Show THE PURCHASE PRICE OR THE CAUSE OF compromise by EMERSON HOUGH copyright Copi right 1910 by emerson hough SYNOPSIS josephine countess Countes sSt st auban from A ashington by captain carlisle act ing on government or ler Is with him on an ohio river steamboat they are ar ap preached by War barville ville dunwody a mis alls state senator the countess in a note asks dunwody for or aid she Is posing as carlisle a sec see detary carlisle plays cards ith dun and others and loses the two men play cards for custody of josephine dunwody wins and carlisle cai lisle leaves the boat dunwody confronts jose phine the missourian infatuated with jose phine declares he will take her to his home against her will the boat Is boa d ed by a party of recaptured slaves owned by judge clayton a passenger dunwody engages an overseer to kid tap lap josephine the cabinet discusses jo bephine as a dangerous abolitionist and decides to ask an opposition statesman to take her away should she return ja fall all woods dunwody s home josephine with her maid jeanne and dunwody arrives at Tal lwoods he ile as signs bally sally an old colored woman to wait on her she finds old faded women s garments in her room and asks eleazer an old french trapper to help her to escape hearing a sound at her door at night she tries to flee and falls from a window josephine s arm Is broken it Is set by dr jamieson in the night she I 1 ears queer crying Tal lwoods Is visited by friends of dunwody the missourians Missour lans have a fight with a party of lort rort heiners who have taken up and are guarding lily a runaway slave the 11 he r arty Is con banded by carl ale carlisle and his lieutenant kammerer are taken boners to Tal lwoods dun body breaks a leg injured in the fight continued from last week CHAPTER IX t the arb T was twilight when the little caa IT alcade aiom lal lwoods arrived at fit the old river town of st gene vieve ilie lite peaceful inhabitants most of them of the old french strain looked 0 it in to amie ami ernei mei t lit ut the la ja led horses tl ti e hird faced men by this time the tile gilgI nil half halt dozen riders had rece received iNed reinforcements at differ ent pi ill it lations so tl ti it a bind band ot of lr e laps thirty armed men had as J brief apse inquiry in at st genevieve Genev leve inform led edit 1 t them hem that the amer helen P cell bell ell had bad passed f town alf root rout that day soon after noon As she depended almost as much upon poles and hues lines for her upstream progress ress as upon her steam it was thought illery ely she would tie up tip for or the night at some point not more tl in ten or twelve miles allies lit u seiei a u D lri u udy td y ii i d 1 e e a 3 er of the 1 arty by ananin 0 is COD con ei t afo e determined to ride across the rh aher er I 1 led ed at its sl 0 test d tance I 1 the attema atte rut t tu to inter it t the slean sleaner er rel ing ul aion on cha e to secure small boats near at I 1 i d sho ild lid they be ne tie es siry ills 1113 3 i 1 en ell I 1 y tills this time ere gl id eno gli gh to dibano it t at aid d tat tale e so i e but boit t of ref re li i i e ei i t it wis dai duk k when abilo they mo boint int ed and find tie old aher boal ioa 1 full ot of Aa shotts stumps gul an roots dilego mile go lag trig slow after tie noon had sunk gunk tl TI ey I 1 lid id I 1 wever weer no great alduce to ride at a point ten miles up lip tie tl e river they came upon a small b iddle of 9 tints buts at one of these dunwody knocked and the frigi tenant at first almost speechless at the of so miny armed men informed him that the st tad lad cissel late hit thit aset I 1 s g an I 1 wis in his big belief tid p at a little tovie to vl ei ii i maid tot rot nore thai that half a a lie ile ups int boits have yon you got here de minded dunwody no hot boit at all in r rejoined the habitant maybe maybo so four aw dye deesh boat bill bring them outi waa was the terse order they dismounted aid leu ing thel horses tied in lit the v m d at the roid rold side they went to the waters edge and presently presen lly a half dozen men met in to each of as many long 0 aher er st stiffs of the tyl e used by the list ermen li it arraying out tl it air nets dun vody and layton x were ere in the foremost boat aid ach ah I 1 tilled ar at air at length at dun voa s quiet bigel all till the boits bo its piu paused ed tie crins holding fast to the verb brane bandes leg of the trees or 01 rhe the miln shore of the river she aca a out there just across yonder be he vv I 1 think I 1 cal ee her stick now she must be tied 11 ip close we ne cin slip in on this side mil e a landing and tet aboard her be fore she ai tit stop us it were careful neap perre perfectly cuy quiet follow us boys I 1 et no oue one fire re a shot until I 1 order it loa cone eon on clayton inside the first fringe of the tan feledy and heavy the mud lay jay deep lu in a long hilf drained pool of vater which stood in the middle of the willow covered flat into this silently as they could they were obliged to plunge wading across sometimes deep in spite of the noise th is made there nas no challenge and the little body of men reforming into an all irregular irre ular line presently arrived at the outer edge of tl if e willow hit flit here li it the light which aich hung filing above the ahers suffice they could see tie tl e bulk of the stein er looming ain agnost ost in tl if air fi f I 1 es ste had her landing plants out ard here and there aloi 9 the tile narrow san anni I 1 be irb jeb a smoldering en ell her ber or so show ed where little bres hid been made As a matter of fact more thin h it of the men ot of the bo it had preferred to sleep on shore heir muffled covered li it their blaike blai bets tg effit even now be seen here and there V ho goes here came a it mili malutin tiri cap nil from the bo bolt boit it hilt hilt cine froni from tie lite lit e of or sleepers suddeth awal ened in an instant both par ties were under und r arms it soke well for the temper of the men u biltl D dinwoody hit thit none of them in de aty silently hie lite so in nv qa 1 idols they dropped d down to the grobi d ahu hit ans as that cried a on the boat calling down to ewe one on the shore there are men here was the an ser somebody sot t 0 t there I 1 lie I 1 e night was now astir men alen clothed but fully ar el now lined u ul alot tire bea h alot albig g 11 tie e g just ile of the bodt boat api apt ardently tl if ere were u so i e twenty or more of tl it em in all iziver pirates likely gat sail I 1 the leid er ft AN ho hid bid now come down the u gai g I 1 link f ill in lit men f 11 in tit f I 1 i voice rang a sharp an clear like flat of nn tin boffl er I 1 ine lne up lip along tl 1 Is bach ind and ret get down dovin bowl be commanded hold your fire firel hold what do yo j mean V X hat bat are you doing some one hi bi I 1 tired fired a hot shot at once the thicket was wag tilled with firmed men some of the b it pirty stir ding on thedell the deck beh bell id the leiler letter ind hid fired it a mo vernei t g ci ii I 1 i the NN willows t ve ty birds aviv yo r rg g pest i fell I 1 i k st t if tl ro roil the I 1 loly 0 ay ells ills f filenio t ten Is a at t it first d dint I 1 n t know th it at aay y one hid bid b en h I 1 I 1 it to lie still inder tre t re lit g cited their wild ten lea i pr er jtb i common biml im ise lie and nith it order they emptied r ains b ins into the miss of dirk hg ires ranged iborg the beich I 1 he air was alil d with shot ts IS an I 1 curses the it pirth adgit ed the tirre beich of si d ard tit d mid wis covered a miss of fighting men get in benl men cried D inao ay xa 0 o on 1 ike it tie e b it ile pressed on slowly I 1 I 1 ige e jilton it h s side ind they two pissed on ip the gar plink and into the I 1 oat itself lie 1 I t e lea ler ter of ot the bolt boit forces N w bo ho hi bi I 1 retired 19 1111 to the stein pr er de k f ced tl if em here it wis vis D n vody hin self who reached out ci igl igi t him in i i fell gr 1 p a d took aay an ay from h in his big nafle call yo r men off he cried do yo i all fill want to get killed lot oi cintes the bolt bont im leiler ter as s or on as he be co child lid get bis big f who are you he cr ed suddenly breith 1 I hit do you mein me in by firing on us ug here were we re pe pei ceable men and on oil our on onn n business D inbody stood si st sporting himself on his rifle the stock of it under tinder his arm lot 10 cill this be he slid we lian t intend to attack you ft I 1 e ere re after a f 9 galve de slave I 1 im in a united aites hirshal you ve lille kille I 1 some of 0 ir men at ard d yo i fired barst yo I 1 e no rigl t NN I 1 0 are you be he cried q ly p g closer to his prisoner in the it if light I 1 tt 0 ight 1 knew your voice you carlisle whit hit are yo r doing here I 1 in abo t my b siness iness rejoined tint youn officer dittly I 1 ve been ou on your trill well you ve found it 11 e said dun jun grimly you anny wish you haidn L t the northerner was nag not in the leist subdued in remil ned fe irless as be fore I 1 id it ts tine tilka be he slid na hy by duent his ell t we a right here we were re on a na navigable navi gible of toe the united states in free w aiters aid at d in a free country and we were re free to do as we vie pro ose we re in tit der a free flag flig whit do you it e ein in by bring into us loure I 1 cure not the river at all retorted jide calyton yo i re tied up to abisso li it soil fhe the reil chin nel net of the rier Is adgy out yonder and you ki ow it A e re inside our richt in board g you ale e want nant to know who you are ind whit you are doing here an air army officer at the held of meu met armed in this my we re go ing ng to search it tais bolt boit yo i ve got property prop eity of mine on baird and we ve the begil right to tike it and nere v ere go log tag to tike like it you ve killed some of our posse you re pirates pirate sl rei tented the north ern leider loure border and you wint to take this boat I 1 ou II 11 have to account for this we are reidy to account for it said dunwody throw down your arms or we will ill kill 1111 every enery man of you it once oncel he ile swung heively bick hick on hia his sup pot t is he spot e cha oil ton ca ight him by the arm you re h t he s slid lid la in a low voice yes a little answered ang vered the other don t siy anything iny thing 0 slona slowly ly he p ish ed on directly lp p to 0 who iho faced him fe irless is ever I 1 ell your men to throw do don i n ti tt air g ins de tie mildd dunwody once more attention e lied tied out he the young n rt herner SOO armel silently in the d rl esen in the con fusion the men gio ped together and leaned their rifles against th s or that support silently they ranged then selves some on the deck some still upon the bhore shore git lt lil lie ts non it once command ed PinN dunwody Nody we ve got men hurt bete ae veil 11 hare have to do something at once tin leson he cried out aie ale you buit I 1 in all liht answered D da jimie son out of the darkness not a scratch but there a a lot of air fe fel lows down lake care of them said dunwody IN well ell attend to the rest of this busi bus ness after that A dismal sight enough was present d when finally a few half hearted were pressed it to use to pro duce a scant illumination out of the confusion at lisl lis there might have been heard the voice of Duri dunwody callair calling g agila for la jamieson famie dieson son there was work mork for the surgeon when the and injured of both sides at last were brought the little steamer and ranged in a ghastly corn com mon row along the birrow deck like care of theal jamieson sa d dunwody shortly he ile film himself self leaned against the rail loure hurt yourself dunwody exclaimed jamieson Tami eson the blood drip ping from his fingers when he half robe u wrong csoti ing 1 got it nick in my leg I 1 think but I 1 m all liht see to the others jamieson bent over the body of young desha who nho had been first to suffer here on the debated ground of Aliss missouri ourt ile had been shot through the upper body and hid bid d ed with lit tie suffering of the assailing pirty two others also were beyond aid of these both were v ere shot through the held and death d d not at once rel eve them they both liy my groining dully jamie son passed tl em sn swiftly if fly by the tally showed that of the Missour lins three had been killed four badly wo besides the slight wound of dunwody of the boat pirty party smaller in the first place though well armed tl if e loss hid bid been slightly less two men had bad been killed outright and three others badly houi ded tied of these one probably fatal ly hurt to all of these jamieson min aa as best he be might the deck was wet with blood silent and sid bened spectators the attacking party stood ranged along the rail on the side nest next to the shore on the opposite side were the sullen defenders carlisle the leader of the boat party stood silent with nith lips tightly corn com pressed not far from Dun worly leaned agil against list the rail lie ile made no comment on the scene gene and wis apper antly not no inured to such si ecta cles oc itally sio nally he bent m oer er tie better to observe the results result of the surgeons sui geons work but he ventured no comment and indulged in no the night faded after all at last along the level of the water waters s s can cane e some glints from the eastern sl y the horizon filed lied slightly at last a haggard dawn came to light the scene captain began be an dunwody at last turning to the comm inder of the boat forces fores we will be leaving before long As to you you will have to turn back bick too you will tike your boat downstream if it you please its not as I 1 please rejoined the other you order us as bick hick from our journey at your own peril I 1 in an officer and I 1 in on my own onn n way and I 1 am therefore under orders I 1 was following a prisoner late lite in when I 1 fell in with th s party bound ip the river to the fransis front the courts aly take all that up this is missouri soil its it s no cise case tor for courts answered the other sternly ibis will come before the court of god himself if it meins war let it be war I 1 admit that we hive a fugitive slave on baird a young woman oman v I 1 suppose that was the excuse for your attack it was as ti tie e cause of it and we in tend to tike her answered dunwody 1 e don t intend to use violence tin less it lb is necessity necess iry but as to you n will ill you ta tale I 1 e your boat below a and dd out of this country I 1 will not very well then well we 11 tike tile you from your own boat and we 11 make her pay the penalty by what by the right of the long arm since you insist you wo lid mike us prisoners without any process of law what everi everl you ran can thrash that out in byoir own courts liter if you like said dunwody meantime we 11 II see if I 1 can cant t find aglace a place that will bold hold you jamieson he filled ait oit it an in stant later clayton come here take tie tl e roll of these men he went on if it any of them want to drop the tl ti ing at this point and RO go b bick ik let tl em give pi p parole i role they U h hue I 1 e to agree to leive and never come hick here again to carlisle be sil sit I 1 the temper of 0 my men Is 1 such that yo yoi i are lucky to have bare a parole offered to you I 1 ou on deserve not ti tie e treat ment of sol colliers hers liers but of spies vol disgrace dis grice your uniform these men are only fools bit R it what do alipy say cleyton Ct lyton he demanded turning to the lattur as he foially bi ally returned they consider the expedition at ao an end returned the judge ahree of them want to go on home to st I 1 11 auls fates yates yonder Is ini favor of hanging them all the boys are bitter about losing deaha 4 Dun dunwody vody cooled 1001 ed the young leider calmly fix 10 the he fice ym 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