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Show at KlLDAfip 111 IE MEREDITH MCppMJfJiJ SYNOPSIS. Thomas Ardmore, bored millionaire, and Henry Maine. Grlswold, professor In tho University of Virginia, ttiko trains out of Atlanta, Grlswold to Ills colleKC, Ardmore Ard-more In pursuit of u Rlrl who had winked at lilm. Mistuken for Gov. Osborno of Houtli Carollnu. arlswold's llfo Is threatened. threat-ened. Ho kocs to Columbia to wurn tho Bovernor and meets Barbara Osborno. Ho remains to assist her In the absence of her father. Ardmore learns thut his winking lady Is the daughter of Gov. Dangerfleld of North Carolina. Ho follows fol-lows her to Raleigh, und on the way Is Klven a brown Jug at Klldare. In Italelgh ho discovers that tho Jug bears a message mes-sage threatening Dangerfleld unless Ap-plewelght, Ap-plewelght, a criminal, Is allowed to go free. Ho goes to the capltol to wurn tho governor, finds him absent and becomes nllled with the daughter, Jerry Danger-field. Danger-field. In discharging the duties of tho governor's olllco. CHAPTER V. Continued. "I have heard papa say that Itfo Is short and tho tenuro of ofTlco uncertain. uncer-tain. I can remove you at any time I please. Now do you understand that this Is a sorlous business? Thero's likely to be "a lot of trouble, and no time for asking questions, so when l say It's so It's so." i "It's so," repeated Ardmore docilely. do-cilely. "Now, here's the sheriff at Klldare, on our Bide of the line, who writes to say that he Is powerless to catch Applowolght. Ho'a afraid of the dark, that man! You see, tho grand Jury In Dllwell county-r-that's Klldare, Kll-dare, you know has indicted Apple-weight Apple-weight as a common outlaw, but tho grand Jurors were all friends of Ap-plewelght Ap-plewelght and the indictment was only to satisfy law-and-order sentiment senti-ment and appease tho Woman's Civic league of Raleigh. Now, papa doesn't I mean I don't want to offend thoso Applewelght people by meddling In this business. Papa wants Gov. Osborno Os-borno to arrest Applewelght In South Carolina; but I don't believe Gov. Osborno Os-borno will dare do anything about It. Now, Mr. Ardmore, I am not going to havo papa called a coward by anybody, any-body, particularly by South Carolina people, after what Gov. Osborne said of our state." "Why. what did ho say?" "He said in a speech at Charleston last winter that no people who fry their meat can ever amount to anything, any-thing, and he meant us! I can never forgive him for that; besides, his daughter Is tho stuck-upest thing! And I'd llko Darbara Osborno to tell me how' sho got into tho Colonial' Dnmes, and what call she haB to bo Inspector general of tho Granddaughters Granddaught-ers of tho Mexican War; for I've heard my, grandfather Dangerfleld say many a time that oUl'Col. Osborne and his South Carolina regiment never did go outside of Charleston until the war "was over ami the American army had come 'back homo." . . "Gov.- Osborno'' is a ' "contemptible rufllani'' declared Ardrhoro with deep feeling. ' ; t Miss Dangerfleld nodded Judicial .approval, and.settled backvln her chair the hetter to contemplate her now secretary, and said: "I've wrjtten that la to say, papa wrote before lo went away, a strong letter to Gov. Osborne, complaining that Applewelght was hiding l.i South' Carolina and running ncross the state,. line to rob nnd murder people hi North Carolina. Papa told Gov. Osborne Os-borne that ho must break up the Applowolght Ap-plowolght crowd or ho would do something some-thing about it himself. It's a splendid letter; you would think that oven a coward like Gov. OBborno would do something after getting such a let-tor." let-tor." "Didn't ho answor tho letter?" "Answer It? Ho no,ver got. It! Papa Pa-pa didn't Bond it; that's tho reason! Papa's the kindest man in tho world, and he must have been afraid of hurting hurt-ing G,oy. Osborne's feejjngs. -Io wrote tho letter, expecting "to send It, but when ho wont off to Now Orleans he told .Mr.Mlassford to hold It till ho got back. He had oven' signed It you can read It If you like." It was undoubtedly a vigorous eplstlo, and Ardmoro felt tho thrill of Ub rhetorical sentences as., ho read. Tho dignity iand authority of ono of the sovorolgn American" states was represented herqk-ajid ho handed tho paper back to M!ss Dangerfleld as tenderly aB though It had been tho original draft of Magna Charta. "It's a corker, all right." "I don't much llko tho wny it ends. It says, right lioro" and sho bent forward., for-ward., and .pointed to the place under sritlclsm "it says, 'Trusting to your 3onse of equity, and rolylng upon a jontlnuanco of tho traditional friendship friend-ship between your stato and mine, I m, sir. awaiting your ron'ly, very "sroett'iilly. your obedient 4 servant.' v. I wouldn't trust to his sense of .!: r.ml that trnditlona) friend- ' . ' . A i ' ship business is Just fluffy nonsense, and I wouldn't bo anybody's obedient servant. I decided when I wasn't more than 15 years old, with n lot of other girls In our school, that when wo got married we'd never say oboy, and we never have, though only thrco of our class are married yet, but wo're all engaged." "Engaged?" "Of course', wo're ongaged. I'm engaged en-gaged to Rutherford Gllllngwater, tho adjutant gonernl of tills state. You couldn't be my private secretary If 1 wasn't engaged; It wouldn't bo proper." . Tho earth was only a flying cinder on which lie tstrove for n foothold. She had announccd1 her engagement to ho married with a cool finality that took' IiIb breath' away;- and not realizing real-izing the chaos into which she had flung him, she returned demurely to "the matter of tho letter. "Wo can't change that letter, because be-cause It's signed close to the 'obedient servant' and there's no room. Rut I'm going to put t' ntd the typewriter and ndd a postscript." . Sho sat do.wn, before (he machine and inexpertly rolled the sheet Into place; then, with Ardmoro helping her to find tho keys, sho wrote: I demand an Imedlate reply. "Demand and Immediate are both business words. Aro you sure there's only one m in immediate? All right. If you know. I reckon a postscript llko that doesn't need to be signed. I'll Just put 'W. D.' there with papa's Ardmoro, hero's a telegram from Mr. Hillings which I don't understand. Seo If you know what It means." Ardmore chuckled delightedly as he read: Can not understand your outrageous conduct In bond matter. If payment Is not mado June first your state's credit Is ruined. Where Is Foster? Answer to Atlanta. At-lanta. OBOKCII? P. BILLINGS. "I don't see what's so funny about that! Mr. Hassford was walking tho floor with that mcssago when I came to tho office. Ho said papa and the state wero both going to be ruined. There's a quartor of a million dollars to bo paid on bonds that aro coming due Juno first, and thero Isn't nny money to pay them with. That's what he said. And Mr. Foster Is tho state treasuror, nnd ho'n gone Ashing." "Fishing?" "Ho left word he had gone fishing. Mr. Foster and papa don't get along together, nnd Mr. Hassford says he's run off Just to let thoso bonds default nnd bring dlsgraco on papa nnd tho state." Ardmoro's grin broadened. The Applewelght Ap-plewelght caso was Insignificant .compared .com-pared with this new business with which he was confronted. Hillings had always treated him with contempt, con-tempt, aB n nogllglblo fnctor In the Ardmore millions, nnd here nt last was an opportunity to balance' accounts. ac-counts. ' " , "I will show yotf how to fix Rill-tugs. Rill-tugs. Just' let me have ono of those blanks." .j . And after much labor, and with occnslonnl suggestions from Miss Jerry, the following message was presently ready for the wires: Your Infamous Imput'utlon upon my jioii-. or and that ot the stato. shall moot with the treatment lt ' deservesj I defy you to do your worst. If you come Into North Carolina or bring' legal proceedings for the collection of- your bonds, I will 1111 you so full of buckshot that 40 men will ' not bo Htrong enough to carry you to your gruve. "Isn't that perfectly grand!" murmured mur-mured Jorry admiringly. "Rut I thought your family and the Rronx Lonn and Trust Company were tho same thing." "Don't you worry about Hillings. Ho Is used to having people get down "What's the Matter?" She Demanded. stub pen, so It will look really fierce. Now, you're the secretary; you copy it in tho copying press and I'll address ad-dress tho envelope." Sho bade him give tho letter plenty of time to copy, and talked cheerfully while ho waited. She spoke of her friends, as southern people have a way of dolug, as though every pno niufil of cour&? Ariiow ' therii a-' habit that Is' Illuminative or that delightful southern jielghborllncsa. that,. ,Jts. the elect of n commonwealth .Into a single' family, 'hat neither fimo and tide nor sword nnd brand can destroy. "Well, that's done," said Miss Jerry, when .tho letter,; still damp from tho copy-preR3,Vlia6vi)e'en carefully" 'scdled and'stnmped. "Gov. Osborno win' get It In theMadrnlng!"-' I-thiuk. maybo we'd better telegraph him that it's coming." Tho message, A slowly-' thunlp'ed" "out on tho typewriter, and .several times altered and copied, finally read: ..4. . . Raleigh, N. C. Tho Hono'rablo Ctinrlea Osborne, , ! ; , Governor of, .South Curollna, Columbia, S. C.: Havo wrltie'n'by to'-nlght's 'mall lrf Applowolght Ap-plowolght matter, Your vacillating course not understood. WILLIAM DANGIORFIRM), Governor of North Carolina.' "I reckon that will mako htm take notlco;" and Miss Jerry viewed hor work with approval, "Aud now, Mr. , , i ... , i on their knees to him, and the change will do him good. Where is this 'man Foster?: "Just Ashing; that's what Mr. Hassford Hass-ford said, but ho didn't know where. Fajher was going to'cnll a special session ses-sion of tho legislature' to), investigate him, nnd he was so angry that ho ran off so that papa would have to look after thoso bonds himself. Then this Applewelght case came up,, and. that worried :papa a grcat'deal, Hero's his call fpr.-tho special sesst6Tu "IIiif tdld Mr. .lasaford to hold that, too, until ho-xratinV batik from Now Orleans." Ardmoro read Gov. ;.E)angorflold's smumoi8 to the loglsiaturo, ,wlth profound pro-found Interest. It 'was signed, but the space for tho date- on which- tho "lhwfiUilCeVs wore to nssemblo had been left blank. "It looks to mo as thoirgh you had tho whole Btato in ynw hands, 'Miss Dangerfloldi Rut I don't bollovo wo ojigut to call tho spifclal ses'slon' Jusl' yet. It ..would bo sure to injure tho state's credit, and It will bo a.ilpt moro fun to catch Fostbr. I wonder If ho' took all tho stato monoy with him." "Mr. Hassford said ho didn't know and couldn't And out, for tho clerks In tho treasurer's ofllco wouldn't toll him a single thing." "Ono should nover deal with apb- ordinate," romarked Ardmoro sagely. "Deal with tho principals I heard a 1 hanker say that onco, nnd ho was a man who know ovory thing. Resides, ? it will bo moro fun to attend to tho bonds ourselves." The roll of drums and tho cry of a 1 bugle broke In upon tho peaco of tho later afternoon. Miss, Jerry rose j with an exclamation anil ran out Into : tho broad portico of tho statohouso. Several battalions of n tldo-wator regl- ' ment, passing through town on their S way to Camp Dangerfleld, had taken g Jj advantage of a wait In Raleigh to dts- 11 embark and show themsolves at the II capital. They wero already halted Isi and nt parade rest at tho side of tho IJS street, and a mounted ofAcer In khaki. I'j galloping madly into view, seemed to RI llj focus tho eyes of tho gathering crowd. E flj He was a gallant Aguro of a man; hl FH llj mount wns an nnlmal that realized II llj Job's Ideai of a battle-horso; tho sol- llj dtors presented arms as tho horse- H llj man rode tho line. Miss Dangerflold w lH waved her handkerchief, standing am engerly on tiptoo to mako hor salu- HI tatlon carry as far as possible. Ml fl "Who Is that?" asked Ardmore, M 1 with sinking spirit. H "Why, Rutherford Gllllngwator, of course." H "Four right!" rnng tho command a H mpmont later, and tho , militiamen IM ll tramped off to the station. Ul It was then that Ardmore, watching Jjm llj tho crowd disperse at the edge of tho M flj park, saw his caller ;Of, the, morning H llj striding rabidly across tho street Ard- H more started forward, then checked rm -W himself so suddenly that .Miss Jorry LI llj Dangerfleld turned to htm Inquiringly. u "What's the matter?" she demanfld. U "Nothing, I havo been robbed, as 1 hoped to be. Over thero on the side II Walk, beyond tho girl In tho pink sun- a bonnet, goes my little brown Jug. fm lH That lank individual with the shabby kf 1 hat has lifted it out of my room at the 1 llj hotel, Just as I thought ho would." Sll (TO HE CONTINUED.) fl 1H |