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THE LITTLE BROWN JUG I IATI I KILDARE MEREDITH NICHOLSON Illustrations By RAY WALTERS T I Copyright 1308 by The Bobbs-Merrlll Company. 13 SYNOPSIS. Thomas Ardmore and "Henry Main Griswold stumble upon intrigue when th governors of North and South Carolin are reported to have quarreled. Grls weld allies himself with Barbara Os borne , daughter of the governor of Sout Carolina , while Ardmore espouses th cause of Jerry Dangerfield , daughter o the governor of North Carolina. Thes two young ladies are trying to fill th shoes of their fathers , while the latte are missing. Both states are in a tur moil over one Appleweight , an outlaw with great political influence. Unawar of each other's position , both Griswoli and Ardmore set out to make the othe prosecute Appleweight. Valuable paper ; In the Appleweight case are missing fron the office of Gov. Osborne and Grlswol < places the theft at the door of thi scheming attorney general. Ardmor < charters a caboose and starts for tht border to plan the arrest of Appleweight Jerry meanwhile , is a guest at Ardsley CHAPTER IX. Continued. When they sought a lonely siding to allow a belated passenger train tc pass , the conductor brewed coffee and cooked supper , and Ardmore called it the detectives and trainmen. The sense of knowing real people , whose daily occupations were so novel and interesting , touched him afresh wit ! delight. These meu said much in fe\ * words. One of the detectives chaffed Cooke covertly about some adventure in which they had been jointly asso ciated. "I never thought they'd get the lead out of you after that business in Mis souri. You were a regular mine , " said the detective to Cooke , and Cooke glanced deprecatingly at Ard more. "He's the little joker , all right. " "You can't kill him , " remarked the detective. "I've seen it tried. " Before the train started the detect ives crawled back into their car , and Cooke drew out some blankets , tossed them on a bench for Ardmore , and threw himself down without ado. Ardmore held to his post in the tow er , as lone as the lookout in a crow's- nest. The night air swept more cool ly in as they neared the hills , and the train's single brakeman came down as though descending from the sky , rubbed the cinders from his eyes , and returned to his vigil armed with a handful of Ardmore's cigars. For the greater part of the night they enjoyed a free track , and thumped the rails at a lively clip. Shortly after midnight Ardmore crawled below and went to sleep. At five o'clock Cooke called him. "We're on the switch at Kildare. One of your men is here waiting for you. " Big Paul , the German forester , was called in , and Ardmore made his toilet in a pail of water while listening to the big fellow's report. Cooke joined in the conversation , and Ard more was gratified to see that the two men met on common ground in discussing the local geography. The forester described in clear , straight forward English just what he had done. He had distributed his men well through the hills , and they were now posted as pickets on points fa vorable for observation. They had found along the streams four widely scattered stills , and these were being watched. Paul drew a small map , showing the homes of the most ac tive members of the Appleweight gang , and Ardmore indicated all these points as nearly as possible on the county map he had brought with him. "Here's Raccoon creek , and my own land runs right through there just about here , isn't it Paul ? I al ways remember the creek , because I like the name so much. " "You are right , Mr. Ardmore. The best timber you have lies along there , and your land crosses the North Car olina boundary into South Carolina about here. There's Mingo county , South Carolina , you see. " "Well , that dashes me ! " exclaimed Ardmore , striking the table with his fist "I never knew one state from another , but you must be right. " "I'm positive of it , Mr. Ardmore. One of my men has been living there on the creek to protect your timber. Some of these outlaws have been cut ting off our wood. " "It seems to me I remember the place. There's a log house hanging on the creek. You. took me by it once , but it never entered my head .that the state line was so close. " "It runs right through the house ! And some one , years ago , blazed the trees along there , so it is very easy to tell when you step from one state to another. My man left there re cently , refusing to stay any longer. These Appleweight people thought he was a spy , and posted a notice on his door warning him to leave , so I shift ed him to the other end of the es tate. " I "Dfd you see the sheriff at Kil dare ? " "I haven't seen him. When I asked for him yesterday I found he had left town and gone to Greensboro to see his sick uncle. " Ardmore laughed and slapped his knee. "Who takes care of the dungeon while he's away ? " "There are no prisoners in the Kil dare jail. The sheriffs afraid to keep any ; and he's like the rest of the people around here. They all live in terror of Appleweight" "Appleweight is a powerful charac ter In these parts , " said Cooke , pour ing the coffee he had been making , and handing a tin cupful to Ardmore. "He's tolerable well off , and could make money honestly if he didn't op erate stills , rob country stores , mix up In politics , and steal horses when he and his friends needHhem. " "I guess he has never molested us any , has he , Paul ? " asked Ardmore , not a little ashamed of his ignorance of his own business. "A few of our cows stray away sometimes and never come back. And for two years we have lost the corn out of the crib away over here near the deer park. " "We don't want to lose our right to the track , and we must get out of this before the whole community comes to take a look at us , " said Cooke , swing ing out of the caboose. Ardmore talked frankly to the for ester , having constant recourse to the map ; and Paul sketched roughly a new chart , making roads and paths so far as he knew them , and indicat ing clearly where the Ardsley boun daries extended. Then Ardmore took a blue pencil and drew a straight line. line."When "When we get Appleweight , we want to hurry him from Dilwell coun ty , North Carolina , into Mingo county , South Carolina. We will go to the county town there , and put him in jail. If the shariff of Mingo is weak- kneed , we will lock Appleweight up anyhow , and telegraph the governor of South Carolina that the joke is on him. " "We will catch the man , " said Paul gravely , "but we may have to kill him. " "Dead or alive , he's got to be caught , " said Ardmore. Cooke came out of the station and signaled the engineer to go ahead. "We'll pull down here about five miles to an old spur where the com pany used to load wood. There's a little valley there where we can be hidden all we please , so far as the Ardmore Was Scrutinizing the Jug C ritically. main line is concerned , and it might not be a bad idea to establish head quarters there. We have the tools for cutting in on the telegraph , and we can be as independent as we please. I told the agent we were carrying company powder for a blasting job down the line , and he suspects noth ing. " Paul left the caboose as the train started , and rode away on horseback to visit his pickets. The train crept warily over the spur into the old wood-cutters' camp , where , as Cooke had forecast , they were quite shut in from the main line by hills and wood land. "And now , Mr. Ardmore , if you would like to see fire-water spring out of the earth as freely as spring water , come with me for a little stroll. The thirsty of Dilwell county know the way to these places as city topers know the way to a bar. We are now in the land of the little brown jug , and while these boys get breakfast I'll see if the people in this region have changed their habits. " It was not yet seven as they struck off into the forest beside the cheerful little brook that came down singing from the hills. Ardmore had rarely before in his life been abroad so early , and he kicked the dew from the grass in the cheerfullest spirit imaginable. Cooke had not been in this region for seven years , and yet he never hesitated , but walked steadily on , fol lowing the little brook. Presently he bent over the bank and gathered up a brownish substance that floated on the water , lifted a little of it in his palm and sniffed it "That , " said Cooke , holding it to Ardmore's nose , "is corn mash. That's what they make their liquor of. The still is probably away up yonder on that hillside. " He crossed the stream on a log , climbed the bank on the opposite shore , and scanned the near land scape for a few minutes. Then he pointed to an old stump over which twines had grown in wild profusion. "If you will walk to that stump , Mr. Ardmore , and feel under the vines on : he right-hand side , your fingers will irery likely touch something smooth md cool. " > Ardmore obeyed .instructions. He thrust his hand- into the stump ai Cooke directed , thrust again a littli deeper , and laughed aloud as he drev out a little brown jug. Cooke nodded approvingly. "We're all right. The revenue mei come in here occasionally and smc.sl the stills and arrest a few men , bu the little brown jug continues to d < business at the same old stand. I : you have a dollar handy , slip it undei the stump , so they'll know we're noi stingy. " Ardmore was scrutinizing the ju § critically. "They're all alike , " said Cooke , "but that piece of calico is a new one- just a fancy touch for an extra fine article of liquor. " "I'll be shot if I haven't seen thai calico before , " said Ardmore ; and he sat down on a boulder and drew out the stopper , while Cooke watched him with interest. The bit of twine was indubitably the same that he had unwound before In his room at the Guilford house , and the cob parted in his fingers exactly as before. On a piece of brown paper that had been part of a tobacco wrap per was scrawled : This ain't yore fight , Mr. Ardmore. Wher's the guvner of North Carolina ? "That's a new one on me , " laughed Cooke. "You see , they know every thing. Mind-reading isn't in it with them. They know who we are and what we have come for. What's the point about the governor ? " "Oh , the governor's all right , " re plied Ardmore carelessly. "He wouldn't bother his head about a lit tle matter like this. The powers re served to the states by the constitu tion give a governor plenty of work without acting as policeman of the jungle. That's the reason I said to Gov. Dangerfield , 'Governor , ' I said , 'don't worry about this Appleweight business. Time is heavy on my hands , ' I said. 'You stay InvRaleigh and up hold the dignity of your office , and I will take care of the trouble in Dil well. ' And you can't understand , Cooke , how his face brightened at my words. Being the brave man he Is , you would naturally expect him to come down here In person and seize these scoundrels with his own hands. I had the hardest time of my life to get him to stay at home. It almost broke his heart not to come. " And as they retraced their steps to the caboose , It was Ardmore who led , stepping briskly along , and blithely swinging the jug. CHAPTER X. Prof. Griswold Takes the Field. Barbara and Griswold stopped at ihe telegraph office on their way back : o the executive mansion , and were met with news that the sheriff of Mingo had refused to receive Gris- tfold's message. "His private lines of communication ivith the capital are doubtless well es tablished , " said Griswold , "and Bos- vorth probably warned him , but it sn't of great importance. It's just as veil for Appleweight and his friends , ligh and low , to show their hands. " When they were again on the ver- tnda , Griswold lingered for a moment rith no valid excuse for delay beyond he loveliness of the night and his : een delight in Barbara's voice and ier occasional low laughter , which sras so pleasant to hear that he held heir talk to a light key , that he might ivoke it the more. "You have done all that could be .sked of you , Mr. Griswold , and I can- iot permit you to remain longer. Fa- her will certainly be here to-mor- ow. " "Oh , but your father isn't absent ! le is officially present and in the sad- le , " laughed Griswold. "You must ot admit , even to me , that he is not ere in full charge of his office. And s for my leaving the field , I have not ae slightest intention of going back 3 Virginia until the Appleweight host is laid , the governor of North larolina brought to confusion , and ie governor of South Carolina vis- ) ly present and thundering his edicts gain , so to speak , ex cathedra. My wn affairs can wait , Miss Osborne. he joy of having a hand in a little ffair like this , and of being able to ill my friend Tommy Ardmore about afterward , would be sufficient Ard- lore will never speak to me again for ot inviting him to a share in the ime. " ( TO BE CONTINUED. ) Peasant Girl's Treasure Members of the well known Roma- ian family of Ghika , who are resi- jnt in Vienna , received some inter- jting information from Jassy to-day , lys the London Telegraph. A num- ; r of cases filed with objects of ) ld and silver , with jewelry and dia- ends , estimated to be worth several illion kronen , were found in the mrse of a search made by the police the house of a peasant woman imed Safta Bradinarin , living in the ivirons of Jassy. This woman , who was at once ar- sted , stated that the cases had been ncealed in her house for 26 years , er deceased daughter was In the rvice of Prince Nikolai Ghika , who ed suddenly after an operation in iris. The peasant's daughter Maria ok several sealed cases which no te appeared to want , and conveyed em to her home. She was afraid to tempt to dispose of the valuable ob- cts , which have until now remained iden in her mother's house. i The Limit. 'My only daughter eloped. And I'll ver forgive her ! " 'Now , look here , old man , remem- , " r 'Remember ? Yes , I'd be decent out it , If she'd let. well enough me. But she not only eloped she ne back home ! " . CLEVER CITY 'Lady of the Robes Is Title of In genious Worker. Simply Advises and Helps Rearrangi Wardrobes of Rich and Poor Those Who Must Economize Work Her Wits Hardest. Chicago. "You say you want tc make money ? I'd pay you -well tc come and look over my wardrobe and advise me how to freshen It up and what to get. You've so many clever good ideas about dress and such ideai don't come naturally to me. " "That's how my business started , " explains a young woman who sudden ly found herself in reduced circum stances. "The friend who gave me my first job was so enthusiastic over the help thto I was to her that she talked me up to other women. They liked what I did for them and passed my name , on to still others. So the ball kept on rolling , and now I've a regular clientele of women whose wardrobes I manage. "I don't know yet quite what to call myself. 'Lady of the Robes' my friends call me , but of course I've got to get a more businesslike name than that for my calling. The fact of the mat ter is that most women do not under stand how to manage their wardrobe and I am able to help them. "When my patrons have plenty of money my task is not difficult. I look over the clothes that they have , talk with them about their plans for the 'coming ' season and tell them exactly what they need. I suggest the styles that I think will be becoming and the styles that I think it would be wiaer for them to avoid. "I have to find out the peculiarities of each of my patrons and deal with them. Each patron is an individual study. I always put myself in the woman's place try to become that woman , and considering her appear ance , her pocketbook and her walk In life , advise fcwf just what I should wish for myself were I she. "In some instances I have to use a lot of patience and tact , but in mdst I have L.O trouble at all , because the tfromen are glad to have me help them. My deep interest , which fortunately is not assumed for trade's sake , pleases and flatters them. They've confidence that I've taken their inter est to heart. 'It is with the women who have to Bconomize that I have to work my wits the hardest My own experiences in sconomy help me here. It Is these women who depend upon me most. They say that the money that they pay me for my pains is the best In vestment that they make. "One such woman when I went to ler for my first visit was in despaif. Accustomed to spend money as she pleased , she had suddenly had her Iress allowance cut down. I begged ler not to spend another cent until we md investigated all the clothes that ihe had , and not only all the clothes mt all her boxes of ribbons , artificial lowers , pieces of satin , velvet , lace , ttc. "She had everything spread before ne. I found out exactly what she ( ranted to do through the summer and WESTERN AUSTRALIA'S EL DORADO Australia's nevly discovered gold district , the center of which WESTERN is the already famous Bullfinch mine , is attracting a great deal of at tention and the Western Australia parliament has sanctioned the con- truction of a railway , rom Southern Cross to the mines. Mr. Doolette not long ago refused $2,500,000 for his share in the Bullfinch. A town site has been surveyed there and 64 blocks of this sold at public auction for $125,000. then I looked over all her things with an eye that she could not have for them , because she was too famil iar with them and too discouraged over them. "I stayed f- the room sn afternoon and came back the next day for moth er long seance with her things. Then I went home and wrote out my scheme for her wardrobe. I took it to her the next day. I shall never forget her little cries of pleasure and relief. "Many of the clothes with just the right refreshing touch here and there could be made aa up-to-date visions of beauty as they were when they were bought. I explained to her just when money must be spent at all. I showed her where the seamstress could help and the 'little dressmaker , ' also the little milliner , ' and just where she would have to resort to more com petent help. She agreed to all I said , and in her new courage thought of many clever ideas herself. I watched over the growth of that summer ward robe with all the pride of an artist. It turned out entirely satisfactory. " FIREMAN WARNED OF WIRES Philadelphia Lecturer Believes That There Is Still Life After Elec trocution. Clifton Heights , Pa. Prof. W. C. L. Eglen of Philadelphia addressed the Delaware County Firemen's associa tion , in session In the auditorium of the Clifton Heights Fire Protective association , on the transmission of ilgh-tenslon current and the dangers luring fires. Prof. Eglen told the firemen how to rescue persons who may perhaps lall across live wires without the dan- ; er of self-injury. He also said that he believed that )0 ) per cent , of the men who are elec- ; rocuted could be saved if doctors vould resort to artificial respiration or a long period. He also believed hat if a man has received a heavy sharge for no longer than three min- ites that he can be restored. CADGING IS COMMON Even Wealthy English Peers Bor row Little Things. Number of Remittance Men Is on In crease as They Are Being Ship ped to Colonies to Get Rid of Their Presence. London. Is the "cadging" spirit the desire to get something for noth ing from somebody else becoming in creasingly common among English men of alf classes ? A case at the West London police court , in which a housemaid was 3harged with stealing money ( in or- Jer , it was ascertained , to give It to tier sweetheart , a Scots guardsman ) jives rise t'o this question. Mr. Fordham , the magistrate , ad- Iressed some stern remarks to the Scots guardsman , who was in court , > n the meanness of this form of cadg- ng. ng."This "This Is a dirty , mean , scurvy : hing , " he said. "A meaner , more > curvy thing could not be. . . . low a man , a creature , an animal call- ng himself man could take money ! rom a poor girl working as a house- nald J cannot understand. . . . "In my view , you are simply a para- tite animal creeping about and get- Ing money anywhere you can. It Is > erfectly disgraceful , and if I saw my ( ray to give you six months' hard la- > or I would be pleased to do It. " According to opinions gathered rom prominent business men , social formers and others , the "cadging ireature" is to be found in all walks if life , particularly amongst the upper lasses. "The case of the guardsman who rould borrow money from a woman IKS Its parallel In higher circles of ociety , " said a well known city man. "The young , lazy , ne'er-do-well who i well educated , but lives on his rlends and relations , practises Just tie same kind of meanness as this articular Scots guardsman. "His acts , however , are gilded every y good manners and polish. He adges money from his friends he ilia it a loan but never intends to ay If back. "The ultimate end of this cadging creature is that he Is packed off to the colonies by his people , where he becomes a remittance man a gentle man of leisure , who is paid by remit tances sent out from home to keep away from home. "In South Africa , Australia and Canada the number of remittance meii is always increasing. "Where does the fault He ? What Is wrong with our system of education that. It breeds such men ? "In my opinion , there is too much softness and kindness in the public schools and home life of the present day. day."Men "Men who live on somebody else and complain that they 'do not know what to do with themselves * are the products of this gentle system of edu cation. " "There are various forms of cadg ing , " said a West " _ ' ! clubman who is keenly interested in' all social prob lems. "Men nowadays do not hesi tate to accept presents in the form of cigars or wine from mere acquain tances. "Well to do men make a habit of cadging cigars and dinners , leaving you to pay the taxlcab and perform ing other little acts of meanness. "Twenty years ago the spirit of Eng lish society was one of sturdy inde pendence and insularity ; today a lord will cadge cigarettes from another man. "The only method of exterminating the 'cadging creature' Is a more rigor ous , disciplined education for our British youth. " "Women First , Please. ' Boston. "Women first , please , " will be the softly spoken request of ele vated train guards in Boston hereafter. Conspicuous signs bearing this polite request will de displayed In elevated stations. The courtesy crusade Is the result of complaints that men and boys jump an the cars In the elevated tunnel and subway stations before they come to a stop. This deprives women of seats for which they wait The com pany is going to stop the practice if politencM will do it URBAN CENTER PLAN HAILED Proposal of Director Durand to Disre gard Geographical Lines Would Swell Gotham. New York. The proposal of the director of the census that in future publications on city population urban centers shall be used as the proper units instead of the arbitrary politi cal divisions indicated by city boun dary lines is one that appeals strong ly to New York , for it gives hope of enabling the city to surpass London and to claim first place among all the cities of the world. Although this city has spread cat almost evenly in all directions , it * westward growth never has shown in the census returns because It ha * been beyond the boundary line of New Jersey. Under the new plan all the popula tion in the urban area of each large \ city , as determined by the experts of the census bureau , would be credited to that city. This would add about a million to the present official popula tion of Greater New York , giving It 5,800,000. While this would still be lower than the population of Greater London , which is now placed at nearly 7,000- 000 , the growth of New York is much more rapid , and If the present rates were maintained it would pass Its European rival. Aside from the prestige of being the first city in the world , however , there Is little to be gained by additions to the size of the city. Popular senti ment , in fact , seems to be against my considerable additions to the pres- snt administrative area. For the present.most persons hold , the problems of giving the greater : ity proper government are difficult snough without further complications , aut the plan of the census authori- : ies , which would give the city credit 'or the population logically belonging jo it without adding to Its actual irea , Is regarded with favor. RIGS UP A WIRELESS PLANT Blind Boy Living in New York Re. ceives Messages From Distance of 200 Miles. New York. The handicap of blind ness has failed to prevent John W. Ellis , a boy of 106 West Eighty-ninth street , from rigging up a wireless telegraph apparatus that makes it pos sible for him to hear the news of the world without leaving his room. Aa Ellis has been blind since his birth , it is a good deal easier to listen to what people say about things In general than It is to take the time to go over pages of raised and perforated letter ing or have to ask friends to read aloud and let him know what is going on. on."I "I have not talked with many oper ators as yet as my cells do not gener ate enough power to make the waves I send long enough. I have listened , however , to messages from Norfolk , Washington and nearly all the other wireless stations from five to eight hundred miles away from New York , I receive the Marconi as well as the De Forrest systems. " Ellis is now nineteen years old. He graduated from the Perkins Institution.1' for the Blind in Boston , and has been declared a prodigy , so far as comprehension - . hension of electrical and mechanical problems was concerned. ITALY WILL USE WIRELESS Government Asks $100,1300 for Net * work of Stations for Communica tion With Rome. Rome. The government asked am appropriation of $100,000 to complete ! a network of wireless statlonaj throughout Italy by which all point * ' on the frontier and Italian coast willl be able to communicate among them selves and with Rome. The last station is of such power a ' to be able to maintain communication ! with a man-of-war In any part of the Mediterranean. It Is also arranged for these stations - . tions , which are chiefly for military ! purposes , to be open to private serv ice so u to be not only a meanitod protection , but also as. a public u I 1
