Show ar 0 V av 0 31 4 fl 4 IV UE dv daue B K met 0 RY A ca r 0 IVOA 41 1 SYNOPSIS the scena aca it at the opening or of tho the at story ory ta is laid in n the library of an old worn out bout southern ern plantation known an the barony the place to la to be ba sold old andt and ltd its hist history Y and that ot of tho the owners the qui ards la Is tile the subject of discuss discussion fon by jon jonathan ban crenshaw Crena haw a busl busi man a atran stranger ger known as an bladen Bli ulen and bob Y a farmer fanner when hannibal way wayne hazard r a mysterious m y rl 1 l j achl child 1 0 of r 1 h he old Outher bouthern ii tt rurally m ll 11 y makes m a kea h his i s a appearance p pe a r ance yancy alls how he adopted the boy N na thaniel verdi buys the badony Bai lony ony but tho Quin tarda deny any knowledge ot of the boy bay yancy to keep hannibal captain a friend ot or the Quin tards ap pear peari i and nalia asks t ions about the barony trouble at a dvega t ell hill 1111 when ilan han nabal la in by dave blount cap wit murrells agent yancy overtakes over t ake mount rives gives win him a thrashing and secures tile boy jancys yancy appears becore squire sluice balbani and Is IH discharged d appears c arged with costs coata for or tile hie lei plain lift betty mulroy a friend ot of tile tho r 1 is a liaa haa lia a an encounter encounter with captain caplain murroll murrell who forces liln fits attentions on her and la fit rs rescued cued by ur u ce carrington netty betty sets seta out for or her T tennessee enn essee home carrington takes tile the same stae yancy and hannibal disappear with murrell on their trail Il hannibal annibal arri ves at the home ot of judge slocum price the judge cizes in the boy the grandson ot of an old alm time friend murrell arrives at judges Judge ii horne home cavendish family on raft rescue yancy who is 1 apparently dead price breaks jall jail bett hetty and carrington Carri neton arrive at yelle belle pt plain a in cannibals wanni cannibals Hanni bals rifle discloses some startling things to tile ilia judge hannibal and betty meet again murrell ar arivs in belle plain la Is playing for or big stakes yancy awakes from long lone drea dreamless t n steep bleed on board tho the rate raft judge arl c e makes discoveries dt 1 co vertes in looking up land titles caarl charles norton a young planter who assists the judge la is mys assaulted norton informs carrington that fiat hetty betty has promised to marry him bint norton la Is mysteriously shot ahot more light on murrells murrella plot lie he plans uprising in kl of negroes TOK roea des Judge Price wi with h hanoi ba bai visits betty and she ahe the boy A a companion in a stroll takes wah wl hannibal they meet cess bess hicks hacka laughter daughter of the h e overseer ovora eer who warns warna betty of danser danger and counsels her to leave bello belle plain at once betty terrified acts acta on bess advice and on their way their carriage currl dsa lt it stopped by the tavern keeper an and d a col confederate and betty and hannibal are made prisoners the pair are to hicks cabin in ap almost spot and there abuy mur rell visits visit betty and reveals his part in the th plot and lite hla object betty spurn p rn blu proffered love and the he insi interview Is tended ended hy by the arrival of ware ter terrified rifled at possible outcome ot of the crime judge indue price of the tha abduction plang action the judge takes charge of 0 the situation and search for the missing ones Is in instituted carrington visits visit th ii judge and allam are r discovered judge price visits colonel ventre latrea li trea where charo hem he nie Leeta eti yancy and cavendish becoming enraged price dashes a glass of 0 whisky into the colonel colom ls face and a duel due Is arranged murrell fi ir arreg atre tid attil for negro stealing and ills fits bubble bursts the judge and mahaffy the coming duel carrington makes frattle search tor for betty and the tha boy carrlton Carrl Kon nuda betty and hannibal ind and a fierce man kun feht follows fot towa yancy app appears ars and assists in li clift abo rescue bruce carrington Carrl atila betty netty coma to an abunder under standing tile the judge receives an import ant alit letter solomon Mahaff ys last fight ekht rights duel for the judge judea and Is killed CHAPTER hannibal instantly sat erect and looked up at the judge his big blue oyes eyes wide with amazement at dingey statement ement it li avery B very strange story habirt bal and ad its links are not all in my hands but I 1 am sure eure because ot what I 1 already know 1 I w ano ho thought that not a drop 0 I 1 my blood flowed in any velna veins but my own live again in you do you tand what 1 am am telling you you wu are my ovin own gear dear tittle little grandson and the judge looked down with no uncertain love and pride rade into the tha small race upturned arned to his bis 1 I am aiu glad if you pre re my grandfather ludge judge said hannibal very grav gravely cly 1 I always liked you thank you dear lad responded t the s e judge with equal gravity and then a as hannibal nestled back in his grandfathers arron arms a single big tear dropped from the endom end of that gent lemans prominent nose nos there will bo be iriani and great changes changeat in store for us continued continue a the judge but as wo we met adversity with dignity I 1 am sure we shall be able to endure prosperity with equanimity only unworthy natures are it at fectea by what Is at best superficial and accidental I 1 mean that tho the blight of poverty to la about to be lifted from ofir lives do you mean we aint going to be pore any longer grandfather asked the pike judge regarded him with infinite tender tenderness nesi of 0 expression he ba was profoundly moved would you anina ting saying tha that t again dear lad do you vou mean we aint going to 0 ha fie poro pore any longer grandfather repeated I 1 f shall enjoy an adequate competency which vain 1 am about to recover it avillie will Avill be suin sufficient clent for the indulgence of those simple and intellectual basteri I 1 propose to cultivate for tho the future in spite of himself the judge sighed this was hardly in line with us ideals but the right to choose was no longer hla his you dinou will bo very reoh 11 innthal alx the lar lands ds your grandmother was a quintard will be moira yo ira they run uv up into the hundred huri dred ot of thousands of acres hereabout this lahti lahd win wil b be yours as aa soon eoon na an I 1 can e establish your identity will uncle tincle dob bob be rich too inquired hannibal certainly flow low agri can tie be be ba poor cibeu we w wealth answered the judge you realton he will always live i biln aln us ua dont yra g grandfather 1 I 1 would bof lt it otherwise J imore mr yency ehla ev simple and nd direct nud and fit for any company buttor heaven except that ot of tools his fits treatment of you has baa plated placed mo under everlasting obligations he shall share what wo ivo have my air one ib bitter liter unavailing g regret Is ahat that solomon salomon ma hafty wit 1 I not be here to partake 0 of our altered fortunes fort unea and uie judge sighed deeply dob bob told me mr air Al abaffy got hurt in a duet duel grandfather said hannibal ile was waa as inexperienced as a child in the uso use 0 of ur arms earma and ile ho had in 0 o oeal eal with scoundrels who had heit heitger fier mercy nor generous feeling but ills hi courage wag waa magnificent presently hannibal was deep in lite bis account of those adventures he had i blared with miss betty and miss malroy where t Is 8 she now BOW asked the judge budge in ili the first pause of the boys narrative ashes at mr kowena house mr carrington and mr air cavendish are here too mrs cavendish stayed down yonder at the dates bates plantation grandfather er it were captain murrell who had bad me lae stole do you reckon he was waa going to take me back to mr bladen Blad 1 I will see miss malroy in the morning wo we must combino combine our in teresta ite rests are identical there should be hemp in this tor for mare than one scoundrel undrell I 1 can see now how criminal my disinclination to push myself to the front has beell said the 66 judge adge with Anvic tion never again will I 1 shrink from what I 1 know to be a pub lie ila duty A little later they went down stairs where the judge had yancy make up a bed tor for himself and hannibal on the floor ile ha would watch alone be side mahaffy BIa haffy lie he was certain this would have been the dead mans wish then ho he said good night and mounted heavily to the floor above to resume his big vigil and his musings CHAPT t A crisis al af t the he courthouse court house just at daybreak yancy was roused by the pressure of a hand on his shoulder and opening his big eyes saw that the judge was nas bending over him dressl Dr esal he said briefly theres every prospect of tro trouble tible get your rifle and come with me yancy fancy noted that this prospect or ol trouble beamed to afford tha judge a pleasurable sensation indeed he be had bad quite lost his big cornier air of somber find and suppressed melancholy 1 I let you sleep thinking you needed the rest the judge went on but ever since midnight weve weve been orthe verge ot or riot and possible bloodshed arrested john murrell its claimed ties hes planned a servile rebellion A man named flues who had wormed hla his way into hla confidence made the arrest ile ho carried murrell into memphis but the hoeq loca magistrate intimidated most likely declined to t have anything to do pith holding him in spite of this hues hiles managed to got get his prisoner lodged in jail but bilt along a the situation began to look serious ollis folks were swarming into town armed to he 1110 teeth and hues flues fetched murrell across country to yes said yancy well vell the sheriff ties baa refused to take murrell into custody huea flues has hl him in down at the courthouse court house but whether or not he la Is going to be able to hold him Is ia another mat matter terl yancy and hannibal had dressed by this time and the judge led the way from the house tho scratch herat ch hiller looked about him across the street it a group of men the greater number ot of were ere armed stood in front or of Peg loes taverne tavern glancing in the direction of tho courthouse court house ho he observed that the square before it held other groups but what impressed him more was waa tho the ominous silence that was everywhere at hla his elbow the judge was breathing deep we are face to face with a very deplorable condition mr air yancy court was to sit here today but judge morrow and tho the public prosecutor have left torn and as aa you see eee murrells friends have gathered for a rescue theres a sprinkling ot of the bet ter element clement but only a sprinkling I 1 saw judge morrow this morning at four I 1 told him I 1 would obligate myself to present for lite his consideration evidence of a striking and sensational character evidence which would show conclusively that murrell should be held to await tho the action of ane next grand jury this was after i conference with hues alues 1 I guarantee I his safety sir the man refused to listen isten to met me lie showed himself utterly devoid of any feeling of public dut auti y the bitter bonse of failure and futility was leaving the judge the situation made its demands on that basic faith in his own powers which remained Im bedded in his bis char acter they bad entered the courthouse court house square on the steps of tho the building betts was waa arguing loudly with hues walo ano stood in the doorway rifle in hand band maybe you dont know this la Is count coun ty property the sheriff was any baying trig and that you have taken unlawful possession of 0 it for or an unlawful purpose I 1 am going to open them doors a passel of strangers str angera cant keep folds out of a building their own money anoney has haa bought and paid for while he ha was speaking fh jude had pushed his way through the crowd to the foot of the steps that was very nicely aad mr betts observed the judg lie he smiled widely and sweetly the sheriff gave him a hostile glare do you know that morrow has left town the judge went on 1 I aint got to do with judge morrow its ray my duty to io see that this building Is ready for him when hea aesa a eilind to opert open court in lt it you are willing to assume the responsibility of throwing open these doors inquired the judge afra affably bly 1 1 I I sherely am said betts belts why owhy some of these folks are our leading people the judge turned to 0 o the crowd and hooke in a tone of excessive civility juse just awo a hotd rd the abher ak n 1 right it Is your aburt ur hv fuse and you should not be kept crept out of it no doubt there are some of you whose presence I 1 this hla building will sooner or later bb urgently desired we vve are going to let fet allwoo all who wish to enter but X 01 A V I 1 J 00 oo do YOU yoo mean WeAl we aint nt goina to be pore any longer Lon gir Grard grandfather father I 1 ibea I 1 beg you to remember that there wilt will bo be five men inside whose prejudices iro aro alt all in favor ot of law and order ile ho pushed past lines and entered the courthouse court house followed by yancy and hannibal we well lot em la in where jt I can talk to em cm ho he said almost gally gaily decides besides come in anyhow when they get ready so theres no sense in exciting them in tho the courthouse court house murrell bound hand and foot was seated sealed between carrington and the earl carl of 0 lambeth in the little railed off space b below e low tile judges bench berich fear and hurt buffering had blanched hta his unshaven cheeks cheslea ami given a wild light to hla his deeply sunk eunk en eyes at sight eight of 0 yancy a emoth ered exclamation broke from rom his bis lips he had supposed this man dead these many months I 1 hues had abandoned hta his post and the crowd suddenly grown clamorous stormed the narrow entrance one ot 01 the doors borno borne from its hinges wont went down with a crash the judge a tierce fierce light lashing flashing from his eyes eye turned to yancy no matter what happens this fellow murrell to la not to escape it ile he calls on his friends to rescue him bina he Is ia to be the hall was filling with swearing struggling men the floor shook beneath their heavy tread then they burst into the courtroom and saluted murrell murr ell with vi t h a great gr ea t shout dut but murrell bound in rags and silent hla his lips frozen jn in a wolfish grin was waa a depressing sight and the boldest olt felt something of tits his unrestrained lawless nese nesa gu go from him loss less noisy n now ow the crowd spread itself out among the benches or swarmed up I 1 into n to the tiny gallery at the back or of th the e building alan after man had hurried forward intent on passing beyond the railing but each had encountered the judge form lda tda ble and forbidding and had turned aside ara gradually dually tho the many pairs pair ot or eyes roving over the little grout surrounding tho the outlaw themselves on slocum price it was waa in unconscious recognition of that moral force which was his a tribute to tho grim dignity of his hi unshaken courage i what he would do seemed worth considering si he was waa charmed to hear his name pass in a whisper from up lip to op lip well it was time they know knew himl him tie he squared his bis ponderous shoulder and made a gesture commanding silence pattered battered shabby and debauched he bo was like jeome old war horse horae who sniffs the odor of battle that the wind incontinently brings to hla his nostrils dont let get him speak 1 cried a voice and a tumult succeeded cool and indomitable the edg waited for it to subside he saw that the color was waa stealing back into mur faco face the outlaw was reeling feeling that he was a 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