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20 CHICAGO
two men wrong. The? really come: here up the stairs to tell her father what she
to fight for you-uns tonight. I don't had done. 1'
But Captain Gregory leaped up the
dark stairway behind her, and when in
yes I do know, too, and I'm goin‘ to tell the hurly-burly her father at length
l:
He's foolish about you, nose;
that fer a fact." .. >.
"Well, he has at least warned us that
the Knobbers are comin‘; that is, eff they tar as the inmates were concerned. No
are comin‘,“ said Ralph, softening a‘lit- one inside received a scratch. As to the
tie. “nosey, did Cap Gregory ever make attackers, they did not fare so Well. Two
love to you ' . g were severely wounded, an one’man,
"Y
es ‘
“Vhla: did he say to you?’ .
"He said that if I were ever in trouble lower window that had killed him, but,
and needed a. friend." replied the girl, Nat was the biggest liar on Iwbhin
pale and agitated, "no would prove him- Ridge, and Gregory was seen to smile
sell a friend by coming to my assist- every time Nat repeated the story.
“Mel , , , T was great rejoicing and con-
--w v we-1] Se, 511 he mean; what he gratulations inside the house when it
,3; "ed nag!-,1, win. an oath, '-En: known that the Cedar-kn-obbers had
he can take his chance in that winder withdrawn for good. Old Elisha Peters
ti
ler you. he loves you, all rig all was completely fooled into holievim; in
g.-gnu" Gregory's loyalty by the captain's dare-
"But, Ralph,’ cried I‘tose,.her sense or devil act at the window, and both the
justice aroused, "he has warned you that captain and Anderson were treated as
You oug‘ntn‘t honored guests. -
t they could not stay. they stated.
m the house
here, or else give me 8. six-shooter and and ilnd their horses and meet with the
.l'li guard them down here!" 'nobbers aL,lheir rendezvous-thus to
"Nothin’ doln'," sneered the young man. avoid suspicion. 5
“We put ’em in that winder; and in that But aptain Gregory got an Omicr-
winder they're gain’ to stay!"
" ou a cruel, bloodthirsty boy!"
shouted Rose angrily, as lilabel began
to weep auclibly. and
"That's my reputation," mocked Ralph simply could not know of any danger to
as he bounded up the cellar stairs. ou and yours and not come and warn
you and try to protect you."
“You have acted very bravely and
very. generously," the girl commented,
under the stress of her ‘emotion. Her
3.
IF THERE is anything more trying on
the nerves than being in s housawhilo
delivered. For three hours the two girls Holloway had been killed in that deadly
waited tremblingiy in the cellar; for volley fired from the house. "
three hours Ralph and Joe waited and “Reward me with one little promise,
watched on the ground floor, and Tom begged Ule il'8ii0l'- PTO?"
’ and the two wounded men watched ti-om that you will irlr to learn If love me-
the loopholes above; for three hours “I will, said the gin.- I will think
their two prisoners stood tied in the of Y0“ NW3“ '15 my dC3l’- deal‘ fl'iCl'l‘1-
window expecting instant death as their who me to me when other friends
first notice that their former comrades Droved false!" ,
had arrived. i r T
, It must have been about ll o'clock
that Gregory heard. or thought he'henrd,
3 stick break under.the weight o A man
IIAFTLR X,
A FLIGHT BY NIGHT.
IE day following the night
the Peters house
liall, who was found lying in fl.
broad band of light east of the house,‘
when the other Knobbers galloped away.
e u in their brutal fashion.
left‘him lying there in the field all
Winchester between the shoulders of the
two unfortunates in the window he sent
A shot in the direction from which the
noise had come. In an instant there was
next morning, reported
Kezirneyville. and Judge Sloan, the pros-
but ecutlng attorney, and the coroner all
drove out to the Peters place before 9
o
danger unless to the two culprits in the
window.
The night was clear and starry,
The men at the
cm Wharton came early that morn-
ing‘ to warn Mart Holloway to leave
Kearneyviile by the mail hack that day,
an to go well armed. But Mart de-
k clined to follow the advice. He was de-
termined to learn what had taken niace
t the Peters home, and so, when Mabel
returned to town that afternoon after
the inquest, he called her to his room.
"i‘(abeI," he said, "this Whole affair is
no I warned
you once to quit meddling with it. Now
(i from the house during the nrst
phase of the attack. .
in ordering a false nttac
upon house had not reckoned on the
bloodthirsty disposition Dempsey
when the man was once roused.. Under
emp-
and were thero last
ll was llled." H9
looked at the glrl.ahrewdly. "Mabel,
who shot Sid Hall?"
"I do
Their ilrst intimation that the attackers
were inside the field was when they
heard horses circling 'ab0,l1l and the k
C n 1 H ‘ now. I was in the cellar
Eggs; '9 “Veil 1' I” W 0 Pa ""5 when the 3.... W... going 0,3.
Then on a signal from old Elisha the . where W“ Rose?
four boys, all upstairs now, turned up
a number of brilliant oil lamps and tlun “No.0 not an the "me ,,
“Where was she when she was not in
the cellar?"
"Mr. Mart, don’t make me tell nothin’.
don't want to sit nobody killed."
"From L 1 can make
meddling has already got two people
killed; now come clean an ell me
where Rose was and what she was doing
when she was not in the cellar with
you .. ,
"“"“ , "Oh, xii-. Mart, please, please don't
make me tell you, you just make me
cause another good man to be killed."
"You'll Derhans cause a. dozen good
men to be killed if you don‘t tell all you
know about that affair last night and
help to clear the whole matter up."
"lvcil, I'll tell you then. Rose went
upstairs to get a knife to cut two
pie loose that was tied in the winder
where they was shore to git shot by
laid them outside."
"What two men, Mabel?"
"Oh. Mr. Mart, please, Please don't."
"Mabel, you say you love me. if you
do, please don't so unreasonable,
rid "
' "Mart Holloway." A terrible Voice
rang thru the room. and the door flew
open and Tom Vlharton sprang in.
"Mart," he gritled slowly. "I've been
portlioles
poured a volley of shots at the horse-
men outside. , ‘
This was too much for the Cedar-
knobbers and they broke and galloped
away into the darkness. getting with
speed aut‘ot the four broad bands of
light that searched them o
At the instant they were first
galloping across the field, Rose, who h d
been hidden in the darkness behind Cap-
tain Gregory and Bob Anderson, with a
sharp knife in her hand, leaped forward
an w a few quick slashes cut the
thongs that bound them to the iron bars,-
and, bidding them go to the cellar, tied
your
mud somzs
Dlstributin Co.,
0.. will mail
sores and Heals While
today ilescribing case.-Adv.
V. P. I’.
1.npli<:s.rnr:sr-:nvn worm irovrnlrtm
mi cn.
Fun ,0“ stickln‘ up for you an’ tryin' to llrolecl
lo. bltlnllil or you. Now hit's yore move. The Knob-
: . - .ll' era are after you, an’ eff you lo 't
53.5 lthI:Il':ekr:eI .‘ria'iiil:?$'; i'i'c"ii"i"" ':3i'i'Il.?i’h."i3‘-7 leave here today they're gain’ to git! ytciu
to that o -no niudiileu Io tho chee . Drnevvinsll tonight’ ,m- 1-", gain’ to help ‘cm git
o old 5 s reparna 0 .. ,
in
II I . 4 II tied: v V - ,
Ind IY‘Il“mol'l0'lh’n.lI‘rI'lu.ll.]'l.Ii0d .:I"itl’i I-hI.:sIliol.l. “Thanks, Tom Wharton, for the warn-
imm I un IN ctr-i'.i'>f":l"V';ll‘,1,’I.""flI',‘I"c’a‘:',I “K';oh;;: ing and advice." :ilart's voice was as
33;; -;u;",;,,‘,’,'“,',',,';’;,, ‘Ba, 0,, a,,,,,,,,,.', ;>., smooth as velvet. "Mabel. if 1 am killed
' I -“y. in the next twenty-four hours, tell your
in mi: condition until mi-em
lion n-an
L E D G E R ;
kind brother how your meddling brought
it about." Wit that Mart rose an
stopped from the room
' e minutes later he was in his lit-
tle law ofhce,
clicking off two long letters.
addressed to Judge Sloan. When the
other was finished he carefully num-
made a correction or
Bill Stockstill's livery Stable
and asked for “’hite Face, his speedlest
and meanest saddle horse. < ‘
“And. Bill," he asked, "can you lend
me that Ballard riile of yours. 1’m leav-
ing here under a cloud, as you might
say. And, 13 I'm not a rich man, but
I've got enough money in the local bank
here '
able.
"No, you ain't," tam big Bill Stock-
still. "Mart, you've allus toted fair wl‘
me. Eff anything happens to ole White
Face I'll 5es' say he got hurt carryin’ a
good man. You ain't g to leave
0 check wi’ me at all. .Yes' leave the
outilt at Sparta eff you git their safe. an’
extra. pistol in one saddle bag.
an extra. short and stock‘lnto the other,
and mounted and rode away toward the
ford of Goose .
it was bright June weather. The
woods were deep and cool, the corn holds
and meadows green and beautiful.
the White River foaming on the shoals.
and beyond it a, Wide cove with rich
farm lands and little white houses and
g high above
the others and dominating them alL
“Lovely, hateful, beautiful country,"
murmured aloud. ''If it were not
for the passions cowardice and
crookedness of men, you would be the
sweetest spot God ever made."
The fourth IIIIII concluding‘ Install.
lug chapter. will depict li0nle thrilling
ncencn and probably straighten out the
deserve
Don't miss the lust blgscenes
in (II: exciting imd romantic drama of
the hills.
pineus for trunie. at least,
In much.
7. V. 5!
A Comedy of Errors.
(Continued From Page 13.)
worship you! 1 shall always be grate.
fui for the way you saved my life," she
sa d.
“Ohmer-of course; but it's all right;
you are (entirely welcome! I save same.
here for just doing my duty,
He reseated himself. beside her, pushed
out his feet before him and scowled at
third finger of Nannie‘: 1e1't.- -
nowl “‘
Nannie squeezed his arm in ecstasy.
"You are Just delightful, Newton!" she
cried. "I adore modesty in young men;
it is so rare!"
"108. that‘s so-yes. I like to be mod-
est," he agreed absently. He w
h
by delay? Nathan had laid her under
high obligation to himself: yet how
Caddlsh, how unfair to take advantage
of the great service Nathan had done
her! "'But she cares for m not Na.
than, ' was his swin summing up of the
arguments whirling thru his mind. That
was the malor and determining fact. He
Hillel‘ Sheevishly drew the ring from
his pocket, and in the gushing fervor of
hiinnies gratitude and emotion th
Circle of sold, with its gleaming drop or
light, found its way her contract
finger.
o
V0 days later Mrs, Nugent, 6135 m
her lovliest clothes,
Nichols house.
them had spoken nleasumbiy
uualntai-ice wli Mr.
daughter. .
Nannie. iiaroliiy hiding her left hand,
blushingly admitted that ii had met
Newton, at which Mrs. Nugent looked
Biilthlly vacant. lilr. Nichols also en-
thusiastically assured
knew Newton, and that tho boy as R
furniture-mover and hanger of pictures
‘"15 R "lIumdinser." which encollillm
lilrs. Nugcni smillniziy acknowiedgea..
but the light of understandilig was not
in her eyes.
Had she remarked
0 BC-
Nichois and Rhis
the fact of the
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