The Temple Tribune. (Temple, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 1, 1912 Page: 3 of 8
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The acen at the opening of tha atory la
laid In tha library of an old worn-out
-aouthara plantation known aa tha Bar--ony
Tha place la to bo aold and tta
hlatory and that of tha ownera tha
-Culntarda la tha aubject of dlaouaalon by
-Jonathan Cranabaw a builnasa man a
Wtrancer known aa Bladen and Bob
3nor farmer when Hannibal Wayna
Haaard a myatertoue child of tha old
-aoutharn family mama hla appearance
Tanoy tella how ho adopted tha boy Na-
thaniel Perrte buya the Barony but tha
-Qulntarde deny any knowledge of the
boy Taney to keep Hannibal Captain
' Murrell a friend of tha Quintarda ap-
- pear and aaka queatlona about the Bar--ony
Trouble at Scratch Hill whan Han-
nlbal la kidnaped by Dave Blount Cap-
tain Murrell’ agent Taney overtake
Blount give him a thraahlng and aecurea
the boy Taney appears before Squire
Balaam and la dlacnarged with coata for
the plaintiff Betty Malroy a friend of
tha Ferrisee has an encounter with Cap-
' tain Murrell who force hi attention on
her and Is rescued by Bruca Carrington
Betty nets out for her Tennessee home
-Carrington takes tha tame stage Taney
and Hannibal disappear with Murrell on
their trail Hannibal arrives at tha home
of Judge Slocum Price The Judge recog-
nise In tha boy the grandson of an old
time friend Murrell arrives at Judge’s
fcoms Cavendish family on raft rescue
Yancy who la apparently dead Price
breaks Jail Betty and Carrington arrive
at Ball Plain Hannibal’s rift discloses
some startling thing to th Judge Han-
nibal and Betty meet again Murrell ar-
rives In jtells Plain la playing for big
wakes from long dream-
rd the raft Judge Price
-
ftakea Taney awakes from long dream
less sleep on board the raft Judge Prtc
Eakea startling discoveries In looking up
nd titles Charley Norton a young
planter who assists the Judge la mys-
teriously assaulted Norton Informs Car-
rington that Batty has promised to marry
him Norton is mysteriously shot More
light on Murrell’s plot H plans uprls-
lng of negroes Judge Price with Hanni-
bal visits Betty and she keeps the boy
aa a companion In t stroll Betty takes
with Haa nlbal they meet Bess Hicks
daughter of th overseer who warns
Betty of danger and counsels her to
leav Bello Plain at once Betty terri-
fied acts on Bess’ advice and on their
way their carriage It etopped by Blosaon
the tavern keeper and a confederate and
Betty and Hannibal are made prisoners
CHAPTER XIX (Continued)
As they stumbled forward through
the thick ' obscurity he continued hla
personal revelations the present en-
terprise having roused whatever there
wag of sentiment slumbering In hla
aouL At last they came out oh a
" wide bayou a white mist bung above
it and on the low shore leaf and
branch were dripping with the night
4ews Keeping close to the water's
1 -edge Sloason led the way to a point
where s skiff was drawn up on the
hank
“Step In ma'am he said when bs
had launched It
“1 will go no farther!" eald Betty
In desperation She felt an over-
mastering fear the full horror of the
unknown lay bold ot her and she gave
a piercing cry for help 81osson swung
about on his heel and seized her For
a moment she struggled to escape
but the man’s big hand pinioned her
"No more of tbatl" he warned then
he recovered hlmeslf and laughed
"You could yell till you wae black in
the face ma’am and there’d be no
ene to hear you”
"Where are you taking meT" and
Betty’s voice faltered between the
eudden sobs that choked her
“Just across to George Hicks's'
“For what purpose?’’
“You'll know In plenty ot time’
And Slosson leered st her through the
darkness
“Hannibal Is to go with meT" asked
Betty tremulously
' ”8urel’ agreed Blosaon affably
"Your nigger too — quite a party
Betty stepped Into the skiff She
felt her hope quicken — she was think-
ing of Bess whatever the girl’s mo-
tives she bad wished her to escape
She would wish It now more than
ever since the very thing she had
striven to prevent had happened
Blosson seated himself and took up
the oars Bunker followed with Han
nlbal and they pushed off No word
was spoken until they disembarked on
the opposite shore' when Slosson ad-
dressed Bunker
“1 reckon I can manage that young
rlp-staver you go back after Sberrod
and the nigger’ he said
He conducted his captives up the
bank and they entered a clearing
Looking across this Betty saw where
s cabin window framed a single
square of light They advanced to-
ward this and presently the dark out-
line of the cablnetltself became dis-
tinguishable A moment later Slos-
son paused a door yielded to his
hand and Betty and the boy were
thrust Into tbe room where Murrell
had held his conference with Fentress
and Ware The twq women were now
its only occupants and the mother
gross and shapeless turned an ex-
pressionless face on the Intruders
but tbs daughter shrank Into tbe
shadow her burning glance Used on
Betty
"Here’s yo guests old lady!" said
Mr Slosson Mrs Hicks rose from
ths thrse-legged stool on wblch she
was sitting
“Hand me the candle Besa" she
ordered
At one side of the room was a steep
flight of stalra which gave’accesa to
the loft overhead Mrs Hicks by a
gesturs signified that Betty and Han-
nibal were to ascend these stairs
they did so and found themselves on
s narrow landing Inclosed by a pas
atlas of rough plonks this partltloi
was pierced by A low door Mrs
Hicks wvbo had followed close at
their heels handed the candle to Bet-
ty - ’ ’ ’ -“In
yonder!" she eald briefly nod-
ding toward tbe door
"Walt! ’ cried Betty In a whisper
“No” said the woman with an' al-
moat masculine aurllness of tone T
got nothing to say" She pushed them
Into the attic and closing tbe door
fastened It with a stout wooden bar
Beyond that door which seemed to
have closed on every hope Betty held
tbe tallow dip aloft and by Its uncer-
tain and flickering Hgnt surveyed her
prison The briefest glance sufficed
The 'room contained two shake-down
beds and a stool there wae a window
In ths gable but a piece of heavy
plank wae spiked before It
“Miss Betty don’t you be scared"
whispered Hannlb&l ’’When the Judge
bears we’re gone him and Mr Me-
taffy will try to And us They'll go
right off to Belle Plain— the Judge Is
always wanting to do that only Mr
Mahaffy never lets him— but now be
won’t be able to stop him”
“Oh Hannibal Hannibal what can
be do there — what can any one do
there?" And a dead pallor over-
spread tbe glrl’a race To apeak ot
tbe blind groping or ber friends but
served to fix tbe horror of tbelr situ-
ation In ber mind
“1 don’t know Miss Betty but tbe
Judge Is always tblnklngor things to
do seems like they was mostly things
no one else would ever tblnk of"
Betty bad placed tbe candle on tbe
stool and seated herself on one of tbe
beds There was tbe murmur ot
votcea In tbe room below she woo
dared If ber fate was under considera-
tion and wbat that fata waa to be
Hannibal wbo had been examining
the window returned to ber side
Miss Betty U we could Just get
out of this loft we could steal their
skiff and row down to tbe river I
reckon they got Just the one boat
the only way they could get to us
would be to swim out and if they
done that we could pound ’em over
the bead wltb the oars— tbe least lit-
tle thing sinks you when you’re tn
the water” But this murderous fancy
of hla failed to Interest Betty
Presently they beard Sberi-od and
Bunker come up from the shore with
George Sloaron Joined them and
there waa a brief discussion then an
Interval of alienee and tha sound of
votcea again as the three white men
moved back across tbe field In tbe
direction of tbe baydu There suc-
ceeded a period ot utter stillness
both In tbe cabin and tn tbe clear-
ing a somber hURh that plunged Het-
ty yet deeper In despair Wild
thoughts assailed her thought against
which sbe struggled with all tbe
strength of ber will
In that hour of stress Hannibal was
sustained by hla faith In tbe Judga
He aaw his patron’s powerful and
picturesque Intelligence applied to
solving tbe mystery of their disap-
pearance from Be ®lala It waa In
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(kVauohah ICister
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conceivable that this could prove
otherwise than disastrous to Mr Blos-
aon and be endeavored to share the
confidence be was feeling with Betty
but there waa aomethlng so forced
and unnatural In the girl’s voice and
manner when ehe discussed hla con-
jectures that he quickly fell Into an
awed silence At last and It muat
have been some time after midnight
troubled slumbers claimed him' No
moment of forgetfulness came to Bet-
ty " Sbe wae waiting for what— she
did not know! The candle burnt low
er aid lower and finally went out and
ehe wae left In darkness but again
ahe waa conscious of sounds from the
room below At first It waa only
word or a sentence then the guarded
apeech became a steady monotone
that ran deep Into the night Even
tually this ceased and Betty fancied
ahe heard sobs
CHAPTER XX
v
M urrsll Shows Hla Hand
At length points of light began to
Bbow through chinks In the logs Han-
nibal roused and sat up rubbing bis
eyes with the backs of bis bands
"Wasn't you able to sleep none?” be
Inquired Betty shook her bead He
looked at her with an expression or
troubled concern “How ebon do you
reckon tbe Judge will know?" ba
asked
"Very soon now dear” Hannibal
was greatly consoled by thla opinion
“Mlea Betty he will love to nnd
us—’’
“Hark! Wbat waa that?" for Betty
had caught the distant splash of oars
Hannibal found a chink In the logs
through which by dint ot much squint-
ing be secured a partial view ot tbe
bayou
“They're fetching up a keel boat to
the shore Mlea Betty — It’s a whoop-
er!” be announced Betty’s heart
sank ahe never doubted the purpose
tor which that boat was brought Into
the bayou or that It nearly concerned
herself
Half an hour later Mrs Hicks ap-
peared with their breakfast It was
In vain that Betty attempted to en-
gage her tn conversation Either sbe
cherished some personal feeling or
dislike for ber prisoner or else tbe
situation In which she herself wae
placed bad little to recommend It
even to her dull mind and ber dis-
satisfaction was expressed In ber at-
titude toward tbe girl
Betty passed tbe long boure of
morning In dreary speculation con-
cerning wbat was happening at Belle
Plain In tbe end ehe realized that
tbe day could go by and her absence
occasion no alarm Steve might rea-
sonably suppose George had driven
her Into Raleigh or to the Bowena'
and that aha had kept the carriage
Finally all her bope centered on Judge
Price He would expect Hannibal dur-
ing the morning perhaps when the
boy did not arrive he would be tempt-
ed to go out to Bella Plain tv dis-
cover tbe rea“-v o? hla non-apptar-
snee - She wondered what theories
would offer themselves to his In-
genloua mind for ehe sensed some-
thing of tbat Indomitable energy
which In tbe face of rebuffs and
laughter carried him Into the thick of
every sensation '
At noon Mr Hicks as sullen ts la
'the morning brought them tbelr din-
ner - She bad scarcely quitted the loft
when a shrill whistle pierced the al-
ienee that bung above thp clearing
It was twice repeated and tbe two
women were heard to go from tbe
cabin Perhaps half an hour claimed
then a step became audible on the
packed earth of the dooryard Some
one entered' the room below and be-
gan to ascend tbe narrow atalra and
Betty's fingers closed convulsively
about Hannibal’s This waa neither
Mrs Hicks nor ber daughter nor
Slosson with his clumsy ahuffle There
was a brief pause when tha landing
was reached but It waa only momen-
tary a hand lifted the bar the door
was thrown open and Its space
framed the figure of a man It waa
Jobn Murrell
Standing there he regarded Betty In
lienee but a deep-seated fire glowed
In hla sunken eyea Tbe sense of poa-
seBslon was raging tbrough him bla
temples throbbed a fever stirred bla
blood Love such as It was be un-
doubtedly felt for her and even bla
giant project with all Its monstrous
ramifications waa loet sight of for th
moment She wae the Inspiration for
It all the goal and reward for wblch
he struggled
"Betty!” tjie single word fell softly
from hla lips He stepped Into -the
room closing the door as he did so
The glri’i eyes were dilating wltb a
mute horror for by some swift In-
tuitive process of the mind which
asked nothing of the logic of events
but dealt only with conclusions Mur-
rell stood revealed as Norton’ mui
derer Perhaps he read her thought
but he had lived In hla degenerate
ambitions untU the common Judg-
ment or tbe understanding of them
no longer existed for hln£ That Bet-
ty had loved Norton eeemed inconse-
quential even It was a memory to
be swept away by tbe force ol bla
greater passion So be watched ber
smilingly but back of the smile waa
the menace of unleashed Impulse
“Can’t you find some word of wel-
come for me Betty 7” he naked at
length atilt softly still with some-
thing of entreaty In bis tone
Then It was you— not Tom— wbo
had me brought here!’’ She could
hawe thanked God had It been Tom
whose hate waa not to be feared
she (eared this man’s love
“Tom — no!” and Murrell laughed
“You didn’t think I’d give you upT 1
am standing with a halter about my
neck and all for your sake — who’d
risk aa mucb for love of you T" He
teemed to expand wltb savage pride
that this was eo and took a step to-
ward her
“Don’t come near me!" cried Hetty
Her eyea blazed and - ehe looked at
him with loathing
“You’U learn to be kinder” he ex-
ulted ' “You wouldn’t see me at Hell
Plain wbat was left for me but to
have you brought here?”
While Murrell wag speaking the sig-
nal tbat had toldof his own presence
oo the opposite shore of tbe bayou
was beard again This served to ar-
rest bis attention A look of uncer-
tainty passed' over his face then be
made an Impatient gesture aa if be
dismissed some thought that bad
forced Itself upon him and turned
to Betty
“You don’t ask what my purpose ts
where you are concerned you have
no curiosity on that score?" She en-
deavored to meet big glance with a
glance aa resolute then her eye
sought the boy’s upturned face “1
am going to send you down river Bet-
ty Later 1 shall Join you In New Or-
leans and when 1 leave the country
you shall go with me — ”
"Never!” gasped Betty
“Ai my wife or however you choose
to call It I’ll teach you wbat a man’i
love la like" he boasted and extend-
ed ble band Betty shrank from him
and bla hard fell at big aide He
Jooked at her steadily out of hla deep-
'sunk eyes In which blazed the fires of
hla passion and as be looked her
face paled and flushed by turns “You
may learn to be kind to me Betty''
he said “You may find It will be
worth your while” Betty made oo
answer ehe only gatbered Hannibal
closer to ber side "Why not accept
what I have to offer Betty 7” Again
be went nearer ber and again sbe
shrank from him but tbe madness ot
his mood was In the ascendant Ha
seized her and drew ber to him Sbe
struggled to free herself but bis fin-
ger tightened about her
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Cuban Fond of Ralalne
The life of Cuba Is largely sustained
by ralalne Its people consuming th
fruit more generally than any other
of th Bpanleh-Amerlcan onkmi
GOV CRUGE ASKS
FOR RESIGNATION
Following Vote on Postponement of
Toxt Book Commission
Oklahoma City— Tho ’ controversy
between Governor Cruce and mem-
bers of tbe state board of education
relative to delaying the letting ot
Contracts for text books came sud-
denly to a head Saturday when the
governor requests t&e resignations
of Robert Dunlop W A Branden-
burg Scott Glenn of Shawnee and
Frank Hayes of Chandler four mefn-
bert of the board who voted against
putting off the letting of the con-
tract until fall
State Superintendent R H Wilson
was the fifth member voting against
tho delay while J F Warren of
Oklahoma City and W E Rowaey
ot Muskogee voted In favor of tbe
Wish expressed by the governor tbat
the letting be postponed
State Treasurer Dunlop left for
bis home In Kay county Saturday
afternoon and none of the other
members who were asked to resign
would make a statement relative to
their resignations It la Intimated
however that they will attempt to
serve in spite of the governor’s de-
mand for their resignations On the
other 'hand It la rumored tbat the
governor simply will “pull” the tes-
timony taken la the Investigation
held last August and make the re-
moval la some case at least “for
cause”
The governor’s letter leftno doubt
as to where he stands The letters
lent to the four members were Iden-
tical He declared that tbe present
situation wherein four members ab-
solutely refused to consider a request
made by the man who appointed
them la simply inconceivable Tbe
matter 1b one In which hla adminis-
tration Is vitally Interested he de-
clared and It waa only after he had
given the question hla mature Judg-
ment that he made a request that
action on the contracts be deferred
’ He declared tbat he felt that he
would not be doing hie duty by the
school children of this state If he let
matters drift as they have in the past
and eald that something was necea-
ary to relieve the sltuatloh '
"Your Immediate resignation la re-
quested” the letter conclued in ef-
feet "Your successor will be ap-
pointed at once"
There have been rumors from time
to time that the reeignatlon of var-
ious members of the board would be
demanded but there never wae any
rpal foundation for these reports
The situation has been regarded aa
somewhat peculiar a majority of the
board always standing against the
official who appointed them
"I did what I thought waa right”
aid W A Brandenburg
ELECTION BILL TO PRINTER
All Obstacles Finally Removed From
Way of the Senatorial Measure
Oklahoma City— In spite of all
aorta of petty technicalities thrown In
the way of the Initiation of a bill to
allow the people to vote on the di-
rect 'election of United States sena-
tors the last obstacle technical or
political was removed Saturday the
contract for the ballotts let and they
are on their way to the various elec-
tion precincts of the state
The last objection was offered
when State Printer Giles Farris stat-
ed that It would be necessary to wait
three days in order to advertise for
bids for printing the ballots At-
torney General West was consulted
and rendered an opinion to the ef-
fect that In thla case it would not be
necessary to advertise for bids
Before the copy finally went to the
printer an agreement waa signed
relieving the office of the election
board from criticism In the event
the validity of the proceedings is
questioned
R I to Build Bile Lin
Oklahoma City— The Rock Island
officials are planning the extension of
its Enld-Bllllnge line eastward through
the 101 Ranch to Bliss which la on
the main line of th Santa Fe The
road was completed to Billings several
years ago It is a thirty-mile spur and
the extension to BUas will cover an
additional thirty miles
The extension will open to traffic
connection a fertile scope of northern
Noble county farm land and aa It
will connect the main north and south
Oklahoma line of the Rock Island with
the main north and south Oklahoma
line of the Santa Fe It la believed it
will be one of the moat strategic short
stretches of road in the state
Oklahoma City Jobbing Interests re-
gard the new line very favorably aa
will enable the Rock Island to put on
tbe same schedule of peddler freight
service as Is now operated on the Fris-
co from the A V W Junction to Enid
thus effecting one day deliveries of
consignments of city wholesale prod-
ducts Packing House Receipts Gain
Oklahoma City— Jhe average dally
livestock receipts of the Oklahoma
City packerlea have Increased 20 per
cent within the past four months
The succession of freight victories
won by the Oklahoma City plants
have placed them In a much better
condition to both Increase their re-
ceipts and their outbound shipments
This lnorease In receipts has neces-
sitated adding to the list of employes
and a corresponding 20 per cent in-
crease has been noted In payroll
OARO HAS LARGE '
BALANCE ON HAND
Agricultural Department Will Turn
Back 25172 to State
Oklahoma City — The state depart-
ment of agriculture will pay back into
the state treasury the sum of $52-
17225 or more than halt the amount
appropriated to maintain the board
for one fiscal year according to a
report iasued by that department
A good part ot thla amount la paid
by the feed producer outside the state
and costa the tax payers of Oklahoma
nothing besides protecting him and
the health of hla stock by furnishing
him a pure article It la also a pro-
tection to the honest miner wto puts
out a genuine article and does not
place him in competition with the firm'
that puts a spurious feed upon the
market since the sale of spurious
feed la not allowed under the present
law
The pure feed department ot th
state board of agriculture has been iu
operation only a little over a year and
In that time over 1472 registrations
ot feeding stuffs have been made
During the past fisacl year there has
been a sale of 10407442 tags good
for 100 pounds each which Bhow the
consumption of 620372 tone of con-
centrated feeding stuff In this state
As indicated by the sale of tags there
have been 355813 tons ot feeding
stuffs manufactured and sold by Okla-
homa mills alone and an Importation
of same from the different states
The amount In tons which the above
figures indicate show that Oklahoma
has sent out of the state approximate-
ly $5000000 for the purchase of feed
within the last year
"This importation of feed stuff with
a soil and climate that will raise any
year unlimited quantities of mllo and
kafir corn is an Inexcusable extrava-
gance and If repeated will advertise
to the world a lack of enterprise in
our state and an adverse reputation
which such a condition will justify”
says the report
LITTLE CHANGE IN STATE VALUE
8tate Board of Equalization Ha
Almost Completed Itp WprK
Oklahoma City — Although there are
still five counties from which reports
have not yet been received the state
board of equalization has practically
Completed the fixing of valuation
The board will meet again after the
assessor’! reports from these five coun-
ties have been received ' r "
Town lot valuations are unchanged
and only a alight raise la made in per-
sonal property In several counties
where It had been anticipated that
raises would be made not a change
was put Into effect Including the re-
ports ot Muekogee Woods and Caddo
counties The other counties In which
no changes were made are Adair Cim-
arron Craig Creek Custer Delaware
Ellis Garvin Grant Greer Harmon
Johnston Kay Kiowa Latimer Le-
Flore Lincoln' McCurtaln Major
Mayes Murray NoMe Osage Ottawa
Pushmataha Texas Tillman and
Woods
From the reports which are being
complied by Statistician Frank Orr In
the state auditor’s office the total val-
uation qf the state will not bo much
greater than last year when the' state
equalization board fixed it at $1326r
840833
INVESTIGATE HOLDING COMPANY
Corporation Commission Include
Operating Concern In Probe 1
' Oklahoma City— The Oklahoma
Operating company which the cor-
poration commission alleges Is the
holding company which took over the
stock of a majority of the steam
laundries in Oklahoma City will come
In for an airing at the hearing to
be held before the commission Au-
gust 13 when the alleged combine
Is to be Investigated
The company was granted & charter
on June 6 and waa Incorporated with
a capital stock of $150000 There are
sixteen stockholders and the officers
are E C King president C F Held-
brink vice president B Barnett
vice president and R F J Williams
secretary and treasurer
Small Cost Her For Instruction
Oklahoma City — Statistics compiled
In the office of RH Wilson state su-
perintendent of public instruction
show that the administration' of the
department of instruction la carried
on at leas expense In Oklahoma than
In other states except Connecticut
In Oklahoma the office expenses of
the state superintendent are shown to
be $10300 for salaries $1348 for trav-
eling expenses 83018 for contingent
expenses making a total of $14666
Total office expenses In the state of
Arkansas are $16894 In Illinois $18-
900 In Massachusetts $15400 In
Tennessee $24100 In Texas $14670
In Washington 32700 In Wisconsin
$31600 and In Connecticut $5549
College Extension Work Successful
Cherokee Okla— Nino counties have
been visited and more than 10000
school children given instruction In
the schools for Boys’ and Girls’ Agrl-r
oultural clubs conducted during the
past three weeks by the extension de-
partment of the Agricultural and Me-
chanical college at Stillwater The
tour has been highly successful In the
opinion of Professor Jobn W Wilkin-
son director of th boya and glrla’
olubi
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