Show L e JUDG i- i e m SN KESTER t p. p J jw k ot 1911 The me obb Company J 4 4 I H CHAPTER The Judge Meets the Situation s 's and Mr Mahaffy s 's ccle ccle- tion ot of the formers former's rehabilitated occupied the shank of the ning nin the small hours of the night il's p part rt of the succeeding day dayi i southwest described as soon the morning fleming and as the stone jug ju which were garnered the spoils of 01 entirely il hi confidential but l 1 leading adinO conversation which the t lZ had had held beld with Mr Pe loe after return from Belle Plain Pl in lost in inight ight it might have bave been observed t he and Mr Mahaffy seemed to of which in mpa 11 that nice sense equity uld form the basis of all human The judge joge ju e watched Mr Ma Ma- Maffy and Mr watched the Ice each trustfully placing the re regu ion his private conduct in the of his friend as the tIle one most elto be affected by the rectitude I his acts Probably so fIO extensive t a consumption Mr Pc Ts s corn whisky had bad never Dever with n-ith greater high bih jadedness They honorably split the tJ the judge scorn scorning n to set Tany Jany technical claim cam to it as his ex- ex 11 c property then he stared at atah ah while Mahaffy l dark ag d and aid forbidding din stared back at m The jud judge e cd T. T 1 y H He e t took 00 1 the ju jug and nd inverted it A stray EO aO fell languidly into his bis glass lass i Try squeezing it Price said baLd abaffy- abaffy The judge Jud e shook the JU jug aug It gave gaverth rth dh in an empty sound and he he sighed d ain ain iru He attempted to peer Into into it It sin one watery eye eve as be he tilted it ward the light If il I wonder no Yankee has bas ever everi i t to invent a jug with a glass he observed What tf-What What for asked Mahaffy u astonish me Solomon ex- ex timed limed the judge jud e. e Coming Co ling as s you yoo from that section which invented e wooden n nutmeg and nd an aa eight day that eck-that that has been known to run as uch as four or five hours at a aret retch ret b I am aware the Yankees are I. I ingenious enious people I wonder none Done em m ever thought of a ju jug with a toss bottom so that when a body it up to the light ht he can can see at glance whether it is empty or ox not lot reckon has has' sufficient to fill the ju jug again for IU But nut Mahaffy's t expression indicated confidence in Mr Pe loes loe's dit be began an t the e judge is pro pro- shy it may sometimes I like the muscles of the the mental faculties by ju ju- ClOUS use Ive I've always regarded gloe's loes loe's as a a. cheap mind mina I hope nope 1 I him hun an injustice He J put ut Hus bat and tucking ng- ng the ju jug under went from the house Tea enor or fifteen minutes elapsed Ma- Ma this is a good sign n. n It dut t t take ke long Ion to say no he lie re- re feted ted Another ten Or or fifteen min min- e Mahaffy lost heart Then ere came a hasty huty step tep beyond the t nr wa was thrown violently open el he jud judge e precipitated himself into 0 coom oom A glance showed bowed Mahaffy t e W wa was laboring under intense ex ex- l I bring news I SJ 04 what the next few hours I Id d a reveal cried the jud judge jude mopping mopping 5 S row Miss M Malroy lroy has fared a. a ad d from from Belle Beile Plain PlaID and nd Hannibal s gie e 1 with her W ere bave have they gone gonel Annet asked Ma Ma- Maff ff and lila his lon long jaw dropped to God I J had an answer a for that question Solomon an- an 1 ered red the judge jude with a melancholy ake ak of the bead head He Ire g gazed o pd down on ou syri nd with an air of large larte toler- toler I C I 41 am going o n to Belle Bene Plain but I re too drunk Sleep it off Solo Solo- on and join me inc when your brain is f. f par and your legs lo I steady M jerked out an oath and lift lift- I im elf off his hi chair bair stood erect up his hat J I 41 2 tuff your p pistols into your pock lock I and nd come on Price he lie said and toward the tIme door H He J flitted up the street and the judge and panted in his wake They I inid the ege eta of the village without Ie b. b re is m mystery I t ry and ra rascality rel said the iud judge e. e 4 at do von oti know and ander ander L er er did diel Vo vou VOll hear this Mahaffy Jah r rA r t e qUeSt question OIl b back ck over orver his bis t 1 5 the Belle Bent Plain ov over over- r. r bad rt ja t t t flip c p news into f. f wn we taim they were silent all their ens en en- I ti s being absorbed by the physical ution ion they were making The road sliced ed before their burning eyes Y s 's it rm med emed d. d to fo be uncoiling itself R serpent rI with 1 1 hideous no undulations dula tinn Mr v was Wu conscious that the inde oni om he caught a blurred vision w t his right side ide now at his hili left lIS as laboring laborin painfully in in the heat and ande J tt t the e breath whistling from bo- bo een his patched lips re ripe for i ice he ho snarled d moderating tin h his s ace I Goon on said Mid the judge e with stolid solution rIYo miles mileR out aut of the tho village they I to m a a. iilo spring here they for an instant Mahaffy scooped l of the th clear water ater and andick ick fi it greedily The The judge pp ed d on hj his stomach and buried his bis jn in the tiny tin pool gulping up UTI great y swallows After a long lontz breath breath- lie Jie stood erect elect with drops drop if ture dinning in to his bis nose and n Mahaffy was 11 a a. dozen lac paces iown wn we ume road Toai hurrying forward again ith relentless l vigor The Tho judge ludge shuf- shuf I 4 rl Rafter after him The tracks they left in crossed and the he road en lv the slanting lines Jines of their i straightened and held a a. fixed u at s right a II stop 1 or cr s. s so 1 rear rea- Ills His opulent fancy began to al with the situation an happens to the child t I nian an re responsible for it if would better I ev c b en born born Ill I'll pursue him with diminished energy fouray from this moment rIb rth I he panted i What What could happen to him Pried Price ked kail cd God LOod knows know know poor little lag lad Will von vou shut hut up cried Mahaffy I alv a h t Solomon C WhY do doHl von vou Hl go o building on that e J Why should any anyone one harm him himat him him- hat at iLl earthly purpose Lil 1 tell you Solomon we ire are Jr th the iv pi I 1 point in a a. vast circle of at crime crupe T This il ils s blow at ma tiis thi this this- is revenge air neither moro more nor less They have haye struck at me inc through the boy bov It jt is as plain as day What did the overseer say Just uJust that they Miss liss Malroy gone cone one from Belle Plain this mornin morning and the boy bo with her This is is' like you von Price Pricel How do you know they they haven haven't t spent the night at sonic some neighbors neighbor's TIme TIle nearest nei neighbor is five fin or six miles distant Miss Malroy and han llan- nihal were seen along alone about dusk in inthe inthe inthe the grounds at Belle Helle Plain do you mean to tell ten me you consider it likely that they set out on ou foot at that hour boor and without a word to any one ohe to tomake tomake tomake make a visit inquired the judge but Mahaffy did not for fr this point What are you von ou going goin to do o. o first Price S. S Have a a. look 1001 over o the grounds r and talk with the slaves sla Wheres the brother brother w m f he at Belle Delle Plain last night It seems he be went to emphis- emphis yes i Sc They forward in r silence e now and a again ain they were passed by some man on horseback whose dest destination nation was was' the same as their own and then at lt last they caught sight of Belle Plain Pin r lin in its grove crove roe o of trees T To Tn be continued ca v |