Show 4 46 U ai U SYNOPSIS laid 1 the scene at atu t he opening of ih th tory 18 I 1 in the library ot or an n orn out 1 1 southern plantation know as the bar eny orly the is 1 to be b gold and its quintara history TrA all na 1 that of 1 the owneta the sonata Quint Is the subject b mt ot of discussion by tny anathan n crenshaw cn haw a bustnes a man an in 7 yas tn known to bladen and m bob hob yancy a firmer when hannibal wyn wayne a mysterious child ot of the old southern tanti family makes 1 his hl app earan M rancy tells 1 1110 how he be copied adopted the boy N ne a thanial buist ja perris buy buys the lb barony tut the QuIn tards deny any ny it knowlt now lodge df of the yeller to 10 keep 0 O li nt bl captain ittu in trind ot of th Quin quintard tards ap dears and d asks mk questions lon abell abo the th brony barony trouble brou trou at scratch when llan ilan to 1 ped by do dv blount captain murrell i a agent yarcy overtakes Il lount gives him a thrashing and secures cur the e boy yancy appear before squire ulam and la in disc appears with C coil to tor or its plaintiff betty malroy malloy a friend of be ker rises ha ila an encounter with cap tain lain murrell boho ho force forces his hi attention attentions on ht her and li Is rescued by druce bruce carrington Larl bet betty let to out for or her tennessee home 1 take takes the lh lame same stage yancy and it hannibal ibal disappear dl appear with murrell on their trail ain abal arrive at the th horn home or of judge buxtin I 1 rice the judit judge gecox at of jude judge slocum price the judge nihed in the boy the andson grandion Kr andion or an old old time friend bof b murrell are ltv v at judge judges home cavendish Cand lh family on raft t acue acu i blo bancy n who is 1 apparently dead price pric je I 1 break 3 j jail 11 betty and carrington arrive I 1 at belle plain plain hannibal rifle discloses dl cloe some om startling thing things to the judge hn ilan initial and betty meet again 1 murrell ar rive rivet in belle plain is I 1 playing tor for big stakes yancy awakes from lont lone dram less 1 leep sleep on board the ram ju judge go price makel makes startling discoveries disco verle la to looking up land title titles charley norton a young planter lanter ro the judge Is I 1 my mrs assaulted nort norton C on informs carrington that hetty betty has ha promised prom led to marry him norton Is mysteriously hot shot more light on Murr Ll arrell plot ito plans cupris I 1 ing of negroes J judge 1 dge price with hannibal M falls betty and she he kepi keeps the boy as a companion CHAPTER continued tilsit ml betty he a e jutt just like my uncle dob bob wag was he slat ain t afraid ot of nothings he lie totes them pistols ot of his loaded it 11 you notice good you can lies where they bulge out cut hia his chatt han ilan anibale a eyes very round and big looked up into bets I 1 li Is he be as poor as be lie eeme seems llan ilan inquired betty he its never has no money miti hot ty but I 1 dont declan hee iles what a body would call pore it might have baffled a e tar far more mature intelligence than thin hannibal a e to comprehend those pe peculiar cullar process P Ps bl b which the lodge judge sustained him felt self and hax hi tr Almate fellowship with adversity that it wa was bis tile matsund u cence ot of mind which made tho tile squalor ot of his dally life seem merely a passing phase but the tile boy had managed to point a delicate distinction end and betty grasped something ot of the hope and faith which never quite died out in slocum pr prices ices In domita ble breast but du t you alway always have enough to ent eat dearv dear the she questioned 1 hannibal promptly reassured her on this point you let me think anything any thing that as not true llan ilan albal niba lyou you are quite sure ure you hare have nover been hungry new never miss betty none eil betty gare gate a sigh of roller bhe she had been barp lic rf 1 tor for tier neglect of the child she bad mer meant nt to do so 0 o much for or him and bad had done noth nothing ingi now it wa was too late tor for her to interest ln herself tn in his hi be behalf half yet before she he left for or the east the she would provide for him ir it she had bad felt it wag was possible to trust the judge the would h are made him her agent gent but even in his beat best aspect be tie amed a dubious dependence tom for or quite differ different eat reasons ws wu equal ly y out of the question lon she thought of mr madasy what kind 0 of f a man li is mr air ma ida baffy batty hannibal annibal fl lies an awful nice man aliss illet ty only he never let leta on a body a 6 t to find it out tor for big bosn celt sell be te ain aint t like the audgo doea does he bs drink drick too hannibal questioned betty he can bet get the when ben ob yes ye that A ae as evident ticker be he does it vass aa cheerfully my tolerant ot 09 weakness on he the pa part rt ol 01 the thil this cy fly thia this ume betty ousters gallit mahaffy ity the child weep oer over to ready WAI wa knowledge of shabby nab by vice with his bill ord those faith in and hie lift breeb tatterdemalion Utter demallon do thay they what they dut but no ml matter atter very kind to you abe she con jre ire very kilmed tremulously outly lits maam amphy aby mia as hetty 1 rain they r re lovely things bear tae the do 40 you ever and mra mrs about at learoyd spoken of you I 1 ferria ferris sunday gunday school la Is drunk he be talka talks abw NN den the judge beautiful brau to about iam cm it its a heap love 1 it alia ails I 1 him then bear acty and tal smiled U up p sweet ly into her face bunday sunday y go to you doea be bale chool school la is raleigh Ilal tigh book his hl bei be i th the e boy that es clothe cloth 1 I 1 abal dint I 1 got no to give but vanies ln nie nor no do to wr be he 0 lo 10 o is L aa as eoon soon aa AS he the judge and he 5 rale raise I 1 got to go a can a make but we ain t letters letter ne las oy y learning betty I 1 tw r it td d book bk aks dom ae tome some to ne bess uess BOW st yoa team I 1 peo rie it for me letters tor for you 8 the he lie i drawn aptt ot of lerie bertelt it I that the 1 a beruan r re letty betty WM where the judge ud and nillon at col PRODIGAL 0 THE irva IGA JUDGE UD GE UG HATi KESTER 5 aa AU A co camj V V at t A f mahaffy were concerned they were doubtless bad enough but they could have been worse no 0 maam he done soaked the 11 ab 11 off one of mr sir s whisky bottles find ad pasted it on the wall jut just ae as high as my chin so a I 1 can eee see it good and 2114 hex be learning me thata that maybe you youve ve seen the kind of bottle I t mean a mississippi pilot urn um corn whisky but han ilan nihal a brigl t little face tell fell he tie wae was quick to see that the educational eye ys tern tem deirl sed by the judge did not im press hetty betty at alt all favorably she drew him hina into her arms you hall shall have my books the books I 1 learned to read out of when I 1 was no a little girl liann hanniball iball 1 I like learning from the label pret ty well eald said Itan hannibal albal loyally out but you 11 the books better dear when you see them I 1 know just where they are for I 1 bapp happened eved on them th em on a shelf la to toe the library only the other day after they had found and examined the books and hannibal bad had ly admitted that they might possess certain points of advantage over the label he bro and bety went out for a walk it war was now late afternoon and the iun sun was inking sinking behind the wall of the forest that rose along the arkansas coast their steps had led them to the terrace where they stood looking off into the west vast it was here that betty had eald said good by to druce bruce carrington oo lt it might hare have been months ago and it was only days she thought of charley Lh arley charley with ith bis his and hope and high courage unwittingly enough she bat led hini him on to his death 1 A sob rose lu in her throat hannibal looked up into her face the memory of his own on loss was never very long absent from his mind and miss all betty had been the be victim of a similarly sinister tragedy with uncle dob bob when bo he liked you h ho just laid himself out to let you know iff that does dots make a great difference ur agreed betty ady sadly and two piteous tearful eyes were beat bent upon him dont mn t you reckon it if uncle hob dob Is alive like the judge lay says and tie nee a ever going to find me be bad ought to be here by cowf now continued hannibal anxiously I 1 but it ham t been such a great while hannibal annibal Il lt its only that 0 20 o much hai flax happened to you it be bill was very badly hurt it may have boon well weeks before he be could travel and then when he be could perhaps be tie viella cut back to that darein to try to learn what bad had become of you hut but we may be batta certain he be will never abandon his search until he ban made mads every possible effort to find you dear dearl that means be he will sooner or later coma come to west tennessee Tenc essee for there will always be the hope that you have found your way here sometimes I 1 get mighty tired walting altos netty betty confessed the b boy OY seema seems like I 1 juet just couldn t wait vo olt oo 00 longer he lie signed sighed gently and then his face cleared you reckon nell bell come must any time dont you ml atlas dotty betty T yea yes hannibal any day or bourl whoop Who opt m I 1 tiered hannibal soft ly under bis his breath presently be he asked NN hera here does that branch take you to lie nodded toward the bayou at the toot of the terraced bluff it empties into the river an netty betty hannibal aw saw a small skiff beached among the cottonwoods that grew along the waters edge and als cis eyes lighted up instantly ho ito bad had a juven juvenile tIG passion for boats NN hy by you got a boat ain aint t you miss mine Il eltY this was voa a charming and an important discovery A 7 4 vio 4 A 0 10 III 0 4 e J p I 1 you do afraid I 1 got important to say lie recalled thoa those drat first awful daya days ot 01 loneliness lonell nesa through which be had lived when the was oo 00 uncle ajob soft voiced sint gintling ling and ind infinitely corn com why you are crying what about dear hiked asked hetty sud ud denly 0 no o meant I 1 slat crying aid said hannab Hann tb stoutly but his wet baabe care gave the lie tie to hie word words are you IOU homesick d yoa to gare go bach lack to the judge and mr ila me haffar no easm lt tint aint that thail 1 wu was jui juit tb inking thinking about whit beert about ny my uncle bob the mall small face wa was try very wistful lob on and yoa you still till air miss him film to 0 o hannibal 1 biet bet I 1 dol doi do I l reckon anybody who knew uncle bob would fotr get over missing him they just coald nt ills betty I 1 the judge la is mighty kind and so la is mr St MahaBy abaffy awful kind miss bettty olna it a tanis like they get kinder all tha um Urn but would you like to go down to 11 inquired deity betty deed I 1 would t doe does she be leak any miss flettor 1 I 1 lont know bout about bat that do boats lually leak why you tint aint ever been out rowing her miss hetty betty bare have yoland you and there aint no better fun tun than rowing n boat they bid started down the path 1 I used to think thick that too hanal W 1 bow do you suppose ft it la Is that when hen ecjpe grow up they forget all sit W about the really nice things they might dor what tise ue it Is saso you lent don go sled boing in her pets perli ted t ob oh but it la Is used mr tom usei uses it in crossing to the other aide side where they are clearing land for cotan at t save him a long walk or ride about the head of the bayou I 1 should take r my out to her heir mill miss bettyr demanded Ilan albat with palpitating anxiety they had entered the Iatter battering ing umber is wb tn ta betty paused suddenly 7 with a startled exclamation and llan dibal felt her fingers close connul 1 dively about his hi the sound she be had bad beard heard might have been only the rut rust icat of the wind among the branches overhead la in that shadowy silence lence il but hetty bettys nerve nees the placid nerves ot of youth and perfect health were bat shat you hear bear something uan nabal she the whispered fearfully tearfully for alswor hannibal pointed MY mysteriously and glancing in the direction he indicated dotty betty saw a woman advancing along the path toward them thu look ot of alarm lowly slowly died out ot of hie his eyes 1 I I thick think iti its the over overseers niece she he told It hannibal annibal and they kept on toward tho the boat the girl came rapidly up the path which closely followed the irregular line of the atmore in its windings once she was wa seen to stop and glanco glance back over oyer her shoulder her attitude attl tudo to intent tent and listening then ebe the hurried forward gain again just at the boat the three met good evening aid sold petty betty pita pleasantly the girl made no reply to this she be merely regarded hetty betty with a bled filed stare star at length she broke the si 1 I lence abruptly 1 I go g homet bing I 1 want to cay any to you you know who I 1 am I 1 reckons rec konT she was a girl of about hetty bettys own age with a certain dark sullen beauty and that phy physical attraction which tom in spit spite of his vexed mood had tied taken note of earlier in taft th day you are bess uess kicks said hetty betty make the boy go back toward the house a spell I 1 got something I 1 want to say may to you hetty betty hesitated jibe was by the girls girl s macher which was as ae as rude as her speech 1 I ain AID I 1 going to hurt couyou I 1 be afraid of me I 1 got something im m to say send him op og I 1 tell ou there bin ain t oo 00 time to loe loss I 1 1 ibo tie girl ct tur foot bot impotently deity betty made a sign to It Annibal 11 and tie he passed slowly back along the path lie ile went unwillingly and lie be kept lis head turn toil that he might see ee what was ilono done even if 11 be he welo not to hear bent what waa was said thit will do hannibal watt walt there lont dont go any lart far beri therl betty called after him when he had reached a point sufficiently distant to be out ot of bearing or of 4 4 conversation conven atlon carried on in an ordinary tone NOW what li to ito it speak quickly it you have bare any thine thing to tell mel met 1 I got ot it heap to say ay 1 answered the eirl atri with a scowl II 11 her ar manner wa was still fierce and repellent repellant and ebe she rare gave hetty betty a certain jealous regard out of her black eyes which the latter wai wits at a lose to explain where wheres mr air tom she he demanded borot tom why about the I 1 suppose eu poe ln in his office perhaps bo so it bad to do with tom vom hetty felt hidden sudden disgust with the ItuaU oa no he be mn in t about the place eitt eri ert he lie done truck struck out for two hour hours after sunup and what more he be aint corning coming back here bore tonight there waa was it moment ot of at 1 lence tho the girl looked about apple hen lien alTel sivel she continued sting ber her black eye eyes on betty youre here hers alone at belle plain you know what happened when mr sir tom started tor for memphis itse time mei I reckon you alt MI aint alint forgot llly felt a pallor steal over hel bet fa see she ab retted rested a it hand band that boom shoot on the trunk of 0 a tree to atea aheady dyber sell the kirl girl laughed shortly don dont t be b so 0 o cared scared I 1 reckon bell anything blila ai as good ai as his II 11 any anything thin happened hipp ened to you I 1 oj BY a giedt effort hetty betty gained ft a measure of control avor herself abrill took a top nearer and looked the girl tt la in the face ace I 1 Port imps you will atop stop this ort sort of tall and tell me we what ie to going to 0 o happen to me if you knoer know she ne aid said quietly why 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