| Show SERIAL S STORY 9 THE LITTLE BROWN JUG I 1 ATI AT 3 7 KILDARE ily all illustrato s fly MAY by the merrall SYNOPSIS thomas aran ore bored millionaire and clenry henry main Gri griswold Orti noll swoll professor pr fessor in the un re vt f froila lii take train out ot of atlanta a O 0 Orlef risi lold to hia hi college ard more in pursuit 0 of a girl who ho I 1 ad winked at it I 1 ani im Allt taken for or gov osborne of bouth south carolina Orl swill I 1 a life la I 1 threatened lie awis to bumbia to warn the got arnor an I 1 meet meets li darbara arbara osborne lift lie remains to assist 11 her tier in the absence of her fail batler er aelmore lea learn ans that hie ilia inking laly is 1 the daught lauf fht r or of a bov av dan gernell if north carolina lie tol fol love her to It aleigh ant an I 1 on the tile way is 1 4 brown jug nt itt kildare in raleigh h ho discovers dis coers that tile jus jug bam a me 9 enin pane dang 1 ap le tIght a 1 14 1 sil owel 1 to 1 go 0 o tree free he lie acm to the capitol to warn arn the governor tin is I 1 tin abeene tin ani I 1 becomes allied the flit jerry ainger held 11 ld tn in dine discharging harel ni the diaks ot of the tile governor a ottice CHAPTER V continued I 1 have heard papa say that life la Is short and the tenure of office tain I 1 can rembo you at any time I 1 please now do you understand that this Is a serious business there a likely to he be a lot of trouble and no time for asking questions so when I 1 say its so its so go its so repealed repeated ardmore do ellel allely now here a the sheriff at kildare on our aide side of the line who writes to eay say thit he Is powerless to aitch appleb eight lie a afhild of the dark that matil man you see the brand grand jury in ellwell county that a kit dare ou know olias has indicted apple eight as a common outlaw but the grand jurors were all friends of ap and the indictment was only to satisfy law and order senti ment and appease the N oniris oni riB a ch chic ic league of raleigh now papa doean t 1 I 1 mean I 1 don t want to offend those Applew people by meddling in this business papa wants Os 0 borne to arrest Apple wight in south carolina but I 1 don t believe gov oa Os borne will AM dare do anything about it now mr mir ardmore I 1 am not going to hae papa called a coward by any body particularly by south Caroll carolina nl people after what gov osbrine said bald of our state N hy what did he asty he lie said in a at Chir charleston leston last ft inter winter thit no people who fry their meat can eer eier amount to aly thing and he meant us I 1 can niver forgive him for thit besides his daughter la Is the lie stuck black unest thing and I 1 id d like barbar barbari i osborne to tell me how she got into the colonial damec and what call she has to be inspector general of the Orand Grandi daught laught ere c the mexican war for I 1 ve heard ny grandfather dangerfield say many a time that old col cot osborne and his south carolina regiment never did go outside of charleston until tho the war was over rind the american America army narmy had cone con e back home gov osborne Is a contemptible ruffian declared declai ed ardmore with aith deep feeling miss dangerfield nodded bidi chil approval app rovil bed find settled back in her chair the better to contemplate her tier new secretary and said le ie written that Is to say gay vipa wrote before he went away a strong letter to gov complaining that was hiding in south carolina and running a the state line to rob and murder people in north carolina papa told gov Os borne that he be must break up the ap crowd or he m would do some thing about it himself it a a splendid letter you would think tint thit ejen a coward liko like gov osborne would do something after getting elicit such a let ter I 1 dlan it he the letter An manilici ilici it ho lie never got it pi pa dian didn t send it tho the reasons reason papas the kindest mm in the world and ht h must hae been afraid of hurt ingcoy ing gov osborne feill IIer he write te the letter expecting to send it but when then he went ment off tn to new orlean he told mr mir bassford Ilass ford to bod hod it till he got back he lie had even signed it you can read it it you like it was as undoubtedly a vigorous epistle an I 1 admore felt the ehrl I 1 of its rhe lial as an he lie lead lend the dignity und and authority of orie one of the soe sovereign reign american state was a represents here and ho he handed the tile back to miss was as all tenderly as though it ha hat been the original draft of magna charta its a 1 corker all right 1 I I don dont t much like the way may it ends it saye says right here and she bent for or ward ard and pointed to the under criticism it says trusting tu your sense of equity and relying upon a continuance of the traditional friend ship between your etnie an and di d mine I I 1 am air awaiting your reply very r respectfully jour your obedient servant now I 1 t trust to his rense of anything and find that I 1 friend ship Is I 1 ju just at fluffy nonsense and I 1 m t be anabo any bo 1 I it x obedient servant I 1 decided I 1 aalt more than fara pars old with mith a lot of ut of ir r girle girls in our school that when we no got wod wed never rioter sa sav obey anti we me never neer time hate though only three of oin class are married worried et t outwore hut m 0 re all till engaged I 1 ti AKed of course a e re ellra enid mcd I 1 linen in en gig 1 d I to the mineral of thia this elate state 1011 it on c 0 t ie to my private secretary if I 1 damn vaunt t enraged engaged it rit bo be cioper iho earth was only it alyin cinder onder on which aich be lie strode tor for a foothold she had announced 1 er engagement to in bt married with a cool finality that I 1 took hia his breath away amity and not inot reil izing the chaos into will b a she had flung him she returned demurely to the matter of tho letter we can it ellinge that letter be cause it s bignel close to tho the obedient ser ant and there a no room hut but I 1 in hoing to put it into the typewriter and add a postscript she sat down before the machine and inexpertly rolled the sheet into place then with ardmore helping her to find the keys she wrote I 1 dematia an reply 1 demand and immediate aro are both business words aro are you sure there Is only one in in immediate all right if it you know I 1 reckon a postscript like that doean t neej need to be signed I 1 H just put W D there with papa 11 titus pen so it will look really fierce now you youre re the secretary you copy it in the copying press and III ad drees dress the envelope envil ope she bade him give the letter plenty of time to copy and talked cheerfully while hile he waited she spoke of her friend friends as southern rou Fou thern hato hav a way of doing aa as though every enery one must of coi cot se be know thim a habit that is illuminative of that bouthern southern neighborliness that knits the elect of a commonwealth into a single family that neither tim unit and t tide do nor sword and brand can crin destroy well that a done eald said miss 1 terry when NN hen the letter still damp from ho the copy press hid blan cari fully belled and stamped gov goi osborne mill act it in the morning I 1 think maybe wed better tel digraph graph hlin that its coming corning I 1 ahe I 1 he message slowly thumped out 0 on n the lie typewriter and several times altered and coped cop itil finally read N f the Hono lion ralli oralle Cl carl rl ob rn flo erncr of 0 south L Laro a ro llna C lambla 8 C itale hi atlen by to a n nall nil in all t matter lour vacillating aril lating course not understood 11 it I 1 1 lit 11 II 11 governor ir of north orth carolina 1 I reckon that will mill make inake him take notice I 1 and anti miss jerry viewed hir her work with approval appi oval osal and now mr ardmore here a a telegram from mr hillings which I 1 don dont t understand see it if you know what lint it means ardmore chuckled delightedly as he read pin not aror cut outrageous conduct in wit I 1 malar it merit in 1 not made june birst our state a credit ie Is ruined 1 irmiere here 1 in I 1 oter answer to atlanta 01 01 P inga 1 I dont eee whale mot funny anny about thail mr glassford naBs Ilass ford was ial walking king the falcor with ith that message nies Bage when I 1 came tb tg the ell 0 ce lie gald said papi and the state are w re both going to be ruined there theres a a quarter of a million dollars to be paid on bonda bonds tint thit th it are coming due june first and there ign t any money to pay them with ith whit he said and mr mir foster is the state treasurer treasur erand and he hea a gone fishing I 1 fishing lie left word ord ho lie had gone fishing mr lr foster and pipi dont ret along together and mr says hes he s run olt off just to let those bonda bonds default and bring disgrace on pap papi and the staff I 1 ardmore s erin grin lit the ap case was insignificant corn com pared with thia this new 1 with mith which he lie was aa confronted hillings rigs had always him hid with ith con tempt na as a actor in the ardmore millions and here nt tit last wa mam an opportunity to bilanci ac ae count counts 1 I will mill show allow ou how to fix bill inga ings juet just let n ne e hai have e ono otio of those blanks I 1 and after much labor and with ith occasional suggestions ficia mis jerry the following message o 0 was presently ready for the wires aire I 1 our ampt antion up tip it D my I 1 ion on or ani ant that if the lie state adall gl ill mett met with fill the it il d 1 I bery iou ou I 1 do our coret arst it ym come comp into 1 nto north orth carolina arit or brini bring legal for t lie ie col collection I 1 of ir hon bon in 1 I 1 will flit you mi full of I 1 that 40 men ml mt nt be enough to carr m it to our krae rae lant that perfectly grand mur inured jerry admiringly hut flat I 1 thought our family and the ilione boin ao in and trust corpany Coti pany were th tha sime thing dont sou on worry norry about ings lit Is used to having people get down on their knees 0 him and the chango change will do film goo gool 1 1 here ts Is this mm min poster just fishing that e what mr ford eald bald but lie ilan it know whre win re I 1 acht was as going to call a adf special cial acs ts slon bion of or the legislature to Ini fatigato him film and lie was fis ma angry that he lie ran off so that papi palt it ild hive to look after those bonds himself then thia this applew eight rinie came up and that worried papa a great doil do il heros heres his call for the special session 1 lit told mr ir to hold bold that too until he came am bark back from new sew orleans I 1 ardmore reid gov s summons Bum roona to the legislature 6 with ith profound interest it was aas signed but ali space for tho the date on which the Is lawmakers makers were mere to assemble had been left blank I 1 it lochs to me as though you had the t he whole slate state in your hands misa miss dangerfield nut I 1 don dont t believe we ought to call the special dessl n just kt et it would mould be iture to injure the states credit and anti it all iiii be a lot dioro fun to catch foster I 1 wonder tt if it he took all the elate state coiny with him mr mir eld said iw he dian didn t know and rit find out for tit tho 0 cl in flip office moul diat tell ell alm ilm it single thins thing one should never dent with mith sub remarked rems irked ardmore sagely I 1 deal with the flit principal I 1 benid tt a banker en sa that once and lie he ane as a tian man who ho knew Ile it will mill he more fun fuli to attend to the I 1 lond ands the th roll of drums di ivins and the cry of a bugle broke in fit upon the peace of the liter later afternoon after noo i miss i jerry e rry rose with ith at an and rin out into tho the aroid portico of flit hi statehouse be beveral eral battalions of a tide trient passing through town on their way may to camp had taken advantage adan taBo tage of a wait in raleigh to ill dis and show themselves at the capital they were already halted and nt at parade riba at the aide side of the street and ft a mounted officer in khaki galloping madly into vie view seemed to focus the eyes of the gathering crofta crew d lie was a gallant figure of a man his mount was an anibal that realized allied re jobs ideal of a battle horse horBe the eol bol diera presented arnia arms aa as the horseman rode the line misa dangerfield waved her tier handkerchief standing eagerly nn on tiptoe to make her salutation carry as far as possible ho he la Is that asked ardmore Ard moro with sinking spirit uy rutherford Gillin gillinwater gater of course pour four right I 1 rani rang the command a moment later and the militiamen train ltd off to the tile station it was that ardmore Arl more watching matching the crowd disperse at the edge of tho the cark saw his calk of the morning striding rapidly across the street ard more started forward then checked himself so suddenly tint thit th it miss jerry D turned to him inquiry angly hat Is the matter 7 she delpit led nothing I 1 hae hao ben bien b en robbed ai as I 1 hoped to be over there on the side aide va ar A af A 4 A ZI so the matter she demanded walk beyond the girl in III the pink eun ban bonnet goes my little brown jug that lank individual with the shabby hat has lifted it out of m room at tho hotel just as I 1 thought he would TO UK DO D 1 |
