Show OI 01 05 SERIAL lt F aa L s STORY ci T 1 1 littlie r t R N J U G AT A MEREDITH NICHOLSON NICHOL Sori ill 41 7 0 by RAY Y WALTERS A 14 0 law by bj th the bobba myrtll it kompany om pany SYNOPSIS thomas aelmore Arl more mora and henry maine griswold stumble upon intrigue when the governors co vernora of 0 north and south carolina are reported to have quarreled griswold allies himself with 13 arbara osborne daughter of the governor of south carolina while ardmore ea espouses th the cause oi of jerry dangerfield daughter aughter rouses of the governor of north carolina these two young ladies are trying to fill the hoes of their fat fathers hars while the latter are missing doth both states are in a turmoil over ever one ight an outlaw with preat great political lea influence unaware of eath each others pox position I 1 on both griswold and ardmore set out to make the other prosecute Apple weight valuable papers in n the Apple weight case are missing from the office of bov osborne and griswold p places aces the theft at the door of tho the c heming attorney genera general ardmore Ar dmora charters a caboose and starts atari a for or the border to plan the arrest of App lewel lit je jerry rry hile Is a guest at ardsley rd mores posse takes taken the field CHAPTER X continued lie he was waa more buoyant than she had teen been him and she liked the note of affect affection lon that crept into his tone as he be spoke of his friend ardmore Is the most remarkable person alive griswold continued you remember I 1 spoke of him this morning ho he likes to play the inscrutable idiot and ho he carries it off pretty well but underneath hes really clever the most amazing ideas take hold of him you never could imagine what lies hes doing newt now I 1 met him accidentally in IT atlanta the other day and he be was in pursuit of a face a girls face that he had seen from a ar ar window for only an instant on a siding somewhere ile he declared to me molit moat solemnly that the girl winked at him griswold was aware that miss ott homes bornes interest in n Ar ardmore dmora cooled peye ob ohl ala slie she said w with ith that delightful intonation with which a woman utterly extinguishes a sister 1 I haye told you that said griswold guiltily aware of falling temperature he Is capable of following a winking eye at a perfectly respectful distance tor for a hundred years and of at being entertained all the ume time bythe by the joy of pursuit 11 i at it seems very unusual said barbara with cold finality arthold graswold remembered this talk as the next day aboard the train bound for turner court house the seat of mingo county south carolina he pondered a telegram he ha had received from ardmore Ardro ore ile he read and reread re read this message chewing cigars and scowling at the landscape and the cause of his perturbation of at spirit may be ba roughly summarized in these words on leaving the executive mansion the night before he had bad studied maps in his room at the saluda house and carefully planned his campaign ile he had talked by telephone with the prosecuting attorney of mango county and found that om official caal politely responsive spon sive so much had gone well then the juxtaposition of Ard mores estate to the border and the possible use of at the house na as headquarters struck in upon him ile he would after all generously take ardmore into the game and they would uphold the honor and dignity of the lie great cammon commonwealth mon uon wealth of south carolina together the keys of all Ard mores houses were so ao to speaks in gris wolds welds pocket and invitations were lin unnecessary necessary between them yet at atlanta ardmore had made a point of asking griswold down to help while away anay ua alio tedium of mrs Atchi atchisonn sons house bouse party and as aa a watter matter of form griswold Gri awold wired from columbia advising ardmore inore of his unexpected descent even in case ardmore should still be abroad in pursuit of the winking eye the doors of the huge house would be open to griswold who had entered there so a often as the owners fail familiar lillar friend these things ho he pondered deeply as aa he read and reread Ard Ardra mores ores reply to his bis message a reply which was plainly enough dated at ardsley but which ho he could not lot know had really been written in caboose as it lay on a siding aiding in thy the southeastern yards at It raleigh aleigh find and thence dispatched to the gahager manager at ardsley Arr faley with instructions to forward it as a new message to griswold at columbia the chilling words tills thug flung at him were prof clenry maine Ori awOld saluda house columbia 9 C I 1 am very sorry old miln but I 1 tan can not take you in just now scarlet fever ever Is in epidemic among roy my tenants tenant and I 1 could rot cot think of exposing you to danger As an soon roon as aa we th accursed plague T want to ta hoi have you down an epidemic that closed the gates of ardsley would assume the proportions of a 4 national dl disaster ir for even it ir the great bouse Itself were ore quarantined an tined there were lodges I 1 and bunga I 1 iowa scattered over the domain where a host eat at 0 guests could be entertained in comfort griswold reflected that the very tact fact that had wired from columbia roust must have intimated to ardmore that his friend was flying toward hint pursuant to the atlanta invitation vi tation griswold dismissed a thousand speculations as unworthy ardmore had never shown the remotest trace of snobbishness and as far as aa the threatened house party was concerned ned griswold graswold know knew mrs atchison Atch lson I 1 very well and had bad been entertained at her now york house the patronizing tone of the thing caused griswold to flush at every reading if the ardsley date lineham line had not been so plainly written it if the phraseology were not so BO character characteristic ls there might be room for doubt but ardmore ardmore of all men had slapped him in the facet nut but scarlet fever or no scarlet fever the pursuit of at had precedence of private grievances ily BY the time he reached turner court house griswold had dismissed the ungraciousness of ardmore and hla his jaws were set with a determination to perform the mission In trusted to him by barbara osborne and to wait until later for an accounting with his unaccountable friend arrived at turners griswold graswold strode at once onca toward the courthouse the rejection of his message e by the sheriff of mingo had angered griswold but lie he was destined to feel even more poignant insolence when entering the sheriffs loftlee a deputy languidly posed as a letter j V in a swivel chair with his feet on the ini mantel antel took a cob pipe from his mouth and lazily nn answered gria wolds importunate query with the sheriff aint hoeh seh iles hes a his folks in fennessy Ten neesy nessy when will lie he be back demanded griswold hot of heart but maintaining the ley icy tone that had maile made him so formidable in 1 I reckon I 1 dont know sen seh do you know your own name pers persisted latea griswold sweetly go to hell sen seh replied the deputy lie he reached for a match re lighted MB his pipe il pe and carefully crossed his feet on the mantel shelf the moment gals wolds steps died away in the outer corridor the deputy rose and busied himself so industriously with the telephone that within an hour all through n I 1 pondered a telegram he had received the mingo hills and even een beyond the state line lino along lonely trails across bills and through valleys and beside cheery creeks and brooks it was known that a strange man from columbia was in mingo county cooki looking ng for the sheriff and alias poteet and his men were everywhere on guard griswold liked the prosecuting attorney on sight eight ills name was habersham and he was a youngster with a clear and steady gray eye instead of the southern states mans flowing prince albert he wore a sack coat of gray jeans and was otherwise distinguished by a shirt of at white and blue check lie ile grinned as griswold bent a puzzled look upon him 1 I took your courses at the I 1 varsity two years ago professor and I 1 i remember distinctly that you always wore a ted red cravat to your wednesdays lectures you have done well replied ars wold weld tor for I 1 never expected to fand an old student who remembered h half alf as much of of mo me as that now as aa I 1 understood der stood you over the telephone ap plo weight was indicted for stealing a ham in this county by the last grand jury but the sheriff has failed or refused to make the arrest how did the grand jury come to indict if this outlaw dominates all the bill country the grand jury wanted to ahnke a showing allowing of virtue and it was of courso course understood between the foreman the lender leader of the gang and the sheriff that tio warrant could bo be served on I 1 did my lay duty the grand burya act was exemplary em emp plary lark and thero there the wheels of justice are blocked the same thing Is practically true across the state line in ellwell county north carolina these men led by eight use their intimate knowledge of tho the country to io elude pursuers when at times the revenue leveni ie men undertake a red and the county auth authorities orites have nover never seriously molested them now and then one of these sheriffs will make a feint of going out to look for apple weight but you may be sure that due notice is given ghen before he starts three revenue have lately been killed while looking for these nien men and the governia go government vernit bent is i likely tu take vigorous action before long we may as well be frank said griswold lu in his most professional voice 1 I dout dont want the federal authorities ties les to take these in men it la Is important that tufey should not noi do so chills an affair between the govern I 1 ors of the two carolinas carolina it has been said that neither of them dares press the matter of arrest but I 1 am here in gov Os bornes behalf to give tins the lie ito to that imputation gay ov osbarno has haa been viciously maligned suppose all these people were arrested arrea ted in alango county under these indictments what would be the result trial and acquittal just that in spite of any effort made to convict them well gov osborne la Is tired of this business scandal disposed of once and for all strange remarked renaa claber sham clearly surprised at griswoldsr Gris wolds vigor vigorous us tone 1 I called on an the governor in his office at columbia only ten days ago and he put me off he said he had to prepare an address to deliver before the south carolina political reform association and lie take up the case and I 1 called on bosworth kosworth Gos worth the attorney general and lie he grew furiously I 1 y angry and said I 1 was gull guilty ty of the gravest in malfeasance alfeas area in not having brought those men to book long ago when I 1 suggested that he c onnive connive with the thel governor toward re removing moving our sheriff he be declared that the governor was waa a coward ile ho seemed anxious to put the governor in a hole though why ho he should anke that attitude r cant make out as it hati has born been generally understood that gov Os bornes bornea personal friendliness for him secured his nomination and election to the tha attorney generalship and I 1 have heard that hf he Is engaged to the governors goyer nors oldest daughter iles hes a contemptible hound to replied griswold with feeling and at the proper time we shall deal with him but it Is ot of more importance lust just now to make a prisoner in north carolina it hes arrested over there that lets us out and if tho the north carolina authorities wont arrest their own criminals well go over aver in ellwell county and show them liow how to be good the mans got to be locked up and hed look much better in a north carolina jail under till all the cibeu circumstances instances good in theory but how do you it in law i oh the merest matter of formulae I 1 my aly dear habersham nil all tho the usual processes of law go down before emergencies I 1 the airiness of griswoldsr Gris wolds tone caused the prosecutor to laugh for this was not the sober associate pro fessor of admiralty whose lectures he c had sat bat under at the university ot at virginia but a different person whose new attitude toward the law and its enforcement shocked him immeasurably well as I 1 told you over tho the telephone we hear a great deal about ap Plew eight and hla his crowd but bat we never hear bear much ot at their en emlet who ar ari way I 1 general stock and equally when aroused ten of these men I 1 have quietly called to meet at my farm out here a few miles from town ou on thursday night they cume come from different points over the country and well have a sm small allbut but grim posse that will be ready tor for business you not know it but the are most religious himself boasts that he never misses church on art sunday ile he goes also to tho the midweek service on thursday night so BO I 1 have learned and thereby hangs our opportunity mount Nebo church lies iles off here toward the north its a lonely point in itself though its the spiritual center and rendezvous for a wide area it if can be taken at all the place and im willing to make the trial whether to stampede the church and make a light fight or seize him alone as he be approaches the place la Is a question for discussion with the boys I 1 have engaged to go into the game how does it t strike you OU first rate ten good men ought to bo be enough but it if it comes down to lil numbers limbers the state militia can be brought into use the south carolina national guard to la in camp and we can have a regiment egit nent quick enough it if I 1 ask 11 1 whistled TO HE CONTINI TED |