Show twinkle H ARM ax by READ tn rho bell syndicate tv ta 1 T I nadiney NA DINEl tha time atme la Is the late afa Us or early Us and tile tho welle w elle u on oil uia tile river all the types of 0 tho v period are present anu tile tt 0 o llou tn palace la Is by ine merriment lit batic ing ln 8 abid gai gallantry lantry there lire are the clisto inary drinking and gambling also alao virgil drace drabo a young forur man lu Is on tild lils way buth on a inis mission slon or of revenge hu meets an character 1 I n tho person of otte one liberty Sh Sn ottlo ottle who la Is constantly tempting the goddess widdess of chance cl ianco they agree to a singular pact draco drace seeing aa opportunity to use Bh Sh ottle L ato to him his bis mission Is to find a certain ex guerrilla stepha la who hai had murdered druces rather father it la is hla his determination to hung la vitto na high as aa human draco falls alia III hi love with a young beauty on aljo boat the stent nor reached now orleans orleana at that time in ili tho the somewhat Boi turbulent throes of carpetbag P government tile tha young youn men attend tho the french ball und and draco unexpectedly niceta meets tile girl she bho Is accompanied by one doyce boyce iw nance flance 13 hottle learns learna that the nante of tile tho girl Is nadine la vitte orace raco passes an uneasy night torn by the suspicion that nadine Is 3 the tha daughter of old la ville now an admitted outlaw naw more than alian ever I 1 la 1 ho resolved to ind find where tho the 91 karl r 1 lives ilves and to find estepho draco and begin a search ot of tit tho city draco drace tokea takes a hand in I 1 n carpetbagger riot riol ile iio catches a glim aso of 0 one he Is sure bure Is nadine draco drace and got get into bad standing with the tha authorities and aro are given until tho the next day to board a steamer bound north returning jo to tile the house housa where lie ha 4 thought h ho had glimpsed the 91 earl ri drace finds the place abandoned S discovers that a case ot of wine on an the steamer Is addressed to tb ste pho la vitte at Farnum 3 landing mississippi it la is the next stop below Both pages landing and general Genera 1 bethpage neth Beth paBo page la is liberty shot taos undo uncle they decide to visit him liberty goes broke again and i swears orr on again on betting they are cordially received by the gon eral cifa til a waco drace pene into the wilderness dl it acovera perly and finds nadine alona aguno she I 1 la much alarmed and warna warn fliri her father will shoot him ile he makes love to her and k to get him to go she agrees to meet him again the following thursday on his way home drace to la accosted coated ac by three men who aati to be set ncr w tho the river they overpower him and bind him with ropes led by tony they throw I 1 drace into an old cabin tony taunts drace and avows ills hla love for or nadine whilo the others collect fuel tony sets seta fire ro to the tha cabin and the three go oft off lau laughing laughl ghina nc nadina rescues him and agrees to meet him Zi again gaill CHAPTER YIH vill continued lo 10 alio general roared ills delight paid that lie would go on tile the stand tosy to against sour socrates in favor of the fiddlers fidd lers dialogue ho fie shouted fetch in the buck und wing dancers dnn cers tole tobe went to the door yelled na as it 1 calling clogs arid in canie came two big ne groes a throng of idlers following them thein ait at it they went slinking tho the house bouse and when weariness threatened to seize them for they drew off and leaping 1 butted their heads fiends like 1110 goat donth 9 after n tinie time the general at gave them a apiece dismissed thein hem gave the faddler ove live with mi all order to play piny tant old tune again old tobe was ang now ills his evening ingup tile the general CIener nl culled to bem i stoby toby what have you for aupper 1 the old fellow closed one eye what have I 1 got lie ile says ali ah li it an ali ill tell yoi ive ot got hoecake hoe cake and bonsted doves no you dont menu menn it I 1 hoe billoc cuke tind roasted ame I 1 said ald good hy by Old Olde cons ons rund dand fetch lia its doblas and mark you along with IV it till all bring hout about a trowel full of that hut wild iid plum jelly tin the doves dove und anti tle the strips of b ancon icon I 1 find tile the lioe boe cake and the lie jell belty came on and arising the saluted tsa tho the repast talk about quail I 1 quail sir Is I 1 in n alpod white vi tilte dry arid and tasteless colu pared with the dark richness of the dove and look at this bread made of 0 meales pearl you never tasted ony any b bacon a con like ilke twilit tant nay my son fed on showered down from olympus the sweet of tile the night I 1 they riley lind finished tile the m benl eni anil were sitting bitting tn anic Ic smoking sipping flipping wine when drace noticed a ri sudden change in the jenc rids n tight a primness grittiness and stirn ing about he hb sow saw against file wall n strange higine n man riot not toll tall hut blit or 9 houlder ills his bogir h oa 07 sloping briwn to rajet feet expressively of 04 sinewy ills of heir ans 11 s like ike flax straw dark and ye yet gruy tike ilke I the bristles of n wild baar hla his short mustache stuck out aal his heavy eyebrows looked like 11 ko great erent try crawling crowll ng ills fits tn hla his dress there was I 1 a r f W tills this la Is general Beth bethpage page hell that la 19 lily biame yes what do you with me 1 I I 1 lich I 1 como collie to pol ogino to think thorn them mule bo be mine well go un ill away awny I 1 dont want uny any apology from you no you put pistol nt at mo me that was in louisiana this Is an ali I 1 toll tell you here you haf turn carpetbagger pet bagger what I 1 it if beneral andrew jack son should arise out of hla his gravo and tell tile me lint hat do 10 you know what I 1 would say pay to hinal him i you would beg hees bees pardon ns its you will mine bell 1 I 1 would suy BOY to film na as I 1 now say to you you ore are nn an infamous liar drace sprang between them anti seized tile lie illard hy by the wrist a dirk fell from his hand stand ancl act beneral Oe cried arnce there la Is not going to be a fight hero here stand anck tobel the dark faced man looked drace in ho fie eye monsieur ans ver vcr strong but I 1 SIC see 0 him some other day turning lie ille fellow lil ando tilo off now who m tile the devil was that naked drace that my dear drace replied tho the Gen prid ans tile the fellow you asked about the other day stellio in vette to drace tills this encounter with estepho in ville flie ha fattier of the girl lie he loved and the outlaw upon whom lie ito lind sworn to wreak ana disturbing indeed tho the general however was riot not nt at nil all upset by the lie fact that lint lie hit and been barely saved from stephos knife and when a short time inter intel they boarded the bumblebee op on their return lie he gripped major Pe dewitts witts buind and Aln major Jor mr drace and I 1 have in our atle precious possession three quarts ot of ow old tobes wit wild grape pin which Is ns as much na is to say that you have three quarts stowed stewed out ont of the heart of venus ill find haw kins iiii file four of us its will gather anther lit in the he texas and anil flutter flatter the stars by gad I 1 hut but tobe lied sald said lie ho have tiny of the old stock left and n allars wine la is sweet my dear major come virgil my boy put nil all brooding out of your y mind brooding la Is for tile poet when tile the ang la Is tired and not for its well have a night of it and then alien well return to respectable servitude arid slow alow mora moral decay my afy dear major lend lead on oil we follow the remainder of the alie trip back to Beth bethpage page ivas it matter of moral free dorn dom tit nt the table for tile the gen 4 erni for arike it waa occupied with tile tho hot struggle between thoughts of ills grim mission against estepho anti and ills hla longing for nadine for tile the time being however the beautiful girl who had res cited will from the lie burning hut triumphed she had promised to see him once more on thursday ile hy would keep the tryst presently tile lie bumblebee ande both belh page landing and the generals general bos vas tit nt once so barill and so fo grit clous that drace felt no hesitancy lit in remaining for tho thi time being under ills ids roof until Shott shuttles les return tit east that night after dinner when his wife dyxie lc had left the lie old gen lit a cigar arid and for a long time sat fent finoli smoking irig it in tind draco race wax silent too looking ji through brough lie file lattice tit nt the woon ninon loves slow timepiece stopped and in ili the sky virgil yes Gerc Gen ersil nil billave you a n pistol sir fl no I 1 had otte one but I 1 lost it well vel provide yourself with another in saving tile me from a deadly assault 3 you lieve offended old in I n vitte lale in I 1 it no wisp wise but neither Is lie fie gallant und and would shoot y you without w riling youa boll old me ile you ro remember member of your to 10 meet old SIe St Hm liep tomorrow I 1 lin vent any too much confidence in ili him he play you into flit he hands of stellio Step StePI lio 10 und and I 1 1141 advise vise you yota not to go 14 MIlIng 1 with I ill him spruce Sp cuce so no huts noi not tile anine of tile the oll old follow fellow im going ills name ls Is sallers Sp illera I 1 th think Int i 1 I dont know a ninn of that anine in tile tho neighborhood yut but anyway arin ann yourself and keep a sharp lookout 11 ali and then they sat and smoked to la sli silence ence inhaling t the he dewy breath ot of the night CHAPTER IX X with the first gleam of thursday light nadine nrose arose and tood looking out from the lie window her fattier father had come in into and was to depart again early for tho the alls but she was waa afraid afrant lest lie might have changed his fits mind she heard him moving about but slie site waited p n long line atme before she wont to meet film so sweet it was to stand there tit nt ane window to catch tile the firof first rny ray of the sun the old man hummed a jag jagged geI tune in fit a of met melody it would linao been been n briar madlne caino out and he fie klaid he her binti d softly and then as was hit ht wont he ha kissed lier hair iler her duties abbat tho lionso wore ivere it light hut but lie he helped tier anti when their queer assortment of aluen and dishes gold china chann crockery stoneware and tin pinto lind had been wished washed und and put awny away they sat in the shade of tho the house tile tho girt girl anxious arid wondering wandering 1 I anve ent ton tony hock back to beety no IB I 1 tell you I 1 will alli 11 lie said to tier lier he does doea the good work to burn the spy tho ho now lie he have spree with tile the red wine an nua the white when the thile come collie ho he lio be back I 1 have need of beene with tile the cattle that thai I 1 buy ho he drive delve the thom up to the town Nt itchen I 1 have trouble the ol 01 scoundrel I 1 go in the tin nn lie he la Is thorp there sing laugh eat an look lit the darky dance I 1 wait then I 1 go up tip wo we have words ile iio jump up then alien alie young voting man big he grub grab my lily wrist like this tie ile squeeze I 1 bay Mons monsieur leur you arns ver vcr strong I 1 see you again an ali when 1 I do I 1 keel heem I 1 hear old bethpage Beth page call him film Ver verged geel tile old man I 1 keel too ell eh if oh no no I 1 she cried let us Is go away somewhere they will never let you alone it will be better to ho be in ili the city than hero here just a little while longer wo we stay in tills this place ell ch then we meet monsieur boyce in Alem memphis pIlls nn you ou mar ry him till nn lie he take rou ou away for the honeymoon deraps to france an all ho buy you the silk dresses ire ases tin nn ninny many beautiful things lings ti an then I 1 come and join you fin an wo we nil all live happy eh nut but but I 1 do not like monsieur boyce I 1 aln rial I 1 you learn soon lie ile Is a n fina walt wait till 0 we o see him in memphis nn an sou know 11 bilm ln better Y you ou will lovo love him then nn an be happy I 1 go go now ow au nin mn polte 11 estepho went down to ills fits boat feeling that lie he had find outwitted her impatience of tile the swamp and she ran bacu to tier her room to gaco through tile tho win dow but soon sho she came out with a big biff leather hound book of plays find put it on tile the ground beneath the onks oaks then with a broom made of stiff stift tolga she swept tho the ground unstrung a eat cat er pillar swinging down and carried it away out of the range of tier her stage from tile house she brought a narrow strip of rush matting spread jt beneath ft a tree raising one edge as if 1 to form of it a sort of brick back a sofa from the house she brought a box to sarve for or a table and from out beyond tho the of cane she inui gathered lilies plucking from the bank a great vint looked like a trumpet these sho she lium hung on oil ahe lonsway low sway ing brunches branches of tier her playhouse trees or with sharp thorns pinned them to the rugged baeff i a curtain to drape the wall above d tier lier pretend like divan site she silt down and waited ih n I 1 ong long time The cane stirred and she seized iter her booko book opened where a 6 lily illy stem atom marked tier her favorite play tind anu ninde made herself belbie that site she ana ra rending reading it wits wa only a breeze that rustled in the cane she could hear it now limp ing amid build the lie glossy leaves aboe her why should site olio he be imp impatient allent she could wait had she not walte waited d night after night for tier her fathers footsteps had find she not sat in ili hie file house alone and not afraid when the file storm angled the tops of the cypress trees and lashed the lio enyou nind mad slie she had find not heard beard a bound but look ing bechance by chance site she saw drace brace coming through tile the cane and site she sprang up to meet him the playbook play book pressed against tier her bosom bosi Oin lile 11 monsieur I 1 dont call ball me monsieur 1 all mil virgil she sh dropped her book ile he bent to jo pick it up tip hut but she snatched it from beneath ills hn hand blind arid stood back from him oh it was ans you I 1 lien I 1 it was you tile ati so ho strong sn oiin biml lint would break my wrist alst it wits was youl Nu audine dine it ivas as riot not to hurt him with it lailye life he would have killed nn old antin und tind then they would have hav hinged ged him my iny other hand bield yours to protect you it must in ie true I 1 will believe you virgil I 1 know you brave anil and not wish to io hurt on nn old num ajan no you could not do to that hat you will forgive tile me yo site sin held forth her hand wid taking it tenderly lie loti ched it with hla lips and kllc c at princess icess she accepted the fion homage inge due dite her arid and her beauty come collie stow now we play piny slie she suld said sweetly and A nd it tiju must 81 be free like the he hoy tind and the lie girl but first you sou sit loun down here arid and tell teli me ard and dodou do you know what I 1 said ald to myself I 1 said you are ar to be my wife TO UK DE CONTINUED |