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Trouble at Scratch Hill, when Hnn nltial Is kidnaped by Dave litount. Cap tain Munell's agent. Yuncy overtakes Illount, gives him a thrashing nnd secures the boy. Yancy appears before Bqulre Ilalanm, and is discharged with costs for the plaintiff. Betty Miilroy, ft friend of the KerrlHos, hna nn encounter with Cap. tain MlirrIL whn fnri-iii. tila nt(anll,in nn her, and Is rescued by Ilruce Carrlimtnn.. jjeuy sets out ror her Tennessee home. Carrlngton takes tho same stag". Yancy and Hannibal disappear, with Murrell on their trail. Hannibal arrives nt tho home of Judge Hlot'um 1'rlce. The Judgo recog niiea In the boy. the grandson of an old time friend. Murrell arrives at Judge's home. Cavendish' family on raft rescue Yancy, who Is apparently dead. 1'rlce breaks jail. Uetty and Carrlngton arrive at Utile Plain. Hannibal's rifle discloses some startling things to the judge. Han nibal and Hetty moet again. Murrell ar rives In llelle Plain. Is playing for big takes. Yancy awakes from long dream less sloop an bonrd the raft. Judge Price tnakes startling discoveries In looking up land titles. Charley Norton, a young planter, who assists tho judge. Is mys teriously assaulted. Norton Informs Car-ring-ton that Hetty has promised to marry him. Norton Is mysteriously shot. More llfht on Murrell's plot. Mo pinna upris ing of negroes. Judge Price, with Hanni bal, visits Hetty, nnd she keens the boy aa a companion. In a stroll Hotly takes with Hannlbnl thuy metit Hess Hicks, daughter of tho overseer, who wurns Betty of danger and counsels her to leave Hello Plain at once, llotty. terri fied, acts on Hess' advice, nnd on their way their carrlngo Is stopped by Hlosson. the tavern keeper, and a confederate, and Hetty and Hannibal aro made prisoners. Tho pair are taken to Hicks' cabin, In nn almost Inaccessible spot, and there Mur rell visits Hetty and roveals his part In the plot and his object. Betty spurns his proffered love und the Intervlow Is ended by the arrival of Ware, terrified at possible outcomu of tho crime. Judgo Price, hearing of tho ubductlon, plans uc tlon. Tho Judge takes charge of the Situation, and search for the missing ones M Instituted. Carrlngton Visits the Judge and allies uro discovered. Judge Prlco visits Colonel Fentress, where no meets Yancy and Cuvcndlsli. Becoming enraged. Price dashes a glass of whisky Into tho colonel'a face ana a duel Is arranged. Mur rell la arrested for negro stealing and his bubble bursts. The Judge and Mahaffy discuss tho coming duel. CHAPTER XXVI I (Continued.) lie waited now ror the night to come, and to him the sun seemed fixed In the heavens. At Uello Plain Tom Ware was watching it with a shuddering sense of the swiftness ot 1U flight. Hut at last tho tops of the tall trooB obscured It; it sank quickly then and blazod a ball of lire beyond tho 'Arkansas coast, while Ita dying glory spread aslant tho heavens, turn ing the Hanks of tho gray clouds to violet and purple and gold. With tho first approach of darkness Carrlngton made his way to the shed. Hidden In tho shadow he paused to listen, and fancied ho heard difficult breathing from within. Tho door creaked hideously on Its wooden binges when bo pushed it open, but as It swung back tho last remnant of the day's light showed him somo dark object lying pron on the dirt floor. He reached down and his hand rested on a man's booted foot. "Qeorgo " Carrlngton spoke softly, but the man on the floor gave no sign tiut he heard, and Carrington'a ques tioning touch stealing higher be found that George If It wero George was lying on bis side with his arms and legs securely bound. Thinking be lept, the Kentucklan shook him gent ly to arouse him, "George?" he repeated, still bend ing above blm. This time an Inartic ulate murmur answered him. At the same instant tho woolly head of the negro came under his fingers and he discovered the reason of his silence. He was as securely gagged as be was bound. "Listen, George lfi Carrlngton 1 am going to take off this gag, but don't speak above a whisper thoy may hear us I" And he cut tho cords that held tho gag in place. "How yo got hero, Mas'r Ca'lng ton?" asked the negro guardedly, as tho gag fell away, "Around the head of the bayou." "Lawdl" exclaimed George, In a tone of wonder. "Where's Miss nettyr "She's In tho cabin yonder fo' the love ot God, cut these hero other ropes with yo" knife. Mas'r Ca'lngton I'm perlshln' with 'em I" Carrlng ton did ae he asked, nnd groaning, George sat erect. "I'm like I was gone to sleep all over," he said. "You'll feel bettor in a moment. Tell me about Miss Malroy?" "They done fetched us hero last night. 1 was drlvin' MiSBy into Hal elgh her and young Mas'r Hazard when fo' men stop us in tho road." "Who wore they, do you know?" asked Carrlngton. "Lawd what's that?" Carrlngton, knife lu ' hand, swung about on bis heel. A lantern's light flashed suddenly In bis face and Hess Hicks, with n low Btartled cry break ing from her lips, paused In the door way. Springing forward,. Carrlngton eized her by the wrist. K I ' J JQf fi H CeHMr. tfif, TtBOSHS'MlP6itl COMAtnr Ha Waa as Securely Gagged as Ha Was Bound. "Hush!" he grimly warned. "What are you doln' here?" demand ed the girl, as she endeavored to shake off hlB hand, but Carrlngton drew her Into the shed, and closing the door, set his back against it. There was a brief silence during which BeBS re garded the Kentucklan with a kind of stolid fearlessness. She was the first to speak. "I reckon you-all have come after Miss Malroy," she observed quietly. "Then you reckon right," answered Carrlngton. The girl studied htm from her level brows. "And you-all think you can take her away from hero," she speculated. "I ain't afraid of yo' knife you-all might use It fast enough on a man, but not on me. I'll help you," she added. Carrlngton gave her an in credulous glance. "You don't believe me? That would fetch our men up from tho keel boat. No yo-all's knife wouldn't stop me!" "Don't bo too sure of, that," said Carrlngton sternly. The girl met the menace of his words with soft, full throated laughter. "Why, yo' hand's shakln' now, Mr. Carrlngton!" "You know me?" "Yes, I seen you once at Hoggs'." She made an impatient movoment. "You can't do nothing against them fo men unless I help you. Miss Mal roy s to go down river tonight; thoy're only waiting fo' a, pilot you all's got to act quick!" Carrlngton hesitated. "Why do you want Miss Malroy to escape? he said. The girl's mood changed abruptly. "I reckon that's a private matter. Ain't It enough fo' you-all to know that I do? I'm showing how it can bo done. Them four men on the keel boat nro strangers In these parts, they're waiting fo' a pilot, but they don't know who he'll be. I've heard you-all was a river-man; what's to hinder yo' taking the pilot's place? Looks like yo' was willing to risk yo' llfo fo' MIbb Malroy or you wouldn't be here." "I'm ready," said Carrlngton, his hand on the door. "No, you ain't Jest yet," Interposed the girl hastily. "Listen, to me first. They's a dugout tied up 'bout a hun dred yards above tho keel boat; you must get tbat to cross in to tho other side of tho bayou, then when yo're ruady to coino back yo'ro to whistle three timos It's tho signal we're ex pectingand I'll row across fo' you in one of the skiffs." "Can you seo Miss Malroy in the moantuno?" "If I want to, 'they's nothln' to hin der mo," responded Boss sullenly. "Tell hor thon " began Carrlng ton, but Hess Interrupted blm. , "I know whKt yo' want. Sbo ain't to cry out or nothln' when she sees you-all. I got sense enough ro' that." Carrlngton looked nt her curiously. "This may bo a sorlous business for your people," be said significantly, anr watched her narrowly. "And you-all may fat killed. 1 reck In If yo' wtnt to do anytbinc bt4 THE PRODIGAL JUDGE AUOHATf KCSTER, UUSTQATtOXS ByDlMELVU enough you don't mind much what comcB after," she answered with a hard little laugh, aa she went from the shed. "Come!" Bald Carrlngton to the ne gro, when he had seen the cabin door close on Bess and her lantern; and they stole across the clearing. Reach ing the bayou side they began a noise less search for the dugout, which they quickly found, and Carrlngton turned to George. "Can you swim?" be asked. "Yes,-Mas'r." "Then go down Into the water and drag the canoe farther along tho shore and for God's Bake, no sound!" he cautioned. They placed a second hundred yards betwen themselves and the keel boat in this manner, then he had George bring tbe dug-out to tho bank, and they embarked. Keeping within tho shadow of the trees that fringed tho shore, Carrlngton paddled silent ly nbout the head of the bayou. "George," he at length said, bend ing toward tbe negro; "my horso Is tied In the woods on the right-hand side of the road Just where you were taken from the carriage last night you can be at Belle Plain Inside of an hour." "Look here, Mas'r Ca'lngton, those folks yonder Is kin to Boss Hicks, if he gets his hand on me first don't you reckon he'll stop my mouth? I been here heaps ot times fotchln' let ters fo' Mas'r Tom," added George. "Who were the letters for?" asked the Kentucklan, greatly surprised. "They was fo' that Captain Murrell; seems like him and Mas'r Tom was mixed up in u sight of business." "When was this recently?" in quired Carrlngton. He was turning ovor this astonishing statement of the slave over In his mind. "Well, no, Mas'r; seems like they ain't so thick here recently." "I reckon you'd better keep away from tho big house yet a while," said Carrlngton. "Instead ot going there, atop at the Belle Plain landing. You'll find a raft tied up to the shore; it be longs to a man named Cavendish. Tell blm what you know that I've found Miss Malroy and the boy; tell blm to cast off and drift down here. I'll run the keel boat aground the first chance I get, so tell blm to keep a sharp lookout." CHAPTER XXVIII. The Keel Boat. A few minutes later they bad sepa rated, George to hurry away In search ot tho horse, and Carrlngton to pass back along the shoro until he gained a point opposite tho clearing.. He whistled shrilly three times, and after an interval of waiting heard the splash of oars and presently saw a skiff steal out of tho gloom'. "Who's there?" IP was Bess who asked the question. "Carrlngton," he answered. "Lucky you ain't met the other man!" she said ar she fcwept her skin alongside tbe bank. I "Lucky for blm, you mean. I'll take BBS ' ".'5'lSB JH-J-" ' ".P" H tho oars," added Carrlngton, as b entered the skiff. Slowly tho clearing lifted out of the darkness, then the keel boat became distinguishable; and Carrlngton checked the skiff by a backward stroke of the oars. "Hello!" he called. There was no Immediate answer to his hall, and be called again as bs sent tho skiff forward. "What do you want?" asked a surly volco. "You want Slosson!" quickly prompted the girl In a whisper. "I want to see Slosson!" said Car rlngton glibly and with confidence. "Who be you?" "Murrell sent you," prompted the girl again, in a hurried whisper. "Murrell" And in his astonish ment Carrlngton spoke aloud. "Murrell?" cried the voice sharply. "sent me!" said Carrlngton quick ly, as though completing an unfin ished sentence. The girl laughed nerv ously under her breath. "Row closter!" came the sullen command, and the Kentucklan did as he was bidden. Four men stood In the bow of the keel boat, a lantern was raised aloft and by Ita light they looked him over. There was a mo ment's silence broken by Carrlngton, who asked: "Which one of you Is Slosson?" "I'm Slosson," answered the man with the lantern. The previous night Mr. Slosson had been somewhat un der the enlivening and elevating in fluence of corn whisky, but now he was his own cheerless self, and rath er Jaded by the passing of the bours which he had sacrificed to an Irk somo responsibility. "What word do you fetch from, the captain, brother?" he demanded. "MIbb Malroy Is to be taken down river," responded Carrlngtpn. Slosson swore with surpassing flu ency. "Say, we're five able-bodied men risking our necks to oblige him! You can get married a damn sight easier than this If you go about It right I've done it lotB of times." Not under standing the significance ot Slosson's allusion to his own matrimonial ca reer, Carrlngton held his peace. Tbe tavern-keeper swore again with un impaired vigor. "You'll find mighty few men with more experience than me," he asserted, shaking his bead. "But if you say the word " "I'm all for getting shut ot this!" answered Carrlngton promptly, wltb a sweep ot his nrm. "I call these pretty close quarters!" Still shaking bis head and mutter ing, the tavern-keeper sprang ashore and mounted the bank, wbere his slouching figure quickly lost Itself in the night. Carrlngton took up his station on tho flat roof of tbe cabin which tilled tbe stern ot the boat. He was remem bering that day In the sandy Barony road and during all the weeks and months that had Intervened, Murrell, working in secret, had moved stead lly toward the fulfilment of his de sires! Unquestionably bo had been back of the attack on Norton, had in spired bis subsequent murder, and tbe man's sinister and mysterious power had never been suspected. Carrlng ton knew tbat tbe horse-thieves and slave stealers were supposed to main tain a loosely knit association; be wondered It Murrell were not the moving spirit In some such organiza tion. "If I'd only pushed my quarrel with blm!" he 'thought bitterly. He beard Slosson's shuffling step In the distance, a word or two when he spoke gruffly to some one, and a mo ment later he saw Betty and tbe boy, their forms darkly silhouetted against the lighter. sky as they moved along the top of the bank. Slosson, with out any superfluous gallantry, helped his captives down the slope and aboard tho keel boat, where be locked them In the cabin, the door of which fastened with a hasp and wooden peg. "You're boss now, partner!" be said, Joining Carrlngton at the steer ing oar. "We'll cast off then," answered Carrlngton. ThuB far nothing had occurred to mar bis plans. If they could but quit the bayou before tbe arrival of tbe man whose place he had taken the rest would be, It not easy of accom plishment, at least within the realm ot the possible. "I reckon you're a river-man?" ob served Slosson. "All my life." Tbe lino bad been cast off, and tbe crew with their setting poles were forcing tbe boat away from tbe bank. All waB quietly done; except for an occasional order from Carrlngton no word was spoken, and soon tbo un wieldy craft glided into the sluggish current and gathered way. Mr. Slos son, who cleprly regarded his relation to the adventure as being of an ottt clal character, continued to stand at Carrington's elbow. (TO BE CONTINUED.) M0MT10NAL StlNMrSOKIOL Lesson (By E. O. SELLERS. Director of Evening) Department, Tho Moody Bible Institute; Chicago.) LESSON FOR SEPT. 8 THE MISSION OF THE TWELVE; LESSON TEXT-Matt. 9:33 to 10:15 and. 10H0 to 11:L GOLDEN TEXT-"IIo thnt rccelvoth you recclveth mo, nnd he that roeolvoth jno recelveth him that sent me." Matt'. 10:40. The first verso of our lesson is a vivid picture of tho life of our Lord. Going about from village to village, ho taught, healed and preached the good tidings of his new kingdom.' Why? Not only because of his com passionate heart as revealed In tho second vorse of tho lesson, but also ns a proof ot his claims and, "tbat be lieving yo might have llfo through bis namo," John 20:30, 31. This docs not, however, lessen tho forco of this sec ond vorse, for Jesus as tho true Shep herd was indeed "touched with a feel ing ot our infirmities." Seeing the multitude thus without a shepherd, so faint and weary as to lay down and knowing that his grcnt work was to be carried on by others after he had "finished" It upon Calvary, ho makes special provision by choosing tho tweh'o nnd tolling them definitely how to carry on his ministry. Jesus realized that no ono man can minister to all others except as ho multiplies his personality in tho lives of others. So it is that he gives tho church of today a powerful examplo of how to answer tho prayer of verso 38 by his practical method suggested in verse ,1 of chapter 10. His vision of verso '36 is the passion of his life and he Intends it to be the passion of our lives. Disciples Restricted. Following this introduction wo find a list of tho peculiarly chosen ones who are to bo his vlce-gorcnts after his passing, nnd from verse G on we find tho chargo he delivers to them. There is in this charge, first, tho note of limitation, verses 5 to 15; secondly, the note of warning, verses 16 to 23, and thirdly the note of comparison, verse 24 to the end of this chapter and Including 10:1. True, In tbls les son we have only the first section, tho limitation together with the final words ot the charge which in reality amounts to a complete identification of his apostlcB with himself and his life of ministry. Notice the grouping of the names of these disciples. First the three who formed that Inner circle, Peter, James and John, and with them An drew, who first brought Peter to Je sus (John 1:41). After these the names are in groups of two, and it waa as such they vveru afterwards Bent out, Mark 6:7. So we ..oday are not alone. Matt. 28:20, Act 1:8. Let us observe the restriction placed upon these disciples. They aro to minister not to the Gentiles nor oven the Samaritans, though Jesus did both during his life, John 4:4 and Matt 15:22, but not so these whom ho now Is sending, at least not till his work is complete and Israel has had its day of opportunity. After Calvary this re striction is removed, as wo can seo from the book ot Acts. Another restriction is in the mes sage and the method. The message 'is to bo the good news of the king dom. They are to "herald forth" tbat It is at hand. That the MesBlah has come. Wo are told that they are not to force the acceptance of their mes sage. That in its proclamation they shall receive all sorts of opposition. That they must look well to their own character, they are to be as sheep amidst wolves, they shall be haled before courts and potentates, but such persecution shall be a witness against their persecutors for "bis sake." Bearing of Disciples. What is to be their method? First, it is to be tint of absolute depend ence upon the Father. It is true that Paul labored with his own hands, but at the same time he accepted the bounty ot the churches and urged that such fruit might abound, Phil. 4:10, 15, 17. Jesus Is here teaching us the, other lesson that the "laborer is wor thy ot his hire." The dlsclplo is tq heal. The ministry of hospital, nurs ing and godly physicians is a marvel ous fulfillment of this command. Ob serve well the ministry of medical missions. There is no greater inspi ration to the Christian church. What Is to be the bearing of these disciple's 1 It is to bo that or dignity and self respect, see Luke 10:5. While it is true the disciple Is to offer and not to force hla message upon the peoplo, yet for Israel to re ject was Indeed a worse state than that of Sodom and Gomorrah, "The overthrow and scattering of the Jew ish nation Is a byword In history. As to the note of compassion, we should read all of this chapter. Remember the dignity of our work. Remember that we go In the name ot One who came to "shew forth the Fa ther." Remember that as we thus "forth-tell" and shew forth our. Father and that as we receive others and oth ers receive us we honor the Father. Social service is good, but let it be done in the name of a disciple and to the glory of God the Father. Such, indeed, Is the practical life of the called ones who follow In the steps ot him who came to minister and not to be ministered unto. BACKACHE AND ACHING JOINTS TesetW Tel f asKJAMrt. Much pain that "firm Pielurt t .Morf masks as rheu-' matlsm is due to weak kidneys to their failure to drive off urlo acid thoroughly. When you suf fer achy, bad Joints, back ache, too; with some kidney disorders, get Doan's Kidney Pills, which have cured thousands. An Illinois Case Edward Porsche, II3J Clevelnnd Ave., Chicago, III., ssysi "I suKerrd terribly from kidney trouble which resulted In dropsy. For three months I was laid up with the terrible pains In my back. 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