Show I The Recruit I BY T I The Till United who lio was compelled by 11 duty to seek leEk out und and I arrest in the lie mountains of ot Went Vest Virginia had hail a A. hard task III Ills work received little commendation and his hiM chances of being toppled over O overby overby b by a bullet from flom u tt tree top were man many The nervous strain maln while camp campaigning in the tho wll wilds t was wa severe e an and the metal Invention nce necessary to trapping a human human human hu hu- man victim an and getting him out of the region ft was as the most mOlt difficult and important work of oC all E cl who went vent Into the I mountains with the th specific Intention of or discovering t lico an and ant de destroying the still opera operated tell u by Bill soon found out the truth of or these statements They hey all failed alle Fighting tailed failed and TIm Rill was vas a match mutch for the best of oC strate- strate gIH They rhoy never ne as much as saw his still frill I. I One lay day la Hicks came to town however however how how- ever and beside h him him walked a tall angular man of about thirty Dill I was more powerful po In build but he dIll did not have the thc tread cat nor the sinewy appearance of ot the frailer man Hicks was a prisoner oner hii His captor the the lank hanky young man was man was a new deputy deput marshal und and on hi hH his first trip he managed manas b by craftiness ci to get Bill Bm out of the region of or his old haunts and ancl gut got the drop on him He lIe kept that drop until unU h In- In landed lande I I hl his III p Ili-p Jut but he hea a was as discreet creel 1 t enough nuu h I to maintain n a silence There e was a aLong along along long examination und and the was wat as discharged d for 01 lack of evidence That afternoon he met lilet Susie Her face was la radiant lant She Sue could har hardly l- l speak for fOI gratitude that crowded In her hr throat Say Sa she whispered Yeh aint no sneak Yet Yer the best man I I I-I I over l And ml the blu blush h that Sprang rang prang through the tanned tanne skin told more than W words l' l S He had a talk tae with Hick hIcks that evening just as the old mountaineer was lea ln leaving for tor or his home lIe He explained tile the laok pf pC t l evidence at the trial and also ux explained h why he he left heft his ils drat and exhibits In Inthe Inthe Inthe the mountains of r Im Vin going to ln two weeks he said Ul 1 and Im I'm coming coining up to your place I Ill I'll Jl help still till for COl the rest of or the year year He lie laughed laus at the prospect And An next sp h ng he c continued well travel laJ by the lIe direction l of oC Ken- Ken there's theres a it whopper of or a farm to be split spilt up between a a. younger roun brother brothel ant and my Therell There'll be room corn for fot- you yoU OU and 1 1 Susie Hicks comprehended He lie shook I j hands with the deputy Con Come UI up when hen yer CI out of or yer yel mar mar- ROYAL AND SEMI ROYAL WEDDINGS I Sk n ifS if'S n O Ij t 0 if t if ts jj lit o j ja j a I Two r rojal al wc weddings will occur lurIng during the coming coining sens n one one- In J Loudon London Lou Lon OIl OIl- don und and the other on out the c continent One Ont of or the thc brides be Js Is the the- daughter daugh daugh- ter of nn an duke lUke The other is J. J t of iri po p I le rJ 1 r rC n 11 will La Lady Marjorie Manners 1 daughter of or t the ll Duke Dule of or Rutland who whose e picture Is shown ut nt the bottom Because th the bride is lis not of royal blood d it Il will vili be he only onla a semi royal ro a wedding At t. the to top Is Is shown Princess Marie Bonaparte who will soon oon becomes blu be bl comes u a real royalty royall by Prince Irinec George Guge of or Greece his man In Jail Then h he lie went wont back In the mountains Hound lound Hicks Hicks' whisky manufactory and secured drawings awell a a- well veli us w exhibits to be 10 u used ed us e evidence evi cl- I- I dence deuce lie was away when hen hena a young oung woman breaking through thu laurel brush accosted him Yer a u sneak sneak lineal a dirty sneak she site said salt Lemuel Che tle deputy put slun-d slun at her a moment and then began t to fidget Youre the one that tuk tule Bill Hie Hick Hick- his own neighborhood and clapped him in iii jail aint yen yeli sh she continued I 1 wonder whar you yen eb wu raised at Kentucky stammered Lemuel unable to say anything else I I believe o yer er Sneaks dont don't come from Kentucky Her He eyes flashed flushed with scorn ant and her hel slight bL frame trembled as she said this I 1 see yer evidence with yen yeh she continued Suddenly her oyes tyes grew moist her hel fresh flesh lips hips trembled trembled trem hem bled and her ICV voice was soft and plead plead- fn ing She n rested sted a tin tiny brown hand handon on the deputy's sleeve Sa Say mister she said I dont don't know Imo yen reh but I dont don't believe yer l' l nacher nacher-ly like most mar mar- mal I shahs Bill TUcks Hicks is my dad dad that's that's wh why I called yeh ch names Yeh see see see- Im I'm Im I'm-I'm Im I'm all alone ahone sence dad dall was tuk tul to Jail An Alt now yer Cl gain goin t I send him hin away Hell He'll die In jail He lie aint used to being indoors Lemuel felt a throb of pity for Cor the girl and as us compassion Increased self self- reproach for Cor bringing Ing sorrow sorro to the pretty y mountain flower Increased He Tie Hewus was tas not a hOl hardened marshal He lIe was new flOt at the business The rue arrest of the was hrs his first case and it verified the circumstance that Inexperience Inexperience Inex Inex- always blunders blundel's into matters of oC magnitude l The girl pleaded with him Her IIer hand on his arm stole stol away his senses Her Ilci- eyes s reproached him although ough he could not un understand H U. U when ho homade made his way out of ut the mountains the drawings and the evidence e were wore left heft behind Hicks Hick's daughter Susie daughter-Susie Susie was her name name came came to the county seat and I lived at ol a boarding house hous while her father Cathel was vas locked up UI awaiting trial Lemuel saw her often otten Once he told lice her lie he was wms sorry he lie ever el saw her dad Another time he said he would wish he lie had never nC been born It not notor for or the fact that he lie went into the mountains to catch him In fact Lemuel did not know Imo exactly how he felt The night before the trial ho had a along along long IonS talk with her hel She stood on ou the porch and as he left her hel she playfully play phay- fully pulled a hollyhock flower Dowel from froma a u vine and gave save It to him Will VIII dad get set free tree site she asked pathetically I dont don't know I 1 I I hope io o he lie liea a answered I Bill BUI Hicks lucks was called to the tho bar next day a Lemuel Lemucl wa was wait the only witness lIe He said he went after 1 lUcks licks because everyone c else hind had tried to get ct him him and failed ailed Is there proof that he is a moon moon- shiner asked an attorn attorney y No o answered Lemuel His flis voice was AMIS clear an and straightforward sti I lor searched earche for a l still but found round none The Tho people in tile the mountains say my tho pi never nevel operated u a still and they thoy tilt did not nol know they were talking to un an II when the they said ald It Hicks could coull not un understand this Ho lie hu hud had been captured while making I t t- t I shul shil job jub he said and discreetly away uway some distance Are you ou happy hopp he lie whispered to Susie us Ul he held her closely for tor a n. brief minute Ill be happier happier oh so much Imp hop pier when pIer when yer dad ad to tend s sun still till she shyly whispered nestling her hel head bend on his breast |