Show THE S PRODIGAL JUDGE ay 19 V msty 4 aa adv rw AAM I 1 SYNOPSIS th opening of 0 1110 story is of an old worn out in tb albran the vi ym fsr F jacc Is to be sold and v its till sill that of the boners on ers the K 27 Is tile subject of lacu slon b y n a business man lian crenshaw bladen und and dob sab known as when han 11 hannibal annibal way wayne ne farmer child of the old wt a finlly effly IT makes lakes hia his appearance ahrn tile boy na nao 0 tells mbaye n how ine ibe adopted the baron slur the akl j ferris buys of the othe knowledge deny ans an 1 M captain J franq ty friend 30 0 keep koep of 01 th the Quin tards ap A JL a asks questions at about out the bar and trout almat at scratch hill U alwn lien han ilan bar da e bount Is 0 yancy 1 aurrell 0 8 hilr 1 sw arent a thrashing before and se w ya a pears bol 1 s ith cost for halroy la lroy a friend of with capa has ha an encounter juwil who 10 borcea aces hie his attention attentions oil r nd is rescued by 13 bruce carr nuton ithel IT sets out for her tennessee Tennee ece lom yancy akes the same tage stage inon on wi with h murrell on ja anibal disappear appear die the home at judo 81 daum price the judge lecog wt mo slocum price the rho judge reco M of old an the grandson v ta in the oe by bay a triant CHAPT CHAPTER ER all C minued boy ur dont be afraid look on we ewend 11 briend urged the tho judge 1 reckon ill be glad to licop an ard hannibal jacb eb Is inspiring aro are Mun i luni gryl tn ir replied fl hannibal annibal do you say to cold flohr i judge smacked hl his DO to impart tem to the idea 1 I dare swear cu cm find bd you tou some corn com bread into urgen li gain he began to ar A dainties be bad had enumerated her a troll ire be he cleared bis his throat yelle benignity shonia ts ayery feature of hie his face A conent ent since you allowed allowe tf me to think ca vere were solvent to the extent of uj fv cents hannibal looted looked AA 1 wonder tt if you could be in cited to make a temporary loan ol 01 lit ht fifty cents the sum involved safiy beally gucu such a ridiculous trine trifle I 1 al beed teed to point out to you the ab ot chite moral certainty ot of my return 4 4 it at an early date it was not the toss of his money tit ht hannibal most feared and the nin in passed from his possession into As hosts host 8 custody thank you my hoy boy I 1 must step owl 10 lo the tavern when I 1 return 1040 god GM we shall know more ot of ach he was still tie he had bad produced a jug from rom w the quilt that screened bis his 44 ud took himself on off into the ahl w left 14 none mone hannibal annibal Il gravely seated at the table what the aes gardei lacked in variety it sahl MOM than made up tor for ln in quantity ud the boy was grateful for this fact he e heard uie me judges WB heavy u 1 step as he ue came up ule the path P 8 road and a moment later Us gross bulk ot of body tilled filled the door I 1 judge hk wreathing haid and perspiring entered the shanty but his ess kept hm him hd silent until de he adl himself in bis his chair mckea the table with the jug and a glass at 1 his elbow then wind tandem esst 11 ruest smiling lne he be turned toward ay kenderest ten derest od 4 regards iball ed 0 over the rl rim ot of the glass mod Ms his shaking band hand had to fils 8 lips ps twice the glus bled Ts and n biln add and then his rOT 1119 water eyes rested on the child havo e you be h fookhi chook hoo khi 1110 asked bead S ed suddenly han d abe A other mother balb h and idt of them done died ed nr years answered the Ica cant tell yo how M but ua I 1 long back bout about reckon on I 1 dont ow 3 1 it L I 1 child must have ave been a vio to luchin b S all childe cried d tta tto ell 9 e cocked ills 2 21 head ide VA at and durve surveyed surveyed anell idith it 1 alula a Kc 1 l in goblo pame t tin IM eurael now anost fan tt tn tea bid said Hinni boi aitu tu car believe lt responded aki rf did you come h atit the th noun tate t fallt pre T are you libit yon yes jr loy ally friends 1 birrer n enough to 4 Z or A ild nille a t t b he G jud judee and Int orid you t after fter oa 01 0 t f a i h 4 ily I 1 t cr of 0 infinito 10 e cusulas cun ulas dou do I 1 lars ten dollars the judge smacked ed bis lips once ten dollars ho he repeated repented and smacked his lips twi the purple hush flush on an the J judos I 1 I 1 I 1 As 08 face where the dignity that belonged to age had gone down in wreck deep end ened lie quitted ble his chair and lurching somewhat camo what as ho he did so began to pace the floor take rake me for your example boyl boyi you may bo be poor you may possibly be do hungry often be thirsty but through it all you will remain that splendid thine thing a gentleman perhaps contend that the old order ia Is overthrown that family has gone to the devil you are right and theres the pity of lt the social fabric Is tottering I 1 can see it totter and be he tottered himself as he said this well im an old man the spec facie wont long offend me ill die presently he was so profoundly moved by the thought that he could not go on hie his voice broke and ho he burled buried his face in bis his arms A syra sym pA thello mo leture lature had bad gathered in the childs eyes he slipped from bis his chair and stole to the judges side im mighty sorry youre going tb die bless you Hanni Harin wal oaH cried the judee judge looking wonderfully cheerful despite his recent bitterness of spirit to im not experiencing any of the pangs of mortality now my dissolution aint a matter of tonight or tomorrow theres some life in slocum price et for all the rough usage eh I 1 think better go to bed 1 I reckon I 1 bad had agreed hannibal s slipping lipping from bis his chair well take my bed back of the tua ul 1011 oi lit ILL u t for or it Is 13 cods will thai that I 1 kil unpaid drunk etoy stay up and get very CHAPTER R vill boon goon companion Compan lons some time laior later tho the judge waa as aware or a step in an the path beoni his door and glat glancing icing up eisaw tho the tali figure of or a wn W n pause on III his threshold A whisP whispered eted curse slipped from between bis his alps aloud tie said Is that you mr air althany Ala hany haffy HP lip got no reply but the tall allure aro aro polled by very lone long legs walked into the shanty and a pair rf 0 keen r rest C st lesa less eyes deeply set under a high bald head wore ere bent curiously upon him 1 I 1 take it im intruding tho the new now comer said bourly why MY should jou ou think that solomon when has my door been closed on ayour you the jud judge go asked but hut there was a guilty dee deepening pening ot of the blumb on his bla face mr Ala haffy glanced nt at the jug at the halt emptied glass lastly at the judge you seem to be raisins first rate h hell e 11 all by io yourself ursell oh be reasonable solomon gone doan to the steamboat landing eald said the judge plaintively by way of arguer Ata Al abaffy hatry shot him a contemptuous contempt ious Lous glance take a chair do solomon entreated the judge when did I 1 ever sneak a jug into m shanty asked mahaffy sternly olde evidently conelious of entire tudo tude in this matter I 1 deplore your choice ot 0 words solomon said the judge you know damn well that it been here I 1 have kot got past our place with that jug but lets deal with con conditions dillons heres the jug with some liquor let in it heres a glass now what hat more wint air mr Ala mahaffy haffy drew near the table sit down urged tho the judge 1 I hope you feel el mean ald ala haffy lf it its any satis satisfaction to you I 1 go 0 o admitted the judge ludge you ought to Ala haffy drew for ard aard a chair tho the judges judge tilled tille d bis his glass the news from the landing laharty brought bis his list down on the top table 1 I heard the boat churning away round back of the bend tb ss I 1 saw the lights and she tied up aud and they tossed off orf the freight laen she churned away again and her lights A 4 11 X W 1 A I 1 ito I 1 his grandson Gran deon to back of that curtain cur tain now asleep in my bed quilt find a hoe there you can aliv dl up the dirt under the shuck tick uck with it which helps astonishing br irl what would the world say if tt it could know that judge slocum um price makes his bed with a hoe hoot I 1 hannibal retired behind the quilt do you find it comfor comfortable tabler the judge asked when the bucking rucking of the shuck tick informed him that the child had mid lain down dowil yee yes sir air said the boy have you said your prayers inquired the judge lufte no air I 1 aint said em am yet xieu eay say them new Roll religion stoll is as becoming in the young as tt it Is in re la in the aged ill notel ga go baak of the abe trees on the bank there wee was the lap of waves orthe oni the satre a dal was left with the halt half dozea miserable loafers abod crawled out lq tibee me the boat coine in that the newe elk alk A wa by the river oad ad come the judge tenta hopeful but a heart ex e X pectin nothing therefore immune to disappointment and equipped tor for falt alt ure alsy firtha river tad colbel mr aa badty as as the judge hini kelf ana tiar the finie reason but 1 abu sur t r ab aad d bieter with lne we world 2 WI 1 ways iri id the po of same miracle dt df rege recene at the judges elbow mr mikha mahaffy fry changed his with nervous suddenness then bo be tolden die tile lone urine you asked if it there woe was nuy any ne nebb will price able aile wo we were ere waiting alting for the boat a anft tied up to the bank the tellow aboard of it a man hod bed up out of the river a man been pretty oll oil cut to place who was he asked the judice nobody knew know and he con arcione I 1 I 1 be surprised if it lie b wever opens bis his lips again wheat tho the doctor had looked to bis his cute cuts tb ahlo fellow on the raft cast ua aff and find went on down the elka elk it occurred to tho the judge tat no tie himself bini self had find new news to impart III II 11 must account tor for the boys boy a presence while youve been taking your hiff of life down at tho the steamboat boat landing mahaffy ive been export expert encina a moat most extraordinary coincidence when I 1 went to the he war or of 12 a hazard accompanied ino me AS my orderly ills grandson grand bon Is back of that curtain now asleep ln in my bedl Ala haffy put down his glass you wore were like this once before be he said darkly but at lit thai that instant tho the shock tick rattled rattle 4 noisily pt M omo HOMO movement of the sleeping bleeping boy ther therb was a hoof boor beat on tho the road it came nearer and nearer and proe pros antly bounded just beyond the door then it ceased and a voice said hullo fl ullo tharel the judge scrambled ser am to his feet and laking taking up the candle cundle staggered into the yard at mahaffy followed follo sed him wanted naked asked the judge holding bis candle aloft the light showed a tall fellow mounted on it handoma han dome bay borso horse it was murroll haar zither of you gentlemen seen a boy go through bore here today murreil murrell glanced from one to the other mr hir labattes lab attys thin lips twisted them selves into a sarcastic smile he turned to the tile judge who spoke up quickly did he carry a bundle and rino he asked murrell gave eager assent well said the judge ho be stopped here along about four and asked his way to the nearest river landing 0 0 0 0 0 hannibal HaRn ibal the judges voice and manner were rathor rather stern Il hannibal a man rode by here last night on a big bay horse he said he was looking tor for a boy about ten years old a boy with a bundle and rine rille there was an awful pause who vas that man hannibal it were captain cup lain murrell the judge raised bis his fist and brought it down with a great crash on the table we dont know any boy ten years old with a rifle and bundle bund lel I 1 he said please pleas you wont let him take roe me away judge I 1 want yant to stop with witt youl you cried hannibal he lie slipped from his chair and passing about abs table seized the judge by the hand band the judge was visibly affected no he roared he shant have bave you Is he kin to you no said hannibal he tried to get roe me away from ruy my uncle fob rob r ob where 13 1 your uncle hob bob hes iles dead aad and the calic began to weep bitterly the judge bent and lifted hian into bla his lap there my son be he said soothingly now you tell me when be lie died and all about it he no were hilled killed it were wera only yesterday and I 1 cant forget him I 1 dont want to but it hurts it hurts buru terrible hannibal burled buried his bead head in the judges shoulder and sobbed aloud presently his small bands hands stole about Us ut ys neck ineck and that gentleman experienced experienc cd a strange sti thrill thrift ot of pleasure tell me hc lita bo died hannibal Han ribal he urged gently in a voice broken by sobs the child began the story of their flight night a confused contused nan narrative active tho the judge shuddered can such things be ho he murmured at last yaen then be he remembered what y ha had told him of the man on the raft hannibal be he said bak Solo So lomba niba mahaffy who was here last night told me he saw down st at tbt river landing a man who bod kind been bushed up out ot of the elk a man who had been roughly handled were it my uncle rob cried hannibal lifting a swollen face to Ms his dear lad I 1 dont know said iiii judge it were uncle bobi I 1 knof it were MY undo uncle bobi I 1 must go and himli and hannibal slipped tro fro q the judges judge a lap and ran for his rifle MIS an d bundle stop a attl cried the judge now it it was your uncle bob heU hoU come coma back the moment be he li ie able to el Mg meantime antime you must remain udder my protection protect lon while we investigate tal thir man 13 losson it was wah saturday and in pleasant pie anaut villa a jail raising was in during all the year years of lie its conoran con orau digh ity khe he villate nad lied never 1 any building g where le vie evil die is be e placed under restraint 0 hikoe had arisen its it peculiar I 1 aint bit with ilith crine but u A IL imide citizen bad had donow natlan half an acre acre bri groaned lying between iho town and the tbs river A L site for the ifie ro posea structure and the population of ather had assern bla cro the till ral ring TO cro BE j |