Show iserial yS sy LER ERIAL A L 2 STORY STOP y aj THE LITTLE BROWN JUG 1 11 AT I 1 KILDARE r by NICHOLSON 1 illustrations lr by RY ALI L 1 as baoe by the tun wa pasy SYNOPSIS Thoin its ardmore borel millionaire lint henry blaine griswold Or lewold proceso r in the 1 it f irginia take train trains out of atlanta orisa rl to hie his colle o 0 ge in kurult of 0 a girt who ho had winked Al Tiled at I 1 irn iken for or 0 iv or Os borno borne ot of carolina Orle GrinA olde olds life ie Is l he KOCH goom to columbia Colum bli to warn yarn the governor gov erRor and mats mett met t Har Ilat birti bira gaborie ardmore 1 learns that hi his ink ini ing la d 1 Is the daughter 0 of lov danar 11 11 nf of north orth carolina llna ho ite tI willowe Ios her to lt aleigh an stol 1 on the ltv rv I 1 Is agten IL br brown 0 m n jug jux nt at ItIl dimare dare in hp he its it n bere ers stat tie lie JUK jug tears a message threatening threat enin Dune ernell unit uncas aeple at pi weight a N crimlis cri mina ie Is allowed to go crep ardmore bertomen allied miti jerry dan van id in running ahta affairs of tl e state in n tl it e of th governor ko vernor S for athing in 1 1 to 60 cov 04 0 birno brno Irl a hillner to I 1 ar at hara bara ont orne h hn 1 is to I 1 er ta fa aber P detles in fit south carolina or lots pre sent to the to capture apple height kel glit CHAPTER VI continued aa As barbara and grosvold turned to leave a young roan man who had been writing a message at the standing desk in the lobby addressed barbara lie was mas a reporter tor for tho the columbia and his manner VIM as eager oh miss osborne Oe borne pardon me but ive been trying to get you ou on the telephone can nu tell me here your father Is to nl ht father was in ton town only a few hours and then left on state bust ness may alay I 1 ask if it its the case tho the raleigh pipers have wired for information and wed we d liko like to know here I 1 cannot ans answer er that question it its a enoich that the governor is absent on state bus business ineis and that the business Is 1 important you may print that in tho the ii it telli gincer nicer and repeat it to Ital raleigh elgh there Is no harm latin in that alias illas osborne no certainly not darbara barbara replied dut but the th papers all over tho the state are talking about the applew eight gang they intimate that those people enjoy immunity from prosecution and that the goer governor nor you will par don ion me miss osborne will take no steps to thein them for personal res rez sons lour our question lg Is quite proper re piled plied gris Gri griswold awold old the governor governors e ac nets ts are subject to scrutiny at all times anil and it is lust just as well to hai bae e this mat ter understood now I 1 am employed by the governor govern nr an special counsel in borne some state ti matters my name Is gris wold take out your book and come to the desk here and I 1 will give you a statement which ou may publish h as by b the authority of the goi gocr arnor nor thy three found seats at a table and griswold dictated while the re porter wrote barbara arbara Il meanwhile sit ting ling with mith her cheek check retting aganet her raised hand she was nas experienc ing the relief wo we all know of finding a ig arm to win 1 upon in an emergency ind blie she realized thit Gils Is wold was mas not only wise mise but shrewd and find resourceful please print this exactly as I 1 give it if it mang been intimated in tain quarters that the april weight gang of outlaws which has been tor ter izing the bortl carolan A frontier tor for seral years enjoys immunity from prosecution in south carolina onfrio to the fact that goi got leborne was mas at some timo time attorney for apple weight gov osborne begs to say that steps hae lime already been taken for the tile arrest of 0 this mm min and anti his fol followers lomers dead or illie the governor presents pipe enta lili compliments to those amiable crit ics acs who hae haie so eagerly upun upon this pretext for slur slurring drig his private character and ita aspersing persing his tits official acts the governor haa has no apologies to proffer the people of south firo who mho have so generously repola pod re in hin their trust and confidence he ile Is luten intent upon eafe safe guarding the peace dig ity fly and honor of the through 1 i honest enforcement of law and he has no other aim alm or tion grizold Gria old took tool the report cra note b book ool and read over this cli mento then he handed it to llara harbin ir who hn studied it carefully I 1 think it coun foun just right odly 1 athy hy not substitute foi loi honest tb word vigorous vigo roue Lic ellent abst and thus amended the statement was vas returned to the reporter noa no A said to the young man you are getting a pretty good item that no other paper will have I 1 lease ilease wire our story to Ital go gm osborne Is to very anxious that the people up there shall understand fully his attitude in th mat ter I 1 reckon this will vi wake ake up old dan ger flold all right said the reporter Fr ganning hell itell be paral paralyses paralysed may I 1 use our name in tule this connection air 1 sot not nt at all my ly with go gov osborne ie Is of the most conal dennial character and our purpose purposes mould bo be de deatel fated br 11 remember e you ou get the exclusive use of this story the return anil and immediate departure of 0 the governor hia his state aunt to the tile people in the tile irle case a all mith the understanding understand I 1 ng that you ou use what khat ou hat hac to the bist ad N altaro tills this Is all fill right Is it miss was Os on borne asked the reporter I 1 maj griswold Gri awold has full nut authority hority to bet act and ou on need question nothing he tells aou ou barbara arbara Il replied I 1 the R see the attorney gobern general I 1 today to day dayt asked tho the reporter as an barbara arse she a klanac with ith Gri grinold sold vather t see mr Bo bozorth at all it that nhat ou oil ineatia mean ste u him nell ell bosworth lo Bos North factly tell roe me he lie had seen him today but I 1 asked him about the apak eight case nn an hour ago at his house and he said aid the governor gasn wasn aan t going to do anything wae was end of if it so far as the administration la to concerned print hig story and se 1 hap pens wa we hive hine no conini comment crit to make on that lime VP mp miss osborne nothing at all replied barbara scornfully I 1 m at the baluda saluda house at I 1 see me tomorrow to morrow and I 1 may inay have an other story for oil oj and ghisu kriewold Gri ewold old shook the reporter warmly by the tile band hand as they parted at the carriage door home barbara arbara Il for the re otter a benefit and then to gri gris 11 wold old I 1 must speak of 0 another mit ter drive kith me a little way until I 1 we e can i the rep reporter arter offa off she quietly but he saw t that hat she was mas preoccupied with some new phase of the si tuition and as the carriage gained headway she said earn estly that oung man told the truth I 1 am sure of it about mr nir bosworth Hos Bos worth north I 1 knew he would do something to in jure jute father it if be lie could but I 1 did not know he had the courage to ac u so far they were nere now at the edge of 0 the town and she bade him stop the cr car ariage we must go to the statehouse said griswold we must get that requisition to guard against treason in the citadel assuming that gov osborne really 11 doesn doean t want mant to set Apple eight punish punished Ld wed med better hold the requisition anyhow it 8 9 possible hat that dour our father had it ready do pardon wel me for a it grand stand play or he may have wanted to bring Apple weight into the friendlier state but b that a e all conjectural NN e d bet ter keep out of the principal streets that reporter has a sharp ee eye she havethe ga necessary necess essaiy aly directions and the arlier turned back into columbia it was pleasant to rind find bla tits accomplice in this conspiracy a girl of keen wit u who ho did I 1 lot ot debate nia matters t or ask tiresome questions tua the business ahead was mas furious enough though lie tried by manner tone M and words to minimize tte its gravity have llave you the office keys he asked I 1 yea yes I 1 have been afraid to let go of jhc thc them there theres e a match watchman man la in the building but he knows me very well ell there will mill not be the slightest trou brou ble about getting in the materman mat watch ebman manan an old confederate sat smoking in tha ent entrance ranze and courteously bade them good even ing I 1 want to get got some papers from ta fa there office captain certainly miss barbara lie ile preceded them throwing on the to the governors governor a door which litch be lie opened with noth his own oan pass key its pretty lonesome here at night miss birbara I 1 suppose nol not ody comes at night remarked Oils wold not usually sir but one or t to 0 students are at mork ork in III the tile library and anti mr bosworth Bo ie Is in his tits office ofte iho veteran milked ivay tay jingling his kes keys barbara was already in III the private office bending over the ROV gov enlora desk bho sho found the right key drew out a drawer then cried out softly she knelt beside the daak throwing the piat rs in ht hr r eagerness then guined to Gils wold with a face tho drawer haa haft bon bet n opened since I 1 was arre this morning the raqul sit it un and all the other pipers in the c ca a are gone griswold examined the lok lock care fully and pointed to the roughened edges of tl 0 A blide of the there or the paper cutter ft ho iknou a the matur matter la Is simple enough so please do ot trouble about it annalt alt hern hero a moment I 1 want to m mike the some inquiries of the natch inan lie found the old fellow pacing thi the portico like a sentry ho lie pointed out the attorney general a offelo threw on a few additional lighta lights for grisnold guld BUl duice ince and resumed hia his patrol city IA ibe the attorney generals ge gen rat s door was ni locktu but in rei onRe to ila knock it nag opened guardedly I 1 nm am very ery soi bairy ry to trouble sou ou 11 mr r bosworth nos worth agan Gria quietly bilging ahli mu into the room but one nevet never get wholly away from buel bust nee nets thew the ie days he ile coad uio the door himself binie elt and peered into the inner rooms to bo be eure sure the attorney general wae was alone Boam face flushed angrilli when hen he found that a stranger had hue thus en his office with a cool air of proprietorship who the devil arc are you he lie de danied glaring im special counsel for gov oe on borce borne in the case sheree no use in casting wasting lime time in fur A ther but if it i down don that volume on oil admirall admiral tice juet just behind ou oil ou on will ivill find tny my nane on the title page or to nad suo iu ou the trouble aa as aou ou scein to be ill fit my appear anto I 1 all aill tell you that my ni name Is 1 and that iny my adduce Is Char lottes ville N i A IOU ou are undoubtedly lying it you are smart to writ rite a book you ought to know enough alcot isril procedure hirt durt to understand that the at torne general represents the et tile it and counsel would not bt be without blit hl knowledge knowl odRe allow alto me to correct you my harn learn cd ed brother IOU ou should neer timer nils quote the opposing counsel tte its oil of the 1 rulea rules of the game ahat I 1 wild sald a moment aio no urs that I 1 the governor goi gos osborne I 1 didn dian t say I 1 represented rt tho the state 11 which la ii a different twitter and bast with ultra iree ires pitfalls there ie Is no earthly reason why wh a governor should not detach himself liline elf so to speak from lila tits office ottee and act in propria persona ua as a mere inere catiz n Bo borth grinned but not at the legal status of monarchs inon archa and elates states lie had of a cleer stroke and he lie aeilt the blow with let us assume he lie eald said that ou oa represent mr ift osborne may I 1 aeh ask the hereabouts of your clant certainly ion ou may ask anything you pleast but it will do you no rood good its it an old rule of ibe the game nevar to a client clients a secret gov oa 03 borno borne has his own un reasons for abs absent nt ing himself from his au ito however ever he lie was as at homo home to tonight night I 1 rather guess not aa its I 1 bad had all the trains watched you 11 have to do a lot bettch than that mr hir griswold lie ile has issued a statement to the public since you lied to thu the intelli gencel about him today I 1 suppose e it a e part of your official duty to misrepresent the head 0 of tho the state administration in the press but the governor ie Is in the saddle and I 1 advise you to be good the attorney general felt that ho lie mas as not in biking aking headway ills vantage in dealing with a stranger hose identity ho he still questioned an all f r red him he lie did not know why griswold ald sought him out and ho lie as chagrined at having allowed him belt self to be go so easily cornered 1 I ou seem to know a gool deal he sneered how did you get into thing anyhow my dear sir air I 1 was man chosen by tho the governor because ot of my superior at tain ments dont you see hut but im ira in ft a hurry now I 1 came here on a p errand I 1 want that requisition in the applew apple eight case if yui you please mr fr Boswor tt mr air griswold grism old or whoever ou are you are cither either a fuel foot or a blackguard black suard eliere asat fan t any requisition for apple elpha the governor never had the aind to issue any if you must know the truth it you knew anything about the governor you would mould know that why osborne la Is hiding himself I 1 lie cant afford to offend the ap applew eights it you must know the disagreeable truth mr cosm orth began Orts wold old deliberately libera tely that requisition duly signed and bearing the seal of the secretary of state as by the statute statutes aj I 1 N F LJ it wae was opened guardedly in III such cases made and idad was in go oi Ot bones bories desk this morning at the time ou were mere go so daintily kick ing the door in your our anxiety to see the goer governor nor it ins ims loen A en taken from the draayer where the governor left it when lie went to ne new orleans you hae hane gone in there like a pried open tho the drawer and stolen that document and now nos it a an url ugly charge mocked tho the it torney general it its s all or that and Orlaf told sull wil d TO TIE 1 V |