Show SERIAL S SERIAL E L As A STORY Y THE LITTLE BROWN JUG I 1 I 1 IATI AT 1 KILDARE JU i F by all 11 illustrations ry ily im RY 1 fwu u IAM by the it 11 bbl Nf errill 19 SYNOPSIS artmore mal it nry maine kurisu 1 if ill I 1 stumble lile lit tit in n wl wi cit en I 1 alln it gover governors norm or of nort and t h ua 1 1 ar or 11 na or tn to I 1 tt P guari ic le I 1 I 1 himmele ft HI hut flirt ira osborne 01 d 10 cpr of 0 ti tip P gwo binm t f bouth buth caf car I 1 una 11 na while emp times the cau eau of 0 J rry 1 I 1 auxt it r of the covern r of N iri irth ar olina V ese two t 1 0 young lalle are to fill the a I 1 toes of their fathers nth while tran a I 1 e latorr aro mims 1 their latter 1 ing 1 ait th atnip are in a urell over on m ajit an outlaw with ith great to 11 r unaware of eaul PIU nth oth er re x position pol llon loth grim I 1 i tit I 1 ar aelmore imore P ft t out to mold the othir othor trise ali ITO t Arl moro orgill 1 zt m a big hunt I 1 also I 1 imph tl if it 11 1 11 I 1 I 1 runk I 1 I 1 11 nm dianta r IA by art rl more but nl asad 1 levorne om fir fr the tile houna ditl ty imalis a men met jerry a a gre overs the capal captive outlaw ant leads him to ti ardsley he her r own prisoner CHAPTER XIII continued little gal I 1 m an ole iian nian and anti I 1 t never done yu no barm I 1 our brouse Is only a lechle way up and I 1 caan caln calist t bo be no more use to y u I 1 want t go home and find it y u 11 holp me antle this hie yere barnes 3 and he ile grinned aa as ho lie viewed his ills bind in the fuller light of te open road ilion hoof hoot beats thumped the soft eurth of another of the that coner converged ged at this point and ardmore and collins dished fl out upon jerry and find her captive amid a wild panic of horses and turned in hie ills saddle but jerry instantly held up her hand and arrested the inquiries of her tier rs mr hir ardmoure Ard mure thia this gentleman Rent leman was most rudely set met ulon on by tun na as he lie was leu lenting ing a church over there somewhere in toe too I 1 as lost and as hia his appearance at tle time and place seemed almost I 1 begged him hini me toward home which ho lie has most nast courteously done and jerry to give tho the proper touch to her tier i twitched the strap by which eho she held her prisoners idtse u so that it t danced adding a fresh absurdity to th wobbling figure of ita its bound aldr r I 1 oi ou are eife wife I 1 cried erfel ardmore in a low tone to which jerry nodded care lessly in a way ay that direct el atten tion to th thi i moro immediate business bual nesi at hand ho tie was not at once sure of nis nia cue but wit there seemed to be something fa a nillar rilliar in the outlines of the man on horseback and full Ident Iden inca tillen tion brote upon liln hill a nov with ith as ai bounding toun ding jugs lie bigan addressing dressing nd the prisoner dear old jugs to think we should meet again since you handed me the jug on the rear end of the tile train a few nights ago fire has had new now meanings for me and I 1 in juet just aa as sorry as ait can cati be that I 1 gave you the buttermilk I 1 t have dono done such a thing for billions in real money nj now that you hale lime fallen into tho tile eACel excellent pr ellent lent hands of u miss ilse 1 pan all kernel 4 ecru cued tile pris oner lifting hini gelf n high in the saddle n no till im bonds permit cort Cetti luly replied ardmore Ard mori our rescuer I 1 Is none otiler than mae ger aldano dingerfield I 1 why my gal agan UK tile A ef of your pa a tho the bin gut nor of no noth tit aro caroline line him an tin tile a old trien friens a then will ou kindly tell me yoni name asked jerry allow me tit to compute COM the introduction interrupted colllns collins ft ho bad had hung b k in silence unless iny ivy eyes decalve me nip which Is wholly holly lin ill probable thia this Is a gentleman whom i once in ri viewed in tho the county jill J ill at Ralef kaleigh gh and he lie ns as knon at that bitne as willinia Wil linin 1 eight alias 14 1 4 eel sou ou air right admitted ho the pris 1 oner it and then ad tir jerry ver yer pa would be glad to know hia his dorter had helped an ole trien like me tile gal le e may hev hey heard him speak in out how about that mess ige in tho tile cork of the lur jup you put on the trian at tit kildare did d ard more and why uty did yoi send our brother to try to scare me to death at unlash that la to not of at the slight tat imbor tance interrupted jerry gently play ing with the tether which held field mr ir nor does it 11 matter that papa and this gentleman are friends it this la Is indeed the famous outlaw mr NIll lani applew eight then papi or papa friend or no friend he is a prisoner of the elate state of north caro linn ilan 11 bawled an you tho the guv nor a gal you hao have hit lilt the situation exactly mr nir and ae as tir fkr as the office of ot anor la is concerned it t Is capably ailed filled by the young gentleman ro n fotr I eft mr thomas ardmore let fat tit now adjourn to his house where here it I 1 am not mie laken a bit ot of cold fowl ie Is to be found on the sideboard lit this hour but hold and jerry ditched her horse where can we e lodge thie this gentleman mr air admore until we ue decide upon hie his further rate no e might put blin biln in the wino wine e el 61 lar tar suggested ardmore Ard inore ite lie shall be with the gi gibat pat e cat et t giroti britti sald jerry and thereafter no further adventure b befalling them they reached ardiley here their arrival the greatest excitement CHAPT CHAPTER ER XIV A meeting cf of old friend friends men had proved ex cee timid when alien it came to the business of throttling threshing the wood aoda for applew eight whom hoin they regarded it with ith a new am awe e now that he h had van lebed eo so mysteriously had searched the tile wood guird guardedly edly but tit narrow paths that led away aay into the dim of adsley were ere for bieling and these men not ith out their superstition superstitions y b hid bid id waited for bearr an opportunity tunit to strike at the bation they had at last their elint shot find had seemingly brought do down doan an their bird but their liik lick of spirit in r n tricking the gamp had been their un tin doing the had only arous tt their moel most formidable enemy who ulio woud undoubtedly lost no timo time in seeking revenge they mero a dolorous band who ho after warily beating the tile wooda dispir dispersed sed in the mill bours 1 oura of the morning haing found nothing but fatool ool hat which only added to heir their mystification e ought to liae taken him ariy on the run sald aid a bitterly ne as he and anti discussed the mat ter on the i arandi of 0 tl tre e prosecutor s house and watched the coming of the dau dawn n 1 I 4 id n t real realize ize that those fel lows lived in such stich cortil terror of the old man but they refused to make off with him until the last of his friends had got well ait oit of the way I 1 ought to hao base bill ha I 1 more sense myself than to have expected the old fox to eit sit tied up like a calf ready for market e had all his hi friends accounted for those that at prater meet ing were ert marked down some somewhere here else A it d wo we had a line lino flung pretty welt well round the church APple weights deliverance have come from inalle tho the ardmore property perhaps the game warden cled him up perhaps the indiana captured him suggested griswold yawning or maybe some martian came down on a parachute and hauled him bim up or ie as fever ever I 1 N biging at mr ir Ard inores mores castle and his ills tone was as lev Apple weight was as probably pro bibly seized all of a sudden and broke a away ay in hs delirium ut lets a go to bed at eight 0 clock he and habersham rode into turner court house and lk j 6 1 12 0 found nothing but wool hat frisuold went ut at once to the inn to change his clothes no further steps could be talan until some definite re port was as received as to a whereabouts hereabouts it had been the tile most puerile irani trani action poss possible lole and be lie u was as aware tint that a report of it which he must wire ire at tit once to allia osborne Oa borne would not impress that oung woman man with ith his ilia cap deity or trustworthiness in lit difficult occasions lors the iron that bad had already entered ent ercil into bla ills soul drove deeper he ile had ordered a fresh horse and was to return to mount bibo church for a it personal study of the groenil in broad daylight As he creased tie tl e musty muty parlor of the tittle little boul hoti to lila lits great astonish ment merit alas aa osborne s black phoebe stationed where here ber ec ranged the whole lower floor ot of the inn drew fit n to herein in an elaborate courtesy miss wish aish me tile t say she ho done come heah on business and she UK ilk fu to to see 0 o all 11 right away she done bring huh bull siddle saddle and anti war ar odin twell ou come back alies she s reid and ill go tell huh you done ome ale got a heap 0 trouble thet oung po so she he hey and the black v woman oman a pursed illin to imply that prof prot cris wold was in sonic measure cespon sible for miss ties osborne ornen a Pa As A bo lie stared out into the street a brought a horse bearing a bet ter saddle than mingo county had e er boasted and find hitched it near the horse he lie had secured for himself an instant later he be heard a quick step above and mis miss osborne sedately toll followed oliv ed by the black woman oman came downstairs she smiled and greeted him cordially tut there wag trouble in her lier brown bronn cyca eyes I 1 I 1 warn you ot my coming I 1 want ant to bo be a nuisance nul nui sanie sante to you theres a ilea ile a most unaccountable perplexity it seem right to burden aou ou with itsou hae we already been no so klud kind about helping me tile but I 1 dare not turn to our oldest friends I 1 have been afraid to trust father fathers e friend friends at alt all since mr Boa bozorth orth act el ed s 10 0 al i y I 1 my 1 y fr time im e boleus ie entirely n t frely at our seri tee was ml osborne but I 1 have a shanie ful report to make of I 1 baust tel you bow how mise miserably I 1 I 1 have tailed failed be fore ou vu trust me in any further N e that ie is to say the prosecuting actor ne tie of hie this count and a party lie got to getler of apak weights ene enemies niles caught tre ito outlaw last night took him mith w ith the greatest grea teet ease but he got away aay from us ua it was all til fault an irn tin deeply disgusted with my elf he e described the capture ire und and the subsequent mysterious dl disappearance sapp barance of applew eight and confessed the th obvious necessity necee elty for great cantlon la further attempts to take the outlaw row hat that he wag on gaird birbari laughed reassuringly at the arid of the story thone thome men must have felt funn when they went back to get the pris oner and find found that he had gone up into the tie air hut but there s a nf new A foa tea lure ture of the case that a more selous than the long 1 of till this in imn inin in and the trouble again possessed her tier aeo ayee bhe drew from her tier purse a cutting cutt liiK from i newspaper newe paper and handed it to him chite from liet last nights columba I adette which la Is very hostile to my father he ile was ans already running ivr the heavily faded column tint thit set forth without the tile fact that lov gov hid not been beef in colum bla aa since he went to sew neu orleans it scouted the story that he was as abroad in lit thu the state on official al business con with ill he the eight case the arn 1 which Gri griswold sold hal flat forced upon the friendly reporter at the tek graph office in columbia the tile fedov 0 arnor of a state the vidette went on lo 10 elaborate could not vanish without leavin leaving some trace of himself and a vidette depre had bad traced the steps of coy gov osborne from new or leana leans until until he had again entered south carolina under cover of night and for purposes which for the honor of the the vidette hesitated to dis close thu writer of the article had ex hausted the possibilities of gentle suggestion and vague innuendo in an effort to create jn an impression of mye mys ter and to pique curiosity as to further developments which well were promised at any hour griswold old 8 wrath rath was as aroused not so much against the neus newspaper paper which ho he as aimed had ome tome fire for its smother ed arife of smoke but against the governor of 0 south carolina himself I 1 who nho was causing the finest and noblest bin girl in the world orld infinite anxiety and pain the e thing thlu Is 18 kosterow preposterous pos terow he said lightly 11 llah ly the idea that your father would attempt to enter his own oan state surreptitiously la to inconceivable in n these days when public men are tire denied defiled all a privacy and when it s any man a right to decel belve e the presa press if it la finds it essential to his own comfort and peace but the intimation that your father Is in n south carolina for any dishonorable purpose Is berous one 0 thing boA bolever ever 1 1 aan tain miss osborne and that Is 1 that vie rut must produce pro uce your father fat at tho earliest possible ble ino moment ment but and barbia hesitated and her eves ees near tears as they were 1 wrought preat havoc in Ori soul but 1 father must not be found I 1 this matter Is I 1 set tie tied I 1 ou understand without making ne me speak the words that he lie might S not n exactly view the matter as a we do it vaa a painful subjects subject and alid the act fact that she was aas daiv en by sheer force tta tt f circumstances 1 to appeal tu him a stranger to at I 1 her to perform a public service 11 in he 6 others fathers name rallied all l hla his rood good ses it tot 0 her 1 stan 1 it was s too delicate 11 a mat it ter er for f discussion it U waa uan a to be ignored and 11 lie assumed at n once a lighter tone come we must solve the riddle of the lost prisoner at once and your 01 fataei fa he will give an et cell celent nt account of himsel himself when hen he gets ready meanwhile an whilo the fiction that 1 he Is personally c the he ar into tho the country con must be maintained and I 1 shall step to the railway station and wire wl the ns columbia in his name that lie els Is in anlo mingo county ty on tho the trail trall 0 of the outlays TO t |