Show halll 2 asal 7 SERIAL epa AL story sta 1251 ry 2 0 at THE u ai LITTLE L i TT L BROWN BROW JUG HILD vARE F 7 NICHOLSON ny RY Pt leht ima by th the bobb bobbe merrt I 1 11 24 SYNOPSIS thomas ardmore ani lb hnry nry maine main urta tumble stumble upon intrigue when th the of corth anil and carolan ln are reported ti to I 1 ave quarreled griswold allies I it with ll il arbara eborne laughter of the gobernor goer nor of south carolina while valmore r imore espouses eppo uses tl tie e cause of jerry langerfield Danger neld daughter r of I 1 tl e governor of 0 north carolina arolina f thee thes two lad ladles es are boing a to nil fill th shoes of u the their I 1 r ta then KI lie ile the lite latter are wissing nile ain D bh ah talea are in IL turmoil over one app appl weight welK tit an outlaw with great political in fluence Un unaware of each othro oth ro post lion both and ardmore set et out to 10 make the other prosecute prone cute hoth iloth have foro scouting mc the gope border artter griswold cap tute tures Apple eight but jerry finds him and t takes akes him to araste Ard her own on prig oner nr pria Orlef told inid and barbara arbara Il while hile in v e ti gating the outlaw i a disappearance m meet e et ardmore Ar ilmore and jerry the fitter jitter re eals the presence of 0 Apple weight at ardal ardsley e y asemore arrests a man on hie his ka prop ro p fity or who eay days he la in gov osborne meanwhile a p while another man Is arrested arre eted as by the south carolina mil atia la the north carolina mi militia litts Is 1 called into action avien jerry jerrys e nance fiance finds that real war Is afoot he flece flees CHAPTER on the road to turner turners A ho goes there A jug NN hat bat kind of a just jug 1 I it little brown jug from kildare thus mr thomas ardmore cited his pickets with a shibboleth of his own devising the sturdy militiamen of north carolina patrolled patr oled the northern bank of raccoon creek at mid night aware that riotous flood alone separated them fram their foes the terraces at ardsley ards cy bristled with the guns of the first light battery while upon a cot in the wine cellar beneath mr air dill alias poteet slept the sleep of the just he ile was rudely aroused however at one 0 clock in the morning by ard more cooke and collins and taken out through the kitchen to one of the ardsley farm wagons nig big paul held the reins and four of cooke a detectives were mounted as escort ard more cooke and colllns collins were tc tco accompany the party ae as a board of strategy in the movement upon turner court house south carolina Apple weight the terror of the bor der blinked at the lanterns that flash ed about him in the courtyard lie ile had been numbed by his imprison ment and ani even now he be yielded him self to the inevitable ills capture in the first instance at mount nebo had been clear enough and he could have placed his ills hand on the men who did it it ho he had bad been free for a couple of hours this he had pondered over his solacing solitaire soll tair as he sat on the case of chateau bizet in the ardsley wine cellar but the subsequent events had been alt ogeth er too ton much for him he ile had been taken arnn his original captors by a girl and while the ignominy of this i was not lost en on the outlaw his wits had been unequal to the further fact which he had no ground for disbelieving that thia this cap captivity within the walls of ardsley had been due to a daughter of that very governor of north carolina horn he be hid counted his friend the road between kildare and turners Is fairly good announced cooke though weve got to travel four miles to strike it griswold evidently thinks that holding the creek Is all there Is of this business and he wont find out till morning that weve crawled round his line and slid placed in jail at turner a s where hr belongs you must bave a good etora ready for the press colllns collins said ardmore the north carolina border counties don dont t want injured and gov coy dangerfield dont want ant any harm to come to te him rott may be eire of that or bill would have been loing time long ago I 1 gentlemen it 11 was very impolite of tf you not to tell me you were ready to start 1 and jerry came briskly from the eldo side entrance dressed for the saddle and nibbling a bisci it dut but you are not to goo go I 1 thought that was as understood I 1 cried ardmore I 1 it may have been understood by you roll mr ardmore Ardro ore but not by me I 1 shou id never forgive myself if it after all the trouble I 1 have taken to traiten liten out this 11 little atle matter I 1 should not be bc in at the finish will you kindly get me a horae emlea dangerfield e was not to be shaken and a few minutes later the party amov moved ed out from the courtyard cooke rode several hun arod yards ahead then two detective detectives preceded the ragon in which apple weight eat on a it cross seat with two mere of cookes men on a seat just behind him ile was tied and gagged and an old derby hat supplied by paul bad beta been clapped upon the side if bis his bead at an angle that gave bim him a jaunty air belled by his bonds thomasb his tongue was silenced his hie ares ves were at t once eloquent of won derment resignation and impotent rage kjelde the waxen rod rods ale fit jerry dangerfield Danger neld alert and con tented ardmore and collins werely nied mediately lately behind her and she in delgia the journalist in some mild chaft chaff from time to time to his in finite delight though considerably to admore a distress Jle tree of heart f for or though no words had passed between hint and jerry as to the disgraceful flight of the adjutant general yet tho the mister 0 ardsley was mas in a jea jealous lolis mood tilt the moon had left the conspire acors to the setter sotter radiance of the stars but there was as sufficient sunk lent light for ardmore to mark the gentle line 4 of jerry a face as she lifted it no now an I 1 then to span scan the bright globes above paul drove his tanni at a trot over the smooth roid of tho the estate to a remote and little used gate on the south irn crit side but still fafel removed from the south carolina pickets along the raccoon it a all right over there remarked collins jerking hie his head toward the creek the fronting armies aro are waiting matting tor for morning ind bittle I 1 suppose that when we me fend word to gris wold mold that 1 Is in a south carolina jail it will chabre the scene of operations it will then be loy Os osborne bornes s painful task to dance be tween lawan law and order dorder sentiment and the tile loud cursing of his border con the possibilities ot of this rumpus grow on me ardmore there Is no rumpus mr air colllns collins said jerry over her shoulder the governor of north Caro carolina itna Is merely giving expression to bla his civic pride and virtue leaving ardsley Ard Bley they followed a d dismal ismal of road until they reached the highway that connects turners and kildare its going to bo be morning soon we roust must get the prisoner into turner a by five 0 clock trot cm em up paul ordered cooke they were all in capital spirits with ith a fairly good road before them leading straight to turners turner a and with no expectation of any trouble in land ing their prisoner safely in jail they were well into south carolina territory now and were jogging on at a sharp trot when suddenly cooke turned back and baited halted the wagon theres something coming waif wait maybe dills a friends are out look ing for him suggested collins cooke impatiently bade them be quiet if it we re accosted what shall we say any he asked well we II 11 say replied jerry instantly that ono one of the laborers at ardsley Is 1 dead and that we me are taking bis hie re mains to his wife a family at turners I 1 shall be his hi grief griet stricken widow the guards already had appe apple weight down on the floor at of the I 1 J C I 1 a sturdy militiamen patrolled Patr oled the northern bank of raccoon creek wagon where one cae of them sat on his feet to make sure he did not create a disturbance at her own r tion jerry dismounted and climbed into the wagon where she sat on the elde side board with alth her head deeply bowed homed as though in grief pretty picture of a sorrowing wid ow mumbled collins ardmore punched him in the ribs to make him stop laughing to the quick step of aiding Ing horses ahead of them was now added the whisper and creak of leather 11 hello ello there yelled cooke wish ing to take the initiative I 1 hey icy 0 01 1 aar vered a voice and all arg stilt still give up the road we were re taking a body into turner turners s to catch the morn ing train called cooke who a dead one of Ard moros dutchmen shipping the corpse hack back toa to germany ermany the party ahead of them paused aa as though debating the case I 1 the northbound party wai was a blur in the road their horses sniffed and moved restlessly about aa as their riders conferred oha its i us the road I 1 shouted cooke wo we h yen t much muth time to catch our train N ho bo did you say was dead karl S haldt returned paul promptly Ard ardmore mores heart sat fearful lost an inspection of the corpse should be proposed dut but at this moment a wall cerlo nd heartbreaking rose and fell dismally upon the night it was jer ry burning her dead husband her slight figure swaying back and forth over his body in an abandon of grief df de poor she the be mil mit us called out big paul forsaking hie his us ual excellent english for guttural dia led who are you fellows fello wat demanded cooke spurring his horse forward the horsemen to hia his surprise teemed seemed to draw back and he heard a voice speak out sharply followed by a regrouping of the riders at the tide of the road we been to a dance at turner turners and air goto back home to kiman ca T the th reply that all right whispered ardmore to collins thue thus muttered collins in thi midst of death we me are in life lite and thie this reaching jerry caused her to bend over the corpse at her feet aa as though in a convulsive ot of sorrow whereupon to add color to their etory story paul rumbled oft off a lew consola tory sentences lo 10 german give live us the road commanded cooke and without further parley they started ahead closing about the wagon to diminish its a far as a ilos sible the size of the caravan paul kept th tha horses at a iv walk alk aa ail became their sad errand and jerry to weep dolorously they the horsemen at a slight ailt rise in the rolling road the party bound for turners nim moved ed stead lly fly forward tho the horsemen huddled about the wagon with jerrys led hone horie between ardmore Ardro ore and collins at the tile rear lit t the top of the knoll hung the ro rt turning dancers danvers well to the left of the tile roid ro id permitting with duo due respect the pa passing of the tuner at party one of them ardmore could have sorn lifted his hat until the wagon had pissed then some one called good night and looking back ardmore raw saw them a dozen men he judged regain the roid rold and quietly resume their journey toward kildare pretty peaceable for fellows who ve been attending a dance eug sug colllns collins craning his neck to look after them one fellow cited his bat hat as wo we passed and I 1 thought well what did you think tr ard morel nore demanded cooke well it may seem strange but I 1 thought there was something about that chap that suggested griacs they paused to allow jerry to resume her borne horse and one of the detectives tec tives joined in the conference to venture his opinion that the men they had passed were ere in uniform they looked like militia to me and as be he was a careful man cooke took note of his remark though he made no comment hut but as they moved on toward turner s ardmore was still troubled over what had seemed to him hint the remark able parisian courtesy of the return ins ing reveler who had lifted his hat as the corpse passed grissy be he kept saying over and over to himself was no tool by any manner of mean means and and be was as unable to conjecture why the associate professor of admiralty known to be detached on special duty for the governor of south carolina should be riding to kildahl KlI Kil darL unless he contemplated some coup of importance the stars stare paled under the growing light ot of the early summer dawn dan ap plew elight with shoulder shoulders wearily drooping contemplated the attending cortege with the gaze of one who sul lenly accept ir a condition he be docs does not in the least understand A few ehrle bisera saw the strange company enter and proceed to the jail but before half the community had breakfasted dill bill the outlaw was securely locked in jail in turner court house rouse the seat of min go county in the state of south carolina and the jailer moreover wan sharing the distinguished captives thralldom TO BE CONTINUED |