Show L1 Af nJm t ltd SERIAL t1 STORY i ii THE LITTLE k BROWN JUG 1 I I IATI I I I I EILDARE 1 s nil pi MEREDITH NICIIOLSON + IlliKlradun Ky RAY WALTERS 1 i Copyright 13 bjr Tbo IluhlnMcrritl Company I I N SYNOPSIS PM Thomas Arlmore and Henry Miilno OrlswoM etumblo upon Intrigue whun the t Kovcrnors of North mid South Carolina are reported to have quarreled Grls wol allies hlmnclf with llnrlinra Os t borne daughter of tho governor ot South I Carolina while Ardmoro espouses the cause of Jerry Dfinficrllold daughter of the governor of North Carolina Those two young ladles arc trylnp to nil tho shoes of their fathers while the latter ore missing Both slates aro In a turmoil tur-moil over one Applawrlftlit an outlaw with great political Inlluonco Unaware of each others position both Grlswoltl nnd Ardmore not out to make the other prosecute ApplpwolRht Valuable papers In the ApplowplRht case are missing from the olllcn of dov Onliorno and Clriswold places tho theft at tho door of tho scheming attorney general Ardmoro charters a caboose and starts for tho border to plan tho arrest of Appleweight Jerry meanwhile Is u guest at Ardsley Vrclmoros posse taken tho field CHAPTER Continued I Ho was moro buoyant than alto had 4l + neon him and sho liked tho noto of a affection that cropt Into his tone asp as-p 111 ho spoko of min frlond a Ardmoro IB the most remarkable person alive Qrlswold continued r 1 You remember spoke of him this Y I morning Ho likes to play tho In t Rcrutnble Idiot and ho carries It off I pretty well j but underneath hes really i real-ly clever Tho most amazing Ideas u take hold of him You never could Imagine what hes doing now I mot him accidentally In Atlanta tho other day and ho wan In pursuit of a faces face-s girls face that ho had seen from a car window for only an Instant on a siding somewhere Ho declared to me most solemnly that the girt winked at him Griswold was awaro that Miss Os bornes Interest In Ardmoro cooled perceptibly l Ohl she said with that delightful I delight-ful Intonation with which a woman utterly extinguishes a sister I shouldnt have told you that Bald Grlswold guiltily awaro of falling temperature Ho Is capable of following j fol-lowing a winking oyo at a perfectly f respectful distance for a hundred years and of being entertained all Gt f tho time by tho Joy of pursuit l I It seems very unusual said Bar i bara with cold finality Grlswold remembered this talk as y the next day aboard tho train bound for Turner Court House tho scat of Mtngo county South Carolina ho pondered pon-dered a telegram ho had received from Ardraoro Hu read anti reread this message chowlng cigars and scowling at tho landscape and tho 4e ri cause of his perturbation of spirit t maybe roughly summarized In those d I war a On leaving tho executive mansion tho night before ho had studied maps In his room at tho Saludn house and carefully planned his campaign Ho had talked by telephone with tho prosecuting attorney of Mingo county 1 coun-ty and found that official politely rc 1 Hponalve So much had gono well Then the Juxtaposition of Ardmoros I estate to tho border and tho possible use of tho house us headquarters struck in upon him Ho would after I s all generously take Ardmoro into tho game and they would uphold the i f honor and dignity of the great commonwealth i i com-monwealth of South Carolina together togeth-er The keys of all Ardmoros houses wore so to speak In Orls 1 wolds pocket and Invitations woro t i unnecessary between them yet at Atlanta 1r At-lanta Ardmoro had made a point of 4 j asking Griswold down to help whllo h t away the tedium of Mrs Atchlsons 4 house party and as a matter of form r Griswold wired from Columbia advising e 91 ad-vising Ardmoro of his unexpected do scent 1l Even in case Ardmoro should still Ir bo abroad in pursuit of the winking Ih it eye the doors of the hugo houso t r 1 would bo open to Griswold who hindI hind-I entered there so often an tho owners d 4t familiar friend These things hoi + ho-i f pondered deeply as ho read and reread c i re-read Ardmoros reply to his message ltgs4 u reply which was plainly enough dated at Ardsloy hut which he could iit not know had really been written in t caboose 01SG as It lay on a siding In t l X t tho southeastern yards at Raleigh and thence dispatched to the manager LtE at Ardsloy with Instructions to forward for-ward It as n now message to Grls tm wold at Columbia The chilling words thus flung at him wore v Irot Henry Mnlno Grl wolJ Snluila Houso Columbia S C t r z I am very sorry old man but I can not t tako you In just now Scarlet over Is I epidemic among my tenants and I could i i not think of exposing you to danger As soon as the accursed plague passes I ysrfrrt wnnt to have you down An epidemic that closed tho gates j t t of Ardsley would assume the proportions t propor-tions of a national disaster for oven j a 14 it tho great house itself were < imr 41 donned there were lodges and bunga1 14r t its 1 I lows scattered over ho domain where a host of guests couldbo entertained In comfort Grlswold reflected that I the very fact that ho had wired from Columbia must have Intimated to Ard more that his friend was flying toward to-ward him pursuant to tho Atlanta invitation In-vitation Qrlswold dismissed a thousand thou-sand speculations us unworthy Ard moro had never shown tho remotest trace of snobbishness and as far as tho threatened house party was concerned con-cerned Grlswold know Mrs Atchison very well nnd had been entertained at her Now York house I I Tho patronizing tone of tho thing caused Griswold to flush at every I I reading If the Ardsloy dato line had not been so plainly written if tho phraseology were not so characteristic characteris-tic there might bo room for doubt I but ArdmoreArdmore of all men 11111 slapped him In tho faco I But scarlet fever or no scarlot I fever tho pursuit of Applewclght had precedence of private grievances By tho tlmo ho reached Turner Courthouse i Court-House Grlbivold had dismissed tho ungraciousness of Ardmoro and his jaws were sot with a determination to perform tho mission Intrusted to him by Barbara Osborne nnd to wait until lator for an accounting with his unaccountable friend Arrived at Turners Grlswold strode at once toward the courthouse The contemptuous rejection of his message by tho sheriff of Mingo had angered Grlswold but he was destined to fool oven more poignant Insolence when entering the sheriffs office a deputy languidly posed as a letter V In a swivel chalr with his feet on tho mantel took a cob plpo from his mouth nnd lazily answered Grls wolds Importunate query with Tho sheriff aint hyeh seh lies avlsltln his folks In Tennessy When will ho bo back demanded Grlswold hot of heart but maintaining maintain-ing tho Icy tono that had made him so formidable In crossexamination I reckon I dont know sen Do you know your own name persisted Grlswold sweetly Go to hell soh replied the deputy Ho reached for a match relighted his pipe and carefully crossed his feet on lute ma tel shelt The moment Grls wolds stops died away In tho outer corridor tho deputy roso and busied himself so Industriously with tho telephone tele-phone that within an hour all through j m 1 V II I II Pondered a Telegram He had Received Re-ceived the Mingo hills and oven beyond tho state line along lonely trails across hills and through valleys and beside cheery creeks and brooks It was known that a strange man from Co lumbla was In Mingo county looking for tho sheriff and Applewelght alias Poteet nnd his men were everywhere on guard Griswold liked the prosecuting attorney at-torney on sight Ills name was Habor sham and ho was a youngster with a clear and steady gray eyo Instead of tho southern statesmans flowing Prlnco Albert ho woro n sackcoat of gray jeans and was otherwise tllstln gtilshcd by n shirt of white and bluo check Ho grinned as Griswold bent a puzzled look upon him I took your courses at tho unl verslty two years ago professor nndI remember distinctly that you always I woro n red cravat to your Wednesdays Wednes-days lectures You havo dono well replied Grs wold for I never expected to find an old student who remembered half as much of me as that Now as I understood un-derstood you over the telephone Ap plowclght was Indicted for stealing a ham In this county by the last grand Jury but the sheriff has fahcd or refused re-fused to make the arrest How did tho grand jury come to Indict If this outlaw dominates all tho hill country coun-try The grand Jury wanted to make a showing of virtue and It was of course understood between the foreman fore-man the lender of the gang nnd tho sheriff that no warrant could bo served on Applowclght I did my I duty tho grand Jurys act was exemplary I ex-emplary and there tho wheels of Justice Jus-tice are blocked Tho same thing Is practically true across tho state line In Dllwell county North Carolina These men led by Applowclght use their Intimate knowledge of tho country coun-try to elude pursuers when at times the revenue men undertake a raid and the county authorities have never seriously molested them Now and then ono of these sheriffs will make a feint of going out to look for Apple weight but you may be sure that duo notice Is given before ho starts Three revenue officers have lately been killed while looking for theso men nnd the I government is likely to take vigorous action beforo long We may as well be frapk said Griswold In his most professional voice I dont want tho federal authorities au-thorities to take these men It Is important im-portant that they should not do so This Is an affair between the govern n ors of tho two Carolinas It has been aid that neither of thorn dares press ho matter of arrest but I am hero In Jov Osbornos behalf to glvo the lie to that Imputation Gov Osborno has been viciously maligned Suppose all hose people were arrested In Mingo county under these Indictments what would be the resulttrial and acquittal tal Just that In spite of any effort made to convict thorn Well Gov Osborne Is tired of this business and wants tho Applowolght scandal disposed of once and for all Thats strange remarked Habor sham clearly surprised at Grlswolds vigorous tone I called on tho governor gov-ernor In his office at Columbia only ton days ago and ho put mo off Ho said ho had to prepare an address to deliver before tho South Carolina Political Reform Association and he couldnt take up tile Applewelght case and I called on Bosworth tne attorney general and ho grow furiously furious-ly angry and said I was guilty of the i gravest malfeasance In not having brought those mon to book long ago When I suggested that ho connive with tho governor toward removing our sheriff he declared that the governor gov-ernor was a coward Ho seemed anx ious to put tno governor in a hole though why ho should take that attitude atti-tude I cant mako out as It has been generally understood that Gay Orf Itprnes personal friendliness for him secured his nomination and election to tho attorney generalship and I havo heard that he Is engaged to tho governors oldest daughter Hos a contemptible hound replied re-plied Grlswold with feeling and at the proper time wo shall deal with him but it Is of more Importance just now to mako Applewelght a prisoner In North Carolina If hes arrested over there that lets us out and If the North Carolina authorities wont arrest ar-rest their own criminals well go over In Dllwell county and show them how to be good Tho mans got to be locked up and hed look much better In a North Carolina Jail under all tho circumstances Thats good in theory but how do you Justify It in law Oh thats tho merest matter of formulae My dear Habersham all tho usual processes of law go down before emergencies I The airiness of Qrlswolds tone caused tho prosecutor to laugh for this was not the sober associate professor pro-fessor of admiralty whoso lectures hll had sat under at the University of Virginia but a different person whose new attitude toward the law and Its enforcement shocked him Immeasurably Immeasur-ably Well as I told you over tho telephone tele-phone we hear a great deal about Ap plewclght and his crowd but we never hear much of their enemies who are nevertheless of tho same general stock and equally determined when aroused Ten of these men I have qulety called to moot at my farm out hero a few miles from town on Thursday night They como from different points over the country and well have a small but grim posse that will bo ready for business You May not know It but the Applowclghts are most religions Applewelght himself boasts that ho never misses church on Sunday Ho goes also to tho midweek mid-week service on Thursday night sot so-t have learned and thereby hangs our opportunity Mount Nebo church lies off hero toward tho north Its a lonely lone-ly point In itself though Its tho spiritual spir-itual center nnd rendezvous for a wide area If Applcwelght can ba taken at all thats the place and Im willing to make the trial Whether to stampede stam-pede the church and mako a fight or seize him alone ns ho approaches the place is a question for discussion with tho boys I havo engaged to go into the game How does It strike you youFirst First rate Ten good men ought to be enough but If It comes down to numbers tho state militia can bo brought Into use Tho South Carolina National Guard Is In camp and we can have a regiment quick enqugh If I ask i II rfDcrsham whistled < TO nn CONTINUED |