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Show 'P . ' T "... - r ! . . . . . - -' ji I i : . . I '.....' .-. : 5 ... , ..-.. . . .-... lt- ' - , : -..- -. v ', tv J 1 O-a-.-'-r T' ' I J - v - -. r- .t-nni : - - - ni".-.r.nrn." r.. -. - - : (cnArxz:-T xCont:r.:jei.) .r "V."c:i, you are goirsr to do something very unnecessary and irr.rrorer," said Kan, with the air and tone of a mature woman. "You are sure to ret Into trouble. trou-ble. , Why don't you asic your llr. Eethune to tike your place, or at least go with you?" "Why, you talk as if you knew what I am going to do," remarked Gabriel. At this point Mr. Banders tried to stop In order to deliver an address. "I bet you I bet you a seven-pence ar"ln a speckled hen that Nan-knows precisely what you're up to." ' . v But Nan an J Gabriel pulled him along , In spit of his frequently expressed de- I sire to "lay down in the road an taka a nap."' -It's a shame." he said, "for a great big gal an' a great big boy to be harry! n' a man as olt as me. He received re-ceived no reply to this and continued :x "I'm glad I took top much. Gabriel, ef only for one thing. You know what I told you about Nan's temperwell, you've seed it for yourself. She's fralled Frank, she'd 'a' fralled me Jest now ef you hadn't 'aa been on hand, an' she'll frail you out before long. Mr. Sanders kept up his rood humor ill. the way home, and when he had been placed in charge of Uncle Plato, who knew how to deal with him. he said: "Now. fellers, I had a mighty good reason for restin' my mind. Tou cried bekase ' old Billy Sanders waa drunk, didn't $rou. Nan? Welt I'm mighty glad you did. I never knoVd before that a sob or two would. make a Eon of Temperance of a man; but that's what they'll do for me, Nobody In this world wUl ever see me drunk ag"lnr . -.-. ' It may be said here that Mr. Sanders kept his promise. The events which followed reoulred clear heads and stead hands for their shaping, but each crisis, as It arose, found Mr. Sanders, and a few others who acted with him, fully prepared to meet it. Some fell tnto melancholy, and. soma were overtaken vby. dejection, but Mr. Sanders never for a moment forgot to be cheerful. "I don't suppose there is another girl in the country who would make such a spectacle of herself as I made today," said Nan, as she and Gabriel walked slowly in the direction of town. "I think it was very becoming In you,M replied Gabriel. - -Oh, thank you!" said Nan: - "Tou have changed greatly, Gabriel,' since Eugenia Claiborne' began to make eyes at you. Tou seem to think it is a mark of politeness to pay compliments right and left, and to agree with everybody." ' Gabriel took no advantage. ' "I'm sorry sor-ry I can't come. Nan, and I hope you'll not b angry." -Angry! why should t be angry?" Nan exdiiir.r 3. "An l..v!'.-" -i t t i la rot so lnrortar.t." . "Uut U.H one Is l.Tort.-. r.t ta r. said Cabrk-1. -It H t..e f.rst f.-.-s l have askei rne, aud I hcs It won't ts the last." . Nan said rothir.g r-ore until sha cns Gabriel good-tye at ter father's gite. '. Caught la a Corner. . It was no dlScult matter for Nan Dorrlngton to infer what course of action ac-tion Gabriel Intended to pursue. The Union Leagues established in the South under the auspices of the political department de-partment of the Freelman's Eureau had already excited the suspicion of the whites. The reputation they Instantly achieved was extremely sinister, and they had become the sourca of much uneasiness. There was an air of mystery mys-tery about thim which, however pleasing pleas-ing it might be to the negroes, was cot at all relished by those who had been made the victims of radical legislation, There -were wild rumors to the effect that the object of these leagues was to organise the negroes and prepare them for an armed attack on the whites. . . These rumors were to be seen spres4 oat In the newspapers, and were to be heard wherever people gathered together. togeth-er. Nad was familiar with fbem, and, while both she and Gabriel were possibly possi-bly too young to harbor all the anx- letiei entertained by their elders, -they nevertheless took a very keen Interest in the situation and it was not less keen because It bad curiosity for Its basis. ' 1 ; - : v ':'. .'.-,. .'.-,. Gabriel had no sooner digested the purport of the conversation to which he had listened than he mad up his mind to unravel. If he could, the mystery mys-tery of the Union League and to discover dis-cover what . part the newcomer, the companion of the Rev. Jeremlan Tom-Un, Tom-Un, proposed to play. It wis characteristic character-istic of the lad that he should act promptly. When he left Nan so unceremoniously, uncere-moniously, he ran to the Clopton place to report what he had heard to Mr. Sanders, but he found that worthy citizen cit-izen in no condition to give him aid, or even advice.''. .. -.j-j- - j f , ' , "'''"'. i" . ' " ; ' ' (Continued tomorrow.) ' ' i |