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Show Brown J at KlLDMli iJ MEREDITH NICHUfesjMyiJ SYNOPSIS. Thomas Ardmoro ami Henry Maine Grlswold stumble upon Intriguo when tho governors of North anil South Carolina are reported to have, quarreled. Grls-wold Grls-wold allies himself with Hnrbnra Osborne, Os-borne, daughter of the governor of South Carollnu, whllo Ardmoro espouses tho cause of Jerry DanKerlleld, daughter of the governor of North Carolina. These two young ladles are trying to fill tho shoes of their fathers, whllo the latter are missing. Uoth states are In a turmoil tur-moil over one Applowelght, an outlaw with great political Influence. Unaware of each other's position, both Grlswold and Ardmore set out to mako the other prosecute Applewelght. Valuablo papers In the Applewelght case aro missing from the olllce of Gov. Osborne and Grlswold places the theft at the door of tho scheming attorney general. Ardmoro charters a caboose nnd starts for tho border to plan tho arrest of Applewelght. Jerry meanwhile. Is a guest at Ardsloy. Ardmoro's posso takes tho field. CHAPTER X. Continued. Ho was more buoyant than sho had seen him, nnd sho liked tho note of affection that cropt Into his tone as ho spoko of his frlond. "Ardmoro Is tho most remarkable person allvo," Grluwold continued. "You remember I spoke of him this morning. Ho likes to play tho inscrutable in-scrutable Idiot, nnd lie carries It off pretty well; but underneath he's really real-ly clever. Tho most amazing Idens tako hold of him. You never could lmnglno what he's doing now! I mot him accldpntally In Atlanta the other day, and he was In pursuit of a face a girl's face that ho had seen from a car window for only an Instant on a siding somewhere. IIo declared to mo most solemnly that tho girl winked at him!" Grlswold was aware that Miss Osborne's Os-borne's Interest In Ardmoro cooled perceptibly. "Oh!" sho snld, with that delightful delight-ful lntonntlon with which a woman utterly extinguishes a sister. "I shouldn't havo told you that," Bald Grlswold, guiltily awaro of falling temperature. "Ho is cnpablo of following fol-lowing a winking eye at a perfectly respectful distance for a hundred yeurs, and of being entertained all the time by tho Joy of pursuit." "It seems very unusual," said Barbara, Bar-bara, with cold flnnllty. Grlswold remembered this talk as, tho next day, aboard the train bound for Turner Court House, tho seat of Mingo county, South Cnrolina, ho pondered pon-dered a telegram ho had received from Ardmore. Ho rend and re-read this message, chowlng cigars and scowling at tho landscape, and tho cause of his perturbation of spirit mny bo roughly summarized In these words: On leaving the executive mansion tho night before, he had studied maps In his room nt tho Saluda house, and carefully planned his campaign. Ho had talked by telephone with tho prosecuting nttorney of Mingo county, coun-ty, and found that official politely responsive. re-sponsive. So much had gone well. Then tho Juxtaposition of Ardmoro's estate to tho border, and the posslblo use ot tho house as headquarters, struck In upon him. Ho would, after all, generously tako Ardmoro into tho game, and they would uphold tho honor and dignity of tho great commonwealth com-monwealth of South Carolina together. togeth-er. Tho keys of all Ardmoro's houses were, so to speak, In Grls-wold's Grls-wold's pocket, nnd Invitations wero unnecessary between them; yet, nt At-lnnta At-lnnta Ardmoro had mado a point of asking Grlswold down to help whllo away tho tedium of Mrs. Atchison's houso party, and ns a mattor of form Grlswold wired from Columbia, advising ad-vising Ardmoro of his unexpected do-scent. do-scent. Even in case Ardmoro should still bo abroad In pursuit of tho winking eye, tho doors of tho huge houso would bo open to Grlswold, who had entered thoro so often as tho owner's fninlllar friend. Thcso things ho pondered deeply ns ho road and reread re-read Ardmore's reply to his message, a reply which wns plainly enough dated at Ardsloy, but which, ho could not know, had really boon written In cnbooso 0180 as It lay on n Riding In tho southeastern yards at Ralolgh,' and thence dispatched to tho manager at Ardsloy, with Instructions to for-ward for-ward it as a now messngo to Grlswold Grls-wold nt Columbia. Tho chilling words thus flung nt him wore: I'rof. Henry Mnlno Grlswold, Saluda Houso, Columbia, S. C. : I am very sorry, old man, but I can not Tnirouu"rn3TJtii 1 uuw. tfrrn-ta ri-vui-t.r epidemic among my tenants, and I could not think of exposing you to danger. As soon us tho aceurned plague pusses I want to have you down. An opldomlc that closed tho gates of Ardsloy would assumo tho proportions propor-tions of n nutlonal disaster; for oven If tho great houso Itself wore quarantined, quar-antined, there wero lodges and bunga- lows scattered over the domain, whero a host of gueBtB could bo entertained In comfort. Grlswold reflected that the very fact that ho had wired from Columbia must havo lntlmnted to Ardmore Ard-more that his friend was flying toward to-ward him, pursuant to tho Atlanta invitation. in-vitation. Grlswold dismissed a thousand thou-sand speculations as unworthy. Ardmoro Ard-moro had never shown tho remotest trace of snobbishness, and as far as tho threatened houso party wns concerned, con-cerned, Grlswold know Mrs. Atchison very well, and had been entertained at her New York house. Tho patronizing tone of tho thing caused Grlswold to flush at ovory reading. If tho Ardsloy (Into line had not been so plainly written; if tho phraseology wero not so characteristic, characteris-tic, thero might be room for doubt; but Ardmoro Ardmore, of all men, had slapped him In tho face! But, scarlet fever or no scarlot fovor, tho pursuit of Applewelght had precedence of private grievances. By tho time ho reached Turner Court House Grlswold had dismissed the ungraciousness of Ardmore, nnd his jaws wore set with a determination to perform the mission intrusted to him by Barbara Osborne, and to wait until later for an accounting with his unaccountable friend. Arrived nt Turners, Grlswold strode at onco townrd the courthouse Tho contemputuous rejection of his tornoy on sight. His namo was Habor-aham. Habor-aham. ud ho was a youngstor with a .lear nnd Bteady gray oyo. Instead of Iho Bouthorn statesman's flowing Prlnco Albert, ho woro a sack-coat of gray jeans, and wns othorwlso distinguished distin-guished by n shirt of whlto and bluo check. Ho grinned as Grlswold bent a puzzled look upon him. "I took your courses nt tho university uni-versity two years ngo, professor, and I romember distinctly that you always woro a red cravat to your Wednesday's Wednes-day's lectures." "You havo dono well," ropllcd Grlswold, Grls-wold, "for I nover oxpoctcd to find nn old student who romombored half as much of mo ns that. Now, as I understood un-derstood you over tho tolophono, Applowelght Ap-plowelght wns indicted for stealing a ham In this county by tho Inst grand Jury, but tho sheriff hns failed or ro-fused ro-fused to mako tho arrest. How did tho grand Jury como to Indict If this outlaw dominates all tho hill country?" "Tho grand Jury wanted to mako a showing of vlrtuo, and It was, of course, understood between tho foro-man, foro-man, tho leader of tho gang, nnd tho sheriff that no wnrrant could bo served on Applowelght. I did my duty; tho grand Jury's act was exemplary; ex-emplary; and thoro tho wheels of Justice Jus-tice nro blocked. The samo thing Is practically truo across tho stato lino In Dllwell county, North Carolina. These men, led by Applowelght, uso their Intimate knowlcdgo of tho country coun-try to cludo pursuers when at times the revenue men undcrtnko a raid, and the county authorities havo novor seriously molested thorn. Now nnd then ono ot thcso sheriffs will mako a feint of going out to look for Applowelght, Applo-welght, but you mny bo Buro that duo notice is given beforo ho starts. Thrco I revenue officers have lately been killed whllo looking for thcso men, nnd tho government is likely to tako vigorous notion beforo long." "Wo mny ns woll bo frank," said Grlswold In his most professional volco. "I don't want tho federal nu- I ' a& Pondered a Telegram He Had Received. message by tho sheriff of Mingo had angered Grlswold, but ho was destined to feel oven moro polgnnnt Insolence when, entering the sheriff's olllce, a deputy, languidly posed ns a letter "V" in a swivel-chair, with his feet on tho mantel, took n cob pipe from his mouth and lazily answered Grls-wold's Grls-wold's Importunate query with: "Tho sheriff ain't hyoh, soli. He's n-vlsltln' his folks in Tonnessy." "When will ho bo back?" domanded Grlswold, hot of heart, but maintain-Ins maintain-Ins tho Icy tone that had mndo him so formldnblo In cross-examination. "I reckon I don't know, s'Jh." "Do you know your own nnmo?" persisted Grlswold sweetly. "Go to hell, soh," replica, tho doputy. Ho reached for a match, relighted his pipe, and cnrofully crossed his feet on tho mnntol-sholf. Tho moment Grls-wold's Grls-wold's stops died away In tho outer corridor tho doputy roso nnd busied hlmsolf so Industriously with tho telo-phono telo-phono thnt within nn hour nil through tho Mingo hills, and even beyond tho 1 arniToTTnnng'lomjry-tnritsTnrcrostt' hllls nnd through vnlleys, and besldo cheery creeks and brooks, it wns known that a strange man from Columbia Co-lumbia was in Mingo county looking for tho sheriff, nnd Applowelght, nllas Poteet, and his mon woro overywhero on guard. Grlswold liked tho prosecuting at- thorltles to tako thcso men; It Is Important Im-portant that they should not do so. This Is an affair between tho governors govern-ors of tho two Carollnns. It has been said that neither of thorn dnrcs press tho matter of arrest, but I am hero In Gov. Osborne's bohalf to glvo tho lie to thnt Imputation. Gov. Osborno has been viciously mnllgnod. Suppose nil theso people wero arrested In Mingo county under theso Indictments, what would bo tho result trial and acquittal?" acquit-tal?" "Just thnt, In splto of any effort mado to convict them." "Woll, Gov. Osborno Is tired of this business nnd wants tho Applowelght scandnl disposed of onco nnd for all." "Thnt's strange," romnrked Habor-sham, Habor-sham, clearly surprised at Grlswold's vigorous tono. "I cnlled on tho governor gov-ernor In his offlco nt Columbia only ton days ago, and ho put mo off. He said ho had to preparo an nddress to doliver beforo tho South Carolina Political Reform Association, and ho couldn't tako up tho Applewelght -ctrsu; nnd-l-tftriled on KowrOpUir-ilie-attornoy general, and ho grow furiously furious-ly angry, nnd said I was guilty of tho gravest malfeasanco In not having brought thoso men to book long ngo. When I suggested that ho connive with tho governor townrd removing our sheriff, he declared that tho governor gov-ernor was a coward. IIo seemed anx- t j lous to put tho governor In n hole, H though why ho should tako that nttl- 1 tudo I can't mako out, as It has been 1 gonerally understood thnt Gov. Ob- 1 borno's personal friendliness for him secured his nomination nnd election to tho attorney generalship, and I havo heard that he Is engaged to Iho governor's oldest daughter." "Ho's a contemptible hound," ro-plied ro-plied Grlswold with feeling, "and At tho proper time wo shall deal with ,H him; but It is of moro Importance) Just now to mnko Applewelght n prlsonor In North Cnrolina. It ho's arrcBted over thero, that lets us out; and If tho North Cnrolina authorities won't ar- J rest tholr own criminals wo'll go over J in Dllwell county nnd show them how to bo good. Tho man's got to bo locked up, and ho'd look much bottor in n North Cnrolina jail, under all tho circumstances." "That's good In theory, but how do you Justify It In law?" "Oh, that's tho merest matter ot formulao! My denr Habersham, all tho usual procesBCB of law go down beforo emergencies!" The airiness of Grlswold's tono caused tho prosecutor to laugh, for this was not tho sobor assoclato pro- J fessor of admiralty whoso lectures ho had sat under at tho University ot Virginia, but a different person, whoso new nttltudo toward tho law and its enforcement shocked him immoasur- "Well, ns I told you ovor tho telo-phone, telo-phone, wo hear a great deal about Ap-plewclght Ap-plewclght and his crowd, but wo nover hear much of tholr enemies, who nre, novcrtholcss, of tho samo general stock, and equally dotormlncd whon aroused. Ten of theso mon I havo quietly called to meet at my farm out hero a tow miles from town, on Thursday night. Thoy como from different points over tho country, and wo'll havo a small but grim pobso that Xl will be ready for business. You may H not know it, but tho Applowelghts aro most religious. Applewelght hlmsolf boasts that ho novor misses church on Sunday. Ho goes also to tho mid-week mid-week service on Thursday night, so I havo learned, nnd thereby hangs our"vv. ' ;H opportunity. Mount Nobo church lies I oft hero townrd tho north. It's a lono-ly lono-ly point In Itself, though It's tho spir-itunl spir-itunl center nnd rendezvous for a wldo area. If Applewelght can bo taken nt all, that's tho place, and I'm willing to mako tho trial. Whether to stam-pedo stam-pedo the church and mako a fight, or seize him alono as ho approaches tho place, is a question for discussion with tho boys I havo engaged to go into tho gamo. How docs it strlko "First rate. Ten good men ought to be enough; but if It comes down to A numbers, tho stato mllltla can bo J H brought Into uso. Tho South Carolina T National Guard Is in enmp, and wo can havo a regiment quick enough, if I nsk it." . Hnbershnm whistled. I (TO HI3 CONTINUED.) I "iH |