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Show serialT 12 STORY CVj j THE LITTLE BROWN JUG I "I ATI ' KILDARE Fir Ml HI lll II MCIIOI S( lllutrtlnn fr ki w viuai Jii-T- Unrrile 1JX bf Th II. bl.i M. tel.. t.iinr. b SYNOPSIS. Th.m W.liMi.ri.. ...r-il niltti.inalre. li. I ll.niv Mum. Iltlntl.il l. ii..f...r In Iia-.i.llv ..I Vliiclniii. lake Iriiliin r VI, m . in...iil in Inn '.II. An tin. in In ixar-'ill of n iilil who hml IHI...I .ii linn M -tnk.-i, t..r "lev I. ,.ln. ..f H.itli Carolina I ir i m ..I.I'm lire l il.r..,.l.n. .1 II. ,i I ..heel.iii In win, II... UMirrnet mii.I Mini. Huilmt'i ti. II. f in .ill,. I,. ,i"l.l Iter In lie l... i,.e l I, it lull,, t CHAPTER III. Continued. "You under. Int,, I of rouriie, Hint fhla dlKeiinlon In pnltlflll to llle, ex tremely painful And yel, ho nitirh hna been piihltiihed nliout my aliter'a do-nieiilr do-nieiilr affair " "Kxaitly. Mr. Ar.linore. What we want In to print your abb of the atorv " Well, the fart In hut pleime never mention It thn fuel In t tin t Inn urnre nwea me four dollnrn. I icuve It to him In two bllln I remember the Incident In-cident perfeeily two erlnp new bllln I bad nm Rot t the Im nk Ilia urnre borrowed the money to pity n rahmiin It win I he very day before he married mar-ried my nlnter." The reporii-r ntnred a moment, then IniiKhed lie nhnndoned the Idea of pettiiiK materlnl for a nenniitlonnl article ar-ticle and melited the pim.llilllllen of a chnrueter aketch of Ihn wbliiinlcul ynuiia: till llliinnlr'. "If you don't mind naylnit where you are koIiik. Mr. Ardmore?" "I'd tell you In n minute, only I haven't fully decided yet; but I ahull probntily tnke the Hnniho Hyer nl O H. If you don't make me lone II" Ardmore lookiHl the reporter over carefully an they ahook hnniln. He nn nn at tractive yonna fellow, alert and Kood htiiuored, and Ardmore liked him. an. In hla ahy way, he really liked almont every one who aeenied to be A human heltm "I'll tell you what I'll do with you. If you'll forget thla rol we've been talking and come up to Ardnley an eoon an I get home, I'll ace If I ran t keep you amtiaeil for A couple of wecka What did you aay your name la? Ciilllna. Frank Colllnn? I never forgei anything, an don't dlnnppnlnt me " The young man laughed outright. "I'll remember; I really believe you Bienn for me to come." "(If roiirae I do. Ill all let tied; mnke It next week, (iood by!" Ardmore ate hla dinner olillvloua of the fact Hint (tropic nl the neighboring neighbor-ing table turned to look at him. He finally waved away hla plate and culled for coffee, and nl that moment a middle uged man appeared at the door, aeunned the room for a moment and then threaded hln way among the tnhlen to Ardmore. "I henrd you were here and thought I'd took you up. How are you, Ardy?" "Very well, thank you, Mr lllllinga Have you dined? Sorry; which way are yon beading?" The new comer hod the bearing of a gentleman lined to coualderiillnn He won. Indeed, the aecretnry of the llronx Isiun and Trunt Company, whone btinlncHH wna chiefly the administration admin-istration of the Ardmore eatnle. and Ardmore knew him very well. "I'm looking for a in an. and I'm not good at the bunlnena. I've hint him nml I don't underntiind It, I don't un der.l.iiiil It." and the neeretury aeeiued to he hiilf-munlng to himnelf nn he ant down mid rented hln armn on the tllllle "You niluht give me Hie lob I'm following a hIIkIi! clew mvm-lr Juki at prenenl " The secretary, who hud no great opinion of Ardiiiore'H mental rnpacllyt ntnred nt th,' young man vnrmitly. Then It mi-in i i-il In Ii I in that ponnlhly A i it mm might be of nervier. "Haw you been nt Ardnley recent- I y?" h i imked "l'ft there only a few cluyn ago" "You hnven't neen your governor Inn lv. have you?" '.My umi'rtior?" Ardmore nturi-d blankly "Why. Mr IIIIIIiikk. don't you remember that fatln r'n deair' "I iliin't mean your fallu-r. Ardy." replied llllllligl Willi the I'Micijerated rare of i,ne wlm 1 with ixtieme hi ti f.iill 1 v "I ineau the noveriiiir of Nin th ( 'n 1 1 ,11 in. - one nf the Anierlean inali a AriNley la atlll In North Carolina. Caro-lina. In't II''" "(111 in; of coiirie. Mut hlenn your ' lonl. I don't know the governor. Why hIiiiuUI one?" "I don't know why. Ardy; hut peo. pie Miiiietliiii do know governorn and flml it ion-rill " I in not In polltli a any more, Mr. Hlllitii;.. Whnl'n lliln perHon'a name?" "I langi-i field Don't you ever rend the iie.M,a',-rn?" detuaiideil the nee-tetaiy nee-tetaiy Hti-tvini; to control hln Inner ,... w . ni.itfl"", 1 " 1 "No; I unit mi, Inn newnpnpein ult ir the liulile duke of llaliyw inkle In In t tirenk the bank at Monte Carlo that ln( time." "You rnuntn't be ao thlnnklnncd. You pay the penalty of belonging to one of the wealthlent fllllilllen In Atuerlin. and llllllugn' tone win pa tern.il "So I've henrd. but I 111 not no ter rlhlv proud of It Miat about thin governor"" "That a what trouble nie what of the governor?" Ilillillgn dropped hla vulie no that no one but Ardluore could bear. "Ile a nilanlng -dlaap peared " ' II, all the nrnt Itltcrentlng thing I ever heard of a governor doing ' mild Ardniore 'Tell me more" "Hen had a row with the governor of South Carolina nt New Orli unn I wan in have met him here on nn Important Im-portant matter of hii.lne.. thla after iiimiii. but In-'n cleared out mid nnhody known what n I ' f him Hla dat'gliier. even, who wnn in New or leatm with Ii I tit. doent know where he In " "Ah' the daughter! She reinnlnn behind to guard hln retreat " "The daughter In ntlll here She n a peppery little piece." 1111,1 IIIIHlIK looked guanleilly around the rmim. "Tbnt'n nhe, nlone over there In Hie corner -Hie girl with the w hite feather feath-er In her hut who'n Junt algnliig her check There nhe'a getting up!" Ardmore gazed m-roHa the room Intently, In-tently, then nml, ! nly a alight amile plnyeil nhotit hln llpn To gain the door the girl miint pane by hln tnble. nml be nciuilulzcd her clonely aa ahe drew near and panned She wnn n little lit-tle girl, mid her light fluffy hnlr awepi out from under A ainiill blue hut In a nhell like curve, and the abort nklrl of her tailor made gown robbed her. It aecmed, of yeura to which the calendar cal-endar might entitle her "She gave llle the atendlcnt eye I ever looked Into when I linked her where her father had gone," remarked Hilling! grimly an the girl panned. "She nnld nhe thought he'd gone nub-Ing nub-Ing for wlialen." "So alie n Minn Uniigeifleld. la ahe?" anked Ardmore Indifferently; and he rone, leaving on the plate, by a and den Impulne of good feeling toward the world, emntly double the gener- oun Hp he bad Intended giving, llllllugn lllll-lugn wan glad to be rid of Ardmore nml they parted In the hotel lobby without wiiHte of wordn. Ardmore'n effectn hud been brought down and were already piled on a enrrlugo nt the door. In bin pocket waa hla pnnnage to New (Irlennn ulid a ntnleriHitii ticket Al the ea.liler'i donk Minn Hnngerlleld paid her bill, Junt nhcud of him. "If any telegrmnn come for my fn-ther fn-ther pleane forward them to Italelgh." nald the girl. The manager came out peraonnlly to allow her to her cur-rlage. cur-rlage. and having nhut the door upon her, he winded Ardmore, who Hood dlncreetly by, a anfe Journey. "Off for New Orlcnna, are you. Mr. Ardmore?" Baked the manager courlH-oimly. courlH-oimly. - - "No," auld Ardmore, "I'm going to Kalelgh to liMik at the lull bulldlnga," whereat the manager returned to hla diitlea, gravely nhaklng hla head. At the ntntlou Ardmore caught night of Minn Dungerlleld, attended by two inirtera, hurrying toward the Tar lleid exprena. Hi; bought a ticket to Haleluli, and ncciircd the hint unliable unli-able berth from the conductor on thel pliitforin nt the moment of depn'ture. Ardiuore did not like to be hurried, and tliun midden change of plain had been almont too much for him. but he wun connoted by the rcflcct'on i hut after nil theae yeura nf waiting lor JiimI audi an adventure he hnl proved himnelf eiiual to an emergincy that reiiulred uulck Ihonglit and uwlft action. ac-tion. Hit bud not only found the girl with the playful eye, bit he bud learned her luwitlty without, an It wen', turning over bin hand. The ataterooin door ntood om.i, nnd from bin neat at the further end of the car Ardmore caught a fleeting glimpse of Minn Dnugi rftcld an nhe threw off her Jucket and hut; then nhe auiiituoiied the laitter. give lilui her tli keta, bade him a mulling good night and the door cloned upon her Ardiuore went back to nmoke and plun bin future ntovi ineutn Kor the llrnt time In hln life he laced to morrow mor-row with eager iintlclputlonn, resolved that nothing nlioiild thwart bin high renolven. though Ibenc, to be sure, wi re nomewhat hn.y He did not know why Hillings wan so iiiixloun to Mud Minn Datigerllelil Hither, but as hetwei'ti it iiuiii of Hillings' purely com iiiercful InstiuctH mid the governor of u great atale like North Carolina Ardmore Ard-more resolved to stand by the Danger-llelils Danger-llelils to the end of the chapter. He wun proud to remember bin estate at ArdHlcy, which wun In Cov. Dauger-fleld Dauger-fleld a Jurisdiction, and bud been visited vis-ited by the game warden, the mate forester, and varloun other iiu-inliern of the governor'n official household, though Ardmore could not remember their mimcrt. He hml never lu bis Hie vlslh-d Italelgh, hut far down sonic dim vista of memory he saw Sir Walter Wal-ter covering a mud puddle w ith his cloak for Oi n Klmihelli Ai'luiore smoked many pipes nnd lid not turn In until alter mlilululii The em mas hot nnd stuffy mid tie slept hailly At some hour of Hie morning, being again uwake and rest-lens, rest-lens, he fished Ills di cslrg gown and slippers out of his bag iitul went out on ihe rear plutfoi-in. Ills was the last car. mid he found u cainpsiool and i rouched down upon It In n cor ucr of the vestibule and stared out Into tlie dark. The 'nun and click of ! the rails soothed him nnd he yielded hi If to pleiisaiit reveries Ardiuore was half doting when Urn I train slopped no abruptly Ciut he wuh t pitched In, in the ramp stool Into a I corner of the untrv He got IiIiiihuII togi tncr and leaned out . ii,i, t air Tliete'il'T rauie out and stared, fo a m atlcmnii in ,,,,. silk wrappci who eat -,i all nirl.t in a v.-stihuU wan n'w t,i hln experience What I I, ue In t In porter?" "Kllilii ". ' ih I hln pl.u-e Is wha we ,;o t-',in Smith ("llllll Into N'oth ("lino. Vint "' he'th coiu'or'hle sah IMr.' , tl . thank ymi." Klltuie wan a familiar nnme. anr. the atflt nn that lav nt the outnklrll of tht"n nnd a long grim barraekn like tul'il'lig that he Idcnlltlcd nn a cot lot lull. I. called the fact that he wnn not far f:..ui lit own ample acre-whliabiy acre-whliabiy ff .nun where to westward He had una n.nally t.lkcll thin lonti from tie i , , 1 1 h in g,,m- l,i Ard.ley. rldliii i -I'm i,f ii.uti Kllilare iii.eut ten iiilli - t., htc house lu thin way he was . i,. ,1.1. ,1 I,, t,, ,,r cmiie w Itliout appcarl: : .il ill in the little village of Ard.k Thf I - it- r I. it iniii He tell ready for )" p in.w and resolved to go back t 1 - , sunn ua the triiln starteil I t II,. a dark nluido up pi nnxl In t',1 it nk and a man' voice n.kei i.iiiU iii.U "Air ) ii the i enduclor" The om .tl.,11. r saw Hint he wnn not. before Atiliiiere in. ild reply, and hcnl-tnted hcnl-tnted a in, ,ti . nt "The itnrter's In the enr; you can get ah.'uil up fnrwnrd," Ardmore aug gested. "He ion i,..r linieerlleld on thl train" n.ked the mun, whom Ardmore Ard-more hen .aw dimly outlined lu the track leln "Ceriiiinly. my friend The govern-or'a govern-or'a ai-le. i tmt , his private aec-retury aec-retury Miat ian I do for you" "Well hv. li n noniethlii' fer Un -It a conndi ntial Sure, nlr ye, th' gov nor' In thc" The man n tall bearded countryman In a aknn h hat. handed up to Ardmore n Jug ii l -1 . i 1 1 1 . brown, old fashioned Anierii an calloti Jug "It'l a present fi r (lov nor Hunger field He'll iindeistiiiid." nml the man vanished un mysteriously nn he had appeared, having Ardmore holding the Jib- by Its handle, and feeling A III tin diired l,y Ihe transaction. Thn train lingered, and Ardmore wan (ns-ulntlng an to which one of the (atoltnn comiiioiiwealtlin wan bil lionth him. when another figure ae pearcl In low In the track that of a harebtiiileil. tousled boy thin time, lie atnrcc! up at Ardmore sleepily, having appitr-'itily been roused mi the arrival of thl train "Air y'u the gov'nor?" he plied "Yn, my lad; In whnt way can I aerve you?" nml Ardmore put down hla Jig and lean- (I over the guard "It'a A Praaent for Gov'nor Danger nald. He'll Understand." rail. It waa Junt aa eusy to be (he governor an the governor'n privalf neeretury, nnd hla vunlty wan touched by ihe readiness with which the boy accepted him In hla new role. Hla con nunc, vaguely discernible In the vesil lie le light, evidently nlriuk the h,d an being aome amazing robe of alnle affected by governora The youngster wun lifting nomethlng, and he uow In-lil up to Ardmore Jug. an like the other an one peu renemhlea another. 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