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I
Periwinkle
House
By Opie Read
Illustrated bjr
R. H. Livingstone
Coprrlftit. Ttx Mtll Syndics'#, Inc.
SYNOPSIS
CHATTUR 1 The (Imp Is the 1st* *«0s
or early '70s and tlm scene a steamboat
en the Mississippi river A'l the types
of the period are present and the doRt-
In* palace la distinguished by merriment
darning and gallantry. There are the
Customary drinking and gambling also.
Virgil Drace, a young northern man, Is
on fits way south on a mission of revenge
He meets an eccentric character In the
person of one Liberty Hhottle. who Is
constantly tempting the goddess of
chance. They form a singular compact.
CHAPTER II.—Drace gets his ntlnd oft
his mission by entering Into deck sports
In which he exhibits an unusual athletic
prowess Liberty Hhottle Is again un-
hirjty at cards aud attempts a financial
negotiation with I>rnce. The latter, see
ing an opportunity to use Hhottle, con
fides to hint that Ids mission Is to find
a certain ex-guerrlllu, Stepho la Vltts,
who had murdered l>racp - a father. It Is
hts determination announced to Ids new
< hum. to hang la> Vltte ns high as
Human. I»rucj has become enamored
of a mysterious beauty aboard the boat.
i-lied sweetness of il - icpTrlt f.T iTuTitmTi.
It was its mellow n ilie scent of tin*
tipple at harvest lit
"What do yon tlili.l. of It, hey?"
"Uncle Hownrd, ave yon sure that
litis was not made h\ Itacchus Instead
of Tobe?"
"flood, my boy! Kn.i"ylng yourself?"
"Yes, I'm doing tine, General. Yon
see, I can't express myself ns well as
you can. I haven't a* much to draw
from. You've not only hook-knowl
edge hut experience, worth more so
cially thnn nil the libraries In the
world,"
“You hit It off well. Hut what Is
better than U all? Moral freedom.
This table here l« rough, with one
rheumatic leg slightly drawn; th6se
chairs we sit In, In Homed with strips
of hickory bark, would lie scorned at
it sheriff's sale; but sir, Mark Antony,
in his first triumph, his chariot drawn
by lions, was not more regal titan we
are at this moment, enthroned nml
seeptered with moral freedom. Hour
nut, for as that same Antony said:
•Scant not my cups.’—Tobc. where's
that old scoundrel who used lo play
‘The Arknnsaw Traveler'?"
Tube slumped his way over from Hie
bar.
"You mean old Slithers?”
“That's the man. What’s become of
him?"
"Nothin’. Anil I reckon he’s playin'
right now down at ('adman's Joint,
Hint ought to lie wiped off the earth.
Want him?"
"Need him, Tobias. Send a boy
after him."
Old Slithers, bald and wrinkled,
came with It I m lumie-uiaUe UUtil*. TIm
CHAPTKR III The steamer reaches
New Orleans, at that time In the some
what turbulent throes of i arpethug go.
err.nu nt. Shuttle In comes p. -; .-i-«Hc-tl <d
two tickets lor tin- l-Tench hall, a great
society event, ami proposes that I trace
accompany him to the affair. The young
men attend and Draca unexpectedly meets
the girl who had tired his heart aboard
the steamer. She in ar< ompunled by one
Hoyce, whose proprietary Interest Indl-
rales that he Is her flume Through
hlratugein Shuttle leuriiH that the name
of the girl la Nadine la Vltte and that
her companion of the evening Is the man
who Is seeking to marry her.
CHAPTER IV. I trace passes an uneasy
night torn by tlic suspicion that Nadine
ta the daughter of old fctepho la Vltte,
now an admitted outlaw. Now, more
than ever, Is he resolved to tlnd where
the girl liven and to find Stephn. Drace
and Sholtle begin a search of the elty.
In one of their nocturnal pilgrimage*
they come upon a mob Intent upon hang
ing a poor wretch front the limb of a I
tree. It In a typical carpetbag execution
and arnuaed the resentment of an oppos
ing mob of citizens, Drace takes a hand
In the tight which starts and is Instru
mental In preventing the execution. I-Yoin
he ia tehes
sure Is Xadlm
a window opposl.a flic s
a glimpse of rue he Is
CHAPTKR V.—The escapade, the fight,
the Interference with the cm utlon pet
Draec atul Hhottle Into bud standing with I
the authorities. Inn In-Pud . | ni*h-
ment are given until the next day to
board a ah:ir r bound north Returning
to the house where lie thought he had
glimpsed the girl, Drace tlnd- the plac.
abandoned. Through Colonel .lush
is nary employed at the sugg. stion of 1 BL
utile, he getH a faint clue In the tils- j m
cry that a certain I'renehmnn. a wine
dealcr. la reported to he an intimate of
Htepho la Vltte There Is only n abort
time before the departure of the steamer
when Drace and gnottle g" to ‘.ill <>n
the I'renetimnn. The latter is too keen
to be Inveigled into giving up any Infor
mation, but Hhottle. spy lug around among
.eaaka^and bottles, enperiulla ttw ar-
p bar shipment, makes an
overy ,So as not to nYouae
glona of the l-Yenchrnan, be
Irawa Draee away from the
('onto the stenmer On board
Informs Drace that one of the < aaes
W'as addressed to Htepho la Vltte at Uar-
num’a landing, Mississippi. It Is the next
atop below Rrtlipnge’s l anding and Col
onel Bethpage la Klberty Bhottle'a uncle.
CHAPTER VI.-Draee and Hhottle are
received wlUt genuine hospitality by
Colonel Bethpage and tlnd the planta
tion and Ita environs delightful. After
a brief stay and n chnrarterlstle financial
transaction with the colonel, Hhottle goes
away ostensibly on a business trip to
Vicksburg, but In reality to seek his
favorite form of amusement. Drace
makes the plantation Ida headquarters
and front pieces of Information gathered
from various sources, becomes convinced
that I.n Vltte has a haunt in a great
wood of cypress and a tangle of salt
cednr, a sort of everglades, a marsh with
hundreds of knoll Islands rising here and
there among the bayous. A shrewd old
negro had told him Hint the outlaw lived
In a house laillt of periwinkle shells
Day after day Drace takes n canoe and
goes fnrtlier and farther Into the moss-
iiungiug wllde. At hiH feet lies a rope, one
etui of It a hangman's noose.
oglze T7VTITliTTc TTu-TTi VmTTRffv mTho^*
"Well, go on nway. I don’t want nny
apology front yon."
"No? You put pistol at me. That
was In 1/oulslana. This Is Mlsslsslp’.
An’ I tell you here you haf turn’ car
petbagger.”
"What! If General Andrew Jack-
son should arise out of his grnvo and
tell me that, do you know what I
would say to him?”
“You would beg hoes pardon as you
will mine, hell?”
"I would say to him ns I now say to
you: You are an infamous liar.”
Drneo sprang between them and
seized the inan by the wrist; a dirk
fell from his band.
"Stand back, General,” cried Draee.
"There Is not going to be a fight here.
Stand back, Tobc!”
The dark-faced man looked Drace In
the eye.
"Monsieur was ver’ strong. Hut—I
sec hint some other <1ny."
Turning, the fellow made off.
"Now, who the devil was that?"
nsked Draee.
"That, my denr Draee,” replied the
General, "was the fellow you nsked
about the other day—Stepho la Vltte.”
To Draee this encounter with Stepho
la Vltte, the fattier of the girl he
loved—nntl the outlaw upon whom he
had sworn to wreak vengeance—was
disturbing Indeed. The General, how
ever, was not nt all upset by the fact
Hint he had been barely saved from
Stepho’s knife, nml when a short time
Inter they boarded the Bumblebee on
their return, he gripped Major Pewltt’s
hand nnd said:
"Major. Mr. Draco sod I have In our
precious possession mree qnnrfs of old
Tobe's wild grape.”
"Ila—which Is ns much as to say
Hint you have three quarts stewed out
of the heart of Venus. I’ll find Haw
kins ami Hie four of Us will gather In
Hie Texas nnd—nnd Hatter the stars,
by gad! lint. Tobe lied—said he didn't
have any of the old stock left."
"And n liar’s wine Is sweet, tuy dear
Mnjor. Come, Virgil, my hoy, put all
brooding out of your mind. Brooding
Is for the poet when the nag la tired,
nnd not for us. We'll have a night of
It, nnd then we’ll return to respectable
servitude and slow moral decay. My
dear Major, lend on. We follow."
The remainder of the trip hack to
Bethpage was a matter of moral free
dom at the gaming table for the Gen
eral. For Drace It was occupied with
the hot stniggle between thoughts of
his grim mission against Stepho, nnd
his longing for Nadine. For the time
being, however, the beautiful girl who
had rescued him front tlie hunting hut
triumphed. She had promised to see
him once more on Thursday. He
would keep the tryst.
Presently the Bumblebee made Betli-
GTiio nin man fiumnicd n Jagged tune;
in a garden of melody It would have
The Old Man Hummed a Jagged Tune.
been a briar. Nadine came out, and
gallantly he kissed her hand, laughing
softly; and then us was his wont, he
kissed her hair.
Her duties about the house were
light, but lie helped her, and when
their queer assortment of iriatcs nnd
dishes, gotd-rllnmed china, crockery,
sfonewnre and tin plate had been
washed nnd put away, they sat In the
shade of the house, the girl anxious
• ad wondering.
"I have sent Tony hack to the ceety.
as I tell you I will," he said to her.
"lie tloes the good work to burn the
spy. the cnrpqthnggnlr. Now he have
spree, with the red wine an’ the white.
When the time ertme, he he buck. I
have need of boom with the cattle that
I buy. He drive them . . . ITp to the
town Natchez I have trouble. The ol'
seoun'rel Bethpage! I go In the tnv\
an’ he Is there, sing, laugh, eat an’
hml* nt the darky dance. I wait. Then
I go tip. We have words. He Jump
up. Then the young man, big, he
grab my wrist like ibis. He squeeze.
I say: ‘Monsieur you was ver’ strong,
see you again.’ An’ when I do, I
1 heem. I hear old Bethpage call
Verged. The old man I keel too,
eh?"
"Oh, no—no!" she cried . . . "Let
as go nway somewhere. They will
never let you alone. 11 will he better
of monuments or any other things]
that !■ .-•tructed of maride
or stene or any of their mouneis or
that may contain same.
3. 1 he capital to be employed ui
aid l-;.-iness is $25,000.00, to he di*
■ o shares of One Hun h e
(Sjii(ii . )O) Dollars each, bet mni- j
tion« de-ire the right to inc’cmt*
•aid stock at their pleasure to any
um not exceeding One Iluncerod
Thousand ($100,000.00) Dollar.'.
Ten per cent of said Twcntv-tive
Thousand ($25,000.00) Dollars ‘has
already been paid in.
4. Their principal office and place
of business will be located in the
Town of Ball Ground, Cherok >e
County, Georgia, hut the petition
desire the right to establish branch
offices and branch businesses at m T.
point, either within or wothont (no
State of Georgia as may he desir’d,
and to have financial offices at such
points ns may be desired, by ti 1
corporation, cither within or ithont
I the State of Georgia.
, 5 TV petitioners desire the ri.drt
j of acquiring, holding, improving
purchasing nnd selling real and per
sonal estate and properties necessary
in the conduct of said business; of
having a hoard of directors and -u<h
officers ns the stockholders may fix;
of sueing and being sued; of ht ir.g
and using a common seal, miking
by laws, rules and regulations for
the mnnngmcnt of said Company Did
its stockholders, not inconsistent
with the laws of this State; allowing
the directors thereof to meet nnd
hold their m’eetings at such places is
mny be agreeable to them, nnd gen
erally to have all the rights rid
powers usually incident to such cot-
povations under the laws of hhis
State.
WHEREFORE rETITIONERS
PRAY tr. he incorporated and mV ■ a
> i\ politic umier the name and
;y!i arofesaid and have all the
■ it . powers and privileges herein*
ef ire enumerated and asked for.
for the full and complete term of
Twenty (201 years with the right of
renewal at the expiration thereof.
BROOKE & HENDERSON, At
torneys for petitioners. •
November, 1922.
M^CK SANDOW, Clerk Superior
Court.
GEORGIA, Cherokee Count
Office of Clerk of Sperior Court
of said County.
I, Mack Sandow, Clerk of Superior
(V-art of wild County, hereby r rti-
fy that the foregoing is a true nnd
correct copy of the application f ( , r
Chaitcr as the same appears of file
in this office.
This, November 8th 1922.
MACK SANDOW. Clerk of Super
ior Court. »
-OUISVIL.LE A NASHVILLE r H
Arriving and Departing time at C«t>
ton, Georgia.
Leava Arrive
a—Daily.
Murphy, Knoxville
and north ...a9;0Cam aS-hOpn
Hu* Ridge and
Copper Hill ..._a6:22 ab:18an
Marietta and At
lanta a3 ;00pm a6:2?an
Marietta and At
lanta aS :00pm aS:27pfl
Effective Sunday April 30th, 192!
I hf
ifi.
Old Slither*, Bald
Came With Hi* Home-Made Fiddle.
General greeted. Iipjt warmly, Intro
duced’ 111111 to nntl 'he most
comfortable chair lu the house provid
ed hint, he sat down to play the fa
mous old tune and to recite the di
alogue, Improvising where Ills memory
failed him.
The General roared his delight, salt!
that he would go on the stand to swear
against Sour Socrates In favor of the
fiddler’* dialogue. "Tobe," he shouted,
"fetch In the buck anil-wing dancers.”
Tube went to the door, yelled as If
calling hogs; anil in came two big ne
groes. n throng of idlers following
them. At il they went, shaking the
house, and when weariness llireatened
t. seize them, for refreshment they
drew off, and leaping, hutted their
heads together like goats. After a time
the General aura fbetxi c dtfNtr Apt***.
CHARTER VI1. Drace pen.
to the wilderness, ills event r
House and llnds Nadine alone
much nlnrmed nnd warns lilm I
will shhot him. He tnukes love t
to act him to eo nhe agrees to
agaltf the following Thursday
•atee In-
riwlnkle
She Is
r father
her Mid
teet hint
On Ills
dismissed them r .
with an order to
again. Old Tobe \\
evening lamps. Tli
him.
page Landing. And the General’s bos
pltallty was at nnee so warm nntl so >to he in )he elty than here.”
gracious that Draee felt no hesitancy ‘Must a little while longer we stay
and Wrinkled, | n remaining for the time being under\|n this pluce, eh?. Then we meet Mon-
h|s roof untW Shuttle’s return, at sieur Boyce In Memphis, an’you mar-
least. Tliat mglit after dinner when i ry him, an’ he take you away for the
his wife, Tycle, had left, the old gene j honeymoon, per’aps to France. An’
ttemnn lit a cigar nml for a long time he buy you the silk drosses, an’ many
sat smoking In silence; nntl Draf e was
silent, too, looking through the lattice
nt Hie moon, love’s slow timepiece
stopped nnd stagnant In the sky.
“Virgil?”
"Yes, General."
"Have you n pistol, sir?”
"No; I had one, but T lost It."
"Well, provide yourself with anoth
er. In saving me from a dendly assault
you have mortally offended old Ln
Vltte. lie is In no wise afraid; but
neither Is he gallant, nntl would shoot
you without warning. You told me,
you remember, of your appointment to
meet old Spence tomorrow. I haven't
nnv loo much confidence In him; he
might play you Into the hands of
fffopln* and I advise you not to go
fishing with him.”
ivc the fiddler five,
play that old tune
us now lighting his
e Gen.ful ■ 11Is-.l lo
"Toh
, what
Id folk
nt huv
■d om
way
men
the
supper?
ye.
iys. Ah,
I’ve got
"Spence. No that's not the name
of the old fellow I’m going with. Ills
name 1 - Spillers. 1 think."
"I don’t know a man of that mime ln
oro
Tony
Din. ’
Hit
neighborhood,
self nnd keep
id then they
ice, inhullng t
night.
But
l Sit:
inywny, arm
■ lookout.”
1 smoked in
y breath of
HAPTEU VI
>*, I stild."
Fetch us,
ig with It
II of that
of bucon
CHAPTER IX
eral writ
Natchez,
Traveler,"
<ts and na'
in’sa* Stepho
♦lit. General t>
cer." The
pho draws
pbo, w ho I
With
light N
out frot
come ln
lest lie
the
udltu
■am
and
ite t
(he I
Ight
Thuri
ood lc
fa the
epnrt
day’s
okint:
In
she
is afraid
Is mind,
but she
went to
o stand
the first
beautiful things. Alt’ then I come and
Join you, an’ we all live happy—eh?"
“But—but I do not like Monsieur
Boyce!"
“lln! You learn soon, lie is a fine
mail. Wait till we see him In Mem
phis an’ you know hint heller. You
will love hint then, an' he happy. . . .
I go now. Alt revolt', inn p'tite."
Stepho went down to his boat, feel
ing that he had outwitted her Impa
tience of the swamp, nntl she ran hack
to her room to gaze through the win
dow. Bui soon she came out with
a big leutherbound hook of plays and
put It on the ground beneath the oaks.
Then with a broom made of stiff twigs
ahe swept the ground, unstrung a cat
erpillar swinging down and carried it
away out of the range of her stage.
From the house she brought a narrow
strip of rtish matting, 'spread It be
neath a tree, raising one edge as if
to form of it a sort of back, a sofa.
From the house she brought a box‘, to
serve for a table, and from out be
yond the palisade of cane site gath
ered lilies, plucking from the bank n
areni bloom that looked lU-e a truth-
-he hung "ii tlm low-sw'av
dies of her playhouse trees,
sharp thorns pinned them to
ed hack, a curtain to drape
above her “pretend-like" dl-
saf down nnd waited a long
io cane stirred, and shf 1 seized
opened where a lily-- tom
' t I.. .mate pi: ’ .• o
pet. I
lug b
the n
the w
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iPTER IX
-
l^udine, St. !’’ i-
soon v.-'t. ; I
be married to Bo> o : e pi
no avail. 1 >i a e con
warm love to Jter.
5R X —Tin- next d, ra -
to Periwinkle Horn- , d. : -
have an understand!'. \\|i:
Is vow of vengeance and I,
tepbo are us nothing beside
• Nadine. Bbt pri t< that
marry him, but ln the end
d promises to be 1.1s wife.
In Aunt Tycle. Liberty
He Is flush, having won
tery.
go
tepho and Tony sprln,-
wer him and threaten
.eath. Nadine appears
II herself with her
ot let Drace go at
'she will do as she
•ace ln his canoe and
Tntn Stepho and Tony
[rte and lock her up. In
Bhe manages to send
by a frotr-nunteh.
<1
I'll!
broad
grimiK’s - ;
standing
figure—a
1 shoulder
lithe)y down to :
sinewy restlessneu
was like tangled l!
yet gray. Like the
boar, his short nnn
hls heavy oyebrov.
hairy caterpillars
lower forehead, ln
"Ug, sipping
d a sudden
"iitenunee, a fight-
mi turning about,
ulnst the wall n
man not tall, but
his hotly sloping
expressively of
Ills mass of hair
ix straw, dark and
bristles of a wild
iclte stuck out and
- looked like great
■ritwllng across his
his dross there was
B. F. Perry,
To
shaw
Tht
ivtmni Brat.
plaintiff has filed her action |
and
a wild touch, a butbarle nspoct. Slowly
he came forward.
“rhis Is General Pethpuge, heh?”
“That 13 my name, yes. What do
you want with me?”
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