliiaterro: “you think a negro can do
nothing.‘ But you’-you are of the con-
quering race. You are a white Georgian
of cavalier stock. I believe you
destined to become the leader of th
great movement for the liberation of
the slaves. man who heard and
saw you last night when that scoundrel
>renn was trying to persecute -you
might easily guess that."
‘."l'alliaferro,” said Stewart, “you're a
strange man to me. . I know that you
are not of the ilk of that ragtag we saw
on the island. You are as much above
John Murrell as a. white man is above
a. gro"-Tallaiferro gave a conscious
start at these words-“And listen. Tania-
f
rs
h‘
a
..-i
um
erro. that man lilurrell is never going’
to help you serve your ends. You ar
honorable and are honestly interested
in the liberation of the slaves: he
interested in nothing save booty and
load-lust." .
"Do you know that what you are say-
ing is high treason to the clan?" .
“Yes, I suppose it is." replied Stewart.
‘But I am talking now privately as man
an
to man, and I presume I am talking to ,
a gentleman.
“I will not betray you," replied Tallia-
ferro. “so long as you do nothing to in-
Jure the cause I love, or try to escape.
I may inform you now that these boat-
r men are-Murreil‘s paid spies. and that.
they as well as I are instructed to keep
you from escaping. They are watching‘
me. too. so tar as that goes. I wish to
add that if you do anything against the
clan I shall shoot you as I would a.
partridge."
"Then while we are speaking frankly,"
said Stewart. “let me tell you that Wi-enn
and Murrell would gladly see you where
that Bostonian is. They will put you
there as soon as they can dispense with
your hundreds of Creole followers. One
other thing‘. lllurrell plans later to ab-
duct your sister to some lonely island
and force her to becomeghis wife."
"Be careful how you speak of my
sister." -
"I am speaking the truth. I am re-
peating Murrell's own declaration."
“Stewar you dnn‘t understand John
lllurreil. lie is really a great man. He.
'ke myself, has been sadly mistreated
by the rich. and he therefore hates them
Just as I do. The s ‘ ' the French
llevoliition is
have spoken that way about my sister
when he was drinking. lie respects her
when he is sober. Moreover. he cannot
do without me and her; my sister and
I control more men and money and mu-
nitions than he and all his followers to-
gether." - .
Stewart sighed. He saw how unrea-
sonable a. fanatic can be. “Yes, 'l‘ous-
saint." he said. "we all have in us the
spirit of '93; but you are Danton. honest
old Danton, while tilurreii is the com-
mon cutthroat Illarat.", ,
Four days later the long boat, having
made a record trip down the river, was
New Orleans. and that night the little
party entered the city. Stewart had had
no opportunity for escape. and 'l‘aiiia-
erro informed him now that he would
be shadowed wherever he went until he
actually stood the test of blood or did
some notable deed to convince lllurrell
that he was absolutely-loyal to the clan.
Here’: sin Interesting nltnntllni, In.
di-oil. stemut. hem] over heels In love
with the chnrmlnlt I-Elisabeth llenlnlrn.
way. In rihout In meet ll (amour beauty
of nnnlher type. it lately (‘reule girl for
when heart and mnriy n proud
rnvnller would yield hlyi life. Love In
omninreqcnt. oven In the nildlt of nitrite]
thert-(ore, which or the I-caution is rated
to reign supreme in the yoiuiit Georgian‘;
future tndtnvurnf Headers vvlll uwllt
the meeting of Horace Ind Maymny
with keen Interest. I'll; developments
In part three, next week. - '
we’re
Talliaferro. '
The Professor Starts, Something.
"A-lIE)Ii" said the professor who had
been called upon by the reckless
boarder to'expiain something.
it is like '
anything really is.
it looks like. smells like, feels like or
taste: like. other words, we only
know how it aflects our senses.
"When we get up at night and run
into an open door, we know what it
feels like. e know that it has rc-
sistance. Whe we pick up a heavy
piece of iron’ te now tha has
we t. “'2 know that the door or the
iron feels rough or smooth, has little or
no odor, emits little or no sound vibra-
tion when disturbed, and is almost taste-
less.’ But that is all we know about it.
That, of course,'ls not what a door is.
“Flowers are ‘ conspicuous in their
odor. They ' no sound'and have
nos and such things are very
sensitive to vibrations‘ and, emit no
odor " ' ' '
‘That‘s a blessing!" gushed the opti-
mistic boarder. "lVe should be thankful
hat a. wise Providence has arranged it
that war If Jazz smelled like a glue
factory we'd have to hire people to go
to the dances, and if i had a. pretty
sound like jazz we would all pay admis-
sion and war tat gladly for the right to
visit.the glue factory."
"The metaphysical. philosophical way
of apprehending things wou e a
great inconvenience at times," declared
the cynical boarder. ‘ site. for in-‘
stance, your sweethearrs eyebrow. It
isn't her eyebrow, for most of the hairs
have been pulled out. It isn't the young
woman's marcel wave that you admire.
because that's false, and it isn't hen cars.
because they are covere ti -
“You know a girl by her voice." sug-
gested the pretty teacher.
"Not necessarily,” replied the argu-
mentative boarder, "If you were in the
next,room or upstairs or down in t e
cellar you’ wouldn't know,youi-.sweet-
heart's voice from that of the poll par-
rot or the.phonograph. I read a poem
once about a man.Who thought he heard
his sweetheart‘: voice calling him across
the lake.. He ‘, rowed over there and
found that it was only a guiriea'hen."
"When any young man cannot tell the
Voice ot.hls sweetheart from that ofra
phonograph‘ or a. guinea hen;it is evi-'
dent either that helias a‘wretched ear
or else the young woman has a. voice
that needs to be sandpapered." said the
practical boarder. "If he had confused
the music of his sweethearvs voice with
rose that would be easy to understand.
lviien si man is in love his senses are
entitled to any sublime aberration and
confusion. If ke mis-V
takes Of this kind his girl will think he
has a cold soul, and she will can.him at
the nrst opportunity unless he has a
good income." ’ . . . f .'
"One of the things that we ought to
be thankful for," persisted the optimistic
boarder, “is that jazz is only sound. If
it had anything in it that we could feel
it would knock us out. and if It had
an‘ odor it would asphyxiate us."
"But .thlnk," suggested -,t.he poetic
boarder, “how delicious if the tender’
little bluebell tintlnnahulating
sound to correspond with its tints!" . .
“You wouldn't be able to hear it above
the lazz of the sunflowers." declared the
practical boarder in a. tone that carried
conviction. - - ‘
V. I‘. 3’.
Critics Who Don't See Plays.
SOME real critics of plays do not Write
their opinions, nor are the “first
nighters." There are several of them
In a public-stenographer oilice in the
theater district. They have typed so
many manuscripts for authors and man-
agers that they feel competent to match
their judgment of apiziy W
them, Also some of them are “so fed
up" on plays that they ileciare they hope
never to see inside a theater.
““'e ave’much fim watching the
progress of some of the plays that pass -
thru our office," said the manager. “The
girls discuss the plays, and we have
some real arguments. ay. this is
awful stuff.‘ one of the girls is iikely‘to
say. Another will reply: ‘The second
act ain't so bad. Got a good situation
here. but the lines have got to'be re-
written.’ en the girl‘ typing the
third act is likely to Join in with: ‘It
this gets b
lot of money hiring some one else to
type it.’
"After the play leaves us we watch
genuine interest.
Sometimes with sympathy. We not only
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Ere.-ttcst interest lies.
don't hear anything about the manu-
script again, then sometimes after a
an order to copy ""3
parts, and we're glad for the new au-
thor's sake that he's found a manager-
Then some of the girls worry ii iiltlt
and hope the play will go 0 e
“Usually we can‘plck out the successes
‘and failures about as well as the man-
agers-sometimcs I think a little bet-,.
ter." 6”"
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