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Show serialT ji story eyj THE LITTLE I BROWN JUG I I ATI I KILDARE ' J Ml Mr MTU NICHOLSON I11..1..11.,. Fir li rt'ii.i l l.r Th. K,.bM H-l-lli l..ia,i,. SYNOPSIS. Ti...mn rl ,e n.,.1 ll.nrv M .We'll... .We-'ll... I .!,,..'.!. ,,, inlM.:,,.- 11... .tn.,t ,.f s,,,ili ntxl Kki'Ii '" t In.-. -' ' " I" l ' - I I"'- l'i ll l"t 1 1 r i n .1. 1 "HI' - I 'I Mil lUll.i.... II. I. in-. I mill, ..f II,,. .,v.rM.. of M I, I'll..- H" IH- in c..,.i... I, I- I J .-...H.i.l. .V..,l,t. r ..( II,- S"i.-i,,,r e s. .ir..lli.H 'I I," n. lvi. v' I 'lin n. iitiim i.i nil m,... ,r th. ii i.i,... mi,. ii. i. ,n. t i I II. .11, .1.,!.. a l I ei.r Am.', h. iim, in Iiw Mini Ki.-.il III 1111,1, i.r l , i.f , Ii .,!, it . ..iii.. I...H. im.,.i,i m.. Ai.liii'.rn " Hi- ..II.. i n ' Mi- l'l-,l I ,., .,,,, ,,li, . a I lln. ..,.! ,... ,.. . i, hk I-.. I III,. Alli,i,.,y.,,l., 1. .ri.l..l l.v Al.r llrlawel.ra ml' . V-VVr II "a i'iM-'w'.' 'rl.'l! Jolty I itl.or.-rll.l.l .11., ..v-i. II,,. impllvo i, inlaw ..l Intnl. liint In Anl'l-r. Ii-r own l,.i,.-r lilaw.l.t la nt.hai.,1 In re-Kertn'a re-Kertn'a I'm V" ""'""" '" ,lh"- lo CHAPTER XIV. Conllnutd. Thi mcaangea worn rotniiom'd by Ihelr Joint i.rrnrla nt Ihii mminn. with , nut mi iimrh haste bill that an asso ciate profcnsnr f admiralty, 2 yonrn Mil. niulil defer In th moat trifling mntlcrn lo I ho nuperlnr IHiTurr taste of a girl o( !0. whoa lirown eye were cry plcnsant lo meet In moment of uncertainty and appeal. Il signed Hi" tiicaMiiKfa t'hnrlcn Oa bornn, governor. Kiln a flourish In dicative of (tin Increaaed confidence and clurlnx whic h Mine Ostiurne'a ar-rlvnl ar-rlvnl had brought tn lha altuallon. "And now." aald flrlawnld, aa they rode through lha meager streets of Turner'a. "we will go to Mount Nebo church and ana what wa ran learn of Applewelaht'a disappearance." "Tha Nnrlb Carolina pa per a ara aiaklug a great daal of Oo. Danger- . fleid'n activity In trying lo put down ' outlawry on tha border," aald Uarhara. "Marked roplna of tha newspapers ara pouring Into papa'a office. I can but hold air. Iloaworlb rcnonslllo for thai. Wa mar count upon It that ha will dn all In hla powar to annoy ua" and then, aa Orlawold Imikod at her quickly, ha waa aware, that aha had j rolnrod and averted her area; and whll. aa a lawyer, ha waa aware that worda of two Mti'ra mlalit ba provora Mm of ndliaa lltlxallon of lha MtliT-aat MtliT-aat aorl, ba had novar known bifora Hint "ua." In llaolf tha hmniilli'at of worda, could can mi ao awtwt a ilia lr "Wa ara qulla noar tha aatnla of .'our frli'iid. Mr. Ardnioro, aron't !" I anki'il llnrliara proavntly. "I fancy wa ara," replied Orlawold, , - but with a tona ao coldly at tnrlanra ' with hla prevlotia cordial rrferenoaa to tha mauler of Ardaley that llarbara ' liHiked at him Imiulrlnnly. ; "I'm aorry that I ahould haa xlvan . you lha liupreaalnn, Mlaa Oaborna, l Ihat Mr. Ardmora and I ara frlnmla, aa I undoubtedly did at Columbia. Ha haa, for nine unarrounlabla reaaon, i tul my aciiialiilanra In a mannar ao unllka him ihat I do Hot prrtond In aiplaln II: nor. I may add. la It af th leaat lniHirtanr. lln bad, only a few daya iik, Invited nie to vlall hi in, thouKh I bad bi'vu tn hla houaa ao often that tha obaeureat aervant knnw that I waa Iirlvlli xnd anon beyond tha v. mrmlHra of Mr. Ardmoro'a own fain- , lly In my freedom of tba plara. Whnn I aaw Hint hla houaa would be a con-' con-' j Tvulent point from which to atudy tha ApplewelKhl altuallon, I wired htm i Hint I na on the wny. and to my niter amaiement he replied that he could not enterlnlu me Hint aearlet fner waa epldeuila on tho eatatK on thoaa almoat uncouuled aen-a!" And with a mlp and a inlxt In bla , 1 ayea, Orlawold drew rein and pointed, ; from a hill that had now bornn them to a rotialderalili) belKlit. toward Arda ley llaelf, dreamily hanking In lha . I brlKht uiornliiK iiiiIIkIiI within Ita , ; aliii'tura of hllla, maadowa aud for- '..1 ' H knew lha waya of Ardnley thor- "4 , anithly; better, In fart, tliaa lia ownar i . eer had In old lluina; hut In hla an . ' gr at Ardmora bn would not act fiMit on the eatato If bn could poaalbly ' - 1 avoid doing ao In reaching lha arann - 'A of Ilia nlnht'a ronlretemiia. lie found I without dimculty the twill taken by i , lluberaham a men, and In dun rouraa ,j of tlma they left their horaea a ahort dlntauca from the church aud proceed ' : y ad on foot. v.. J "It aeema all lha atupldor In broad : . f dayllnht." aald Orlawold. after ha bad t '! aiplnlnrd Juat what had occurred, J and how tha captnra, In tholr aupnr- I , atltloua awa of Applewplght, bad been f afraid to carry blm off the moment i they were aura of hlin. but bad allpped back among their fnllowa to wait until lha roaat waa perfectly olaar. To eaaa hla deep chagrin liar ara laughed a good deal at tha oo-urrence oo-urrence aa they tramped over tha ; cone dlacuealug It They went lato ! i i th.- I-. I, .1. k nf the ihurch. tii r.. (;rl..l,l h-K.-m to bin p a flllllllll ,IH 'Siirm- nni. mimt Iiiivi- iimh., In frmii I lil - illri-i-tli-li iih.l ft ll.i- Hi-Hi mi'l Ink. n I, uy," Ii" il' ' I r. .1 II.. kin It and l;..'ilk, tip- 1 f rlnl hi-r- M,..-. -IkIiI I'-"1 'i' ' " I' " I1''''. hut th.. Kia Ii' r" .i in n h tram .. .1. and ( !t Ik wi.lit wan n,K.-. In Hi.-tail, Hi.-tail, tint kmi!lilt ll .it II' of Ap .... iKhfa urani-ii .l-,,,. arati. e I,:,, I ,ii-, il aim, nil t In- i.'ilhi flli 1,1 ' hy the llt li'ligrai.hy of th' 1,'inl'r. anil that Ih" a hul" m lnhhni l..l ha, been thle-li'd III e r hmira lii-lore It llilKlit hale been Milne Klliall I oln'ihl th ,n to riiixtwihl bail he kmin that A.ie. -luhfa frli tula and accoui pll. ea .-r.- inn, h nt a bira lo know what had Im i nine of the rhl'-flaln n the tn.-n who hail tried an Iniffei-iunl ly to klilnnp blm Kroni lh appear, I nin e of the trampled mill many men had li,,n n hainl In releasing II" prlHimer. nml thla I n , r.-o -1 n ilul nut clarity lu.ittera fur Cricwnld ' W hern tinea t lila path li acir' n-ke, Mnrhnra "Tbla la Arililey land here, Una aid" of the cliuri h. and that trail h a. la on. If I renii nilier. to the main Ar.l-ley hli'hwny, wHli whl, h varln-M nlher n i.Ik ale I'.nneitiit uillliy Inllea III all It M III! Mlie. U.lllle rh.lt H, e le III. Ii I. i,l II, U niillaw -l,..i,',l Ii.ivi-taken Ii.ivi-taken Ii in lulu II I.lle. l re II huh of pull. " ay .tein la niMiniauu il by Hi" liiMnlty curpa I ilmi t at all make II out " lie went i, IT to ctplnre II," heavy wo'iiIh on , mi h ahle ill Ih" Hall that I'd hit, i Anlil' V. hut wlthnul result Winn he lame ulnutully I, u k Ii" tuuiiil Hint In hla al.. .ii.e llarhani had l"l lowed the brlillcpaili fur a coiiihler al.le illHtam e, ami ahe helil nut to lilm a illiulnutlvn ,n, ki t baiiilken hief. whh h hnd evhleutly been nnateln d away from the owner an Uarhara i t plained by a low hamclng hrnrii-b of an oak. mid Hung Into a hlin kliorry bmh. where ahe bad found It. It waa a trllle. Iml I, tho alu-hleat bit of linen, which tiny held between tin-in by Ita four corner and gruvely In niecl"d. "Feminine, beyotul a doubt," pro noiinced Orlawold miKcly. "It'a a good handken hlef. and hero are two Initiate worked In tlm comer Ha Knelt and Marked tha Hoof Prlntt Where Applewelght Had Been Tied. Ihat may tell ua aomnthlng '0. D.' It probably belonga lo aomn guent at Ardaley. And there'a a yery faint aug geatlon of orrla ll'a a rlty handkerchief." handker-chief." aald llarbara with flunllly. "but It haa aurfered a trifle In tha laundry, aa Ihla rdgn la tha lenat bit out of drawing from rarelraa Ironing." "And I ahould any. from a certain rrlapneaa It 11111 retalne, Ihat It haan't been In th foreat long It hain't been rained on, at any rain," added Orlawold. "Hut even th handkerchief doein't tell ua anything." aald llarbara. apreadllig It out, "encept that anm woman vlaltor haa ridden hem within a few daya and played drop the hand ke-rhlof with hetaelf or eoniebody ele to ua unknown." "Hhn may have been a erarlet fever patient from Ardaley; you'd better have a rare!' And Orlawold toae waa hitter. "I'm not afraid: and aa I have never been eo near Ardaley before, I ahould Ilk to rldn In and aleal a gllnipae. There'a little danger of meeting the lord of the manor, I eupiioee, or any of hla gueata at thla hour, and we need not go near tho houaa." II aaw thnt ahu waa really curlnua. and II waa not In hla heart to refine her, ao they followed the bridle-path through th cool foreat, and cam In due courae to th clearing where Jar ry bad flrat confeaaed heraetf loet. and thereafter bad Buffered the captured cap-tured outlaw to point her tb way home. "The timber haa been cut here alni-e my Inat vlalt, but I remember the bridle pnthi yery well. They all reach the highroad of tha eatnte ultimately. ulti-mately. We may aafely lake thla one. which haa been tha moat uaed and which cllmba a bill that glTea a One outlook." Tb path h chine had really been beaten Into better condition than either of the othera, and they rode aldn by aide now. A deer feuding on a granny alope reined Ita head and Blared at them, and a fox acampered wildly before them. It aeemed that they were ahut In from all the world, then two, who but a few daya before had never Been each other, and It waa a relief to hltu to find that aha threw off her trouble, and became more animated ani-mated and cheerful than ha had yet aeen her. They reached tha highroad much aooner than Orlawold bad expected, and ba checked hla horaa abruptly, remembering re-membering that ha waa peraooa boo grata on tbla aoll. "Wa mint go back; I muatn'l be aeen here. Tha workmen ara Boat- ! tered nil about 'be plnre. an.) they it knnw in' " ' I (ih. ) in a little farther' I wni I in Ih- mucin "f th" ca-rle!" If t.,e h,n! a k"d hlin lo Jump In ! the am I,'- wn ild mil have bealtnti I and h. i Ii il'l-y at being wi ih, r tha' I,,- In art a.ing defiance U.ln.'.ic and Hi- '' ndnrn of Ar, I l. v i b y weir i id I ni; i.'iw mwnrd t re, I I, ii i: inn. l, i be had of ' 'j !-.rnlnl mi Hi" broad liemhea a I chuff, d with Ardmnr" fnr bourn att ! linn- T a waa at rv 'I here snmi-tlmt. Mh'll Ih'Te WI T" K'lCt lit III" hoUB' in, I i;rn-i:, wnmlired luat who wen Ii , luil' .l In the party that hla quit darn frb nd wan nl'Tlalnlng. and hit Mia At. blaon wan prngrennlng In hi-"ffortn hi-"ffortn in i-ff'-ct a match betwee. Iininy Wat'ta alnl her brother. l ln. driven were nearly all open I the public, no Hint hy the letter I ih" law he n no Intruder, but b mi,, I the li'intalow be muat not it .",,l rcl l y the He iirht of bin breno ullll Ardumle, be reaolveil not to panj Hie buiiK ilnw whoiv n d roof waa nm In all'lit "It'a Ilk" a fairy place, and 1 f' Ihat flier" I all bu no end lo It." Hr har.l waa K.iylliK ' Kill II lall't kind uii.-" ymi In W" certainly are dolt iniililin; to find .ileweiKht, and I lliual be i rl- m'ii " It waa Jint tlun Ii" vividly rem'. II ,,.ir,. 1,1 a ClUwnld felt In l aiii.li'uil fnr hla watch that Mn l.rtv I iiiiik"! Il'-l'l wllh Tbomnn An more nt In r aide. Kall'ipcd Into Tlei Ih.y were rnilnii madly, like Im apuiiMihii. children, and bnre bolnto uuily il" w n upon the two pIlKrlma. lerry and Ardinure, halb-aa an warm, were pardonably Indlirnnnt I thun IicIiik nrn aii , In their night, at ih" tuaati-r of Ardaley. feeling for otu th" 'Utility of bin proprli'tornht hrok" out alnrmlty. "I would ban' you know t woul hnve you know" ho roared, and thi hla voice failed him. He nlnred. I "lilutler.d; be (mated hlmnclf with II horae. which waa diinrlng In enga m an to reanme the rnc. II qtlletl the beaat. which nevertbiilean archt and piiwi il like a war borne, and thi tho tnnaler of Ardaley bawled: i "(Irlaay; I any, Orlany!" Mian Oahorne mid Trof. Orlnwol on their drooping Mingo county no deacrlptn, innde a tame picture befo Ardtnore nnd bin fnlr companion their Ardaley hiintera. The daughl of the governor of Routh Carolli looked UKin the daughter nf the go ernor of North Carolina wltb high d duln. nnd II need hardly b enld th tbla feeling, aa eiprnnaed by glad glnncen, waa evenly reciprocal, at Hint In the contemptuoua upward t l of two charming china the nlceat JudB menl would have been necennary I any fair opinion aa to which Btata bil the belter argument. I Tha anaoclale profennor of admiral ty waa known aa a ready debater, arl be quickly returned hla form' frlend'a Balulatlnn, and In much til name contumeloua tone he would ban uaed In withering an adveraary heron a Jury. "I'ardon me, but are you one of tat employee hereT" "Why. Orlnny, old man, don't look at me like Hull! How did you" "I owe your manter an apology far riding upon hln property at a tlaa when pentllencn la giving you raue for bo much concern. The death rata from aearlet fever la deplorably high - "Oh, Orliay!" cried Ardtnore. "You have addrenaed me familiarly by a nh knnuie aometlinea lined by k-Hmaln k-Hmaln frlenda. though I enn't for Un III of me recall you. I want you to know Hint I am here In an official -paclly. on an errand for the Btata af Houtb Carolina." Mlaa Dangerfleld's chin, which lad dropped a trifle, pointed again Into tie blue ether. "You will pardon me," (lie aald, "tit an agent of the atala of South Care-Una Care-Una la far exceeding hla puwora wain he Intrude! upon North Carolina aox" "Tha atate of South Carolina don what It pb aneB and goea where It liken." declared Mlna llarbara borne warmly, whereupon Mr. , ti. more, at a glance from hla cuadju r, waxed rlghteoualy Indignant "ll'a one tiling, air, for you lo r 4 In hero aa a aighl aeer, but quite other for you to com nprenentlur a unfriendly ntnle. You will pi. ,, rhoone which view of the matt- aim II take, nnd I ahall act aci 1 Ingly." 1T0 UK I'oNTtNI'Kt).) |