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Over the prairie wound a faint trail, and
along this trail, on a bright May morning,
rode a horseman.

lie was a man of thirty, or thereabouts,
a gentleman of birth and breeding, to judge
from his appearance.

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j this fact they came to an abrupt bait, and

then suddenly (lal‘icd behind a clump of
bushes which was at hand to the right of
them.

They evidently feared to attack the one
man.

A laugh of derision came from ’l‘ourjay’s

face, with high cheek-bones, peculim-grayish ' lips.
l “ \Vell, well; it strikes me that you three

green eyes, which appeared to be jet—black a
little ways off, sallow complexion, and a mas-
sive under jaw, which seemed to indicate
that he was possessed of an unusual amount.
of courage and resolution.

A long, thin mustache fringed his upper
lip, jet black in hue, as was his hair. which
he wore rather long and “clubbed,” over his
ears in the fashion rather common to the men
,of the Southwest. ,

lIe was dressed in the careless stvle affect-
ed by the educated men of the region: black
,pautalocnsm black Prince Albert coat, no
.vest, so that the carefully ruffled white shirt
could be, seen in all its glory, and a soft,
broad-brimuuxl slouch hat.

This Was Alexander 'l‘mirjay, one of the
leading citizens of Bowie county, 'l‘exas.

'l‘ourjay was a lawyer by profession, but
also ran a plantation on the lied River, just
outside the flourishing village of Sulphur-
ville, which, owing to its favorable location,
being on the river, with a splendid country

surrounding it, bid fair to become the largest-

town in the county after Texarkana.

Tourjay was one of the best known men
in the region; Being the son ofa wealthy
father, who had died just after Alexander
attained his majority, he had inherited a
large fortune which he had squandered with
astonishing rapidity.

An inveterate gamcster, and a desperate
duelist, it was the prediction of the wise
men of the neighborhood that he would
come to a bad end, although it was admitted
that he had undoubted talent as a lawyer,
and was also gifted with rare good judg-
ment in runnin a plantation.

Personally, ourjay was inclined to be

1 rather overbearing, and disagreeable, so he

 hadhut few friends and a great many ene‘

 miés. ‘ ‘
On this particular morning when we‘ in-
troduce the fire eating lawyer to the notiCe
of our readers he was on his way to attend
court auhe county seat. *

Having started early he was riding slowly,
allowing his horse to choose its. own gait,
being busy in meditation over an important
law‘case. ' .

  A handred feet or so ahead of the horse

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, {risked a hunting-dog, which had followed
its’ master, refusing on this occasion to obey
the command of the lawyer to remain at
home. , »
 The horseman was suddenly roused from

*his meditation bya growlirom the do .
The belief. had halted abruptlydn the trai ,

upraiscd,

was rowling at a clump of bushes around

the trailian. ,, .

'fHello! What does this meaul’ exclaimed

Tourjsy, checking his horse, and at the same

MIX-caching for the revolVer balked to his

was; . .
 The answer to the question came in the
shape ot" a fusilade of revolvm-shots from
thoclump of bushes which the dog was re-
garding with so much suspicion.

I" I The dog was blunted-killed outright by

‘ one of the shots, droppingdeadin his tracks,
while another of tho'bullets cut through the.
shoulderfofx thy hone: , , ' ~

Theipnimnlwniadc a .‘sndden lungs, and
although the .lnwyerwasa magi: cent rider,
«he was annealed ‘hy the incitement and
  town to' he ground, the horse galloping

was adroit enough to escape in-
jury; full :13 upon his pidgthen immediate:
y rolling over upon-“hit fang.  '

ofgnhrdbbery, from
conic, rushed three
in their hands as

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Wu! revolgers gleamed
' ting ran toward the fallen, lawyer. ‘
at as the new-comers were keen-Sight
fellowsbeforc they had taken ten steps they

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made the discovery that Tourjay had not'

been hurt by the fall, although no was lyin
upon his stomach, as motionless as It d9“
man, but he had his revolver out. and was
grimly waiting until his assailants should
come within easy range.

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are the biggest cowards l have run across in
a dog's age!“ the lawyer cried. -“ Three to
one, and you don't dare to face the music;
but I‘ll soon have you out. of that!"

Then springing to his feet 'l‘ourjay took a
few steps forward, just as if he really intend-
ed to charge the three and drive them from
their shelter. ‘

And the others had a suilicieutly good opin-
ion of the man as to lead them to believe
that,he would not hesitate tq puta scheme
of this kind in execution, so they prepared
to offer a desperate resistance.

lint, rash and impetuous as was the fight-
ing lawyer be had no ideaol'attemptingtaop-
pose one revolver against three, particularly
when the foe had the advantage of cover.

llis onward movement was but a ruse so as
to gain the shelter of a thicket of stunted
oaks which grew by the side of the trail,
some ten feet in advance of the spot where
he had been so abruptly dismOuntcd.

And as soon as he gained the shelter of
these scrubs his scornful laugh rung out on
the clearair.

“Now, then, the conditions are a little
more men!” he exclaimed; “and as we are
within range we can indulge in some pistol-
practice!”

And, peering through the foliage be dis-
charged six shots in rapid succession.

Two of the bullets took effect, for cries of
mingled rage and pain followed.

“ Aha! I have 'winged some of you, have
I?” called out the lawyer, in fierce accents of
triumph. ' .

It was the truth; two of the assailants had
been wounded, but neither of'them serious-

ground; One, mauhad his left earlobe shot
away while the‘nther received a flesh wound
in the shoulder. ,

Tourjay, anticipating that his opponents
would endeavor to escape by crouching near
the ground, had aimed his shot accordingly.

After the six bullets had been discharged
the others thought their time had come, and
unless the lawyer carried a brace of re-
VOlvers, which was not likely, he was in
their power, for all the cartridges in his
was on had been exploded.

ith fierce cries of rage the three left the
shelter of the bushes. and rushed headlong
toward the scrub-oaks. ,

Tourjay placidly awaited the onset.

He did not have a second revolver, but he
did have abox of cartridges, and as soon as
he had emptied his revolver he deftly pro-
ceeded to recharge the weapon.

This be accomplished before the three got
out of cover for their rush, and then with as
much deliberation as thou h be was in a
Shooting gallery he opened re on them.

Three shots be discharged in rapid suc-
cession. -

The first was a miss, the second struck the
man at whom it was aimed in the right arm,
a glancing shot which nflicted only a slight

the revolver-\whicb e.,was‘ flourishing as
though ithad‘auddcnly become, red hot.
The third shot; was, the most efloctlve of
all for it hit the third man in-rthn» breast,
causinglhim to plinth familial on his face,
coming down likening.»  r ,
The Warmth. f‘ this. reception was too

i. much for the Milton. , 

The uninjured man fired-{a shot, a wildly
directed: one, and their. in oompnn with the
other, turned and fled, panic-stric en, while
thel law fir's'triumphant laugh rung out clear
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Tnathrce had horses cmma‘lcd behind the
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“You are a pair of cowards!” 'l‘ourjav
cried in derision; “two to one, and yet you
don't dare to light it out!" '

lint the words fell upon unheeding cars.-
all that the two ruilians thought of was of
getting away from the dangerous locality
as soon as possible.

'l‘ourjay watched them for a few minutes
as they raced at. break-neck speed over the
rolling prairie.

' “No danger of those fellows returning,”
be murmured; “ they have got all they want.
and it is not likely that after this lesson 1
will betroubled by them again."

Then ’I‘ourjay thrust his revolver back into
its holster, first taking the precautionto re-
charge it, and proceeded to look after the
man whom his pistol bullet had laid low.

.“ I think this fellowis a stranger to me,”
the law 131‘ remarked as he advanced toward
him, ‘~‘~ er I don’t remember to have eVer
seen hiiu before, and yct-——his face is certain!
ly familiar.” A

The man was not dead, as Tourjay\sup-
posed, for, as the lawyer rolled him over on
his back, he groaned and opened his eyes.

lie was a middle aged person of forty-
eight or fifty, and from his appearance evi-
dently a planter——in a small way.

“How goes it?" 'l‘ourjay asked, as the
other looked up in his face. ,,
“I am afraid you have sahvatcd me for

k ps!” the wounded man replied with air
0t icr "roan

"‘ ell”, on certainly brought your fate
upon yourself. But, why did you join in
this attack on me? You are a stranger, I
think, for I do not remember to have ever
met you before, although your face certainly
does seem to be familiar to me.”

“ My name is Benjamin Sicard and I am a
brother to Michael Sicard.” .

“Ah, yes, I see.“ .

“My place is out at Bayou Bodeau in
Arkansas, and I jest jumped into this hyer
thing to help Mike out of a hole, ’cos he said

on had managed to get the deadwood 011
im in a lawsuit."

“ Yes, that is the old fight beth .him
and Colonel J offerson Garrison,” the lawyer
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"The  " . .. on? slim a
Ion time. ‘ blow ' ..  I..Q,fl‘flY¢/W°U‘
san dollars; the money“. "  ‘ ordered

to be paid into court, and  fireabout
a thousand to one the. decision of the judge
today will be that the money belongs ‘tothc
colonel.” I , V

“ That is 'est what Mike’s lawyer told him
yesterday," he woimded man assented in a
doleful way. ' , 7 "

“ He said that Mike didn’t stand any show
-—the decision would be given ag’in’ him,
and it was all owing to the way you had
handled the business. Mike allowed that the
only thing he could do for to git square
would be to salivate you."

“Yes, but the salivating process didn’t '

work according
remarked, drily. , - ,

“ You are right for a fact!" I reckon that I
will never be fool euufl ag’iu to git mixed tip
in sieh an affair.

“ It was my calculation when you plugged
me that I; had got it-for keeps, but, some-
how, I feel jest now as if there was a heap
of life in me." '

to calculations,” the lawyer

“I will make an examination," Tourjay I

suggested. ,

" I am not much of a doctor, but Ithink»
I can tell whether you . am so . ‘ v . hurt
or not.” ~ I,  .,

The wounded manzsnid he: very
{gush obliged if the lawyer would be so

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Sieard had been hit in the chest, and mak-
ing a careful oxaufinhtionflourjay announced
that in his 0 inion the boil had struck a rib
and been de ,ected to'the side.

“ In fact, I think I can feel  here right
under the. skin," he explained. “

“ That is a mighty good bit of news!” ‘

“ I don’t think there is any doubt about it.
You have had a mighty narrow escape, for I
don’t believe the wound is at all serious, but

 

I will hurry a doctor out here as soon as I ,

reach the town. "

Then the lawyer proceeded to bandage the; ’

wound.

“ It will be best for on to remain here un-

til the doctor comes," ourjny decided, “ for .
if I attempted to transport you into the town

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it might set the wound to bleeding, and, pos-
sibly, there would be trouble.”

“ Yes, that will do all right," the wounded
man responded. “ Tell old Sawbones to git
a good ready on and bustle out hycr as soon
as he kin 3”

Tohrjay then proceeded to catch his horse
who was grazing a few hundred yards away.

The wound which the animal had received
did not amount to anything, having just
scratched the skin, so the lawyer was able
to pl‘oCecd on his way.

'l‘ourjay uttered a sigh of regret as he
passed the body of the dog.

“ Poor beast! He gave his life to save
mine! If it had not been for his timely warn-
ing, I would, undoubtedly, have ridden into
that ambuscade, and the fellows would have
riddled me, before ICould have got my gun
out. ‘

“ People may ‘talk as they please about
luck, but there is certainly a deal of it float-
in}.r around in this World.

“ If the dog had not insisted upon coming
with me this morning, and if Ihad not been
too indolent to drive him back,.the chances
are great that I would now be lying where
that poor beast reposes."

Tourjay Was not the man to give way to
sentiment, though, and -by the time he

reached the count seat he had entirely for-
gotten about the 0g.

The case of Garrison against Sicard was
just being called when Tourjay entered the
~court. ’

The lawyer for Sicard rose and said that
he had nothing further to advance inyegard
to the case, explaining that he had expected
to have a consultation with his client on that
morning, but for some reason to him unknown
Sicard had not made his appearance. '

“ Your client was too busily engaged in
fixing an ambush for me on Lonfi‘l’rairie to
have time to consult with you,” ourja re-
marked bluntly to the amazement o the
hearers. ,

“ He knew, your Honor, that his case hadn’t
a leg to stand on," the lawyer added, address-
ing the judge.

" And he in order to get square he, with
his brother, Benjamin, and his son, Tony,
made an attempt to wipe me off the face of
the earth."

“ Well, I was reall ' afraid that my client
might do something esperatc, for he was in
a very angry mood when I parted with him
yesterday,” the other lawyer explained.

“I trust thou h that you will not fall into
the error of thin‘iiing that I had anything to
do with the matter, forI would be the last
man in the world to counsel violence."

“()b, I feel sure in- regard cothat, fora
man {of your sagacity, Brother Wolfe, would

never be guilty of making such a mistake," .

'Tourjay responded with a polite bow.

Then the judge announced that his decision
was in favor of Garrison and ordered the five
thousand dollars in dispute to be paid over
to Tourjay. 4

The plaintive in the case. Colonel Jefferson
Garrison, a fat, jolly, old Red River planter,
a man of sixty-five, but a stout and heart
old buck, as he was won't to term himsel ,
was delighted at the result.

Client and lawyer adjourned to the hotel
to have a settlement.

The colonel called for a private room and
a couple of cocktails. ,

After the two wemseotod and the cocktails
disposed of, the lawyer counted over the
mono . ' .

“ Ion handled the cue magnificently!”
the colonel declared. . r

“ Yes, I think I did‘do pretty well.”

“ Now, how much is your bill?”

“ Well, a thousand would be about right
I think." '

“ What? a thousand dollars! You don’t
mean it?” the old gentleman exclaimed, in
utter amazement. ‘

“ Yea. that is the sum. By rights I ought
to make it twelve hundred and fifty. but I
am not going lo’stnnd on a couple of hundred
dollars with a man like yourself.” the law-
yer declared. in his careless way.

“Oh, come now, Tourjay. you ought not
to put it to me quite as steep as that," the
colonel expostnhited.

“Itliink that four hundred would be u
might big foe.”

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make you a present of the amount," the
lawyer responded, with a magnificent air of
indifference. .

“No, no! I don‘t want it that way. 1am
willing to pay a good fee, but I really think
that when you tax me a thousand you are
raising the ante a leetle too high."

“ I will tell you what I will do!” Tourjay
exclaimed, abruptly. “I will throw dice
with you to see whether I take a thousand
or take nothing."

“It is a go!" the old colonel replied, im-
mediately. -

“ A game of that kind just suits me, for I
have a deal of Sport blood in my veins."

“ A single cast of the dice, highest throw
to win."

“ That will suit me all right," the old gen-
tleman declared.

The two adjourned to the bar—room.

There were half mlozen lawyers there.

In the frank, hospitable way, common to

the old-time Southern gentleman, the colo-

nel inVited all present to “ smile " at his ex-
pense. '

Then, after the liquor was drank, Tour-
jay called for the dice, which he and the
colonel proceeded to shake. the bystanders
watching the operation with a. deal of interest.

Tourjay suggested that as the colonel was
his senior he was entitled to the first throw

Garrison threw twelve.

“ That is two-thirds—not so bad,” the old
gentleman observed, complacently.

“I will go you a hundred that I beat you 2”
the lawyer exclaimed, defiantly.

‘f Oh, no, no side issue!” the colonel re-
plied. “ We will stick to the main thing.”

It was a lucky thing for Tourjay that the
old gentleman did not accept his banter, for
when the lawyer rattled the dice upon the
bar all the spots footed up was ten.

“ Aha! I have beaten you by two points!"

the colonel cried.

“ I will go you again for five hundred?”
Tonrjay exclaimed.

“ Done!" responded the old planter.

Again the lawyer lost.

Tourjay scribbled out an I. 0. U. for the
amount, which he’ gave to the colonel.

“ What do you say to a try for a thou~
sand ‘2” Tourjay asked

“ No, no!” the colonel responded, decided-
ly. “ I am alwa s willing to in a man his
revenge, but luc is not run‘n gyonr way
today so I must beg you'to excuse me at
present."

“ All right! come up; gentlemen, and have

a drink," the lawyer exclaimed; an invite-

tion which was promptly accepted.

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CHAPTER III.
THE NEW YORKER.

AT the precise moment when the colonel
and the lawyer b this duel with the dice
the court, wher n Tourja had won his
trium 11, ad 'ourned for the day.

Nat an olfe, the young lawyer who had
been Tourjny's opponent, gathered up his
books and took his way to the hotel.

Both Wolfe and Tour ny had ofiices in
Texarkana, and when t ey came to the
finality seat made their headquarters at the

o t. . '

When Wolfe reached the inn the appear-,
once of a. young gentleman in the doorway
caused him to utter an exclamation of sur-
prise.

This person was a man of twenty-five, or
thereabouts', ’n hsndsomc, well—built fellow,
a little above the medium size and splendid-
ly proportioned.

He had a frank and o n face, regular
features, lit up by extremal expressive gray
eyes, and his 5 unre, net eh n betokenod that
the owner 0 it possessed a. wonderful
amount of resolution.

He was neatly dressed in a dark business
suit and bore the appearance of a man who
Was tolerany well-to-do. '

The stranger uttered an exclamation'of
surprise as soon [as he behold the young
laWyer. , v‘
r1't‘xlltlothan Wolfe by all that's lucky!" be
c . ' . ' .

“Harve De Berry as I am a sinner!”
Wolfe exclaimed. ‘ . n

And then' the \two shook" hands in the
warmest manner. _  * ‘ , .

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i to see," “'olfe remarked. “ What brings
you down here all the way from New York 1’"

“ ‘A truant disposition, good my lord '
maybe, as we used to spout in our old college
days at llarvard."

The two had been fellow students at the
great eastern college.

“Vi'ell, old fellow, I am deuced glad to
see you, no matter what brings you to this
neck of the woods.

“But come upstairs to my room where
we can talk in peace,” the young lawyer
continued.

“ If we should attempt to hold a con-
versation here, we would be apt to have half
the town gaping in wonder at us before We
had been at it for five minutes."

The two proceeded to \Volfe's room. and.
after they were comfortably seated, the
young lawyer said:

“Let me see, it is about five years since
we left college."

“ Yes, just about, I to go into the broker-
age business with my father, and you to
practice law, but I thought you intended to
settle in Memphis, your native place.”

“The field there was crowded so I came
down here where I have succeeded in
establishing a good paying practice, although
I am very far from making a. fortune yet.”

“ Well, I have been telemny successful,
and was so devoted to business that I
thought of but little else until last winter
when at Washington I happened to encoun-
ter a young lady from this region, Miss
Alberta Whaley.”

“ Oh, yes, Judge \Vhaley's daughter.” I

“ I fell over head and ears in love with the
lady at the first sight, and I have an im-
pression that she regarded me with a favor.
able eye.” -

' “ She is a fine girl!"

“When we parted I told her that as soon
as I could arrange my business I would pay
a visit to this section of the country, and
She was pleased to invite me to call upon

er.,) ‘

“Then you have really made this long
journey with the hope of winning the girl? ’

she was not engaged to any one."
’Wolfe shook his head and a grave look up-
ed on his face. A

“ What is the matter—rocks ahead, eh?"
the young New Yorker asked.

“ Yes, you have a rival for the hand of the
lady, and a most desperate and determined
fellow he is too ”

here expecting to haven walk-over for such
a prize as this,” De Berry responded.
“ If you have been favored by

she is one girl picked out of ten thousand,”
the young man added.

“ And then, too, the fact that she is Judge
Whale ’s daughter —- his only child want!
the ju ge is reported to be worth a million
or so does not make her any the lens new
tive.”

yourself, for (you have plenty of money of
your own, an if you hadn't, you are not in~
clined to be mercenary unless you have
chan ed greatly.”

me, and not her money, but I am .not‘snr»
riscd when you tell me that 1 have a rival.

that I had a half a dozen'ot' them.’ 
Alexander Tourjay, a lawyer 'by'profclsion‘,

low, and res l
talents. '

in the least; he is a court y.‘ brilliant fellow,
and although he has only been practicin‘ .ii‘,‘
few years is regarded as one of the load it
lawyers of this section, ‘  ' 1r

“ Then, too. another important fact to bo-

heieves that he has the making of every
great man in him.” ‘
“That is im rtant, indeed,” the New
Yorker remark . thoughtfully. “ To have
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“ And now that I have posted you in re-
am] to the man’s good qualities, and how
avorably he is situated, I will give you the

reverse of the picture.”

" Ahal there is a reverse then? I am glad
to learn thatl". De Berry exclaimed, his face
lighting up.

“ Yes. there is. Tourjay is a willful, ob-
stinate man, with a violent temper, who does
r r not get along with his associates.

a “ He is a spendthrift, a hard drinker and a
most desperate gambler."

“ You really amaze me!” the New Yorker
exclaimed.

“ 1am not telling you an thing but the ex-
act truth. I do not unr Irrate the man's
talents and virtues, or exaggerate his weak-

3:, , nesses and vices."
 “ That is right; in a case of this kind it is
 important to know the exact truth.” I

I “ He inherited a handsome estate from his
father; it has all been squandered with the
exception of the home plantation which is so
 , tied up that he cannot dis ose of it.

 " By his legal labors 0 makes a hand-

 

.4». some amount yearly, but the man is always
 in debt, for e lives extravagantly; then,
2'31; too, he is an inveterate gambler, and, as a

"'4? '1 5 rule, a most unlucky one.”

’ “ Such a man as that would speedily run
through any fortune, no matter how large it
was.”

“ That is true enough, and he is one of the
happy-go-lucky fellows, too, who never
seems to worry. Creditors do not appearto
have the power to annoy him, and he laughs
as ga 1y when he loses as when he wins.’

“ ut the judge cannot surely know what
kind of a man this Tourjay is or else he
would not think that he is a fit associate for
his dau hter," the New Yorker urged.

‘f We l, the judge is a very peculiar man,"
the other replied, slowly.

” In the first place he is welladvanced in
years—one of the old stock, you understand,
and as be in his day sowed a liberal quantity
of wild oats, he is inclined to regard Tour-
jay's shortcomings with a lenient eye."

“ I am surprised at that.”

"Of course, I don't believe that he has
anyidea of how wild the man really is, or
else he, probabl , would not think him to
be a fit associate or his daughter." ‘

_ “ And how does the girl regard Tour syn?

for no matter what the father may t ink»

_ about the man it is the daughter who will
‘ make the final choice, unlessI have madea
' great mistake in regard toher dis osition.”
,v“I do not think she is pariicu arly’ im-
pressed by him. There are a half-a-dozen
young fellows all contending for her smiles,
and as far as I have seen she does not appear
to care anymore for one than ,she does for
the others.’ , ,

v ,, “ There is achance for me then i” . .

“Oh, yes. but if it becomes apparent to
the world at large that the lady favors you,
then I am certain you will, have trouble
. with Tourjsy for he is just the kind of man
‘  touttempt to draw you into a quarrel.”

‘ " Well. although I should hate to become
gnome in an affair of that kind yet I think
, ,- willbe able to take care of myself.” the

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Q'ichampion all-around athlete at college.”
 _ “,And I have not neglected tokeep myself
in good condition even thou h I have been
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sound body mhkesa wise he .”
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will.» ave ,to keep your eyes. open for this
 if any trouble occur, for he is

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xv ,re the code of honor flourishes.”
, 'V ectly. and "I don’t mind telling you:
a .my opinion it but barbarous practice.”
‘1' at is-my idea about the mattarfltho
_  w, orqu observed in a thoughtful way.
-_ “Both putsa man in a regular hole to.
ggvesuch notions down in this country.”
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town and contrived to lay one fellow low
and put the others to flight."

“lie is evidently a man of metal and I
will have to look out for him." Dc Berry re-
marked. “ One thing is certain though, and
that is I am not going to give up the girl, if
I can get her, even if a dozen southern fire-
eaters stood in the way!”

Then the two friends fell to conversing
about the old times at college and so We
leave them.

CHAPTER Iv.
THE DETECTIVE.

Tm: shades of night had fallen upon the
town.

Supper was over at the hotel, and the
guests of the tavern were lounging around
the bar-room, or occupied seats upon the
piazza in front of the building.

Judge Whaley and Alexander Tourjay
were sitting together at the extreme end of
the piazza. some distance from the others, so
they could converse without danger of their
words being overheard.

The judge was a short, thick-set man with
Brominent features, iron-gray hair and a

ushy heard of the same hue.

He had just reached sixty years, but being
a hale, hearty, well-preserved man, was in
full possession of all his faculties. ,

The judge had just taken a seat by the
law er’s side when we introduce them toour
re er's notice.

“ What is this I hear about your having a
duel royal in the betting line with Colonel
Garrison?” the judge asked.

‘ “ Yes, we did have a. little amusement in
that line.” .

“ And is it true that he won five thousand
dollars from you?”

“ Nonsense! nothing of the kind! How
strange it is that such reports can get
around i” '

And then Tourjay, in the frankest manner
possible. related the particulars of the affair.

“ The old skinflintl” the judge exclaimed.
“ I thought the colonel had more sense!

“ The fee you asked was not at all unrea-
sonable, but it is just the' way with men like
the colonel. They are always in a terrible
hurry to get a l wyer to take their cases,
but after the battle is won they baggie about
the paying of the fee. ,

' “ But it seems to me that you were rather:
unwise to o to gambling with the colonel,"
and the u go pursed up his lips, shook his
head an looked wise. '
, “ I have a little failing in that way, and,
being annoyed at the man’s meanness in try-
ing to beat me down, I did, perhaps, act
rather rashly." ~

“ M dear fellow, you most certainly did!"
the ju go declared.

” Now, you will not take it amiss, I hope.
if I utter a few warning words?” w’

“ Oh. no. not at all!" x

“ You are a youn man while I am an old
one, and consequent y have seen more of life
than you have, and I can tell you, my dear
fellow, that one of the greatest mistakes 8
man can make is to allow himself to become
a victim to the gaming habit.’

“ There is no doubt about that. judge; it
b ranch
ads 9. That and atastcsfor liquor will ruin
the‘best man in the world." :  /
“ My dear Tourjay‘. I am ,very glad see'
that you comprehend the extent of the dan»
‘ger. and I trust that you will have strength
of mind-enough to resist both temptations!”
the old gentleman exclaimed earnestly. .-

“ Of course I am aware thstI am taking a
liberty in oflcrlng'. you advice on this sub set.
but I will say that my action is prom by r
a sincere interest in your welfare.” 

“Oh, yes. .I comprehend than-"Tourjay
hastened todeclsre. ~

“You have always tree mowith 

,utmost kindness, judge, an I‘assure you
Is preclateit." ’ ~

_ We 1, my deara'l‘ourjay. I. will say that
in my'judgment on have the ing of a
mtrlsw er.and think it would beashsme
(on a lowed any” temptation to interfere

      

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and opiates. judge. an . I assure you atl
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I am not 'a slave to the gaming or drink
habit, and in the future I promise you that I
will keep a close watch upon myself.”

“ My dear fellow, I am very glad, indeed,
to hear you say that, for it would be a pity
for a man as gifted as yourself to be led
away.”

At this point the conversation was inter»
rupted by the appearance of a stranger who
came from the hotel and approached the

chair which stood near the two.

The new-comer was a well-built man of'
forty five or thereabouts, with such strong-
ly defined features as to suggest that he was
of Jewish descent.

He recognized Judge Whaley immediate-
ly, and as soon as be called the old gentle—
man by name the judge recognized him.

“Well, well. you are about the last man
that I expected to see!" the udge remarked.

“I am up here on a litt e matter of‘busi—
ncss,” the new-comer.replied. “And I am
very glad to have met you, judge. for I do
not doubt that you can give me some vain-
able information."

And then he looked at Tour'ay in such a
way that it was evident he des red an intro--
duction.

“Allow me, Mr. Tourjay, to make you
so uainted with Mr.—Mr——" and as the
ju ge hesitated the stranger exclaimed:

“ Tomlinson—Nicodemus Tomlinson!” and
the man made an elaborate bow.

Then the stranger presented a bit of paste-
board to Tourjay.

The card set forth that Mr. Nicodemus
Tomlinson conducted a rinse detective:
bureauwith his principal co in the city of
New Orleans. and it was promised that an
business in the detective line intrusted to h 3
care would be executed with neatness and.
dispatch.

" You are not particular then about keep-
inge‘yi'our identity a Secret?" Judge Whaley
as .

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" Oh, no!" the detective replied as he helped
himself to a vacant chair.

"That is the old’fashioned way'of doing
business, you know. Sometimes, of course.
there are cases when it is absolutely neces—
sary for the men who are handling them to:
keep in the background. but, as a rule, I
think better work can be done in the other

“ Well, you certainly ought to be a [judge
about that sort of thing,” the old gent enmn
observed. .

“I have had consudcrablc experience, if

that oes for anything,” the‘detective as.,
sen , speakin in a way which seemed to
indicate that he an extremely good opinion-
,of himself.

Tourjay arched his brows sli htly as
though he was inclined to doubt tll
tiv'e’s abilities. v.

perhaps I am indiscreet in't‘aking-..,th_e ques-
tion." he added.   » , .

“ Oh, no! not at all‘l'? Tomlinson replied.
"I am not afraid to trust a man like our-
seif with. the secret, articularly as ex»
pact to secure some in ormation from '01).”

“Ah, yes. lace,” and the judge norlded.

“Assn inhabitant of this region you are
aware, of course. that during the past year
there have been some bold and extensive robé
beries committed. the perpetrators of which
have never been discovered." ‘ ' -

“ 'Yes. t at is correct,” the judge replied.
_ “ I‘he r_ bones have all taken. place with—-
, in fifty miles of the city of Texarkana. and
owing to the fact that the three States of
Louisiana. Arkansas and Texas all ’come to-
gether near that town, the robber, or robbers
—-there seems to be a doubt whether there is
one or a band engaged iu the“ outrages
—have been able to operate in all three
States.” I 2 ~-  '

“That circumstance has not escaped the
observation of the , people in this :neighbo‘r-
hood.” the judge observed.- ~i,

“ Complaint has been- made‘to the rcper
authorities. but as the constables,“ "sher.
ills. of the three diflerent counties,
three diaerent- states do notscem to be able.
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sional busmess?" Judge Whitley asked.,- " ‘28 it"

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that is what brings me here.

"Now, judge, if either you, or this gen-
tleman,” and he bowed to Tonrjny, “ can
give me any information I shall be glad to
receive it. "

Judge \Vhalcy shook his head, and the
young lawyer followed his example.

“ No information, eh?" and the detective
looked disappointed. .

“ I do not think that any one can give you
anything new about the matter," the old
gentleman responded. “Nothing, you un—
(ierstand, beyond what has been published in
the newspapers.” '

“ Well, what is the prevailing opinion?
Are the robberies the work‘of one man or of
.a gang?"

” That is a matter which has been debated
very extensively,” the judge answered.
“ Some people believe that one man is at the
bottom of all the mischief, while just as
many more are sure that the robberies are
the work of a cleverly organized gang.”

“What is your own opinion, judge?”
Tomlinson asked.

“The judrinent of an able lawyer, like
yourself, used to sifting facts, and weighing
evidence, is worth far more than the opinion
of half a hundred ordinary men."

“ Well, in my judgment, it is wrong to
charge, all these robberies on one man, or one
.sct,0f men.” Judge \Vbaley replied.

“ Seine of the outrages were certainly per-
petrated by one man, while others are ap-
parently the work of a gang, but ofone thing
about the. robberies I am convinCed, and that
is they haVe all been committed by a man,
.or a set of men, who knew exactly how the
land lay before a commencement was made.

“ In caeh and every case the victim had a
large sum of money, and the attack was
planned in such a way that] um certain the
attackers had a perfect knowledge both in
regard to the ground and all the habits of
the victim.”

'\ No strangers then did the work?” the de-
tect.ch asked.

“ Not to my thinking,” Wholey replied.

“ Well, i suppose, like all other neighbor-
hoods, you have your share of worthless
l‘ell m's who would rather steal than work,"
"i‘omlinson remarked in a meditative manner.

" Oh, yes, bacon, corn, hog and chicken
thieves, a dozen or so, maybe, are presumed
toget the. best part of their livin from their
neighbors, but there are none of t em capable
of committing those bold robberies; such is
the general opinion, you understand,” the

. judge added.

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“ Ah, yes, I see, it is going‘to be a difficult
case." the detective remarked with an ex-
tremely wise look. “ But I don’t doubt that
I will et a clue in time. Much obliged,

 judge.) or the information, and to you,'too,
sir. : '

, Thonthe detective arose made an elabo-
rate how and sountered away.

The judge and Tourjsy watched him un-

til he d appeared within the hotel, then’they

‘ looked at each other and shook their heads.

vidently, the detective he‘d not impressed

 

CHAPTER V.
A tar-ran cum.
l “ Hit is quite a character,” Tourjny oug-

ted. l . r

” Oh, yes, an odd genius.” -

“ Does he bear the reputatibu of being a
good detective!” '

“ Well, I have heard him highhiy command.
ed. but that is all I know of e man.”

" Doesn't it strike you that he booting in
a rather peculiar manner in this most

HQ: course, i am not 3 detective, and
therefore cannot be supposed to know much
of anythin about the business." the lawyer
added. "1' 1, it seems to me that common
sensed! unimportant in the detective basic
nmuin any othorone, and ii i were go

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ly'shouldnot-thko pains to allow every. ,

’ {lg to undertake a can of this kind. Icar-
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y to'lrnow what was my baldness.
_ " It corminl' mm imprudent to me. still
o‘it'may be puss bio that he supposed we would

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the people in the town knew his errand.”

“ Yes, one would,be apt to get an impres
sion of that kind.”

“ Well, that may be the proper way to
handle the case, but I do not think so!” the
lawyer exclaimed, decidedly.

“The man, or men who did the robberies

. are either in this neighborhood, or else they
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“ Exactly! that is the idea which occurred
to Incl” the judge declared.

“ And so the guilty party will take care to
keep out of the way until thedetective leaves
the neighborhood,” 'l‘ourjay observed.

" So I would imagine, and I think the dc-
tective has made a great mistake, for in this
case most certainly I should judge that he
ought to have taken all possible care to keep
anbeody from knowing what brought him to
th 3 part of the country.”

Then the conversation turned to other sub-
jects of no interest to our readers, and after
a short time the judge retired to'his room.

Tourjay sauntered into the bar-room and
as he did so a, smooth-faced, middle-aged
gentleman, dressed in a neat black suit, who
had a decidedly ministerial appearance, made
his appearance from the hotel office, where
he had just inscribed his name upon the reg-
ister.

He smiled pleasantly at Tourjay, who for
the moment seemed to be a trifle embarrass-
cd, but he advanced and shook hands with
the stran or. v

“ I’m g ad to see you, major!” the lawyer
exclaimed. “ When did you arrive?”

“Just got in," the other responded.

" What brings you up in this region '2"

“Oh. no particular business; just travel-
ing around for the purpose of seeing the
country, and, incidentally, doing a little
business if an opportunity offers."

The name which the new comer had in-,
scribed upon the register was Major Jackson
Kaufman. and although he looked like a
minister yet he was one of the veteran gam-
blers of New , Orleans.

A man who stood at the very head of the
knights of the green cloth. ,

’l‘ourjay had made his aquaintance during
a visit to New Orleans, and the result of
several sooner-s which he had held with the
‘major was that the gambler had not only got»
possession of all the cash which the lawyer
possessed but also of sundry bits of paper
with the m stic symbols 1.0. U. inscribed
upon them, ollowed by figures.

Tourj'ay come at once to this subject. -

“ I wrote on in regard to the I. O. U.’s,”
he said. " expected, to be able to take
them up last week, but money has come in
so deuced slowly that I have been cramped
to get along, but in a day or two I'wili be
all right. ” . .i .

“ My dear Mr. Tourjay, do not give your-
self the least bit- of uneasiness in re d to
the matter, I beg,” the gambler imm lately
replied, . , " -

“ It is not my habit to ever an a gentle-
the mat-
ter. I can assure you that I would not have
donesop " v» V . '

. " When I have a little business transaction
of, this nature with a gentleman like your-

self I am always contenumawaitthe con-i

lvenienoo of the party, no matter if payment
is delayed for a year or two. I

“ Oh, I will square the thing upusoon
so possiblel” ~v , ~

“ Of course! I am well aware of that fact.
and 1:9 wngld never hsyomeven‘grcamodg
opening .ouu n can cti”t
gambler declaried, .po . jc ‘

" I our have to admit that I did come up
into this region with the idea of hunting you
up. but was not otter'mone . ‘ v v v

“The fact is. my dear-Lit. Tourjay, the
climate of New Orleans is not just as man-
tnlfor me at present as it might be‘.“the
gambler admitted, lowering an voice to s”
mnildentinl tone. - , 

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mun in the lune line of sinuous myself—
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on me I calculate to get in the first blow if I
can. i was a leetle quicker on the ' draw ’
than my opponent, and the result was that
the gentleman is now in the hospital, and at
last accounts was likely to throw up his
share in the world's game for good."

“I do not wonder then that you find it
convenient to take a traveling trip”

“ Yes, in a case of this kind it is best for

as to give time for the thing to blow over,”
the gambler observed with the air of a phi-
losopher.

“ When an affair of this kind happens the
newspapers always kick up a deuced row
about it, but in a week or so something fresh

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“ And then, too, I have had an idea for 

some time that I would like to invest in a
plantation up this way. I have managed to
feather my nest tolerabl Well during in _,
professional career and I think that it p11,
about time that I thought of retiring from 
an active business life.

“That is the reason, why I hunted you
up,” the major explained.

“ I knew that you were well posted in re-
gard to this locality, and could, probably,
put me in the way of making a profitable ‘
investment.”

“Oh, yes. I can undOubtedly.”

“And, by the we , as I am a stran er
to this neighborhood: would it be asking I I
too much for me to request you to keep
quiet the fact that I am a professionalxgam»
bier?” the major asked in a tone of entreaty. j V

“Certainly not!" Tourjay replied, im- 1
mediately. “I always make it a’ rule never
to inquire concerning my client‘s private 
afiairs.

“I know that you are a New Orleans
gentleman, you want a plantation and have
commissioned me to get one for you.” _

“ And as to my business, I am a planter;
that is no lie for I own a little place down -
the river, below Orleans, which I rent on
shares to a fellow.”

“ And if you happen, incidentally, to get
into any little games while you are pursuing «'3»
your search for a plantation, it is nothing
uncommon for a man with'plenty of money W
to indul e in a little amuseinent of that -
kind to sip piss the time awn .”‘

“ Is there any chance to get ate a game .
to-night?” _ _

” ‘ies, I think there is,”Tourjay replied > "
“Court is in session, and there are a lot 0
people here from all parts of the country, so .3

think the prospects are and that canw’
find enough men with spa ng blood in their a
veins to get up a game." 

Tourjsy was right in his surmise, for
when he set about the matter he‘foundno ._
difficulty in getting four gentlemen in
whose hands time hung so heavily that 't y
were glad to join a and party in order‘to‘
pose the time away. i

Colonel rrison was one of the four, and
the lawyer h ' been anxious from the begin:
ning ,to get the colonel into game. .

Tour ay was eager to obtain his revenge.
and no knew the old colonel had plenty , V
mane -—was a bold gsmester, too, not afraid»
to ring his cash, be thought there might 1169-31
chance format to et hock some of 
money which the 0 man had northern?

in.  .

Fortune'thongh did not static upon 
lawyer. for ho was just able to hold  W13
and that was all. p .
. Katmaime magnificent pin or
was, could not, ._boast of any gs
card: no persistently and iy

him. , . - . ’- s f
, “The old Colonel than in was s hmvy’win.
net. for he was fave th the most exttn
ordinary luck, and he was, skillful
enough» Memnmggeoutj .  1r.
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about you, colonel," said one of the gentle-
men, in a jesting way. “ Ar’n’t you afraid
that some one will hold you up on the
road?"

“ If this mysterious fellow who has been
committing these bold robberies should hap-
pen to get an idea of how much cash you
are carrying he would be certain to lay in
wait on the road so as to get a chance to
clean you out, " tithtllt " one remarked.

“I am armed!” t"" old gentleman re-

marked, thrusting his hand behind him and
ta ping the butt of his reVolver. “And I
te i you what it is, gentlemen, the man who
attempts to stop me on the road would be
certain to get a dose of leaden pills which
would not be apt to agree with his constitu-
 t on.”
71"" “Colonel, you have drank so much that
‘" you wouldn‘t be able to hit the side of a
house at thirty paces!" the third gentleman
exclaimed.

“ I will give you a hundred dollars if you
will let me try the experiment on you!” the
Colonel responded.

There was a general laugh at this, and
then the party broke up.

     

  
   
   
    
  
  
   
  
   
  
   
   
   
    
  
  
      
  
  
   
   
  
  
 
  
  
 
  
  

 

CHAPTER V1.
ON run ROAD.

TOURJAY volunteered to accompany Col-
onel Garrison to the stable, cracking a joke
by saying that some one ought to see him

'a' safely mounted.

- At the stable the colonel made an unwel-
come discovery. ' '

His man, a big, thick-set negro, who bore
the high sounding name of Jupiter Johnson,

' was stretched out in one corner of the stable,
so' drunk as to be incapable of moving.

The colonel swore at the negro and booted
him lustily, but the fellow was so much un-
der the influence of whisky that all his mas-
ter’s efiorts to reuse him were unavailing.

," It isn’t of any use for on to waste your
time and strength upon im,” Tourjay re-
marked.

“ He is in such a condition that if he was
roasted over a slow fire it wouldn't rouse him
in my opinion,” the lawyer added.

H t/ is a most remarkable thing!” Colonel

Garrison declared.
' “ Jupiter likes his whisky, well enough.

’ but this is the first time since I have known
him that I ever saw the fellow make a beast
of himself, and he has been with me for a

ten years.”

7 a “He has evidently struck a new brand of
whisky somewhere," Tourgay suggested.
“ But, [say colonel, ou wil have a lonely
ride going home all a one. Hadn’t you bet-
ter take a bed at the hotel for the hi , ht?”

“ Oh, no?" the old man exclaimet , decid-
edly. “I have made the trip a hundred
times, and both the mute and myself know
the wa just as well in the darkest night as
in the ull glare 'of the sun.

“Bring out the male, and I will be of?!"

The stablcman obeyed the command.

 The coioncl's mule was estimated to be the
finest‘riding animal in~that part of tho.ceun-

t . ,
wasa large "white beast with a motion
- its“ easyto the rider upon his back as a rock-
. ingfiorse. ', « ‘ ‘ ’
« , he colonel mounted and set out.
V, But as he rode .by the side of the” hotel be
t was accosted by a middle-aged mulatto man
' who ‘Was ap'pnrently very much under the in-
..' metres of quor. ' I ~ ~
The colonel had allowed the mule to pro-
 at a walk 80 that ‘when the man came
out of the shadow of the hotel park he had
he difficulty in stopping the mute by lay-
ipggis hand upon the bridle-rein.
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dittittttui uired.‘
' ""‘Yél. thntisvmy name.” ’

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:   to so to you," and as he spoke the

. ' now swayed to and fro, jerking the-bri le

. much to the annoyance of the male who, d
not relish all such icoiishness.

r .’“ Well, w t is it?” the colonel exclaimed

   

fiesti . ' ‘
; “ upg’and‘ spit it out! It is getting
a dc, and havenedme to waste upon you
i *" I!’ la her John’soa. amines, foi‘flli‘é r'
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 ¥on is not}? sure ’bout dot?"

   

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' enough to prevent him from knowing exact- .

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“I wants to be sart’in, yo’ know, ’cos I
don‘t want to make any mistake,” the man
declared with all the gravity of your truc‘
drunkard. ,

“Will you say what you have got to say
and get out, you ape l” roared the colonel in
a rage.

“ Lord sake, kurnel, dat ain’t no way for ‘5
to talk to de man w'at has come for to ex-,
plain matters to you!" the negro protested i
with the air of a man who felt that he was
being greatly abused.

“ Will you speak out and tell me what
you want?" the old gentleman cried, im-
patiently.

“ Sart‘in,
coming to. ”

“ Oh, yes, but you are an infernal long
while in getting at it!" the colonel fairly
roared. ‘

“ You know me I 'spect, kurnel?" and the
negro grinned at the planter. '

“ No, I don’t know you!”

“ Don’t know Pompey Bean ?"

“ No. -I never saw you before in my life
and I never want to see you again, you in-
fernal thick'headed numbskull!” exclaimed
the colonel losing all patience.

“ Let go of my rein, and clear out or I’ll
knock you down, you miserable black ape!”

“ I jest wanted to tell yo’ ’bout yer man,
Jupe Johnson!” the strange negro cried in
a tone of expostulation.

“ All right! go hhead and tell! Sav what
you have got to say; and clear out! you
suppose that I want to stay here all night?”

“ ’Deed, kurnel, Idoesn t wantto keep yo’
a minitc, but w'at I wanted ‘to say was dat if
anybody tole yo’ dat it was me who got yo’
man obfusticated, it ain't so, so!” the negro
protested with drunken gravity

“ And is that all you wanter to say ‘2” yell-
ed the old gentleman in a rage.

“ Yes, sah, dat is all,” responded the other
with a low bow.

“ Well, you are about the biggest donkey
that I have ever seen!” the colonel declared.

“ What do you suppose I care about who
got the nigger drun ? Get 'out, you ape,

on!!!" .

sart‘in! dat is jest w'at I am

And then the old gentleman du his 'heels
into the mule, the action causing t e beast to
spring forward so suddenly that the stnange
negro was overturned and sent sprawling on
the ground. I ,

The colonel rode of! at a good pacc, relieving
his mind as he proceeded, b cursing the
thigk-hcaded negroin the gem old southern
st c. ' I

)The night was a dark one, for, although
there Waslmmoon, yet it was so obscured )y
passing clouds, that it afforded but little

«' ht. ' '
gBut, as the colonel had stated, he was so
well a quaintcd with the road that it ade
no di erence with him how dark it was;

In fact, on several occasions when the
colonel had drank more liquor than was good
for._him, so thatit was about all he could do
to keep his seat in the saddle, the sagacious
beast of a mule had carried him straight home
without having the benefit of any assistance
from his master.

This time, although the old gentleman-
had drank freely, yet as hc'could stand adeal v
of liquor, the whisky had not afiected‘ him

 

ly'what he was about, so for the first two 3
miles, he rode omvard at a brisk pace.

The way led through 'an open country,
the mad was good nndfthe colonel pro—
(c‘eeded. as rapidly as though it was noon- 9

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TVhen the old entleman caterer] upon the 1
third mile thong, he slackened- his pace 9. 3
little. for the road wound through a pine}
forest and a heavy sandy track. where the '
animal sunk into the hand up to his pasterns
at every step. " 

After getting into'the shelter of the pines !
the darkness to! Egypt rei ed. fora: the
taps of the trees met over t e narrowroad ;
the ma ling rays of themoon were com- ,
pletely s ut out. » l

-The colonel let the reins drop upon thelt ‘

neck "of the mole, allowing? the animal .to
choose its own fit. and «the old
was beginning feel a little tired. this and
the effects orthe liquor wzbicb‘ho had drank
«and him to nod. . ' . ‘ I

'  ,drominsuxhc was abruptly
m j " I .. .

I by its tones.

gentleman —
the omversation.

  
   

A rope fastened across the road, just high
enough to clear the head of the mute
caught the colonel in the breast and he
was in the most nneeremonious manner
swept from the back of the beast to the
ground. ,,

involuntarily he had clutched at the
rope which had given away beneath his
Weight.

This served to break his fall though and

' the colonel sprawled upon the ground, lying

upon the flat of his back in an extremely
laughable manner.

The old gentleman did not feel at all in~
clined to laugh.

On the contrary he swore in a terrible
manner and vowed that he would kill the
rascals who had dared to play such a‘joke
upon him.

“ Oh, hush her yawpi” cried a hoarse
voice and then the light of a bull’s-eye
lantern was suddenly flashed upon the pros~
tratc man. } ,

The colonel rose to a sitting posture and ’
glanced in amazement at the stranger.

The words of his jovial companions at
the hotel in regard to the danger of his:
being robbed upon the road came immediate;
ly into his mind.

At first the supposition that he had been-
made the victim of a practical joke had come
to him, but the moment he heard the hoarse-
voice and caught a glimpse of the stranger,
he at once Lum d to the conclusion that he
was in the an s of a footpad who designed:
to rob him.

The man was a bi
for a disguise be h
over his clothes.

His face was covered by a sort of conical
hood, black in color, which served both as a
mask and a cap.

From under the mask came the hair of a-
bushy black heard.

The bull’s-eye lantern Was strapped to the-
man’s waist so as to leave his hands free, and
in one of them he held a revolver with
which he threatened the astonished colonel.

For a few moments the old gentleman was
so taken by surprise that he could only stare
at the mysterious unknown.

At last thou h be recovered the use of his
tongue and exc aimed: . ' ‘, - '

“ What is the meaning of this?"

' “ Oh, it is the old game."

“ Yes, I am the‘toll gatherer on this road,
you know, and every one who passes is
obliged to shell out their wealth,” the un«
known responded in. a brisk, matterbf-fact
wa . "

Iii other wérdsl you are a cursed robber!"
exclaimed the colonel in a sudden‘fit of in-
di nation. ‘*

be masked man laughed boarsely and it
was evident that he was amused by the out-
break. ‘

“ You always did have the reputation of
speaking your mind mighty fr ‘ely. colonel,
anil Isee that you have not gilt over your

tricks.”
This speech set the old planterto thinking.

The unknown Spoke like a man who was
acquainted with him, and he endeavored to
remember if he had ever encountered a man
whose Voice resembled the stranger‘s.

He was not able to "locate" the fellow,
although he had a strong impression that he
had heard the man’s Voice let'ore.

Of course the colonel was too good a judge-
of human nature not to comprehend that it

fellow apparently, and
a suit of overalls, Wom

oh

i was likely the man was doing all in his power

to alter his voice so he could not he i‘da‘ntifled
“I generally say what I think," the old
gentleman responded. “ But although from
our speech it wouldr seem as though 3'0“
new me yet I am rather at a loss to place
you." ' s
A ain the outlaw laughed. -
" ell. thereisn’tln need of your troub—
ling your head about at mattfir, for I am a
kind of modest man. and I ha net as lief
that folks shouldn't know who is running
this leetle toil-gather‘scheme on this road.”
“ Ah. a m‘an shouldn’t hide his light under
a bushel.” the‘colonel declared, '
The planterbad an object in prolonging

Hts revdlver was belted to his waist. and if
he could succeed in getti at it there might
be a chance for him to or resistance, and
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CHAPTER VII.
THE eonoxnr. is l')l«;Sl’l)ILED.

Ir will be seen from this that the old gen-
tleman was possessed of a remarkable amount
of pluck. ‘

“ [{urnel, I reckon we at" kinder wasting
time,” the outlaw remarked.

' “This is one the jobs which ought to be
short and sweet.

“ You are mighty well heeled in the cash
line to-night I hcered, and so I will trouble

on to hand over the valuable as soon as you
an. ’

“ You heard that I was well-heeled?" the
colonel exclaimed in surprise.

“Oh, yes, a pard of mine was in the hotel
when you fellers came down from your poker

ame, and from the way the talk went round
he allowed that you must have won eight or
ten thousand dollars.”

“ Oh, nonsense!”

“Well I ain’t a-saying that is a fact, you
understand, for all I know about the matter
is what the galoot told me.

“I won’t kick, you bet your life, if you
ain’t got more than five or six thousand,"
and then again the unknown laughed loudly.

“ I am not one of the kind of fellcrs w’ot
grumbles at the size of a man’s pile. I
jest make it a point to take all the cuss has
got, and then I am quite satisfied to call it
square. There isn’t anything of the hog
about me I want you to understand.”

“ So I perceive,” the colonel observed,
drylyr.
“ on must have corralled a few thou-
sand anyway at the poker game, unless the
tellers w'ot did the talkin were a set of the
biggest blowers that ever ived, and I will be

satisfied with that."

“ Do you take all that a man has?” the
colonel asked. \

“ Oh, yes; I allers believe in making a
clean sweep," and again the outlaw laughed.

“But, kurnel, we are wasting a heap of
time, you know, so shell out and be lively
about it.”

The old gentleman saw that he was in. the
toils and must submit to be robbed unless
he was lucky enough to catch the footpad
off of his guard so that he could get out his
revolver, but as the man was keeping such
a careful watch upon him he was rather
doubtful about his/being able to do so.

The colonel's pistol was a self-cooking
one, so that if he could once succeed in brin -
ing it to bear upon the footpad there woufd

‘ be no delay about tiring it.

“ Of course I don't like this sort of thing,"
the colonel observod. “But as, you have
kind of got the best of me at present I sup-
pose I will have to put up with it.”

“ Oh, yes, I have got the old dead wood
on you for surcl'! the unknown declared.

-“ And, kurnel, afere you begin jest let me
give bu a little bit of a hint.

” cbbe you have got a revolver, or some
other kind of a pistol, hid somewbar in your
clothes, and you may take the notion into
your head for to try and git that ar’ w'e’ on
out when you ar’ s’nrching for your wen th,
but if you know wot is healthy for yourself
you won’t try any game of that sort."

“ You would be apt .to be violent, ch 7”
the colonel questioned in'rather a jocose way.‘
i “ Wa-al, this h ér is my game now, I
reckbn, andl won be a mighty big fool to
allow any one to take it out of in hand.

“ Go ahead! Shell- out, and 1 you don’t
try to come any gum gamesron me, you will
find that I am one of the nicest men in .the
world to do business with that on ever
struck; but if you are up to any t cks, and
I it arter, I am worse than. a cage full . of
w! dcats!" , a .

The colonel was a keen observer a man
who ssessed remarkably good 1 gment,
and t are was something about tbcstran er
as he' spoke which impressed with the} en
that the fellow was not indulging in any idle
Molt When he made the assertion. ,

Still, for... all that, the colonel would not
have hesitated to engage in a fight if, a favor-
able opportunityofiered. ,, ‘ - -

But, as it was, menaced' .bfy the leveled re-
Vleerin the hands of the ootpad. 441‘ old
gentleman had soother ' one open tohim

' thamto comp! with the outlaw’s demand.

It went sore y against the which grain to
submit, for he had adealof wealth on his

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sand dollars which he had received for Ricard
on account of the lawsuit, then there was
over a thousand more which he had won in
the poker game, and to be obliged to give
up cycr six thousand dollars to this miser-
able highwaymnn was extremely lllll“.l.

lie was in for it though; the rascal had
succeeded in getting him at a terrible disad
vantage, and as aiIairs were at present there
wasn’t anything for him to do but to submit.

Slowly and with great reluctance the
colonel produced the money.

“ Here is about a thousand which repre-
sents what I 'had when I came to town and
whatI won in a. poker game,” he remarked,
as hedrcw outa big wallet.

“ Then you didn't win as much at the po-
ker game as the gttloots gave out?” the
stranger inquired in a tone which plainly re-
vealed that he was not satisfied with the
colonel’s statement.

" Yes, I won a good deal more money than
I haVc got here, but it wasn’t cash, you com-
prehend; I. O. U.‘s make up the balance."

“ Oh, yes, I see; but you haven't forked
over the five thousand that you won in the
lawsuit.”

The under jaw of the old gentleman
dropped. He had been in hopes that the
fact that he had this money on his person
was not known to the highwayman.

The masked man was quick to notice the
expression of dismay which came over the
face of the planter. .

“ Oho, ho! ' the outlaw chuckled, “ I reckon
that you were kinder thinking that I d'dn’t
know ’bout that ’21]? five thousand, but less
your innocent old soul. kurnel, that is the
main thing that I am arter. , ,

“I ain’t no common little two-cent sort of
a toll-collector, I want you to understand,
but the kind of man. who allers goes arter big
game, and I wouldn't have taken the pains
to hrrangc this hyer little tra for you if I
hadn't been going to get we] paid for m,
trouble, so shell out the leetle five thousan ,
kurnel.”

The lanter was in the snare and so had no
choice ut to obey, although it was with the
greatest reluctance that he produced the
money. .

“ Put the plunder down on the ground in
front of you, kurnel, if on please, ’ the out-
law remarked with moch politeness. '.

The old gentleman complied with the re-
quest.

“Now git on your pins, walk backward
for ten paces, then turn around.

“Don’t attempt to try any foolishness,”
the highwayman added. “ I shall have a bead
drawn on you all the time, you understand,
and if you should be foolish enough to try to'
pull your gun, I shall be obliged to salivatc
you or keeps.”

“ All right! I understand!” the colonel ex-
claimed as he scrambled to his feet.

‘_‘ Your mule is standing right out yonder
—not fifty feet away—and arter Ilight out
you kin mount the beast and go on home.”

“ I understand,” the colonel replied as he
commenced his backward movement.

The outlaw directed the light of the bull’s—
eyc lantern full on the figure of the colonel,
and kept the revolver leveled atthim until the
old lauter got to the end of the ten-paces.

.“ lew ’round, kernel!" the highwayman
cried. ' . , ‘

And as the old planter obeyed the com-
mand the footpad made a grab for the money,
turning off the li lit-of the lantern as soon
as he had secured t e plunder. - v

Then he. ran into the pines on the side of
the ,road, the soft sand concealin his foot-f
steps . so that the Colonel wasnot aware of
this movement. . v .

As soon as the. old gentleman turned
around be commenced to fee
volver, being very cautious though how
he set about this.-for he was aware..how‘
important it was that the masked stranger
shoul not suspect what he was after. ,

u elnfernal rascal!" he muttered. "it!
once get a chanceYto drawn. bead on. 
neoundrel .if I Iden’tund him to- kingdom
come in short order then it will be because
lam not as good a shot with the revolver as
I think I am. , g _ .

"Why, with . that lantern held in front of
him itwlllbe. like firing at» the headlight of
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prise of all the party and the old

 

And then the old man chuckled to himself
as be reflected how he would SllI‘pl‘lSt' the
outlaw,

But a surprise which be little expected
was in store for him.

His revolver was gone!

“ Blame the luck!” the old man exclaimed
in deep disgust.

“ It must have been jolted out of the ho!-
ster when I was tumbled from the back of
the mule."

This wasa reasonable explanation. '

“ Darn my buttons!" muttered the colonel.
“ Now if this ain’t what I call the worst
kind of luck then I don‘t know what luck
is!"

Then the old fellow relieved his mind by
swearing fluently to himself for a few mo-
ments.

At last he became impatient and called
out:

" Say! how long have I got to stay hyer?"

 

CHAPTER VIII.
THE SEARCH.

As there .wasn’t any answer to the question
4

the coloneluessayed another one:
. “ Haveg'ou got any objection to my turn-
m aroun . ’

I 0 answer again. -

“I wonder if the cuss has sloped?" the
old gentleman muttered as he then faced,
about. ‘

Naught but ‘the darkness, which” hung
like a funeral pal! over the earth, greeted his
eyes.

" It is just as I reckoned!” the colonel ex-
claimed. “The rascal has gathered in the
wealth and lit out!

“ Over six thousand dollars—blast his
eyes! That is a healthy sum for the mom-
drel to git away with, but I will rouse the
country bout the matter. by jink! I will be
hanged if I don’t spend as much more to
capture him.

" Now, then, where is that blamed mule?
I will go back to the town at once and give
the alarm! . -

“ I will have a gang after the rascal this i
very night! I will move heaven and earth t9
catch him, blame me if I don’t!”

The colonel was fearfully annoyed at the
outrage which had been committed upon
him, and although he was noted for his‘
closeness, being a man who thought a great

deal of his money, yet under such circum- _ ‘

stances as these he was prepared to spend it
like water to secure revenge.

It did not take the old gentleman lon
to find bismule, asihe well-trained anima ,
seemingly understanding that something
was wrong on being so abruptl relieved of
its rider, had waited patiently m the middle
of the road. .

The colonel mounted and rode back the
town, urging the beast to a good pac as
soon as the gloom of the pines was passed. _

The longer the colonel reflected upon the
trick which had been played upon him the
greater grew his rage, and by the time he
reached the hotel his anger was at a white.
heat,,so to Speak. '

There was'a group of gentlemen seatch '

upon the piazza of the hotel smoking when
the colonel rode up.

, In‘thc party. were Judge Whaley, Alexei». 
der Tour-jay and the new-comer, .Major “

Kaufman, ‘_
By this time the clouds had passedavmy'
so that the moon shone out full, and army.
made tire night almost as light as by day. .‘
The colonel,  recognized as, 
as he came in sight. and the men u oniihs'
plazas were prepared to gay him' mm‘edL

,ately.
l to; his re- '

- ‘f Aha, colonel, you thought better-"of your
idea of taking a lonely homewanl title. 811?:
exclaimed the tip-river pter, David Keir,
tlcman b mule. Who}: hecnrthe heaviest
. or game. ~ 
“ Well, t. is where you are sensible. .
Light down and we’ll all go in and beret,
drink together,” the gentleman ded. ,  ,g __
“ I will dismount, gentlemen, but I reckon"
that when on hear who“ have got to  ' 
you will ’ feel like fling into the f i
and takings rldegwi me!" the comics!
claimed. ‘

1 The? announcement at once excited 

was pressed to explain._

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This he speedily did, and great was the
amazement which his story excited.

One and all declared that it was the bold-
est outrage which had ever been perpetrated

r}, in the county, and there was nota man pres- 5 searching for his mule.
‘ The loose sand had deadened the sound of '

 out who was not eager to go with the colo—
“ ’ nel in an endeavor to catch the scoundrcl.

,As it happened the sheriff of the county

was conversing with some friends in the bar-

room; 'l‘ourjay was aware of this fact. and ,

-. , suggested that the sheriff ought to be noti—
3' I tied.
“ “Yes, I reckon that he would be the.

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. ~ "i proper person to take charge of the thing,”

 I e the colonel assented.

 1 Tourjay volunteered to explain the matter '
 " to the sheriff.

Bill 'l‘odhnnter, as the official was named,
was a big, brawny, good-mttured fellow, as
bold as a lion, a man who did not really
know what fear was, but not at all suited for
the career of a man-hunter.

Like the majority of mortals. though, he
was not aware of his own deficiencies, and
felt the most perfect confidence in his gifts
in the bloodhound line.

, fit. was conversing with the private detec-

tive 'l‘omlinson, when ’l‘ourjay zmcosted him.

“ll'goshl this beats anything of the kind
that 1 ever heard of in all my time!” the
sheriff declared.

'f‘omlinson looked wise and remarked that
this robbery really took the cake.

“_ The old colonel is right, too, about start—
ing in to track the fellow while the trail is
hot,” the sheriff asserted. '

"If we pile right in after him now the
chances are big that we Will be able to get on
his track and nail him. .

“ You were arter information, Mister Tom-
linson, ’bout the chap who has been cutting
up these didoes in this hyer neighborhood,
and now he has put in an appearance so that

v, ' 'you kin get right arter him,” 'l‘odhunler said
to the privdte detective.

“Do you think this is the same man who
has been concerned in the other robberies?"
Tomlinson asked.

“ Oh, yes, t-har is no doubt 'bout it in my

.: .- mind,” the sheriff answered. ”
-, 2"I reckon though that thnr is a regular
gang of the fellows, and this hyer chap is
probably the head devil, but to or thinking
 , . thar is a big chance now that we k u put salt
(v on his tail.” - l
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“ I shall be glad of the chance to go along
‘so as to see how you work a case of this
“kind,” the New Orleans detective remarked.
. “You ki‘n hop right in!" the sherlfi'ex~
; claimed. “And the quicker we get started
r the better!” Y ‘

j“ ‘~‘ Oh, yes, no doubt about that l” Tourj'ay
j. assented. ‘
. 'flews of thiasort always spreads rapidl ,
 valthough‘the hourwu late yet h in:
; time that the party were mounted, rca y to
 . set out, there were a round dozen in the sad-

  

.- They rode out of the town at n brisk pace,
"and as Colonel Garrison had ex lained thew
‘ dark it magic the face the p rehers pro-
vided themselves w th lanterns, waste-be
«Fable whack the mnrduder.
Itmlan easy matter for the colonel to
 flat out the? exact spot wherethe robbe
occurred, for the rope which had so a -
ruptly sweateehim from the saddle was still
tledtothe’ ‘3'." ‘ " . ’
-  Themcmbersof the searching party ex-
amined th rope with a great-“deal of curios-
ity; and! ey allexpreued their opinion that
. it was about an eleven devida for rendering a
'5‘? ‘ «mu temporarily helflm l'ssz'they had ever
V non-m . , ,' .
colonel , Gilrrimn‘s remiver was found.
Mpg in the middle of the'roa‘d.‘ ‘ .
‘r armada-rift removed the rope, for.~ as he
 , . it. was a mighty dangerous thing to.
hhmtchell across a pa he read: Q g y
 with the aid of thalanterns‘. the
W ",. proceeded to search for troops of". e.
Maximo.»  ‘ c ’ 'j» .
», igiaihelo'm‘ and it was an en matter to
wit the (compact the more er. * . 1
' - tier getting within the shelter of. the
' turbid gone t‘cwhni the town forah‘out,
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There were signs to show that a horse
had been lied at this point, and the robber

had evidently mounted the horse and rode g

off while the colonel had been occupied in

the animal‘s hoofs so that the colonel had not
been able to detect this movement.

The robber had rode off on horseback. i
This was an undisputed fact, for all 
agreed to it, but as to which way the horse v
Went, whether in the direction of the town ,
or toward the plantations on the river above
the village was a question which gave rise to ,
a heated argument. i

‘ Three of the party Were sure that the
tracks led toward the town; the colonel was
particularly strong in this belief.

Three more’the sheriff was one of them——
were equally as positive that the tracks led I
up the road. ,

While there Were six more who frankly i
said they were not able to make up their i
minds about the matter, for- the tracks were
so indistinct—the road was a well traveled
one—that it did not seem to them that it was
possible any one could tell anything certain
about the matter.

“ it seems to me that the odds are about a
hundred to one the gnloot didn’t go back to
the town!" the sheriff declared, in his obsti-
nate, dogmatic way.

“ bout it stand to reason—saying nothing
about the tmcks in the road, on understand,
at all—that if a galoot picket up a big lot of
money like six thousand dollars, that he would
make a bee line to get out of the neighbor-
hood as soon as he could?

” llain't that the idec, Mr. Tomlmson ‘2" he
inquired of the New Orleans man.

“ it seems to me that the supposition is a
reasonable one,” 'l‘omlinson replied.

“ This hycr gent is a detective from Or-
leans. and. of course, he is up to all the
dodges which a galoot of this kind is apt to
try," the sheriff explained.

“ Nine men out of ten would certainly
make a break to get out of the neighborhood
after they had collared the boodle," the de-
tective said with the air of a man who thought
that his opinion ought to have great weight.

“ Why should he go to the town?” Tod-
hunter asked. ’ ‘ ‘

“ There isn’t a man in the place who
could or would do a iob of this kind to my
thinking.” v ‘

All admitted that they did not suspect any
inhabitant of the village.

“ The chances are that he waited in the
bushes until the colonel set out for the town
and then he went in the opposite direction
as fast as possible.” '

" Letgus make an examination of the ma ,
anvway,” Tourjay‘ suggested. a

his was done, but no discoveries were
made, nndntter an hour or so the party fe-
t'urntdfio the town, obliged to admit that
they eOuld not find a clue to the robber.
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CHAPTER IX.
A s'raanona.

.Cononnr. Ganirrsox was thorou hly exas-
perated by the outragewliich had an per-
petrated upon him,and- when he awoke in

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retired to rest on the ptecet lug evening.

The people of the town were astounded
when the learned the particulars of the
affair, an it was the unanimous opinion
that no means must be 1m untried to hunt
the rascal dorm. ‘ . Q
The old planter consulted with his friends,
and hen. as a result of the deliberation. he
wrote out an announcement that hewvould
pay me hundred dollars for the arrest of
the highwayman; and giro ‘ii'fty ‘per cent of

.oll themeney which might berecov‘emd to

theman who; at meme . , y
This We! a beral omer and the result was-
that about. every able-bodied man in the

town not out to on into the bold robber.

, The sharia a ' (Jolenél Garrison. accom-
panied by the some attained .who had
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the searchers returned to the town fully as
ignorant as when they started.

And then, being thus completely baffled,
the people went to speculating in regard to

i the identity of the robber

Suspieion was naturally directed to the
men residing in the neighborhood who bore
bad reputations.

Some thought that it might be possible
that such and such a man might be the cul-
prit.

There were about a doch fellows, living
within twenty miles of the town, whose
characters were bad, and almost everybody
felt certain that it was one of these men who
had committed the crime.

This. was the sheriff’s opinion, delivered at
a meeting of the prominent men of the town,
which was held in the parlor of the hotel

" It stands to reason, gen’lemen,” Todhun-
ter observed, “ that the man who played
this low-down game on the kurnel ain’t no
stranger.

“ The reason why I come to this hyer '

opinion is that the critter talked to the kur~
nel ’bout his being abig winner in the' poker
game, and then. too. he knew that‘the kur-
nel had corralled five thousand dollars in
the lawsuit that day, an’ it was that leetle
five thousand that the onery dog was ur-
ter: now if he hadn‘t been right in the town
hyer, and familiar with w’ot was groin}.r on,
he wouldn't have known anything ’bout
these hyer matters.” ‘

The rest agreed that the position taken by
the sheriff was a sound one.

“Ihave been making a few inquiries,”
the New Orleans detective remarked. "-‘ And
as far as I can find out no stranger has been
seen in the neighborhood by any one."

“That is so, Ireckon!’ the sheriff ex-
claimed. “I have been in the towu for
three days now, and Ihain't run across a.
man that I didn’t know by sight, although
my memory might be a little rusty on the
names."

All present nodded assent; none of them
had noticed any stranger, and in a thinly-
settled re ion like the one in the neighbor-
hood of t c county~seat, where everybody
knew everybody else. it was a clear impossi—
bility for a stranger to make his appearance
without at once exciting attention.

They were all satisfied that it was one of
the black sheep in the neighborhood who
had done the job, but the difficulty was to
fix upon the particular man. for the citizens
differed radically in regard to this matter.

Some. thought one man was more likely
than the others to be the culprit, and. in

fact, all of the follows with shady reputa- '

tions were suspected. but there was no such
thing as a neral opinion, pointing strongly
to one part cular man.

And in discussing the matter the gentle-
men ot into such a heated argument that
the s eriff had to interfere to preserve the

peace. . . .
“ I tell you what it is, gen’lemen." Tod-

hunter observed. “ We are jest wasting
time chinning about this, hyer matter.
’Tain’t the least bit of use for one gent for
to say ‘ I suspicion that Billy Buck was the
man who did the job.’ and then for another
gent for to turn up his nose at the (diving and
cry out‘ ‘Ncry Billy Buck, Mike MeKenna
is-the man i’ V

"No, gents, I make hold to tell you. right

'hyér andlnow, that thar’ isn't any use for no.

to dispute about this hyer thin . t . -- .

“ One man’s opinion is g u/mwhefi."~
but it ain't any better. - ’. _  _‘ '

" We hain’t got any hitof proof £930 on.
and so we must go slow." ' 

This sensible speech put an" and l to the
wrun ling. , ‘ V. , v ‘

“ ow then, this hycr lathe programme
which I think we cugh‘t‘to carry out, ’j the
nherifl sug exited. 

“f In the rst place this hyermotice of the
kurnel’l ought'td be printed-and put up all
over th‘e county, then every. man ought to
keep in 3 eyes open for to see-whether‘nny
teller is throwan out money in a locue‘way.
so as to indicate that he has got more llrealth
than he knows what to do with. and if such
a teller lupotted. why the odds are big that
he has got money that he did 'not’ get hon-

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" Waval, gents, I reckon l kin see as fur
into a milestone as the next man!” 'l‘odhunter
responded.

“ This sort of business has got to he stop-
ed in this country, you know. if it takes a
egf And I am going in to do my level best

to hunt the critter down.

” My little game will be to see every man
for twenty miles around who is a leetle oil
color and put the question to him, ‘b‘ec hycr,
at" you the man who got away with Kurnel
Garrison‘s cash‘?’ and you kin bet your boots
that when I go in for a cross~examination of
that kind I am going to get right at the truth,
every time!"

bone of the citizens if“ jin‘ht that the
sheriff would succeed in maxing the riiilc, as
one of them expressed it, while others shook
their heads and looked incredulous.

After the sheriff’s speech the meeting came
to an end.

Judge \Vhaley was one of those present,
and in company with Tourjay, after the citi-
zens left the parlor, repaired to the hotel
oilice where they took seats. ,

“ I am rather inclined to think that our
friend, the sheriif, has made a mistake about
this matter,” the judge remarked.

“ He is under the impression that the
rascal who got away with the colonel’s cash
will stay in this neighborhood so that he can
gfit’at him, but I am not of that opinion at
a .’

” What do you t link?”

“ It is my belief that he will give leg-bail
as soon as possible!" the judge declared in a
very decided manner.

“The fellow has succeeded in getting a
small fortune, and from the manner in which
he entrapped the colonel I am inclined to
think the man is possessed of a remarkable
degree of‘ cunning, and if that is the truth
he would surely know enou h to take him.
self out of this neighborh as soon as pos-
sible.” , ‘

“ You are ri ht, judge, I think; your ar-
gument is certs nly a sound one."

“ A man who could devise such a scheme
as this must certainly have sense enough to
understand that he could not possibly spend
the money in this neighborhood without at-
tracting immediate attention, whereas if he
goes away to some bi city he can make ducks
and drakos of the can 1 as speedin as he likes,
and no one will thinkwf asking him how he
came b the money.” .

“I 0 not think. there is a doubt but
that youhave hit upon the truth, and the
colonel will be wise to put himself in com-

   

‘munication with the chiefs of police of all

the big cities ,within a reasonable distance of
this town." 4 ‘ ) > _
’ “That is the course which I shall’ advise
him to ursuc.”

At t is point the conversation was in-
terrupted by the arrival of the sta e coach
which ran to Sulphufville, the lin whiah
connected tthe county‘town with the outer
world. ‘ ’ '

There was col a single passenger, and he
was so diflorent mm the usual run of trav-
elers that be attracted the immediate atten-
tion of all who saw him alight. ’

. . ' He was rather under the medium siza, but
biktremely stockily

built.
A judge of nationalities wduld have pro-
niliunced im to be an Englishman at the first
ance. ' J
3 He had a round florid face, with light
hair, and small I‘vhisker, of the game

flaxcn hue. ,
aid suit, and carried the

He wore a tweed
inevitable umbrella, thou: which your true

The stranger entered the hotel, and 

I  ‘in the m, jolly old landlord, honest om
- Tgoixfison said: r“
I ‘~“_' landlord, I propose to stay a week or,

so With'you. Can you
with a! bath attached 7”-
Thi speech made we

give me a good room

to grim. for it
Was the first » me that an; guest at his taverp
had ever asked for a bat .

“ Well, no, Irecko I mn't, for a fact,'
, stranger," the host rep ed. .

 " 1 would like to mammalatd you. of
course, buts bathroom is something that we -

ain’t got in this yore town, let alone. in the
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“ Nary time!" the landlord replied. {him speak so carelessly about carrying a.

“ Wells and the crick are the best that we can 1

do in that line. ’
“ Of course, it'ycu haven‘t gotityou eaun‘t

' the stranger.

give it to me, I, understand that perfectly, .
don’t you know; Iam not quite a blooming ,
:mueh money upon your person?" the old

idiot!

“ Well, I shall rely upon you to do the ‘

best you can for me.”

“ Oh, yes, I will take care of you all right.
I have got a good, comfortable house hyer.
good beds and good feed, but no style to
speak of, for in this section of the country
we don't go much on style."

“ Oh, I dare say I will get along splendid—
]v. n
I Then the stranger took up the pen, and in
a bold hand, wrote:

“ HERBERT Fl'i'ZilEilllER’l‘,
London, Eng.”

~—

\ CHAPTER X.
A CONFIDENT MAN.

“ 0110, you are from across the water,
boy ‘2” the enial landlord remarked as he
glanced at t c signature.

“ Yes. sir, I am an Englishman, and have
been making a tour of America. By the by,
could you tell me where I will find Judge
Whale y ‘2"

“ Sart’in, the jcdge is over there,” and
then the landlord summoned the gentleman.

“My name is Herbert Fitzherbert, and I

have aletter of introduction to you. sir," the
Englishman remarked with a polite bow,
drawing a letter from his pocket as he spoke
and presenting it to the judge.
, It was from one of the leading merchants
of New Orleans commending the English-
man to the good offices of the jud e, and ex-
plaining that he visited that section of the
country with the idea of investing in a planta-
tion»

“‘ I am very glad to have the pleasure of
makin your acquaintance, Mr. Fitzherhert,"
the jut ge declared, greeting theEninshmun
with the genial hospitality so characteristic
of the old-lime Southern gentleman. “ And
I,shall be pleased to do any thing that I can
for 011.”. ,

r. Fitzherbert thanked the judge and ex-
pilxaincd that as he had taken a great fancy to
t e northeastern part of Texas, and being
without any particular, ties to bind him to
his native land, he had come to the determin-
ationto settle down somewhere in the neigh-
borhbod of Texarkana. t

“ You can purchase a number of good
properties at a reasonable figure wrthin
twenty miles of Texarkana," the judge ob
served. ,

t‘ I don’t propose to goin very large] . you
know,” Mr. Fitzherbert explained. ” Icrely
want a snug, little place. dOn't you know?"

a «I ."There isn’t a doubt but what you‘can be

suited," the judge re lied. _ _ i .

“ The places ran. mm a thousand dollars
upward, and for fpnr or five thousand you
can eta‘ ood estate.” ~ , ’

“ ivo t misand is about the are that I
want to pay," the Englishman e piained. .

"I' am are that'yon will not have an
difficulty in suiting yourself, if, you are wil -
ing to pay that figure," the judge asserted.

" And I am prepared to pay the brass

‘ money as a thousand dollars around with

right over, too, don't you see. -I am not'

fond of these bloomin mort ' es. don"ti on
know !” Fitzherbert‘ dgclareflgith a shalt: or
the head. .  w s

“ I believe in the ready cash; and I made
arrangements so as. to be able to pay. the
mono right downfall soon as I found a place
to sui me.” l ‘ . » , ,'

“ Youwill be able. to make better terms

ob ectto plantation owns? sometime, ,‘ the
ju glaresponded. ‘ ‘ ' ' "
. “ hat wits my idea, don’t

, , you know!
.‘And I just poppeda thousanddo

has in my

' pocket. so as. tomato a payment On account

 secures plum. you understand—if I
“happened to comeacmsauone which suited
me I - ‘ -' ' t v

‘ There Were half aldozen people, including
thalandl'ord. J udge ,W‘haley, and Alexander
Toasty. who w. . ,Mr swish so this 
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thousund dollars around with him.
Judge Whaley felt that he ought to caution

"Really. Mr. Fitzherbert, don't you think
it is rather imprudent for you to carry so

gentleman asked. ..

And now it was the Englishman‘s turn to
look surprised.

“ Well, I don't know," he observed slmv- 
ly. “ In fact,l never thought about the fa";
matter at all, don’t you know?" 5?

“Although the majority of our citizens
are as honest and law~rcspecting men as can
be found on the face of the Moire. yet there
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you , some of the rascals might be induced
.to make an attempt to get it,” the judge ex—
plaincd.

“ Well, of course, I don‘t know what sort *
of blooming rascals you have got in the
neighborhood,” Fitzherbert remarked. “ But
I will say thatI have traveled all over the
world and never yet was robbed, although I
have‘ always been in the habit of carryin
considerable cash with me and never too
any particular pains to keep the fact a secret,
either”,

” There is one man in this vicinity who has
certainly shown himself to be an extremely
dangerous rascal,” the judge exclaimed. l

The rest nodded a decided assent to this
statement, and then Judge Whaley related
the particulars of the robbery which had so
recentl occurred.

The nglishman listened with the utmost
attention, but it was )lain that the recital ‘
did not make much 0 an impression upon
him. '

“ The man is certainly an extremely bold
scoundrel,” Fitzherbert observed, when the J";
judge finished' the story. “But I rather 
fancv, don‘t youlknow, that he would have .
considerable difficulty in catching, me in a ,
trap of that kind, although I do not pre- ‘.
tend to be extra clever. In fact. lam not-
at all afraid of it. I always go armed. you.
see..and usually make it a rule to keep my
eyes wide open.” ‘ -

It was plain that the stranger had an ex-
tremely good opinion of himself, and the: .,
Ridge understood immediately that it would ~

* merely a waste of timeto argue the ques- 
tion with him. , h

Of course, if the man chose to risk the
ca 'ing around of much money it Was his ._
bus ness and no one else’s. » . .". ‘ 4.,

So the judge changed the subject by ex-ff '
tending to the Englishman a cordial influx-~-
tion to make his house at Suiphnrville his
headquarters until he could secure a place
of his own. ' , . t

“ I shall be here tWo ‘more days pp‘ Bel
count of the court beln in sessio and,
then I shall be happy to ve you y me
a visit at my home,” the judge said, in con?
clusion- , ,, ‘ . '  

Fitzherbeit responded in suitable terms to
the invitation, and ‘ then departed wth ‘thn‘
landlord to look at the rooms. . > V.

“ be has, an extremelng opinion 
himself,” Tourjay remark to the judge

“ Oh,- yes, it is my experience that dares:
many of. these Englishmen are inclin "
be very dogmatic.’- ‘ r 39

“I am inclined to think that it is a. i,  .
thing for him that the chances are that, I
rascal who getaway with the. udge‘s“t¢afi; ,
has fled from the neighbor-h articles“ . 
Englishman would stand a gnod  _
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care i‘f-every one kno . that  has bi; '
money, and the robber, f  ages n‘thg
town. as 1 strongly suspect won ' be p ‘
to hear about the‘mattor, and then the ' 
are great that  ‘Fit'zhcrbert would
bed, althoughhe has "
that he is" fully able 7 W

Thane“ had turde way from the 
desk as they spoke and now faced the ',  7 j
and so were able to, notice the arrival at . i
handsomely dressed young ladies,  '
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Alberta was a tall, dark-eyed girl with
regular features, not exactly a beauty, yet a
stylish, good-looking girl.

)Iiss Kettleman was like her father, short,
stout and brimming over with good-nature.

Both the judge and the young lawyer
hastened out to greet the two ladies.

Alberta was one of the belles of the dis-
trict.

She was the judge's only child, and it was
supposed that Judge “'haley was worth two
or three hundred thousand dollars, and it
was known that Alberta would be his sole
heir, it rendered her an extremely desirable
prize in the matrimonial market.

Of course, about all the young men in the
neighborhood, who amounted to anything,
endeavored to find favor in the eyes of the
young lady, and Alexander 'l‘ourjay was
about as persistent a suitor as any one.

So far though the proud young Southern
girl had not given any signs that she pre.
ferred one gentleman to another.

She was polite and agreeable to all but
none of the gentlemen could boast that she
favored him above the rest. ‘

As the gentlemen came up to the carriage
the young ladies acknowledged their greet-
ings in a suitable manner.

“ I drove over, papa, because Louise
Wanted to see her dressmaker," Alberta ex-
plained. “ And I thought I would stop and
see when you were coming home.”

“I expect to finish up the day after to-
morrow," the judge answered.

“ And then will you come straight home?”
the daughter questioned.

“ Yes ” '

And at this moment the New Yorker, Har-
veyI De Berry came up the street.

e was at the carriage before he noticed
the girls or they him, then Alberta uttered a
little exclamation of surprise.

“ Why, Mr. De Berry, this is an unexpect-
ed pleasure!" she declared.

“This is a gentleman whose acquaintance
I made during 'my last trip North," Alberta
explained to her father.

And then she introduced the gentleman to

I the judge and the young lawyer.

« A general conversation followed.

The judge was a genial old gentleman,
very fond of company, and never so happy
as when entertaining guests on his planta-
tion, so, as he was favorably im ressed with
the New Yorker, he extende to him a
pressing invitation to make his house his

ome for a while.

De Berry accepted the invitation in the
same frank spirit in which it was given.

Then after a few more words the girls
drove off.

The gentlemen went into the hotel bar-
room and had a friendly drink at the judge‘s
expense, then De Berry excused himself on a
plea that he had promised to meet Mr. Wolfe
at his office, and departed. '

I “That is a fine young fellow!” the judge

, exclaimed. .

' “ Yes, he seems to be," Tour jay replied.

. “ As a rule I don’t like these Northerner-s,
,for they are usually too close and calculating
to suit me, but this young fellow appears to
be very much of a gentleman indeed "

Then an n -rtver planter called t e judge
ourjay was left to his own ri-
flections. , .

“The judge is impressed with this man,

but I am not ‘ the young lawyer muttered.

“ Nor am It” uttered a voice at his elbow.

 

CHAPTER XI.
m sron'r ADVISES.

Toummixtnrned in some little surprise.

It was the veteran gambler, Major Kauf-
man. who had spoken.

“ That is a bad habit that on have. Tour-
Ja . of thinking to youroel in public. and
,y u must be careful, ’ the major warned.

“Yes. I. do make a blunder of that kind
once in a while. " ‘ ,

,"I think you are! right. about this New
Yorkerthough. 1 don’t know exactly why
I should form a bad impression of the. man
at first sight, but I certainly have."

“ This is hardly the place to hold a discus-
sion, and as I wantto talk to you a bit. sup-

.se on come upstairs to my room in the

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The two repaired to Kaufman‘s apartment;
the gambler produced a box of cigars, and
after they were comfortably seated, with
their cigars well lighted, Kaufman began the
conversation by saying:

“Of course, I understami perfectly well
that this isn‘t any business of mine, but I
am going to speak because I take a great in-
terest in you, for you are aman after my own
heart, so i hope that you will not think that
I am taking a liberty in speaking in regard
to your atl'airs.”

“ ()1), no; I know you wellenough, major,
to be aware that you are not a man who
troubles himself about matters which do not
Concern him without a good and suflicient
reason. ” .

“ You are right, my dear fellow, and, as I
said, the only reason i overstep my rule in
your case is on account of the personal in-
terest that I feel in you.

“Of course, until I took up my quarters
in this town I knew but little of yourall‘airs,”
the gambler explained. ” But now, thanks
to the gossips of the place, I am as well
posted in regard to you as though I had
lived all my life in this neighborhood."

“Oh, yes, I do not doubt that there are
plenty of m acquaintances who know more
about my at 'airs than I know myself. That
is usually the case in all small towns.” '

“Understand, the eoplc do not speak at
all unkindly of you: in fact, the old saying
about talking more in sorrow than in anger
fitsin exactly.” ‘ I
, “Well, I suppose that I have about as
many friends as any man in this section;
some enemies, of course, for the man in this
world who hasn’t any enemies does not
amount to much.”

“ That is true.” '

“ What do they say about me?"

“ Well, old fellow, they get you tolerably
near to rights, as the saying is. .

“ All unite in saying that you are the best
lawyer in this section, but they qualify the
remark by the statement that you do not at-
tend tobusiness as strictly as you might and
that on haVe some bad habits. -

“ on indulge in more liquor than is good
for you, are rather quick-tempered, and in-
clined to be quarrelsome, and then you gam-
ble entirely too much.

“ To gamble is not so bad in the estimation
of these good ,people if the man is a success-
ful gamcster, but they say that you are not
fortunate and generally lose.”

'I‘ourjay laughed outright.

“ That is the cry of the world always!” be
exclaimed.

“To amblc, or to steal even, is no sin
provide that you are not unlucky enough
to be found out.” I ‘

“ Yes, there is a deal of truth in that. Of
course, the gossips say that as you arc‘a
young man there is time for you to change-
to abandon your bad habits, and they think
thata dashing, handsome, talented fellow like
yourself ought not to have any trouble in
making a good marriage. ”

“ Have they picked out the lady ‘t”

" Yes, Judge Whalcy’s daughter. "
~ Again the lawyer laughed.

“ Wellfthcy might have selected a much
worse gxir for me, ” he observed. .

“ So thought when I ascertained the (par-
«ticularn in regard to her, and it accrue to
me that if on could manage to marry
her it would he a" regular ten-strike, and no

intake! '

“They claim that the old man is worth
two or three hundred thousand dollars,
and as the girl is his sole heir the man
wliio marries her will come in for a good
th n .I,. . ‘

..“ nd what do these gossips think of my
chances for success?”

“They consider that’ they are good, for
they say that Judge Whitley haethe highest
possible Opinion of you, and he always be:
comes anno ed if any one says anything

against you n his presence.”

“ Yes, I have heard that the judge has de~
fended me on several occasions when some-‘
body remarked that I drank and gambled
alto ether too much." ' .

" I was told. The judge considers
that all youn men shoal now a certain
amount of wil oats, and so a is inclined to
look with a lenient eye upon your little pe -
cadillos.” ' ‘

,“It, tho,matter. depended upon the old,
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judge I feel certain that I would get the
girl all right; but, unfortunately, Miss Al-
berta appears to have a mind of her own and
Ido not feel at all sure about winning her
consent.”

“ \Vomen are very uncertain creatures,"
the old sport remarked, with the air of a
philosopher. '

“ I know what Iam talking about, you un-
derstand, for l have had live wives.”

“ Youvought to be a judge, then." ‘

“ \Vell, I think I am. Besides, the study
of mankind has always been a favorite one
with me. A. man in my line of business has
got to be a good judge of character, you
know.”

“ Of course.”

“ \Vell, now, on account of the feeling
which 1 have for you, I take a deep interest
in this game; and it seems to me that from
the way you are situated it is mighty impor-
tant for you to get this girl.”

“ Yes, there is no doubt about that.”

“ This 'is the first time that I have ever seen
you together, and so I watched the girl just
as I would watch the run of the cards out of
a fare box when I had a mighty big interest
in the game.” -'

“Ala, yes, and a man is apt to keep his
eyes open at such a time."

” You bet!"

“ Did you arrive at any conclusion about
the matter?"

“ Oh, yes, and it is my opinion that at
present the young lady is not very much
struck on you.”

“ Well, I am rathcriuclined to the opinion
that you are right,” the lawyer remarked
with a grave look on his face.

“ I am not going to make (my bones about
admitting to you that very soon it is going
to be an absolute necessity for me to makca
raise in some way.

“ There area few of my creditors who are
pushing me very hard for money, and I must
get some cash to satisfy their demands.

“In this matter I have been hoping against
hope, trying to make myself believe that she
looked with a more favorable, eye upon me
than upon the rest of the men who are trying
to win her, but I confess that, really, I have
no grounds for thinking that she favors me
more than any other man.” -

“ If I was oing to gamble on the thing, I
should be inc ined toflbet against you, for I
think there is a man in this burg who stands
3 much better chance to get the girl than you

0." I

“ Do you mean this stranger—this New
Yorker?” Tourjay asked with a gloomy
brow. '

“ lie is the man.”

“ It struck ,me that during the brief con-
versation which she held with him she
looked at the man in a different way from

which I evcr saw her regard any other fel- ‘

low.”

“ That is the point exactly !” the major ex-

claimed in his emphatic my. , -

~ "There was .a certain something in her
manner when ’she addressed him,which was
lacking when ,she s okc to you, what the
poets call the love- g'ht in the eye, you un-
derstand." ‘

“Ah, yes, I don’t think there is any mis-
take about the matter,” Tourjay assented, a
ugly soowl darkening his face.

“ And I tell you what it is, major, it is a
mighty rough tiing for this infernal’Yankec
to come down here and gapture the wealthiest
girl in the county 1” » , a

“ Oh. well, these littlethings will happen,"
the old gambler remarked with the air of a
philosopher. ‘

" Women are extreme] uncertain and un-
reliable, and a irl of th kind, who knows
she is a prize, 9 apt to be caught by a
stran er." . ,

“ he had not come along I think there
would have been some chancg for me.”

H 1. should not be surprised if that is the
truth, and now thaqucsti‘on comes u , can’t
you do something to block the New 1 orker's
game?" the major inquired in'his shrewd

wa .
' 'IWcll, I suppose that I might pick a
quarrel with the man.

“If he is gentleman enough to take an
affront, a due might be arranged, and the
chances are great that I would be able to

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“That is just the idea which I had, but
you may have some trouble in forcing him
into a fight. The Northerners don’t go much
on the dueling business, you know, and it
may not be an easy matter to force him into
a fight.”

“ I” manage the affair so it will not be
apparent that I am going out of my way to
quarrel with him—rarmnge it so it will seem
as if the difficulty came up accidentally, and
he then shows the white feather it will he
apt to give Miss Whaley a poor opinion of
him."

“ Oh. yes, no doubt about that!” the major
declared.

“ She is a true Southern girl, and the wo-
men down in this section of the country
don't have much opinion of a man who will
not fight when the occasion arises." -'

“That is certainly correct, and if I can
fix the matter so as to make this stranger
appear like a coward I think the odds are
great that Miss Whaley will be so disgusted
with him that she will never want to set eyes
on the man again.”

“That. is the game!” the major responded.
“And if you work it rightI don’t think
there is a doubt but what the trick can be
done."

“ It is well worth the trial, and I will Set
about the matter as soon as possible, for if
I wait until it ismanifest that the New
Yorker is paying attention to the lady my
motives may be suspected.”

“You are right about that. It is im-
ortant that the girl shall not'bc implicated
n the quarrel.” ’

“I will proceed at once,” Tourjay re-

marked, rising. “ For the quicker I do it
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CHAPTER XII:
'PROVOKING 1 QUARREL.

, “I erl. accompany you,” the veteran
.gambler remarked, also getting up.

“ If you do succeed in getting the man to
meet you upon the field of honor you will
need a friend to act as your second, and I
will be delighted to serve in that capacity.”

“ i will be glad to have you.”

“ lam no novice in this line, you under-
:stand, for l have been out as a principal
half a dozen times, to saying nothing of act-
ing as second.” I -

“Yes, I felt certain when you spoke that
you were an old stager."

“ You will, probably, have to give the
fellow the choice of weapons,” the veteran
gambler observed, thoughtful] . .

“Very littleldoubt about t at. for I will
have to act as the challenger, and the man
who isinvited to a hostile meeting always
has the choice of Weapons."

’ “ It reall does not make much difference,”
the mafor eclared. “For the chances are
great t int he will choose pistols. Men now-
adays rarely fight with anything else in this
.section of the country.”

“ There are only three weapons which he is
likely to choose, pistols, rifles or swords, and,
really it does not make much diifcrcnce to

‘ me which one he selects for I am an expert

‘in the use of all," the young lawyer explain-

“ 'Oh, yes, you have gm. him all right if
you can only succeed in getting the man to
meet you, but if he refuses to come up to the
scratch, and you can make it appear that he
is afraid to go out, your object will be accom-

' gushed, for a girl like Judge Whaley’s
0r

aughter will certainly not have any use

‘3 coward.”

Tourjay assented to this and the two pro.
needed down-stairs to the hotel omen.

Luck favored the schemer, for the New
Yorker was seated in a corner of the room,
conversing with the proprietor of the hotel.

The lawyer was a quick-witted fellow and
as soon as he saw the two together he hit
upon a plan.

“ The major and I are just going in to
have a social drink.” the lawyer Said to the
landlord. “ And I will be gladlo have you,
and our friend, join us.” ‘ ./ fl

' ' rtainlig, I hsln‘t got nary an objection,
:the host re

Then he introduced the’New Yorker tothe
.pair and they all marched up to the bar.
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All called for whisky but De Berry, who
asked for ale.

“ Here’s my compliments, gentlemen,” the
lawyer observed as he took his glass in his
hand.

As he spoke he nodded to the landlord who
was on his left hand, then turned toward De
Berry on his right, and contrived to bring
his elbow against the New Yorker‘s arm so
that the concussion spilled the whisky.

“That was devilish awkward of you,
stranger?” 'l‘ourjay exclaimed, angrily.

l)e lierry,having been warned by his friend,
\Volfe, the lawyer, about Tourjay, had made
up his mind to treat the man as civilly
as possible when he encountered him, so
as not to give the other an excuse to quar-
rel with him, but as the New Yorker had
the best blood of youth in his veins, when
he was addressed in this insolent way he
immediately felt a disposition to resent the
imputation.

“ likcuse me, sir,” he said. “It was not
really through any awkwardness of mine
that your liquor was spille'd.”

“Do you mean to say that it was mine?"
Tourjay demanded in an extremely insolent
wa .

“Yes, most decidedly it was!" the New
Yorker replied. firmly, for he was angry at
being addressed in such a tone.

“No such thing! It was your infernal
carelessness, and I would like to know
where you were brought up to act so awk~
wardly."

“ It was your own awkwardness hot mine 3"
De Berry retorted.

“ Do you mean to call me a liar?” Tourjay
demanded, hotly, affecting to he very angry,
when in reality he was perfectly cool.

The landlord had listened to the discussion
in utter astonishment.

He knew that the young lawyer was hot-
tempercd, and disposed to be rather over-
bearing at times, but he had never seen
him ct an , ry for such a trivial cause as this,
and e too { it upon himself to act as peace-
maker. .

“I reckon that this hyer was all a pure ac-
cident,” he remarked. “And, gentlemen, it
ain’t really worth talking about.”

“Jimmy, pass the bottle to Mister Tour-
jay,’f this to the barkeeper.

0‘ Fill ’em up a ’in. Alec, and don’t say
nothin’ more 'bout t!" ' .

“ Oh, yes, that is all very well, old fellow,
but thisman has insulted me in the grossest
manner, and I don’t propose to allow any
man to term me a liar without being called
to an account!" Tourjay declared. ’

“But it seems to me that this hyer hull
thing is a mistake!” the landlord replied.
“ And thar ain’t no need of gitting wrathy
’bout the thing. Let’s all take a drink, and
say no more ’bout the thing.”

“ No, sir, no man shall call me a liar with
im unity!" TOurja-y declared. f'And this
fel tour has got to take it back~right quick
too." '

The insolcnt manner of the Southerner

alled the New Yorker to the nick, and
t tough he had made up his mint to do his
best not to be drawn into a narrel with
any one. particularly with this man, yet
under such circumstances as these he could
not see any course'o n to him by means
of which he could avo d the difficulty.

Never yet in his life had he shrunk from
an opponent, and he was not disposed to do
so now. "

“You are a hot-headed idiot!” the. New

Yorker cried, settled by tlfe contem tnous

- way in which the other‘had appled the

word “ fellow " to him. ,

“And if you had any sense on would
be aware that it was your own landerin
carelessness, and, not mine, which, 1cause
the s illing of the liquor!"

“ on impudent rascal! do you dare to in-
suit me?” the young lawyer cried, apparent-
ly wild with m e. v 3

And then wit a sudden motion he dashed
the remainder of the whisky in his glass in
the face of the New Yorker. '

“ You scoundrel!" exclaimed De Berry en~
raged by this insult, and as he spoke he gave
the lawyer a " right-header,” which, land-
ing between Tourjay’s eyes, laid him but on
the fist of his back in an instant.

Tourja had expected to receive a blow
when, he, i dashed the liquor in the iaoeof
the other, but hie-shad, not slated ,

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getting any such a stroke as he received, nor
so quickly.

For a moment he saw more stars than he
had evor beheld in the heavens.

A worse man in the fisticuif line than
the youngr New Yorker, who had been the
champion middle-weight boxer of his col-
lcgc, he could not have encountered.

Tourjay rather prided himself upon his
muscular powers. and he had expected to
“smack "‘ the stranger two or three times
before they Were separated by the by-
standers, but this one blow satisfied him
that he would be very foolish to try to com-
pete with the other in the boxing line.

He rose slowly to his feet, his face white
with rage.

There wasn’t any make-believe about his
anger now.

Never in all his life had he received such
a blow.

The New Yorker was on the alert. He ex-
pected that he would be attacked, but was
not sure whether his antagonist would use
the weapons which nature had given him,
his fists, or resort to a pistol or knife.

The landlord too anticipated that there
would be a bloody and deSperate fight be-
tween the two men, and as he feared that
damage would be done to the ornaments of
his bar-room—it was fitted up in extra good
style for a country town—he hastened to in-
terfere.

“ Gentlemen—gentlemen! this hyer thing
has got to stop right hyer!” he declared, get~
ting in between the two.

As the landlord was a tall, fat ‘man, when
be interposed his massive body between them
it was not an easy matter for the pair to get
at each other.

'.‘I have been struck by this ruffian' and
that insult must be wiped out in blood!”
Tourjay exclaimed.

“ You have no one to blame but yourself,
and it ought to be a lesson to you to keep a.
civil tongue in your head for the future,”
De Berry retorted. ‘

“ 1 will put you where you will not-have
any need of a tongue; civil or otherwise. if
you are not a .white-livered coward!” the
young lawyer cried, in a terrible rage.

He was standing so that he could catch
sight of himself in the glass, and his morti-
fication and rage was rent when he saw
that the blow had given im asflne a. pair of
black eyes as any man ever possessed.

Being of a quarrelsome nature he had been
concerned in a half a-dozen personal en-
counters, but this was the first time that he

fact made him outrageously angry.

' He had sense enou h thou h to be afraid
that in a boxing bou he won d not stand any
chance .with the New Yorker, and so he was
glad that the landlord had interposed so there
was chance for a fight.

“ I make no particular pretensions Ito
bravery,” De Berry replied. “ But I! think

I am able to take care of myself, no matter . '7

where I may be, or how I am situated. "
"You liaye put a mortal affront 11
me, sir, and among gentlemen there is 0
one wnyto settles matter of this kin' ,"
Tourjay declared.
" I suppose that
mean—if ouare a entleman you certainly
do?”‘the wyer continued, with an ugly
sneer. v’

0

,had ever been'materially damaged, and that l '

on understand what I "

“ You mean a duel,” the New Yorker oh. "

served.

“' Yes, you have grossly insulted me-  ..

a blow, and only the sheddin
atrenge such a wrong as that.
meet me upon the lie (1
this matter according to the code."

“That is certainly corr .” the major re-
marked. “ Among gentlemen there is 
other way."

3 of bloods-on
You must

“ Well, I am from the'North where we do ,
not believe much in’ that method of settling .

of honor, and settle I

rsoual difllcultlm," Dc Berry replied. slow- ‘

y. - v
“ If you were man enough to dishonor me" a

with a blow you ought to be man enough» a:

be willing to give. me the satisfaction which
1 am entitled to demand,” Tourjay declnmd.‘
angrilv.

“This whole affair can he sifted right

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responded.

“ Nor l," 'l‘ourjay assented.

“ As far as i can see there are but two
Ways to settle this matter,” the veteran
gambler remarked, with the air of'an ora-
cle.

“A blow has been given and received;
now then the men concerned must either

matteraccording to the code as recognized
among gentlemen, or they must lay in wait
for each other on street corners and indulge
in an impromptu light where the quickest
man on the 'draw ’ has the best of the argu-
ment."
“ In the Northern States we do not ar-
, range matters after this fashion, and if one
man killed another upon the field of honor.
as you term it, orambushed him to his death,
the law would be certain to hang the man
for murder,” lle Berry explained.
.’ “ Ah, yes, but you are not now at the
.North you must remember!" Tourjay ex-
claimed.
. “ You have come to this section and must
abide by its rules, and if you refuse to give
me satisfaction, I will post you as a coward
and you can rest assured that no Southern
gentleman or lady will care to associate with
a man who does not meet his adversary in a
{Air fight. i
“ Is not this the truth, gentlemen?” the
lawyer asked, appealing to the crowd.
' Quitea number of people had assembled,
, attracted bv the sound of the altercation, and
One and all nodded their heads.

3- “ He has got it ’bout right, Mr. De Berry,”
. the landlord remarked. “ Down hyer a
" ' man is expected to fight when he is ehal-.

longed, and if he don’t, why, the folks are
apt to think that he ain’t got as much sand
as he ought to have. "
‘ Again the bystanders nodded. and the
New Yorker was intelligent enough to see
,. that if he refused to meet the'iirecatlng
~ ‘ lawyer, nine out of every ten would believe
that he was afraid.
 ' Now, in truth, the New Yorker was as
v . brave as a lion, but being educated to believe
5",: that the duellowas a relic of the dark ages,
 he had shrunk from having a part in it.
. I But now, when the steel was put to him in
-". this way, he cast his re ugnsnce to the ” code
of honor " to the win .9.
 " I have no hesitation in saying that 1 do
1- “not believe in the custom of dueling, and of
my own free will I would not take part in
V an encounter of that kind, but when any-
 bod says that it is because I do not possess
isu cient courage to stand up and face my
'1 man, then I am obliged to state that'it .is not
the truth.” , .
; ‘ 1‘ You can best prove that by sending me
.' a challenge l”,'l‘ourjay cheered.
“film New Yorker was not simple enough
ijto fall into this trap, and he smiled‘in an ex-
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' ' ‘Tourjay asked, angrily, being
annoyed that the stranger had escaped" the
‘ trap which he’hnd set for him. .‘ , ‘ ,
Jf’l‘ry me and then you' will find out,”
‘ Berry answered in a non-committal man-

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a In due me. this gentleman will wait up-
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The landlord followed him and the loun-
gcrs dispersed, each one being anxious to
tell the story of the hostile encounter be.-
tween the strange New Yorker and Lawyer
’l‘ourjay.

l)e Berry‘s reflections were not agreeable
ones.

After having,r been warned by \Volfe be had
made up his mind not to become involved in
a quarrel with ’l‘ourjay, but as things had
come about it was an utter impossibility for
him to avoid the difficulty.

And now the question came up in his
mind, why did the lawyer force the quarrel
on,him for there was no doubt in his mind
that"l‘ourjay had gone, deliberately outofhis
way to quarrel with him.

“ (‘an it be possible that he is acute
enough to suspect that l have come down
here for the express purpose of winningr Al-
berta Whitley?" be murmured as he resumed
his seat by the window.

“ it seems very improbable indeed, but if
some important reason of that kind did not
urge him on then his conduct is most un-
reasonable. ”

The meditations of the young man were
interrupted by the landlord’s taking a seat
by his side.

“ Say, stranger, I am powerful sorry that
this hyer thing took place," the old gentle-
man observed with a grave shake of the
head.

“I tell you what it is, Iwould have given
a trifle if the thing had happened somewhar
else than in my house.” ‘

" Oh, well, these incidents will happen
once in a while; they are unpleasant, but
they are bound to occur.” ~

“I don’t see what got inter the critter! I
never sce’d him not so sinceI have known
him, and I have seen him grow up from a
kid, too.”

" The accident was entirely his fault.”

“Sait'inl that is as sure as you’re born!"
the host replied. ~

“ I reckon that the critter must have been
drinking, although he didn’t look as if he
had got too much on board.

” He ain't the kind of man who can get a
load on board without showing it. "

‘-‘ Ho certainly did not appear to be under
the influence of liquor.”

“ But it must have been somethin of that
kind, or else he would never have ta on it in-
to his head to jump on you as he did,” the
old landlord declared.

“It is a bad business all ’round,” and
a in the old man shook his head. '

“ He will challenge you, for sure, and he
has a, mighty big reputation as a. fighting
man. » ‘

“ Oh, I am not at all afraid of him, as far
as that goes," the New Yorker replied with
a quiet smile.

" You have got one advantage: he has got

to challenge you, and so you will have the

choice of we’pons."='

" Yes, that is an advantage of course."

f‘ Say, you are a stranger down hyer and a
guest at my house, so it seems to me that I
ought to do all I kin for you, and I reckon.
that I won’g be; (:pin a bizap of wrong if I

ve oua eete p at our ."
s “ go, I think not" ' . jay

“,Don’t lyou choose pistols,” said the land-
lord, lows ng’ his voice to a whisper. ' ‘ - '

‘.‘ H0 is a tough cuss with about all kinds
of wfions, butxpistols is his big holtl"

Olv a

nksi I am much obliged to you for
the" warning." . I . t _
“ e is a, 'man' with the‘swurd, but

lstols ishis strong print. He: has had a.
ozcn or so of flats with pistols and alloys

1 st, while with the Word
neither he nor t’other cuss got harmed." _
.- t‘ You have done me a rest" service by
girls? me this tip.” the ow Yorker de-
clnr . "‘Asit happens, Iain onextra ood
swordsman and on y fair with the piste , so
[in a case of this kind _I must be careful to
select" the weapon with which I am most
bouillon”, ‘ '

point“, interrupted'theponvermt . 7
“I have just; heard about i ur trouble and

Montana to see if 1 con be of any. asslss

meet" Wolfsv'bc‘gan. ~ ' ‘ l  *.
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t The entrance ‘0: Wolfe, the law of, at this.

i come out all right." And then the old gen‘
' tlemau departed.

“ Ilow did it liappen?" “'olfe asked as he
took the chair vacated by the landlord.

De Berry related the particulars.

“ He made a. regular dead set at you !’

“ Oh, yes! There isn’t any mistake about:
that!”

Wolfe reilcctcd upon the matter for a mo—
ment.

“ It does not seem possible. yet I haVe an
idea that he believes you have come after the
judge’s daughter!” he declared.

“ l was on the other side the street when
you spoke to her and I noticed that Tourjay
had his eyes on you."

“ We only exchanged a few common-place
words, and the man must be keen-witted in~
deed to suspect from our bearingr to eaeh
other that there was a love affair between
us,” the New Yorker observed.

" The man is wonderfully keen and
shrewd," Wolfe declared. “ He is eager to
get the girl, and if he got the idea. that you
stood in his way he would not be apt to be
scrupulous as to what means he uscd’to re~
move you. '

" But let us go lip-stairs and be ready to
receiVe the hostile messenger.

The pair left the otlicc and proceeded to
the room of De Berry.

“ I do not fancv that we will have long to
wait.” the New Yorker observed, after he
and Wolfe had taken seats.

“I think so from the rompt manner in
which he proceeded to p ck a quarrel with
me, for you will notice that be improved
the first opportunity that presented itself—
in fact, he did not wait for an opportunity,
to itate the case correctly, but made one him«
scl  -'

“ That is true.” -, r

The New Yorker had not made a mistake
in regard to this matter, for in about half an
hour Major Kaufman sent up a message to
the effect that he would like to have the
pleasure of' a few words with Mr. De Berry.

The New Yorker replied that he would be
pleased to see the gentleman.

When the majorflmade his appearance he
proceeded at once to business.

He came as the friend ,of Mr. Tourjay who
considered that he had been grossly wron ed
by Mr. De Berry, and therefore dcman ed
satisfaction. ‘

“I am (Elite ready to oblige the gentle-
man," the eW Yorker replied. “Although
I do not believe in dueling. But there is an

old adage which says, ‘When you are in Rome ‘

do as the Romans do,’ and so as'I am in the

South, where the people think that every .

gentleman‘ought to live up to the code of
ouor, I will pocket my scruples and accept
this challen o to mortal combat.

“ Mr. Wo fc will act as my second.”

"I shall be pleased to confer with Mr.
Wolfe,” the veteran gambler replied.

“ It will not take long to settle the matter,"
the young lawyer observed. ’ x

t “ As the challenged party

“ That is correetx’tthe major assented.

" Weli,‘it is my idba‘thst a thing of this
hint: ought to be, "settled as quickly as p05-
sibl .” . ' ‘ '

“That is my opinion- also,” the gambler
declared.

"How will tomorrow morning suit you . ~ J

.at about five o’clock say?"

«rm: will do nicely. I believein liming- '  ;
these little affairs come oi! early in t  ’
tag. so there will not be any chancstfor idle;

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spectators to gather.” , . , ,
“ Yes. that was my id and ingw‘for the
lace. Little Prairie R0 0,. on the road to
ulphurville, is justthsspotto my thinking.
It is a couple of miles from the town. there
isn’t a house in thef'usighborhood. and so
there is not much chance of'our being ex-

posed to the observation of ggsping crowd, ‘

of loungers.” r . ,
“That is good; and the weapons?” the
veteran gamb er asked. ‘ x
“Swords.” ‘ r

Ma or Kaufman shook his head. ‘ 
" course. M, on are entitled to the

to' n anything about the matted” the am-
bler' marked. ' “ But I'would'greatly “ave

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replied, in such a decided way that the other
immediately comprehended that it would be
a waste of titne forhim to attempt to change-
the lawyer's decision.

“ All right, swords then." he observed.
“‘ \Vill you provide a doctor?"

“ Yes. I will attend to the matter.”

“I will be much obliged,” the major ob-
served, rising and making a ceremonious

' bow.

“ Little Prairie Rondo then, at tive to-
morrow morning?"

Then then: was an exchange of bows and
the veteran gambler departed.

“ Well, Iain fairly in for it," De Berry rc-
marked, after the door closed behind the
hostile messenger.

“ Yes, and I sincerely hope that you will
come out first best.”

“ I think I stand a fair chance. Fencing
has been all the rage with the men of my
set in New York for a couple of year now,
and I am a member of one of the best clubs
in the metropolis."

“You ought to know considerable about
that sort of thing then.”

“ Yes, I think I do, for I took a great deal
of interest in the sport, and was considered
to be one of the best fencers of the club, so
if this man is not an extra good fencer the

- chances are good that I will be able to give

him a lesson, which he will be Certain to re-
member for an extremely long time.”

“He deserves to be punished, for he went
deliberately out of his way to pick a quarrel
with on.” '

" 3 es, there isn’t any mistake about that.
lie evidently meant to either drive me from
the town or to kill me, but it is 'my opinion
that he will not succeed in doing either the
one or the other. ” t

{CHAPTER XIV.
'rns DUEL. ,

Tim gray streaks of light which heralded
the ,coming of the day, were beginning to
line the eastern skies when the New Yorker
and his Southern friend arose from their
beds.

After a hasty toilet, the two ate a couple
of biscuits and drank a cup of cold coffee.

This was Wolfe’svidea.

“ it is my notion," he said, “ that when a
man undertakes a job of this kind he will be

i

able to do much better work-if he takes a

little nourishment. "

“ Yes, I should think that would be better
than going out on an empty stomach," 'De
Berry replied. '

Just as they came to the end of the refresh-
ments, the doctor made\his appearance. _

He Was a and type of the old Southern
gentleman, ta 1, broad-shouldered and portly,
with g massive face, rnamented with long.
iron-grayl hair, and allowing beard of the
same huet ' ' ‘

Jacob Sutherland, he w... called, and he .-

was one of the ieadin men of the country.
After shaking han swith Wolfe and being
im to the New Yorker. the

l=unch._ ..
' "Been taking a bite of something, eh?"

‘Zhe ask . r

“ YES, justa little snack,” Wolfe replied.
“‘ It was my idea that a bite of’ biscuit and a
coflee would be apt to
send a man to the field in a better condition
to do business than if- he went on an empty
:stomach.” .

“,No doubt at all about that,” the doctor
iflSSthCd. '  t

" Coffee is one of the best things in the
av'orld to steady. a man’s nerves,:an‘d I am
, lad toisee that
grandpa] to the field in the best possible con-
~dit on. ' . - - . , ‘ '

“ Men; are altogether too careim- about
pmparlnitfor an encounter of this kind, ’ the
old gei’itléinsn'pontinuedwlth a grave shake,
otthc head. ,1 ; a

“ This goin out and facing a man who is

l I’hcnt upon do rig, "his best to send you to the
-‘ ; "other world is an extremely serious matter,
‘ dud yet some fellows rush into it as though it

was ust the same as going tb a ionic."
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“ It will have to be swords, major.” Wolfe l “ Oh, yes, it is," WVolfe affirmed. “ There

is no doubt at all about the matter, but as
the doctor says some men are extremely care-
less about preparing for an encounter of this
kind.”

” Your adversary is one of that sort,” the
doctor declared with a bow to the New
Yorker.

“Now, I have no doubt that you took
care to get to bed early last night, and to re-
frain from the undue use of stimulants be-
fore retiring.” '

“ Yes, that is correct,” De Berry replied.

“ And as far as the stimulants go we each
had a sin le glass of ale before seeking the
arms of fiorpheus,” Wolfe added.

“ You were wise, and the result of the
Caution will be that 'our man will make his
appearance on the eld in good condition,

fresh as a daisy. and with stead nerves.”

“ I certain] ' feel as well as ever did in
my life,” the cw Yorker declared.

“ You have acted wisely, which is more
than I chn say for your adversary,” the
doctor observed.

The friends looked surprised and gazed in-
quiri ugly at the old gentleman.

“I made one of a small gathering last
night which met at Sheriff Toahunter’s office
for the purpoSe of having a little game, ” the
doctor explained.

“ Just a little social party, you understand,
and we playgd cards to pass the_time away.

“ Well. a at twelve o’clock Tourjay came
in with another gentleman, and at the first
glance it was apparent that he had been

> risking freely—in fact, he had considerable

moreg liquor on board than was good for
h m. ’

“ It seems to me that this was an extremely
unwise proceeding on his part,” Wolfe re-
marked. ' _

‘ Not adoubt about that, my dear sirlf’ the
doctor declared. '

“ And knowing as I did that at an early
hour in the mornin he was to be one of the
principals in a host le encounter, I was very
much astonished indeed at his lack of caution.

.\“Then he joined the party at the table,
and played until we broke up, which was a
little after one o'clock, in the most reckless
manner.” .

“ That is an old trick of his," Wolfe ob-
served. “ He always play: recklessly. and
gs tiliough he had a sat nal bank at his

ac ." ‘

“ Of course we had. a few drinks durin
the ame,” the doctor ex lained. “ An
Tigran did not fail to'take is share of the
w s y.” 9

" Yes, he has been drinking very freely

.for the last year or two. and it is reall a

wonder to me how he manages to atten to
his business as well as he, does. considerin
that it is re rted that he seldOm goes to bed
sober,” We is explained.

“ He had entirely too much on board last
night, and was inclined to be particularly
indiscreet," the doctor affirmed. ‘ ‘ '

” The subject of the quarrel between this
gentleman,”. and the‘ nodded to the New
Yorker, “and himself came up, and Tour.
jay did not hesitateto say that itwas his
par :3 to kill on without mercy."

T c brows 9 De Berry knitted and a stern
look appeared on his face. A . ‘

" I tell ‘you of this circumstance, for I
think you ought'tokhow it,” the doctor ad-
ded. "And as the declaration was public.
1 y made before half a dozen (people. I do not
violate any confidence by so oi‘ng. '

"‘ I am vcr much obliged to you indeed,
doctor.” the en’s-Yorker declared.- ' “ And I
am‘ glad to. learn just how the man ' feels
about the matter.’ If he is determined to ‘liill’.
me I must do my best to prevent him'from
accomplishing his'pu’rpose.“ I * ’ ' 1

“He seems to be extremely hitter toward
you and it was a matter of surprise to all f
as that a. trivial quarrel should make himfee'i
so terribly incensed against you," the doctor
remarked. ‘ _ _

' " It is certainly a most mysterious affair, ”
Wolfeasserted. ‘ , _ v ‘ N

“ There really wasn’t any  for the
trouble. and Tourjaydecidedly went out of
his way torprdvoke an encounter." . g ' '

“So .I‘ understand? Sutherland re lied.
“lilo i's'verydcre over-the .i'aer‘ihat to is
badly disfigth it the blo-wflhkdt he re
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blood of the man who put such a humilia-
tion upon him will suffice to wipe out the
stain.”

“ It was his own fault, and he certainly
has no one to blame but himself,” the New
Yorker responded.

“ lie forced the. quarrel on me, and if he , 1
got more than he bargained for it is due to 
5 his own imprudence. ’ , 

Tlien the doctor consulted his watch.

“ licllo! it is time we were off!"

It had been arranged that the three should
proceed to the dueling ground in the doctor's
carryall.

The conditions of the contest required each
man to furnish his own sword. . -

Wolfe had procured an excellent one for , 
the New Yorker. j " 

Great pains had been taken to keep the ' 
matter quiet, but the fact that a quarrel had .3 ,»
taken place was, of course, known to all, 
and the gossips were too well-posted in re. ~ "
gard to affairs of this kind not to be aware
that a hostile meeting would surely result.

The loungch about town ke t their eyes
open, and although no one but ourjay was
indiscreet enough to do any talking about
the matter. yet it was “generally suspected
that a hostile mectin g h been arranged.

The men who were eager to see the show
calculated that the fight would take place
early in the morning, and so they were on
the alert. .

When the doctor drove up to the hotel in” '
his carryall, they were sure that the contest
was “ on." I

The word was quickly passed around,
and the result of this was that when the
carryall started, a little cavalcadc of horsemen
followed in the rear. .1

The doctor laughed as he looked back and
noted the rear guard. ‘ A

“ It does not seem to be of any use to try
to keep an affair of this sort quiet,” he re.
mark . .'

"The particulars are bound to get out,
and I never knew of an encounter of this 4’
sort taking place without there being plenty
of witnesses.” ' 2

“then the carryall arrived on the ground,

   
  
  
   
  
    
  
   
  
  
   
   
    
   
 
 
   
  
   
   
   
   
  
   
   
 
  
   
    
   
   
   
   
   
     

jay‘and the major had already arrived. I
he principals exchanged ceremouioua
bows and then walked apart, while the .
seconds, with the doctor, proceeded to 'sr~
range the dettiils of the encounter. _' 1‘ -
A coin was flipped for the choice of posh ;
tion. and Wolfe won. . , ‘ 
“Well. you have secured the first advant'
age,” the gambler remarked, and, strange 
"say. he was annoyed by the circumstance}. '-
" It does not amount to anything,” Wolf
rejoined. “For as far as can see 
isn’t any difference.”  _. _
This was the truth, but to the mind of the ~ ‘
veteran sport it was a bad omen that he hold
lost what might be considered as the, first ;
trick in the game. ‘ ,   ’3: t
Then the swords were examined with
critical eyes. ‘ 2"»
The sword which had been provided to
Tourjay was a su rb weapon. and the
pair were as much a lke as two peas, , i _
“My principal considers that he has“?
ceivcd so gross an insult that the "death ~
the man who gave it alone can wipe it ,
the major announced. “Therefore it is
wish that this fight shall continue until-Z
gr 1(tilie other is stretched helpless upon“
8 '9’ ' t i 
“That is satisfactory to us.” walrus.
lied. “My man has no particular lo '
or the bldod of his antagonist“:
withstanding that fact, he is Main-gin.
him alithsaati‘sfaction he desires." *  
In. The prompt manner in which Wolfea‘
tothe terms of the fight rathcr'puzs 7,
gambler. and he confided , fears which had;
ttaken pessession of admin ourjay. ‘
“Issy. my dear felipw, I'am afraid ,thit
thisman is not only posse-soda 
enough to 6mm tifwhsteei, but also u, ’
stsnssom n o tcgsmcff 
Then he duct-fitted how he married a Bid»
“hi’ufl’,”'as heat:  it. .f ‘ '
“It may be possible that be it’s;
swonistnhn." Tou‘rjsy replied, thought I _
 - “ Well, you are a good fencer. also'?"1§§ ; r
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that I would have succeeded in putting the “ I shall be on my guard, for I am satisfied “ I have not neglected to take that into In
fellow out of my path.” from the way in which he has proceeded that calculations,” Tourjay remarked. “ And I
" it could not be fixed in that way, so you he has some powerful motive for wishing to can assure you that I do not intend that this
to will have to do the best you can.” get me out of the town.” fellow shall enjoy a clear field for a week or
J It had been arranged that the doctor “ It certainly has that appearance, but two ‘even if I am laid up.” I
 should give the signal for the duel to begin there does not appear to be any reason why “ Work can be done by proxy, of course,”
by firing a shot from his revolver, so, after he should desire your absence, excepting the major observed. ,
.;I the principals Were in their place, and the that he has taken it into his head that you “That is just my idea! He has won the .
*‘vv‘: Seconds retreated t0 *1 Sflfc (listtmfl‘, the old may succeed in winning Miss Whaley. first trick, and now I will set to work to ,
gentleman warned the duelists that he -was " lie is a long-headed fellow," \Volfe con- see if I can’t take the second."
about to give the signal, and then discharged tinned in a reflective way. “ And it is pos- “ You can depend upon me, you know, if _
,, his istol in, the air. Siblc that he stispects that it is the girl who you need any assistance.”
f‘ C ashi rung the swords, and the duel attracts you here.” “ I am aware of that, and I have quite an
" opened. “The man must be extremely shrewd to important part for you to play.".
t.   ,Eagerly the lockers-on watched the pair. suspect such a thing, but I rather incline to “ All right! I will be glad to oblige you.”
 Nothing was heard but the whizzing. the belief that it is the truth,’ ’ the New “ You must get a home and ride over to ' l
 '1' striking sound of the swords and the deep Yorker obse'rved. Sulphurville, there take the river road, go to-
 breathing of the combatants. “ Ishould not be surprised, and you must the west, and about three miles from the
 Suddenly Tourja reeled backward, tossed be constantly on your guard, if he does not town the road leaves the side of the river on
his hands aloft, an fell. die of his wound." account of a swamp and bends inland.”
“ I shall not fail to take all possible prc- “ I have heard them speak of that swamp,
CHAPTER XV cautiousl" De Berry declared. I think, Blue Gum Swamp it is called, I be~-
' Learin g the pair to pursue their way, we lieve ‘2" the major queried.
THE MESSAGE will proceed to the hotel, where Tourjay had “ Yes, that is the one. Just on the edge.
j Ir was ap arent at once to the lockers-on been conveyed, and placed on the bed in his of the swamp, and near the river, is a solitary
t t, Who had ha experience in this sort of thing apartment. log-house, the cabin of a man whose reputa- ,
that from the way Tourjay fell he had been By the time that his clothes had been tion is not as good as it might be. He is
hard hit. stripped ofl, he had recovered the use of his called Black Jake, and the people in his 1m-
, The major hurried to his principal, fol~ senses. mediate neighborhood have an idea that he
lowed in hot haste b the rest, with the ex- “ The fellow managed to play me,” he will steal anything that he can get his hands
ception of the New orker, and Wolfe, who murmured to the doctor who was trying to on, although he pretends to be a hunter and
advanced to De Berry’s side. ascertain the condition of the wound. flShel'mtlD. getting his Iii/ng by his gun. line
“ You have hit him !” the lawyer cried. ” Yes, that is true. but just kee quiet for and nets." .
"Yes, I did not think there was any a while until I find out how ha ly you are “They regard that as ablind."
doubt about my being able to lay him out.’ damaged.” the old gentleman replied. , “ Correctl He eddies his me and mill
“Ho went down as if ho‘ was badly “ I have. an ugly scratch on m 'arm. and in the village, on , really as e is both an
., ,, hurt.” a painful wound in my side, but don’t feel expert hunter 81151 “Sherman. he ought to be
"I; 4 “I tried to strike him in the right arm, at all now as if I was going to make a die of able to make a billing in an honest way easy
., my object being to give him a lesson which it, although the wound did cause a collapse enough. but he is a regal!“ Old soak as far'
 would be apt to last him for some time. on the field of action.” - as whisk is concerned. and it does not. _ f,
“It was not my intention to kill the man, “ We will soon find out just how bad it take him ong to get rid of his money.” ‘ ’ j i.
for I do not wish to have any one’s death at is,” the doctor remarked. ” Ah. 3'05. We 8-11 have our lime Pet weak" 
v, mydoor, it being my idea to disable him. The sword had struck a rib and veered nesses.” ‘ ‘v
 “I have a strong desire to live ust new, around to the side, only producing a slight “When you see Black Jake tell him that
and I did not intend to give t a man a flesh wound. you came from me, and show him this ring.” : ;
chance to shorten my life if I could possi- “It does not amount to anything,” Doc- As he spoke Tourjay slipped a peculiar seal 
_ lily help it.” - tor Sutherland said in conclusion after he ring from his little finger and gave it tothe- .
" I judge that you have succeeded in had explained to Tourjay all the particu- major. - 3
your desi u, but I will soon ascertain.” lars, . It was a cameo and represented a serpent. yr -
' Then olfe hurried to where the people “In a. week we will have you on your coiled. ready to strike. It
were grouped around the fallen man. legs again all right, but it will be necessary “ When he sees that you are in possession 
Tourjay had fainted, and a large blood.- for'you to keep quiet for a few days so as to of the ring. he will understand that yQu= 3‘,
spot upon his shirt-bosom showed where . give time for the wound to heal.” come from me, and possess my confidence." {3
wound was located. Then the doctor departed, leaving the major “ Yes, I comprehend,” the major observed, ;
The duelist did not wear a vest, follow- and the wounded man together. as he placed the ring on his little finger. ' 3
ing the custom so common in some parts “I am playingin hard luck, majori"Tour- “You will relate to the man the particu--
of the South, and so when the doctor opened jay observed with a grimace. lm‘S 01’ my light With the Northerner. and say ,
' his coat he was able by means of the blood- “Yes, but, my dear fellow, you can console to him that I feel 50 badly about my defeat; l'
' . stain to locate the wound immediately. ' yourself with the reflection that it might that I stated to you that Iwould be Willing
The sword had struck the right arm of the have been much worse." to give a couple of hundred dollars to get.
lawyer and then glancing on the bone had “ That is true; the man might have pinked square with th S De Berry.” ‘
entered his chest. me for keeps.” ' “ Will he be apt to put any questions to
“1am afraid that he has received a very “ And that would be much worse than me in regard to the matter?”
ugly wound,” the doctor declared after an just lying up for a week.” “ No, tixcepting am he may inquire where
examination. “ lies, no doubt about that. Do you the man s to be found, and, possibly, what.
" The quicker We get him to the hotel the know, major, that I had a presentiment that Sort 01' fellow he is.” . _ ; I
batten" v I was going to get the worst ofthe deal when   yes. he may require a little mforma- 
There were plenty of assistants, and it we lost the toss for position ?" , » tion.” be major remarked with a knowing-
. did not take ion for the men to remove “It occurred to me at the time that it was smile. - ‘
Tourjay to the ( octor’s carryall and then a bad omen." . ; “ Yes, and that is all. Jake is a very sensi- ,
a ‘ he'Was driven back to the town. “ The scheme to drive the man out of the his fellow, and when you tell him how I feel 
 The doctor announced that as soon as he town has proved to be' a crunplete failure,” about the matter, he will know Wth is 1'8' ;
deposited the wounded man at the hotel he Tourjay remarked in a gloomy way. quired of him without further explanation.” *
' would send the carriage back for the two “In fact, it is the old story of the engineer “ All right, I will attend to the matter for
- friends, but they immediately re lied that hoist by his own petard. you, and as I believe to prompt action I will
" while they were obliged to the o d gentle- “ I set out to damage the Northerner, and set out immediately." .
’i  man for his courtesy they did not deem that have only succeeded in making a hero out The major was 88 30ml “81113 ‘Vm‘d, for in
‘ it was necessary, for as the town was only a of him, for, of course, his victory over me ten minutes he was in the saddle and on the. ‘ < 
couple of miles distant they could walk. will be apt to make people think that he is a. ,road. - .' i x
4‘ . 80 away went the Carryall with the deuce of a fellow." , —-— ' '
. wounded man. the doctor and the major, “ Oh, yes, no doubt about that!” the major . ’2‘
, whilile this horsemeili rode off at a brisklpace assented. 1 f - ’ CHAPTER XVI. :
at e at vanes, one: man eager to roam the “ I-am not the kint 0 man. on know,'to .
wn that he might tell the tale of the fight. giVe up in despair because I hayve made one THE m‘LE GUM SQUATTER'

   
  

 

 

 

 

 

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of younman, and without much trouble handsome face of the lawyer as bespoke. The veteran gambler had ta en a t‘ 
’ too,” Wolfe remarked to the New Yorker as “Certainly notl You have got more back , fancy to the wild young law er. and t ere- _ i ‘ A
. “My Walked leisurely toward the town. bone about you than to tr a game of that fore was anxious to» do all n his power to  ‘
" 35,-“ Yes. I did not have ' uch doubt from kind.. The old saying fits nhere: ‘vaatfirst oblige him. . i
the beginning that I would iambic to hit him, yo don't succeed. try, try again.” That the New Yorker,had succeeded in i
‘ all right. All that I had to fear was that he “ hat is the idea exactly i” Tourjoy dc- gettingtbe best of the duel "HIS a most dis- ‘
a {21015381. be equally as good a swordsman as clarcd. agreeable surprise to the major, for he had. .
.myself. and would beable to hit me as soon “But it will be a week or so before you confidently ex. cted that Tourjny would i
, as I did him.”  , will be able to make anv move,”\the Veteran not have any ifficulty in disposing to! his. .
I ,“ I fancy that he is badly WO‘mded. and gambler said in a reflective way. . up meat. .
“my be some time below he recovers. but "Sometimes a week or two makes a heap I; was his idea that the odds were reat ' 
* WM!) be (1008. if his Wound l9 notmortnl. of difference in this uncertain world.” the the stranger would not be familiar witi the * r g. I
' than you inust look out for yourself. for be major added with the air of s hilosopher. use of Weapons, 'and so the lawyer would I ;  v
r  8 Vindlcme Mimi. and Since‘he has failed. " Yes, that is correct. and w lie I am com- have a great advanta c. ' A f E
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expected, and Tourjay is wise in giving the
job of gettin rid of him into the hands of
this Black Ja c.

“It is always better to do a trick of that
kind by proxy.” I

During the ride the major indulged in re-
flections of this kind anti the time passed
rapidly away, for as the gambler was mount-
ed on a good horse it did not take him long
to reach the swamp where Black Jake but
his cabin.

The man sat outside of his log house as the
ma'or rode up.

I e was a thin, loosely-built fellow, with
a long face, covered with, a shock of yellow
hair; the expression, slab-sided, fitth him
exactly.

All he wore was a pair of buttermit-colorcd,
homespun pantaloons, a rough, woolen shirt
and stout brogans.

He was bare-headed, and sat on a box with
his feet against a tree, lookin as though he
was half asleep, and he paid no attention
whatever to the major when he dismounted
and fastened his horse to a sapling by the
roadside.

“ How are you ‘2" said the major.

“ How‘d’y’,” responded the other.

“ You are the man whom they call Black
Jake?"

“ I reckon that is m handle."

” You are the man want to see then."

“ I reckon I am here to be seen," the other
replied in his peculiar, languid way, speaking
as though it was considerable trouble for
him to talk.

“ I have a little important business that I
want to speak to you about,” the gambler
observed with a scrutinizin glance around.

“Is there any danger of anybody over-
hearing what I say?”

“ I reckon not. Thar ain’t a soul ’round
as far as I know.”

Again the major surveyed the surround—

I

in s. ‘ \

The house was in the center of an open
space, five or six hundred feet square, and
the spot where the man sat was at least a
hundred feet from the house, so that if they
spoke in a cautious tone there was no danger
of an eavesdropper being able to play the spy

«upon them.

There was a stump within a yard of where
Black Jack sat, and the major seated himself
upon it. -

“ I came to see on in behalf of Mr. Alex-
ander Tourjay." e oldl ambler announced.

A sudden gleam of 1 ght shot from the
eyes of Black Jake and he nodded signifli
cantl as the major held up his hand so he
goul see Tourjay’s slgnet ring upon his

nger.

“ Yas. Alex is a good man,” the fellow re-
marked with a. drawl. y

“ He is a friend of yours I believe?"

“ Oh, yes.” , ,

“ And if he needed a man to help him out
of a hole I reckon that you would be just the
fellow to be glad todo t, eh?” ,

“ Yas, I would help Alex all I kin. He
has been a good friend to me and I am jest
the kind of a galoot what always sticks to my
friends." .

“ That is the calculation that Tourjay
made, and as he needsa little assistancc'he

sent me to you." 0

“All right! 0 ahead! -.What does he
want?” Black Jo e asked, for the first time
betraying some interest.

"-I will soon explain that‘ to on,” the
major replied, and then he prooe ed to ,9.
late what had occurred. r

Black Jake listened intently, but made no
remark until the major came to the end of
his narrative, then 'he discarded the tobacco
which he had been chewmg vigorously,
helped himself to a fresh supply, and after
tendering the pin g to the gambler who de-
clined with thanks, remark : -

“ This hyer Yankee ’pears to be a right

peart loot with the sword."
“O , es, there isn't any doubt about,
that. an Tchrjay feels might sore OVer

the matter, you understand, and re wouldn’t
besorr if some piece’ of ill-luck happened
to the r ew Yorker." *» I -
f‘ Wouldn’t cry, hey 2"
“ No, not much."
. “ Ws-al, this is a dreadful unhealthy sec-
tion of the country sometimes, particularly

 

for stringers who don‘t know no more'than
to buck up ag‘in‘ some man like Tourjay who
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has got lots of friends,” the squatter observed
with a grin.

“ You think that it is likely then that this
New Yorker will find that the climate does
not agree with him before he has tarried long
in this section.”

“ That is my idee, and I am the kind of
galoot what don't make many mistakes ’bout
a thing of this kind!" Black Jake declared,
in a dogmatic way.

“I will tell 'l‘our’jay what you say, and I
am sure he will be pleased,” the veteran
gambler remarked, rising as he spoke.

" You kin tell Alex that he kin allcrs
count on me,” Black Jake responded.

“ I ain’t one of the kind what says much,
you understand, for I ain‘t no talker by a
jugful, but I mean what I say, and you kin
jest bet our bottom dollar on it, too!”

“ \Vel , I should judge from what I have
seen of you that you are the kind of man
whom it is safe to tie to.” 4

“You kin bet your life on that!” Black
Jake exclaimed, emphatically, for the first
time betra ing some animation,

“No ta ker, stranger, but when it comes
to actual work I am all thar, ever time.”

At this' moment the conversation was in-
terrupted by the appearance of‘ a man com—
ing along the by-path which led from the
main read to the log cabin of the squatter.

The path was fringed by a scanty growth
of trees and bushes so that it was possible
for any one coming along the crooked way
to get within a couple of hundred feet of the
cabin before they were likely to be ob-
served.

The man came sauntering along with his
eyes bent on the ground apparent y looking
for something. \

He. was a medium-sized man with rugged
features upon which however sat B! uileless
look, and shad the appearance acoun-
tr man. ‘ -

rom his costume one would be apt to
come to the conclusion that his lot in life had
not been a prosperous one for he was very
poorly dressed, wearing an old coat, and

.par‘taloons very much the worse for wear,

wit a dingy gray flannel shirt and an old
slouch hat, the original color of which it'
would have puzzled a conjurer to have told.

“ Who is this i” the major remarked.

“ I dunno; I never see’d him afore,”*Black
Jake answered.

The stranger got within one hundred feet
of "the pair before he seemed to be conscious
of their presence. ’

Then, having reached the cleared ground
around the house he raised his eyes, caught
sight of'the two, and bowed to them in the
most friendly way while a broad gn’n came
over his face. .

The major returned the salutation polite-
ly, as it was his nature to be courteous to all
with whom he came in contact, but Black
Jake simply stared at the stranger in his dull,
dumb way. ,

“ How-d’-y’?" exclaimed the man when he
came within 3 akiug distance.

"Quite wel , I thank you; how are you?”
the ma'or remarked. ~

Blac Jake merely nodded his head.

“ Wal, I ain’t quite so well as I might be,”
the other responded.

“ Still, I don’t suppose that I have got any
right to complain as long as I am able to
crawl along sl right.’

“ Is this hyer Black Jake’s cabin?”

The smb er nodded to the sqnatter and he
nodde assent to the stranger. ~=

“ And which one of you-’uns is Black Jake
if I may make so bold as to ask?” the man
questioned. ‘ ’

Again the major nodded to Jake and the
squatter said:

“ I reckon I am Black Jake.”

" Jess so!” exclaimed the stranger with a
very good-natured grin. .“ I: was kinder
thinking that it was that way, but I wasn’t
sures, you know, and that is the reason why I
axe .

“ Say, Mister Jake, kin Igit to stay with

you for a while—t" , r -

This abrupt question so astonished the
squatter that he stared open mouthed at the
stranger. r . -

“I reekoned ,that you would be sur-
pgised,”. the man. observed with fanother
g n. ' i ‘ x ‘

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get a place to stay somewhere in this hyer
neighborhood.

“ My name is Harvey Shock and my busi-
ness is peddling,” he exclaimed. “ I travel
throughout the country selling all sorts of
things, but lately I have been peddling a
cough cure—the Old Quaker Cough Cure—-
and 1 tell you what it is, gents, it is the big-
gest thing of the .kind that was ever got up
in this country or any other country under
the sun.

“But the doctor who made the stuffis dead,
died mighty suddenly, but he left me the re-
ceipt for making the cough cure, so I am all
rivht.” .

.0“ That was lucky for you," the major m-

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marked.
"You bet it was!” Shock declared,
emphatically. “But thar is one little thing

’bout the stuff which kinder upsets me.

“ This hyer cough cure is made of roots
and yarbs and thar‘s one sartin root which is
mighty skecrce.

“ The old doctor used for to get it in a . _
swamp down near Alexandria where he 
lived, but the supply has gi’n out, and the 
old nigger, the doctor’s man who was raised ,, ‘ -
up around these hyer parts told me I would ' , 1
find plenty of the roots in this hyer Blue Gum ;
Swamp, so I want to git to sta at some 
house in the neighborhood while hunt the - "
thing up.” , 

" Ah, yes, I see,” the major res onded. 

” I don’t reckon, you now, to ive on no
man,” the peddler decla ed with another one
of the broad rins.

" I ain’t ric by a jugful, but I kin pay
my wa for a while yet, and jest as soon as I
git hol of this hyer pesky root I kin wade
1n and make a barrel of money

“ Oh, by the way, I clear orgot!” Shock
exclaimed, abruptly. ,

“ Will you have a drink, entlemen t” and
he drew a pint flask from h pocket.

The pair accepted the invitation and asthe
whisky was ood stall Black Jake consented
to entertain t e stranger.

The major took his departure.

“ If anything happens to the New Yorker,
and the deed is traced to Black Jake, my
conference with him mi ht give rise to some
talk if the peddler shou d hap n to let it,
out,” the major mused as be r e away. '

    
  
  
 
  
 
    
    
   
   
  
   
   
  
   
   
   
  
  
     
  
  
  
  
    
     
  
   
 
   
    
   
 
  
    

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CHAPTER XVII.
A WARNING.

JUDGE WHALEY sat in his library. ..
It is three days since the events related in
our last chapter occurred, and about all the
characters in our story had takeu‘up their ,
quarters in Sulphurville, as the thrivin vil- ‘
iage situated on the bank of the Red ver
was called. . _
The session of the court was over, and the
judge and the lawyers were free to go where
they pleased. .
As the doctor had predicted, Tour of!
wound healed rapidly, and he was ab to g;
return to Suiphurville, where on his plank;
tion he could receive the best of care. '
.The New Yorker, De Berry, also came to
Sulphurville, being the guest of Lawyer 
Wolfe, who resided with. his mother in" I.
modest house in the subur , {the town. a
Judge Whaley‘s lantat n was only . a
mile awayirom Sulp urville, being situated ,4
on the river road. . ‘ * ‘
The evening mail had just been bran ht
from the villa e and the judge was occup
in examining . is letters. . '__ 
There wasn't anything in any of them "to
excite particular attention until he came I g
to the very last one. - ' ,
This was directed in a miserable hand and
the postmark showed that it had been mailed
,in Suiphurville. ‘ r .
The old gentleman perused the letter and
then he was so much surprised that he read. 5
it aloud. -
It was a fearful scrawl, and ran as follows,
beginning in the most abrupt manner:

" Do on what our darter to ma ,
cussed ankee? I you don’t then you 
better, keep our eyes open. I am'a f ‘ V‘
of yours a 801 give you this tip. 
out sharp and no more from yours truly.” ,

This was all there was to the letter, noel
natureand the judge was (greatly puzzled.
“ Asarule, a man is a onkey totakeaq

  
   
   
  

    
  

 
       
   
    
 

    
 

   

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he liliISl'ti.

“I do not believe there is any truth in
w; . the warnin", still it will not do any harm to
a” speak to Afiicrta about the matter.

‘ He touched the bell and when. a negro boy
came in answer to the summons, desired him
to tell )[iss Alberta that her presence was re-
quired in the library.

In a few minutes the daughter appeared.
“ Did you wish to see me, father?" she

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asked.
gi' r “ Yes, sit down, I want to talk to you.”
"; ll Alberta took.a seat upon the opposite side
; ,1» . of the table to where the judge was seated.
 ‘ “I have received a letter which is some-
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what of a puzzle," the father said.

“ Suppose that you take a look at the
document and see what you can make out
of it," and as he spoke he handed the letter
to his daughter. -

' Alberta read the warning and immediately
gushed scarlet to the very roots of her
an.

The judge was watching her narrowly and
being a good judge of human nature at once
jumped to the conclusion from what he saw
Written on her features that the anonymous
letter-writer had made a shrewd guess at
the truth.

“Of course there isn’t any truth in this
warning,” the father remarked in a careless
way.

“ There isn't a y love affair between
yourself and this N’brtherner?" he continued,
watching the girl as narrowly as sent does a
mouse.

“ Father, I am going to tell you the truth
about the matter, of course,” Alberta said,
after a moment’s pause, and although she
was dreadfully agitated she looked the judge

‘ straight in the eyes. ‘

' " of course, my dear girl, that goes with-

out saying,” the father replied. =
f‘ I met the gentleman during my‘last visit

to the North and from the beginning we

* were each attracted to the other. .

, f‘There wasn't any flirtation between us

 {oil- I am not one of the flirty kind and-neither
.i 5 re. " I

1 "Tie 'ecrtainly does seem to be very much

of a gentleman,” the judge observed in a re-

flective way.

‘ I “ When we parted he asked permission to
correspond, and I replied that I would pre-
fer not to do so, then he told me in a ver

’ plain, straightforrvard manner that I ha

madea great impression upon himand he

 Would be delighted to be afforded an oppor-

ftunit to win me for his wife.”

_. ; “ e evidently believes in making hay

,while the sun shines,” the old gentleman de-

lared. with pursed-up lips.

‘.‘ Well, it Was the last opportunity that he
5de have to speak'to me and I suppose he
thought that he ought to improve it."

 
   
  
  
   
  
   
   
  
   
   
  
 
    
  
 
   
  
  
    
   
   
   
  
 
   
    
   
   
    
 
 

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, is, yes, undoubtedly.” ' l

' =“I replied by quoting the old saying in

[gigard to absence conquering love, and said

J at if afterafow months e was of the
lame opinion as he was at present and cared

‘tosook me in my. Southern home 1 would be-
. Mite see him, although I would not prom-

." ' that anything seriouswonld result from

filfiisylsit.” and the girl smiled. coquettishly,

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.mu'aud this Mr, De. y

’. sf? None whatever.”

"‘Bntis there likely to be?"

,And the fit lge put the question as sharply
up though he ran on the bench with a, crimiv'
initiators him , . , ’ 7 l _ .
g , :T'11Fatb‘cr. Ifam not going to‘attem pt to de«
#1ng you about this matter," the girl replied,
' or a .mmnent’s pause. during which she
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ptireotleking point. , . .
( _“.‘f‘lrat is. right, my dear chime—Quite
“"zrlghtl’f;th‘e..oid , entloman exclaimodria a
trig-tone. ,‘twg'gll’ his the. truth~always
: e truth "thout're’gard to the'conre-
latices!"    ‘ ,' ' .,
j'Father, I-alwoys have done so, and
{that that [I always
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will, althou h at the ‘ than lagood ford
presume   "

The old gentleman fidgeted uneasily iii his
chair.

“ Well, well, I hope not,” he declared.

“ I like Mr. De Berry—like him better
than any one whom I have eVer encountered,
and I feel sure that he thinks a great deal of
me.

“ In this case,.you see, absence did not
conquer love, on the contrary, our separation
seemed to increase the liking that we had for
each other.

“ He has taken the trouble to come to the
South after me, and I think that if he should
ask me to be his wife 1 should have to refer
him to you.”

“ Meaning. that you are perfectly willing
to accept him?" the judge asked testily.

The girl hesitated for a moment, and then,
summoning her courage, replied:

“ Yes.” ‘

“ But I do notlike the idea of this at all!’
the judge declared, jumping to his feet, and
beginning to pace up and down the room.

The daughter watched him for a moment
and then she said:

“ You do not like it?”

“No, I do not, and I will never give my
consent to such a union.” .

“ What objection is there to the gentle-
man?”

“ In the first place, he is a Northerner,
and I don’t like \ ankees."

“ Ah, father, that is only an idle prejudice,
you know,” Alberta replied archly.

“ The war ended long ago,‘and we are all
Americans now." '

“ Oh, yes, I am aware of that fact, but I
don’t want a Yankee fora sonin-law, all the
same." .

“ You have no objection to find with the
gentleman himself ‘2” ’

” Oh, no,” the judge replied slowly and
with evident reluctance. “ He seems to be a
good sort of a fellow enough. but Idon’t-like
the idea of your marrying a man from a re-
mote section of the country;

“ Why'couldn‘t you have made a choice
from among the young ,gentlemen in the
neighborhOod? . r

“ I am Sure there are plenty of eligible
suitors near at hand,.and Ithinkthat you
ought to have taken one .of them.” ' - -

" This passion that .we call love, is a very
serious thing, father,” the girl remarked with
a ver serious air.

“ he wisest men have never been able
to decide why it is thatccrtain men and
women are attracted to each other.

“And in my own case I can’t explain to
you how it is that I do like Mr. De Berry,
and do not like any of the gentlemen in
the neighborhood, the most of whom I have
known since we were boys and girls to-

gether." . ,
“ It is ver strange," the old judge cam-
mented. “ its New Yorker is a nice follow

enough, but no more so' than a dozen of the
others. . v .

“ Ah. yes. but my eyes see something in
him which I do not see in any of the rest!”
Alberta exclaimed. '

f‘ Now there is Tour-jay for instance! If
there is one man in this neighborhood whom
I would have selected from all. the rest as
being best calculated to. make you a good
husband it is Alexander Tourjay.” , y I

A look of disdain a‘p urcd on the face of
the Southern girl am she raised her head
haiiglitily.g . . i

“ How stfange that is!" she declared.

’ “Strange-Washed tbsfath‘eriu surprise.

"" Yes. for/of all themen whom I have ever
met Alexander Tourjay would be the . last
one whom I Would choose for a husband.” 

“ You surprise met". . '

“ It is the truth, and I’am astonished that
you should. thinkheis worthy. to be your
senile-law}? 3‘ .~ 2  .

" What objection is there to thomnn‘l”

,i“His character!" I , . ,‘ '
1“ Eh?" and. the old gentlemsnappeared to
be a trifle uncomfortable. «

“In .a neighborhood like this the short-
cczénlngs of all the people are known toth
0 er.”  ii '4' , r

“13‘_“ not the truth. that Mr..Tourjay is,
drinker." ,
 that the young
slittle more liquor

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gossips of the town are to be believed it is

“ At times!” Alberta exclaimed.

the exception and not the rule for Mr.
Tourjay to go to bed sober.”

“ My dear Alberta, this is an evil-minded
world, given greatly to exaggeration too and
you must not believe all thatyou hear.”

“I do not think there is much doubt in j
regard to the truth of these stories,” Alberta i
remarked with a curl of her proud lip. ’

“ And then too is not the man an in- i
veterate gambler?" she asked ‘ i,

“ Oh, well, almost everybody plays cards ‘
for money in this section, you know,” the ’
old gentleman explained, endeavoring to ut
as good a face upon the matter as possib e.

“I presume that is the truth, but I think
it is also true that ‘no one but a professional
gambler would play as recklessly as Mr.
'l‘ourjay is said to do.

“ Why, father, if reports can be believed,
he has gambled away everything in the
world that he could pOSSibly lose.”

The judge began to be annoyed,’ for he -:
felt that the girl was getting the best of the r 
discussion. ' t

f‘ My dear Alberta, you must not believe
all that you hear!" he exclaimed.

“ I do not doubt that the young mau'has
been rather wild, 'but it is my impression
that he has not been any worse than the rest
of the oung men with whom he associates,
and it is certain that as far as abilit and
genius goes there isn’t a young fel ow in i
the country-or the State, either, as far as
my knowledge goes—who can at all compare
With him.” ' ‘

" Yes, I presume that helis a talented
man,” the girl responded with .an air of in-
difference which plainly showed that she
took no interest'in the matter.» . ' ' ‘ ' t,

“ He has the making of a great lawyer in 1
him and I should not be surprised to see him
ranked with the very best legal lights in the,
country in less than ten years.” ' .

“ But, father, unless he turns over a new r
leaf will not his habits keep him back?"

" Ah, yes, but he will soon stop. Almost
all young men, you know, are more or less
wild, but after having their fling they settle
dpwn, and Tourjay will do the same Lam
sure." -
“ Possibly,",the dan h‘tcr responded. But
she spoke in a way wh ch indicated that she
had considerable doubts in regard to the
maltch ,

“Don’t you think that you could bring

ourself to look with a favorable eye upon

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husband." .

"‘ It is imposeible, father!" the girl'xdo;
clared, firmly. “I would do almost an -
thing for you, but [would rather die th n
marry Mr. Tonrjoyiftl was compelled to
choose between the two.”

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inga Yankeo'at all."

Alberto la‘u bed.

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THE house of .NnthAanolfe where the
New Yorker. Dej'Berry, “was omiciled as a
guest, was situated :ou‘ the o skirts of the
town. > . «v . ‘
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overgrown, it rose and climbing vines,
and“ stood in ‘the- center of a neatly-kept gar~ _

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“I was talking with the doctor just before
supper to day, by the way, about Tom-
'ay's case," Wolfe remarked.

“What did he say?"

“The wound is healing up rapidly and
'l‘ourjay will be out next week.”

“ Well. 1 am not sorry." De Berry re-
marked, in a thoughtful way. “ I did not
seek the man‘s life and I am glad that no
serious results will follow the wound.”

“ If you had cared to, I fancy that you
could have killed him without any trouble.”

“ Yes, 1 held his life at my mercy, but I
only tried to disable him.”

i “I fancy that the moment Tourjay gets

well, you will have to look out for your-

; ' self,” Woife declared with a warning shake
of the head. \ ' .

The New Yorker looked surprised.

“ Is that your opinion? Don't you think
that'he will be satisfied with the lesson that
he has already reeeived '2"

“ No, I do not. You see, I know the man

' thoroughly. for We were brolight up to-
gether, and so I possess a complete know-
ledge of his character, and from his boyhood
he has been noted for his vindictive disposi-
tion; one of the kind who treasures up wrongs
and then, when it is least expected, endea-

‘vors to obtain reVenge.”

“ In that case then, I suppose that I have
made a mistake in considering, the affair
settled,” De Berry remarked, an it was plain
from the look on his face that he was not
pleased by the prospect;

r " Thatis my idea. Of course it is possible
that I may be mistaken about the matter, but

“ I do not think I am.” I

“ Do you suppose that he will challenge
:me again?"

‘“ No, 1th not think so. I have not as
good an opinion as that of the man," Wolfe
replied romptly. . .

"‘As told you, he'isrvindictive, and a
man apt to cherish his wrongs.

“ You have inflicted a fearfuldiefeat upon
mm; ly, it is the first that he has ever en-
countered, for although he has been concern-
-6d in a dozen skirmishes, this is the first one
that I ever heard of in which he has not
:succeeded in coming out first best."

“ Well. under the circumstances, it is no
wonder that he may be expected to seek for
revenge, if he is such a man as you describe."

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"been taught by and experience that he is no
match for you; nothing, then, is left for him
but a secret attack." ‘

I “ And do you really think that the innn
would he been enough to try anything of
:‘thé kind?" . ' ' , .

" Yes, I do," Wolfe replied immediately.
“ I~k ow that it is a hard thing to say of a
man, at I'am telling you just what I think
about the matter. '

“For the last ten
goin rapidly to the
. “ e is an, eXCellent lawyer—really a

coins, and I don‘t know a manic this sec-
~ , Ion who is his equal, but whisky and
. ‘ ' gambling have been his ruin. ‘ '. u

‘ A‘ .“I have been,watching the man for some

" me, and I fte sure that he must he get.
ng 1 near to the end of his rope.
. . ‘ He 8, a‘ I :unhicky gambler, but the
- greater his oases thc‘tnoro determined he
seems to’be to  t '

“ His father of Mora handsome property
and his legal practice brings him in a good
; - 2 income. but a man must hen millionaire to
go on losing hundreds of dollars night after
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' “The Judgohas a very big opin oaof
Tourjay andustrange to any, s inclined to

look with a lament e 1e upon his sowing his
'wild oats as the old'gentleman terms it. '

“.I fancy that he will and it difiicult to got

‘ ‘thc young ladyto look witha favorable eye

' f}. n n his suit.” De Berry remarked with a

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but your arrival here has made him suspect
that all is not going to be plain sailing and if
that is so it would explain his attack on
you."

“ Very true; and as he has failed theiirst
time he will _be likely to try a Second."

" That is my idea and that is why I say
that it Would be wise for you to be on your
guard.”

” Yes, you are right."

At this point the conversation was inter-
rupted by the approach of a man through
the garden from the street.

He came directly up to the open window
by which the two young men sat and greeted
them with a polite how.

I reckon I would like to have a leetle talk
with you two gents, if you hain’t got no big
objection," the man said.

It was the traveling medicine peddler,

Harvey Shock, who had taken n his quar-
ters with Black Jake in the lue Gum
Swamp.

“No objection! Come in!” Wolfe re-
plied.

b‘hock entered the house and took a seat in
the corner 0 the room, so that he could not
be seen thr ugh the windows by any one
passing along the street.

“ This is Mister Wolfe, I s‘pose?” he asked,
nodding to the gentleman.

“ ' s." .

“ And this b 'er is Mister De Berry. the
gent- from the orth,” Shock continued with
a bow to the New Yorker.

De Berry nodded assent.

“ Wal, gents, I have got something im-
portant to say to you, ant as I have got to
do it on the quiet I hope you will not let out
(xivho it was that put you up to the time of

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The youn men looked surprised at this
speech, and olfe, as the host, took it upon
himself to respond. 1 ‘

“You can rely upon our discretion," he
responded.

“ My name is Shock-Harve Shock and I
peddle medicines—patent stu , you under-
stand. I come down in this hyer countr in
s'arch of some roots which I beer-ed cool he
found in the Blue Gum Swamp—watts ’bout
two miles above this hycr town, ‘ you
know." ‘ '

The others nodded assent. '

“ And in order to be near at hand I got a
low-doWn cuss named Black Jake to let me
stay in his shanty. ' ‘

' ” Jake is a powerful big drinker, yap know,
and as I had a good supply of wh sky 0n
hand the pair of us have got as thick as
thieves. ‘ . .
. “Iallers have to carry a lot of whisky
around with, the ’cos I am subject to the
dumb ague. and that is the only thing what
does me any good," the peddler explained.

Again the others nodded. '

“Black Jake is a dumb sort of a bound-'—
never does no talking, you know, to amount
to an thing, but when he gets a good dose of
whis y on board he has a queer habit of
mumbling to himself. . . ‘

“Now. I am one of the kind of men who
prides himself on saving nothing and sawing
wood,” Shock added With a dc.- ‘

“ And as I have taken so uch wl isky for
my ague the stuff don't seem to «ha e much
effect upon me: I believe i could-drink a bar-
rel full of'it without gitling phased."

“ That is, you keep your senses and the
other man '10!) t." Wolf observed. .

“ You have hit it plum center!" the peddler
exclaimed. ‘ ‘ f l M K

I " W al. the long and the short of the tier
is that Black Jake is going to do you mis-
chief, stronger, as soon as he kin, and it is
all on account of
yer Tour ay." ,

The f ends exchanged glances.  r t .

" Of course [don't take pny particulalr in-
terest in the affair, forI don't‘know cabal
you or the other chap, but it didn’t strike 
that it was quite the right of a thing for
this dumb dog to salivate‘ yoqv‘vlthout our
havin a chance for ~yourf'ifl'e, so Im e up
my ad-to givoyoi a hit of warning,”‘the
peddler said to the ow orker. . . . ‘

"I am, Ve much obliged, indeed, to you
for your tron lo, audit you more to accept ,a
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leetle thing like this,” Shock replied.

“This hyer dumb dog is a mean, miser-
able sort of a bound anyway, and it kinder
went against my grain for to think that such
a low-down cuss as he is should try to wipe
out a man like yourself.

“ You want to keep your eyes open all the
time, you know, for he is jest the kind of a
man who will try to get at you when you
least expect it. '

“ He won‘t challenge you to a fair fight,
or give you any show for your lifej’thc
peddler explained. " ’Cos it ain’t in the crit-
ter to play a game of that kind.”

“That statement is correct, I am satis-
fied, from what I know of the man,” I‘Volfe
declared.

" Wal, I will be gitting,” Shock remarked,
risin as he spoke.

“' ain’t likely that you will be troubled
tonight, for I left Black Jake so full of
whis y that he ain't capable of moving.

" I had to come to town for a fresh supply
and so I thought I would improve the o por-
tunity to give on a bit of warning, an -, by
the way, I think that the man who calls him-
self Major Kaufman is mixed up in this
thing ’cos he was out to See Black Jake the
other day and I reckon that it was about this
hyer business. ' ,

“You will have to keep your eyes on the
major," Shock warned. " He pretends to
be a planter but in reality he is a bass
gambler from New Orleans,” and then the
man departed.

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CHAPTER XIX.
m BULLY or THE TOWN.

“Tms is a serious matter,” Wolfe ob
served after the peddler had disappeared in"
the loom. _ -

“ ‘ have known this Black Jake for' years. ‘ - '
He is one of the black sheep of the height
borhood, and although he has never out '
much of a figure in the desperado line, yet
he is just the kind of man who would be
capable of lying in wait for a fellow behind g
some bush with the idea of filling him full'of“
buckshot." , ‘

“ That is he would not hesitate to commit '

a cold-blooded murder if he stood a' good '
chance of escaping punishment. " '

"Exactly! that is just the kind of man he
is," Wolfe replied. ~

“I must take especial pains to be on my-~
guard then." r‘ » __ r

“Yes. the point is to 'be careful not to”
give the man a chance at you. The odds't
are great, you knovv. that he ‘will not make;
an open attack," and if he can’t get a, chance ‘
to ambush you he will not be able to do any 
thin .” I '  ‘

"‘ will be careful. and now that I have
received timely warning it will he stranger?
indeed if I cannot beat the fellow’s gains?)  _

“You are not in the habit of carrying"
wca ans?" . i 

" o. I am not.” "I ‘ ‘

"Under such circumstances
though it would only he
go armed "to the teeth."

“ Yes, I suppose that it _
was not armed and anybod should” "
coed in attacking mull would helpless... "

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exclaimed. ‘; his is a case where
joke crimes in; A man may live in. c
count iv twenty years and not fed}!
need .a won a. but when he does"
gunhenm, tawfulbadl" ~  it...

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miracle, and it would 7 not be a hididb.
to ma" 3 the purchase openly so that'lheren,
port will go the rmm‘ds that on are, pre-
pared .for war," the young wyer- ads

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a tto he attacked ifit k known that“;
a and for the war-path.” \  
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waiver-shot. for I Was a member of a ' V
club. ton. ‘

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much chance for your life,” Wolfe ob-
served.

" This revelation by the pcddler satisfied
me that my suspicion was correct in regard
to Tourjay seeking revenge.

/ “ He is naturally vindictiVe and will. be
apt to do all in his power to injure you.”

“ Is he and this Black Jake on friendly
terms?" '

“ Yes; he is the man’s lawyer and has suc-
ceeded in getting the fellow out of some
ugly scrapes.

“ The man is naturally grateful and as he
has never been able to pay the lawyer much
money for his services he would undoubted-
ly be glad to improve this opportunity to
square the account, for Black Jake is a
thoroughpaced scoundrel, and from whatl
know of the man I am satisfied that he would
not hesitate at any crime if there was a fair
chance for him to escape.”

“I will be on my guard, and if 1 am well-
armed the chances are good, I think, that I
will,be able to hold my own against Tour
jay and his ruffians.”

“ His fortunes are in a desperate state and
a marriage with the judge’s daughter is about
the only thing which promises him relief,
and therefore t is onl natural for him to

Imake a determined e ort to get on out of
the way, for I am satisfied that e has at
the idea in.his head that you are dentin to
prove a dangerous rival."

I " Well, I am certainly not going to be
frightened out of the field as long as I think
there is a chance for success, ’ the New
Yorker remarked in a decided way.

“ I don’t know what the judge will think

 __ about the matterwhen I enter suit for his
' I daughter, but I am certain’ that Albertais

‘favorabl disposed toward me.”

“Wei , from what I know of the youn
lady I fancy that if she makes up her mind
to marr a man neither her father or any-
body e so would beable to make her give
him up until a good and spflicieut reason was
advanced.”

“I think you are right, Alberta is a con-
scientious girl and although she would listen

' to reason yet she would not be inclined to

yield a blind obedience in a matter of this

ind where the whole of her life's happiness
appeared to her to be at stake.”

“It is my opinion that if the girl makes .

up her mind to mar ' you she will
carry her point in spite o the judge’s oppo-
sition,” Wolfe declared.

“ I have known Judge Whale ever sinceI

‘ I was a child, and although the o d gentleman

can be firm enough at times yet he is of a
rather easy-going nature, and as he thinks
« there isn’t anybody in the ’world like his
daughter it is certain thatif she makes a
stubborn fight he will be likely to ive. way
and'allow her to do as she likes, although he

I resist for a while.”

' I “I think that the lady and I understand
each other although there isn’t really any cn~
ga ement between us.”

hen Wolfe Consulted his Watch.
,. i“. We had better be ‘going if on intend to

“ purchase your revolvers to-nig t or else the
, r stores wil

‘ be closed," he suggested.
“All right, let us 0 at once,” De Berry
“I think th sis a case where the

" My own idea exactly!" Wolfe declared.
Then the two proceeded to the street and

~.made their way to the center of the town

where ,there‘ were half-a-dozen at as. ,
' The largest one of these places f business
was a general country store kept by a He-
brew who answered to tho namd of Moses
Cob'en. . ' ,
 "t You will find the old Jew to be a toler-
kbly decent fellow.” Wolfe explained.
, «" He keeps almost everything thata man,
woman or child is likely to need and his
prices are reasonable, when the distance from
a larglgty is taken into eons leration. '
“ n’s Bazar, as he,«ca is it, and the
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hotel are the favorite lounging places

:, town. and after nightfall there is alwaysa
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to be found in both places. so
[if you pure use a couple of revolvers you

 can depend upon it that“ the news of the

transaction wil be spread far and wide.”
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sir Yorker replied,
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iron-gray hair. a long heard of the same hue,
and eyes so round and black that they strong-
ly resembled jet beads.

lle came forward as soon as the young
men entered and greeted them as though
they Were the dearest friends that he had.

The lawyer introduced the New Yorker
and explained that he wanted to invest in a
pair of the best double-action revolvers.

There were about a dozen men loungingin
the back of the store, where the Jew had a
couple of benches for the accommodation of
his customers, and they immediately became
vastly interested.

The majority of the men knew the New
Yorker by sight, and those who were
ignorant in regard to who he was were soon
informed by the others. .

The loungers nodded to each other know-
ingl when they discovered what the New
Yor er wanted, for they scented war immedi-

Cohen declared that he had some beautiful
weapons and was sure he could suit the gen-
tleman.

The Jew, really, did. have a good assort-
ment and it did not take De Berry long/to
pick out a pair.

He took the best of the lot and paid the
price without a murmur. '

Then after the usual fashion in the South-
west, the storekeeper invited the gentlemen
to enter the little private roon in the rear of
the store and there he set out the whisky.

It is counted bad manners in .- the Red
River country to refuse an invitation of this
sort and so the pair took an extremely small
drink of the liquor.

Then they departed.

“ As long as we are up town we may as
well drop into the hotel and see what is go-
ing)on,” Wolfe suggested.

e Berry had no objections and so the two
entered the hotel. .

Like most of the houses of entertainment
to be found in the small Southern town, it
was but a step from the hotel oflice into the
bar-room and here was where the loungers
congregated. - .

All eyes were directed upon the pair as
soon as they entered, and speedily the whis-
per went around that the good~lookingi stran-
ger was the man who had laid the Southern
fire-eater low. I

The grow) nearest the door was composed
of Judge haley and three up-river plan-
ters one of whom was a client of Wolfe and
he accosted the lawyer as soon as he enter-

ed. _

Then Wolfe introduced his co‘tnpanion to
the three planters—the iudgc already knew
him—and the conversation became a general
One. '

But within a couple of'minut‘es there came
an interruption.

Into the saloon came a bi , brawn '.fel-
low, very poorly dressed, out his in amed
countenance seemed to indicate that he had
drank more liquor than was good for him.

He was a coarse, brutal—lookingr man, and
from the way he carried himself, was evi-
dently a bully of the first water.

°He advanced to the bar and brought his

fist dow'n upon it with a thump which at—
tracted the attention of everybody in the
room.

“ My name is Billy Buck, and don’t you
ferget it?” he roared at the top of his lungs.

“ I am a Southern gen’leman, I am, and I
don’t take a back seat for any man on top of
this h or footstooli" '

An then again , hewhacked the corinter
with his fist.- -

“I am a man, too, all of me, from the sole
of my head to the crown of my foot!’.’

This declaration caused some of the by-
standers "to smile, and as the newcomer had
not drank liq‘uor. enough to deaden his senses
he was quic to observe the broad grin on
the faces of thosein the room.

“ What are you galoots snickering at?" he
demanded. angrily, V “ Don't you know a
go 'leman, when du'see him?"

n, he stror e up to where De Berry
stood and glanced in an angry way at the
New Yorker. _

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than was good for him, was accustomed to:
come into the public places of the town,
strut around a little with the air of being
king of the walk, and announce that he could
whip any man in the neighborhood.

As a rule no one ever took any notice of
these boasts, although on a few occasions
some man who had drunk so much as to be
incapable of sound reasoning was foolish
enough to accept Billy Buck’s challenge.

'l‘hcn would follow a brief contest and the
bully had always succeeded in getting the
best of the struggle.

But for him to go out of his way and pitch
upon a stranger was something new, and the
bystanders stared in surprise.

It was evident though that Buck meant to
pick a quarrel with De Berry, for be ap—
proached him in an extremely offensive way.

“ Say! I don’t know you!” the bully cried

in a loud and angry tone.
" You are a stranger in these hyer parts, I

reckon, and I want you to understand right .

to once that I am‘a man w’ot don’t stand any
nonsense from any one.

“ You, can’t snicker at me, dog-gone you!”

“ Sir, you are laboring under a mistake,"
De Berry replied, quietly. “ 1 have not
laughed at you, nor concerned myself about
you in any way whatsoever.” _

“Oh, you want to git out of ;t now that
you see thatI am going to call you down 1”
the bully exclaimed, jeeringly. -

“ I am not trying to get out of anythinlg,
to the best of in knowledge and belief,” 8
Berry re lied, h s coolness and self possession
a decide contrast to the blu'ster and bravado
of the big fellow. '

“ I reckon that you are a heap wise not for
to try any of your games with me, for I amra
bad man from Bitter Creek, I am !"

And then the bully drew himself up to his.
full height, threw out his chest and'brand--
ished his big arms in the air.

,“ l’m one.of the galoots w’ot likes to smell
of blood. I’m a wolf, I am! Yes, siree, you
kin jest betall that you are worth on that, I
am a wolf, and ‘when I git on the war-path
and be in to howl the man who don’t take to
his bee s and run is mighty apt to wish that.
he had never been born. _

Then he pounded his chest with his big
fists and looked around with the air of a con-
querin hero. ‘ ,

Thin ing that the best way to, avoid a.
difficulty would be to ignore the fellow as
much as possible De Berry turned to the
judge as if to address a remark to him.

But the bully had his eyes on the New
Yorker and the instant De Berry moved he
roared:

“ Ilyer you, Mister Man! Iam a-ialking to.
you I am, and I want you to understand that
you can’t treat me in no sieh way as that! I
have got the floor I have, and I want you for
to turn around and look me square in the
face, dog-gone you!"

De Berry was a patient man and of all
thin gs he hated to become involved in a quar-
rel with a bar-room bully, but he was sensi-
ble enough to understand that there were
times when such a thing could not be avoid-
ed.

Wise enough too to comprehend that when
a man was so unfortunate as to become in-
volved in an affair of the kind the best wa to
get out of it was promptly to take the bull
by the horns as the saying,is.

There was no doubt that the fellow in.
tended to pick a quarrel with’ him.

0f course'there wasn't any reason why the
man should single him out excepting that he
was a stranger, and then the thought had
come to the New Yorker when the fellow ap-
peared to be so determined upon being offen-
sive, that it mi ht be “ibis it was the law-
yer Tourjay w bmrinstigawd the man to
pick a quarrel with him. a

Perhaps it was hisdefeatcd their; idea that
this big bully would be ab?! to ive him a '
terrible pounding and so disgrace iim in the
Opinion of the peOple» of the town.

But when be reflected upon this supposi--,
thin the New Yorker laughed in his sleeve.

as amiddleweight boxer he had ranked as
Elie champion of his college, and in his time

Id met and defeated some of the best ama-
teur boxers of the day.
- That was only a few years a o. and as he
was still fyeoaung in years, a had alws .s
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Was in a splendid condition physically, he
had not a doubt but what he could “han-
dle " this big, fat, clumsy fellow, for the
chances were great that the man knew no
more about boxing than he did of the interior
of Africa

“ I am about tired of this, you overgrown

donkey!" De Iierr cried with a suddenness
i which surprised it] the hearers.

“You have made a fool of yourself long
enough and it is about time a, stop was put
to your antics.”

This unexpected speech took Billy Buck
so completely by surprise that all he could do
; for a moment. or two was to stare in wonder
5 at the New Yorker.

l , Then, recovering from his amazement, he

said:

“ Wa-al, I’ll be durned! Say! do you want
3,; me to smash you all to nothing afore you kin
E: say Jack Robinson?" -

ii “Oh. you will not smash anybody!” the
x New Yorker retorted. emphatically.

3, “You are only a big gas-bag—as full of
g ‘3; wind asaballoon, but I am tired of your
r g; monkey shines and if you do not stop I will
kick you into the street!”

The big fellow rew fairly black in the
face with rage, wh e the bystanders looked
on in wonder.

As a rule the men of the interior Southern
villa s knew but little of boxing, and so
the nhabitants of Sulphurville had come
to regard Billy Buck as being a real chamk,
Egon because he had succeeded in getting the

st of the drunken fellows whom he had
encountered.

The idea then‘ that this Northerner who
was a parently not a match at all physi‘
cally or the village bully should dare to
talk about kicking him into the street as-
tounded them.

“Say, you dog- oned Yankee! I reckon

". ‘2;

Billy Buck exclaimed in profound astonish-
ment. !

‘.‘ Oh, no, I am in full possession of all my
sean I believe!" the New Yorker re-

“ Didn‘t I understand you for to say that
you would kick me out of this hyer saloon?”
the big fellow demanded, and 'as he spoke
he shook his head in a puzzled way as if
he could not believe that he had heard
aright.

“ Yes, that is just what I said, and I mean
ever word of it too!" De Berry retorted.

“ uch fellows as you are a disgrace to
the town in which they live! You are a
bully and a blowhard and the only way to
get along with you would be to uncere-
moniously kick you into the street the ‘mo—
ment you commenced your foolishness.”

“I reckonl will have to hammer some
M. sense into you !" the bully declared, brand-
I ‘. iohin his arms in a warlike way.

i “ hat is more  any one could suc-
f ceed in doing with you to my thinking," the
Fr New Yorker rejoined.

‘ “I fancy that an the pounding in the
world wou d not make you sensible!”

"Look out for me for Iam a-comin l"
Billy Buck declared, brandishing his lg
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“Are you all ready?" De Berry asked,
stepping orward a pace, and throwing him-
sel nto a boxing attitude.

“You bet I am ready!" the big fellow ex-
claimed. ” Ready to smash you as you
have nevor been smashed afore in all your
born days!"

The bully brandished his flat to give em-
phasis to his threat. , .

Then, so quickly that half the lookerson
did not see the blow. the New Yorker plant-
ed a straight right-hander on the jaw of

  

:5; 1 Bill Buck which sent him over on his back
 r as ough he had been shot.
 ‘ ,7 The spectators were silent for a moment,
r i: ' amazed by the wonderful celerity and force
“if f. . fit hthe stroke and then they roared in de.
 i '2 g t.

.» . Billy Buck was no favorite in the town
' " and the bystanders were not sorry to see him

" ' come to grist-I - r -

Asthe bully struck the floor a bowl es-
caped from him which seemed more like the
utterance of a wild beast than the cry of a
‘human. ‘

Never in all his life had he received such
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feet as soon as possible and made a rush at
the New Yorker.

The bully was game.

He was so ignorant of boxing that he
regarded the blow as a chance one and
thought he could bear down his adversary
by his superior Weight.

It was like child‘s play for an experienced
boxer like the New Yorker to deal with such
a clumsy fellow.

As Buck came rushing in, De Berry meas-
ured the distance and gave him another
right-hander on the jaw which brought the
big fellow up “ all a-standing ” as the sailors
say.

Then without a moment’s delay he “ let go"
with the left at Buck's body.

The blow landed just over the heart

It was a fearful stroke.

The bully doubled up with pain and a
groan was wrung from his lips.

- 'Then again came the terrible right-hander.

This time it took the big fellow between
the eyes and again he went over on his
back.

At this second downfall the men in the
saloon set up such a yell that it was heard
in the street and people came running from
all parts toward the hotel, eager to see what
was the matter.

Never since the town of Sulphurville had
been founded had such a contest taken place
within its limits.

It was fully a couple of minutes before the
bully made any movement.

He lay on his back with his eyes half
closed, breathing heavily, for the breath had
been almost completely knocked .out of him
by‘ the “ rib-roaster ” which he had received.

Then he rose slowly to a sittin position
and gazed at the New Yorker in a zed sort
of we . '

By. this time there were tWenty-flve or
thirtv peo la in the room and the number
was being ncreased rapidly.

All were anxious to see the “ fun.”

Bill Buck rose slowly to his feet.

He tad been in anumber of fights in his
time, but he had never encountered such an
ad versar before in his life.

In all llS fights put together he had hardl
receiVnd as much punishment as he had a -
ready got in these few m ent's.

Never had he encountered a man who could
hit with the force of this stranger. ,

The bully was a fat, overgrown brute. and
in about the worst possible condition for a
contest of this kind, so that he keenly felt
the punishment which he had received.

After getting on his feet he looked at the
New Yorker and from the expression on his
face it was plain that he had got about all
the tighting‘that he cared for. .

1t - was a mystery to him thou h how it
was that his anta onist had beena le to pun-
ish him so dread ullypfor he had made the
mistake common toi'gnorant men of his class,
of thinking that becausea man wore good
clothes and had the appearance of a gentle-
man he could not do much in a fisticuif
match. ‘

In the crowd was One of the great Ameri-
can jokers who are always to be‘found in an
assembla e of this kind.

And a ter the big fellow got’ on his feet,
panting and b!owing,'thc wag yelled out in
a stcntorian voice:

" Time!” .

CHAPTER XXI.
4 A NEW SCHEME.

A LOOK of rage appeared on the faceof
Billy Buck, and thecrowd, ever ready to
appreciate a joke, laughed loudly, -

“ W’ot are you a haw-bowing at like a lot
of blamed mules?” exclaimed the bully, in-
dig‘nantly. ‘ '

hen the crowd laughed ailin.

‘fMebbe you aloots~ thin that ill 90m
fun about this usiness,
ri ht now that thar ain’t!”

his caused the crowd to fairly roar with I

laughter and Billy. Buck, in supreme disgust
called out: .

“ Ah,,go hang yourselvesl. You are all. a
lot of donkeys, anyway!” .

This ‘caused the b standers to laugh still
more, but‘the baby had some to the ,conclu:
sion that it wasnit any use for him to take
an notice of them. ' '

  

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marked, surveying the New Yorker with a
curious eye.

“ No, I am not exactlya pugilist, although
I do happen to know a thing or two about 4 '
boxing,” De Berry replied.

“ Wal, I reckon you do, for I never run
up ag‘in" a feller who kin handle himself as
you kin in all my born days.”

" I hav‘u't commenced to show you the
tricks which I know in that line," the New
Yorker remarked in a quiet way and without ,v
any appearance of boasting. ii“;

“ You hav’n't, eh?" the bully exclaimed " "
with an appearance of reat wonder. » 

“ No, but if you wi l on] stand up for t.  '
three or four more rounds will be able to  
show you a few points.” ‘

“ Say, w’ot you take me for?" Billy Buck
exclaimed, and the look which appeared on
his face made the bystanders laugh again: ,

“ Do you think that I am a hog on two
legs? Don’t you think I know when I get
cnou h? Mebbe Idon‘t but I think Ido."

“ h, are you satisfied?" De Berry asked,
really surprised, for he had not anticipated
that the other would be anxious to stop after
one round.

" You kin bet your life I am!” Billy Buck
replied in a most decided way.

“ I have met some good men in my time,
but I never run up ag’in’ a aloot who kill
hit as hard as you kin since was hatched.

“I was a big fool to tackle you but I am ’
not donkey enough to keep on now that]?
know what kind of a critter ou ar'."

" You are the boss and am satisfied. I,
made a big mistake, and that is all there is-
to it. So—.ong!”

And then w th a partin lance of defiance
at the laughing crowd i yBuck took his.
de arture.

ny were the congratulations extended.
to De Berry and innumerable were the in-
vitations to drink which he -received, for
ever man about in the crowd wanted to
stun treat.

" Well; gentlemen, I cannot drink with
each one of on, so I will compromise the
matter by tak n a sin le drink with the en-
tire party,” the ew 3 orker remarked.

Then after this ceremony was performed.
the friends departed.

” This was an extremely strange circum-‘
stance,” Wolfe remarked as the pair ro- , 
ceeded toward the home of the young aw} ' ’

er. ,, t
y " This Billy Buck isone of the black flieep . 
of the neighborhood, agd when he gets a lit-
tle liquor on board to is inclined to be‘ -
quarrelsome, but he was not drunk tonight, ‘
and the deliberate way in which he pitched '*
onto you leads me to suspect that some one: '
put him up to it." 4
“Oh. yes, I do not think there is a doubt,“
about the matter. I , ~~ .
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e party is." ' .
"Not the slightestlj' De Berry exclaimed) 
“ Itis to Mr. Alexander; Tourjafi' that I am '-,‘
indebted for these little favors. e is deters
mined to drive me from the town, and have
ing failed in his personal effort is now ‘re-
sorting to the use of hired ruflians." / h
" on will have to kee your e ear 
for this Black Jake," We! c wa . , ~. ;. -
“ He isa treacherous, skulki'ng villain, and“
it willbe his game to take you unawares ,s'or , 
as not to ' ive you a chance for [your life. 
“ As it pens, Tourjay is eld in high}; '
respect by a these petty vanilla-for when-- 
ever any of them got in trouble he has ale-y
ways done his best to get them‘out. 
“ Of course, it is thedutyof a lawyer to do.
the best. he can for his clients, but someway;

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jay in preference to any other lawyer.” _  f

“The old sayinga‘s'bout birds of a feather!
flocking tgfether ' the case, I think? 
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than the master, and if this Black Jake
_ is rash enough to attempt an attack on my
i- life I shall do my best to put the scoundrel
r: in such a condition that he will not be likely
 to trouble anybody else," and from the way
6}" in which the, New Yorker spoke it was ap-
parent that he was thoroughly in earnest.

lie Berry realized that he was engaged in
a game where the slightest mistake on his 5
part would he apt to eost him his life, and so
, he proceeded with the utmost caution.

i“ And the New Yorker planned his move»
" ments so well that Black Jake was not able
to art a chance to shoot him, although the

Squa'ter tried to dog the footsteps of the

stranger with the craft and patience of an
Indian. ‘
As De Berry was on his guard, and careful
not to venture abroad after nightfall, after
three days of spying Black Jake came to
the conclusion that he had undertaken a most
ditflcult task. '
in the beginning he had imagined that it
would be an extremely simple matter for him
to assassinate the stranger.
, All he would have to do was to lie in

wait in some, convenieht spot near Wolfe’s
house after darkness set in, and then shoot
the New Yorker as he passed, taking ad-
vanta e of the cover afforded by the night
to ma e his escape. ‘
I ‘Black Jake was a cunning rascal, and he
1 Wanted to arrange the matter so that he
could kill the stranger without risk of the
- , crime being traced to him. -

Thanks to the precautions adopted by De
. Berry it was not possible for him to get a
 . chance at the stranger. ‘

Four nights he hung around the Wolfe
cottage without securing the desired oppor-
 tunity, and then, disgusted by his want of
success, he fell to planning a new scheme.

. ' .' ‘As we have said, the rascal was a cunning
fellow enou h, and it was not long before he

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thinking the odds were great that. it would
v' be a success.
Two points must be covered.
. ~~ The stranger ‘must be killed and the man
who did the deed must escape, without his
. identity being revealed. _ ‘
. And this was the scheme that the squatter
hatched. ‘ I
' He would black his face, so as disguise
I himself scene to, put on a worn and tat-
tered suit of c othes, pull an old but well,
downover his ears,and thus attired present
f y‘ if at the Wolfelotiage with a letter in
' his left hand~inquire for " de gemmen from
.de Nettie" bein brou ht up, with the ne-
;, oes‘ Black Ja e con d speak the African
 Matte-perfection. and state that he had
to letter which he had been instructed to give
:11" ht into his hands. , i -
.: lithe» when De Berry ndvhnced to take the
flatter he, with a kecuvédgcd knife, which he ‘
gheld concealed in his right band, would stab
‘ffhc'stran or to the heart.

"Th'e‘n w ten the deed was done ,.he would‘
urn and run for his life, and as he was pur-
fl'oularl swift of foot he' did not doubt
“that,Z favored by the darkness.he Would not
larceny difficulty in making his escape.
mack Jake chuckled gleefully after he
.hate'he' this scheme. ‘ '

To; h in thinking there was not a doubt but .
what he Would be successful and he was
maxio’usior the night to come so he could
:pfpt it intoppe'ration.

, ,An'dwhen thc‘shadcs of the evening tide,
recoveredln the earth. Mack Jake saw to his
ideligllt that the night was an extremly dark

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, ,of that ar' house t isawfutbt odds
Who one will be able to trap. me n‘tlie
 and that ar' Wolfe'rain’t or no ac-.

aha runner, anywayi’,’ ' ' '

fill of confidence then was themawhen
marched-n to the door’ of theWolfe cot- v
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handiwth the pther and his eight-tun:
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rand, and ’Wolfe without a suspicion that
anything was wrong summoned Dc Berry.

He, too, came without any apprehension
of danger, but as the supposed negro ex
plained what he wanted, the New Yorker
happened to look into his eye.

l)e Berry was an expert swordsman, and
it is a rule of fence always to watch for the
signal for an attack in your opponent's eyes.

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" A LETTER for me?” asked De Berry and
he extended his hand, playing his part so
naturally that the dis uised ruiiian never
had the slightest suspic on that he was sus~
pected. ,

“ Yes. sah, if you is de strange massa from
dc Norf."

“ 1 am the man.”

“ Hyer is do letter, sah,” and Black Jake
stuck out his hand as he spoke.

Then, as De Berry made a movement to
take the letter, with an extremely rapid mo-
tion Black Jake attempted to stab the New
Yorker in the breast.

But, being warned by the malignant light
which he had seen in the eyes of the other,
De Berry was on his guard, and as the other
struck at him he jumped back so that the
blow fell short, and then as Black Jake
pitched forward the New Yorker gave him a
most terrible left-hander which caught the
ruiiian exactly on the point of the jaw, send-
ing him reeling through the doorway into
the yard where he went down all in a heap.

De Berry was quick to follow up the ad-
vantage w rich he had gamed. ‘

The shock of the fall had sent the ‘knife
spinning through the air so that the fellow
was disarmed.

The powerful blow had half stunned the
assassin but he had sense enough upon being
deprived of his knife to endeavor to get out
his revolver which he. wore belted to his
waist. ‘ , '-

But the New Yorker was upon him before
hie could get .the weapon out ready for ae-
t on. .

With a well-directed kick De Berry forced
the weapon from his hand, and then as Black
Jake endeavored to rise the New Yorker
drew his revolver, aml grasping it by the
muzzle. using the weapon as a club, dealt
the ruilian a terrific blow on the head which

mused Black Jake to see more stars than he
had ever beheld in the llCt’thnS. I

The rufiian was struggling to his feet
when he received the blow, and the stroke

knocked him senseless to the earth.

By this time Wolfe had come to the New ,

Yorker’s aSsistanee. ' ‘
“ You have knocked him out!" the young

lawyer exclaimed.

“ Yes, hewiil not be apt to be able to do
much for a few minutes. and Ithink we had
better improve the n portunit to secure the
fgilow so' that he wil not be a le to continue

0 ti ht.”

" at is a good idea.” Wolfe assented.
“ There is a clothesline in the yard audit
will only take a few moments for us to truss

this fellow up so-that he will be powerless
to do an harm.” '

Then olfe whip " , out hisknife and

hurryin to the peas. where the line was
stretch

, cutoff a dozen, feet or so pfit.

The air soon he’d the unconscious radian

bound rand and foht so that he was as help-
lcsg ‘ '7  -

as a baby.

Now. let-'us ‘c‘nrry tilin- into the house,

and put thc‘sco'undrel through a crossreXam-
ination," the New Yorkersu

ggcstcd. , -
" Yes, that ion good idea.’ I
" The rascal attemde to murder. me and

as the man is a perfect stran er I have a
on
.mit cu

tiosit ‘t‘o kilow‘ Why he shou
acrime.” ,_ ; '  . a
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parlor and there 'phiced/himnpon the

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“ Yes, so it seems, but do you know the
man?" he Berry asked.~

The young lawyer approached close to the
captive and surveyed him with a searching

glance.
By this time

to return to the, ruilian, and he gradually

rose to a sitting

was a prisoner
friends.

“I thought I
claimed.
ance.

declared.

warned against.

“ And this is Black Jake, oh?” the New ‘
Yorker remarked, looking at the fellow with

a critical eye.
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cliued to speak.

“I don’t know that I have ever enjoyed the
honor of making your acquaintance,” De
Berry observed with a trace of sarcasm in

his voice.

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life

‘Yorker.

strong motive.

Yankees!”

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better than that.

that kind,
truth.

with any
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and he seowled at the two

‘Wolfe removed his hat, an operation which
caused the rufllan to scowl worse than before.

“ Although the disguise which he
has assumed has greatly clumng his appear-

“ Well, Black Jake, you have got yourself
into a rather bad holeaI fancy!" the lawyer

De Berry was not surprised at the revela-
tion for he had suspected from the beginning
that it was the ruiiian whom’ he had been

hat he is called.” the lawyer 'an-
swered, finding that the rufiiau was not in-

“ And therefore I am somewhat surprised
that you should make this attempt upon my

Black Jake did not reply. All he did
was to glare in a sullen way ht the New

“There was a motive for it, of course,”
Dc Berry went on. .

“ A man of your stamp does not undertake
to commit a crime of this kind without a

“ There could not bc,anything personal in
the matter for we have‘never met until now,
8041 cannot come to any other conclusion but
that some one hired you to kill me.”

The rnflian half-closed his eyes and ap-
peared to he meditating
then. in an abru t way, he exclaimed:

” You are a lamed Yankee, and I hate

“Do you hate them badly enough to at-
tempt to kill any one of them whom you may, .
encounter?” De Berry

“ Yes, I do!” the squatter replied, dogged-

Y- . , A.
“ Oh, come now, Jake, that story is etitire»

“ We cannot swnl ow that at all!" x .

“ his the truth! dog-gone me if it tain’t!"
the ruflian protested. .

“ No. no!" Wolfe declared.

you to‘ attempt to fool us with a game of
for we know that it isn’t the
l ‘ \

“There has been a hundred Yankees. as
you call them, in this town during the last
year alone, and yOu never tried to“ quarrel
of them. » ,r
ct, we have picked up many'a

them who have gone on huntin g excursions

truth: for a falsehood will not do

," the New Yorker remarked. , . v

“I know that you have been set  at?“ i '
some one”. and I have a $006.» :

heap!" the prisoner exclaimed: nan insoien‘t~

“There are some thin that i know, and
this is one of them." Do
"Now, then, younreina ;. My bad way.
You ‘have attempted
and lune been capmlred. red'handcd, in the
very act; if *I proceed against you it triage
apt to cost you dearly. but ‘88 I haven’t ‘ n '
harmed, ] am inclined to let up a. little on 3‘ 2
, ‘ use you make a confession as '
to who setrwm on to attack me.” " v
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the kind of man to go back on a fellcr w'ot
trusted me, no, sir: you kin bet all that you
are worth on that ar’ thing!"

“ You refuse, then. to give me any in-
formation?" lie Berry asked.

“ Yes, since, that is my platform!" the
ruilian retortcd with an air of dogged deiis
ance.

“Well, tlicll. I shall have to let the law
take its course," De Berry declared.

“ I ain't skeered!" Black Jake exclaimed,
in his sullcn, insolcnt way.

“I reckon that as you ain‘t damaged, it
ain't a hanging matter no how you kin fix
it.”

“ That is true enough,’ the lawyer ob-
served. “You cannot be hung for an at—
tempted murder, but the chances are good
that you will be sent to jail for a long term,
and Idon't believe that you will enjoy your-
self much in prison.”

“ Don’t you make any mistake about this
hyer thing!” Black Jake exclaimed.

“ You ain't got me in no prison yet, and,
mebbc, you will not be able to work the
trick so mighty smart arter all, ‘cos thar's
many a slip between the cup and the lip,
you know,” and the ruflian laughed sarcasti-
cally at his captors.

“ Yes, there is no doubt that the saying is
a true one, but we have got you in such a
tight place that it will be almost impossible
for you to escape punishment, although I
suppose that you have got some influential
man at your back upon whose aid you rely.”

“ I ain’t a-blowing ’bout having no friends
at my back,” he responded slowl '.

“ I reckon I kin raise a few dollars though
for to pay a lawyer, and if I gita good one I
don’t see why he can’t pull me out of this
hyer hole.”

“ I fancy that you are in so deep this time
that the best lawyer in the world will not be
able to do you much good,” Wolfe respond-
ed.

“ Oh, yes, of course you would as
but I ain’t going by your say-so, you
the ruflian retorted.

“ You will find out that I am telling you
the truth,” Wolfe replied.

“ But it does not make any difference to
me, you know. In fact, as far as I am con-
cerned, it is my opinion that this neighbor-
hood would be decidedly benefited if you
were locked up for eight or ten years.”

The ruffian glared at the young lawyer for
a moment and then he cried in a voice full of
1'8. 0:

5‘ Darn my skin! if I don’t get squar’
with on for this one of these days!”

“ erhaps you will and perhaps you will
not, but I can tell you, right now, that if
you attempt to attac me, 1 will shoot you
down with as little mercy as I would show to
a mad dog."

Then Wolfe, leaving the New Yorker to
guard the prisoner, went in search of the vil-
lage constable, and in another half-hour
Black-Jake was imprisoned in the calaboose,
much to his rage and disgust.

CHAPTER XXIII.
A BOLD nonnnnv.

AFTER seeing the ruiflsn safely locked up
the two friends returned to the house of Wolfe
and there held a conference in regard to the
matter.

“ The fellow was set on to attack you, of
course," Wolfe remarked.

“Yes, and as there is only one man in this
neighborhood who has reason to hear me any
ill-will, it is not a difficult matter to guess
who it was that planned the job.”

“ You are correct in that statement; Alex
Tourja was the man undoubtedly; but, as I
fancy, It will not be an easy matter to bring
the crime home to him.’

“ It will not be posstble unless Black Jake
confesses, and from the way the fellow talks
it is evident that he is not incllned. to do any-
thing of the kind, and then too it is probable
that Tour a , who is a remarkably sharp
and shrew fellow, has so arranged the mat-
ter that it is not ossible for Black Jake to
betray him even f he wanted to do so.‘

“ It is more than probable that such is the
case. An able and unscrupulous man. like
Tourjay would not have an difficulty H1 ar-
ranging the matter in sue a way. I am
morall certain though that he is the man
who h red the ruflian to murder me. "

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the lawyer observed, thoughtfully. “ But
that does not prove anything though, for as

’ he has acted as his counsel half-adozen times

when Black .lake has got into ditlicultics, it
is the most natural thing in the world forthe
fellow to appeal to 'l‘ourjay. after getting
into this scrape, for aid to escape the Con-
sequences."

“ \Vell, the plot to murder me has failed,
SO that is one satisfaction," the New Yorker
observed.

“ And if I am careful to keep on my guard
the chances are great that I shall be able to
take care of myself."

“ Oh, yes, umloubtedly.”

The affair turned out just as the two
friends expected.

In the morning Black Jake sent a message
to Alexander 'l‘ourjay and he came at once
to the jail. The jailer had a high respect
for the lawyer and so he admitted him at
once to the cell where the prisoner was con—
fined.

“\Vhat is this scrape that you have got

into now?" ’l‘ourjay asked as he took a seat ‘

upon the only stool that the cell boasted,
while Black Jake sat on the bed, the only
other piece of furniture in the apartment.

“ You certainly have been fortunate then,’
'l‘ourjay remarked.

“At present I presume lam carrying a
little more than I ought to do, but that is be-
cause I am looking for a plantation, and it.
was my idea to have the money all ready so
as to be able to pay a good slice to bind the
bargain as soon asI found a place to suit
me.”

“Yes, I comprehend, but I think you are
rather imprudent, although it must be said
that there are not many bad characters in
the neighborhoml,"

“Well, really, I have not got so much
money, you know," the Englishman declared,
in a reflective way.

“ Only about three thousand dollars, you
khow." ,

“That would be considerable money to
lose," 'l‘ourjay urged.

“ Oh, yes, but, my dear fellow, I do not
think there is the least danger of my losing
it.”

This ended the conversation.

The Englishman had secured the best
room in the hotel, an apartment on tho
second tloor, and he really seemed to take 8.

' delight in telling people how much money

Tourjay spoke so that the jailer who was »
returning to the outer apartment could over- i
i to the conclusion that the bold Briton was a

hear his words.

The idea of this was to convey to the jailer
the impression that he, Tourjay, knew noth-
ing whatever about the matter.

Black Jake was quick to take the one.

The squatter was a cunning fellow in his
way and during the night he had concocted ‘

astory to explain why he had taken it into
his head to attack the stranger.

It was quite a plausible tale too.

He had come to town to dispose of some
fish and game which he had can ht, and
after getting the money for the articles had
gone on a_spree.

After getting full of liquor he had heard
mention made of a strange Yankee who was
stoppin with Lawyer Wolfe, and as he
hated ankees the idea came to him that it
would be a good thine for him to go and
give the stranger a good hiding.

And in order to render the indignity still
more humiliating be resolved to dis uise
himself as a negro, so that after the cw
Yorker had been soundly thrashed he would
be under the impression that his assailant
was a colored man.

“That is a very good story, Jake,” the
lawyer remarked with an approving nod.

“ And as the New Yorker was i ck
enough to escape without being damaggd, i’t
is not likely that your punishment will be a
severe one even if I don’t succeed in getting
you off scot free.”

“ Do the best you can for me, and if you
kin get me off with a light sentence I will
take another back at this durned Yankee, for
I have got it in for him.

“He cracked me over the head with the
butt of a revolver jest as if I was a blamed
hog!” Black Jake continued, angrily,

“ That was mighty rough treatment and I
do not wonder that you are anxious to get
square with the man."

“ [will never be satisfied until I have laid
him out!” Black Jake exclaimed, and he
doubled up his fist, shaking it at the empty
air as he spoke.

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the best of it.”
“ Oh, yes, you kin bet your life I will!”
Then ourja departed.
From the jai Tourjay went to the hotel
and there encountered the Englishman, Fitz-

herbert, who had taken up his quarters in ‘

Sulphurville.

The Englishman immediately invited the
lawyer to take a drink with him, saying that
he hated to drink alone.

,Tourjay accepted the invitation, and when
the liquor was served the Englishman pulled
out a roll of bills so large that the lawyer’s
surprise was at once excited.

“ You will excuse me for speaking about
it, but don’t you think that it is rather risky
for- you to carry around so much money and
allow people to know the fact?" Tourjay
asked.

“Oh, Iam not at all afraid of anybody
troubling me.” the other replied. ‘

“ I have always carried a good deal of
money, and never yet was robbed.” '

 

he had, and by the time he had been in
Sulphurville a week the inhabitants had come

millionaire.

About eleven o’clock on the night of the
day when Tourjay had deemed it wise to
warn the Englishman against displa *ing
his money so openly, Fitzherbert ade
the gentlemen adieu with whom he had been
conversing in the hotel office and taking one
of the candles, which were provided for the
use of guests, proceeded up stairs.

The entries were illuminated by small
coal-oil lamps,- apd on this particular night
they gave so dim a light that it was as much.
as the Englishman could do to find his
way.

“ They are about burned out, I suppose;
the party who ought to attend to them has
probably neglected to do so,” the English-
man murmured, as he ascended the stairs.

At the head of the flight he turned to the
left and proceeded about adozen steps along
the corridor to his apartment.

Fitzherbert never took the trouble to lock
the door excepting when he retired to rest,
so on this occasion he entered at once. ,

Hardly had he crossed the threshold,
though, when he received a blow upon the
head which felled him to the floor as though
he had been shot. .

The blow was such a violent one that the
Englishman was knocked senseless.

The assailant had been concealed behind
the open door.

As soon as the Englishman was prostrate
the man who had struck the blow immediate-
ly proceeded to rob Fitzherbert of the roll
of hills which the Briton had displayed so
openly.

It only took a moment for the unknown
to do this and then he hastened from the
apartment.

There was a stairway at the end of the
hall which led down to the rear of the
building, and there a door gave access to the

aid.
y Down this stairway the robber hurried,
passed through the door to the open air, and.
soon vanishe in the gloom.

Within five minutes consciousness re—
turned to Fitzherbert and he struggled to
his feet.

“ Hang me 1” the Englishman cried in dee
dis ust. “ The fellow has done the trio
an beaten me at my 0 n me!"

Then Fitzherbert hurri down-stairs.

The landlord with some of his cronies
were just taking a parting drink as a “ ni ht-
cap” when Fitzherbert came rushing into
the room.

“ I have been robbed!” the Englishman
cried.

Great was the amazement of the hearers
when Fitzherbert told his story.

Up the stairs they all hurried.

0 course they could not find any trace of

the robber.
‘ The landlord was sure that the man had
not come down the front way for he had been
so as to command a view of the stairs for the
last half an hour.

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always bolted the door himself at ten o’clock
it was evident that the robber had escaped
in that way.

“ We will raise a hue and cry in the morn-
ing and I reckon we will be able to git hold
of the fellow if we git a good ready on!” the
landlord declared. .

“ Yes, yes!" cried the others in a sort to
1Chorus.

The Englishman nodded assent. but there
was a look on his face which plainly showed
that he felt a little dubious about the matter.

“ I will put the thing right in the hands
of the sheriff as soon as I kin scare him up
in the morning and you kin jest bet your
boots that Bill Todhunter won‘t be long in
'putting salt on the tail of this bird I" the
landlord exclaimed.

“ Well, I sincerely hope the sherifl‘ will be
.able to do something, for it is no joke to be
robbed in this way,” Fitzherbert remarked
ruefull y.

“Bill kin if any man kin, you bet!“ the
landlord asserted.

And now leaving the hotel we will follow
in the footsteps of the robber.

He was a man about the medium size,
dressed in a common dark suit, such as was
worn by the average man in Sulphurville.

“ Wore a dark slouch hat, pulled down
«over his eyes, and all the lower part of his
face was covered by a bushy black beard.

After leaving the hotel, the unknown pro-
ceeded to the outskirts of the town.

The hour was so late that no one was
:abroad and the man did not encounter a soul.

Ten minutes after leaving the hotel the
unknown came to an old shed, and by this
time the moon ad come out from behind the
clouds so ther was ample light.

The man entered the shed, sat down on a
box and proceeded to examine the prize
which he had captured.

Great was his dis ust when he discovered
that the roll was a ( ummy one.

There was about fifty dollars in good
money, the rest merely advertising bills.
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CHAPTER XXIV.
THE lip-RIVER MAN.

Wrmx the pee le of Sulphurville heard
the particulars 0 the robbery which had
"taken place they were vastly astonished, and
fit was the general topic of conversation.

The inhabitants were all of one mind in
Eegglrd to the party who had committed the

ca .

There was no doubt in their minds that it
was the same man who had relieved Colonel

 Jefferson Garrison of his wealth.

But when it came to the question 'of who.

I Ithe man was, the wisest gossips of the town

'w re puzzled. .
, After the robbery of the colonel, there had
"beena dozen or so who felt confident that

"then nutter Black Jake was the man who

' had one the job.

But Black Jake could not be charged with
this crime, for he was safely locked up in
the jail. ' _

' So all the people who were disposed to
pick Black Jake out as a scape-grace were

‘ greatly uzzled.

The nglishman kicked up a fearful row

7 rabOut the matter.

" It is a blooming. beastly shame, you
know, for a fellow to be robbed of so large a
cum,” he declared.

” For a man to lose three thousand dollars
is no joke, but I am so deeply annoyed about,
the utter; that I an willing to often a big
.10 for the apprehensionof the robber."

In'this emergency about everybody can
suited the New Orleans detective, Mr. N ico-
demus Tomlinson. ' '

He Was a man-hunter: it was this business

to-catch rascals of this kind, and he ought
*to‘he able to, give ood advice.
 Mr. Tomlinson ooked wise, then came
the old detective's game of saying that he
i ‘ a clue, and if the poo in wool only be
patient there wasn‘t an ouht in his mind
 hat in a very few da 5 e would bd, able to
"layrthe rascal by the eels.  p
,v  his statement was satisfach to the ma-
 of , the pheople, but there were some
_ doubting omases who had heard this
«sort of ghost story, as they termed it, before,
and they were not disposed to attach much
importance to the statement. r . . '

   

      

       

 

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The sheriff hastil ' summoned volunteers
and rode up and (lown- the Country for a
couple of days, taking particular care to
hunt up all the black sheep who dwelt in
the neighborhood and putting them through
3. severe cross-examination.

Noth trace, though, could be gained of the
bold fellow who had so skillfully robbed the
Englishman.

So at last the sheriff was compelled to ad-
mit that it was likely that this robber would
CVllllC( iscovcryjust like the one who had
stolen Colonel Garrison‘s money.

The Englislnnan was very much disap-
pointed.

“It is not the loss of the money so much,"
he declared, “as the idea of being robbed
in such a beastly fashion. And the worst of
the matter is, you know, that I was stupid
enough to neglect to take the number of the
notes, so I am not able to give the officers a
clue by means of which the money could be
traced.

“If I had the numbers, don't you know,
it might be possible to nab the fellow when
he attempts to pay out the money."

All agreed that it was very unfortunate
that Mr. Fitzherbert had neglected this com-
mon precaution.

The excitement which had been caused by
the robbery was a good thing for the hotel
bar-room, for as it was the general loafing-
place of the town, almost every man in the
place considered that it was necessary for
him to drop into the bar-room three or four
times a' day, in order to learnif there was
an news. ‘

o it followed that there was aknot of
people congregated in and around the bar-
room from early morning until late at night.

The news of the bold robbery had spread
with wonderful rapidity, and so a large
number of men living within ten or fifteen
miles of Snlphurville had ridden into town,
anxious for news:

Wolfe took a great interest in the mat-
ter, so he and the New Yorker were in the
group which had gathered in the hotel bar-
r‘oom on the afternoon of the next day‘
after the one on which the robberyhad oc-
curred.

The lawyer was a remarkably keen fel-
low and he had arrivedlat a conclusion in re-
gard to the matter.

“Ithink the sheriff and all the rest. of
them are barking up the wrong tree,” he re-
marked to De Berry.

“ 'I‘odhunter, and his posse, are riding up
and down the country, cross-examining
ever fellow who has the misfortune to bear
a ha reputation, thinking in that way to get
a clue to the robber, but, as I said. I think
they are on the wrong track altogether."

“ You do not believe that this robbery was
committed by any low common scoundrel?"
the New Yorker asked. '

“ No, it is my opinion that a high-grade
mecal did the job."

“ It was certainly a skillful iecc of work,
and from the way in which t was done I
should judge that the man had not only
com-n ebut brains as well.”

“ odoubt about that, and none of the
common scoirndrels would be able to plan
and carry out such a game.

" It is my opinion that the'man who com-
mitted these crimes amounts to something,”
Wolfe declared.

“ And it is also my impression too that all
these robberies which have startled this
neighborhood during the past year have been
the work of a single man. ' - l

" Well, they certainly seem to have been
carried out in about the same way," De
Be observed, thou htfully. 

“ es. the ear-mar s are the same. and‘l
am decidedly of the o inion that the crimes
have been committed y some- man whose
ppés‘ition places him above the reach of sus-

on.” . ‘
p “ I should not be surprised if you are cor.
i'ect about this matter," the New Yorker as-
seated.

"Will you tell the sherifl what you think
about the affair?" De Berry asked.

“ Well. I den't really know whetherit will
be worth while tor me to do it or not.

" Todhunter is a bull-headed sort of intel-
low and is not-overburthened with brain .

 

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him that it is a sort of imputation upon his
own wisdom.”

“ I comprehend,” De Berr observed. “ A
man of that sort does not ta to kindly to ad-
vice no mattcr how good it may be. ”

“Exactly, and therefore I do not think
that it will be of any use to tell 'l‘odhuntcr
of my suspicions for it is very evident that
he hasn't made 11p his mind that some one of
these mcan low-down hog-straling rascals is
the fellow who did the job, and if I should
suggest to him that the robber is in all pro-
bability right in the town herq, under our
noses, he would undoubtedly laugh at the
suggestion.”

“ Yes, it is not an easy matter to a fellow
of this sort, wise in his own conceit,” the
New Yorker observed.

“ That is the idea."

The conversation was at this point inter-
rupted by the entrance of a big, gaunt man,
dressed after the fashion of the small planter
in coarse clothes, Who came striding into the
saloon in such a boisterous way as to attract
the attention of every one in the place.

“ Howd'y, boys!” the new-comer exclaim-
ed after he got into the apartment, came to
a halt and favored the crowd with a bow.

"These hyer ar’ red hot times, I reckon,
and if the ain’t I don‘t want a cent.

“ You ear me, I reckon? This hyer is
my horn w’ot is a-blowing, and I want you
all to understand that I am a gay gazelle
from the upper Red River.

“I am a snorter, I am, and when I git a‘
going all creation wants fer to keep their
eyes on me and for to give me plenty of room,
you bet yer life. -

“ I am old Nick Muggi-ns, hard and tough
as nails and jest the man to tie to a skirm-
ish l” ' ,

It was apparent that the man had been
drinking freely and the liquor had loosened
his tongue.

" It is big Nick Muggins an up-river
lanter," Wolfe explained to the New
’orker.

“ His place is about ten miles up the stream,
and he is noted for being quarrelsome and
ugly when he gets a certain quantity of
liquor on boar .” ,

“ Is he particularly dangerous?” De Berry
inquired ina rather sarcastic may.

” Well, he is a tolerany goo rouglrand-
tumble fighter, or, to speak correctly, he
used to be a few years ago, and he has always
prided himself upon his abilities in this line.

“ I have not heardthough of his having
had any trouble for two or three years, and
thought the man had got over the inclination
to come in and clean out the town which he
had every once in a while."

“ Such'fellows are terrible nuiszmces to my
thinking,” the New Yorker observed.

 

CHAPTER XXV. ’
A QUARar-zrsoun FELLOW. .

THE big fellow walked up to the bar and
brought his clinched fist down upon. it with
9. vi orous bang, °
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has been going
on has at to stop, and you kin jest bet your
life on t too i" he exclaimed. '

“ What are you talking about, Nick?" the
landlord inquired.

" I mean these hyer robberies, and don't
you forget‘ it!" Muggins replied.

“ It is a dogigolne shame—that is w’ot it is,
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“W’ot is this hyer country coming to
anyway?" -

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wheeled around and faced the crowd in the
saloon, resting his el ws m the bury

“1 tell you w’ot it s, teller-citizens, this
hyer deal was as rough a one as I ever beer-
ed tell in all my horn days, and the men of
this h or town don’t amount to shacks if
they on't turn out and hunt therobber
galmt down.”

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to show who he was or which way he had
gone," the host continued.

“Yes, yes, that is so,” assented half a
dozen of the crowd.

“ I reckon Icould put the sheriff onto the
right track, and I wouldn‘t have to try very
blamed hard either!" Muggins announced
with a series of mysterious winks.

Every one in the apartment was astonished
by this declaration, and so all. eyes were
turned inquiriugly upon the up'rrvt-r man.

“Yes, sir-ee, you kin bet your life thatI
could give the sheriff some points in this
hyer game!" Mug ins exclaimed, shaking
his head in a knowing way.

“ I reckon that you are jest the man that
'l‘odhunter would like to git hold on!” the
landlord asserted.

“ ’Cos I know that the sheriff is doing his
level best to pick up points, and, so far, he
ain't been able to strike nary one."

“I kin put him on the right track, you
bet your life!" the planter declared, in an
.arl'oflant way.

“ odhunter will be mighty glad to see
you if you can do anything of the kind!”
the landlord replied, and it was ev1dent both
from the way in which he spoke, and the
expression upon his face that he had a great

’ deal of doubt in regard to the planter’s ability
to throw any light on the matter.
. “The thing is jest hyer, It seems to me,”
Mu ins remarked.

“ hen a robbery of this kind takes place
I should go in to spot all the suspicious char-
acters that thar was ’bout town, particularly

. strangers whom thar don‘t anybody know

anything about.”

And as the man spoke he looked at the
New Yorker in such a peculiar way that it
Was plainly evident to a l in the saloon that
his words were directed to De Berry.

For a moment the New Yorker ooked at
the planter in profound amazement, and
then, his face flushin , he said:

“Do you intend t at remark to apply to
me, sir?"

“ Waal, I reckon that if the shoe fits you,

' you had better wear it!” the big fellow re-

torted in the most insolent manner possible.

“But this is such utter nonsense!”Wolfe
exclaimed, unable to remain silent.

“Mr. De Berry is a gentleman and my
friend; I know all about him and at the
time the robbery was committed we, in
corn any with my mother, and one of our
neig how, were playing whist, so it is a
clear impossibilit for him to have had
any thin r to do wrth this crime."

“ Wiral’, I don‘t have no good opinion of
Yankees, anyhow!” Muggins exclaimed dog-

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g “ his man means to guarrel with me!”
De Berry whispered rapid y in Wolfe’s ear.

“ It certainly looks like it,’ the young law-
yer replied in the same guarded way.

“I might as well take the bull by the
horns and have it Out with the fellow first
as last,” the New Yorker whispered to

\Volfe. « '

Then stepping forward he saidc‘ \

“I am not in the habit of allowing any-
body to insult me with impunity, and go
in presence of these gentlemen I tell you
to your teeth that if you dare to make the
assertion that I know anything about this
robber you are uttering an infamous false-
hood g)!“ which I shall old you personally
res msiblei” , . ,
he silence in the saloon during the tie
livery of this speech was so intense that a
pin could have been heard to drop. ' I

Although; De ‘Berry was a stranger, yet
the men of Sulphurville knew from the
manner in which he had encountered Alex-
ander Tourjay that he was a fighter, and as
the np-river planter had considerable ropin-
tstion as a warrior,‘ there wasn’t one wit in
the saloon but what anticipated that there
would be trouble when De Berry 
forward and in so curt a manner proce ed
to call the big fellow down.

The truth of the matter was that Mug as
had comoiuto the place looking for tron le,
but for all that ho was considerably astonish.
ed-by the prom these with which the New
Yorker stepp forward and confronted
him. .

Mn gins was not a quickwltted man and
he has tated a moment before replying.

Before speaking he removed h s arms from
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though he expected that the New Yorker
would attack him without warning.

“ Say, I reckon that is a kinder of a sassy
speech which you have made to me, and I

want you to understand mighty dog-goned .

quick that I ain't the kind of a yaller dog for
to stand anything of that kind!” the planter
declared, and then be doubled up his big fists
and assumed a warlike attitude.

“ You should be careful then not to give
offense and so promke retaliation," the New
Yorker retorted immediately.

“ I reckon that I have a right to say w'ot
Ithinkl" Huggins exclaimed, angrily.

“ You have no right to aspcrse the charac-
ter of another man and if you are unwise
enough to do so you must not be astonished
if you are speedily called to an account.”

“Waal, durn me if you ain‘t the sassicst
man that I have struck in a dog’s age!" the
planter declared, beginning to work himself
up into a passion.

” Yes. you bet youylife on that, and I have
a’dog-goned good mind to jest smash you two
or three times so as to git a little sense inter
your head!”

“ As a rule I prefer not to dirty my hands
with a fellow like‘ yourself, goin on the
principle that a man cannot affor to stop
and kick every Eur that barks at him, but
sometimes I am obliged to thrash a man of
your stamp as that is the only way to teach
you anything.”

“ W’ot! you thrash me ?" the planter roared
in a rage.

“ Yes, that is what I say," the New Yorker
replied, assuming a fighting position.

“ Waal, \vaal, dog-gone your impudenoe!”
Muggins exclaimed, very much enraged, and
brandishing his arms in the air.

” You are the sassiest cuss that I have
run across in a car."

“ Don’t you now that if I should sail in-
to you that in about two minutes I wo'uld
sma‘sh you as flat as a pancake?"

“ No, I don’t know it, and what is more,
I have serious doubts about your abilit to
peaform an operation of that kind,“ for do
not think that Iwill have any difficulty in
giving you a thrashing which you will be
apt to remember for a goodly period of
t me.”

“ Dog-gone on, you miserable Yankee, I
will eat you c ean up!” Muggins declared,
and then he made a. rush at De Berry.

It was the planter's idea to bear down the
other by his weight, and so he went at him
after the fashion of a mad bull, hitting out
in the most vigorous manner.

But as the New Yorker was a trained ath-
lete and particularly skillful as a boxer, he
did not have any diflicult ip evading the.
clumsy attack of the big fel ow.

De Berry slipped under the lanter’s arm,
then turning quickly, grasps the man by
the collar and the waistband of his pantaloons
—-he were no coat—-then ran him through
the door of the saloon, and with a vigorous
kick sent him headlon into the street. where
the bi fellow Went own upon his face.
sprawl ng like a huge frog.

There was a yell of laughter from the look-

ers-on, for this pro‘c’eedingssemed to beer:-
tremeiy comic to them.
Muggins had been in a good many fights
since re had grown to man’s estate, btu he
had never bun “ bandied ” in this way be-
fore, so he rose .slowly to his feet, covered
with dust. and, turning, shrvey‘ed his adver-
sary with amazement. \

“ That Was a durned mean Yankee trick!"
Huggins exclairned angrily. “And
dont dar' for to come out hyer fiber I in
git a fair crack‘ at you. ‘B’goshi if I kin t
any sort of a show at you at [all I w 1
break you in two. "

“ I am your man and I am ready to give
yém the min the shop!” Do Berry respond-
e rom .

l hen he advanced and confronted the
p antcr. , '

The big fellow had learned wisdom and he
d‘id not attempt to " rush " his opponent this
t mo. '

0n the contrary he kept at ann’sglength
and spurred in a clumsy way, endeavoring to .
secure an opening. ‘ '

Of course when opposed to such a perfect
master of the boxer's' art as De Berry the
plantar stood ‘no chance whatever.

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air, exerting all his strength only to have his
blows fall upon empty space.

Then tiring at last )Iuggins allowed his
guard to drop.

I)e Berry improved the opportunity im-
mediately and the planter received two blows
one in the jaw and the other over the heart.
which took all the light out of him.

Down he went on the flat of his back, half
stunned by the Sledgehammer-like strokes,
while the bystanders yelled in delight, for
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CHAPTER XXVI.
srnrxrxo THE mum.

Mtroorxs remained motionless upon the
ground for over a couple of minutes, and ,
then thinking it was possible that he might ,1}
be badly injured some of the spectators went \t ‘_
to his aid. ‘

“Oh, Iam all right, boys, I ain’t dead,"
the planter said in a husky voice as he rose
to a sitting position.

I reckon though that my jaw and my ribs
feel as though a mule had kicked me," and
rueful indeed was the way in which he
spoke.

The speech made the bystanders roar
with laughter.

The planter had no friends in the crowd,
for his ugly, quarrelsome disposition was
well known.

Muggins was too much cut up by the de-
feat which he had sustained to resent the
jeen'ng laughter.

He rose slowly to his feet, and surveyed
his opponent with a look of wonder.

“ Darn my skin if you ain't the most de-
ceiving man w’ot I ever met!” he declared
with a solemn shake of the head.

” I have run up ag’in’ a- good many tough
men in my time, but I never yet struck a
galoot w’ot kin hit like you kid; you are a
terror and no mistake, and the man w)ot
said I would have an easy job in whaling
the life out of you, didn’t know w’ot he was
a‘talking about.”

This speech aroused‘ the New Yorker’s
suspicions at once.

“ Did some one then suggest to you to at-
tack me?" De Berry asked, quickly. ‘ -'

The planter saw at once that he had made 1 ‘*
a mistake in speaking so uncautiously, and
as he was far from being a master of the art
of dissimulation, the expression upon his
facedplainly betrayed the working of his
min ‘

“I didn't say nothing like that," he re-
plied. '

“Ah, yes, but your words implied as
much, and as vou went out of your way to _
pick a quarrel with me, it is evident that
you must have had some motive for so ~
doing,” the New Yorker argued. ’ ‘ ‘

Mu gins shifted uneasily from one leg to
the at or, and scratched his head in a vaca
sort of way. ' ' I‘

“’Tain’t 50,”, he said. “I don’t know "'
nothing about you, an tray, and nobody 
put me u forte picka use with you; - 

“All t at is about the thing is that I
hate Yankees. and the notion come to me
that, mebbe, you knew something ’boutrthis 

hyer robbery." . 
“This story is altogether too thin!"tho"e
New Yorker exclaimed, (pntemptnousiy._, I»
' “I know that is not'ihe truth. You 
set on to attack me, and I do not
would trouble me ’much to speak 
of the man whocontrived the affair.” v
_."Oh, no, honest In an; I wasn’t ’ '
if“ 1‘” ‘5’?“ all.” if” it? e.
nt can‘ 8 n n rw , ,
lI've "got some busineg I: 
ong.’ ' 
And then the big fellow Inertial 0! ins
way which lainly showed'tha‘t he‘was'do’
ddedly crest alien by the defeat Whichhe
had sustained. ' "  ‘-‘
A dozen or so of the bystanders took:
upon themselves to con‘gntulateDe  ,
upon his victory, and . ey took v ‘
assure him that, although be‘was s 
and from the North; yet a large or
the peopleof thetownhnd sin in "f 
him, and were prepared to do all 
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“This is an extremely odd affair." Wolfe

Commented. “ And there isn't a doubt in my
mind that the fellow was set on to attack
on.

“ It is true that he is a quarrelsomc and
an ugly customer when he gets a certain
quantity of liquor on board, but he'would
rte-Ver have gone so deliberately out of his
way to pick a qttarrel with you if some one

do so."

“ No doubt about it at all, and it (lees not
require the wisdom of a sage to decide who
was the man who instigated the attack.”

“ 0h, ’i‘ourjay, of course, was at the bot—
[tom of it!" Wolfe declared immediately.

“ He is the are]i-conspirator—the head
devil, so to speak, who contrived to get both
Black Jake and this big bully to attack

on.”

“ No doubt about the correctness of that,"
De Berry assented.

“ Oh, yes, he is the man 3”

“ And new the que’stion arises—how much
longer is this sort of thing going to keep
on? Am I to be exposed to attacks by every
miserable rufllan whom this fellow can induce

‘ to assail me?”
. “ Well, really that is not‘ an easy question
to answer,” the other replied, slowly.
 . “ But I should say that as long as you re-
' . main in this neighborhood it is likely that
Tourjay will-not relax in his efforts to dam~
age on \
“ have known the man ever since‘ We
were boys together and am well aware that
he is both cruel and vindictive—one of the
i , kind of men who would pursue an enemy to
‘ the very rave. . I
‘ “ The ellow is brave enough, mind on,”
. Wolfe declared. , “There is no doubt n re-
: gard to his coura e; he has given ample proof
' that he is as fear east as a lion upon a dozen
, ydiflerent occasions. "
‘. . “Yes, that is the opinion which I formed
 ofhim.”
', “ The wound which‘ you inflicted upon him
was a severe one, and until he recovers from
,it he will not be able to contend with you
himself..and so he will have to irire men to
attack you if he wishes to carry on the war.”
A “ Well, it is not a leasant prospect,” De
»‘ Berry observed, slow y. “'But as I don’t
 how I can help myself very well I sup-
pose I shall have to grin and bear it, as the
,s‘ayi'n goes." .
‘ “t at certainly appeard to be the situa-
tion at present, but have an idea that you
f‘flvili not have much trouble until Tour'ay
: - enema” sufficiently to take the field ago nst
Typu in person. '
“ You see, the fact that you have succeed-
ed int-getting ‘tbegbest of both of the fellows
hoattacked on, and the victories were so‘
bully-achiev by you, will be apt to open
e. eyes of the natives in re rd to your
We? as a fighting man, and t is my idea ;
, ‘t ourjay'wlli not find it an easy matter
flog» men willing to undertake the job of
attacking you now that the town knows what,
, ‘ ucan do." I _ . - .-
' . The .lilew ‘Yorker laughed. ‘
: “(IQ ever ex 'ted to win such a repute-l
, Berry eclared. ' -,
I at under the circumstances it is a very
thing for me that nature has .been so
_ , . as far as physical gifts go, and
 ‘ too, that} was so situated astto be
$1o admits to self so as to be able to use
'. I ,werstothe. st advantage." ' 
.. . on” have undoubtedly made a. "good
,.; w n ' use Warrior'in this neighborhood and
when to very-much. surprised indeed if
jay apogeeds in finding any,one to at-

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“witheyoung wyer the conversation
to antigudfioanld» wetwime  d
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tigduce film to a t'oxyqtaoed.rnidiileJ
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tion went tip-stairs and knocked at ) 1‘. Von-
dcrstcin‘s door.

The old Jew admitted him and from the
way in which they greeted each other it
was plain that the two were old acquaint-
‘ ances.

“ l)i.1 you fix the matter up all right?" the
detective asked, helping himself to a chair
without standing upon any ceremony.

“Oh, yesh, mine tear i‘r'end. I did not
find any troubles in arranging dcr matter,"
and the old Jew rubbed his hands together
and chuckled softly.

This proceeding had bccm'ne as :1 second i

nature to him and he did it constantly.

“ You want to push him for payment,
you understand?"

“ ()h, ycsh."

“The mortgage is for five thousand and
is overdue. You got hold of it in a trade,
without knowing tnuch about the circum-
stances of the case, but you had an idea that
everything was all right.”

“ Yesh, yesh!" .

“ Unexpectedly you find that you have
got to have sonic money. You don’t want
to be hard, but some cash you must have,
two or three thousand dollars, anyway, and
then the rest can remain.” a

“I comprehend, my tear fr‘end, und I
will work the game to the queen’s taste. ”

“ Then, as soon as you get to the hotel,
after collecting the money, tell the landlord
that you 'want to put the cash in the safe,
inform him where you got it from, and, as
amatter of precaution take the number of
the bills, explaining to him that you always
do that, soin case a robbery is committed t e
bills can be traced." ',

” Do not fear! I vill carry out der in-
structions to der letter!”

“ All right! go it then, and if the game is
well played I do not think there is a doubt
but what we will trap our bird.”

Then the two departed.

 

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was nor. I

ALEXANDER Tonaaxv had a law office
in Sulphurviile situated over the principal
genera store of the town on the next block
to theme where the hotel was located.

The lawyer sat in his easy-chair, poring
over a law book, when Major Kaufman en~
tered.

The major made his appearance at just
about the same time that the Hebrew stran-
ger was registering his name at the hotel.

“Well, how goes eve this i” the old
sport asked as he, helped h msel toa chair.

" I am sorry to say that things are. not
panninguut as they ought" to do,” Tourjay
replied with a frown, as he closed up the
book and threw itl'upon the table.

"I haven't had slaw case'with an big
mom: in it for a year. nothing but litt 0 pct-
tyia airs which have not amounted to any-
t n

“Then, too. this morning, I got a bit .of
bad news by letter. ‘1 have a first mortgage
on my place for jive thousand .\ dollars. t

t by a party in New Orleans, and al-

nwse 1. about it, being under the impression
that as longvas I wasn’t too slop: about-may:
lug the interest 1 need not trouble myse I
about the principa .” r _ ~ , t
" That is usually the case." . , >
" Yes, but in th s morning’s mail! received

"a letter from the party who molds the mett-

gage, notifying me that he had sold the same
to one Solomon Venderstein.” 
 veteran sport shookhis head.

“ That sounds like. a Jew name,” he 
" And, as a rule,‘ these Hebrew gentlemen
orchard customers, to do business with."

" Yes, I  afraid ‘I am going, to, have
trouble, for. present it . is not possible for
me (cruise the money, if the new. man whats
the, whole amount at price,c If - he" will be
satisfied, though, ‘ to take a heuristic! or two
on sceonntand allow the balance to run Icon
men 0, the matter in thatjvay. ’7, . p '

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I “How does your love affair with Miss-
thaley go on?"
i The lawyer shook his head and an angry
'look appeared upon his face.

' “I am afraid, to Use the old saying, that;
‘ my cake is all dough in that quarter,” Tour~
jay declared.

I “I am informed that she did nethesitate
to express the, opinion that I acted like a
bully and a rutllan in picking a quarrel with
this-stranger from the North and she was
glad that I not theworst of the encounter.“
I “ \Vell. if she did say anything of‘that sort
it is crilent that you do not stand a chance-
to win her,” the old sport remarked in a.
thoughtful way.

“ ()h, I do not think there is a doubt but;
what she did make the remark, for the infor-
mation came from a party whom i feel Sure
I can trust.” '

“Well, I am very sorry that there isn't
any hope for you in that quarter for the girl
would have been a rich prize, and if you
could have got her it would have put you on
your legs again." .

“ Yes, it is a pity," Tourjay assented.
“And I don't mind admitting to you that,
the upsetting of this project is a terrible
blow to me, for I relied upon the marriage
to retrieve my broken fortunes." _

“It is deuced unlucky and no mistake!”
the major'exelaimed. '

At this paint the conversation was inter—
rupted by the entrance of Mr. Solomon
Vonderstcin. , .

The old Jew“ was all smiles and politeness
as he introduced himself, but for all that he
speedily ‘came down to business.

He was sorr to be obiiged to press .for
pa ment, for it had been his intention ‘to!
he (1 the mortgage as an investment, but,
unexpectedly, he n'eeded money and so was
forced to ask for a settlement.

And from the way in which the old Jew
spoke one would have supposed that he was
the debtor instead of the creditor, so soft
and smooth was he.

Then Tourjay explained that the demand
took him completely by surprise, being
entirely unexpected, but be happened to
have on hand a couple of tbOusand dollars,
self he—Mr. Vonderstein—would be satis-
fied to accept that at present and give him a.
little time on the balance he would be much.
obliged. ‘ 1

The Hebrew gentleman immediately re-
plied that he would be glad to arrange the
matter in that Way. v _ .

So Toursay Went to his‘safe, got > out‘the
money an paid it over to the Jew, who

vs a reeelpt and then departed apparently

‘ing perfectly satisfied with the arrange-
ment. ’ ' >

The old sport waited until the door closed
behind the Hebrew gentleman, then he
shook his head and with a grave expression
upon his face remarked: >  '

' “Tourjay, old man, do you know that I
don’t like the way that fellow acts? he lg too
0in and smooth. ’ .\ I , “  .

“ Yes, the some idea. occurred to me, he is

too civil b if!" >
“ I Pm ifmid that he is up to some little
me. ’ : ' -

. It is possiblé,atthohgh I confess I don’t
see what kind of a trick he can world except-
ing that in a few days he may come with the
intelligence that he has changed his mind
and must have the rest of the money which.

is due.”

course." ~ ,

" Yes, and althong‘l: it ma \bother men
little, for I am mi 'ty be (spanked; for
money just new, yet tmflmndo it.

. “ I wouldhelpdyou eat if I fluid, but my-
atfairs are'intt‘ba .. '1 _. _
sport remarked re ‘ 7st ' - I

“I saw b the heartland: yesterday that
the banker a New . ‘
most ofymy cash no bu’sted all to smug. and
levanted to rtsjunlmo'wn so that thepoov
pie who had‘ moneyatn his bands will not be»
able to ,t “in le dollar.” , ,' I

" waif, well! _hat is bad news indeed-g" -

" You betl.‘ And-I had a no little pfleim
the rascal’s hind! W0. but» as t re is no use-
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hustle on me and get to work to make some
money." ~ .
“ Oh, you are all right!” Tourjay declared.
“ There isn't any doubt about your getting
along A man who can handle cards as you
can need never be in want of tnoney, and
then you lll'i,‘ wonderfully lucky.”

“ Yes, I usualky manage to pick up enough
to insure too a comfortable living,” the gain
blcr replied '

“ lut times are rather dull now up in this
neighborhood, and although I have managed
to ring into a few little games, I have not
succeeded in making much money."

“ Well, it is a fact that the men who do
play do not seem to be inclined to go in very
heavily.”

“ I have been thinking the matter over and
have come to the conclusion that I must
make a raise some way, and the thought
came to me that it might be possible for you
and I to make a stake together, if you were
not too scrupulous in regard to the means.”

The old Sport ltad lowered his voice as he
proceeded, and concluded in a tone little
above a whisper.

'l‘ourjay rellected upon the matter for a
moment, a dark look upon his face, and then
he said, being careful to speak in a low and
cautious toner

“Well, provided that the stake was big
enough to be worth the trouble, and the risk
was not too great, I don’t think I would
hesitate to go into almost anything just now,
the way I am situated."

‘ “ There isn’t much risk about the thing and
"the stake is a big one—big enough to be
‘Worth a. deal of trouble."

“ Go ahead and explain!"

“ You have come to the conclusion that
on do not stand a ghost ofashow to get
liss Whaley?" ,

" Correct! In my Opinion there is not
one chance out of a million for me!” '

“How would it do to put. upa job and
‘ entmp the girl into a. marriage 7”

Tourjay reflected upon the matter for a
:few minutes, and then, with a dark look on
his face, said:

“Such a scheme could be worked. ”

“ Oh, yes, it has been done."

“ It will have to be planned very care
fully.”

“ Oh, es, no doubt about that.”

" For f it did not succeed it would mes
ruin to all concerned." -

, . {‘Ver true. hutif the game is carefully
arming and the’thing goes through all right,
a bi stake Could be made."
“ ’es, it seems probable.”
“The plan must be arranged in this way:
irl must be carried of! so that no one
will know that she'did not go of her own
free will, then she can be placed under the
influence of a drug and while in that state
the marriage must take place. ‘
“It ought not to be a dimeult matter to
find some man. legally qualified to perform
the marria I ceremony, who will not. be too
particular n regard to the condition of the
girl at the time when ht is called upon to
perform the marriage." ,

“ I know where just such a fellow can he
found,” Tourjay declared.
, “ He is a regularly ordained minister, al-
though at present without a church. for he

is so fond of . liquor that it is not possible for I

him to keep a pulpit.”

“ And such a man undoubtedl would not
hesitate-to perform a job of’this ind if there
was a good int he in t for him.“

“Your udgment is correct in regard to

that I think, for the man is so crazy for‘

liquor, and so pressed for want of money,
that n twenty-dollar note would 1,. apt“,
overcome an y scruples which he might, p03.
tacos.” '- .

" “He is just the mandthat'is required," the
t blcr comments . ~ .

dé‘gmioon as the girl is carried oil it runs
he ran out that she has sloped with yon;
will-do foolish things of this kin . It
seems romantic to them to run of! on get
married. even when there isn't any reason or
:such a course."

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“ Yes, you are correct,” the lawyer ob-
served, thoughtfully. -

“If she can get away from me, return to
her father and proclaim that she has been
the victim of a terrible plot. This story, of
Course, I shall deny, for i will claim that she
went with me of her own free will, and
knew exactly what she was doing."

“And the minister, too, will swear that
she was married to you without making any
objections to the union,” observed the old
gambler, with a sly chuckle.

“ Oh, yes, he will swear to it fast enough,
and in a case of this kind the odds are
great that there will be as many persons in
the community who will believe my side
of the story as hers."

“ Yes, yes, no doubt about that."

“ One thing she cannot get over,"Tourjay
declared. “ And that is that she is legally
married to me and it will be a. mighty (iiili
cult matter for her to get a divorce as long
as I am prepared to tight the action."

“ Almost impossible I should say.”

“Now, on the other hand, if she is pre-
pared to take a sensible view of the matter,
I will say to her, I am sorry that I acted so
hastily, but your coldness and indifference
left no other course open to me.

“ But if you are satisfied, though, that we
cannever be happy together and are anx-
ious to have the marriage dissolved so that
you can beat free woman again, I'will not
throw’any obstacles in your way provided
that you are prepared to nmke the proper
pecuniary sacrifice to recompense me for my
disappointment.” , '

” Ah, yes, that is a very wise way of put-
ting“ it,” and the old sport rubbed his hands
together. [gleefull and chuckled. I .

“ Under strobe rcumstanc’es site. 0 hi to
be willing. to  up with a ban some
sumfitE-iromteji to t'wenty‘thousand dol-
lanai" .1 ~ «a   ‘ ‘

“Lil-Yes, . .t  than“, twenty thousand!”

our hydcchwe '3 ; '

. “ J oumre right! It certainly ought to be
'twent thousand." .

“ ' ‘e‘old judge is so rich that such a sum
as that isa mere flea-bite to himu He can
give the money and' never miss it, while
twenty thousand will set both you and I‘
on our legs.” . _

“ You bet your life it will!” .

“The scheme is 11 grand one, and mine
have any luck at all, there isn't any mash
why we should not makes success outofiit.”

" It is worth a trial anyhow’.”

“_ ecidedl '80! And if we can only sue.
ceed in brin n g the marriage about, no doubt.
the girl’ wi l he lad to buy her release; for
I Can arrange it n such a manner that there
need not .be much. talk about the matter.

“ I will explain to her that we will not be
the first eottple,~ nor the hundredth, who
have run array and got married, only todis-
cover after the ceremony was over and they
have lived together for a few days, that they

that the quicker they separated the better of!
they would be ”

“If she is at all sensible she cannot fail to

the best way out of the scrape."

“I' will at once commence :‘to me ur-
rangements!" Tout-jay remarked, rising as,
hes eke. ~ . ‘ .

" have “apprehension that this old
t Jew means-mischiefi, '\ -

in why it is that I

" I cannot exactly to:
have the idea. except say that “totem
.sontethinglin his manner wh ch gave me the
notion. ” ' ‘ ‘ ‘ ' g ‘

“It is my opinion that on he e come to a

correct conclusion. for gott some idem:

caught with chaff, end there uncertainty
something about the old Jerrwa hoded

xdunfir. » _ .. p ..  V;

“ 0 will probablybe after snowmen! in
a week or two. but if Linn “thunk
moving ahead in the 'right‘ny. [will '
able togat clongwith him. ' ' ‘

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air ,the. planter.

- «this thought, tapped the ride or u

minute after leaving the apartment the law-
ycr was in the saddle and on his homeward
road.

Ilis plantation was only a half-anvliour‘s
ride from the town, so it did not take the
excellent beast. which Tourjay rode long to
cover the distance.

The lawyer felt rather jubilant over the
prospect.

“ This was a capital idea of the old sport's,”
he murmured 218 he rode along. ,

“ But the major was always noted for be-
ing a wily old fox.

“ The scheme is a great one and if we. are
lucky enough to be able to get the girl away
all right, once we are safely married I shall
be about as sure of the twenty thousand dol-
lars as though the money was in my fist!”

As he concluded the sentence he laughed
in his quiet way, ,

Then, all of a sudden his face clouded u .

“ Hang that. old Jew !" he exclaimed. “It ;
is strange how the thoughts of that man 2 '
scent to haunt me. ’

“ I am not much of a believer in presenti-
ments, yet there was something about that
fellow which gives me the idea that his pres-
ence here is likely to bring misfortune to
me.”

And strive as hard as he could Tourjay
could not drive the. thoughts of the old Jew
out of his mind during his homeward ride.

After he got to his plantation the lawyer
donned a rough suit of clothes with a pair of
big boo s, pulled a slouch hat over his eyes
and wit a gun on his shoulder, just as if he
was going on a shooting expedition, set out
to hunt up the old fellow who had once been
a minister of the Gospel in good standing.

Jabez Ontlcrdonk the man was (allied, and
after being driven out of his church on ac-
count of his bad conduct he had taken re-
fuge with a smallfiplanter who had a runA
down plantation situated a couple of miles
from Tourjny's place. ' v

This man was a cousin of the preacher and
just about as hard it drinker as the erring
minister, t ‘ .

He was an old bachelor and with the assis-
tance of the minister worked the plantation
without help.

The-house of the Omlerdonks was a lonely
onef there wasn't another dwelling within a 
mile, and a better spot for the carrying out  -
of a dark ' lot such as Tourjay had connoived v
could har ly be found. ‘ ‘ l ‘l

If the girl could he got into. the house ,
she might seream to her heart‘s content with- 
out danger of iterpeing able to alarm any.
one. ‘ " ‘-

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sold him, but the neighbor being short of. *
each had not bwn able to meet the payment.
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t_ " Well, I am sorry thatynu are playi,
‘nuch hard luck," he remarked in 1 9y
thizing, way; _ . 

“. Dorm-st run of hiclnlever amt-it;
platter declared. _ \ ' ' '
I *“jhybe, we wouldn‘t mind len'

small stake or to help us: out-of t
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“B the way. an idea he‘s come to me
and don‘t know but what I can put a
little money in your way, if you are not
too particular in regard as to how you get
it.”

“By Jinks! the way I am situated now I.

would do almost anything' to get hold of a
dollar if the risk wasn’t too great!" the planter
declared.

“()h, we ain't particular: now how we
get the cash as long as there is a fair chance
that we can avoid gettingr into trouble,"
Jabez added.

“ Well, you will not run any particular
risk in this matter,” Tourjay replied, and
then explained the scheme which he had
formed, but be suppressed the fact that

' he was to play an active part in the matter,

pretending that he was acting for a friend.

Neither one of the ()nderdonks thought
there was anything out of the way in the
scheme; on the contrary they regarded the
idea as bein a particularly geod one, and
the disfrocker minister expressed the opinion‘
that it was as good a game as he had; heard
of for some time. I

“There is fifty dollars in it for you,” Tour-
jay observed.

“ That will do!" Jabez Onderdonk de-
clared. “We will do the job up in prime
style for fifty dollars.” ‘ V

“ I can't say exactly when the thing will
come off, you know,” the lawyer explained.
" For it depends upon circumstances. but
we will hurry it up as much as we mu."

” We will be all ready at any time,” the
planter observed.

“’ Yes, you can come without warning,

on know," Jabez added. “ And as soon as
- get the girl and the man before me I will
tie the knot in a jiffy, and after it is once
tied you can bet al you are worth that it
will old just as fast as though the highest

Idominie in the land ofliciated at the core-
' ‘ mony."

Tourjay replied that he had no doubt of it

. and then took his departure.

’the On érdonks, and

 

CHAPTER XXIX.
A SURPRISE.

,TOURJAY fdlt in a remarkable cod humor
as he proceeded on his homewar road.

" It was ilust as I anticipated," he solilo-
quized. “ did, not think I would have
much tr able in making an arrangement with

had less than lex-
pected, owing to their being short of thh.

“That'is the first move in the game, and
it has succeeded adrhirablytbut the second
is much more difficult, and I fear that it will

' require considerable hard work.
4 ’ “ it: will not be an easy job to devise some

way to lure the girl from her house and get

Flier in such a situation that she can be car-

0

' , rind off without her having an opportunity to

make an outcry sufficient to alarm the neigh-
borhood."

\
Then the arch-plotter pondered upon this

matter for some time.

' f r "It is going to be a ver (liiiicnlt task, in-
.‘deed, but I have faith t. atI can? do it.’ for
, ' 88’ it will’not'be possible for the girl to have
 ft suspicion that any evil threatens her shé
’ will not be on; her uard."
“ By this time

onrja had reached the

“neighborhood of hls‘pantation, and as be
> $31910 the spot where the side road which

to his abode branched oi! from the main
thomu hfare. he suddenly remembered that

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He had leaned it against a tree when he

  took out his wallet to give the ten-dollar

 

note. and came away without it.

I “f Itd not matte-r,"he remarked; ‘-‘ They
.Will' not on the gun, of course, and One of
them will probsb y bringit’ over." .

had come to a halt, upon remembering

V-'_ ‘gnn, and now started on ,again. but he-

tore he had taken three stepsa big, burly,

somethng menacing in the appearances! the
"This is‘ Mr. Alexander Tonrjay, I ha

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the other being in his pocket and the lawyer
immediately suspected that it grasped a wea-
pon.

As arule, 'I‘ourjay was a man who was
not easily surprised, but on this occasion he
was fairly astounded, for this arrest was en-
tirely unexpected. '

“ What does this mean?” Tourjay asked.
“ Have you not-made some mistake about
this mattcr‘!"

“ Oh, no, no mistake—that is if you are
Alexander 'l‘ourjay‘!”

“ That is certainly my name.”

” 'l‘henyou are the man I want "

“ iiavc on a warrant for my arrest?”
Tourjay asked, and as he spoke, there was a
glcam offire in his eye which seemed to indi-
cate that he had a mind to make trouble.

“ Oh, yes. I have the warrant all right and
regular enough. Iwould not even dream of
arresting a gentleman like yourself without
the paper document to back up the preceed-
mg." 4

Then he nodded his head—a signal evident-
ly—for another man stepped from behind a
tree-trunk.

The new-comer was the medicine peddler,
HarVey Shock, who had sought for quarters
at the cabin of the Blue Gum Swamp squat-
ter. '

As soon as he made his appearance he pull-
ed a legal-looking document - out of his

ocket and unfolding it, presented it" to the
awyer with a most polite bow.

Tourjny‘s face grew dark when the second
man made his appearance, for he realized
that he had fallen into a trap from whence
there was little hope of escap ng. ‘ ‘

~If he only had one man to contend with,
theretrnight be some chance forhim, but with
two in the field against him he" did. not stand
any show. i; Giff,

he lawyer glanced at the warrant.

“ Robbery and assault. eh?" z. exclaimed,
apparently very much surprised“ . ' ‘

i'i‘lliat is the charge, sir,“ the stout man
rep ct .  -

I‘ Made by Herbert Fitzherbert,” Teurjay
'continucd. reading frpm the paper. 

“ Yes, sir."

” Has that Englishman taken leave of his
senses, lwonder?" Tourjay exclaimed, in a
tone of profound amazement.

‘ “I really can’t say, sir; you are entirely
too much for me.” the man reSponded, with
a shake of his big head.

"I certainly think that he must be, out
. of his mind or he never would have made
such a ridiculous charge * as this against
me.” .
"Well, I can’t say in regard to that, sir,
for I am a stranger to this part of the coun-
try, and don’t know anything about the
people up in this region,” the stout fellow
replicd.-, ‘

“ How may Icall your name?” Tourjay
asked. with a curious glance at the stranger.

“ Bert Ilazzleman; I am a detective from
New Orleans. and am in the service of Mr.
Nicodemus TomlinSon.”

“fl Oh. and is it to that gentlemen that‘ I am
indebted for thislittle surprise party?” Tour.
jay exclaimed. in a sarcastic way. ,

“ I presume that it is. for I received the
warrant from him and instructions how to
clifcct your arrest,” the detective replied.

“ Well,-all I haveto say is that your prin-
cipal has made the biggestakind of a blun-
der as he will find out before we get through
with this affair.” ' ’

“I sincerely, hope. sir, that it will tarp,
out in that way, for although it is my busi-
ness‘to hunt men down yet lam always

' d when a man succeeds in proving that e
s innocent." '

showing that this charge is-utterly absurd: ’
occurred is a mystery to me.”

, “I really do not know anything about it,
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' mete put .enfa, ref hanticllfls."

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ing a heavy hand upon 'I‘ourjay’s shoulder, I

“There will not be any difficulty in my ,
1 a

Tourjay declared. in a lofty way.  And I
ho'w suchva ridiculous mistake coeld’ have 9 which he carried, some if they were stolen

fair is to execute this warrant. and in. a :
mutter of this kind. When from dealing With 1
a gentleman like yourself, I always try to {came forward. as a witness. >

“ Handcuff me!” he exclaimed, angrily.

“ Yes, sir, Iam sorry to be obliged to re-
sort to such a measure, but now that I have
succeeded in capturing you if you should
manage to escape I would never hear the end
of it," the detective remarked, speaking with
the utmost politeness, but with extreme
firnincss.

“ Will it he suiiicient if I give you my
word of honor that d will not attempt to es
cape?“ 'l‘ourjay asked.

“ l have never been exposed to such an in.
dignity in all my life and I assure you that
I would be willing to do almost anything to
escape such a humiliation.”

“ Oh. yes, I will be satisfied to take your
word, for I feel sure that a gentleman like
yourself would not be guilty of breaking his
word of honor. "

“ Be satisfied that I will not!" the lawyer
declared.

“Will you permit me, to go to my house
so that I can change my clothes for more
suitable attire?” Tourjay asked with a glance
at his big boots.

“You will really have to pardon me for
refusing, but I cannot do that," the detective
replied. :

“ Now that you are arrested it is my duty
to conve you before a magistrate as speedily
as possible " ‘ .

“Well, well, it does not make any par-
ticular difference!” the lawyer exclaimed in
a petulant way.

" And I presume too that the quicker I get
into a court so 1 will have an opportunity of
showing how utterly ridiculous this absurd
charge s the ,better.”

“ Yes. that is, true enough, so if you please
we will get a move on us, ' the ,detective re-
marked.

“ You will not mind, I suppOse, if’I keep‘
rather close to you,” the sleuth-hound con-
tinued, “while my partner comes along in
the rear.

“ We always work the game in that way,
so that if we happen to get hold of a slip-
pery customer who shows a disposition to
bolt, we will be able to get the best of him."

“I have no objections to offer. for it is
wise for you. of course. to take all the pre—
cautions possible,” Tourjay remarked.

“ We don’t do this on account of any lack
of confidence in on,” the detective ex-
plained in his civi way. “ But we have
always :made it a rule to play the game in
that way."

“That is all right; I am satisfied so long
as you don’t put‘ the handcuffs on me." the
lawyer remarked. “ I confess that i should
not like to be subjected to that humiliation,
and I will be very much obliged to you if
such athin can beavoided.”

“ We ,wifi do anything in reason to oblige
you, of course.”

Again Teurjay thanked the detective, and ,

then the three proceeded to Sulphurville. ‘
Great was the astonishment of the citizens
when they learned that Alexander 'l‘ourjay
was accused of being the mysterious masked
robber who had cominitted such outrages.
At first the ecple were inclined to be in-
dignant. regardin :the accusations as being
a monstrous lie, at when Tourjay was ex-

;nmined before a..magistrate. the evidence
it produced against him astonished everybody,

and. none was more surprised than the law-
yerhimself. ‘

First came the Englishman. Herbert Fitz ,

herbert, who admitted frankly that he had
come to Sulphurville to play the role of a

decoy. being employed by theNew Orleans, *

detective, Nicodemus Tornlinsnm «
It was his business to play the pant of a.
rich man who always carried untied with
him a large sum of money. -- l  .‘
.The idea of this was to attmct~the robber
nd muse him to make an attack.
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l the couldbe traced. ‘- ,
l e was robbed by an unknown, and he
. vs the numbers of the billsxwhich the rob.

r carried

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rtm'ent, for he deposed that Alexander
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And now Tourjay saw that he had been
caught in an extremely skillfully devised
trap, which had been planned by the New
Orleans detective.

Cunning and sharp as was the lawyer he
had been tricked by the detective, who was a
far better man than 'l‘ourjay had given him
credit for being”.

As soon as the old Jew finished his testi-
mouy there \vas hardly a man in the court-
room but what believed that 'l‘ourjay was
indeed guilty of the crime With‘which he
was charged.

The accused man was a keen reader of
faces and he did not fail to notice that the
old Jew‘s testimony had caused a complete
revulsion of feeling.

Alexander Tourjay was game though and
he did not allow any one to perceive that
he was at all worried by the strength of this
unexpected evidence. ‘ o

On the contrary he smiled in the most con-
fident way.

“ Apparently there has been a very strong
case made out against me,” he said, speaking
with an air of unconcern.

“ But if you will take the trouble to notice,
your Honor, the evidence is entirely circum-
stantial, and like all testimony of the kind is
capable of being pulled all to pieces.

“ The trap laid by this gentleman,” and he
bowed olitely to Tomlinson, "was an ex-
ceeding y clever one, but the real culprit
was cunning enough to evade it.

“ These stolen notes were paid to me by a
client, and I have witnesses to prove t at
this is a fact.

“ How the man who paid them to me got
possession of them I know not, but I can
easily prove by competent witnesses that the
notes were paid. to me, and I in turn paid
them out having no suspicion that there was
anything wrong about them." -

“ Of course if you can prove that, Mr.

. Tourjay, the case against you will fall to the

round,” the magistrate remarked.

“ It will take some little time, of course,”
the lawyer remarked. " For I should like
to get hold of the- man who paid me the
money, and it is my impression that he is
absent." ‘

“ Wewill say this day two weeks for the
trial,” the magistrate observed. “ Will that
suit'you?”

“ Yes, sir, perfectly! That will afford me
am lc time," Tourjay replied.

1&en he spoke about bail.

“Certainly, there can be no objection to
that?” the magistrate answered with a ques-
tioning glance at Tomlinson.

" There is no objection on my part to the
prisoner being admitted to bail,” thedetec-
tive replie‘d. .

And then heexploded a mine which as-
tonished everybody in the apartment.

“ The only point though upon which I
must insist is that the bail be fixed at such a
sum as will insure the appearance of the
prisoner, for it is my opinion that unless the
bail be put at a good round sum the chances
are great that the prisoner will not appear.”

Every one in the room was astonished by
this announcement and Tourjay’s face flush-
ed with anger.

“ 1 do not understand, sir, why you should
hold such an opinion i" the lawyer exclaimed.

“The mm which I am accused of stealin
is a small one,. only about fifty dollars, an
by rights a merely nominal bad is all that
ought to he demanded."

" Ah, yes, but this. charge is not the only
one which ‘1 am going to bring against you,”
the detective replied to the intense astonish—
ment of the hearers. ' . p

“ I think I have secured cvrdence which will
prove that you are the man who has commit-
ted all the mysterious robbencs which have
cecurrod in this section."

' " The accusation is too absurd to require
an answer!” Tourjay exclaimed, contemptu-

ous! .

' “ {Ind I give you fair warning that I“ shall
hold you personally responsible ‘ if you at-
tempt to traducem character.”

' “It has alive s n in rule to do my
duty, no matter w hi h t station of the
criminal might‘be, and t is, no matter how
strong the might be, have never caused me
to swerve rum my path,” Tomiinson replied.

“J. on are a ty manitis my duty to
see {you are ‘ght to the has of jus-

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” If you can succeed in proving that I and
my agents have made a mistake, and you are
unjustly accused, no one will be better pleas-
ed than myself.”

“ I think there must be some mistake about
the matter,” the magistrate observed.

“ Mr. 'l‘ourjay is a man of position and
standing, and as there is no doubt in my
mind but what he will appear to meet this
charge, I shall fix the bail at a nominal
sum."

This was done and the proceedings came
to an end.

CHAPTER XXX.
CALCULATING 'rns CHANCES.

FROM the court-room Tourjay repaired to
his office.

He marched along with a proud and haugh—
ty mien. his head well u in the air, putting
on a bold front. but for al that he was asore-
ly disheartened man.

In the privacy of his apartment he sunk
into an easy-chair, and gave utterance to a
deep groa . "

“ The infernal scoundrels contrived to en-
trap me in Spite of all my caution!” the dis-
comfited man exclaimed.

“ The plot was so cunning] arranged, too,
that I had no suspicion that (finger threaten-
ed me, until it was too late to avoid the
snare. ’.,’ ,

At this point Tourjay's meditations were
interrupted by a tap on the cor. then it
opened and the old sport, Major Kaufman,
appeared.

“ Hello! is that you, major? come ini” the
lawyer exclaimed.

The gambler entered and took a chair on
the opposite side of the table to where Tour-
jay was seated.’ I

“ I saw you in the court-room, so you
know how matters have gone,” Tourjay re~
marked. ‘

“ Yes, and I am sorry to say that it is my
impression that you are in a mighty bad

0 e-’!

“It certainly does have that appearance,
but the situation depends entirely on how
much evidence this Tomlinson and his gang
have succeeded in securing.”

" I know a good deal about this detective
although this is the first time that I have
ever met him," the old sport remarked in a
reflective way.

“ He has an omce in New Orleans, but as
he has for the last few years made a specialty
of business in the Red River country he
has acquired the name of the Red River De-
tective.” ‘ -

“ I mustacknowledge thatvI made a fear-
ful mistake in regard to the man," Tourjay
remarked in a thoughtful way.

“ IIe completely deceived me," the lawyer
continued. '

“ He was so open and above—board in the
way he went to work that I made the mistake
of thinking that the man didn’t amount to
anything.” .

“ Ie is a wily customer and no mistake!"
Ehedmajor declared with a grave shake of the
ca .  t I ‘ r
” It Was his game to give people the
impression that he did not amount to any-
thing so he would not be thought to be

dan ous. ‘ r

“As I told you, I know all about the man

by reputation: be has the name of being.

an extra good detective, and his work in
this case; shows that he is a mighty smart
fellow.” 2 . \ .

“ Yes, he has got ‘me in p tight place, and
I shall, undoubtedly, have a- good) deal of

'trouble in getting out,” Tourjay responded

in a thoughtful way. , , .
“ It ought not to be a diflicult matter for
you to produce the man from whom you re-
ceived the money," the gambler remarked,
reflectivcly.’ ~ » ' l

" But the trouble will be for the man to‘;
came in possession of the

'show how he
money, for if he cannot We a clear account
the natural inference wn be that he was the
man who committed the robbery." ‘
“ Yes, that is true." v p  ' . . -

, “When I saw what your defense was a:
ing to be, I meditated overtho me and
thought came to me that Iwauusta‘bmt'tho.

sponsibiiity.” . V . 

“ You?” Tourjay exclaimed.

“ Yes, for I think I can fix up a tale which
will pass current," the old gambler replied.
with a knowing smile.

“ Well, Ishould not be surprised if you
could, for you have always been noted for
your shrewdness."

“ Since I came to town I have done
my best to get into all the little poker games
which have been running, and so have en-
countered about all the strangers of a sport-
ingr turn of mind who struck the town," the
gambler explained. _

“ Three nights ago there was a brisk little
game in the hotel here, and there were four
strangers in it who lost considerable money.

“ They were on their way up the river,
knew no one in the town and no one knew
them.

“The boat they were on had something
the matter with the machinery, and tied
up here until the repairs were made.

“After the game ended the men went on
board of the boat, and early in the morning
she started up-river.”

“I comprehend the game!" Tourjay ex-
claimed, “ You got these particular bills-
from one of these men, then paid them over
to me.”

“ Exactly!
four of the fellows it is not possible for me
tosay which one of the party it was who-
gave me the cas .” '

“ That is a capital scheme and there isn’t‘
any doubt but that it will work.”

“ Yes, I think you will get out of this all
right, but has the man succeeded in securing
any other proof against on i”

“ I don’t think'that it s possible,” Tourjay
replied in a thoughtful way.

“ While the court-room business was going
on I amused myself by coloulating all the
chances, and I am sorry tosa I came to the
conclusion that the. outlook or you is by no
means a rosy one.” _

“ Yes, 1 agree with you,” Tourjay re»
plied. , .

“ This infernal detective has gone to work
to weave a regular web around me, and there
is no telling what he has discovered.

“ I have made some heavy payments dur-
ing the last few months, trying to reduce my
liabilities, and if I was suddenly called upon
to show where I got the money I might have:
a difficulty in explaining.”

” Of course I am not very well posted in
regard to your afiairs, but I got the idea that,
if you were subjected to a merciless cross—
examination there might be some things
which you would be troubled to explain,"

“The situation depends altogether upon
what information the detectives have suc-
ceeded in obtaining,” Tourjay remarked in a:
thoughtful way. ..

“ It is thy-impression that they have not-
been able to get much. but I thought the
same in this case." he added. I

“ I made a mistake about that and it is was
sible I may be wrong in this supposition",

that he had a good case against you, but of
course, you can’t always tell  that, for”
these detectives alway play a ufi game.,”

“That is true, but t is man ‘ucceeded in
so completely astonishing me in the first
placethati am inclined to be apprehensive

that when the time comes he will Succeedvio'

makin out so stron a case against methat
I will ave great (1 cultydn getting 
“And if you' only-manage to get ofi  _

the skin of your teeth it will ruin youth ,

neighborhood.” ‘ ’ 
u on.

isn'tsny'douht about that. ”

“glou are right!” Tourjay exclaimed dc;

“Azoordin to. the present-outlle the
chances are i ,
the but thing I can do is to lake French.
leave. and- in some

“ Would it not be better then 
for the explosion?" the old gmmer'sug—

against.me..8‘nd.1 presume”
place. remote from this

§
And as I won money from all

“The man went ahead as if he wassurc: .

J

yes, 1 shall have to emigrate. 

section. see if fortune will not smile mom :

few  -'

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tibia determination. ,

kindly on me than she hasdoue for the 
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Slope or up to the Northwest, the chances
:are a hundred to one that no one will ever be
able to find you even if pursuit is given.”

“ Yes, that is the game for me to try, but

to go ahead on.

“ A bird can't fly without wings, you
know, and neither can a man travel without
money."

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h, .
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dirt,
e‘gy
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:g' ‘» V raise,” the major suggested. .
"<1 ’ " Youdlave two weeks before your trial I

     

comes, and in two weeks a smart man can do
'a heap", '

“ That is correct, and I think we can pull
:otlt' the sehcme which we concocted in that
time without any trouble.”

“The one which concerns the girl?”

“ Yes.”

“You ought to be able to do it.
you hit upon a plan ‘2”

“I ha 0."

"That is good!"

" In a case of this kind I don’t believe in
a man letting the grass O‘row under his feet,

f so, just as soon as I made up my mind that
there was a chance for me to make a raise in
that (punter I set my wits to work to devise

I o .a plan.”

! “ That was wise!” the old gambler declar-
ed with an approving nod.

“ And it is my experience that in all cases
of this kind the more carefully the game is

-‘; planned the better the chanee'of success."

“ Yes, yes, undoubtedly, and I can assure
you that have taken great care in forming
‘the scheme. . V

“ As I told you I have not been much
‘favored’ by fortune during the past year; in
.fact my luck has been decidedly against me,

‘ but now it‘seems to have turned alittle."

I. - .“ That is good, and I should regard that
“as a decidedly favorable sign.”

' . ' ' “‘Yes,‘it looks like‘lit. As it happens I

_am on very good terms, with all Judge

Whaley‘s servants, for just as soon as I made

" ' up my mind that it Would be a good thing

( v _ for me to marry the young iadyl setvto work

“to gain the good opinion of all the servants

 of the household." ,

,_ - ‘ “ That was an excellent idea,” the old

3 ' “gambler declared with an approving nod.

 . “And my best friend in the house is Miss
Alberta’s maid.”

 “ Aha! she ought to prove a valuable ally,
- yindeed.”

 “ Yes, that was my idea. She is a French
girl‘whom Miss Whaley got during her last
trip to the North, and as she is a selfish, av-

 ,aricious little monke , I found no difficulty

, in enlisting her aid’: and sincu the New

Yorker. De Berry, made his appearance she

has done her best to aid me.

Have

  

  

know, and the hidden motives which inspire

fire actions of humans in this worldare some.
L mes extremely strange.
.', ~.‘_‘»Now this igirl has made up her mind that
it one will do a] in her power to prevent the
 New Yorker from marr ing Alberta. and I
,"fancy that even if ldic not pay her in the
,7'1ucnt handmme manner to do al she can to
mid my'ouit, she would throw all. the obsta-
 shc'ygssihly could in the way of the
. . -"Kew York .” ~

' u f; “Some motive for acting in that way of

imitate,” the major obsc .
 {Wongheano  thsit. ant} al-
.v 11mm e mat a ’ ve t. at am
. .‘fltcliuad within that the maid has fallen in
. dove within Berry herself. "
I ; “ Well, really, when you corne- tareficct
  thamltter there isn't anything so very
’ image about the affair," the old glmnhler re.

mired. - ., 
.5 ."The New Yorkcria a titted-looking young
‘ fellow. and although there isn’t one chance
 oils million for the girl to t him. yet
filth the perversityofkwoman- nd it i! only.
muralihr lun- to‘do all Ibo can to keep‘any
 woman from getting him." i
with “'“ll‘i' if“ “M2525 ““°“ “
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‘: .. grunt information. and and” .w
' lav-o secret meeting wth her and aid
“if that-I “afraid that! did not-stand
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‘the main thing is for me to get some money ‘

"There is ample time for you to make a ‘

“There are wheels within wheels. you'

° was not there,"

a!-

“ It is evident that when she makes up her
mind to play acertain game she is one of the I
kind who will not allow anything to stand I
iu the way.

‘ “ Of course Iasscnted at once, said I would

i carry the girl off in a moment and force her i
into a marriage if Icould only arrange a;
plan.” I

“And lam willing to bet a fortune thati
she suggested one!” the veteran sport ex-
, claimed.

I “ You are right*she did."

i “I thought so.”

i “ And the scheme she suggested is a sim-
l ple one, and it can be easily carried out, I
. think."

“That is good!"

“This maid, you must understand, is no
chicken, a woman of thirty or thirt .flve, al‘
though she is youthful looking amlldoes not
appear to be over twentyiive or six.

“ She is French by birth, a foreign im-
portation, and, I fancy, has seen a deal of
the world.”

“ Very likely, for the majority of the
French waiting maids are particularly sharp
and artful.” ..

“ The. scheme which she concocted is, as I
said, an extremely simple one,” 'l‘ourjay ex-
plained. 

“At present Alberta is afllicted with a
severe, cold and it is her custom to take a
desie of medicine each night before going to
bc( .

“ Now it is the maid‘s idea to drug the
Cough medihin'e so that as soon as Alberta
Lakes the dose it will at once produce insensi-

ilitv.”

“By Jove! that is a capital scheme!” the
old sport exclaimed.

“ Yes, so it appeared to me. Alberta’s
bedroom is in a wing of the house, and on
the first floor; there is a door, too. leading
into the garden.”

” Yes, yes, I see your idea. After the
girl takes the dose and becomes insensible,
you can carry her away without much dan-
ger of alarming the household.”

"Exactly! It is but a step from the room
into the garden. Alberta never goes to bed
until about ten 'o‘clock, and by thnttime
about all the servants have retired to rest, so‘
there is very little danger of nty meeting
any one." " '

“You will give her a dose of the quick-
acling stuff which the crooks in the big
cities use, l suppose," said the old gambler.

“The knockerput drops as the fellows
call the stufl. '3

" Yes, that is what I‘shall use. The dose
produces insensibility almost immediately,
and as she always takes the medicine as soon
as she reaches the apartment, she will be-
come insensilile before she hasaehance to
remove any of her clothing, so I will be able
to carry her away full dressed.”

“ Ah, yes, i see, an that fact will be apt
to, make people think that she went with

on of her own free will.”

“That is the in; ression I am t lng‘ to
produce, and the wa ting-maid‘ will ve tes~
tinmn to that effect. ' I

” S e will say that afterher mistress ‘en-
tered the apartment. the was dismissed by
her and that upon going in the morning. as
usual, she, Was surprised to discoverthat she

 

“- Yes, yes, a ver nice little tale," the vet-
eran sport declar , with a chuckle.

“And whenrdoyou propose to work this
little ame t"» the major as ed. - '

" is very night, itl canmaka the tracer
nary arran ements, and Ithlnk' I can, for I
am to see t awaitinmmnid this afternoon. ”

." Thefluickcr the better, it seems to me.”

“ Dec edly mined you can rely upon my

oing all I can to hurry matterstorward, for
realize that there is no time-to be lost.”
,“You are fight!’ The quicker the job is
worked. the bottom? _ y . . , ,
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The French waiting-maid proved to be a.
valuable ally.
The woman was totally unscrupulous,

and as De Berry had treated her politely, as 7

he did everybody, she had got the idea that
if her mistress was out of the way she might
succeed in fascinating the young map,

Of course the notion was absurd, but the
woman was one who in her-time had suc~
ceedcd in attracting the notice of gentlemen
far above her in the Social scale, and as she
had been the waiting-maid of noble ladies in
the old country she had the idea that she
was the equal of anybody in the republic
where there was no nobility.

Under these circumstances then it was not
strange that she entered eagerly into the
scheme against Alberta Whaley.

After his interview with the waiting-maid,
finding that she was disposed to do all in her
power to aid' him, Tourjay proceeded to
make all the neeeisary arrangements for the
abduction of the g rl.

He had a close carriage-a two-seated
affair, and after he had deposited the girl on
the back seat, it would not be possible for
any one in the darkness of the night to catch
sight of her.

Of course he assumed that it was. not
likely that many would be abroad at So late
an hour, and as the judge’s house was located
in the outskirts of the town he did not think
it was likely he would encounter any one.

But in order to prevent his beingreeog-
nized in case he did meet any one who knew
him he put on a false black heard, an old

‘ suit of clothes, and drew a broad-brimmell

slouch hat well down over, his eyes. ’

Then too, when at half-past, nine, he went
to the stables to hitch up the rig, he was
careful to attach to the carriage one of his
brown mules. a beast without any particular
marks by means of which he might be recog- ‘
nixed. ‘

'l‘ourjay succeeded in harnessing the mule
aml driving awa ' without attracting the at—
tention of any 0 his negroes.

After eight o’clock it was not customary
for anybody to be in .the neighborhood of
the stables,

Fortune seemed to smile upon the law-
yer's desperate venture. for he succeeded in .
reaching the lane which ran along one side of

the j.aigc’s placeiwithout encountering at

single person.

The lane extended from the main road
which mm in front of the judge’s estate to a
narrow thoroughfare which hounded the
place on the south. ‘ '

It was bv the little-traveled back  that
Toprjay intended to go after‘secdring the
8‘" '

There was small chance of his meeting
any one on the main road. and almost none at
all on the obscure back one.

he brown mule was a well-trained b *ast, ,
whocould be depended upon to stand with?
out belng‘tied, and so Tourjny had no hesi-
tation in leaving the mule uuhaltered. ,

He had ceme to a;stop about a bit? tired
yards in the rear olithe honsc,so that i any
one chanced to look out of a wind0w in the
mansion there Was 'no danger of the inule and
Wagon being seen. , .

The night was a dark one. as the moon did
not rise until late. and therefore all was fa-
vorable for the successful carrying
scheme. ‘ ,

From the lane the arch letter had ‘0 good
view of the windows 0 Alberta's apart-A.

eat. . 'A - ‘ 1,

A signal had been arranged so thpt 
jay would know the moment wheat We Sm
entered the TOOIDw ,.  ‘ A 

The maid had placed airing: on stable by

a

the rear window and as  Is' Alber-

out of the‘ -

to entered the room the lamp. was who mov- .

When Tourjny arrivedthe lamp shone dis-
tinctly through the window. ,

“ion; in am in time then," the lawyer
murmured. ~ A . ' , y ‘ I

But he hsdwno sooner gmt the mule and’
carriage arranged to his satisfaction than, 
lamp weanemovcd tram the window. ,  r

a Aha! are has some!" Tour-jay (tackling; '

And their he made his Way ',tos‘5o‘rd
house; . eding with all the ligation of the,
red Ind note-sling in on his ten. .4 . '

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As the curtains were he had a full view of
the room. ‘

Alberta was seated in an easy-chair and
the maid had just given her a spoonful of
the cough mixture when Tourjay became a
witness of the scene.

Anxiously he watched, curious to see the
eflect oi the drugged dose upon the girl.

Alberta swallowed the mixture. made a
wry face, remarking to the maid in tones
which were plainly audible to Tourjay's
quick ears:

“I do not like 'medicine a bit, and I al-
ways hate to have to take the nasty stuff.”

liardlv had the words left her lips though
when the effects of the powerful dose began
to be visible upon her.

Her head sunk back, ‘her eyes became

lassy and fixed, while her arms dropped
istlessl to her side.

The ranch woman was watching her with
hawk-like eyes.

Althou h she expected, of course, that the
dru ged ( ose would produce an efiect of this
kin yet she was amazed at its rapid work-
lugs.

'i‘ourjay was: equally surprised, but as
soon as he saw that the girl was insensible he
hurried to the door and tapped upon it.

The French woman hastened to open it.

“It is all right—she is insensiblel" she ex-
claimed.

" Yes, I witnessed her take the dose through
the window.”

“ Mon Dieu! never did I see anything like
it in all my life!" she declared. .

“It works with wonderful quickness, and
although I knew the the drug was a power-
ful one, yet I did not think t would throw
the girl into immediate insensibility.”

“There is no danger, 1 ho , of its pro-
ducing a fatal result?” the reach woman
asked with _a look of apprehension upon her
face.

“ Oh, no, none at all!"

“For in that case both you and I would
be in an extremely ugl scrape."

 “ Do not be alarme , the insensibility is
but a tem'porary one and when she recovers
she will be as well as ever, excepting that
she will probably be troubled by a headache
for a while."

“I am glad of that for I do not want to
get into any serious trouble.”_

“ Do not fear, for there isn’t any danger of i
that happenin ,” Tourjay declared

“ And now ring her cloak and hat and we
will be all!”

The French woman hastened to prepare
the girl for her journey, and as soon.as she
was ready Tourjay raised Alberta in his arms

a l and carried her to the carriage. .

o

The arch plotter deposited the girl on the
back seat and taking his place on the front

_ one drove off.

So far all had gone on Well and Tonrjay
laughed as the carriage proceeded at a good
, pace through the darkness.

“ The chances are good that I will succeed
in this venture!" he exclaimed.

. l “ And if I do manage to get hold ofagood
ihit of money I will hi the neighborhood of
the Red River along farewell!’

It had been arranged that Major Kaufman
should ‘wait for the wagon at the junction of
the lane with thobaek road. and when the
carriage arrived at that point the old sport

ot on board. , ‘ .

“ Not a soul \has passed,” he said.

" We shall do the trick without any trou-

"  ble, I think," Tom-jay observed.

“ We ought to be able to get enough, out
bf it to set ,us up in good style. ” r,

“ Yes, and I don’t think there is adoubt
but We will, unless some unforeseenaecident
Occurs toupset our plans.”

. “.We have arranged the game so carefnli
thou that it does nott s63; hardly possib
an t n" nlia en 0 us. ,

is Wl  532111) from these remarks the
pair were in extra good spirits over the suc—
oess of their plans.

0n they went through the darkness .to the
house Where the disgraced minister waited to

perform his Pm of the'plot. - v
 It was: on y. about half an hour’s drive,
’ ' and ‘as the did not encounter a‘nybody on

the road, t e plotters felt that fortune was

it]: his relative an. witness,
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The girl was placed in an old high-hacked
rocking chair, still insensible, still perfectly
helpless.

" Now, then, we will hurry the thing
right forward,” the minister said. “ For
the quicker we get through with it the
better.

“Take her hand in yours, Mr. Tourjay,
and in a brace _of shakes I will j’ine you to
gether in the bands of wedlock.”

The lawyer clasped the hand of the insen-
aible girl and the unworthy dominie began
the marriage service. '

But beforehe had said half a dozen words
the door was violently thrown open and
the three detectives, Tomlinson, Shock and
Hazzleman entered, followed by Judge
Whaley and De Berry.

The detectives flung themselves upon
Tourjay, but he managed to get out his re-
volver; in the struggle it was discharged and
the ball entered the lawyer's head‘killing
'him instantly.

{The major was too wise to attempt to re-
s s .

Our story is told. ,

It was Tourjay who had been praying up.
on his neighbors, urged to a life of crime by
his need of ne .

The detec ives had got on his track in a
short time after they took the case and had
ke t a close watch on him.

n due time the New Yorker married the
Southern belle and carried her away to his
Northern hmne.

Tourjay met the fate which almost always
comes to the evil-deer, thanks to the Red
River Detective. ‘ ,

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Nax'r Dun: LIBRARY, NUMBER 815.

The Soft Hand’s Glitch;

OR, THE
Night-Hawk Chief‘s Right Hand Ian.

BY JOSEPH E. BADGER, JR.

 

 

In this story, whose locale is a, Wbstern city of
note, is revived the combined conspiracy and tag-
edy of a celebrated case, in which a certain doctor
enac‘ed a really wonderful ml: of

Respectahlc Practicing Play-[c113,
Chief of a Gang of Rogues, V
Heartless Pcmcutor_ol Ills Victims.

The mystery of his last plot and most consummate
scheme of villainy  the basis cf'this exciting and
powerful romance, and the reappearance of the

Bedoubtoble Dan Dunn. .

as the foil to the doctor and his well—trained con-
federates, gives ample scope for the great detec-
tive’s bravery, skill and intelligence. '
The work is One to command the reader‘s quick
and continued attention, as this popular writer’s
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M9 The Rival Giants ofNowlnr’.
498 (‘aotnn Burr. the Man from Hard Luck.
58‘? "Id Bucko 'e. the Sierra Shadow.
564 Powder 1’ II, the Boy Minor; or, The Man Without I Put.
609 llolly Dori-It, the Veteran Detoctive.
620 Little Ll htnlnf‘l League; or, The lyntary om: Island
888 l’lneky finial, t e Bur Proopoctor.
;51 Gold-Dust Dun, the Trail Patrol.

55 Gold Dust Dan‘s 00th; or, Reckless Roy, the Regulator

BY BUOKSKIN 8AM (Major Son. 8. Hall.)

084 (Nd Rocky a " Ito cent or, Bonim, m2 Hone-Breaker
.40 Giant George; or, he Ang’i of the n.
275 Arlzonn Jock x or, Giant George’s Para. ‘ .
90‘! The Tarantula of Tom or, Giant Goorl'o'o Revenge. , ,
307 The Change Yard: or, iittlo Ben’s Death Hoot. " ' '
.18 her-Wilcox. Ker-whoor or, The Tarantula nf’l‘aoo.
I27 Creeping lot. the Gothic; or,Tho Rod udWHhP-lda.
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849 “'Ild “'0”; or, Big—Fool Wallace to the Foot.
85'! The Ranch "olden: or, Tho Slo‘o of Fort Purgatory.
86 l Flap-shot, the Boy Ranger.
875 Chlota. the (‘reo'kt M,Tho Three Thunderbolts.
881 "antler-a Bill: or. Frlo Frank to th- Front.
893 llnmon and the Reds: or, The Bel-anew! Raul.
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1: BY (30].. PREN'I‘ISS INGRAHAM. 3 BY WM. G. PATTEN. i BY NED BUNTLINB. 
 805 The Last of the Pirates; or. Doom Drivon. 795 Old Nightlinwk, the Crook Shadower. 657 Long Tom. the Privateer. i
 .801 The Water Wolves’ Detective; or, 'l‘rapning the 768 The l’rin -e of New York Crooks. ‘ 63:} The Sea S y. -
 Grave Ghouls. 756 Old Burke, the Madison Square Detective. ‘ 621 The Red 1 rivuteer; or. The Midshipman Rover
 .. 791- The Coast-Raider’s Death-Chase. 747 Double-voice Dan‘s Double Disguise. I 581 Fin- Fezither. the iiucoaneer King. '
I]; 748 Arizona Charlie. the Crack-shot Detective. 715 l)Olll)lt‘—Vulc i Dan on Deck. l 517 Buffalo Bill s First Trail.
.‘t 7:04 lnvisiolc lvnn. the Wizard Detective. 702 Double-VoiceDun, the Alwayson-llrck Detective . 3m Tombstone Dick, the Train Pilot.
   Em” Etied'tsfi‘l‘i,.slf‘afieR8WF Tl R. l R  11);)iigle-V":ice blion, the Go-it Alone Detective. ‘ 270 Aiidlros. the Rover: or. The Pirate's Daughter.
‘ i; eve o. e .l a run-arr: or. no iva. overs i.'. " ie par ler ‘ int-p. :32 San Salilierdny. th I idiot Spy.
5!. 6:? Tue Red Rapier; or, The SH). Rover’s Bride: 676‘. Hurricane Hui, the Cowboy Ilotspur. ill The Smuggler (‘nptainz or. The Skipper‘s Crime.
 6:02 The Jew Detective; or. ’l‘lie'liemitiful ConVict. um Old True Blue. the Trusty. 61 Captain Seuwnif. the hind «-r.
“as Tm? COM) LY Clan; 01'. 'l‘liu hurt-s5 of Texas. 6634. The (liant Sport: or, Sold to Satan. 23 The Red Warrior; or. The (‘omnnchc Lover.
girl Lasso Kings Li‘quuemr. Buck Taylor In Texas. ooh Old Plug Ugly. uu- Rough and Ready. 18 The Sea Bandit; or. The Queen of the isle.
 The gov r s Roi: ibutloii. I " Mb Gold (llove Gill llw Mun ol‘ Grit. 16 The White Wizard; or. The Seminole Prophet. "
3“, no.) The hx~l§uccnneer; or, [he Stigma of bin. Mi Aztec Jack. the bescrt Nomad. 1'1 Thayendanegeadhe Scourgezoi‘. 'l‘liv “'al'rEagle. ‘
- ' bill) The Son ihiei’ ‘ lifil (‘oloncl (‘ooL the Santa Fe Sharp.
ig~§ lied Wings; or. The Gold Seekemot’ the Bahamas. 60: Ca mun Nameless. the Mountain Mystery. BY JACKSlDN KNOX—“ om Hawk.” '
fl  [1“lie Flirt-e iillCCilllef‘l‘S. _ _ 571 ()ll Dismal. the thing? Detective. M“ T I, In D . _ I G - .. G . .
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» 500 The Silver Ship: or, The Sea Scouts of ‘76. By (in PTAIN nownnn HOLME8. I 762 Old Grip. the “elective. '
3"  59:3 The Sen Rebel: or. Red Rovers of the Revolution. 30. . .1 - Till (‘Illttqill 010W. ll)“ Fiflhtillg DPteCtlve. ‘
' "' 5‘47 Conrad tho “allor saw or Two Hc'iits of ’76 '3 The "Om"; Broke! 8 Right Bowen 732 The Hurricane Detective. 
r ‘ 581 The Outlnwed s‘ki ) ier' hr The Gantlet Runner 7’18 Th" Night'HWWk th‘eonw' (m Castienininc the Silent Sifter 5‘
L " 560 The “en froni Witg‘iici‘) , V ' 77‘ Silk R'bhOWS crush'out‘ 616 minute thc‘Weird Detective
” 5’33 ‘lark‘lloute the‘liutiticer‘ or The Branded liri 766 Detective ZMh‘ the Broadway Sponer' 606 'l‘lnélll'it-P Di‘lel'tlve a "I
a, .516 The Doomed Whalei'21oi‘.’Th'e Life Wreck. g.   ggglgg‘rfl'ifit}?[Egg‘fifive‘ 595 Wellliorii. tho Upper (‘rust Detective. ‘t,
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524 The g.“ Cmser. or T’h'P Pirate Nobl } 711 Dan Damon, the (iilt-Edce Detective. ‘56] The Thu K‘m ,. m. ‘Tm, Falcon Dptecuvess Foe
I ' 3' 5m Cliutknrd the Di-‘wl-SlirtiDuelist e. i 701 Si'Vl’l‘ 39‘1"". t1h" Branded Sport. I’lti F’llcolllllfiztl'fl‘ g‘t’hr ‘qlllllllY Detective '
..  510 El Moro: the Corsair ’(JOIIImodore.   gj(:e':"‘(f’tl'il)' gbkt‘nSf’CIfi Sbfi‘dngg; an; Old Falconvs For: 81‘. 'l‘lli‘ Dt'vN‘Clin“:g SW?“ J01)-
». 493 The Scouts of the Sea. ‘ liT-l Th vIt); iI-"i'iéfi' r31?” b a 0 ' 5l5 Short-Stop Maj», the Diamond Field Detective, .
‘3 ', 489 The Pirate limiter: 0r. The Ocean Rivals. ‘ (m Jugs," {new  \«nbnanded Ferret 54)” UlLl I“al"0n. Elm Tllullllt’rlw” 1’9190'13'9- .‘
r. ‘ 482,0cezm Tramps; or, TheDeSpemdlies of theDeep. m4 Ménk MW 1 u éfmawn‘m er ' 501 S it'lnxrsteel Steve. the Retired Detective. 1
j _ 47d liotiBreiit.tlie Buccaneer;or._the RedSoa Raider. 3- ~ r « e ’  . . ' 494 Till“ Di‘li‘ctli’e's SPY-
469 The l ieuteiiantDetective‘or the FugitiveSallor hm hm b hmx' u" Ferret Dbteaive' 485 Rowlock. the Harbor DetectiVe
g, {A 1 ~45? The Sea Insurgent: or. The Conspirntor Son. '  gi‘l'gm fillsnghzglfiggow S hi 477 Dead-arm Brandt. . i
446 Ocean Ogre, the Outcast r‘orsa’ir. ‘ 592 (.a mi, Si n e She8t Fprrntx' ‘ ‘ 467 Mainwaring, the Salamander.
' t" ' ’ 43') The One-Armed Buccaneer. l r' ’ I ’ l l. a . 6. ev' ' 462 The Circus “9"”?th-
4w rrhe B.a[a' ‘Fri tame, 0r Rival” in LOve and \var 079  Cormorant. t|.e I50“ ely bhadow.   the Rocket [\etective
425 The Sea Sword' or T110008 n Rivals ' 1 569 Captain cobra’ the flowed Myswry' 444 Thelllairic Détective- or The Hidden Hand
418 l‘he Sew. Siren“ ‘or The Fit itALve  r 1 5‘59 Danton the Shadow Sharp' 424 H-iwk Heron‘s De litv I ' . c
g. I gng $he Newkrtlonte Cristo. g e“ l  gfig'qi‘i‘é'uit": iiglé‘éiitferret' ' 386 IIan Herofi. the alcon Detective. l
. ‘ ‘ he Convict Ca tian. ‘ '  ’ ‘ - ' ' ' A >
i  383 The Giant Buccur'ieer; or, The Wrecker Witch. ’ 23$ 3?“ Jfive?-Rfl‘f* ,‘nitinemfig‘ fetecgive- . BY PHILIP s. WARNE. f
377 Afloat and Ashore: or. The Corsair Conspirator. ‘l .eyna-r " ." ' ac ' or‘ 1 e ost emcnve‘ . . . "'
373 Sailor of Fortune' or The Bamegat Buccaneer 5” Lama?" velvet 3 Biz Stake' 803 Dan D‘rk' Km“ 0" N0 Man 8- I‘a’nd' ‘
369 The Coast Gama“). 0;. The Swen of mo Ben ' ‘ 505 Phil 140x. theGenteel Spotter. 5% Captain Adair. the Cattle King. 3
*‘ z 334 The Sea Fugmvé. '0'. ‘Tbe Queen of the 003'“ ‘ 496 Richard Rednre. the Two Worlds’ Detective. 567 ()ap'ain Midnight. tin- Man of Craft. :
 346 Ocean Guerrfllas" or. Phantom'Mldshipman . ‘ 487 Sunsmne sam' a Chip 9f the 1d Blook' 5“ The 380k t" Bad" Pards' - I
i 34‘ The 5"“ Despema" ' .  382 gaiWksPei’m’limfnmgdwnha been"  'ilihe (ghairniionk'rhhee'c c 1? th Pi ‘ t
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a 318 The Indian ,mccaueerl or. 1116 Red Rove” i 453 Cup in Cold i s Long Trail. 431 California Kit. the Always on Hand.
. . 807 The Phantom Pirate' or The Water Wolvaii. 1 447 volcano‘ the co Spy' 40‘ Silver Sid; or A “ Daisy ” mum
it - 231 TlieSca Owl' or The Lhdy Captain of the Gulf ' 4’“ Thepamomi“ Shari" . 380 Tiger mews filed 7 0‘? Tn” Gone“ serpent-
g, .3 359 ‘ ’ . ' 434 Lucifer Lynx. the Wonder Detective. o 359 Yellow Jack, the fleestizo. '
A t ‘25., gr“? “ndP0m'33' "file 3:“? 0.” ‘3‘" 8“- ' 421 Father Ferret. the Frisco Shadow 333 mi; sends the Boss of the Town
243 ,‘lfienrfig‘l’en‘1fl' A0123“: of :33 822,33}: hum ] 413 Captain 0'01de in New YOPk- ‘- 299 3:‘iireeofaJiind; or Dick. Desmrd and theSport.
5» I 2%  i Lightning, me Man of Chance ' , 407 Captain Coldgrip's Nerve: or. In un Nick. 290 Tiger Dick’s Lone and. ’
 - 231 'Tn'e Km Glow“; Miner. or The  Doom l 400 Captain Coldxrlp: or. The New orig Spotter. 251 Tiger Dick vs. Iron Des ard.
i; I 22131an Beard ihe Buccaneer p ' l 392 The Lost Bonanza: Or. The Boot of Silent Hound. 207 Old Hard Head: or. W lwlnd and his More.
32,3 The sped ,1. ‘Y mm. or A 31:.“th Crime | 382 The Bonanza Band: or. Dread Don of Cool Clan. 171 Tiger Dick. the. Man of the Iron Heart.
3 '216 The Corsair Planter- or Driven to Doom . i 374 Major-B‘iSter‘ the S 0" of Two cmes' “4 Th” Gentleman from Pike'
' l ,‘ 2m Buccaneer Bass “'8‘ Lm'ness ot the 86* ° l 865 Keen Kennard. the beam Shadow. 80 A Man of Nerve; or. Caliban the Dwarf.
 t I 3305 The 93mm .r pfmte‘. or my of the I “00,, v 652 The Des emte Dozen. ' 54 Always on Hand: or. The FootoHills Sport. i
1;: . film The Skeleton schoofier.‘or The skimmer ', g 347 Denver like. the Man With “ Sand." 29 Tiger hick. Faro King; or. The Cashier‘s Crime.
e. 5 so” 154 me Doe...) vamp”... 0;. The Cane 39mg“ ' . 310 0001 C inrad. the Dakota Detective. ' 4 The Kidnappcr; or. The Northwest Shanghai.
* . 181 The Sonnet schoone}. 0“. The sea Nemesis' ' 335 Flash Dan. the Nabob: or, Blades of Bowie Bar. 1 A Hard Crowd; or. Gentleman Sam‘s Sister.
177 Don mama we Plantépdomir ' ’ l 821 California Claude. the Lone Bandit. . \
172 Black “rage...” The Golden Fate“ M Bury r 294 Broadcloth Burt. the Denver Dandy. ' . BY CAPTAIN MAYNE REID. ‘
,‘ 12: PB gm! Magma or. D'li‘ihoaom? an? hlsown'ed l 378 Hercules Goldspur. the Man of the Velvet Hand. “7 The White Squaw; . l
"l 1 he 0'8“? “99m 01'. 9 3’98 “9 0 ‘ 9 3”- BY ‘J. (3. 'COWDRICK. 284 The Hunter‘s Feast.
. 147 Gold Spur. the lGeutleman from Texas. i . t D 1 D m 228 The Maroon “A Tale’of deooand Obeah.
Eye" or The Bride of a Ilucwneer. ' 752 The S“ l 5 ’t ° " 5" r ' 21‘ 'l‘l W'id ii trees or The uatter
 “ 184 Darke fian'the Colored Detective i 626 Ducms imv t ‘e Numb Sport Detecme‘ ‘ '1"1e Wl '1‘ «till? Th 1'! t f be Wild Horse
13) Buck n 88'", the Tean Trailer. ' , 612 Sheriff Stillwood. the Regulator of Raspberry. :1): TR“ Wl‘l‘i‘;  ‘fm'A R9 “n of Mexico '
3‘ 'v 1% The Chennai-Corsair- or The Iieritace ’ 598 The mime Detective“ 200 The am (in; m ' - r°Xlran°°r°res in M8 i
f- = 191 The Sea Cadet; or The River of'the Rigolettc. 59‘ D“ t Dame's' “‘8 80°16” Detecme‘ 74 Th: Ca Egratin?) tr}: RoiileS'vgr; l'i'he Lake xifgén. ' '
.' 116 Black Home or oSorcer-ess oilfiell Gate 58“ Sh’dow‘"g “ Shadow p I ' ' g 5
1 i c 66 The Specter Bnrque. A Tale of the Pact . r
.  W'uin  the  of the   I 565 Prince Paul. the Postman Detectivo. 55 Th S ‘ I H t A RD t th  ‘
“64 Montezuma the Met-(films . ' 557 The mountain Gavan-d”: or’ Kiddies, Riddle' 1" Ti 6 Dwgh Simtfm' Twiggy; nthe IF. > “ ‘
‘ 1 Mario, the Mutineer' or The RedAnchorBrand 5‘9 Old mam“ “‘9 30"“ R” 9' ST)? I?” (ll ’0 n“ mu 9 ' » '
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. .‘ I . ’ ' ‘ ‘ 422 Blue GrassIBurt. the old Star Detective. ‘ Avenger B Tom w, King,
 ‘ 890 The Giant Cupid: or Clbuta. John‘s Jubilee. 542 The 069‘"; D {Won The “gm for Two my“ ‘
9- a .Y D‘PT. pulp. fun. 'A‘Efii 1 BY GEORGE  JENK" 534 Graziiiidl‘onggitn Joe: orfThe Counterfeiter‘l 
. as: “Wghowmw Detectivgaohglfi MM! M88 80-, 772 Cs taln Corden, the Twister Detective. Cam 3, Mama“. De , 
' ‘3 , e “as Tr‘m?‘ ‘if‘ Chg, ' ' 755 W P?“ the muchfinml‘ Deme- 366 The Telemph Detective. 5y George H. Morse ’
44:3me m 1% 11‘ t 90‘ M- 796 Fearless Sam. the Grand Combination Detective. 353 Burt Brennan; or, The King of Straight Flush . ‘3’
I .41 he? 6-! 6 Man Iran 419 Boston Bob. the 3 Bot tlve. Bv John Cuthhert. . =5.
9. ' “g gm, gmxrgfighfim 572‘ J‘um’v J°°~ “11° “3“” “ha 350 Flash Falcon. Society Detective. By W. J. Cobb. . ‘ ‘ '
' “m Th. White“ Mm; in the “"3”. ‘ 554 m Sharp, “‘9' Hume" t 812‘Kinkfoot Karl, the Mountain Scourge. By Mor- 
I . - ' 589 Rube Rocket. the Tent Detective. ,4. mm“. a ;
V‘ {1:  “Harma‘loo: S‘umwnt 0’! The “me'  Di'lth-“flp, the Tendel‘foot/ newcfl'e.  The Smuggler Cuttpr. J. D Conroy, . ‘.
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 a  o J P“ , By J w, 0.30“ 179 Conrad, the Convict. By .Gfldenloeve.
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, ' a” ommumefl‘word. or, Pu“ “a Hum 759 The 8 pt from t. s. 156 Contain Ironnerve. the. Countarfciter Chief.
.- a” AYiinkee Cossack: or. We! oN’ihillstl. 518 Roy 1‘ momm' the Thorough ' “a The Doom" De'wm'e- I‘m“!-
1 1m 'ctor Ike: or. The of the gimme. BY LEON nwxs. fig .113}: Iggpgebgggggggflg 9;- “amorfium
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'» 5 ,9. m :n‘o' eh m a we ' 773 Buffalo Bill 6 Ban: or. Cody to the Mlle- uo The 8mm; mom”). »By H. W. Herbert.
m1 moi rial» Hagar wife Unkno’h Sport “9" “'6 C°Wb°§v°°w°m ‘ we The Mos ed sand. By George L. Aiken.
, i no“ w 30 o h - 686 Theomne- in Detectives. . ' 78 The My erlousS y. By Ar hur M. Grainger.
’ V _ The - i 36:?“ “LG 684 The Submarine et’ective: or. The WaterGhouls. 76 The 11’s Muafieteers.  Geom Albany.
' - 1;! “be H v bags“!!me 0“ GM. 484 Captain Ready.tha Red Ransom». 68 The slitting . B dap'LJ F.C.Adams
, . h'. ' i“ °"'- . 491 The Silent Detective; or, The Bogu'Nophew. 60 “Me “an, “19.5%.,” mg B“). F, 3“th
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.BUFFALO 311.1. novnns.
By Colonel Prentiss lngraham.

Buffalo Bill's Death-Knoll.

Bufl'alo Bill's \Vinning Hand.

Buffalo Bill‘s Dead Shot.

Buffalo Bill's Brand.

Buffalo Bill's Spy Shadower. ,

Buffalo Bill‘s Sweepstake.

‘ .’ B-ill’alo Bill’s Dozen; or, Silk Ribbon Sam.

Buffalo Bill’s Mascot.

7 Buffalo Bill's Double.

Buffalo Bill‘s Big Four.

Bu'flalo Bill‘s Flush Hand.

7359 Buffalo Bill‘s Blind: or, The Masked Driver.

'.' Buffalo Bill and His Merry Men.

Buflnlo Bill’s Beagles: or. Silk Lasso Sam.

Buffalo Bill’s Body Guard.

Buffalo Bill on the \\'ur- iath.

Buffalo Bill‘s Scout Sharlowers.

Buffalo Bill Ballled; or, The llesel‘l.Pl‘ Desperado.

Buffalo Bill‘s Buckskin Brotherhood.

Buffalo Bill's Blind Trail; or, Mustang Madge.

Buffalo Bill‘s Swoop; or. The King of the Mines.

. Buffalo Bill‘s Chief of Cowboys; or. Buck Taylor
Bulfalo Bill’s l:o lai‘lal or. Si ver Circle Knights.

- Bull'an Bill‘s (1 p: or. OatliBound to Custer.

Butfalo Bill‘s Pledge: or. The’ League of Three.

\\ ild Billis Gold Trail; or. The Desperate Dozen.

Wild Bill's Trump Card: or, The Indian Heiress.

Wild Bill, the Pistol Dead Shot.

By Bu n‘alo Bill.

80" Wild Bill, the Wild West Duelist.‘

800 Wild Bill. the Dead-Center Shot.

639 Buffalo l's Gold King.

599 The Dead hot. Nine: or. My Pards of the Plains.

414 Red Renard. the Indian Detective.

4.01 One-Armed Pard; or. Borderland Retribution.

391' The Wizard Brothers: or, White Beaver’s Trail.

394 White Beaver. the Exile of the Platte.

319 Wild Bill. the Whirlwind of the West.

304 Texas Jack. the Prairie Rattler. ‘

243 The. Pilgrim Sharp: or. The Soldier‘s Sweetheart.
S‘i Gold Bullet Sport: or. Kni hts of the Overland.
5'3 Death-Trailer. the Chief o Scents.

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By Leon Lewis, Ned Buntllue, etc.
773 Buflalo Bill's Ban; or. Cody to the Rescue.

 

682 Buffalo ‘5 Secret Service Trail.

629 Bul'l'aloj ’s Darin Role; or. Deredeatb Dick.
1517 Buitalo ‘8 First rail; or. The Express Rider.
159 Builalo Chief of Scouts.

11? Buil'elo Bill a Strange Pard'_or, Dashing Dandy.

92 Buflalo Bill. the Buckskin King. -

BY WILLIAM H. MANNING.

790 Plunger Pete. the Race Track Detective.

774 Steve Starr. the Dock Detective.

7'64 The New York Sharp‘s Shaddwet.

738 Detective Claxton. the Record Breaker. _

714 Gabe Gall, the Gambolier from Great Hump.
703 Spokane Saul, the Samaritan Sus t. .
692 DeadShot Paul, the Deep-Range  "
655 Strawberry Sam. the Man with the irthmerk.
646 Dark John, the Grim Guard. _ * l
638 Murdock. the Dread Detective.

023 Dangerous Dave, the Never-Beaten Detective.
811 Alkali Abe the Game Chicken from Texas.

596 Rustler Rube: the Round-Up Detective.

585 Dan Dixon‘s Double. '

575 Steady Hand, the Napoleon of Detectives.
m3 Wyoming Zeke, the Hotspur of ‘Hontysuckle.
561 Garry Econ, the Man with Backbone.

5‘39 Old Doubledark. the Wily Detective.

531 Saddle-Chief Kit. t Prairie Centaur.

Paradise Sam. the or’-West Pilot.

1513 Texas Tartar. the Man'With Nine Lives.

606 Uncle Honest. the Peacemaker of Hornets' Nest.
498 Cuntral Pacific Pa' 1.- the Mail Train Spy.

49': Border Bullet. the Prairie Sharpshooter.

486 Kansas Kitten. the Northwest Detective.

479 Gladiator Gabe, the Samson of Sassajeck.

470 The Duke of Dakota.

463 Gold Gauntlet. the Gulch Gladiator.

455 Yank Yellowhird. the Tall Hustler of the Hills.
449 Bluff Burke. King of the Rockies.

442 Wild West tilt. the Mountain Veteran.

A :3; Dee Duke: or, The Man of Two Lives.

The vols of Montana Mill.
the Detective Sim 1‘ .
g, the Brigadier 0 Buck Basin.
ill Di Turpin. the Leadville Lion.
be. the Strong Arm of Hots ur.
Dragoon. or, California Bl hound.

BY HAROLD PAYNE.

806 The Grand Street Gold-Dust Sharper-s.

$98 Detective Burr's Lune ic Witness; or, The River.
‘ side Dnve Death-Mystery. ,

792 The Wall Street Sharper's Snap.

P284 Thad Barr‘s Death Drop.

742 Detective Burr Among the New York Thugs.

.Jetectlve Burt's-Foil: or, A Woman‘s W,
77% Detective Burr. the Headquarters 8W,
7l3 .Jotective Burr‘l Spirit Chase.

 

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680 xx, in: Fetal Claw: or. Burr’s Hester Gene.

' 1-! "sun. A. K. sums.

Pin of the Leodville Lions.
790 Ch 17mm Diamond Haul

776 Chicago Charlie. the Columbian Detective.

Y5K The “1131'!an tech ve.

7% Teamster Tom. he Detective.

’4‘09 Lodestone Lem, the Chem on of Chestnut Bun.
695 Singer Sam. the at he

688 River Rustlemwr t Detective from 'Way Back
on Stuttering Sam i e Whitest rt of Santa Fe.
mmdAdamenkteBunot .
618 Kansas K'rl. the Deteetivavmng.

552 Prince Primrose. the F! er of the Flock.
berry. the Foothills Detective.

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The Frisco Detectlve’s Thug-Tangle. .
Saul Cary. the River Sport.

The Dead Sport‘s Double.

i’rinee John, Detective S ecial.

Dandy Don. the Denver )elective.

'I he Man froni’ Texas; or. Dangerfield.
Doctor Detective.

Swrcpstakes Sam. the Silver Sport.

The Secret Six; or, Ofd Halcyon.

The Man of Silk. ‘
Bantam Bob. the. Beauty from Butte.
Kent Kasson. the Preacher Sport.

Bob BreeZe, the Rounder Detective.
Steel Sorry, the Spbrt from Sunrise.
Solemn Soul’s Luck Streak.

The Get-There Sharp.

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Dandy Darling, Detective.

Mosshuck Mose, the Mountaineer.

The Grip Sack Sharp's EVen up. 

Big Bandy, the Brigadier of Brimstone Butte.

Sandy Sands. the Sharp from Snap City.

Silver-Tongued Sid: or, Grip Sack Sharp‘s Swoe .

The Grip-Sack Sharp: or. The Seraphs of Sodom.

Grip-Sack Sid. the Sample Sport.

The Buried Detective; or. Saul’s Six Sensations.

Major Magnet, the Man of Nerve.

Dandy Dutch. the Dewrator from Dead-Lift

Dandy Andy, the Diamond Detective.

Gabe Gunu. the Grizzl ' from Ginsmg.

501 Solemn Saul. the Sad antrom San Saba.

495 Rattlepate Rob; or. The Roundhead’s Reprlsal.

488 The Thoro hbred S ort. '

474 Daddy Den -Eye, th . Desnot of Dew Drop.

466 Old Rough and Re dy, the Sage of Sundown.

458 Dutch Dan. thePllg‘rim from Spitzenbeng.

.450 The Rustler Detective.

443 A Cool Hand: or. Pistol Johnny‘s Picnic.

438 Oklahoma Nick.

433 Laughing Leo”: or. Sam‘s Dandy Ford.

426 The Ghost Detective: or. The Scoret service Spy.

416 Monte, Jim. the Black Sheep of Bismarck.

409 Rob Roy Ranch; or. The Imps of Pan Handle.

403 The Nameless Sport. 7 .

Nb Deadly Aim. the Duke of Derrin ers.‘

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372 (ungai- Crisp. the Man with goon-d: ‘

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11an Jerry, the Gammkjrom Sundown.
, , «Steve. the Mad hthleited
85,! Not“ wok. the Border ive.
846 Masked . the Mounted .tective.
839M)th Eagle Sam. the Hercules Hide Hunter.
ChiaFe'Chei-ley. the Gold Nugget Snort.

M Old. orked Lightning. the Solitary.

817 flank Lighttoot. the Minor Detective.

802 Faro Saul. the fiandsomeflercules. ‘
292 Moke Homer. the Boss Ronstabout.
1286 Pistol Johnny; or. One Man in a Thousand.

288 Sleek Sam. the Devil of the Mines. .

257 Death Trap Digging: or. A Man ‘Wny Back.
‘249 Elephant Tom. of Duranzo.
Si] Spitfire Saul. Kin of the Rustlers. -
288 The Old boy of butane.
29] Pirate of thePlacem: or. Joaauin's De ‘ h Hunt.
197~Revoiver Rob: or. The Belle 0 Nuggett‘atnp.
180 Oil-1'49; or. The Amazon of Arizona ‘
170vSweet William. the Trapper Detective.
165 Joaquin. the terrible . l . .
154 Jon um, the as
Milk?) ox Tom. the Bull
127 80 Scott. he Masked iner.

119 Ala. ma 09: “or. TheeYezoo Men-Hunters.
105 Dan mm: of DenVer: or. The. Detective.

88 Big Geo ; or. The Five Outlaw Brothers.

71 Captain ’ lBlnde: or. Mississippi Man Shark.

64 Double‘Sight. the Death Shot.
50 Jack Rabbit, tnel'mirle Sport.
47 Pacific Pet-e. the we of the Revolver.
45 Old Bull {1-8) 6, the Lightmn Shot. »
40 Long-Haire Yards: or. The erters oi’ the Plains.
30 Gospel George: or, Fiery Fred. the Outlaw.
28 Three-Fingered Jack. the Roa.d~Agent.
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788 The King-Pin Trump. 4 I, f .
767 The Sport of Silver Bend.
Uncl .Bedrock’s Big Wee.

718
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677 Mr. Jackson the Gent {Si-€31 Juybird'.
659 Gilt-Wuhan ; or, Roldan and His Rovers.
650 L110 v ' ter’s no Hand. ‘
684 Old ndcart‘n Big Dump.
622 The AllAround grams.
608 Desert. Alf. the an With the Cougar.‘
a or in: e: m  In; “W-
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549 Belshmsr Brick. that‘fieilltl of Blue on
3 gm onfi‘lt‘he With-.Scar. ' ‘
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£452: 'lg'he DuIdeIgram Den mgr. gar y .
numee'or.hFlf W .
459 Ma?» Sunshine. the Men“ 0:: Threerom 1.4%.?“
429 Har'l erTom otRedBend.‘
402 Snapnho am: or. The Angell' Flat Racket.
896 The Piper Detective; or, The Gilt Edge Gang. 
875 Royal Geo . the Three in One. v
856 Thr e Hen some Sports: or, The Combination.
344 [Noble Shot Dave 0! the Left Han . '
% lie-grime? Déck. the‘Man with 195% rap. Bu
. no 19 nectnoes;or.Bad newt
288 Magic Mike. the Man of Frills. \ m

as: Captain Cut-leeve; or. The Little Sport. ‘

914 The Two Qool Sports; or, Gerti'fl the Gulch.
192 The. Lightning Sport. I
189 Hands Up; or. The Knights of the Canyon.

160 Soft Hand. Sharp: or. The Man with the Send.

4‘ 145 Pistol Fords; or, Theailent Sport from Cinnabar

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Dirk Talbot Series.

Dick Talbot‘s (.‘lose Call.

3 l)ic-( Talbot in Apache land.

33 Dick Talbot. the Ranch King.

’9 Dick Talbot’s CleanvOut.

Dick Talbot in No M m‘s Camp.

lhck Talbot in the Rockies; or. lnjun Dick.
Dick Talbot: OI. The Brand of t‘runson Cross.
. Dick. the Gentleman Roau‘Agent.

" hick Talbot. 01’ Cinnabar.

Dick Talbot. King of the Road.

ln‘ck Talbot in Utah: or. Gold Dan.

Dick Talbot’s iron Grip; or. '1 he Velvet Hand.
Elli Dick Talbot: or. The Death-Shot of Shasta.

' Dick l‘albot. at the Mines: or, Kentuck. the Sport.
34 Dick ’l‘:-lbot‘s Foe: or, Rocky Mountain Rob.
‘5 Dick Talbot at White Pine; 01'. OVel‘lalld Kit.

Alken’s Fresh of Frisco Series.

The Fresh in Montana: or. Blake‘s Full Hand.

‘ Tee Fresh’s Rustle at Painted City.

hi? The Fresh at Santa Fe: or, Th - Stranger Sharp.
Fresh. the Sport: or. The Big Racket at Slide Out.
Fresh Against the Fie’d: or. Blake. the Lion.
The Fresh of Frisco in New York.

The Fresh in Texas: or The Escnbedo Millions.
The Fresh of Frisco on the Rio Grande.

'l‘he Fresh in Arizona; or. California John.

130 The Fr- sh in eril'o: or. (‘aplain Volcano.

97 The Fresh in Big: Walnut Camp; or. Bronze Jack
77 The Fresh of Frisco.

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Alkeri’s Joe Pllenlx Series.

Joe Phenix’a Great Blue Diamond Case; or, The

New York Sport at Long Branch:

Joe Phenix’s Decoy: or, The. Man of Three.

760 Joe Phenim’s Lone Band.

749 Joe Phenix‘s Big Bulge.

745 Joe Phenix’s Mad Case.

708 J0e Phenix‘s Siren; or, The Woman Hawkshaw.
Joe Phenix‘s Unknown; or. Crushing the Crooks
Joe Phenix‘s Specials; or. The ActreSS Detective

'Joé Phenix in Crazy Camp.

‘ Joahenix‘s Master Search.

Joe Bhenix‘s Com bin 2 ; cr.the Dandy Conspirntor
,Joe'Phenit's Silent Six. ‘

Joe Phenix’s Shadow ; or.the Detectives Monitor
,loe Phenix.. the King of Detectives.

Joe Phenix’s Still Hunt.

Joe Phenix’s Great Man Hunt.

"Joe Phenix, Private Detective; or, The League.
Joe Phenix. the Police Spy. -

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Aiken’s Miscellaneous Novels.
King Dandy. the Silver Sport. '
Gideon’s Grigiat Babylon Bar. .
Captain Pat cGowen, the Greencoat Detective.
74 Uncle Sun Up. the Born Detective.
Lightweight Detective.
665 The Frisco D‘etectivxet; or, The Golden Gate Find.

Benzine the “ Hard Case " Detective.
reFace, t e Silver King's Foe.
586 The Silver Sharp Detective.
577 Tom. of Callfrrnie; or. Detective's Shadow Act.
670 The Actress Detective: orflhe invisible Hand.

Caddo.
The Lone Hand in Texas.
5 in Chin. the Chinese Detective.
e Actor Detective.

The High Her e of the Pacific. .

The Lone Hand; or. The Red River Recreants. ‘
Doc Grip, the Vendetta of Death.

381 The Gy sy Gentleman: (r. Nick Fox. Detective
376 Black 

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363 Crowningshield. the Detective
320 The Genteel Spotter; or The N. Y. Night, Hawk.
25’: The Wall Street flood: or. The Telegram Girl. ‘,
an The Double Detective; cr.The Midnight
196 La Msrmoset. the Le trctive Queen.
101 The Man from New York. .
91 The Winning Oar: or. The lnnkegper's Daughter.
84 Hunted Dawn: or. The League 
81 The Humin Tiger: or. A Heart of Fire.
75 Gentlemen George: or. Parlor. Prison and Street.-
72 The Phantom Hand: or. The 5th Avenue Heiress.
63 The Winged Whale: or. The Red Rupert oi Gulf.

59 The Man from Texas: or..The Arkansas Outlaw. . '
Plains.

so The Indian Mazenm: or. Madman of the

49 The Wolf Demon: or. The Kanawhs een. .
42 The California. Detective: or, The Wile 0! KY.
81 The New YorkSharn: or. The Flash of Lamina.
27 The Spotter Detective: or. Girls of New York. . .

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see The Crook—Detective's Pull: or The Bound-
Abont~Tovrn Female Reporter. liiWillhnfl. _'
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811308.10 Bill‘s Death-Knoll; or. The Bed Km"

Bldersol'the Rockies. ByCol. P. mgr-bun". .'
813 The Sham Spotter-‘3 shrewd Scheme- Or. Do-

tective‘ Bun-‘5 Diamond Drop. ByH. yle. ‘,

i 814 The New Yorker Among Texas 

«active Tonulnson‘s Still Hunt. By A. 
815 The Soft Hand‘s Clutch; or. The N f wk u
Cluef’s Bight ma um. By Joe. E. . “Jr/i
810 Bahia Bill‘s Bed Troll: or, Running Dorm the
Outlaw Owls. Br 00!. Premise 1W

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812 Buflalo Bill’s Death-Knoll: or, The Rid Hand
Rider's of the Rockies. By Col, 1’. Ingraham.

W Wild Bill. the Wild West Duelist; or The Girl
Mascot of Moonlight Mine. By Buffalo Bil.

80 Wild Bill, the Dead-Center Shot: or. Rio Grande
Ralgh, the Cowboy Chief. By Buffalo Bill, (Gen.
W. ‘. Cody.)

794 Buffalo Bill‘s Winning: Hand; or, The Masked
Woman of the Colorado Canyon. By Colonel
Prentiss Ingraham. .

787 Buffalo Bill’s Dead Shot; or, The Skeleton Scout
of the Colorado By Col. Prentiss Ingraham.

781 Buffalo Bill‘s Brand: or. The Brimstone Brother—
hood. By Col. Prentiss Ingraham.

777 Buflalo Bill‘s Spy Shadower; or. The Masked
Men at Grand Canyon. By Col. P. Ingraham.

 

773 Buffalo Bill’s Ban; or, Cody to the Rescue. By
Leon Lewis.

 

 

BUFFALO BILL as HERO AND AUTHOR!

W WoBill’l 8w take; or. The Wipe-out at
Last Chance: By I. Prentiss Ingraham.

amino Bill‘s Dozenyor, Silk Ribbon Sam. By
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m No. 18. By Col. Prentiss Imahm.

I' 797 Buffalo Bill‘s Double; or. The Desperado Detec-

tive. By Col. Prentiss Ingreham
Four; or, Custer'l Shadow.
By 001. Prentiss ngraham.

'74! Beanie Bill's Flush Hand; or, Texas Jack’s

Brews. By Col. Prentiss 'lngreham.

 789 sum-10 Bill's Blind; or. The Masked Driver of

Death‘s Canyon. By Col. Prentiss lngreham.

_ ins Buflalo Bill and His Mon-y new or. The Robin‘

Hood Rivals. "By Col. Prentiss fograhem.

3781 13118an Bill‘s  or. SilkLesao 8am. By

Col. Prentiss Inga .

lo ain'- one. or, mean Hunt of
ills. By 00 Prentiss  .

 

 

722 Buffalo Bill on the War Path; or, Silk Lasso
Sam, the Will-o'-the-Wisp of the Trails.

716 Buffalo Bill's Scout Shadowers; or Emerald Ed
of Devil’s Acre. By Col. Prentiss Ingraham.

710 Buffalo Bill Baffled: or. The Deserter Desper-
ailo’s Defiance. By Col. P. lngraham.

697 Buffalo Bill‘s Buckskin Brotherhood; or, Open
ing Up a L ist Trail. By Col. P. lngraham.

691 Buffalo Bill’s Blind Trailfiir. The Daughter of
the Regiment. By Col. Preniiss lngraham.

682 Buffalo Bill's Secret Service Trail. By Major
Dangerfield Burr.

667 Buffalo Bill's Swoop; or. the King of the Mines.
By Col. Prentiss Ingraham.

658 The Cowbo Clan. or, The Tigress of Texas.
B C-Ilonel ’rentiss ingraham.

653 T e Lasso King‘s League; or. The Tigers of
Texas. By Colonel Prentiss Ingraham.

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m Buck Ta 10:. the Saddle King. Buffalo Bill’s
Chief of cute. By 001. Prlngmham.
644 Male Bill’s Bonanza' or. The Knights of the
~ Sliver Circle. By Col. ntlss Inmham.

689 The Gold Kgfi; or, Montebello. the Magnificent-
‘ Butfulo' . i

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m B alo Bill's Daring Role; or. Daredeafl: Dick,

' , of the Cowboys. By Leon Lewis.

599 The Dead Shot Nine; or, My Pards of the rains.
By Buflalo Bill. ’

517 Bnflalo Bill’s First Trail; or, Will Cody. the Pony
Express Rider. By Ned Buntline.

614 Red Renard. the Indian Detective; or like Gold
Buuards of Colorado. By 0 .

401  g‘gd canned Retribution in

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The Wizard Brmhers; or. White Beaver's Trail.

894 hite‘
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8G9 ‘fll Grip: or, Cash-bound to Outer.
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329 Buffalo Bill’s Pledge; or, The League of Three.
By Col. Prentiss Ingraham. ,

319 Wild Bill, the \Vhirlwind of the West. By Buf-
falo Bill.

304 Texas Jack. the Prairie Rattler; or, The Queen
of the Wild Riders. By Buffalo Bill.

2i3 The Pil rim Sharp; or. The Soldier‘s Sweetheart.
By Bu alo Bill, Government Scout and Guide.

189 Wild Bill‘s Gold 'l‘i-ail: or, The Desoerate Dozen.
A Romance of Buffalo Bill’s Old Pard. By Col.
Prentiss lugraham. '

175 Wild Bill's Trum Card; or, The Indian Heiress.
By Col. Pren'iss nxrraham.

ms Wild Bill the Pistol Dead Shot. By 001- Ingmham

158 Buffalo Bill, Chief of Scouts; on'l‘he oomed
Dozen. By Dr. Frank Powell.

117 BUHMO Bill’s Stran e Pard; or Dashing Dandy,
the Hotspur of the ills. By Major 1). Burr.

 

 

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92 Buffalo mu. the Buckskin King; or use Ainozon
of the West. By Mador Dangerfield Burr. ‘

83 Gold Bullet S rt: ’or, the Knights of the Over.
land. By Bu alo Bill. r L“

62 Death Trailer, the Chief of Scouts' or, e and
Love in a Frontier Fart. By Bufftdo Bill.

LATEST m m ISSUES.

813 The Sham B tier‘s Shmd Scheme; or, The
Demon Dwary': Striker Sharps. By H Payne.
814 Th New YOrkel' Among Texas Sports- or De-
weave Niel: Tomlinson‘s Still ‘lunt. By Aiken.
815 The Soft Hand’s Clutch; or. The Night-Hawk
Chief‘s Right Hand Han. By Joe. E. , Jr.
818 Buffalo Bill's Red Trail: or. Running Down the
Outlaw Owls. By Col. t‘rsa Ingreham.
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