THE LITTLE
BROWN JUG
I IATI I
KILDARE
MEREDITH NICHOLSON
Illustrations By
RAY WALTERS
T I
Copyright 1308 by The Bobbs-Merrlll Company.
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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
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