Show f SERIAL STORY THE LITTLE BROWN JUG IIATI I I IiILDARE By N MEREDITH NICHOLSON Illiislrullnns By KAY WALTEUS Copyright 1UCS by Tho llobbsMcrrllt Company IJ SYNOPSIS Tliornns Ardmore nnil Henry Mnlno Grlswold stumble upon Intrigue when tliu governors of North anti South Carolina arc icixitted to have quarreled CSrlswold allies himself with Barbara Osborne ilmiRliter the governor of South Carolina I Caro-lina wlillo Ardmoro espouses the cause of Jerry Dangprneld ilaURhtcr of tho I governor of North Carolina These two young Indies nro trying to flll the shoes of their fathers while the latter urn missIng miss-Ing IJoth stales nro In a turmoil over one ApplowplRlit nn outlaw with great political Influence Unnwnro of each others oth-ers position both Grlawold and Ardmoro Bet out to make the other prosecute Ap plnwelRht l Ardmore orRiinlzis a big hunt Url wnlll also takes the neld Frank Collins Col-lins Atlanta reporter Is arrested by Ard more but released to become press agent for limn young mllllonnlrnB expedition Orl woldH men capture Bill AppIowclRht Jerry Dnncerlleld discovers tho captive outlaw and lends JIm to Ardsley her i own prisoner CHAPTER XIII Continued I Little gal Im an ole man and I hnlnt never dono yu no harm Your hnouso Is only a loathe way up thar and I cnlnt bo no more uso to yu I want t go homo and if yuH holp me ontle this yero harness and he grinned ns ho viewed his bonds In the fuller light of tho open road Then hootbeats thumped the soft earth of another of tho trails that converged at this point nnd Ardmore and Collins flashed out upon Jerry and her captive amid a wild panic of horses Applowelght twisted and turned In his saddle but Jerry Instantly hold up her hand and arrested the Inquiries of her deliverers Mr Ardmore this gentleman was most rudely set upon by two strangers as he was leaving a church over there somewhere In tho woods I was lost nnd ns his appearance at tho time nnd place seemed almost providential I begged him to guldo mo toward home which ho has most courteously done and Jerry to glvo tho proper touch to her explanation twitched the strap by which she held her prisoners horse so that It danced adding afresh I a-fresh absurdity to the wobbling figure of Its bound rider You are safe cried Ardmoro In a low tone to which Jerry nodded carelessly care-lessly In a way that directed attention atten-tion to the more Immediate business nt hand He wns not at once sure of his cue but there seemed to bo something some-thing familiar In tho outlines of the man on horseback and full Identlfica tlon broke upon him now with astounding as-tounding vividness Jugs ho began addressing the prisoner smilingly dear old Jugs to think wo should meet again I Since you handed mo tho Jug on the rear end of tho train a few nights ago life has had new meanings for me a dIm d-Im Just ns sorry as can bo that I gave you tho buttermilk I wouldnt have dono such a thing for billions In real money And now that you havo fallen Into the excellent hands of Miss Dan gerflqld Danperflold screamed tho prls oner lifting himself as high in tho saddle as his bonds would permit iI i I Certainly replied Ardmore Your rescuer Is none other than Miss Geraldine Ger-aldine Dnngerlleld Why gal began the outlaw of your pas tho guvnor of North Caroline Caro-line him itn mos ojd frlens Then will you kindly tell me you mama asked Jerry Allow mo to complete the Introduction Intro-duction Interrupted Collins who had hung bacl In silence Unless my eyes deceive me which Is wholly In probable this Is n gentleman whom I onco Interviewed In tho county Jail at Raleigh and ho was known at that time as William Applowelght alias Potoet You air right admitted the prisoner pris-oner without hesitation and then addressing ad-dressing Jerry Yer pa would lIe glad to know his dorter had helped ni ole frlen like me gal Yo may her heard him speak o mo But how about that message In the cork of the Jug you put on the train at Klldare demanded Ard more And tyhy did you send you brother to try to scare mo to death at Raleigh 1 That Is not of the slightest Impor lance Interrupted Jerry gently phy Ing with tho tether which held Mr Applowelght nor does It matter that papa and this gentleman are friends If this Is Indeed tho famous outlaw Mr William Applowelght then papa or no papa friend or no friend he Is 1 a prisoner of the state of North Caro hen Prlsner bawled Applowelght an you tho guvnors gal You have hit the situation exactly Mr Applowelght and as far us the ofllco of governor Is concerned It Is 1 capably filled by tho young gentleman on your left Mr 1 Thomas Ardraoro Let IIf now adjourn to his house r where If I am not mistaken a bit of t I cold fowl Is usually to bo found on the sideboard nt this hour But hold and Jerry checked her horse where can we lodge this gentleman Mr Ardmoro until we decide upon his further fate 7 We might put him In tho wino color col-or suggested Ardmore lie shall bo treated with tho greatest great-est consideration said Jerry and hcVcaftor no further adventuro befalling be-falling them they reached Ardafey where their arrival occasioned the greatest excitement CHAPTER XIV A Meeting of Old Friends HnberBhnms men had proved ox ccdlngly timid when It camo to tho business of threshing tho woods for Applowelght whom they regarded with n new awe now that ho had van shed so mysteriously They had searched the woods guardedly but tho narrow paths that led away Into the dim fastnesses of Ardsley wore for lddlng and these men were not without with-out their superstitions They had awaited for years an opportunity to strike at tho Applowelght faction they had at last taken their shot and had seemingly brought down their bird but their lack of spirit In retrieving re-trieving the game had been their undoing un-doing They had only aroused their most formidable enemy who would undoubtedly loso no time in seeking revenge They were a dolorqus band who after warily beating the woods dispersed In tho small hours of tho morning having found nothing but Applewclghts wool hat which only added to their mystification i Wo ought to havo taken him away on tho run said Habersham bitterly I as ho and Griswold discussed the mat tor on tho veranda of the prosecutors house nnd watched tho coming of tho dawn I didnt realize that thoso follows fol-lows lived In such mortal terror of the old man but they refused to make off with him until tho last of his friends had got well out of the way I ought to havo had moro sense myself than to havo expected the old fox to sit tied up like a calf ready for market Wo had all his friends accounted for those that werent at prayer meetIng meet-Ing were marked down somewhere i else and wo had a lino flung pretty well round tho church Applewelghts deliverance must havo como from somewhere Inside tho Ardmore property prop-erty Perhaps the game warden picked him up Perhaps tho Indians captured him suggested GrIswold yawning or maybe some Martian came down on a parachute and hauled him up Or as scarlet fever is raging at Mr Ardmores castloand his tono was Icy Applewelght was probably seized all of a sudden and broke away In his delirium Lets go to bed At eight oclock ho and Habersham rode into Turner Court House and a I f I I Found Nothing But Applewelghts Wool Hat Griswold went at onco to tho Inn to change his clothes No further steps could bo taken until some definite report re-port wns received as to Applewolghts whereabouts It had been tho most puerile transaction trans-action possible end ho was aware that a report of It which ho must wire at onco to Miss Barbara Osborne would not Impress that young woman with his capacity or trustworthiness In dllllcult occasions The Iron that had already entered Into his soul drove deeper Ho had ordered n fresh horse and was resolved to return to Mount Nebo church for a personal study of the ground In broad daylight As he crossed the musty parlor of tho little hotel to his great astonishment astonish-ment Miss Osbornos black Phoebe stationed where her eyes ranged the whole lower floor of the Inn drew nit tcntlon to herself in an elaborate courtesy Miss Barbra wish mo t say sho lone como henh on business and she like fo to see yo all right away She dono bring huh saddle and warn war-n rldln twoll you como back Shes ngettln ready antI Ill go toll huh you done come She got a heap o trouble thct young missis so she hev and tho black womans pursed lips seemed to Imply that Prof Orls wold was In somo measure responsible respon-sible for Miss Osbornos dlincultlcs As ho stared out Into the street n negro brought a horse bearing a better bet-ter saddle than MIngo county had over boasted and hitched It near tho horse ho had secured for himself An Instant later ho heard a quick step above and Miss Osborno sedately followed by tho black woman came downstairs Sho smiled and greeted him cordially but there was trouble In her brown eyes I didnt warn you of my coming I didnt want to bo a nuisance to you theres n newa most unaccountable perplexity It doesnt scorn right to burden you with Ityou have already A been so kind about helping mo but I I dam not turn to our oldest friends I have been afraid to trust fathers I friends at all since Mr Bosworth acted act-ed so traitorously I My time Is entirely at your service Miss Osborne but I havo n shameful I report to mako of myself I must ten failed before Yost how miserably I have We fore you trust me any further hat Is to say tho prosecuting attorney attor-ney of this county and a party he got together of Applnwclghts enemies caught the outlaw last nighttook him with tho greatest ease but ho got away from uBI It was all my fault and Im deeply disgusted with myself my-self I selfHo described tho capture and the subsequent mysterious disappearance of Applewelght and confessed the obvious necessity for great caution In further attempts to take the outlaw now that ho was on guard Barbara laughed reassuringly at the end of the story storyThoso men must have felt funny when they wont back to get tho prisoner oner and found that he had gone up i Into tho air Dut theres a new feature fea-ture of tho case thats more serious than the loss of this man and tho trouble again possessed her eyes She drew from her purse a cutting roma rom-a newspaper and handed It to him Thats from last nights Columbia Vldette which Is very hostile to my father Ho was already running over the heavily leaded column that set forth without equivocation the fact that Gov Osborno had not been In Columbia Colum-bia since he went to New Orleans It scouted the story that ho was abroad In the state on official business connected con-nected with tho Applewelght case tho yarn which GrIswold hind forced upon the friendly reporter at the telegraph tele-graph office In Columbia The governor gov-ernor of a state the Vidette went onto on-to elaborate could not vanish without leaving some trace of himself and a Vldette representative had traced the steps of Gov Osborne from New Orleans Or-leans until ho hind again entered South Carolina under cover of night and for purposes which for the honor of the stale the Vldette hesitated to disclose dis-close The writer of the article had exhausted ex-hausted the possibilities of gentle suggestion and vague Innuendo In an effort to create an Impression of mystery mys-tery and to pique curiosity as to further developments which were promised at any hour Griswolds wrath was aroused not so much against the newspaper which he assumed as-sumed had some fire for Its smothered smother-ed trifle of smoke but against tho governor of South Carolina himself who was causing the finest and noblest girl In the world infinite anxiety and lain I The thing Is preposterous he said lightly The Idea that your father would attempt to enter his own state surreptitiously Is Inconceivable In these days when public men are denied de-nied all privacy and when Its any mans right to deceive tho press If ho finds It essential to his own comfort nnd peace but the Intimation that your father Is In South Carolina for any dishonorable purpose Is preposterous prepos-terous One thing however Is certain cer-tain Miss Osborne and that Is that we must produce your father at tho earliest possible moment Dutand Barbara hesitated and her eyes near tears as they were wrought great havoc In Grlswolds soulbut father must not bo found until this Applewelght matter Is settled set-tled You understand without making me speak tho wordsthat lie might not exactly view the matter as we do It was a painful subject and tho fact that she was driven by sheer force of circumstances to appeal to him a stranger to aid her to performa perform-a public service in her fathers name rallied all his good impulses to her standard It was too delicate a mat ter for discussion It was a thing to be Ignored anti ho assumed at once a lighter tone Comn Wo must solve the riddle of the lost prisoner at once and your father will undoubtedly give an excellent ex-cellent account of himself when ho gets ready Meanwhile tho fiction that ho Is personally carrying tho war Into tho Applewelght country must be maintained and I shall step to the railway station and wire tho Columbia newspaper In his name that ho Is In Mlngo county on the trail of the outlaws TO Hi CONTINUED To Start A Tight Screw Lots of folks have tried to remove a stubborn screw from a pleco of wood a screw that wont budge at all and have In tho end given It up as a bad Job Well If such a thing occurs again dont give it up dont loso your temper or exert yourself but try this recipe for removing the screw Hunt a poker red hot and then hold It against the screw head for a little while wait a few minutes for the screw to cool down when It will be found that tho screw can be re moved quite easily with the same screw driver that Just previously would not perform the work The ex plnnatlon Is quite simple The red hot poker heats the screw the screw expands and makes the bole It Is In Just a wee bit bigger Tho screw then cools down and resumes Its original size o leaving tho hole In the wood a size too largeand there you are Look Out Boysl A German professor has found that a boy In walking a mile through the streets of a town Is exposed to 10000 000 germs and microbes that cause his death It seems they never may do cause his death but tho only safe way for a boy to do Is to remain at homo and take out the ashes and bring In tho coal If he feels any dan gor ho can black the cookatovo and whitewash the cellar |