Show r n i ± 1 tl a SERIAL f I STORY THE LITTLE BROWN JUG i i AT I I I Ii I KILDARE 4II t It l t Hy t r MEREDITH NICHOLSON Illustration Hy HAY WALTTIlS a It w m I it Oapjrlgbt INS ij The llobblMcrrlll Coinpan1 r i U SYNOPSIS 4 4 Thomas Arilmore bored millionaire tp 3 and Henry Mulno Orlawolil professor In I the Atlanta of Virginia tnka colleges out of Atlanta OrUwolil to Ills collcse JXnlmora In pursuit of n girl who had winked nt him Mistaken for Clov OR borno of Soilth Carolina Qrlawoliln life 1 lit threatened Ho goes to Columbia to jn warn the governor and meets Ilarbara v Osborne Ardmoro learns that his winking II I I wink-ing lady Is tile daughter of One Danger tend of North Carolina Uo I + follows her I to Itnlrlgh and on the way Is given a + 4 jt l brown Jug at Klldarc In Ualclgh ho discovers i t dis-covers that tho jug boars a mrHsngo 1 threatening Dnngerflcld unless Apple i weight a criminal Is allowed to go free Ar1m ore becomes nlllcd with Jerry Dan + tl Kcrfleld In running tho affairs of the state t In the absence of the governor A borne n telegram Is eont to Clov Oi IIaa05 i bornu Grlswold becomes adviser to Uar t u t burn OSborne who Is attending to her fathers ai t fa-thers duties In Booth Carolina Orders I are sent to tho sheriff to capture AppleS Apple-S weight Vuluablo pipers are missing i from Qovr Osbornas omco pa t j CHAPTER VIIContlnued j RR s + I But you forget that you represent Mr Osborne On tho other hand I T represent Gov Osborne nnd If I want r 1 tho Applowclght papers I had every I right to thorn After ofllco hours feloniously and with criminal Intent laughed Grls t woldWo t Wo will assume thnt I have them d tr e sneered lloaworth and such being t1 tho case I will return thorn only to pu the governor ° te + Thorand Grlawolds smile u broadened If It comes to concessions i is conces-sions I will grant thnt you nre within rx l with-in your rights In wishing to placo e rl them In tho governors own hands ft r The governor of South Carolina Is th i now so to speak in camera o The governor Is hiding Hes i afraid to como to Columbia and the tier whole state knows it The papers my friend and I will r r b satisfy you that the governor of South 1 11 Carolina Is under this roof and transacting trans-acting business t Here In tho statehouso demanded + demand-ed Dosworth and he blanched and twisted tho buttons of his coat nervously a ° L m nerv-ously Tho governor of South Carolina i the supremo power of tho state f charged with full responsibility enJoying I Joying all tho Immunities rights and 1i1 I privileges unto him belonging It was char that Rosworth took no j 1 stock whatever In Grlawolds story 4 4 but Grlswolds pretended employment r t by the governor and his apparent knowledgo of tho governors affairs I piqued his curiosity He stepped to v r t an Inner office camo back with a 14 k 1 packet of papers and thrust a revolver revol-ver Into his pocket with so vain a 4 ry show of it that GrIswold laughed aloud tv + IoudWhutl Do you still back your arguments t ar-guments with firearms down hero Its a method that has gone out of i 1 y td I fashion In Virginia If theres a trick In this it will beG I be-G r the worse for you scowled Bos t I s worth 1 i I > r And pray remember on your side thnt you are to give these documents 2 4 into tho hands of the governor Como fil along rSlk i They met the watchman in the corridor cor-ridor nnd he saluted them and passed t r f on Bosworth strode eagerly forward in his anxiety to prick tho bubblo of Grlswolds pretensions aw + Griswold threw open the door of if I 6k t t I the governors receptlon room and they blinked In the stronger light that it poured In from tho private ofllco There in the governors chair by the t t broad official desk sat Barbara Os toy borne reading a newspaper Your excellency said Grlswold bowing gravely and advancing beg mti to present tho attorneygeneral r Barbara I np a Tho papers fell from the attorney 4 generals hands He stood staring until t i t a un-til astonishment began to yield to + r m rage as lip realized that n trap had S l been sprung upon him The girl had c risen Instantly and a smile played a about her lips for a moment Sho i had vaguely surmised that Grlswold would charge Bosworth with tho loss of tho papers but her associate In they the-y conspiracy had now glvon a turn to the matter that amused her u Barbara I blurted tho attorney I I r general what gamo is thiswhat i v contemptible trick Is this stranger I playing on you Dont you understand t 4 that your fathers absence Is a most serious matter and that In the present pres-ent condition of this Applowelght affair af-fair it Is likely to Involve him and the state In scandal r Barbara regarded him steadily for a moment with a negative sort of gaze Sho look a step forward before I sho spoke and then she asked quickly to f and sharply I What have you done Mr Bos a worth to avert these calamities and what was In your mind when you I r pried open tho drawer and took out those papers I I was going to use the requisition requisi-tion How I Why I expected I Mr Bosworth expected to effect a coup for his own glory during the governors absence suggested Gris I I woldHow How nnd Barbaras voice rang Imperiously and her eyes flashed Send this unknown person this Impostor and muddler away and I will talk to you as old friends may I toll together and he glared fiercely at Griswold who stood fanning himself I him-self with his hat I asked you how you Intended to serve my father Mr Bosworth be causo you sent mo this afternoon a letter in which you threatened me you threatened mu with my fathers ruin If I did not marry you You would take advantage of my trouble nnd anxiety to force that question on me when I had answered it onco and for all long ago Before this stranger I want to toll you that you nro a do splcablu coward and that If you think you can humiliate mo or my father or I tho state by such practices as you hnvo resorted to you are very greatly mistaken And further Mr Bosworth If I find you Interfering qgnln In this matter I shall print that letter you wrote the today In every paper In tho state Now that Is all I have to say to you and I hope never to see you again Before you go Mr Bosworth said Griswold I wish to say that Miss Os borno has spoken of your conduct with altogether too much restraint I shall add on my own account that If I find you meddling again In this Applewelght case I shall first procure your removal from office and after that I shall take the greatest pleasure pleas-ure In flogging you within an Inch of your life Now go CHAPTER VIII The Labors of Mr Ardmore While ho waited for Miss Jerry Dangerfield to appear Mr Thomas Ardmore read for the first time tho constitution of the United States He had reached the governors once early and seeking diversion ho had picked up a small volume that boro some outward resemblance to n novel This proved however to be John stops American Politics and ho was amazed to find that this diminutive diminu-tive work contained tho answers to a great many questions which had often perplexed him but which ho had Imagined could not be answered except ex-cept by statesmen or by men like his friend Griswold who spent their lives In study 110 made noto of several matters i u D I PiF1 p u i iii p V This Work Contained Answers to a Great Many Questions he wished to ask Griswold about when they met again then turned back Into the body of the text and had read as far as Burrs conspiracy when Jerry Jer-ry came breezily In Ho experienced for the first tlmo in his life that obsession of guilt which sinks In shame tho office boy who Is caught reading a dime novel Jerry seemed to tower abovo him like an avenging angel and though her sword was only n parasol her words cut deep enough Well you are taking It pretty cool Taking what faltered Ardmore standing up and seeking to hide the book behind his back Why this outrageous article and she thriifat a newspaper under his eyes Do you mean to say you havent seen tho morning paper To tell you tho truth Miss Danger field I hardly ever read tho papers Whats that you wore reading when I came In she demanded severely se-verely withholding the paper until she should be answered Its a book about the government and tho powers reserved to the states and that sort of thing I was Just reading the constitution I thought It might holp usI mean youIn your workTho The constitution help mot Hasnt It occurred to you before this thnt what Im doing Is all against the constitution con-stitution nnd the revised statutes and all those books you r i on tho shelf there thoroBut But the constitution sounds all right It deems remarkably reasonable reason-able You couldnt ask anything fairer fair-er than that So are tho ten commandments fair enough but youre on tho wrong track Mr Ardmoro If youro trying to support tho present administration with stupid things In books I dont follow precedents Mr Ardmore I create them Sho turned to tho morning mall while he read and opened tho envelopes rapidly Such of the letters ns she thought Interesting or Important Impor-tant sho put aside and when Ardmoro finished reading a doubleleaded telegram tele-gram from Columbia In which tho governor of Soutb Carolina was quot cd as declaring his intention of taking Immediate steps for the apprehension of Applewelght sho was still reading and sorting letters tapping her cheek lightly meanwhile with the official paperknife Here Mr Ardmore she said drawing n paper from her pocket Is I tho answer to that telegram we sent yesterday evening Suppose you read that next and wo can then deride what to do Sho was making the letters Into lit tlo piles humming softly mcanu > llo i but he felt that there was a stern brewing Ho read the message from Columbia a number of times and if the acting governor had not been so ominously quiet ho would have laughed laugh-ed at the terse sentence There must be a tnlscnke about this Ho wouldnt have used diverting divert-ing that way thats Insulting So you appreciate Its significance do you Mr Ardmoro Tho Iron enters en-ters your soul does it You realize that I have been Insulted do you I shouldnt put It that way Miss Dangerlcld Gov Osborno would never have sqnt a message like that to youhe thought ho was sanding It to your father lies Insulted me and every other citizen In the Old North Slate thats who hes Insulted Mr Ardmoro IJt mo read It ngaln and she repeated the telegram aloud Your extremely diverting telegram tele-gram In Applewelght case received and filed I think Its the extremely thats so perfectly mean The diverting divert-ing by Itself would not hurt my feelings feel-ings half so much lies a good deal smarter man than I thought ho was to think up a telegram like that But what do you think of that piece In tho newspaper Ho says hes going to catch Apple weight dead or alive That sounds pretty serious I think Its a bluff myself That telegram wo sent him yesterday must have scared him to death Ho was driven into a corner and had to do something to avoid being disgraced and Its easy enough to talk big In tho newspapers when you havent the slightest Intention of doing anything at all Ivo noticed that father talks the longest nnd loudest about things he doesnt believe at allIs all-Is It possible whispered Ard more Incredulously Of course Its possible Father would never have been elected If hed expressed his real sentiments neither would anybody else ever be elected If he said beforehand what he really believed That must havo been the reason I got defeated for alderman on tho reform re-form ticket I told cm I was for turning tho rascals out That was very stupid of you Youve got to get the rascals to elect you first then if youro tired of office of-fice and dont need them any more you bounce them But thats political practice Its a theory weve got to work out now Tho newspapers area are-a lot of bother I spent nil yesterday evening talking to reporters They camo to the house to ask where papa was and when he would be home What did you tell them I didnt tell them anything I sent out for two other girls and we all just talked to them and kept talking and gave them lemon sherbet and ginger cookies and Eve Hungerford played the banjo But what were you doing Mr Ardmore that you didnt come I around to help It seems to mo you dont appreciate tho responsibilities of being secretary to a governor I was afraid you might scold mo If I did And besides I was glued to the long distance telephone all evenIng even-Ing talking to my manager at Ards ley He read mo my letters and a lot ot telegrams that annoyed me very much I wish you wouldnt be so hard on me for I have trifling troubles trou-bles of my own I didnt suppose you ever had troubles trou-bles you certainly dont act as though you ever had No one who has never been brother broth-er in litw to a duke has tho slightest idea of what trouble Is Ive seen tho duke of Bnllywlnkles picture In the papers and he looks very attractive Well If youd ever seen him eat celery youd change your mind Hes going down to Ardsley to visit motor mo-tor sheer nerve I must say my relations rela-tions bent the world I got my place over here In North Carolina Just to get away from them and now my sis tornot the duchess but Mrs AtchIson Atch-Ison Is coming down there with a lot of girls and Bnllywlnklo has attacked at-tacked himself to the party Theyll pass through here today and theyll expect to find me at Ardsley TO UK CONTINUED Various Jewish Projects As long ago as 1CCC Snbntl Zevl set the Jews of Europe preparing for a return to Palestine Not only the poorer poor-er brethren but even tho rich merchants mer-chants of Venice nnd Leghorn jvero seized by the excitement and for a whole century the great bulk of the people refused to be disillusioned It was not until the appearance of George Eliots Danlol Deronda that the Jewish Jew-ish nationalist movement received another stimulus so strong as this bat In the meantime many schemes wore propounded Including an attempt In 1S51 I to float a company to enable the descendants of Israel to obtain and cultivate the land of promise Various Var-ious famous people have been interested Inter-ested In the Idea of establishing an independent In-dependent Jewish kingdom not necessarily I neces-sarily In Palestine Tho Dutch West India Company tried the experiment In Curflcoa nnd Oliver Cromwell did the same In Surinam i Marshal Saxe proposed such a kingdom hi South America with himself as king and In I860 Judge Noah purchased Grand Island in the River Niagara with a view to founding a Jewish state |