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Show ' 1 0 ElisilS HIS THE Washington correspondents are nos assistant secretaries of the treasury, and it is possible that one of them at any rate a ill continue to hold hi Job SMM Why These Places Are DesfrablaJ The FINDS THAT NEW PRESIDENT IS BUSIEST MAN IN THE COUNTRY. MR. PRODIGAL WILSON OFFICE SEEKERS dESET HIM JUDGES y S' y'h .lV Service Employee Fear Demo tion More Than Dismissal Few Are Change Expected In the White House Staff. Civil By VAUGHAN KESpR, Juisnpnofts By IkMEi&t C SYNOPSIS. We got here The scene at the of the story Is laid In the library opening of an old worn-ou- t southern plantation, known as the Barony The place is to be sold, and Its history and that of the owners, the Wulntards, is the subject of discussion by Jonathan Crenshaw, a business man. a stranger known as Bladen, and Bob Yancy a farmer, when Hannibal Wayne Hasard a mysterious child of the old southern family, makes Jits appearance Yancy tells how he adopted the boy Nathaniel Ferris buys the Barony, but the Qulntanls deny any knowledge of the boy Yancy to keep Hannibal Captain Murrell, a friend of the Cjulntards. appears and asks questions about the Barony Trouble at Scratch Hill Vwhen Hannibal Is kidnaped by Bave Blount. Captain Murrell's agent Yaniy overtakes Blounf. gives him a thrashing and secures the boy Yancy appears before Squire Balaam, and is discharged with costs for th plaintiff Betty Malroy. a friend of the Ferrises, hag an encounter with Captain Murrell, a ho forces his attentions on her. and Is rescued by Bruce Carrington Betty sets out for her Tennessee home Carrington takes the same stage Yancy and Hannibal dtaappear, with Murrell on hetr trail Hannibal arrives at the home of Judge 8!ocum Price. The Judge recognises In the boy, the grandson of an old time friend Murrell arrives at borne. , Cavendish family on raft Judge's rescue Yancy, whots apparently dead Price breaks Jail. Betty and Carrington arrive at Belle Pl&tn. Hannibal's ride discloses some startling thlngajo the Judge. Han- nibs) snd Betty meet again. CHAPTER Xh (Continued). The Judge gave a great start, and a murmur stole hoarse, Inarticulate from between his twitching lips. What do you know of the Barony, Hannibal?" I lived at the Barony osce, until Uncle Hob took me to Scratch Hill to be with him, said Hannibal. You you lived at the Barony? repeated the judge, and a dull wonder struck through hi tone. How long ago when? he continued "I dont know how long It were, but until Uncle Rob carried me away after the old general died. The Judge slipped a hand under the child's chin and tilted his face back bo that he might look into It. For a long moment he studied closely those small features, then with a shake of the bead he handed the rifle to Carrington, and without a word strode forward Carrington had been regarding Hannibal with a quickened inter- est." Hello? he said, as the Judge tadVfed the boy I saw at Scratch off. You're H1U!" Hannibal gave him a frightened glance, and edged to Mr. Mahaffy's aide,, but did not answer. The Judge plodded forward, his shoulders drooped, and his head bowed. For once silence had Bxed its seal upon his lips, no Inspiring speech fell from them. He had been suddenly swept back Into a past he had striven these twenty years and more to forget, and hls memories shaped themselves fantastically. Surely If ever a man had quitted the world that knew him, he was that man! He had died and yet he lived lived horribly, without soul or heart, the empty shell of a man. A turn In the road brought them within sight of Boggs' race-traca wide, level meadow. The Judge paused Irresolutely, and turned his bleared face on bis friend. Well stop here, Solomon, he said rather wearily, for the spirit of boast and Jest was quite gone out of him. He glanced toward Qarrington. Are you a resident of these parts, sir?" he asked. "Ive been In Raleigh three dayh altogether, answered Carrington, and they continued on aeross the meadow In silence. Here were men from the email clearings In homespun and butternut or frlhged hunting-shirts- , with their women folk trailing after them. Here, too. In lesser numbers, were the lords of the soil, the men who counted their acres by the thousand and their slaves by the score. There was the flutter of skirts among the moving groups, the nodding of gay parasols that shaded fresh young faces, while occasionally a comfortable family carriage with some planter's ,y.lfe or daughter rolled silently over the turf. The judge's dull eye kindled, the haggard lines that streaked bis face erased themselves This was life, opucarlent and full. These riages with their handsome women, men on foot, and these splendidly mounted, all dkl their part toward lifting him out of his gloom. A cry from Hannibal drew his attention. Turning, he was In time to see the boy bound away. An Instant later, to bis Astonishment, be saw a young girl who was seated' with two men In an open carriage, spring to the ground, and dropping to her knees put her arms about the tattered little figure. Why, Hannibal!" cried Betty Malroy. ,i Mias Betty! Mlsa Betty!" and Hannibal buried bis bead on her ahoulder. What Is it, Hannibal; wfiat la It, swlft-rollln- just today, Allss Betsaid Hannibal. Mr. Ware, careless as to dress, scowled down on the child. He bad favored Hoggs with bis presence, not because be left the least interest in horse-racinbut because be bad no faith In gtrls, and especially bad he profound mistrust of Hetty. She was so much easily portable wealth, a chit ready to fall Into the arms of the first uian who proposed to her. But Charley Nortem had not seemed disturbed by the planter's forbidding air. "What ragamuffin's this, Hetty?" growled Ware disgustedly. Hut Betty did not seem to hear. Did you come alone. Hannibal? she asked. . "No, maam; the Judge and Mr they fetched me The Judge had drawn nearer aa Betty and Hannibal spoke together, but Mahaffy hung back. There were gulfs not to be crossed by him. It was different with the judge; the native magnificence of his mind fitted him tor any occasion. "Allow me the honor to,present myself, inaam Price Is my name be perJudge Slocum Price. May mitted to assume that this Is the Miss Betty of whom my young protege so often speaks? Toni- - Ware gave him a glance of undisguised astonishment, while Norton regarded him with an expression of stunned and resolute gravity Betty looked at the judge rather Inquiringly. "I afn glad be has found friends," she said slowly. She wanted to believe that Judge Slocum Price was somehow better than he looked, which should have been easy, since It was incredible that be could have been ty, pink-face- d 1 worse. "He has Indeed found friends, said the judge with mellow unction, and swelling vlsibljc Now Betty caught sight of Carrington and bowed. Occupied with Hannibal and the judge, she bad been unaware of his presence. Carrington stepped forwards "Have you met Mr. Norton, and my brother, Mr. Carrington?" she asked. The two 'young men shook hands, and Ware Improved the opportunity to Inspect the But as his glance wandered over him, it took In more than Carrington, for It Included the fine figure and swarthy face- - of Captain Murrell, who, with his eyea fixed on Betty, was thrusting his eager way through the crowd. Murrell bad presented himself at Belle Plain the day before. For upward of 4 year, Ware had enjoyed mind as a direct regreat peace-o- r sult of his absence from west Tennessee, and when be thought of him at all' he had Invariably put a period to his meditations with, 1 hope to bell he catches , it 'Wherever he Is! More than this, Betty had spoken new-come- r. tp fiosfis t By GEORGE Com r the captain in no unc sin tones. He was not to repeat th ! Hk Mt coi-As Murrell approached, or surged Into Bettys fa for Hannibal, ne had gone wl to the lips, and his smalt hand clqthefhers desperately. Murrell, with all his realized that a too great had placed him In an awk tlon. for Betty turned he him and began an animat sation with Carrington anCtorliy Norton. Hicks, the Belle Plain Ivetiter, pushed bis way to Murrell'slldt Here, John Murrell, aln'lyoi going to show us a trick or fof be Inquired Murrell turned quickly wltt mse of relief. "If you can spare me your file, he said, but his face wore a blelf log. Dont you think youve aeii abut enough. Bet? demanded TouL bu don't care for the shooting, dq'jo "That's the very thing I ito are for; 1 think Id rather aee tht tkn the. horse racing, said Betty pwvete. ly. f5 rlage. with Hannibal besldl kr, quietly determined to miss nothtg. The judge, feeling that he had coi Into bis own, leaned elegantly ig&lat the wheel, and explained the Jnetti ' of each shot as It was made. 1 hope you gentlemen are sot to let me walk off with the prlxsT said Murrell, approaching the grog about the carriage, Mf. Norton,! am told you are clever with the riflif I am not shooting today, resposl ed Norton haughtily. ? Murrell stalked back to the ilse. "At forty paces Id risk It tnys maam," said the Judge. "But at hundred, ofThand like this, I shook most certainly fall " "It would be hard to beat thtt- -J they heard Murrell aay. "At least It would be quite poistbti to equal it, said Carrington, a! vanclng with Hannibal' rifle la hk hands. ir was tossed to his shoulder, Ad poured out Its content In a bbt stream of flame. There wa tin ment of silence. Center shot, ma'am!" scried the judge. "Ill add twenty dollar to the purse! Norton addressed hlmsel tp "And I shall hope, Carrington. to see it go Into your pocket." Our sentiments exactly, ms are they not?" said the Judge. "Perhaps you'd like to bet a flll of your money? remarked Murrell "Im ready to do that too, sir." r sponded Norton quietly. Five hundred dollars, then, this gentleman In whose success Jd$i take so great an interest, can nelUej equal nor better my next hot! Mi ; rell had produced a roll of bills ask spoke. "Nothing, only Fm so g glato ' g ", The Portal of Hope. "This " the speaker was Judge Price; "this Is the place for me. They are a warm-heartepeople, sir, a prosperous people, and a patriotic people with. an unstinted love of coun try. Id like to hang out my shingle here and practice law.". The Judge and Mr Mahaffy were camped In the woods between Boggs' and Raleigh. Betty had carried Hannibal off to spend the night at Belle Plain. I crave opportunity, Solomon the Indorsement of my own class. I feel that I shall . have It hero," resumed the Judge pensively. "Will you stroll Into town with me, Solomon? he asked. head. Mahaffy shook hi Then let your prayer follow me, for Pm off!" said the judge. Ten minutes walk brought him to the door of the city tavern, where he found Mr. Pegloe directing the actlvl Ues of small colored boy who wa mopping ,out . tola, bate,. i judge made known hi needs. ' Goln to locate, are you? said Mr. Pegloe. "My friends urge It, sir, and I have taken the matter under consideration, answered the Judge-Well, the only empty house In town Is right over yonder; It belongs to young Charley Norton out at Thicket Point Plantation. The house Mr. Pegloe pointed out was a small frame building; It stood directly on the street, with a narrow porch across the front, and a shed addition at the back The judge scuttled over to It. The judge's pulse What a location, and quickened. what a fortunate chance that Mr. Norton was the owner of this most desirable tenement! He must see him at once. As be turned away to recross the street and learn from Mr. Pegloe by what road Thicket Point mlgnt be reached, Norton himself galloped into the village. Catching sight of the Judge, he reined In his horse and iwtmg himself from the saddle. 1 was hoping, sir, 1 might And you," he said. 'A wish 1 should have echoed had I been aware of It! responded the Judge. "I was about to do myself the honor to wait upon you at your plantation. Then I have saved you a long walk, said Norton. He surveyed the judge rather dubiously, but listened with kindness as be explained the business that would bave taken blm to Thicket Point. The house Is quite at your service, sir, he said, at length. "The rent " began the judge. But Mr. Norton, with a delicacy equal to his own. entreated him not to mention the rent The house had come to him as boot In a trade. It bad been occupied by a doctor and a lawyer; these gentlemen had each decamped between two days, heavily In debt at the stores and taverns, especially the taverns. And thus hand somely did Charley Norton acquit himself of the mission he had under taken at Betty Malroy's request. That same morning Tom Ware and Captain Murrell were seated In the small detached building at Belle Plain known a the office, where the former spent most of his time when not in the saddle. d art s.-- c CLINTON. More activities are Washington crowded into the first ten tlujs of an adminiktrallou than into any succeed-men- t The offices of the lug ten weeks White House resemble the anterooms of convention halls when the conven-passetlon Is about to assamble. If lrest-hldent ilson Is to get the nine hours sleep w htch he has said that he needs, lie probably w 111 sleep heavily because of the weariness of the crowded day. Nine men out of every ten who surge In and out of the executive mansion's office rooms, overflowing occasionally by sheer force of the surge behind them, are seeking ferment for themselves or for others, There has not been In years, perhaps never before, such a crowd of office aeekers In tbe city of Washington as there Is here today, and, in fact, as has been here for two or three weeks waiting for the incoming of the new administration. In addition to listening to the pleas of the men who seek office, tbe new president has some hundreds of other principal things to do, to say nothing of some thousands of odds and ends of work. Moreover, he Is compelled to adjust himself to his new position and to his new home and his new surroundings He Is the hardest worked man in the country at all times If he attempts to live up to all his duties, and during tbe first few months of his administration he probably works harder than any two other men In the United States. If people think the president doeq not earn his salary, they must think again In order to get the seat of knowledge well balanced. Demoting In Civil Service. The civil eervlce employes in the city of Washington, and doubtless elsewhere through the country, very likely need not shake In their shoe (or fear that under the direction of the new president they are to be ousted. Civil service 1 supposed to protect, and Mr. Wilson hss said that It will protect while be has the direction of national affairs. Most of the ihaklng, therefore, which civil service workers sre doing Is due to th teak d s sought for, especially ia the treasury department, for they are cow sidered stepping stones to fine bast ness positions In private life after change of administration has retired an lncutn beul from office Charlqp IX Norton who was an assistant secro tary of the treusury and later Mf. Taft's private secretary, now ha high salaried position in New Ytfrb city, and the Bame general prosper tty In business life has met nearly .all the former assistant secretaries of (hs The training which they tnasury. gel in the deimrtnient, directing M the do customs matters, revenue matters and public building matters, Is considered admiral preparation foi executive position in big business con cerna The men who get the positions o! assistant secretaries In the treasury exdepartment will be considered tremely lucky, but only less lucky will be those who enter on slmllai positions ln,vthe department of commerce and labor and of the Interior, and of the postofflee department where assistant secretaries sre knows aa assistant postmasters-generrl- . Attorney General' Task. The attorney general has to enter suits against great corporations which violate the Interstate commerce law, and of course he hss other suits of various natures. Tbe great corporations are rich and they employ the best legal talent which money can secure to defend them in court. An untrained assistant to ths attorney-genera- l has a hard time of it when he goes up against lawyer who know business from A to Z, and know all the technicalities which ever have been da pended upon to win any kind of a case In any kind of a court. The president never has had very much to say about the appointment of assistants to ths attorney-general- '.;:l i V . The ambassadorial positions which Mr. Wilton must flll can go only to rich men, and It is said be Is exceedingly sorry that such Is the case, for he knows a number of men already 1 the service who he would like to promote, but promotion for them is said to be impossible because they have not the means to support the office and the dignity of the ambassadors rank. Plan for Harmony Irt Senate. In the United 8tatee senate ths Democrats will hold a series ol caucuses to try to get tbs major Ity party In that body lined up 1 behalf of tbs new administration'!' policies. Apparently the Democr&Ue senators do not see Jiow they San aid the adminlatratton'a endeavor with-out making advance effort to Jin w f" towfitBctoarged, "but "artlson llitiority'ln the senate snd that they kaay be demoted, or, In oth- through H make sure that what Mr. er words, be kept .n th service, but Wllsou wants to obtain will hare It given Inferior positions st smaller pay. iray in the commltteea and on tha . It Is not likely that much of this floor. Th of today la, will ths It Is be will question done, although demoting possible, ss is true In some cases conservative pemocrats, knowing that where men bave been given the high- their progresslvo brethren are to b est places In ths civil service st a in the majority In the caucuses, bind late hour simply to provide them with themselves to b governed by all that good places under the civil service th party gathering may decide upon! blanket. It may be that they will be It Is said today that there wlllbs demoted and the places which they about thirty progressives In the cauhave occupied briefly will be given to cuses pledged to abide by the WlUon This is more than a party maothers recommended by influential will Democrats snd approved by the pres- jority, and if tbe conseryatlre Demoident None of the civil service posi- crats agree to abide by the caucus tions pays more than $4,000 or $5,000 decisions in all things, It seems certain that the Democratic party will a year. Whits House Staff May Remain. , bave real harmony In the upper hous ConThe White House staff of secre- for some time to come at least of (he Demo the be cord may part is these clerks taries and busy days. thfc senate, therefore on all How many changes there will be no crate in tariff. one knows yet, but with the outgoing subjects except perhaps tbe No one apparently believes that ths of Private Secretary Charles D. Hllles to bind and the Incoming of Private Secretary caucuses are going to attempt a Democratic majority In the senate secreunder P. the Tumulty, Joseph I taries and the clerks naturally fear to s fixed program on tha tariff. Jt news to of say the truth the that an earthquake may follow. The simply White House force, however, has re- that abme of the progressive Demo sre not in entire ao duced things so to system that a cratlc senators new force could not darthe work until cord with others of their progressiva after months of practice. It Is under- party brethren on the schedules. May Maks Kern Floor Leader. stood that Mr. Wilson Intends to keep One of the questions which must the White House force pretty nearly Intact for the reason that business be settled la advance of ths extra must be expedited, and for the further session Is whether or not the present reason that there are about as many senate Democratic floor leader Senunder secretaries and clerks who be- ator Martin of Virginia, will be chosen long to the domlnent political party for the same position. It is knows as to the outgoing political party, or that some of the progressive Demo the other one whish came Into ex- cratlc senators wish to bave the lead istence at the Progressive convention ershlp given to John W. Kern of Inin Chicago last summer. It is said diana, and It may be that they cao that Mr. Taft did not know the po- get a majority In his behalf. AH ol litical affiliations of half a dozen the progressive Democrats In the senmembers of the White House staff, ate, It Is said, are not fixed in theli and It Is possible that Mr. Wilton determination to vote against the Vlr Theyprobably will likewise will elect to remain In Ig- glnia senator, norance of the parties to which hit 'wait to learn If Mr. Wilson desires the unhorsing of the present leadet unlor workers beloDg. before they make up their minds defMuch Sought For Jobs. initely as to the course they will pur withEvery incoming cabinet officer sue. in ten days of his taking of the If the Democrats carry their re-o- r oath probably will have appointed ganlzatlon fight to the extent of tryall the assistant secretaries which to prevent Mr. Martin and Mr. There ing have places in his office. Simmons and Borne others of tbe c$n are one or two assistant secretaries, servatlve old guard from keeping theli. however, who are pretty sure to re- present ranking committee pohltiona, main In where they are. They are they will have trouble to make ths men who are accounted Invaluable In fight good, for there are a good many their positions, having held them so progressive Democrats In the eenate long that every detail of office work who think that seniority (TO BE CONTINUED ought te beis known to them, and they have count and that It would do no harm come so useful In "courts of last reReptiles That Have Long Llf. to make some of the senior donserva Some of the sacred crocodiles of In- sort that they probably will not be tlves chairmen of committees, provlA dia are said to be over a hundred, and disturbed. One such man is Second the rest of tbs committee member vast estimates bave been made of the Assistant Secretary of State Alvey A. lng Is finely progressive." ship Adee, who has been in office so long ages of th giant tortoises of Mad The extent of the trouble which the gascar. Certainly there was till re- that most people have forgotten ths Democrats may bave In caucus, therecently (and may be ktlll) a tortoise In dat of his entrance thereto, and It fore, probably will hinge upon tha e tbe garden of the Governor of Capo is probable that Mr. Adee Is willing tremss to which they attempt to go town which came there eighty year that they should forget. When anyago, and wa believed to be 120 wbec body wants to know anything with virBefore He Loot Hla Hair. tually an affidavits strength to back It arrived. maa Why la It that a the Information he goes to Mr. Adee. a comb?" carries asks pocket always a men tor a good many Newspaper Only Few. -- Oaly a few- - of the- people wh o ars 1 Tears ' have-be- en verr xnoch lir erl-- Loke McLuk. Maybe to tomb kll tojremlnd him not satisfied with th world are doing dence In th treasury department aa w his ken. and maybe - assistant - secretaries. Two former of happier days. anything to make It better. r A 'm ' I; A . - 1 -- dearr you!" CHAPTER XII. Betty now seated herself In tte well-dresse- d I Norton colored with embarrass-- , Carrington took In the sltua- tlon. Walt a minute," he said, and his purse to Norton. "Cover money, sir," he added briefly. "Thank you. uiy horses have run away with most of my cash," ex- plained Norton,-- ' "Your shot!" said Carrington short- ly. to the outlaw Murrell taking careful aim, fired, " clipping the center As soon as the result was known, raised his rifle, his bullet, truer than his opponent s, drove out the center Murrell turned on him with an oath. "You shoot well, but a board stuck against a tree 1b no test for a mans nerve, he paid Insolently. Carrington was charging his piece. "1 only know of one other kind or target, he observed coolly. "Yea a living target!" cried Murrell. assistant much n' bald-heade- find -- THnnlbr35roHlm a Frightened Glance and Edged Toward Mr. t . ' |