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The Raleigh papers have wired for Information and we'd like to know here” "I cannot answer that question It’s enough that the governor is absent on state business and that the business You may print that in is important and repeat the Intelligencer It to There Is no harm in that Raleigh Miss Osborne?” "No certainly not” Barbara re- plied "But the papers all over the state are talking about the Appleweight gang They intimate that those people enjoy immunity from prosecution and that the governor — you will par don me Miss Osborne — will take no steps to arrest them for personal rea sons” "Your question Is quite proper” re“The governor's acts plied Griswold are subject to scrutiny at all times and It Is just as well to have this mat ter understood now I am employed but If you taka ther Identification down that volume on Admiralty Prao tlce just behind you you will find my on the title name page Or to save you the trouble as you seem to be I will interested In my appearance tell you that my name Is Griswold and that my address is Charlottesville Va” If "You are undoubtedly lying you are smart enough to write a book you ought to know enough about legal procedure to understand that the attvantage" "This is all right is It Miss Os- orney general represents the state counsel would not be and special borne?” asked the reporter "Maj' Griswold has full authority chosen without his knowledge" “Allow me to correct you my learnto act and you need question nothing You should never mised brother he tells you” Barbara replied "I suppose the governor didn’t see quote the opposing counsel— it’s one the attorney general asked of the rules of the game What I said the reporter detalningly as Barbara a moment ago was that I represented I didn’t r3e She exchanged a glance with the governor— Gov Osborne the state which Is say I represented Griswold "Father didn’t see Mr Bosworth at a different matter and beset with no is vires ultra There earthpitfalls if all that’s what you mean!" Well "Didn’t see him? ly reason why a governor should not Bosworth didn’t exactly tell me he had seen detach himself so to speak from his him but I asked him about the office and act In propria persona an case an hour ago at his a mere citizen” Appleweight Bosworth grinned but not at the house and he said the governor wasn’t going to do anything and that was the legal status of monarchs and states end of It so far as the administration He had thought of a clever stroke and he dealt the blow with confidence is concerned” "Let us assume" he said "that you "Print bis story and see what hapMr Osborne represent May I ask pens! We have no comment to make the whereabouts of your client?” on that have we Miss Osborne?” You may ask anything “Certainly at all" replied' Barbara "Nothing you please but it will do you no good scornfully “I’m at the Saluda house at present It's an old rule of the game never to Gov Osdivulge a client’s secret See me and I may have anborne has his own reasons for absentiother story for you!” and Griswold shook the reporter warmly by the ng himself from his office However' was at home hand as they parted at the carriage he "I rather guess not as I had all the door You’ll have to do a "Home" said Barbara for the re- trains watched lot than that Mr Griswold” better benefit and Gristo then porter’s “He has Issued a statement to the wold: “I must speak of another matsince you lied to the Intelliter Drive with me a little way until public I gencer reporter about him today we can throw the reporter off” She spoke quietly but he saw that suppose It's part of your official duty she was' preoccupied with some new to misrepresent the head of the Btate in administration the hut the press of the situation and as the carphase governor Is in the saddle and I adriage gained headway she said earnvise you to be good” estly: felt that he The "That young man told the truth — I am sure of it — about Mr Bosworth I was not making headway His disadknew he would do something to in- vantage in dealing with a stranger anhe whose still identity questioned jure father if he could but I did not He did not know why know be had the courage to go so gered him Griswold had sought him out and be far” was chagrined at having allowed himThey were now at the edge of the town and she bade him stop the car- self to be so easily cornered “You seem to know a good deal” riage “How did you get Into be sneered "We must go to the statehouse” “We must get that this thing anyhow?” said Griswold "My dear sir I was chosen by the to guard against treason requisition In the citadel that Gov governor because of my superior ah Assuming don’t you see? But I’m Osborne really doesn’t want to see tainments we'd better in a hurry now I came here on a Appleweight punished I want that requiparticular errand hold the requisition anyhow It's sition in the Appleweight case — quick! possible that your father bad it ready — if you please Mr Bosworth” —do pardon me!— for a "Mr Griswold or whoever you are play or he may have wanted to bring either a fool or a blackguard are you Appleweight into the friendlier state —but that’s all conjectural We’d bet- There isn’t any requisition for The governor never had the ter keep out of the principal streets sand to Issue any If you must know That reporter has a sharp eye” jf knew anything She gave the necessary directions ' the truth! If you and the driver turned back into Co- about the governor you would know lumbia It was pleasant to find his that that’s why Osborne Is biding to himself can’t He offend afford the accomplice in this conspiracy a girl if you must know the of keen wit who did not debate mat- Appleweights truth” ters or ask tiresome questions The disagreeable “Mr Bosworth" began Griswold debusiness ahead was serious enough "that requisition duly though he tried by manner tone and liberately the seal of the signed and bearing words to minimize its gravity "Have you the office keys?” he secretary of state as by the statutes asked "Yes I have been afraid to let go of them There’s a watchman in the building but he knows me very well There will not be the slightest trouble about getting in” The watchman — an old confederate veteran — sat smoking in the entrance bade them good evenand courteously ing "I want to get some papers from father's office captain” Miss Barbara” He pre"Certainly on the lights ceded them throwing ne which door to the governor’s “It’s opened with his own pass key here at night Miss pretty lonesome I use your name la this connection air?” “Not at all My engagement with is of the most confiGov Osborne dential character and our purposes would be defeated by publicity Remember you get the exclusive use of this story — the return and Immediate of statethe governor his departure ment to the people in the Applewelght case — all with the understanding that you use what you have to the best ad- by the governor as special counsel in some state matters My name Is Griswold Take out your book and come to the desk here and I will give you a statement which you may publish as by the authority of the governor” The three found seats at a table and Griswold dictated while the reporter wrote Barbara meanwhile sit- Barbara" ting with her cheek resting against “I suppose nobody comes at night" She was experiencher raised hand remarked Griswold ing the relief we all know of finding "Not usually sir But one or two arm In lean to an students are at work in the a strong upon library and she realized that Gris- and Mr Bosworth is in his office” emergency wold was not only wise but shrewd The veteran walked away Jingling and resourceful his keys Barbara was already In the "Please print this exactly as I give private office bending over the govit: It having been intimated in cer- ernor's desk She found the right tain quarters that the Appleweight drew out a drawer then cried key gang of outlaws which has been ter- out softly She knelt beside the desk rorizing the North Carolina frontier throwing the papers about in her for several years enjoys immunity then turned to Griswold from prosecution in South Carolina eagerness with a white face to the Gov fact that Osborne owing "The drawer has been opened since was at some time attorney for I was here this morning The requiGov Osborne begs to say that sition other papers In the and all steps have already been taken for the case are gone the ” arrest of this man and his followers Griswold'" examined the lock caredead or alive The governor presents his compliments to those amiable crit- fully and pointed to the roughened ics who have so eagerly seized upon edges of the wood "A blade of the shears therel or this pretext for slurring his private character and aspersing his official perhaps the paper cutter — who knows? so The matter Is simple enough acts The governor has no apologies to proffer the people of South Caro- please do not trouble about It Walt I want to make some lina who have so generously reposed here a moment He Inquiries of the watchman” in him their trust and confidence He found the old fellow pacing the Is intent upon safeguarding the peace dignity and honor of the state portico like a sentry He pointed out of law the attorney general's office threw on through an honest enforcement a few no additional lights for Griswold's has he or ambiand other aim guidance and resumed his patrol duty tion” outside Griswold took the reporter's noteThe attorney general’s door was book and read over this pronuncia-mentlocked but In response to Griswold's then be handed it to Barbara knock It was opened guardedly who studied it carefully “I am very sorry to trouble you Mr “I think it sounr’i just right only began Griswold quietly why not substitute for ‘honest’ the Bosworth” “but word ‘vigorous’?" edging his way into the room "Excellent” assented Griswold and one never gets wholly away from business rethese amended statement the was thus days” He closed the door himself and turned to the reporter Now” said Griswold to the young peered Into the Inner rooms to be man "you are getting a pretty good sure the attorney general was alone Item that no other paper will have Bosworth’s face flushed angrily when Please wire your story to Raleigh he found that a stranger had thus enGov Osborne is very anxious that the tered his office with a cool air of propeople up there shall understand fully prietorship Who the devil are you?” he dehis attitude In the Applewelght mat' manded glaring ter” "I'm special counsel for Gov Os "I reckon this will wake up old borne In the case all right” said the reporter Applewelght "He’ll toe paralyzed grinning May There’s no use In wasting time in fur Choicest f Meats and - Groceries SAUNA MEAT & SUPPLY The Many Uses of a Good Sewing Machine & There is practically no limit to the variety of work that can be done with a Singer Whether for the finest Sewing Machine the plainest home sewing or embroidery elaborate most the tailoring the Singer is equally efficient (Q Every woman takes pride in having these things but if they be her own handiwork' the satisfaction is complete because her own personality is reflected in every seam' Q The woman who uses a Singer may have everything in needlework she can desire— 6he is better dressed at much less cost her children are clothed according to her own taste and ideas she has attractive s table linen and an unending supply of ' dainty underwear 9 Moreover she is free from the worry and delay which always comes with the use of a “cheap” machine x 514 HUSHED E£25Z5ESZSZ5M15ZSZS252525B5Z5Z5 Prof EDISON OF VICTIM PHONOGRAPHS Piano Tuning And Repairing— Organs Cleaned and Repaired hava bees trying for a year and a half to get tbe Lewie Drag Oo to handle oar Phonographs and have at last aoeeeded They will oarry the different sized machine In (took at all time also tbe two mlanta or stand erd reor cords and the ftmherol four minute raoords We bav sent the Lewie Drag Co some of tbe finest we record most have In both tbe two minute and the four nlnnt kinds If yon like finemnslo go4n and hear the EDISON play Yonra Truly Dr P P Spicer Graduate Dental Surgeon TAILORING Decordant Notes Carollers Step up ztaira over the He restore and ask the man pair cleans and makea suits to oi d e r — — — — — mmm Professional Barbeis Step In and get acquainted And when yon need it let ne give yon tbe beet toneorial Agent for lb work In town Richfield Steam Laundry N J BATES Lawyer Notary Public IUCHFIELD fhite House Building! kWWWWVGNWLWXWWWW Collection! 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