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SYNOPSIS.
TIip noi'iif nl llio iii(nliiK of tlm nlorv If
lulil In Ilii' lllirnry of mi old win n-iut
"Oilllirni iilantritlnii, knonii lln- H'ir
my. Tin- tiliuv In (n do Hold, ami II"
lilHlnry Mini Hint of Hie owiii'iH. t li
Qllllllnril.1, In I ho Hlllijocl of iIIkciikIuII ''
loiiiilhnii frcmilmw, ii ImihIih'hi limn, "
Htninnnr hunu n nn Hindoo, niul . I'
Aitnry, a fiitmiT. whim llantilliiil Wiiyii"
llarnnl, it iiiyHti-rliuiM rhlhl of llm "'
HmithiTii fainllv, itiahi'H hid niippiininri'.
Timrv tt-llfi how hit aclnpti-il llm hoy. Nil
IIwiiiU'I IVrrln Iiiivh llm llarony, hut llm
yiiliit.inls iimy tiny kiinwIcilRi1 of lln'
oy. Ynncy to keen lliitinllial. Captain
Worrell, a frlmil of tin tulntanln, up
l'arn iiml hhIim itui'NtlmiK iihrtiil Him l,,ir
ony. Tionhln at Hrrnti'h Hill, when lliiii
nlhiil Ik lliliiapil hv Davf lltnUtil. C'ip
lain .Miirrcll'H iiKm't. Ymiry nvtirtnkr"
llloimt, Klvi'M him a ttirnnliliiK inl rwcurin
tho hoy Yaioy ntipcatii hi'forn Hipiln
Ilnliiinii, ami In ilbtrliiirKi'd wllh tokIh for
lh tilulnlllT. Ilrtty Malroy. a frli-iid of
tho I'Vi-rlw'i, linn an oiicoiinlrr with dip
lain Miincll. who fown IiIh ntlontloni on
hor. and Ik rcctioil hy llriico CnrrlnKttm.
Holly hkIn out fur hor TolinoHXco homo.
l.'urrliiKton taken the mime hIiiro. ancy
niul llaiinlhal illMippt-nr, with Miirrdl on
their trull. Mnnnlhal arrlvoH at llm homo
of Judge Hlorum Prim. Tho JiiiIko recoK
tilfoii In thn boy. tho Rninilmm of nn old
tlmn frlmid. Murrcll urrlvrn at .luilK"'
homo. Cavendish family on rnft rcmjiio
Ynncy, who Ik apparonlty dead, rricp
broaliH Jnll. Hotly and Oirrlniitnn nrrlvo
ttt Hollo J'lalli. llittitillml'H rlllo disclose
Kfitiio startling thing In tho Judge. '"in"
nlbnl and Hotly moot nguln. Murroll ar
rlvo In llolle Plain. Ik playing for big
stakes. Ynncy awaken from king dreiiin
Iokh Kloop on board the rnfl. '.Indue Prlco
milk on startling discoveries In looking UP
land lltloH. (.'Hurley Norton, a young
planter, who assists tho Judge. I" 'ays
IrrloiiHly assaulted. Norton InfurniH nr
rlngtou Hint Hetty Imn promised to marry
Mm.
(CHAPTER XIV (Continued).
Tho stranger, his business couclud
cd, swung nbout on his heel and
quitted tho olllco. Mr. Haul, bonding
abovo his clonk, wbh making nn entry
In ono of his ledgers. The JiuIko shut
tlod to IiIh Bldo.
"Who wiih tbnt man?" ho nkod
thickly, roatlng a shaking hand on
the clerk'H urui.
"That? Oh, thnt wiih Colonel Kou
treHH I wnB'Junt tollltiK you nbout."
"Una ho nlwaya lived here?"
"No; ho enmo Into tho county nbout
ten yenrH ago, and bought n place
called Tho OakR."
"Haa ho ii family?" Tho Judgo np
peared to be having dltllculty with
talfi upeech.
"Not that anybody knows of. Home
ay he'a a widower, othorH again nay
he'B an old bacholor; but he don't
ay nothing. Tho colonel's got hln
friends, to bo sure, but ho don't mix
much with 1:10 real quality. One or
his particular Intimates Is a gontlo
nian by tho name of Murroll."
Tho Judgo nodded.
"I've met him," ho said briefly.
Acting on a Hitddon InipulHo, the
Judgo muttered Komcthlng nbout re
turning later, and hastily quitted tho
olllco.
In tho hall tho Judge's stops dragged
and Ills head was bowed. Ho waa
buoy with lilfl mumorlcH. Then pas
sion shook him.
"Damn him may Clod for over
damn him!" ho cried under his
breath, In a llorco whtHpcr.
They finished supper, tho ill slum
wero cleared away and tho caudles
lighted, when tho Judgo produced a
mysterious leather-covered caso. This
ho opened, ami MahalTy and llauulbnl
aw that it held a haudsomo pair or
dueling pistols.
"Where did you get 'em, Judgo?
Oh, ain't they beautiful!" cried Han
nibal, circling nbout tho tnblo In his
excitement.
"My donr lad, they woro purchased
only a few hours ago," said tho Judgo
quietly, as bo began to load thorn.
Norton hnd ridden down to Hollo
Plain ostensibly to view certain or
those Improvements that went so far
toward embittering Tom Ware's ex
iBtenco. "Do you think Hello Plain Is evor
going to look as It did, Charley? as
wo remember it when wo wero chil
dren?" asked Hetty.
"Why of course, It U, dear, you are
doing wonders!"
Wnre stalked toward them. Ilnv
Ing dined with Hetty ns recently as
the day before, ho contented hlmsoir
with a nod In hor direction. Ills
greeting to Norton wns a more am
bitious timlertalclng.
"I understand you'vo a now over
soor?" "Then you understand wrung Car
rlngton'8 my guest," said Norton.
"Ho's talking of putting in a crop ror
hlmsoir next season, so he's wining
to help mo mnko initio."
"(jolng to turn farmer, Is ho?"
Hsked Ware.
"So ho says." Norton was extreme
ly disappointed when tho planter
manlfestod a disposition to play the
host and returned to tho house with
them, where his presence was such
a hnrdshlp thnt Norton shortly took
his leave.
Issuing from tho lane he turned his
faco In tho direction or home. Ho
was within, two mllos or Thicket Point
when, pulsing n turn In tho road, ho
found himself confronted by throo
men. Ono of them seized his horso
by the bit. Norton had not even a
rliUug.whlB
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'77ifjnJtfMTMr'i
Cortotr.
"Now, what do you wish to say to
mo?" ho asked
"Wo want your word Hint you'll
keep away Irom Hullo Plain."
"Well, you won't got It!" respond
ed Norton,
In the Miino Instant ono of tho men
n Ised his list and Rtrtick tho young
planter In the back of tho nock.
"You cur!" cried Norton, as ho
wheeled on him.
"Damn him let him have It!"
It was mld-nrtcrnoon or tho dny fol
lowing before Hetty hoard of tho nt
lark on Norton. Sho ordered hor
horso saddled anil was soon out on
the river road with a groom In hor
wnko Hetty novcr drew roln until
she reached Thicket Point. As sho
galloped Into the yard llruco Carrlng
ton came from tho house.
"How la Mr. Norton?" sho naked,
extending her hand.
"The doctor says ho'll bo up and
about Inside or u week. If you'll wait
I'll tell him you nro here."
Carrlngton passed on Into the
houso. Ho entered tho room where
Norton Iny.
"MIsh Malroy Is here," ho said.
"Hetty? bless hor dear heart!"
cried Charloy weakly. "Just toss my
clotheH Into tho closet and draw up
a chair. . . . Thoro thank you,
llrucc let her come along In now."
And as Carrlngton quilted tho room,
Norton drow hlmnolf up on tho pil
lows nnd faced the door. "This Is
worth sovcral beatings, Hetty!" ho
exclaimed an she appeared.
Ho bent to kiss the hand sho gave
hlin, but groaned with tho cxortlon.
'I nen he looked up Into her faco nnd
saw hor eyes swimming with tonra.
"What tearB?" nnd ho was much
moved.
"U'b a perfect outrago!" Hetty
paused Irresolutely. "Charloy "
"Yos, dear?"
"Can't you ho happy without mo?"
"No."
"Hut you don't try to bo!"
"No tiRo In my making any Btich
roollsh effort, I'd be doomed to fail
ure." "Oood-by, Charloy I really must
go"
He looked up yearningly Into her
race, and yielding to a sudden Im
pulse, sho Btooped nnd kissed him on
the forehend, then aho lied from the
room.
CHAPTER XV.
At the Church Door.
Tom found Hetty at supper.
"You wero ovor to seo Norton,
weren't you, Het? How did you llnd
him?"
"The doctor says ho will soon bo
about again."
"Hetty, I wish you wouldn't go
there again that's a good girl!" ho
said tarttully, and ns ho conceived It.
affectionately. Hetty glanced up
quickly.
"Why, Tom, why shouldn't I go
there?"
"It might set people gossiping, i
reckon there's been pretty near
enough talk about you and Charley
Norton." Tho planter's tone was con
ciliatory In tho extrcmo, ho dared not
risk a break by any open show ot
authority.
"You needn't distress yourself, Tom.
I don't know that I shall go thoro
again," said Hetty Indifferently.
At Thicket Point Charley Norton,
greatly excited, hobbled Into tho li
brary In search of Carrlngton. Ho
found him rending by tho open win
dow. "Look here, Hruco!" ho cried. "It'B
settled; she's going to marry me!
Can't you wish mo Joy?"
Carrlngton held out his hand.
"You aro not going to tako any
risks now, you have too much to llvo
for," ho said haltingly.
"No, I'm to kcop away rrom Hello
Plain," said Norton happily, "Sho in
sIstB on that, (everything la to ho
kept a secret until wo nro actually
married; U'b hor, wish "
"U'b to bo Boon, then?" Carrlngton
asked, still haltingly.
"Very soon."
There was a brlel silence. Carrlng
ton, with faco averted, looked Irom
tho window.
"1 am going to stay hero as long nn
you need mo," ho presently snld.
"Miss Mnlroy asked mo to, nnd then
I am going back to tho rlvor, where 1
belong,"
a
Hetty nto supper with big Stove
standing behind hor chair and llttlo
Stove balancing himself llrst on ono
foot and then on tho other near tho
door.
Tho long French windows, their
curtains drawn, stood open. Sho
wandored down to tho terrnco. There
was tho pound of n step on tho path.
Hetty turned. It was Carrlngton who
stood before hor, his face haggard.
Without a word he stepped to her
rldo and took hor hands rather roughly.
THE
PRODIGAL
JUDGE
By VUGH AM KESTER,
UVSTQATiOHS BvD.MELVIU
iO". TtefcfM Mieom ernnr
"What am 1 to do without you?"
his volco was almost a whisper.
"What Is this thing you havo dono?"
Hetty's heart was boutlng, with dull
sickening throbs.
"If you had only cotno!" Bhe
moaned. "Now I am going to bo mar
rlod tomorrow. I am to moot him at
tho Spring Hunk church at ten
o'clock."
"How can I give you up?" he Bnld,
his volco hoarso with omotlon. Ho
put her rrom him almost roughly, and
leaning against tho trunk or a trco
burled his face In his hnnds. Hetty
watched him for a moment In
wretched silence.
"It'u good-by " ho muttered.
Sho went to him, and, as ho bent
above her, slipped hor amis about his
neck.
"Kiss me " she breathed.
Ho kissed her hair, her soft cheok,
then their lips met.
Another hot September sun was
beating upon the earth as Uo'tty gal
loped down tho lano and swung her
horso'a head in tho direction or Ha
lelgh. She would kcop her promise
to Charley and ho should never know
what his happiness had cost her.
Norton Joined her before she had
covered a third of tho dlBtanco, that
Rcparatcd tho two plantations.
"Wo nro to go to tho church. Mr.
Howcn will bo there; 1 arranged with
him last night; he will drive over
with IiIh wiro nnd daughter, who will
bo our witnesses, dear."
Afterward Hetty could remember
standing before tho church In the
fierce morning light; sho heard Mr.
Howon's volco, Bhe beard Charley's
voice, sho heard another volco her
own, though she scarcely recognized
It.
"I'll tlo tho horses, Uotty," said
Norton.
Ho had reached tho edgo of the
oaks when rrom the silent depths or
the denser woods came the sharp re
port or a ritle. The shock or the bul
lot sent tho young fellow staggering
back among tho mossy and myrtle
covered graves.
For a moment no ono grasped what
had happened, only there was Norton
who seemed to grope strangely' among
the grnves. Ho had fallen now. (Oven
as the shadows deepened he was aware
that Hetty waa coming swiftly toward
him.
"I'm Bhot " he said, speaking with
difficulty.
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"Charley Charleyl" She Moaned.
"Charloy Charloy " sho moaned.
8jlpplng her arms about him and
gathering him to hor breast.
Ho looked up Into hor facu.
"It's all over" ho said, but as
much In wonder ns in rear. "Hut I
know you could come to mo dear "
he added in a whisper.
Sho felt n shudder pass through
him. Ho did not speak again.
CHAPTER XVI.
The Judge Offers a Reward,
The news of Chnrloy Norton's mur
der spread quickly ovor tho county.
I $m( ( 1
For two or thrco days bands or armed
men scoured tho woods and rondH,
and then this nctlvlty qullo unpro
ductive or any tangible results ceased,
matters wero allowed to rest with tho
constituted authorities, namely Mr.
Hetts, tho sheriff, and his deputies.
No prlvnte citizen had shown
greater zeal than Judgo Slocum Prlco.
One morning ho round under his door
a folded papor:
"You talk too much. Shut up, or
you'll go whero Norton went."
A few moments later he hurst In
on Mr. Saul.
"Glance nt that, my rrletid!" ho
cried, as ho tossed the paper on tho
clerk's desk. "What do you make or
It, sir?"
"Well, I'd keep still."
The Judge laughed derisively as he
bowed himself out.
He established himself In his of
fice. Ho had scarcely done so when
Mr. Hetts knocked at the door. The
sheriff came direct from Mr. Saul and
nrrlved out of breath, but tho lotter
was not mentioned by the Judge. He
spoko of the crops, the chance of
rain, and the Intricacies or county
politics. Tho sheriff withdrew mysti
fied, wondering why It was he had
not felt at liberty to bronch the sub
ject which was uppermost In bis
mind,
His place was taken by Mr. Pegloe
and on the heels of tho tavern-keeper J
camo Mr. Uowen. Judge Prlco re
ceived them with condescension, hut
back of tho condescension was an nlr
of reserve that did not Invito ques
tions. The judgo discussed the exten
sion of tho national roads with Mr.
Pegloe, and the religion or the Per
sian lire-worshipers with Mr. Howon;
ho permlted never a pause and they
retired ns the sheriff had done with
out sight or the letter.
Tho judge's office became u per
foct Mecca ror the Idle and the curi
ous, and while he overflowed with
high-bred courtesy ho had never
scorned so unapproachable never so
remote from mattorsof local and con
temporary interest.
"Why don't you show 'em the let
ter?" demanded Mr. Mahaffy, when
they were alone. "Can't you see they
are suffering for a sight of It?"
"All In good time, Solomon." He
became thoughtrul. "Solomon, I am
thinking or offering a reward ror any
Information that will lead to the dis
covery or my anonymous correspond
ent," he at length observed with a
finely casual air, as If the Idea had'
ryii
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Just occurred to him, and hnd no
boon seething In his brain all day. ,
fro HK CONTINUED.)
Her Own Recommendation.
"Lady can recommend good Inun
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said, but tho Investigator In need of
that rare specimen could And nobody
at tho given address but tho laundress
herself,
"Who Is tho lady that recommend!
you?" wob asked.
"Me," was tho reply. "Don't ( know
better than anybody else what kind of
work I can do?"
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