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Show ; GE0R.O1 MM BARH. M McCUTCHEON 1 .f 'Jv --FL2r3kr - ----- - I tYNOMia rmOCiOOUXr-XmU Orwyeae woe fee yee.ro eld la the aortas I 1 tkn bis retker raa away treat Keo-fky Keo-fky wttk Raekel Carta r, wlaew. ikef toek with tketa MlaAa Carter. foakaTa oaky 4aahUr. la tka (all Kenneth's aether 414. at a beekea mimmu mhim aiai fa t bate tka aaaaa as" aUaaef Carter, a aa evU CHAPTER I Kenneth, saw a yawns Bwyr. oeeka Maia the alg at at bm at Phlaea Striker, near Afayette, lad. It appear that Km ether has recently el aa tkmt ka U kta war taka piniilw at as-easive as-easive lenaa ka has inkerttad. Tka Hrlkero e;kt tkalr farm al Kea'S atkar u4 a Bort-e maa ta kta fa. aee. wliow tka iUakal Cartar. A MUfl alneteea-y-U,airl. he fa aka kaaw kla (atkar wall ead tltM te five kar ub. la visaing Ika Striken. Kaa M feiereewi , CHAPtEft It la tka mornlag tka girl la (oaa. Striker talla Kaa aba was Ilaaala ta elope wltk Barry Leaelle Aa kar Mather aaaaa la tka al kt had (oak kar hem. Aa Kaa r aa kla ray Striker tella him: "That girl waa tela Owya aa' ake'a yoar haU-aleter." CHAPTER III. A handsome, deeh- te -un- UUow rldea up and latre- Suces klmeelf aa Barry Lapelta.' - ; ; CHAPTER IT. Io BUln, a farm r. fives Kaa a jBaaaage from Viola ta all aa aeon aa ka reaohea Lafayette. "Presently the travel ersTca me upon widely separated cabins and gardens, and then, after passing through a lofty grove, found themselves entering tht town lteelt Signs of Ufe and enterprise enter-prise greeted them from all sides. Here, there and everywhere houses vera In process of erection log cabins, frame structures, and even an occasional occa-sional brick dwelling place. Turning Into what appeared to be a well-trav- led road (he afterwarda found It ta be Wabash street), Kenneth came la the course of a few minutes to the center of the town. Here was tht little lit-tle - brick- courthouse., and the jail, standing la the middle of a square which still contained the stumps of many of the trees that originally hal flourished there. At the southwest corker cor-ker of the square was the tavern, i long story sad a half log bouse, and U was welcome sight to Owynne uni his servant, both of whom were ravenously raven-ously hungry by this time. Half a dozen men were standing la front of the tavern when the newcomers newcom-ers rode up. Kenneth dismounted and threw the reins to his servant Lane-bard Lane-bard Johnson hurried out to greet hlnv. CHAPTER V The End ef the Lang Rqad.4 "We've been expecting yon, ' wynne," he said In bis most genial manner, "Step right im DlnnerU soon be ready, and I reckon-f on must be hungry. Take, the-bosses around .te She stable, nigger, and put 'em up, lira. or sham I I mean your stepmother sent , word that yon were on the way l . . . A . . . I - na Bin imiminMinnni rmmaw r ywo- y, r .uxe to mass yon sc-Minted sc-Minted with" "My stepmother sent word to yosT" emanaea Kennetn, lncreouiousiy. "She did. What would you expect kr tA Aa 1ah ah V n 0 w vnn mmr headed this wsyT I admit she isn't specially given to worryin about other people's comforts, but, when you get ag as i, wniB av svy ajiavspsa wu vvhhwcib you a sort of connection of hers, spite ef everything, and so she lays herself .. aa. a llttla H aa V mrmm aavln' IM ' w..- m' waa ...a , - , Hko to make you acquainted with some f our leadln' citizens. This (s Daniel Bngher, the recorder, and Doctor Davis, Da-vis, Matt Scudder, Tom Benbridge and John llcOormlck. Before w go In I wish you'd take a look at the new courthouse. We're mighty proud of that building. There lent a liner courthouse court-house la the state of Indiana or may-he may-he I'd better say there won't be If It's ever finished." T noticed It aa I came by," said the newcomer, dismissing the structure with a glance. "If you will conduct me ee my room, Mr. Johnson. I" "Just a second," troke In the landlord, land-lord, his gate Axed on a horseman who bad turned Into the street some distance dis-tance below. "Here comes Barry La-pelle, La-pelle, down there by that clump of trees. He's the most elegant fellow we've got In town, and you'll want to know him." "I have met Mr. Lapelle," Interrupted Interrupt-ed Kenneth. "This morning, out In the country." "You doa't say sol" exclaimed Johnson. John-son. The citizens exchanged a general look of surprise. "Thought you said he went down the river on yesterday's boat," said ' Broflder.-' . t .-, . .... . r "That' Just what he drd." said John-win, John-win, puzzled. "Packed snne of his things and said he'd be gone a week or so. He must have got off at Attica but, no, he couldn't have got here this soon by nwd. Py glory, I hope the bout dliln't strike a ?nag. or a rock, or run ashore somewhere. Looks kind of serious, boys." 'rvmMrf't he have landed almost anywhere In a skjirr Inquired Owynne, hlf eyes on the spproachlng horseman. , -Certainly h could; but whyf 'ITe bAf bilnaae Aown aT CovfngTon, Is said.- "He told be this morning be had very Important business here. That Is why be could not tide In with me," said Kenneth, affecting Indifference. "By the way, Is be riding his own horse T" Tea," said Benbridge. -That's bis mar Fancy. He must have landed at La Orange, rowed across the river and hoofed It up to Fell's farm. But what do you suppose made him change bis mind so suddenly r ZTZ ' "He's working tooth and nail' against the Wabash and Erie canal that's projected to ran from Lake Erie to the mouth of the Tippecanoe, Mr. Owynne," said one of the citizens. "But It's coming com-ing through la spire of hlmtrnd all the rest of the river hogs." T see," said the young man, a grim smile playing about bis lips. He knew that the mare Fancy had been ia waiting for her master when he clambered ashore on the river bank opposite La Grange,, and he also suspected sus-pected that the little steamboat bad remained tied np at the landing all night long and weir Into the morning, expecting two passengers who- failed te come aboard. Lapelle rode up at this Instant. He came straight te Owynne, smiling cor dlally. "I see you beat me In. After we parted I decided te cut through the' woods to have a look at Jack Moxley's keelboat stuck In the mud on this side of the river. Happy to have you here with us, and hope you will like us well enough to stay." "Thank you. I shall like you all better bet-ter after I have had something to eat," said Kenneth. "And drink," added Lapelle. It was then that Kenneth, noticed that his eyes were slightly blurred and his votce a trifle thick. - Be had bee drinking. . "What turned you back, Barry T la-quired' la-quired' McCormlck. . "Thought you were to be gone a week or" "Changed my mind," said Lapelle curtly, and then, apparently on second thought, added: "I got off the boat at La Grange and crossed over to spend the night at Martin Hawk's, the man you saw me with this morning, Mr. Owynne." He is a hunter" down Mid-dleton Mid-dleton way. I fish and hunt with blm a good deal." Without another word, he strode np the steps, across the porch and Into the tavern, his head high, hla gait noticeably no-ticeably unsteady. "Martin Hawk I" growled the landlord. land-lord. "The ornerlest cuss this side- of n L Plain no-good scalawag. Barry Tl find It out- some day." "I wouldn't trust Mart Hawk as far as I could throw a thousand-pound rock," observed Mr. Johnson, compressing compress-ing his lips. "Well, come on In, Mr. Owynne, and slick np a bit The dinner din-ner bell will, be rlngln' In a few minutes, min-utes, snd I want you te meet the cook before you risk eatln' any of her victuals, My wife's the cook, so you needn't .look scared." "Robert Owyn's son Is always welcome wel-come at my store and ray home." said one man, cordially. "We didn't, know till last fall that he bad a soa, and well, J hope you don't mind ray saying we couldn't believe It at first." - Ton spell the name different from the way he spelled It" answered Bugher, the recorteft'"n nwic your letters, and It struck me ss queer." , ...... "My father appears to have reverted revert-ed to the original way of spelling the name," said Kenneth, from the upper step. "My forbears were Welsh, you see. The manner of spelling It wss changed when they came to America, over q hundred years ago." When Kenneth returned to the. d'n-, Ing room, he found Johnson waiting there with bis wife and two of his comely daughters. They were presented present-ed to the new guest with due informality, informal-ity, and thea the landlord went out upon thf front porch to ring the dinner din-ner bell. "I guess you won't be sfayla' here long,. Mr. Owynne," said Mrs, Johnson. "Tour mother I should ssy, your stepmotherhas step-motherhas got your house all read) for you to move right In." Kenneth, forgetting himself tn bit agitation, Interrupted her with the startling question ; "Where does Rachel Carter HveTf - "Rachel who?" He collected his wits, stammering : "I believe that was her name before she before she married my father." .'JPK I set.... fler name' is Rachel, of f cour. - WelL, her house Is up Coium-' bis street that s the one on the other side of the square almost to the hill where Isaac Edwards has his brickyard, brick-yard, just this side of the swamp." After dinner he repaired to the office of-fice of Recorder Bugher. "Everything's In good shape," an nounced Bugher. "There' ain't a claim against the property, nowthst Mrs. Owyn has given up her Idea of contest- Lug the will. The property Is in your nnme now Mi.. Uwynn and that ro- tuIoJs tue lhaT yMir' faloerTH KTwIIT, spells your name with a double, n and aa e, while be spells hers with only one n, He took Into consideration the fact that you spelled your name la tht new-fangled way, aa you say he used to spell It la Kentucky... And that also accounts for his signing the will 'Robert 'Rob-ert Gwya, formerly known as Robert Owynne.' ; . "Anothee queer thing about It Is that be bequeathed certain property to yea as my son, Kenneth Owynne,' while he falls to mention his daughter Viola at all, except to say that he bequeaths jo-aad-so to 'Rachel Gwya, to give, bequeath be-queath 'knd devise as she sees fit' Judge Wylle says Viola caa contest the will If she so desires, on the ground that she la entitled to as much as you, Mr. Owynne. But she has decided to let it stand as It Is, and I guess she's sensible." - "I did not know till this morning, Mr. Bugher, that I had a half-sister, "Well," began the recorder, pursing bis lips, "for that matter she didnt know she had a half-brother till the will was read, so she waa almost as Ignorant as you.. When did your mother die. If It's a fair question r "In the year 1812. My father was sway when she died." "Off to the war, I suppose." - - "Tee," said the young man steadily. "Off to the war," he lied, still staring out of the window. "I waa. left with my grandparents when be went off to make bis fortune In thts new country. It was not until I was fairly well grown that we beard that be was mar rled to a womaa named Rachel Car .ter.?..- .. . . rvs" Later the young man called at the office of Mr. Cornell, the lawyer who, had charge of his affairs. He had come- to Lafayette prepared 1o -denounce Rachel Carter, to drive her la shame and disgrace from the town. If necessary. Now he was faced by a moot., unexpected and staggering situation. situ-ation. - To denounce Rachel Carter would be to deliberately strike a cruel devastat-lag devastat-lag blow st the happiness and peace of sn Innocent person Viola Owyn, his own half-sister. A word from blm and that lovely girl, serene In her beliefs, would be crushed for life. The whole scheme of life had been changed for him In the twinkling of an eye, as It were. He could not wreak vengeance upon Rachel Carter without destroying Viola Owyn and the mere thought ot that caused him to turn cold with repugnance. re-pugnance. How could he publish Rachel Ra-chel Carter's Infamy to the world with that Innocent girl standing beside bet to receive and sustain the worst of tht shockf Impossible Viola must be spared and te with her, Rachel Car -ter-H- In the course of his Interview with the lawyer, from whom he had decided to withhold much that he had meant to divulge, he took occasion to Inquire Into the present 'attitude of Rachel Carter, or Owyn, aa he reluctantly spoke of her, toward him, an open and admitted antagonist "Well." said Cornell, shaking bis bead, "I don't believe you will catch her asking any favorsof you. She baa laid down ber arms, so to sneak, but that doeant mean she Intends to be friendly. She considers herself cheated, cheat-ed, and that's all there s to It I doubt very much whether she will even speak to you. Mr. Owynne. fine is a strange woman, and a bard one to understand. She fought desperately against your coming here at slL One of her propositions propo-sitions wsj that she should be allowed to buy your share of the estate, If such a transaction Could bo arranged, you wm remember. Ton declined to con-slUer con-slUer It As regards her present attitude, atti-tude, think shell let you alone If you let her alone." "My sister has asked me to come up to the house' to see her this afternoon," after-noon," said Kenneth. The . lawyer looked surprised. " that so? Well," with a puzzled frown, "I don't quite understand how she came to. do that I was under the Impression Im-pression that she felt about as bitterly toward you as her mother does. In fact she has said some rather nasty thincs about you. I think vnn will ha I oulte safe la nin ,... Mrm-Owm. as- far as- Mr : Owyn to concerned. . She will not appear on the scene, I am confident con-fident You will not come tn contact with ber. Ten say that she has put some of her furniture at your disposal, but she doubtless did so on the advice of her lawyer. ..Ton must not forget that your father. In bis will, left half of his personal effects to you. 8he Is Just smart enough to select In advance the part that she Is willing for you to have, feeling that you will not be captious cap-tious shout It." 1 nave ao deairo to exact thing of" aay "Quite so, quite oo," broke in the lawyer. "But she could not bo expected expect-ed to know that. I suspect she Is considerably con-siderably worried about Viola. Tour half-sister Is being rather assiduously courted by a young maa named Lapelle. La-pelle. Mra. Owya does not approve of him. She is strait-laced and er puritanical.", pu-ritanical.", "Puritanical, ehr said Kenneth, with a short laugh that Mr. Cornell totally to-tally misinterpreted. "Barry Isn't exactly what you would call sanctimonious," admitted the lawyer, law-yer, with a dry smile. "The worst of It Is, I'm afraid Viola Is la love with him." 1 His client was silent for a irxmient 'reflefIMgTThi he 1 rose abruptly and announced : "I agree with you, Mr. Cornell. I will go up to see her this afternoon. I bear her no grudge and after all, she Is my sWer. Good-day, sir. I shall give myself the pleasure of celling la to see you tomorrow.' "- , .CHAPTER VI :,' ',,;: Rachel Carter. ' Kennetn strolled about the town for awhile before returning to the tavern to - ahave, change : his boots . snd "smarten" himself up a bit In preparation prepara-tion for the ceremonious call he bad dreaded' to make.,--..-.-- . .t Shortly after three o'clock be set forth upon his adventure. Assailed by a strange and unaccustomed timidity be would have called It bashfulness had Viola been other than bis sister ho approached the young lady's homo by the longest' and most roundabout way. l He proceeded first to the house that was to be hie home. It was a good stone's throw from the pretentious two-. story frame structure In which Rachel ' Carter and her daughter-lived, but" nearer the center ef the town when approached ap-proached by a more direct route thaa be had followed. This smaller bouse, an Insignificant weatherbeaten story snd a half frame, snuggling among the underbrush, wns where his father had lived when he first came to Lafayette. Ho strode up the narrow path to the low front door, ... Finding It unlocked, be opened It and stepped Into the low, roughly-plastered sitting room. Tht window blinds were open, permitting light and air to enter. The bedroom and the kitchen were la order. There were rag carpets on the floors, and the place was Immaculately clean. -A be. walked up the path, to. the front door of the new house, he was wondering how Viola Owyn would look In her garb of black the hated black she bad cast aside for one night only. He. was oppressed by a dull, cold fear, assuaged to some extent by the thrill of excitement which attended jhe adventure. ad-venture. What was he to do or say If the door was opened by Rachel Carter) Car-ter) After a moment's hesitation, he rapped . firmly oa the door with his hare knuckles.. The door was opened by a young colored womaa. "Is Miss Viola at homer bo la-fulred. la-fulred. ' " "Is dia Mlstah Owynne, sub?" Tea." 1 "Bight In heah, sua." said the girl, thxowlaat open a door at his left. (To be continued) O ' - Woolen Cloak 3.000 Years Old. Leading European ' archeologlsts are of the opinion that a woolen garment, gar-ment, resembling a cloak, discovered by peat cutters In Oerum Fen, near Skara, Sweden, it one of the oldest ever found In Europe. It ley only a few feet under the surface of the peat, but the preserving qualities of the fen water kept It Intact scientist! believe, for about &(W0 years. Although Al-though It Is said to be the first complete com-plete garment ever found,, the British museum possesses several (ragments of cloth dating from even earlier periods, pe-riods, Where Bate Thrive. Bats are absent from the wildest parte of the world and are most numerous nu-merous tn the eastern tropics. They are characteristically tropical. In rath-or rath-or wld climates, such, as that, of Canada, Can-ada, some species have acquired , a habit of migration, going south to some extent la the autumn, at the northern winters art too long to be survived In a state of uninterrupted hibernation. hiberna-tion. o 1 1 1 An Added Burden. A new burden has been added to the Ufe of house mistresses by the suggestion sugges-tion that servants ought to be provided provid-ed with uniform! to match the color effects of the rooms In which tbey hep-pen hep-pen to be working. r I . ..The lane-Cuiottea. " "T" "7 The name Saus-Culmtea wss given by the aristocrats at tht beginning of the French revolution to the democratic demo-cratic party In Paris, because they gave up wearing kare-brteches la vogue thea among the nobility, and adopted trousers, or pantaloon, la stead. The term was first applied la contempt; but. was afterwards adopted adopt-ed as synonymous with "good patriots" patri-ots" by Uio popular party. . o- ' ' When Water Preeae. , Water freexae at 82 degrees F but Ice caa become very much colder and It does la extremely cold climates. There Is some heat In any material that has a temperature above tht absolute ab-solute tero 573 degrees below aero centigrade, or' 400 degrees below aero Fahrenheit ' V "' 1 ,' o - The Chinchilla. r Tbe chinchilla Is , a ,amaH South. American rodent allied to" the guinea pigs, but outwadly resembling a ground squirrel. It feeds on roots and lives in holes or burrows. The long, gray fur la valuable. 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