Show P THE arl i 01 IGAL W jul VAUGHAN KESTER 1 SYNOPSIS ah the scene cen lit the 0 opening of 0 the tory story Is 1 laid 1 in the library luthr 1 of an old worn out southern plantation known an tie barony barny 0 ny the tho place is 1 to bo b sold and if its h eltory to ry and an tiace that of the owner owners the Quin quintard tards Is j the subject ot of discussion by jonathan crenshaw Cren thaw a business man a stranger known an bidden and ana bob dob yancy a farmer when hannibal wayn e ila hazard dard a child of the ol 01 old d mysterious southern ou thern farn factly mr I 1 y makes his hi faucy tell tells h how 0 w he adopted the boy CHAPTER III continued tho next day lancy ancy had bad occasion to visit a cross roads cren cron haw thaw gate gave him a disquieting aplaton as to the probably pro bibia abla contents of his let ter for he himself had heard from rom widen that he bad had decided to ne na sume the care of the boy 1 I reckon bladen will have the law on hia his eldo side bob I 1 the law be damned 1 got what fair on mine I 1 don dont t wish to better than that exclaimed yancy over hie his shoulder eb lie from the store and started down the andy sandy road fit at r brisk run miserable forebodings ot at an impending tragedy leaped up within althin him and the miles were many that lay between him and the hill ae As be he breasted the elope slope he came within eight sight of a little group in hia his own dooryard baving saving only uncle sammy bellamy the group resolved itself into the women and children ot the hill but there was one small he missed the patriarch bur ried toward him leaning on his cane a they te took our netty DOW be he cried in a b L rh ith thin voice whoa whom took him asked yancy hoarsely hit lilt were dave blount get your gua a dob bob and go alter him kill the miserable sneaking cried uncle bammy sammy I 1 by the fayetteville head road bob not ten minutes ago you can cut him off at ox road forkel forks I 1 yancy breathed a figh or of relief A rifle waa was placed in hand hands think you all kindly sata lincy and turning away be he off through the pine woods A bri baisl 1 walk of twenty minutes brought him to the ox ot rod road forks he ile had cot not long to wait tor for prea pres antly the buggy bovo have in eight sight aa As the buggy came nearer bo be recognized bla his ancient enemy in the person ot of the mau who eat sat at elde side and stepping epping et into tuto the road oiled the horses by their bite bits at ight of him hannibal shrieked chrle ked hta his niame la in de do light uncle bob uncle dob bob he cried yes its uncle bob you can light down nervy leggo them hor honest meal bald said mr mount blount light don levvy bald said yancy lancy still pleasantly hannibal annibal ll instantly availed himself of the invitation at uio the marue mo ment blount struck at yancy with his whip and his horses reared wildly thinking the bikov blo I 1 meant for theta seeing that the boy ay bad had reached the ground in aliby yancy relaxed tit bla hold on art the team ach instantly ed forward then as a the buggy swept past him be he made a grab at blount and dragged him out over the ft heels beela into the road lie he pro ceedee to fetch mr bir blount a smack in tho the pw then with a final kick he rent mr bir blount sprawling rawling ep I 1 dont let roe me catch you around thee these diggings al ar dave blount Il lount or I 1 sweir to god be the death ot of youl you I 1 rode home through the pine wood woods la triumph on his uncle dob bobs a mighty shoulder shoulders CHAPTER IV law at t balsams Oa laama croc cross road put but mr yancy wae was only at the beginning of his trouble te three throe day dayd later there appeared on the border 1 of scratch a gentleman armed with a rlue it waa was charley balsam old squire Ua laam nephew can I 1 see you friendly hob yancy balaam dem demanded added with the luni lung of a stentor bettering sheltering himself behind tho the thick bole of at a for he obieree obi ered ed that yancy yarcy held field hie his rifle in the crook ot of his arm 1 I reckon you can charley balsam it you are re friendly eald said yaney yancy im a going to trust you bob laid said and creaking forsaking the belter shelter 4 the sweetgum sweet gum he shuff shuffled lied up the elope hoac ilor are you asked yancy s aw they hook shook hande hands only juat just tolerable bob youre been warranted dave blount wore swore hit on to you he displayed a sheet ot at paper ra with much writing and decorated with a large cal seal read it be he raid said mildly balaam scratched hr lue head bond it 1 dont know that MCI bit my duty to do that hob bob lilts lilt my duty to serve it on to you at tale this juncture uncle undo simmy bent form emerged from the path that led off through the wood woods tn tit the th direction of me we bellamy cabla the th patri patriarch waa was a stranger et ranger howdy charley here dob bob yancy you bake hands with drace bruce aning ton commanded undo uncia sammy at the name both yancy and balaam ted late iest they caw saw a roan man in the early twenties clean limbed and broad shouldered with a hand tomo game face and shapely bead head yea yen air hit i a a grandson eran deon ot of tom ton that used to own tho the frill grist mill will down at the fork forks where you located at mr car ring arington ton asked lancy laucy but carrington waa was cot not riven given a chanco chance to reply uncle sammy saved him the trouble back baik in kentucky lie ile takes rafts down the river to new orleans Or leani tren be tie comes back on ships to baltimore or eife else he hoofs it noth no th ovo land lie wants to visit the fotti forks be he addad 1 I rn shortly coln that way myself mr carrington and aud ill be pleased ot at your company but tut first I 1 got to get through with bob dab yant 11 aid said ua ba inam and again he produced the war rant I 1 if it agre ablo to you bob ill ask uncle sammy to read thil this here warrant NN ho a been a warranting war bob cried uncle sammy dave blount bae has 1 I knowel bit I 1 knowel hed try to get event what a the th t L vgo irlo agan in you bbb read chiv hiv hit eald said balaam NN ny by bho sho can c cant t you read plain whitin uncle sammy tor for the patriarch wae was showing signs of at embarrassment it if you gentlemen will let we aid said carrington pleasantly plea antly alter after it moment scrutiny ot of tho the paper that balaam had thrust in bis his atud car arington began 10 lo la the sheriff of the county ot at cumberland greetings whereas it Is alleged that a murderous assault has been committed on one david blount lount Il at of fayetteville by robert yancy of at scratch bald said eit numerous bruises and contusions to his great injury ol 01 body and mind and wh whereat areas aa it Is further alleged thai that said murderous assault was wholly unprovoked and without cause you will forthwith for thIth toko take into custody the person of at raid said yancy of scratch charged with having inflicted the bruises and contusions herein let forth in the complaint or of said blount and instantly bring him film into our presence to answer to these and several crime and mie demean ore ors you are empowered to seize metze eald sald yancy wherever raver he may be at whether on the hillside or in the valley eating or sleeping or at rest DE IDE LANCY magistrate parth Pt irth district county ot of cum ot of north carolina done mae this twenty fourth day ot of may P S dear iob davo dave blount says he aln aint t to chew bli his meat I 1 thought bo e glad to know smilingly carrington folded the warrant and banded handed it to ism ancy well nell what are you gain to GO 10 about hit dob bob inquired balaam maybe id ought to go I 1 id d like to oblige the squire eald mald suppose I 1 come to the crose cross hoade bonds thi this evening agreeable ald said the deputy who presently alth alth carrington some borg later the male tion of scratch with a gravity befitting the occasion prepared imset to descend on n the cross Iloa roads dand sud give 1 it its support to mr jr yancy in hie his hour of need even uncle sammy who had not been off the in year years announced that no consideration of fatigue would keep him uway from the scene ot at and yancy loaned him hie his mule and cart lor for the occasion occa ilon yancy led the straggling procession with the boy trotting by hl his tide side his little sunburned nit flat clasped in the roane mans great hand the squires court held ita its infrequent fitting sitting in the best room ot of the balaam homestead bome tead a double cabin ot of hewn logs here scratch hilt waa was gratified with a view ot of mr blounts Dio bettered visage hupf ml this here fuer between you and cob bob demanded the squire when he be had administered the oath to blount mr air blounts Olo state ment was brief and very much to the point he lie done gite give me tho order from ron the judge ot of the co cot t I 1 waa was to ebow show it to bob yancy got that order demanded tto squire sharply with a smile damaged but clearly a smile blount produced the order ilam app anted pi suar ardeen doon of the he boy P the squire waa wa presently pren lly heard to murmur th the crowded room wa WAS very all now ad a d inori than one pair of eye eyes were turned pityingly in ancya direction when tho the long arm of the law reached out freau fayetteville where there wag wan a tat hotl judge and a real sheriff it clothed itself with terrors well mr blount what did you do with thia this her here asked the squire 1 I showed tancy yancy the order you lie D divi blount you didato dt datt bald said yancy but I 1 cant aay may ax six it boull havo a mad ta 1 differ dif ferenc enco squire lied bare have taken bit his licking just the amo mame and I 1 d bare have had mr my levvy out of that buggy didn t he be say nothing aburt th tills s here order irom from the tb cot bob there want much co conversation quire squire I 1 invited my levvy to light down and then I 1 snaked dave blount out over the me wheel nho bo struck the first blow lie ile did ito truck struck at me with his hi buggy whip squire 11 removed his spectacles and leaned bacic back in his chair I 1 it a the opinion of thil this here cot ahat the whole question ot at assault rests on whether hob bob yancy saw the order dob bob yancy swears be he dian t see it while dave blount swears he showed it to him II 11 bob yancy didn dian t know of the existence or of the order oo 00 was clearly on an tho the idea that blount was ste ate alln his levvy and ani he tie done what any one would woula hare have dono done under thu the circumstance circumstances it on the other hand ho he knowel ot of this order from the cot t he was not only guilty of assault but he was guilty ot of ro re an ot at the cot co L iho 1 I he quire squire paused impressively ilia ills audi ence drow drew a long breath can a body drap a word here it was uncle thin voice that cut into the silence I 1 certainly uncle sammy this here cot will always admire to listen to you well I 1 id d like to ray pay that I 1 con elder sider that fayetteville cot mighty or of niclous with its order orders this part of 0 the county wont won t take off bayette villel we dont interfere with fayetteville and blamed it we well it let fayetteville interfere with ual 1181 there was wa a murmur ot of approval scratch hill remembered the rlue rilles tu its hand hands and took comfort tho the fayetteville cot air a higher ca cot t than this uncle explained the quire squire indulgently 1 1 m abter of that snapped too pi patriarch ive seen hits steeple air you finished uncle sammy Sam biked asked the squire deferentially 1 I I low I 1 tan aul I 1 low that it this here vae va a a e la in coln again dob bob yancy I 1 d recommend him to go borne home and not listen to no mo foolishness mr yany will oblige this co t by setting still white while I 1 finish thie this case said the quire squire with dignity mr hir yancy baa has sworn to one thing mr ift blount to another now the yarcy air an old family in these parti parts mr bir blounts lUo folks air strangers consequently quent ly pursued the squire somewhat vindictively we abat ain t bad any time in which to form an opinion of CHAPTER V 14 the encounter betty malroy had ridden into the squires yard during the progress pro gresi of at the trial and when yancy and hannibal calma from the bouie house the he beckoned the scratch to her you are ar not going to loso lose your nephew are you mr air yancy she he asked eagerly when yancy tood stood 0 a her aide no inaam maam but N cense sense ot of ew la tion waa was plainly tempered I 1 I 1 am very glad I 1 rode rods out to the to may ay good by to hannibal ald to you but they laid said you were ber here and that the trial wa was today captain murrell with crenshaw and the squire came from the house ana and murrelle swarthy face lit up at light eight of the kirl girl yancy would bare have yield ed bla hta place but detty betty detained km are you going away maam laa aaa be he allied asked with concern yea yes to my home in west tenner tennen 11 and a cloud crossed her hor smoote brow I 1 hut but aint you ever coming back miss MI hetty betty asked hannibal rather fearfully oh I 1 hope so 0 o dear she turned to yancy 1 I wonder you don t leave the mr yancy you could so easily go where mr air bladen would never and you It avent you thought of nt this I 1 that are a p pint jut agreed vancy yancy suly ly might 11 I 1 aik ask you what part parts specially recommend lifting his hi grave eye eyes to here hers I 1 it would really be iho the sensible Benil ble thing to del dol eau said betty 11 1 I am sure apy ov would like wed west Tonn tennessee Tennet essee aee they sal r 1 are a great hunter yancy smiled almost guiltily I 1 mr bir yancy it you hould should cross tho the mountains remember I 1 live dear near memphis delle belle plain li in the name came ol 01 the plantation its It not board to und andr jut just dont don t forget torget belle nelle plain I 1 on ont t forat forget and bebby you will zeo see uj there one of at thebe these day days hilo no idt en mighty little ot at the world about ai as tar ai as a dog nn trot in a couple of houri dotty betty glanced toward the quire squire and mr crenshaw they were standing near tha the bare bars that gave on enhance france to the lane lave murrell bad had left them and wae was walking brisky down tho road toward crenshaw Crene haw baws acore where his horse wax was tied she lint down and gave give yancy her slim white hind goodby good by mr yancy litt lift fl hannibal annibal so 10 that I 1 can kiss him himl I 1 yancy wung swung the child aloft I 1 think you are arb uan such a nice ill little A le boy ll hannibal annibal you DIF P 7 f ol 01 MA ov 0 11 0 he hid had not long to walt wait for presently a buggy move in sight the blounts but for or myself lm im au ua licious of tona that keep borlo about and who dom don t eem seem able to get located permanent perm annl now beres who air here today and away tomorrow aut you can cant t say that of the tho yarcy they air an old family tn in the country ard naturally uil this cot co t tests oblige J to accept it yancy a word wom tue uke word of at a stranger 1 and in 1 ot of the fact that the tb defendant 1 jd not I 1 e eek tk litigation but wai was erectly sat at felled to let mitten matters rest they wa wan it Is right and juit just that 11 all II costa hould should tall till on the plaintiff austn t forget met and touching tier ter lorse L lightly with the whip be she rod rode away at a allot gallop sir she Is a ladet said fancy ncy staring after her and w we t forget memphis or dello belle plain norvy TO TIM CONTINUED |