The Postmaster at Bible
Hill.
UY ROBERT YILEK TOOMBS
tr en Tbe Cesmopoli'su
CHAPTER V. (CONTINI El>.)
It seemed that la-neath their un­
washed harry faces, uiikept hea«ls
nn«l scarecrow clothes they
com-
The one I love le-st makes old corn isting lietween the Rakestraws a
juice
¡Lawrence: He believed that Law-
r«»nce was Vina’s accepted lover but(
‘That’s not half a bad song, my
that he did not intend to marry
dr»' friend.” interrupted Mr. Law­ I her. In a word that he was fool­
rence with a most exasperating li-p
in’ her”—an expression that means
and that supoior patronising man­
everything or nothing in that sec
ner that always infuriates any
tion.
sovereign mountaineer, w ho invari­
The one-eyed avenger therefore
ably consiiters himself ‘'a- go««» a»
had two scores to settle with Law­
anvl-odv.” “But with your kind
rence, one for \ ina and one tor
permission I'll sing you a few lines
himself.
Lined highly trained human reason
from one that refined and intelli­
nod intelligence with the sharjiest
gent j»eople, if they could only heat
animal instinct and cunning
it. would pronounce for superior to
They would gladly have made
yours—more elegant, refined in sen
him captain of their moonshine
timent, you know, mv dear boy— I
league but be was too caucioiis or
t<Hi honest to accept such a respon­ “No revenue I fear, to no man I
l ow :
sibility. Possibly they thought he
had assumed enough risks already.
[ scorn not the farmer who
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la ibo Vso of C U>
we Ai one ov/~
•"MEN. ®.
Who have weak o.gA.
tWZLOPEO, cr discü£-c
o”-rana. who are suHcr-
ini frein «/»iff cf rc ur.r
and any Excesses, creí
d Contro^
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who art-»
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nftxnwt
guarantco to
if they car
The queer procession moved along
the river road in siienoe except for
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Lawrence’s whistling as he went
striding gayly onward dreaming
lovingly ol Mamie Gault’s sweet
Don't brood orrryour /'rndjUoa, i ;r giro v?!ntonn>i
Thousands of tbo WorSu Cases
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TREATMENT,
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¿endsealed. pctr paw. EPLE, forfthmiterf tip».
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Bemembcr.noouiHliaiir'.ithcinetaofai.i’ppliEnre’ uad
cncothfcivo et”>lov, and wo ciara too *?■..>«,.« <• ,v-„‘ r
SUCCIS*
CO.. C-J 'tAOA/tf i .. bOF^.i. A'
face and welcoming smile.
Sam
Bu«by skulked on and crouched
: edb ,.
follows with murderous intent just behind
2,009 References, flame thia paper then von
the plow.
him. and Jack Thrall with a queer
With
a
lot
of
goral
fellows,
if
they
smile
on his quick handsome face
he advised tlem to give up their
could be here,
law less traffic, but r. fused to profit
brought up the rear.
At one time, as Busby prepared
i From a : ottle like this I’d diink
by his couns'-l.
Th.*v listened g «>d-natur> dly when
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a rnil<
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my full share.”
to fire at his unsuspecting victim,
Thrall
whispered softiv to himself:
gave him the names of many of
“Oh. yes! I guess yon think
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i,et
them
kill each other it they
th.-ir friends ami spies, several of that’s all mighty nice and tine at
whom held places in the revenue that we can’t see you’re trying to like, or let the ru.ran kill the dan-
in Busbv, «y
»hen I’ll hang him. Who
service; they tol«l him of the hid make fun of us.” broke
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They boasled of their strength,
ing places of innumerable blockade his one serviceable eve gleaming
stills—on Lost and Rock Creeks, j like a live coal in the wind, “but
over on Toe River ami and around I think you’re a damned rascal!”
Bible hil*—some of them, notably
An instant later Mr. Sam Busbv
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under Parson
Rakestraw’s I was Hying through the air from his
kitchen, having been in successful nerch o,. the whiskey barrel, on
ami undisturbed operation for years winch he had been sitting when he
Imleed the parson’s still was older delivered the
terse and
«
when the r.-v.-nuers was then- and fol’owiug mm up.
Busi'V came
had a big run o»> the fire, excuse down in a disordered heap and the
himself for i' while and go down in young dandy pounced upon him
the celler ami run off sixty gallons and soon made it»«- drunken bully
atid come ba k as innocent as you beg for mercy.
please ami tell I lie still-hunters that
Busbv was furious of course ami
tliev’s ‘all honest folks on that lol).’ made many wild threats of future
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tion to me. There!”
Busby’s long squirrel rifle rang
”{A
out with a sharp whip like crack
face.
Busbv ran
forward and stood over his victim
f>r an instant, when turning sud­
denly and slightly raising himself
on one elbow Lawrence seized
light bird-gun
and tired
his
the con-;
tents of both barrels at short range
into
his
enemy’s
I reast.
The
moonshiner was dead in a moment.
“That’s awfully nice,” lisped
Jack Thrall dropping bis gun and
Imggmg a small road side tree in a
perfect ecstasy of deoght.
k
“That'» real nice as mv late la
ti friend to Crow whom he often vis- ¡ remove him with safetv ami the
ite«l.
crime would ceitainly le charged meiiled friend alias Lawrence, alias
S|n-h Charley, alias Sharpv, alias
P. rson ILikestraw is entertaining to Busby.
Legion would observe if he were in
the ciowd at Busby’s still this nf-Í
The young dandy wa« in a tian
my place and 1 in his........... “Well”
ternooii with a long and tedious p’rous position,
—leisurely after a long self hugging
The meeting broke up in nisor
story — h >w he had broken n “ s | m -II”
ecstasy—“I must now rush frantic
or "conjure’’ that a witch favored 'ler-
ally forward md assist mv voting
rival ha«! put on a fiimms shotgun
Lawrence went away along i he
fiiend
Not necessarily fital.’ I
which In- had owned "in the «lays river road, intending to spud tie
am afraid will l>e the doctor’s ver­
when he was a wil«| young man and afteriKsm with Manne Gault a«d
lived ««ver the mountain« down in fats clutdrng a long squirrel rifle dict.” he continued after examin­
ing the now unconscious Lawrence.
TeimveM*v.”
at fu I coi k skulk'd along behind
•■Noiioifv Put a f< ol mootishim r
Il 1 ID.
'It matters little now. Lorena,
would try to kill a man with a
1 be past is in the eternal past
Sam Bu-'*" ’»«w-t-ed Io« rival gun
sqmrr. I ntl<—huh!” he continued
in hand, seeking an opportunitv to
i ■ disgust.
lhd he witch Lorena loo?” some
jet a sure -hot at hi« unsusp. eting
one asked to keep the tipsy obi par­
I’hen taking the wounded man
victim without risking a return fir.-.|
son to his slorv.
I up very tenderly in his arms, he
Jack Thrall was close behind Bus­
‘ He did afterward**—the old fel­
walked hurriedly down the read to
bv But whether he intended to frus­
low was continui.ig after a hearty
ward Colonel Gault's
residence
drink from a jug. when there was trate his murderous design or sim­ several hundred yards distant.
ply to kop an eve on the two was
an inleiruption outside and John
It transpired as Thrall had ex-
He had no love
Rak« straw the miller came in, not yet apparent.
|<ecled: l.iwn ic-'s wound was not
for either of them however, la-liev-
<•!<*♦ I.v followed bv Charles Law-
mcessarilv fa'rtl, and under the g, n-
ii.g in his queer ideas of justice.t hat
Tenet-
1 he latter wore on elegant
tle nursing of Mamie Gault and her
neither could jmssil.ly get more
hunting suit and a i exquisite hel­
mother he soon Began to recover.
than he deserved in the wav of re­
met cap
His Huger« glittertai
Sam Imsby was well «lead how­
tribution.
So Jack was probably
with rings, his vest gluten «1 with
ever
and s<sm Lurid and forgotten,
siiuplv an interest'd sp-ctator of a
goh| chains and charms, his white
while other and abler hands earn«*«!
very exciting game.
teeth glittered with gold tilling«,
on the business at his old stand in
Mr Busby was in nobody's con
and he swaggered in the most aj •
thedugouta.nl caw la-side |x»st
proved city stile of his class, with fidence. or hr ’.mid have acted dif­
Creek
ferently. Hr knew nothing of the
a heavy cane and a big cigar.
Ihtring her attendance upon th«-
Everybody drank again and Par- engagement hrtween Miss Mamie
woumh«!
man. Mis Gault divin'd
ton Rakestraw continue«! hi« story. l.ault and Lawrence I.lit supjM>S'«|
the latter was winning Vina’s after the terrible truth—that In- was her
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It was long, purpnarlewa ami tire-
unwelcome child of long ago. her
at me »nd presently Sam Busby di lions Bushy plainly saw with the
unerring rye of jealousy that Vina long-lost coild—and the agony of
verttd att* ntion with a «on«:
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’ he discovery and of his pretrnt re
lation
to Mamie almost d*»ve h r
to het bit her tn help him win Ma­
mie. ami hr could translate hut one frantically mad.
lnvr<| l^wrrnce drapite her promist
"Over on Lost Creek where I run
loose
There are three «tills a-runniu’
way the ccnfidentiul relation« ex-
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M,,<‘ Lawrence, without a cry, tell
Then he sar dow n on a big rock
vengeance. The sympathy of all
and
hugged himself and chuckled
Jack Ihrall the stringer on Toe present, except p.-t hap« t he old pal -
River had never la-en intimate with son. was with him.
The whiskey and struggled with inward miith
Parson Rak.straw’s star Boarder. men all di-liked Lawrence as a pos­ that seemed al times verging on ap­
He «lid not like the «landv, but was sible spv ami a><v <me m>w could oplexy.
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girl and spare her long repentant
mother and !>e a personal satisfac­
<>h he’s a smart ’tin!”
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It will save that innocent
probably f'-rwaid on his
than the revenue law itself, having’ correct opinion to which Mr. Law­
been etienlv conducted by his fath­ rence oljected.
Hi- last remain­
er fifty years ago.
ing eve was in total eclipse visible
“Ain’t th»-old fellow sharp?” said across the room, non Lawrence in
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one, admiringly. “I have seen him scientific prize ring nt tit mie was
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cares.’
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