Show = auHm SERIAL I STORY THE LITTLE BROWN JUG DAT J KILDARE ny MEREDITH NICHOLSON Illustrations ny BAY WALTERS Copyright IW8 by lho nobba DobboMerrlll s Con P07 SYNOPSIS the out Tholllns of Unlverslt Henry Atlanta Ardmore of Vlrginln bored professor Inko millionaire ins Ardmore In Griswold to his college IVIlIl < cd at him pursuit of n girl who had borne 10 threatened lot South Carolina Grlswoldo for Ga life Ic goon 10 Columbia to warn the governor and meets Uarbarn Osborne looghlady Is Ardmore tho lauShler Icnrlls of that Go Danger acid of orth Cnrollllll lie follows her to Halelh rind l 011 the 1111 Is way Iven brown n Jill nt Klldnre l 111 1 IL11tlln he din threntenl g Dnnc ertielnnrunless < Oaertleld II n It Apple plltht a criminal Ardmore becomeslnlllydlojtltlJ I to 10 free blcomcs alllrd with rry Dan gerlleld In rtlnnlll the nlTalrA of the stale cntiing telegram Ihe IIIcrnor A Ilathlllg sent tom borne tellsrom Is sent 10 God Os CHAPTER VI Mr Griswold Forsakes the Academic Life Miss Osborne had asked Griswold to await tho outcome of the day and finding himself thus possessed of a vacation he Indulged his antiquarian Instincts by exploring Columbia The late afternoon found him In the love ly cathedral churchyard where an aged negro tending the graves of an Illustrious family leaned upon his spade and recited the achievements and virtues of the dead As the shadows lengthened Grls wold walked hack to the hotel where he ate supper then calling for a horse he rode through the streets Inn In-n mood of more complete alienation than ho had ever experienced In a foreign country yet the very scents of the summer night stealing out from old gardens the voices that reached him from open doorways spoke of home As he reached the outskirts of town and rode on toward the governors mansion his mood changed and he laughed softly for he remembered Ardmore nnd Ardmore was beyond question the most amusing person he knew It was unfortunate ho generously I ously reflected that Ardmore rather than himself had not been plunged Into this present undertaking which was much more In Ardmores line that his own There would however be a great satisfaction In telling Ard more of his unexpected visit to Columbia Co-lumbia In exchange for his friends report of his pursuit of the winking nye Ho only regretted that In the nature of things Columbia Is a modern mod-ern city a seat of commerce ns well ns of government a place where bank clearings are seriously computed nnd where the Jaunty adventurer with sword and ruffles is quite likely to run afoul of the police Yet his own Imagination was far more fertile than Ardmores and he would have hailed a troop of mall clnd men ns Joyfully ns his friend had he met them clankIng clank-Ing In the highway Thus modern as wo think ourselves the least venturesome venture-some among us dreams that some day will some turn of a street corner bring him face to face with what we please to call our fate nnd this Is the manifestation of our last drop of medieval blood The grimmest seeker seek-er after reality looks out of the corner cor-ner of his eye for the flutter of a I white handkerchief from the Ivied tower ho affects to Ignore and In spite of himself he Is buoyed by the hope that some day n horn will sound hill for him over the nearest Miss Osborne met him nt the verin a mandolin and Indoors da steps of chords piano struck up the merry The Iutaw Girl sisters have company MY young Well sIt hero If you dont mind to a quiet corner Sho led the way seated she was all after they were silent moment while the light from a clearly that her windows showed the the morning was not yet of Tile foil that she was son end at n no troubled and he noxious and ously her If he could to hearten wished lighted dusk of the falntl soft The whs lIe heard folded her In corner first word In his heart a 111l1ns pored Is destined to love Df the woman ho and above which ho sets her apart In womenldndshe Is nil other hlYOI1 like other women 11IlTcront she Is not en she said her r It Is nearly nine J through hIm My fn thrilling voice here nn hour been have thlr should nothing from We have heard ago have telephoned him The newspapers wherenbouts know his repeatedlY 10 oft by IntlmatlnJ bust lntllflatifbust I have put then lntllflatif busl Il111ortnnt ho Is awn on Imlio ns might be his purpose and that mess whorcaboutR exact defeated Ir his were known In the world tliat 1111 doubt I have Iho nowspa ou Jnve tho oXIJlnnntlon Yllur millieI oft the truth Is pers groat deal be nbsont a father must business to I It Is part or n governors nut we mnr ns troll keep ill 1110tlon = face tho fact that his 1 lJa nfl 110W Is most just Ileweight embarrassing This Ap I and matter has reached a crisis mar injure yre ouro bandll It properly OUr rathers Public ers future n3 n would suL If you WU pardon wo I SOlllo ann lU slst wholll thM thero taketinto your y ° U cnn tnkl nto one In COllfltlellcesOfl1e friend some your fathers administration that you can rely on Yes father has I many friends but cannot consider acknowledging to any one wtf father has disappeared when weight such a matter na this Apple case IS an Issuo state v through the o I have thought of one tits every afternoon It would bo a painful know Li thing for his best friends to what IS truth Iswhat seems to u ° the Her voice wavered little a Sit she she was brae and he was aware chair and straightened herself In her When wnywal gleams of light fell upon her face that her lips Were set resolutely I You saw the ° attorney general this morning she went on As you sug Bested be would naturally be the one to whom I should ° ul11 lurn but I Cannot do It IIhere ls n asonnnd she faltered a momontthoro there are seato sons why I cannot appeal sea-to Mr Dos Worth nt this time She shrugged her shoulders as thnmh though throwing art a disagreeable topic and ho saw that there was I nothing more to be snld on this point Ills 1leart heals i quickened as he real Ized that she was appealing to him that though ho was only the most casual acquaintance she trusted him As he ponaercu lor a moment n messenger rode Into the grounds and Miss Osborne slipped away and mot the boy at the steps She came back mud opened a telegram reading the message nt one of the windows An indignant exclamation escaped her and she crumpled the paper In her hand handThe The impudence of Ill she ex claimed lie had risen and she now turned to him with anger and scorn deepening her beautiful color Her breath came quickly her head was lifted Imperiously her lips quivered slightly as she spoke This is from Gov Dangerfield Can you Imagine a man of nny character or decency sending such n message to the governor of another state She watched him ns he read nnlellh N C The Honorable Charles Osborne Governor of South Carolina Columbia S C Have written by tonluhfa mall In Ap plewelKht matter Your vacillating course not understood WILLIAM DANGKliriRLD Governor of North Carolina What do you think of that she demanded I think its Impertinent to say the least he replied guardedly Impertinent Its the most contemptible con-temptible outrageous thing I ever heard of in my life Gov Dangerfield has dillydallied with that case for two years His administration has been marked from the beginning by < the worst kind of Incompetence Why this man Applowelght and his gang of outlaws only come Into South Carolina Caro-lina now and then to hide and steal I v + 1 t 7 a r It What Are Our Intentions but they commit most of their crimes In North Carolina nnd they always have Talk about a vacillating course Father has cover taken steps to arrest ar-rest those men out of sheer regard for Gov Dangerfield ho thought North Carolina had some pride and that her governor would prefer to take care of his own criminals What do you n one 11 dewlBlit is 1 tlldlctel for sup u pin p-In tills state For stealing one ham one slngo ham from a farmer in Mingo county and hes killed half a dozen men in North Carolina She paced the corner of the veranda ver-anda angrily while GrIswold groped for a solution of the problem The telegram from Hnlelgh was certain lacking In diplomatic suavity It was patent that if the governor of North Carolina was not tremendously aroused he was playing a great game of bluff and on either hypothesis n must bo made to his response prompt telegram I I must answer this at once lie in I must not think wo are so stupid Columbia that wo dont know when were Insulted We can go through the side door to fathers study and write tho message there and she led the way She found a blank and wrote rapid asking suggestions with ly without this result I Honorable William Dansertleld The Rallelgh Nngrtield IlalelRh Jv C extremely diverting telegram In Your received nnd filed VnnlewclBht case AppIM ciIAIUnS OSBOKNK Governor of South Carolina She met Grlswolds obvious disappointment disap-pointment with prompt oxpillnalion You see tho governor of South Carolina cannot stoop to an change billings ate with an underbred perSon of big solemn conceited son like thatu and U creature In i a long frockcoat I j reW j ShOtobl ling necktie who but of lu longing to the common pet > puh Ill doesnt Have to toll anyboily that when Its plain us daylight The way to answer him Is not to answer at all Excellent I Its bound to Irritate and It leaves him In the dark as to ourl mean Gov Osbotnes Inten tlons And thoso Intentions During this byplay ho had reached a decision as to what should bo done and ho was prepared to answer when she asked with an employment of the pronoun that pleasantly emphasized their relationship What are our Intentions We are going to catch Apple weight thats tho first thing and until un-til we get him were going to keep our own counsel Let mo have a telegraph tele-graph blank and 1 will try my hnnd at being governor He sat down In limo governors chnlr asked the name of the county seat of Mlngo and wrote without erasure or hesitation this message ITo I-To the Sheriff of Mlnuo County I Turner Court House S Ct Mnlic every possible effort to capture ApplowelRlit and any of his gang who ire abroad In your county Swenr In nil the deputies you neeil nnil If frlondll less of citizens to outlaws makes this Impossible wire mo Immediately and 1 will send mllltln Any delny on your part will be visited with severest penalties penal-ties Answer Immediately by telegraph CHAUUS osnouNK Oovernor of South Carolina Thats quite within the law Bald Griswold handing Barbara tho message mes-sage and wo might as well put tho thing through at n gallop Ill got tho telegraph company to hold open the line to Turner Court House until time sheriff answers Ab Barbara read the message ho saw her pleasure In the quick compression com-pression of her lips the glow In I her cheeks and then the bright glint of her bronze brown eyes ns she finished fin-ished There must be no mistake no failure fail-ure she said quietly We are not going to fall we are going to carry this through Within three days well have Applowclght In a North Carolina Jail or n flying fugitive fugi-tive In Gov Dangerflelds territory And now these telegrams must bo sent It might be better for you to go to the telegraph office with me You must remember that I nm n pilgrim nnd n stranger nnd they might quea tlon my filing olllclal messages That Is perfectly true I will gt Into town with you And If theres an official coach that everybody knows ns yours It would allay suspicions to have It and while he was still speaking she vanished to order the carriage In live minutes It was nt the side door nnd Grlswold and Barbara fortified for-tified by tho presence of Phoebe left the Governors study If they dont know me everybody In South Carolina knows Phoebe said Barbara A capital Idea I can see by her eye that shes built for conspiracy Gr lswolds horse was to bo returned to town by a boy and when this had been arranged the three entered the carriage The telegraph office Tom and hurry CHAPTER VII An Affair at the Statehouse Barbara filed tho messages herself with the manager of the telegraph company who lifted the green shade from his eyes nnd smiled upon her Well rush them Miss Osborne Shall I telephone thu answers If they come tonight No your father likes his telegrams dellvertd I remember I will call for them said Grls wold Gov Osbonio was only nt home a fow hours this evening and ho left me In charge of these matters The managers face expressed surprise sur-prise Oh I didnt know the governor was nt home ho remarked as ho finished counting the words and charging charg-Ing them against the states account I will send them myself nnd nsk the operators at the other end to look lively about the answers You are Mr This s Maj Griswold said Bar barn conferring tho title with a vagina feeling that It strengthened her cause Major repeated the manager and ho nodded to Griswold with an nil that Implied his familiarity with of tidal secrets You will call In a couple ot hours major TO 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