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I'l.e liilrm t In dv I I. new It woi.lil I'M nil 1 1 ..!it. ii':(l I hud rs I lea yon would l.oih' r io rn:i (!own J'or thitl. Why. in.v lu ,v. we c.i.ilil have dmwii fir il, y.i.i U'.io.v." Sillier hi ille.l Inwarrly i lie 1o!;i1 filnily iir.il illy thrmi'.i h!n in!o!ie Into thii tinmisp!i tilitf vi:-ntt ti .t iniicl to him. "Hilt the note ItMelf !h pnynlli' to day," he n.ihl. eh tly on the id "i-f lor a facial to!I;'pe. "ami, wh'le yon or I inlht take up m paper fi r SJ",' ("i through a Pan!;, old fa.-hloind people like Sir. und Mrs. Itlshop would f'el sufer to I'.nve It done hy mi nt ut. Tlntt'H why I came." Sillier III wlli'lit 'llixfiH't!on nw tl)i face of Ii iiiitauon'tt fall to picci'H I'.Uf nil nrti'lei.'il t'.ower oi'ddenly tdint ten."!. "I'i'.v the note?" ;::v P' (1 Wilson. ' "-- Sli'lcr piirTrd nt liU ei'-'ir and mi'.rd nt his iet.iii ii if c::'!ii;y mi; prii-wl over the I'SKitnipt o'l tlii't hi ri'Mtll had l.ot all al nij Piteii 1 -tl to imI the;:r"'l.('M of that coinli.ioii I.i their contract. "Yon iiii iui t'it tat P sliopH art" rei'.dy to" W'l on l.t'jiin aalii on an other lircath - "to ;:! i'.l Ul J i IUMI?" "And th- liilrn -t f r nix ino-xln," qil'efly inM.'d Miihr. ivithiv,' fur n llinti li on tlio il.'isl.. "t 'i'ctvi you'vu KOt the note here I don't want to mis my train " Vllon we a nood hnslni ai man, Intt 1.1 Pur'tat'le-il tral'iliitf In Xit Kn'hi'id had nut (Hied lilm for wily diplomacy. "Of eoiiie they enn take up th"!r note today If they wish." he Haiti, wltlj larnit d friinl.t ess. "I wn not connt Itxg on It, thot'jjh." He rose to hi feet Mlller'n watchful eye di'tectcd a cer tain trrniHItitf f h! lower Hp. II thrust his hands Into bis pockets urrv-nus-ly, mid In u tone of open Irritation lie mild to the yotmit man nt the t.vpe 1 writer: "Brown. I wish jon'd let tip on that InfiTiutl cliel.iiiK. S.-mi.'t'inc I ran Ktaud It. and then ain I can't. Ioj can tl'i t.v.ise li tter In the nc.it room." Whin th" yoi'iii in in laid cone ont, rnn.vlns hit nniciilpe. V'ili in frrncd Milli r. "As I ii"U. ,;. ! It. ;. -i prr FOtir J'v lui'e i.o i'ii -r t in tlie i;;a f VVCilHTty'.'" y will rj. Harbcn (5 Author ul "Wctterfclt" Cy-V f'i. to' .1. - I I,' : :. ;l Un- lawyi. 1 ivo tin; hands Irv in "pt rhaps y.'.i ; flic If l'i Bishops :hir psinlm. Are .' t I v.. I' iii.il ". Mr Kll lU lli.l lll'Hll. 1 I I ."i.i I I'i.' I; .i .. i .-r j- t.i. t ji : V, :'!l i I'.-.. !(Jil." hvi'U'.!, uiiii U I ll' SJllil. ..I I'll. .11." "I Wilson Hluiii '-I'll. ' I '.. 1 llllt IlK'llU t( KUl-'l'St H tiny ('(iiitiiK'ai o." lit' i.t, mill tlii'ii lie Ul . "Tlicy liiivc not ai'lti .tl.tjr lit fur n inonii'iit, tncn 1 Uon't iff uiir roiiKoii .vn'.i v.).:U :: -r u i o : .'I Hill .!!'! '. .1. IV Mi Ul ll.t. III! SMI. r was: i.nswrri'J: " I. li I muy not answer that (incut Urn. I il. n't think u y c-lit lita would olijcct t- i i.v Kiiyiii' Hi.it they Imvo not yet t. (. ptitl tiny ofTi r." A look of i i'lii f HUlTuKrit Itself over Wils-m'H liro.ul fuce. "Then they tire ftlll opeu to accept tli. Ii- offi r t me?" Ml'lrr 1 ui'.'hcil i a If highly oimiiHiii at th'1 oini lleiiti.ui uf the mittter. They inv linn 1, you remember, on l ro lomr nn you 1 old their note." 'J In n I tell you what to do," pro po .it. 1 'Wilson. (.; ) (men and tell tln-Ji) i.-.t to ti' i'iiT iil ii: t pnyineiit for n few l:r;p, in:;, way. ur.l flint we will noon t.li i In'!! ."i: :ii.( !y whether we will l '.- t;.i.r p,'ii'u tr not. 'IUuI'h f.ur, in 'I it';" it in-'il MMii ro to u iniiii person ul!,.- I'uer.'t t.".l l:i the ilriil," udiiiltU'd y. .Ut- tlie ; nJiiftiou to niiolhi-r ''.. lu. v. s i" t ;:i tiie Kiioiiltler. but I'Mur :oi i: : '. i llents i enn only v .silt is. 1. il i' l.uy wtiti skhxi on i.. ',: I'I'il' i.i.. I:.'' n.i'.; I'.u f -I1' The ri'inole rlleu it!. ( 1' iii' I vi .vii tr M'enitd to iiraifc ii. i !i1h 1:1j!i v.t.- .lit inrvts. uiiii nc v. . I ai'ij r'l.n. .!:. ii the partly opened 'l' " . ' sul. 'l'i'.". se:. '.'".liny; lil:e an ouiii . iu:. 'i-i',". il. it -i i;..L:l i').i tl. it -i l!..L:l jo. Tliey. Uowevei, lie '..!:. an luia. ; j; . i ;.! :o them my propo ,i for a rt ply," tie j :::."! .I'lil W:;t he j Ml; f.' :.-(!. ' ". r t'l-owr.eii. "That would do no ' ;.(( .:." he ink!. "l'i i sorry I can't e.v 1 j. i'.: ; f,i::.v. I.ut l ie Inith U this: I Imp ! pi to k::; w tli.it liny wish for rt-a- 1,1 t oi' ti i r c'.vi to take up the noie ; yo'i '.cM a. el tL.;t nothing (Ut will unit j th A.f till ,i:,iet"fi Wll'ton lout 111 fc'flp on nil id!' jivi.;.! 'iflt 'i ntid tleKeiieriiteii liii-i ihe Million nt: -.ri' of Khiup und uii ej.p. i It d tii: appoint :.ient. "I t'on't f'.fl that v.-e urn helnjt fairly I trt .iit .1." lie Kiii.l. "We most naturaii; rir .;.i.:ed that jotir c-lit lit wanted lo ta iiie:ul our c;i; Ion cm the properi. for at Itiist atiothcr ttlx months. We iisuimed lin t frtui t ho fact that we lintl '..o notilleatlon from tin in tii.'tt tucy would he reatly to jniy tin tiottf today. That' where we teel Injured. Sir. Milhr." Unyhiii n tlirew his eljfnr Into cus pel or. Ill uitllu.le of hcltiK a noniii-tei-ented njftii't win. simply a trokt of eiiius. H' hii'itl tula pica he crouched. Fhowlrjt hi tie elf only lo tiro nhots that i piteii liiivtw with whatever they biriirk. ! "1 lidlev" luy licnf did feel, I may ! ftny. lienor hound to you to sell for the price tiny ofl' -retl. bill now I inny 1 i mlst.ik ii but I'm Kure they were un ' tier the liiipn .slori, us I was, too. that joti only wn:!t (I the property provided ynii iic. id In.;;. I ti i.mtwil from liarley to it. n rd" -"W"II. ili.it' true." broke In Wilson, i "Tiiiit's tp:l!e true." I "Ard." linishid Slider. Mill behind : Ms liitMllrl le furtlliiiitlon, "they tell I me that j ui have leKulnly shown in d'lTeri ! e to the project ever since the ! note w is sive.i. I.i fact, they usked me iii)i'..u.U.y if I thought you ineunt ; Inislii 'ss, and I win foreed eonscieii . ti m: !y t i h II tliem that I thoiisht yol ' , ('::'."i! ro have othi r tish to fry." Wlliii Khirtd i't tiie lawyer lis If h" vt mill ul to kle'i han for a stupid Idiot nhn ctifM net do two thlnif nt once ( work for the li.lerests of his client ami not wreck his Inl'S alsn. It hud been a lout; time since he had found hlnisel' in Mitch ii h t f i ;, 1 1 tx pan. "So yon thluU the thine I off?" hi sit !tl d"! iH-rntely, probably reeallini: several purchast of land he had made , lu the section he had expected to de velop. "You think If tiffr' "I hardly know what to say," said t Sillier. "The oM nenth'innn. Sir. Bish op, I a fl v p Intf old timer, but hi n 1 rather tip to date, full of energy and auibltlt ti. I think he' made up , hi mind to sell that proiK-rty." Wilson went to hi desk, hovered ocr It lie a dark ha man cloud and tin ii ii'lin (p.!:ly tumid to the bltf Iron Mife a . 'iiii st tlie wall, obviously to (,-et tue note. Ills d.n p lntuielit wn too treat f. r cor c. uliai ui. W ith his f.ii I'iuk 1 ai.d on tin- kii.ir lat' d toi.it.. In i, I o't U ti.i ml t.. ,I..liT at . .In. 'W(.;.l l you i.ili.il p 'ttliw tlov.it t 1' . tt Ii phone one t r hnii t the !ii'i e'eus'.- "Nt.l i.t nil." mid M.lii r, "if j'.u'il s,. iii a ci.iar mm ihe t'oiist,ti:i!uii. TU Atl.is-.ta latl.i.ll t.'iuu pl.yed siubli ) L'slertlay. and 1 w as n taid. riuK" - "I don't Let p fines; of micu thiiisit." ,'ii.l Wilson, coi.ifiis; back to l.is tl..'.; with an linpitt cut fro .mi to rinj; In tall bell f.,r t tit olliee boy. ' "lib, ics, I believe f lolbull Is yt'i'.' iintli.iial sport." said Mlil'T, with u dry seiMi. "Wfll. it's only n tlliTcrei.ee oe fv.'i " n nriiss and lct--wholu I oi as i ;ai v.st:.':lllis." v lis'ni ir.l.i'.'il th" ci,-iir ai d pai c .vlr'ii I I.t' boy ii; pcantl, sit.'d. leavu!.-; lie law. mi- mii1.1i i !,. , he wt nt lalo tl'" ."i;i ttit.taii'iiiu ti.t telfplitilie, elosu :-r-'.U : ilo.,r i ft; r i.lm. In a few i ilnntts he r". i ri-ir.-fi. iit.tiiiliiii; befi s M Her, who was chew. In;.' a cold el;;: r antJ nttcnjivi ly ivuo Ir:';. lie looUid up ut Wilson abslmct rAy. 1'ully for Atlant:" he satd. "The toys i iaiU' ten runs before the Slobilm had scored" "fill, come down ti business," snwi tl. New Kt!jn atler, will) u rea'ly uiikIh snille. " "Ilonestly, I don't bt lieve yoa drowsy soiithi rnci ever will get over your habit t f sleeplni,' tluiintr busliictis hoiirs. it seem to lie bred lu the bone." Sillier laiifThcd mli'leiidlnnly. "Try to down us at a hone race, und we 11 beat you in the middle of the nlt'ht. Hunt' it nil, man, you don't know hit man nature, that' all! How can you expt ct me on my measly fees to damn a breakdown over business I am trans acting for other people?" "Well, that uuiy Hceount for It." ad mitted Wilson, who seemed bent c.n beliisr more iiyrrenlde In the llpht of Mime fresh hopes he had absorbed from the teh phone wires. "Pee here. I've jret n rock bottom prcposal to make to your pteple. Now listen anil drop that paper for n minute. My Jove: If I hud to send n man from jor.r sti'ti' to atic.itl to h i'l liuslness, I'd pick one not full of mental uior- KM.X. " "Oh, you ttou'dn'l?" Siller laid down the paper iVd nssiiined n posture l:.:'.!eal!e of iilterMoii rtu.ed from di i'P sleep. "Hi e a way. I'm listenit a.'' "I already had aethorliy to act fo- the coiiip'ii'y. I ::t I thou.' lit It best to telephone so iie of tin; director-"." Wil son set t'.owii In l is chair and leaicil toward the lawyer. "Here's what we wi'l do. The whole truth Is we are wi'l 'n;; to plank down the re.-pi'vcl oio hundred tli'iisand for that propei-f. pr ivided w4ean lay our roatl thee without b'cnrrlnu the expciise of pi:r ohasliij,' the rh.lit of way. Now If the Ol'.il.eis alon the proposed line w:t"t their country developed bad enoii;'li to donate the rlnht of way through their lands, we can trade." Tin re was it pause. Then Sillier broke It by striking a match on the sole of his boot. He looked crosseyed at the flume u he applied It to hi a "Willf" he imkcl, nlmimt umUr ht brmth. clstnr. "Ion't you think your people could stand whatever value I ap prnlsed by law In case of refusalu alum; the line?" "No," said Wilson. "The price for the hi ml 1 too steep for that.- Your clients have our ultimatum. What do you say? We can advertise a meeting of citizen at fSprlns-'town, which Is about the center of the territory In volved, and If all tit-rce to give the riitht of way it will be a trade. We can have the meeting act for today two wet ks. How doe that strike you?" "I'd have to wire my client." "When can you net an answer?" Milhr Its. kid at Ida watch. "By S o'clock this afternoon. The message would have to go into the country." "Then send It off at once." A few tulnute after 5 o'clock Sillier sauntered Into the olllce. Wilson at at hi cl"sk nnd looked up eagerly. "Well?" he asked, utmost under his treat h. The lawyer leaned on the top of the I III II I r Jok. "liny arc Willi;:.' to i-umt . ti.'! l'.VO lU'. lia' t.lli. pilAi li dJ'Hl hi, u il l n-'iee!,ii nt for yotll' l.i l.l tout y .1 wid pi:ie!ii.-.e tlalr propirty ut the 1 rice mussed at the eipliation of th. t tulle." "With the provision," interpokitt ("i Wllscn, "tlntt a ilssht of vny U do naii d." "Yes. with that plot isiois," Milter liodtli d. "Then sit tlown here und write out your apt r." Sillier compiled as nonchalantly as If he were draw Iiu; 11(1 U bill of wilt' for a wni-nout horse. "Tin re yt.it nrc," he Bstltl, pt:sliln' the paper to Wilson win ii hi hml i' an-lii"! llsnn read it crlt ienlly. "It ctitain ly Is b::i !l.i'." lie .Kitld. "You peot!e may si. ep durlus; btisPiess hoiir, lull you have ymir etes open when iii tlraw up pipers, llo'.vevir. I slon't car . 1 want the I'.l shops to f el i.eei-.ie TI.j? i.illst . t lo work to secure the i..l,t i f way. It will be no easy job. I'll let you know. I've struck shrewd, obstinate people ill my life, but thou' Up thole bent Mm world. Noah couldn't have t iivcti thei.i in the ink even ufii r the fli v cl set If." "ou know soiiiethlnt' about thcin then?" snlil Sliller, lausslilns; to liiui;otr o' er the iniplietl confession. Wilson flushed and then ntlmlttc thai he bail been up that way sever: tiiiies looking tlie situation over. "How about the charter?" asked SI 1 ler Indifferently. "That's fixed. I huve already se.'n to that." "Then It all depends on the rlfht of way." remarked the lawyer ns he drct: a check from bin pocket and handed 1 to Wilnou. "Now get uia that note," he said. Wilson brought It from the aafe. "Tui-nlnj.- tbl over cut my option clown to two week," he wild, "but we'll ktioif at the meeting what can be done." "Y'es, we'll know then what they can do with you," said .Miller slKtiillcactly as be put the en nee led note lu il pocket and rose to go. CIIArTEU XXIX. 11 H mass metln(r fit Sprinjc town was a most Important event. It was held In the ',-itr-r'j courthouse In the center of tiie few straKsrlintr houses which made, up the hamlet. The entire Bishop fam ily. Including the servants, attended, role Baker brought hi wife and fill tho children In a new spring wagon. Parley society wus represented, a the Sprlnt.'town Gazette afterward put it, by the fairest or tho fair, Sliss Dolly Barclay, aecompauled by her mother ai:d father. The courthouse ynrd wn alive with proups of men, eagerly taU.lnp over the situation. Every Individual whose land was to bo touched by the proposed road was on hand to protect his rights. Tole Bilker was ubiquitous, trying to ascertain the drift of mntters. He was, however, rather unsuccessful. He discovered that ninny of the group ceased to talk when he entered them. "Stiinc'n'i up," he told Alan and Slil ler In the liltf, brre looking courtroom. I don't know what It Is, but I smell a rat, an' it ain't no little one fV.ither." "Opposition," said Sillier gloomily. "I saw thut a sooa as I came. If they really were In favor of the roatl. they'd l e here talking It over with us." "I'm afraid that' it," said Alan. "Joe Kartell i the moat Interested, and he seems to be a sort of ringleader. I don't like the way he looks. I saw him sneer nt Wilson when he drove up Just now. I wish Wilson hadn't put on so much style kid glove, plug hat and a negro driver." "No. that won't go down with thl crowd." agreed Sillier. "It might in ths slum of Boston, but not with these lord of the mountains. A for Bartell, I think I know what all him. He' go ing to run for the legislature and thinks be can make vote by opposing us-convlnclng h! constituency that we represent moneyed oppression. WelL be may down us, but It's tough on hu man progress." At the hour appointed for the meet in)? to oiieo a young man who held the olhce of bailiff in the county atid seemed proud of hi stentorian voice opened o.ie of the window and shout ed: "Come In to court! Come in to court!" and the motley loiterers below began to clatter up the broad talis und fall Into the seats. Joe Bartell. a short, thickset man In the neighborhood of fifty, with a florid face and a shock of reddish hnlr, led about twenty men up the aisle to the Jury benches at the right of the stand. They were the landowner whose consent to grant tho right of way wa asked. Stern op position was clearly written on the loader' brow and more or lesa distinct ly reflected on the varying face of hi followers. . "Ef we needed It, it ud be a different matter," Miller overheard him say In a sudden lull as the big room settled down Into sudden quiet, "but we kin do without It We'v got along so fur an' we kin furder. All of us has got good teams." Wilson In his crisp, brusque way made the opening speech. He and hlsi capital were going to dispel darkness where It had reigned since the tlawn of civilization. All that wn riettlcd. be finished, wn the consent of the proper ty owner appealed to. who, lie felt confident, would not stand In their own l.l.t. II.- had har-ily taken 1:1s m it wlun Joe Btirtcll stood t p. Al. n isiul Miller cch;:ued ominous lave" s.. 'I hey had at ol.ee reeo'T liii -d t'..-I' lippreprmti' t:c?s t f Wilson's i peech nnd d.d not lll.etl.e white, twitching sl.e; r on Bar . li s siiiiK.lli fcl.nvcii fact-. It wus sis If r...rtjll bud been fvr a I.c'n time fccc!:!::.'.' J:t sueif'iiil o, portuidty to make lil:".isilf felt bi the ct a.ii.u.'ilty, nnd there v as no tloil1 t that Wilson' iilu.o t d ctntorlal n ect h hud in.ido a line opening fur Islui. 'Tellow c!!lei:s an' hit'ics nil' gen t!enr.''i." he llSlll. "we are glad In Wl l, ' 11.1' nt?!')!!,: t US li F. l t f f It l-eeolal s. '.vim- 'n our Sodoi.j an' t'eiaorry of ei. t i.iTeoin. What Hie "i:l man with the libit' I nt ail' soi'.i lae shoes ain't I i' .;.oi. i' to do for us the I.oid couldn't. He loiks nice un" tall-it Lice. tin', to use h'.S Words. I don't bilieVc 1: deceive appearances I'll bit ono thing, un' that Is 'at he won't dec: ive I S. -Acci-rd-iu' to him we need 'hi! etuy hour, as tin- Sunday school sotiis' I ul It. Yes, he's a goln" lo l.e'p us i net rf ul un' 1'ii.ht off. An". fell.AV eitir.t lis. I'i.i bet r to pro lose a vote o' thanks He's fs-tiiu nway up In Best on. wh.ir. they tell me. u nigger sets an' eats ut th' same t;.:bli with the whites. When his nut com; this away durln' the war, with all the'r up to date liiipllment of slaughter, they laid waste to cver'thing they t.ruck. shot u like nil tslis in holes an then went back an' said they'd had n (.uod hunt. But they've been llvin' high up thar seiiee the war. an' the'r tim ber Is B-plnyln' out. an' they want sumo more now, au" they want It bud. So they send the'r representatives out to find It an' lay hold of It. How doe he happen to come beer? As well as I kin make out. old Alf Bishop, a good man an" a southern soldier a man thut 1 hain't got iiothin" agin, except maybe h holds his head too high made up his mind awhile buck that lumber would be lu demand some day. nn' he set to work liuyin' all the timber land be could lay his bund on. Then, when he liMd niore'u he could tote an' was uhnut to go under, lie give this gentleman : o;itlon on It. Well, so fur so good; Inil gentlemen, what have we got to Mlth this trade? Nothln' as I kin Kr, Bat we fire expected to yell nn'' holler an' deed 'em a free right of way throiith our property so they kin ship (lie timber s'.initht throi'h to the north ut;' turn it into cold Yankee coin. t- don't count In tl.ls shuillc, gentle men. We git our pay fer our land i.l b"in' giiul an' hecrln' ear bells nn' blcitll whistles In the Middle o' the ul.,h: when we want to slot p. The en gyncs will kill our hogs, cattle un' In; ;.ji s an' now nn' then break the iieck o' some chap that wasn't lilt In file war but we mustn't forget to be ;.b.d an' bend the knee o' gratitude. lf course we nil know the law kin compel us to give the right of way, but It pro vii'.es for Just and sultlclent payment fer the property used; an", gentlemen. I'm n;;ln donations. I'm agin 'em tooth un' toe nail." There wa thunderous and ominous applause when Bartell sat down. Wil son sat Mushed and emburrnssej, twilling Ids glove In hi hands, lie hud expected anything but this per sonal fusillade. He stared at Sillier In surprise over that gentleman's easy, half amused smlb; n be stood up. "(ieiitletneti," he begun, "nnd bullet," he added, with a bow to the right and ieft. "A mnny of you know, I pre tend to practice law a little, and I want to say now thut I'm glad Sir. Bartell ain't In the profession. A lawyer with his keen wit and eloquence could con- vlct nn Innocent mother before a Jury of her own children. Laughter. And that's the point, gentlemen. We are Innocent of the charge against us. I nm speaking now of my clients, the Bishops. They are deeply Interested lu the development of this section. The filler B shop doe hold his bend high, nnd In this case he tins held It high enough to smell coming prosperity In the nlr. He believed It would come, and that Is why he bought timber bint's extensively. A for the necused gen tleman from the Hub of the universe,.' I mnsl say that I have known lilm for scverul years ind have never heard a word against bin character. He Is not I fl furinnf l.nf a l.i.uln.. I. i .. .......... iriiciui Kl, iiiiiii, nntj II. would lie unfair to Judge film by any clher standard. He is not only a busl tc?s man, but a big one. He handles bis tl b gs. Th's railroad Is going to be a big thing for you and your chil dren. Yes. Wilson I all right. He tl'd'i't flpht In the late unpleasantness, j lie tells the women he was too young. Wilson I here to build a railroad for your good and prosperity, ami he can't i build one where there I nothing to , lmi:l out. If ho. buy up timber for hi eonipnny. It Is the only wny to get them to back him .In the enterprise. Now, gentlemen of the opposl'lon, If there are any here today, don't let the thought of Wilson's possible profit rob you of thl golden opportunity. I live nt Imrley. but. as many of you know, this Is my father' native county, and I want to see It bloom In progress and blossom like the rose of prosperity. I wart to see the vast mineral wealth burled In these mountain dug out for the benefit of mankind wherever God's annlltrht fall." Miller sat down amid much applanse, Jalnt part of which came even from the ranks of Bnrtell's faction. After thii fl pause ensued In which no one seemed willing to speak. Colonel Bar el a y ro-e a ti 'I nm" to Sfilhr. Tu f'f. Continued.