The Coweta Star. (Coweta, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 23, 1913 Page: 3 of 8
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SYNOPSIS
Tha scene at the opening of the atopy la
laid In the library of an old wprn-out
southern plantation known ns the Bar-
ony The place la to Oe sold and Its
hiBtory and that of the owners the
'Qulntards la the subject of discussion by
Jonathan Crenshaw a business man a
stranger known as Bladen and Bob
lYancy a farmer when Hannibal Wayne
i Hazard a mysterious child of the old
southern family makes Ills appearance
Yancy tells how he adopted the boy Na-
thaniel Ferris buys the Barony but the
'Qulntards deny any knowledge of the
boy Yancy to keep Hannibal Captain
Murrell a friend of the Qulntards ap-
pears and asks questions about the Bar-
ony Trouble at Scratch Hill when Han-
inihal is kidnaped by Dave Blount Cap-
tain Murretl’B agent Yancy overtakes
Blount gives him a thrashing and secures
the boy Yancy appears before Squire
Balaam and la discharged with costs for
the plaintiff Betty Malroy a friend of
the Ferrises has an encounter with Cap-
tain Murrell who forces his attentions on
her and la rescued by Bruce Carrington
Betty sets out for her Tennessee home
Carrington takes the same stage Yancy
and Hannibul disappear with Murrell on
their trull Hannibal arrives at the home
of Judge Slocum Price The Judge recog-
nizee Ip the boy the grandson of an old
time friend Murrell arrives at Judges
home Cavendish family on raft rescue
Yancy who Is apparently dead Price
breaks jail Betty and Carrington arrive
at Belle Pltiln Hannibal’s ritle discloses
some startling things to the judge Han-
nibal and Betty meet again Murrell ar-
rives In Heilu Plain Is playing for big
stakes Yancy awakes from long dream-
less sleep on board the raft Judge Price
makes startling discoveries In looking u0
land titles Charley Norton a young
?ilanter who assists the judge Is mjs-
eriously assaulted Norton informs Car-
rington that Betty has promised to marry
him Norton Ib mysteriously shot More
light on Murrell’s plot Ha plans upris-
ing of negroes Judge Price with Hanni-
bal visile Betty and ahe keeps the boy
as a companion In a stroll Betty takes
with Hannibal they meet Bees Hicks
daughter of the overseer who warns
Betty of danger and counsels her to
leave Belle Plain at once Betty terri-
fied acta on Bess' advice and on their
way their carriage It stopped by Slosson
the taverA keeper and a confederate and
Betty and Hannibal are made prisoners
The pair are taken to HickB’ cabin In an
almost Inaccessible spot and there Mur-
rell visits Betty and reveals his part in
the plot and his object
the plot and his object
CHAPTER XX (Continued)
“Let me go!" she panted He
laughed his cool laugh of triumph
“Let you go — ask me anything but
that Betty! Have you no reward tor
patience such as mine? A whole sum-
mer has passed since 1 saw you
first — ”
There was the noisy shuffling of
feet on the stairs and releasing Bet-
ty Murrell swung about on his heel
and faced the door It was pushed
open an Inch at a time by a not too
confident hand and Mr Slosson thus
guardedly presented himself to the
eye of bis chief whom be beckoned
from the room
"Well?” said Murrell when they
stood together on the landing
“Just come across to the keel
boat!” and Slosson led the way down
stairs and from the house
v “Damn you Joe you might have
waited!” observed the outlaw Slos-
son gave him a hardened grin They
crossed the clearing and boarded tbe
keel boat which rested against tbe
bank As they did so the cabin In
the stern gave up a shattered pres-
ence In the shape of Tom Ware Mur-
rell started violently “I thought you
were hanging out In Memphis Tom?"
be said and his brow darkened as
sinister and forbidding be stepped
closer to the planter Ware did not
answer at once but looked at Mur-
rell out of heavy bloodshot eyes his
face pinched and ghastly At last be
aid speaking with visible effort
“I stayed in Memphis until five
‘clock this morning”
“Damn your early hours!" roared
Murrell “What are you doing here?
1 suppose you’ve been showing that
dead face of yours about the neigh-
borhood — why didn't you stay wt Belle
Plain since ou couldn't keep away?"
“I haven't been hear Belle Plain 1
came here Instead How am 1 going
to meet people and answer ques-
tions?” His teeth were chattering
“Is It known she's missing?" be
added
“Hicks raised the alarm tbe first
thing this morning according to the
destructions I'd given him"
“Yes?” gasped Ware He was drip-
ping from every pore and the sickly
color caine and went on his unshaven
cheekB Murrell dropped a heavy
band on his shoulder
' “You haven’t been at Belle Plain
you say but has any one seen you on
the road this morning?”
1 “No one John” cried Ware pant-
ing between each word There was a
moment's pause and Ware Bpoke
gain “What are they doing at Belle
iPlaln?” he demanded In a whisper
Murrell’s lips curled
"I understand there Is talk of sul-
eldt” he said
'Goodr' cried Ware
“They are dragging the bayou down
below the house It looks aa though
you were going to reap tbe rewards
of the excellent management you
have given her estate They have
been trying to find you In Memphis
so the sooner you sbtiw yourself the
better”' be concluded significantly
jYou are sure you have her safe
ilC5Wno chnfic® of discovery? For
T-s'eke cot her away from here
as s nsCMican It's an swful risk
you run
Com'?
"She’ll be sent down river tonight"
said Murrell
“Captain” tgan Slosson who up
to this had taken no part In the con-
versation “when are you going to
cross to t'other side of the bayou?"
“Soon” replied Murrell Slosson
laughcT
“I didn't know but you'd clean for-
got the Clan’s business I want to
ask another question — but first 1 want
to say that no one thinks higher or
more frequent of the ladles than Just
me I'm genuinely fondbf 'em and
I've never lifted my hand ag'ln ’em
exeept in kindness” Mr Slosson
looked at Ware with an exceedingly
virtuous expression of countenance
He continued: “Yo orders are that
we’re to slip out of this a little afore
midnight but suppose there’s a hitch
— here’s the lady knowing what she
knows and here's the boy knowing
what he knows”
“There can be no hitch” rasped out
Murrell arrogantly
“I never knew a speculation that
couldn’t go wrong and by rights we
should have got away last night”
"Well whose fault Is It you didn’t?”
demanded Murrell
"In a manner it were mine but the
ark got on a sandbank as we were
fetching It In and It took us the whole
damn night to get clear”
' "Well?” prompted Murrell with a
sullen frown '
"Suppose they get shut of that no-
tion of theirs that the lady's done
drowned herself suppose they take to
watching the river? Or suppose the
whole damn bottom drops out of this
deal? What then? The lady 'good
looking as she Is knows enough to
make west Tennessee mighty on-
healtby for some of us 1 say sup-
pose It’s a flash In the pan and you
have to crowd the distance In be-
tween you and this part of the world
you can’t tell me you’ll have any use
for her then" Slosson paused Im-
pressively “And here’s Mr Ware
feeling' bad feeling like hell” be re-
sumed “Him and me don’t want to
be left in no trap with you gone God
only knows where”
“I’ll send a man to take charge of
tbe keel boat I can’t risk any more
of your bungling Joe”
’That’s all right but you don’t an-
swer my question” persisted Blosson
with admirable tenacity of purpose
“What Is your question Joe?”
“A lot can happen between this and
midnight — ’’
“If things go wrong with us there’ll
be a blaze at the head of the bayou
Does that satisfy you?”
"And what then?”
Murrell hesitated
“What about the girl?” Insisted
Slosson dragging him back to the
point at issue between them “As a
man I wouldn’t lift my hand ag’ln no
good looking woman except like 1
said in kindness but she can’t be
turned loose she knows too much
What’s the word Captain — you say
It!” he urged He made a gesture of
appeal to Ware
"Look for the light better still
look for the man I’ll send” And with
this Murrell would have turned away
but SlOBson detained him!
“Who’ll hs be?”
“Some fellow who knows the river"
"And If It’s tbe light?” asked the
tavern-keeper In a hoarse undertone
Again be looked toward Ware who
dry-lipped and ashen was regarding
him steadfastly - Glance met glance
for a brief Instant they looked Into
each other's eyes and then tbe hand
Slosson had rested on Murrell’s
shoulder dropped at his side
CHAPTER XXI
The Judge Meets the Situation
The Judge's and Mr Mahaffy’s cele-
bration of the former’s rehabilitated
credit had occupied the shank of the
evening thd small hours of the night
and that part of the succeeding day
which the southwest described as soon
In the morning and as the stone jug
In which were garnered the spoils or
the highly confidential but entirely
misleading conversation which the
Judge had held with Mr Pegloe after
his return from Belle Plain: lost In
weight It might have been observed
that he and Mr Mabaffy seemed to
gain In that nice sense of equity ‘which
should form the basis of all human re-
lations The Judge watched Mr Ma-
haffy and Mr Mahaffy watched tb
judge each trustfully placing the reg-
ulation of bis private conduct in the
hands of his friend as the one most
likely to be affected by tbe rectitude
of his acts
Probably so extensive a consump-
tion of Mr Pcgloe’s corn vblsky bad
never been accomplished with great-
er highmindedness They honorably
split the last glass
Tbe Judge sighed deeply He took
up the Jug and Inverted It A stray
drop or so fell languidly Into his glass
"Try squeezing It Price" said Ma-
haffy Tbe Judge shook tbo Jug it gavo
THE
PRODIGAL
JUDGE
KESTER
uisTtyTtans By DMelvl£
i Coat
torth an empty sound and he sighed
again be attempted to peer Into It
closing one watery eye as be tilted It
toward the light
“I wonder no Yankee has ever
thought to Invent a Jug with a glass
bottom” he observed
“What for?” asked Mahaffy
“You astonish mo Solomon” ex-
claimed the judge “Coming as you
do from that section which Invented
tbe wooden nutmeg and an eight-day
clock that has been known to run
as much as four or five hours at a
stretch I am aware the Yankees are
an Ingenious people 1 wonder none
of ’em ever thoughi or a Jug with a
glass bottom so that when a body
holds it up to the light he can see at
a glance whether It Is empty or not
Do you reckon Pegtoe has sufficient
confidence to fill the jug again for
us?”
But Mahaffy’s expression Indicated
no great confidence In Mr Pegloe's
confidence
“Credit” began the Judge “Is pro-
verbially shy still It may sometimes
be Increased like tbe muscles of the
body and the mental faculties by ju-
dicious use I’ve always regarded
Pegloe’s as a cheap mind I hope 1
have done him an Injustice” He put
on his bat and tucking the Jug under
his arm went from the house
Ten or fifteen minutes elapsed Ma-
haffy considered this a good sign it
didn’t take long to say no he reflect-
ed Another ten or fifteen elapsed
Mahaffy lost heart Then there came
a hasty step beyond the door It was
thrown violently open and the Judge
precipitated himself Into the room A
glance showed Mahaffy that he was
laboring under Intense excitement
"Solomon I bring shocking news
God knows what the next few hours
may reveal!" cried the judge mop-
ping his brow “Miss Malroy his dis-
appeared from Belle Plain and Han-
nibal has gone with her!”
“Where have they gone?" asked Mi-
haffy and his long Jaw dropped
“Would to God I had an answer
ready for that question Solomon!”
answered the Judge with a melan-
choly shake of tbe oead He gazed
down on his friend with an air of
large tolerance “I am going to Belle
Plain but you are too drunk Sleep
It off Solomon and jolp me when
your brain Is clear and your legs
steadjrt '
Mahaffy Jerked out an oath and
lifting himself off his chair stood
ereot He snatched up 'his hat
“Stuff your pistols Into your pock-
ets and come on Price!” he said
and stalked toward the door
He flitted up the street and tbe
Judge puffed and panted In his wake
They gained t(ie edge of the village
without speech
“There Is mystery and ' rascality
here!” said Jbe fudge
"What do ydu know Price and
where did you hear this?” Mabaffy
shot the question baok pver bis shoul-
der “At Pegloe’s the Belle Plain over-
s ' ' V’ ' s’ I-1
seer had just fetched the news Into
town”
Again they were siient all their
energies being absorbed by the physi-
cal exertion they were making Tbe
road danced before their burning
eyes it seemed to be uncoiling Itself
serpent-wise with hideous undulations
Mr Mabaffy was conscious that tbe
Judge of whom he caught a blurred
vision now at his right side now at
his left was laboring painfully In the
heat and dust the breath whistling
from between his parched lips
“You’re Just ripe for apoplexy
Price!” be snarled moderating his
pace
“Go on” said the judge with stolid
resolution
Two miles out of the village they
came to a roadside spring here-they
paused for an Instant Mahaffy
scooped up handfuls of the clear wa-
ter and sucked It greedily The judge
dropped on bis stomach and burled
his taca in the tiny pool gulping
up great thirsty swallows
“If anything happens to the child
the man responsible for it would bet-
ter never been born — I'll pursue him
with undlmlnlshed energy from this
moment forth!” he panted
"What could happen to him Price?"
asked Mahaffy
“God knows poor little lad!”
“Will you shut up!" cried Mabaffy
savagely
“Solomon!”
“Why do you go bulldk'g on that
Idea? Why should any one harm him
— what earthly purpose — ’’
“1 tell you Solomon we are th
pivotal point In a vast circle of crime
This Is a blow at me — this Is revenge
sir neither more nor less! They have
struck at me through the boy It la as
plain as day”
“What did the overseer say?”
“Just that they found Miss Malroy
gone from Belle Plain this morning
and the boy with her”
“This Is like you Price! How do
ybu know they haven’t spent the night
at some neighbor’s?”
“The nearest neighbor Is five or six
miles distant Miss Malroy and Han-
nibal were Been along about dusk la
tbe grounds at Belle Plain do you
mean to tell me you consider It likely
that they set out on foot at that hour
and without a word to any one to
make a visit?” Inquired the Judge but
Mahaffy did not contend tor this
point
“What are you going to do first
Price?"
“Have a fook over the grounds and
talk with the slaves" '
“Where’s the brother — wasn’t he at
Bello Plain last nlght7"
“It Beems he went to Memphis Yes-
terday” They plodded forward In silence
now and again they were passed by
some man on horseback whose des-
tlnntlbn was the snme ns their own
and then at last they caught sight of
Belle Plain In Its grove of trees
(TO BE CONTINUED)
$2148350 IN CASH PRIZES
FOR LIVE STOCK 41 STATE FAIR
Management of Big Exposition at Oklahoma City Indicates
A Desire to Bring the Best and Greatest Variety to ' -the
Big Show September 24 to October 5
Oklahoma will have the greatest ex-
hibit of live etock in her history at
the sixth annual Oklahoma State Fair
and Exposition September 24 to Oc-
tober 6 1912 Entries In the horse
and cattle sheep and swine depart-
ments will close September 23 but the
Interest already manifested In these
departments would Indicate a large In-
crease In number and quality This
means that this year’s State Fair and
Exposition will take Its place where
It belongs — In the forefront - of the
great national live stock shows
Never before has the management
of the Oklahoma State Fair and Expo-
sition offered such liberal premiums
for exhibits of the best breeds of live
stock While the amount of the cash
9500000 Live Stock
prizes does not make the fair It shows
beyond all question of dispute the
position occupied by the management
and indicates its desire to bring the
best and the greatest variety to the
great State Fair and Exposition this
fall Here is a list of cash prizes of-
fered in the live stock department
Cattle $661200 Heavy Horses $4-
94600 Light Horses $96600 Horse
Show ’ $302000 Sheep $126100
Swine $244000 Poultry $223850 or
a total of $2148350
The showing in all departments this
year Is expected to exceed that of any
other year Secretary I S Mahan Is
getting letters by the hundreds every
day asking about live stock entries
and the Indications are that It will tax
A MAN IN THE OPEN
Bearing the decided stamp of origi-
nality A Man in the Open by Roger
Pocock heads the list of early autumn
books It is an entirely new departure
In fiction writing but will be none the
less welcome because of that It Is
bound to attract attention by reason of
Its very oddity and unconventlonallty
The author has tapped a fountain of
humor that never dwindles his knowl-
edge of human nature la seemingly
limitless the supply of adventure Is
bounteous the philosophy is shrewd
and original and the narrative never
fails to hit the target One might think
that De Morgan had reached the acme
of formlessness hut Mr Pocock seems
to go him one better though his struc-
tural method Is artistic In its uneven-
ness and serves to emphasize the stal-
wart character of Jesse Smith the
hero
In the beginning the story is related
by an ignorant mak In the first person
from his earliest recollection Later
his wife whom he marries long after
the beginning of the story and who is
a cultivated woman takes up the tale
and tor a few chapters carries It on
when It Is resumed by the husband
After the middle of it is paBt and there
Is trouble between the husband and
the wife It Is told In the form of let-
ters from the man to his dead mother
Show Yourself
Little Marjorie was showing her
new birthday toys to grandpa when
her mother told the girl to let grandpa
show them to himself Marjorie was
wished to do theexhibitlng Then an
Idea struck her “Here grandpa” she
said handing him a toy at a time as
she spoke "show yourself my dolly
show yourself my blocks” And thus
she went through the collection —
Judge
Fruit and Vegetable Juices
Fruit and vegetables Juices on ac-
count of their organic salts are of
great value as cleansers and In the
elimination of waste water from the
system It is' always best to remove
pulp of fruit before eating as the cel-
lular walls are indigestible and fill the
system with waBte matter It is al-
ways the cellular walls that cause In-
digestion and not the fruit Juice
A Pearl From the Past
i
Do not sacrifice a great thing while
striving for a small — Tiberius Grac-
chus 133 B C
Chinese Children Like Paris
Recently a number of Chinese chll-'
dren have been found In the streets
of Paris and taken before the magis-
trates as vagabonds These hclldren
were brought to France by showmen
to perform as acrobats ' After a few
months their performances - having
lost their novelty and ceased to at-
tract the managers abandoned them
They have been taken to the Chinese
legation to be sent home But they
don't want to go home The beauti-
ful city of Paris Is more to their Ilk-
!
the capacity of the big barns to accomJ
modate the very finest of blooded ani-
mals Many of the well known exhibitors
sending beef cattle dairy cattle heavy
horses Jacks ' and mules Bheep of
swine to the 1911 State Fair have
already written that they are coming
again this year while Secretary Ma-
han is now In correspondence wltlv
numerous other new exhibitors They
all say their herds are‘Jn fine condi-
tion and that they will make great ex-'
hibita The horse show this year will1
be especially good In the number of
splendid horses shown and there will
probably be many horses shown that
have never before been seen In thfik
section of the country There Is every
Parade— State Fair 1011'
Indication that the swine show will be
larger than ever and already reserve
tions for pens are being made
splendid line of specials contribute
largely to the Interest In all the classes-
of live stock
People of Oklahoma who missed the
halt a million dollar live stock parade
at the 1911 Oklahoma State Fair
missed the sight of a life time It is
worth more to the average man wom-
an or child to go to nee than to catch
a glimpse of any other known parade
or pageant not even' excepting the
inauguration next March at Washing-
ton and this year it is believed live
stock worth at least a million dollars
will pass In front of the Immense grand
stand
This unusual style has the advantage
of revealing through their methods of
rehearsing their experiences the char-
acteristics of the various figures In the
story and of Injecting Into the narra-
tive a charm of variety which keeps
the Interest at fever heat Surprise
follows close on the heels of Surprise
and there is never anlnstant when
the reader has cause for declining In-
terest '
But meet remarkable of all Is the
character of 'the hero Never before
since men began writing of Imaginary
people has anybody thought of such a
man as Jesse Smith He comes to life
and all Its experiences absolutely fresh
and altogether has many hard experi-
ences he retains much of the freshness
that seems to be Inherent In his nature
AH the primal passions of men are fa-
miliar to him but the littleness the
meannesses engendered by human na-
ture he does not readily comprehend'
and each of them has to be thrust on
him afresh He is not stupid he Is not
wilfully blind he is not sentimental
where human nature Is concerned but
the little training he has had as a child
and his later life at sea and on the
plains have made him oblivious of
small things and have absorbed him
lit the VBBtness of nature So through
every thing he remains simple and
he approaches all situations and prob-
lems free from conventional views and
methods of treatment
Formed Queer -Alliance
A pair of linnets made their nest In
a beehive on a farm in Switzerland
and have succeeded In coming to an
understanding with the bees so that
both branches of the natural world'
dwell In peace and harmony together
The birds and the bees use a common
entrance to the hive
8ulphur Good Plant Food
The beneficial effects '’of sulphur as
a plant food have been shown by A!
Demolon a French experimenter onr
such plants as cabbage turnip and!
radish It seems to favor the devel-
opment of chlorophyll retarding the
yellowing of plants In drouth
8acrlleglou English Boys
Attracted by the tolling of the bells -of
the parish church of Denby Derby-
shire England a bellringer the othen
day entered the church and found thatj
the candles on the Communion table!
bad been lighted and a bonfire mad
In the chancel apparently by 1 boys
the vicar’s Bible hymn books and'
loose papers being used as fuel
Price of Ignorane i
Many children are never taught toi
think and to reason out every puss
tlon In a fair-minded reasoning man-
ner That Is why we meet with and
suffer from so many unreasonable andj
unreasoning men and women '
who are governed by prejudice Im-
pulse and personal feelings Instead of
by thoughtful and careful considera-
tion They do not see what la right
because they do hot know how to'
judge without prejudice— Our Four-
Footed Friends
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