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0. HENRY antTAL. .JENNINGS
The Bandit's Astonishing Tale of the Story King
An Amazing Revelation With a Thrill in Every Chapter
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Charged wtthrHaman Interest and Emotion, Till Virile, Dynamic Docu
ment Flushes with All the Good and Ertl in Human Nature. lt Start
ling Chapters Shoot Burning Light Upon One of the Awful Crime of
Civilization, the Barbarous Cruelty of the Penitentiary In Which Both
Were Confined.
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(Copyrighted; right to publish secured by the Oregon Statesman.
CHAPTER FOt'K.
(Continued from last week.) -
There was such a queer; gentle
look in my father's face, as though
he were the culprit1 and not I. It
jabbed me to the quick. He neverJ
saia a word or censure to me not
then nor in all the years that fol
lowed. But he went quietly to work to
win my release. Three day later
I left Las Cruces with him. I. was
not even brought to trial. My fath
er had taken a new start, studied
law, won success, gathered the fam
ily about him and settled, in Charles
ton, Virginia. The boys he sent to
the Virginia military ' academy.
Frank and I, finished the study of
law four years later, when I was
Just past 18.
. There must nave been something
unstable and reckless In our na-
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tures, for our hres neTer ran along
the level. We seemed to court ad
versity. Our fortunes went like a
wave through a continual succession
of swells and hollows.
We struck the hollows when I fin
ished college. The family packed its
baggage and ; moed to Coldwater,
Kansas.
The Middle West was wild. new
country then. We moved about in
Kansas, took up land, built the town
of Boston, sold town lots, cleared
175,000 and lost every cent of it In
the drought of 1889.
Crumb-clean we went into Okla
homa. The settlers Were all bank
rupts." The government even issued
food to them. Frank and I were
both athletes. We . supported the
family with the money we earned at
toot racing.
Swell in Fortune
Blake Father Judge.
Just about this time one of the
periodic sweels In our fortunes swept
my father Into Woodward 5 county,
where he was appointed Judge by
Governor Ren fro. John and Ed
opened law offices In the same town.
I was elected county attorney of El
Reno. Frank was deputy clerk in
Denver.
It was the 'crest of our prosperity.
Judge Jennings was the man of
weight In the community. He was
re-elected almost unanimously in
every big case that came up in the
courts. My father had built a beauti
ful home and had a comfortable bank
account. We were going - forward
with a swift, sure current when the
(Garst affair, like the unchartered
rock, blocked our course.
Many events in . my life the pistol
shot In the Cincinnati theatre, the
desertion in the prairies, the lawless
ness of the ranges seemed to have
been shaping' the channel for the
rapids that were to nurl Frank and
me Into the maelstrom' of robbery
and murder. The Garst case partici
pated the downfall.
Sheriff, Gambler and
Land Grabber.
Jack Love had been appointed
sheriff at the same time my father
was named Judge. He was" a gamb
ler and considered a disreputable
character. While in office he had a
little habit of, arresting the citizens
and charging them an exit fee in
order to get but of jail. He devel
oped also great penchant for
land grabbing, appropriating 50,000
acres of the government's property.
Frank Garst rented this land for
the pasturage ot 1700 cattle. He
agreed to pay Love 83000 When the
bill was presented it was greatly in
excess of this sum. Garst refused to
pay. Love brought suit. Temple
Houston defended . the interests ot
Love; my brother Ed was attorney
tor Garst.
Love came' to Ed and offered
him 81000 in cash to dump Garst.
Ed refused and won the case for
his client. He won it on the ground
that Love had no right to the land in
the first place and was himself a
trespasser.
Love was out his 33000. lie was
a bad loser. Ed's tat was really
aet when he "won that case. Love
.waited his chance. ,
lawyer's Shout
Like Face Slap.
It Came a few week later 1
went to Woodward to visit my fath
er.. Ed was defending a erouo of
boys on a burglary charge. Sam
Houston. Love's attorney, was nrone-
cuting. Ed asked me. to assist him.
The case was going against Hous
ton. The atmosphere -was charred
with bitterness. ' In the midst of my
plea. Houston got to his feet, slam
med his fist on the tahlA nt hnt.
red; "Your honor, the ten tie man ia
grossljrignorantef the law." .
"You're a damn liar," I answered,
without any particular heat,, but as
one asserting an evident fact.
. It was like a blow in the face to
Houston. - He lost all control of him
self. "Take that back, you damn
Uttle - he hurled
the unpardonable epithet and sprang
at me.
His face was bursting with rage.
His hand was on his 45 and I had
mine leveled at him. Lightning an
ger was striking In all directions.
Men rushed to the one side and the
other. Somebody dashed the six
shooter from mv hand. At iha m.
moment I saw Houston surrounde
uu aisaruiea. . .'
The court proceedings ended for
the day. But feeling ran high the
-unc lurj m me southern cow
people: Nothing but blood cools it.
We knew that the settlement must
be met. -j
For once in my life I was not
eager to square the account with
killings. We went to Ed's office,
my father and ray two biothers.
My father's hurried face was like a
reproach to our hot tempers. He
Was a broken man. He seemed to
see the tragic failure ot his life of
robust endeavor.
"What are you going to do?"' h
asked almost in an appeal.
"Nothing until tomorrow." I told
him, for i had made ray plans. 1
intended to meet Houston, apologize
for my insults, and demand the same
rrom him and let it go at that. If
Houston refused it would be time en
ough to meet the issue.
My decision was not to be. Tlie
town was divided into two factions.
Ours outnumbered Houston's two to
one. They made up in their rankling
animosity what they lacked in num
bers. It was as if two tigers stoo-1
ready to spring and each but waited
to get the other in the corner.
Ed and John agreed to stay in
town to watch the office, I went
home with my father. V
Never had the magnetism of his
kind, turbulent nature seemed so tor
cible as in the weakness of his fear
for us. He was in a reminiscent
mood. For the first time he spoke
of that day when he had first struck
me down at Shrieber's store. The
tears crowded into bis eyes. I knew
that many a torturing moment had
paid for that irresponsible blow.
At 10 o'clock. we went to bed. It
was a hot. summer night. We left
our doors open. I was just drop
ping into a slumber when I heard
the stnmble of frantic footsteps on
the steps below. The door was
pushed to an3a broken voice called
out:
"Judge, get up, get up. judge,
quick: they have killed both your
boys!" '
(Continued next week)
HEAVY HARVEST
IS FORECASTED
Winter Wheit Yield Less;
- Spring Wheat More,
Than Last Year.
. WASHINGTON, July 9. Fore
casts of heavy harvests of the coun
try's principal farm crops marked
the July report of the department of
agriculture, today. The prospctive
yield in most Instances is larger than
the average production for the five
years 1914-18, while tobacco and rice
production promises to be the largest
on record .tobacco with 112.000.000
pounds more than the previous larg
est crop and rice with 11,000.000
bushels more than ever produced.
Compared with last year's output,
this year's winter wneat, rye, corn,
sweet potatoes, peach and hay crops
give indications of belnr smaller.
Larger crops than last year are fore
cast for. spring wheat, oats, barley,
white potatoes. , tobaccos, flax, rice
and apples.
Throughout June better weather
conditions Increased the prospects of
tne output or every important crop.
The improvement was reflected In a
forecast of 28.000.000 bushels in the
combined winter and spring,, wheat
crop than estimated a month ago;
(,uuu,uuu ousneis more oaia. .uu.
0W0 bushels more barley and 2.00W.
000 bushels more rye.
Th spring wheat crop is larger
than I a Ft year's by 82.000.000 bush
els but the winter wheat crop is 114.
000,000 bushels smaller although it
is only 4 5.000.000 1ms than the five
year average production.
ing on farms July 1 was reported as
i(,i&o,uuu ousneis or more man live
nr rnt nf Iha rnn That ntAA In
this year's prospective production.
mases avanaoie about sa6.uuu.ooo
bushela of Wheat whih. acorn-dins' tn
officials, will be ample to meet do
mestic requirements and leave a sur
plus for export.
. The condition ot the corn crop was
reported not so good as a year ago,
but the area nlanf pt shown an in.
crease of 671.000. acres. Indications
are tne crop will be 138.000.000
bushels smaller than last year's, but
Dusneis larger than the
five year average.
What Will hwnm a nt Iha rmintw
when all ot the ftennta of thia mnn
try strike for hitrher ware nil ih.
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