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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 26, 1912)
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Yancy nppeuri beforo Squire Valaam, and In dlacnnriti'tl with cottit for the plulntlff. Dctty Malroy. a friend of tho Kcrrlaoj, tin an encounter with Cap tain Murroll. who forces his attention) on her, and la rescued by Bruce CarrlnKton. Betty eels out for her Tonnesseo home. Carrlnxton takes thn same ntac. Yancy and Hannibal disappear, with Murrcll on their trail. Hnnnlbal arrives at the liome of Judge Hloourn Price. Tho Judge recog nises In the boy, thn grandson of nn old tlmo friend. Murrr-ll nrrlves nt Judgu'M home. Cavendish family on raft rescue Yancy, who Is apparently dead, Price breaks Jail. Betty and Carrington arrive at Hello 1'laln. Hannibal's rlllo discloses some atarlllng things to tho Judge. Hnn nlbal and netty meet ngaln. Murrell ar rives In Hello Plain. Is playing for big ? takes. Yancy uwakes from long dream nsa sleep on board the raft. Judge Price Rakes siurtllng discoveries In looking up nd titles. Charles Norton, a, young (ilantcr. who assists the Judge, Is mys erlously assaulted. Norton Informs Car rlngton that Botty has promised to marry him. Norton is mysteriously shot. More light on Murrell's plot. He plans uprls- Ing of negroes. Judge Price, with Hnnnl Ml. visits Itetty, and she kertu the boy as a companion. In a stroll Hetty tikes with Hannibal thoy meet Hess Hicks, daughter of the overseer, who worns Retty of danger and counsels her to ave Belle Plain at once, tlolty. terrl way their carriage It stopped by Slowion. fled, acta on Iiesa' advice, and on their the tavern keeper, and a confederate, and Betty and Hannibal are made prisoners. The pair are taken to Hicks' cabin. In nn almost Inaccessible spot, and there Mur rell visits Hetty nnd reveals his part In the plot and his object. Betty spurns bis proffered love and the Interview Is ended by the arrival of Ware, tcrrirttd at possible outcome of the crime. Judge Price, bearing of the abduction, plans ac tion. Tho Judgo takes chargo of tho Ituatlon. nnd senrch for tho missing ones la Instituted. Carrlngtnn visits the Judge and allloa are discovered. Judgo Price visits Colonel Fentress, whero he meets Yancy and Cavendish. Becoming enruged, Price dashes a glass of whisky Into tho colonel's face ana a duol Is arrnnged. Mur- EbII la arrested for negro stealing and his ubble bursts, -The Judgo and Mahaffy dJscuaa the coming duel. Carrington makes frantic search for Betty und the boy. Carrington finds Hotty nnd Hanni bal, and a fierce gun fight follows. Ynncy appears and assists In tho rescue. Bruce CarrlnKton and Betty come to an under standing. CHAPTER XXX. (Continued.) . An hour later Pcgloo'a black boy presented himself to the Judge. He came bearing a gift, and the gilt ap propriately enough was a square caso bottle of respectable size. The Judge was greatly touched by this attention, but he began by making a most tem perate use of tho avorn-kceper's of fering; then as the formidable docu ment he was preparing took shape un der his hand he more nnd more lost that feeling of 8partnn fortitude which had at first sustained him In the presence of temptation. He wrote and sipped In complete and quiet lux ury, and when at last he hod exhaust ed the contents of the bottle It oc . curred to nlra that it would be only proper personally to convey his thanks to Pegloe. Perhaps he was not un inspired' In this by ulterior hopes; If (bo, thoy were richly rewnrded. The 'resources of the City Tavern woro suddenly placed at bis disposal. Ho attributed this to a varloty of causes all good and sufficient, but tho real reason never suggested itseir; indeed It was of such a porltdlous nature that the Judge, open and generouB-mlndcd, could not have grasped it. By six o'clock ho was undonlabl drunk; at eight he wnB sounding still deeper dopths of Inebriety, with only the most confused memory of Impend ing events; at ton ho collapsed and was borne upstairs by PcrIoo and his black boy to a remoto chamber In tho kitchen wing. Here he was undressed and put to bed, and the tavern-keeper, making a bundle of his clothes, re tired from tho room, locking the door after him, and the Judge was doubly a prisoner. Rousing at last from a heavy, dreamless Bleep the Judge was aware of a faint Impalpablo light in his room, the ashen light of a dull October dawn. He was aware, too, of a feeling or profound depression. He knew this was the aftermath of Indulgence and that he might look forward to forty eight hours of uttor misery or soul, and, groaning aloud, ho closed his yes. Sloep was the thing If ho could compass It. Instead, his memory quickened. Something was to hap pen at sun-up he could not rocall what It was to be, though he distinct ly remembered that Mahaffy bad spoken of this very matter Mahalty, the austere and Implacablo, the dis embodied conscience whose fealty to duty had somehow survived his own spiritual ruin, so that be had become a sort, of moral sign-post, ever point ing the way yet never going It him self. The Judge lay still and thought deeply as the light IntonslHed Itself, What was It that Mahaffy bad said be was to do at sun-up? The very tour accented his suspicions. Prob ably it wns no more than some cheer less obligation to be met, or Mahaffy would not liavo been so concerned nbout It. Kvontunlly he decided to refer everything to Mahaffy. He spoke his friend's name weakly and In a shaking voice, but received no answer, "Solomon!" he repeated, nnd Bhlft Ing his position, looked In what should hnvo boon tho direction of tho shako down bod his friend occupied. Nelth or the bed nor Mnhnffy wero there. Tho Judgo gasped ho wondered If this were not n premonition of certain hallucinations to which he was not a strnngor. Then all in a flash he re membered Fentress and the meeting nt Hoggs', something or how the eve ning rind been spent, and a spasm of regret shook htm. "I had other things to think of. This must never happen again!" he told himself romor8erully. He was wide-awake now. Doubt less Pegloe had put him to bed. Well, that had been thoughtful of Pegloe ha would not forgot him tho City Tavern should contlnuo to enjoy his patronage. It would be something for Pegloe to boast of that Judge Blocum Price Turbervllle always mndo his plnco headquarters when In Halelgb. Keeling that he had already conferred wculth and distinction on the fortu-, nato Pegloe Iho Judge thrtut his fat legs over the sldo or his bed and stood erect. Stooping ho reachod for his clothes. Ho confidently expected to find them on tho door, but his hand morely BWept nn uncarpoted waste. Tho Judgo was profoundly astonished. "Maybe I"vo got 'em on. I don't re call taking them off!" he thought hopefully. Ho moved uncertainly In tho direction of the window, whero the light showed him bis own baro ex tremities. Ho reverted to bis orig inal Idea that his clothes were scat tered about tho floor. Ho wns beginning to experience a great sense of haste; It wob two miles to Hoggs' and Fentress would bo there nt sun-up. Finally he abandoned his Pegloe's Black Boy quest of the missing garments and turned to tho door. To say that ho was amazed when he round It locked would have most inadequately de scribed his emotions. Breathing deep, ho roll back a step or two, and then with nil the vigor be could muster launched hlmseir at the door, Hut It resisted him. "It's bolted on tbe other sldo!" ho muttered, tbe full measure or Peg loe's perfidy revealing Itseir to bis mind. Ho was aghast. It was a plot to discredit him. Pegloo's hospitality bad been Inspired by bis enemy, tor Pegloe wns Fentress' tenant. Again he attacked the door; he be lieved It might bo possible to force It from its hinges, but Pegloe had done his work too well for that, and at last, spent and breathless, tbe Judge dropped down on tho edge of his bed to consldor the situation. He was without clothes and bo was a pris oner, yet bis mind rose splendidly to meet the difficulties that beset blm. His greatest activities were reserved for what aoceared to be onlv a sea- son of dospalr. Ho armed himself with a three-legged stool ho had found nnd turned once, mora to tho door, but tho stout planks stood firm under his blows. "Unless 1 get out of here in time I'm a ruined man!" thought the Judge. "After this Fentress will refuse to meot me!" Tho window noxt engaged his at tention. That, too, Pegloe had taken tho precaution to fasten, but a single savago blow of the stool shattered glass and snsh and left an empty space that framed tho dawn's red glow. The Judgo looked out and shook his head dubiously. It was twelve feet or more to the ground, a rlBky drop for a gen tleman of his years and build. The Judge considered making a rope of his bedding and lowering himself to tho ground by means of it; he remem bered to have read of captives In that Interesting French prison, the Has tllle, who did this. However, an equal ly ingenious but much more simple use for his bedding occurred to him; It would form a soft and yielding sub stance on which to alight. He gath ered it up Into his, arms, feather-tick and all, and pushed It through the window, then he wriggled out across the ledge, feet first, and lowering him self to tho full length of his arms, dropped. He landed squarely on tho rolled-up bod with a jar thnt shook him to his center. Almost gaily bo snatched up a quilt, draping it about him after the manner or a Roman toga, and thus lightly habited, started across Mr. Pcgloe's truck-patch, his one thought Doggs' and tho sun. It would have served no purpose to have gone homo, since his entire wardrobe, except tor the shirt on his back, was in tho tavern-keeper's possession, besides he had not a moment to lose, for the sun wns .peeping at blm over the horizon. Unobserved he gained the edge of the town and the highroad that led past Hoggs' and stole a fearful glance over Mb shoulder. Tho sun was clear of the treetops, ho could even feel the Came Bearing a Gift lifeless dust grow warm beneath bis reet; nnd wrapping the quilt closer nbout him ho broke into a labored run. Some twenty minutes later Hoggs' cume in sight. Ho experienced a mo mont or doubt doubtless Fentress had beon there and gone! It was a hideous thought and the Judge groaned. Then at the other end ot.the meadow near tho woodH im riiattn. gulshcd sevoral men, FentresB and bis rrlends boyond question. The Judgo laughed aloud. In spite or everything bo was keeping hU engngomont, he was plucking bis triumph out or tbe very dregs of failure. The Judge threw himself over the fence, a cor ner of tho quilt caught on one or tho rails; he turned to release It, and In that Instant two pistol, shots rang out sharply In the morning air. CHAPTER XXXI. Solomon's Last Night. It hod been with no little reluctance that Solomon Mahaffy accompanied Yancy and Cavendish to Bella Plata; he would have preferred to remain in Halelgh In attendance upon Judge Price. Intimately acquainted wltb tbe Judge's mental processes, he could rol low all the devious workings or that mognlllcent mind; ho could rathotn the simply hellish Ingenuity he was capablo ot putting rorth to accom plish temporary benotlts. Permitting his thoughts to dwell upon the min gled strength and weakness wblcb was so curiously blended in Slocum Price's character, he had horrid vi sions or that great soul, freed from the trammels or restraint, contldlng his melancholy history to Mr. Pegloe In the hope of bolstering his fallen credit nt the City Tavern. Always whero the Judge waB con cerned be fluctuated between extremes of doubt and confidence. He felt that under the urgent spur of occasion his friend could rise to any emergency, while a sustained activity made de mands which ho could not satlsry; then his efforts were discounted by his Insane desire to realize at once on his opportunities; In bis baste be was tor ever plucking unripe fruit; and though he might keep one eye on the main chance the other was fixed Just us resolutely on the nearest tavern. With the great stake which fate had suddenly Introduced Into their los Ing game, he wished earnestly to be lieve that the Judgo would stay quiet ly In his office and complete the task he had set himself; that with this off his hands the promise of excitement at Belle Plain would compol his pres ence there, when he would pass some what under the restraining Influence which ho waB determined to exert; in short, to Solomon, life embraced Just the one vital consideration, which wns to maintain tbe Judge In a state or sobriety until after bis meet ing with Fentress. The purple of twilight was mealing over the land when be and bis two companions reached Belle Plain. They learned thnt Tom Ware bad returned from Memphis, that tbe bayou had been dragged but without results, and that as yet nothing had been beard from Carrington or tbe dogs be bad gone, for. Presently Cavendish and Yancy set off across the fields. They were go ing on to the raft, to Polly and the six little Cavendishes, whom they bad not seen since early morning; but they promised to be back at llelie Plain within an hour. By very nature an alien, Mahaffy sought out a dark cprner on the wide porch that overlooked tho river to await their return. The house had been thrown open, and supper was be ing served to whoever cared to stay and partake or it. Tbe murmur of Idle purposeless talk drifted out to him; he was Irritated and offended by It. There was something garish In this Indiscriminate hospitality in the very borne of tragedy. As tbe mo ments slipped by bis sense ot dis pleasure Increased, wltb mankind in general, with himself, and with the Judge principally with the Judge who waB to make a foolish target of hlmseir In the morning. Ho wob go ing to give the man who had wrecked his life a chance to take it ub well. Mnhutfy's cold logic dealt cynically with the preposterous situation bis friend bad created. In the midst of his angry medita tions he heard a clock strike In the hall and counted the strokes. It was nlno o'clock. Surely Yancy nnd Cav endish had been gone their hour! He quitted his sent and strolled restless ly about the house. He felt deeply Indignant wltb everybody and every thing. Human Intelligence seemed but a pitiable advance on brute In stinct. , A whole day bad passed and what had been accomplished Y Car rington, the Judgo, Yancy, Cavendish the four mon who might have worked together to some purpose had widely separated themselves; and here was the duel, the very climax of absurdity. He resumed his dark cor ner and waited another hour. Still no Carrington, nnd Yancy and Caven dish had not come up from the raft. "Fools!" thought Mahaffy bitterly, "All of them fools!" (TO BE CONTINUED.) Haste to Reimburse. While cnrrylng a ladder througb tbe crowded streets of Philadelphia tbe other day a big Irishman was so unfortunate as to break a plate glass window In a shop. Immediately drop ping his ladder, tbe Colt broke Into a run. Hut he had been seen by tbe shopkeeper, who dashed after blm and caught him by the collar. vsee here!" angrily exclaimed tbe shopkeeper when be bad regained bis breath, "you bave'brokn my window I" "Sure I have," assented tbe Celt, "and didn't you see me ruunlng boat to get tbe money to pay for It?" . Promises. A man usually wonts the preacher to furnish proof that what bo prom ises Is going to come true, but he s willing to take the glib promoter'a word for it iteMnONAL SIlNMrSfllOOL Lesson (By B. O. BKM.nilS. Director of Evening Department, Tho Moody Bible Institute, Chicago.) LESSON FOR SEPT. 29. REVIEW. GOLDEN TEXT-'Tho words that X have spoken unto you are spirit and are life." John 6:63. That Sabbath most dreaded 'by many superintendents nnd schools la tho ono known as "review Sunday." It is indeed a test of the ability and skill of the teachers as well as a tost of tho kind of work dono during the past three months. Some condemn tho Biblo school nnd compare Its work with that of the day school, not taking Into consideration tho differences ot paid and volunteer teachers, the time devoted to study, the discipline and countlcsB other features. Ono method of rovlew Is to call out the lessons, twelve In number, and mako some comment upon each one or olso have some person report upon the Bubject matter, tho golden text, etc. This method may bo preceded by having some one tell of that period In the life of Christ from which theso lessons are taken; nnother tell ot some events in contemporaneous his tory and the places Jesus visited dur ing this time. After such statements it would be wlso to have a brief state ment made as to tho subject matter of tho lessons for the entire quarter, e. g., how marry havo to do with mira cles, teachings, etc. Also a statement of the principal persons whom Jcsub met. It so happens that during this quarter there is no closely connected thread that runs throughout the les sons nnd ono 1b at a loss to know lust what governed the committee la their selection. It would bo well therefore to require a. written test from the pupils. A set of questions covering tho work of the quarter could be prepared and given to the scholars a week In advance nnd from this set of questions a half dozen could be selected on the day of the review and the scholars bo re quired to write their answers during the class hour. What Lessons Teach. When It comes to selecting tho mala truths taught in each of the lessons of course there will be a wide variety of opinions. We may therefore be pardoned if our suggestions may not agree with those suggested by others. Beginning with lesson one It seems as though the Master is seeking to show us that all manner of sin can be forgiven except that sin which as cribes to the devil the work of the Son of God. This full and complete re jection of Christ and his work of re demption Is what Is known as the un pardonable Bin. The second lesson has to do with the seed, the sower and the soil. It Is a great illustration of the method whereby Christ la to extend his king dom and of the various sorts ot solL (hearts) in -which the seed Is to ger minate. The third lesson is another Illus tration of the propagating process. In It we are shown both the intensive and the extensive growth. By the ref erence to the leaven in this lesson we are taught, as -also in other para bles, that in this kingdom evil will also be present. Lesson four, the lesson of the wheat and the tares, is' a further teacher along tho same lino with the added significance of the harvest and the separation Incident thereto. Lesson five teaches us something as regards the value of this new king dom. Its value was sufficient to com pel heaven to yield Its dearest treas ure. Lesson six and seven have to do with the power of Jesus over wind and wave, over tho man possessed of I demons and over disease and death. Let us bring out the reason why Jcrus thus manifested his power, viz., "that they might see the power of Ood rest Ing in him," John 5-3C. Faith Essential. Lesson eight has to do with tbe great fact that Ood has so set forces at work in his kingdom as to make tbe faith ot man an essential requi site in Us advancement among men. Lesson nlno deals with tho death of John the Baptist and tho eulogy of Jesus as to John's character and work. The Implacable -hatred of rebuked evil; the culmination of unbridled lust; the terror of a stricken con science and, the reward of the fulth ful are some of the truths suggested In this lesson. Notice that in this les son there is no record of any word of Jesus. Lesson ten, the sending forth of the disciples and the rules that are to govern their conduct is logically fol lowed by the great invitation pre sented in lesson eleven. , Lesson twelve deals with the feed ing ot the five thousand. He Is the living bread who alone can satisfy the hunger of the countless multitudes of mankind. He is the ever-sufficient and the all-sufficient Lord and Savior. Of course such a review will bo rapid and perhaps incomplete, but It will show that he has sayings for all circumstances and power over all con ditions of lite. It will show that his sayings have in them the spirit ot life, that will communlctao vitality, and that their efficiency and their ef fectiveness depends entirely upon 'be response which we make to them A HIDDEN DANGER It is a duty of "it. the kidneys to rid the blood of uric eld, an irritating poison that Is con stantly forming inside. When the kid neys fall, uric add causes rheumatic attacks, headache, dkzlness, gravel, urinary troubles, weak eyes, dropsy or heart disease. Doan's Kidney Pills help tho kid neys fight off uric acid bringing new strength to weak kidneys and mure Ttlli IIM7" relief from backache and urinary ills. A Mluouri Case Mre. II. J. Llnnobur, 808 Mnillaon St. Ft. Chariot. Mo, inyii "I via inlnornblo from backache, pnlni In my head, illzzltusa and a aeniltlvpnms In tho imtll ot my back. My oiillnnry lioimework wai a burden. Donn's Klunny nil. corrected thf.e trouble end removed nnnnyinco cniifed by tho kidney lecrotlona. I have much to thank Doan'e Kidney I'llla for." Get Doaa'e at Any Drug- Store, 50c a Bos DOAN'S Kl?&lY FOSTER-MILBURN CO., Buffalo, New York COULDN'T HAVE DONE BETTER Marriage Arrangement Seemed Some thing of. a Bargain, but It Turned Out Happily. George A. Birmingham, the widely known iwrlter, snys there is no coun try in tho world where marriage, at least In the peasant class, Is more a matter of bargaining, and yet shows a higher average of stability and con tent than Ireland. Sometimes ,the man has never seen the woman be fore they are brought together, the precise number of pounds, bows, or pigs to bo handed over having been by that time settled. This Is Illustrated in personal recol lections Just published by an Irish woman. Sho was visiting with an aunt a cottage in the neighborhood, and admired a fine mahogany chest ot drawers. '"TwaB for that I waB married." said the mistress of tho cottago. A young farmer had also seen and ad mired. A bargain was struck. There was no money, but the bride was to havo a couple of sheep, a yearling bullock and the chest. The prudent young man ' measured it, and then turned nnd asked: "An" which o thlm little glrlB Is ltr Sho was the oldest unmarried "nlxt the doore," as the phrase was. "An bo I wlnt," sho said, "and was happy ever afterwards." Tit Bits. Inspiring Experience. A lady who must certainly have been related to the late Mrs. Parting ton recently returned from a seventy day tour of Europe. To her friends she said with enthus iasm that of all the wonderful things that she had seen and heard, she be lieved the thing she enjoyed most otj all was hearing the French pheasant sing the mayonnaise. Youth's Com panion. A Rhine Museum. A Rhine museum Is soon to be founded at Koblenz, if prejent plans are carried out It will Include a large collection of charts, pictures, models and diagrams illustrating the physical conditions, past and pres ent, ot the famous river, and a com plete exposition of its economlo his tory. The city of Koblenz has already given a site for the building. Comparatively Easy. "Snlpps Bays that managing a sail boat in a high wind is a simple matter to him." "The average man wouldn't And it so." "Perhaps not, but tho average man has probably never tried to manage a woman like Snlpp's wife." How It Happened. The confusion of tongues had Just fallen on Babel. "We are describing a ball game," they explained. 1 CAREFUL DOCTOR Prescribed Change of Food Instead of Drugs. It takes considerable courage for a doctor to deliberately prescribe only food for a despairing patient, Instead of resorting to the usual list of medi cines. There are some truly scientific phy sicians among the present generation who recognize and treat conditions as they are and should be treated, re gardless of the value to their pockets, Hero's an instance: "Four years ago I was taken wjth severe gastritis and nothing would stay on my stomach, so that I was oh the verge of starvation. "I heard of a doctor who bad a sum mer cottage near me a specialist from N. Y. and as a- last hope, sent for him. "After he examined me carefully he advised me to try a small quantity of Grape-Nuts at first, then as my stomach became stronger to eat more, "I kept at It and gradually got so I could eat and digest three teaspoon fuls. Then I began to have color In my face, memory, became clear, where before everything seemed a blank. My limbs got stronger and I could walk. So I steadily recovered. "Now after a year on Grape-Nuts I weigh 153 lbs. My people were sup prised at the way I grew fleshy and strong on this food." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read the little book, "The Road to Well Villa," In pkgs. "There's a reason." Kver read the aboro letter? A appear (mm lime fo time. Tkey re seaniae. iraa aaa iuii i taiareai. aav. f SrCBS 1 iy ,,T,tJ,hl V.t:fU I ' ' , V IVM