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t *rhl, :*• t\ F 8 M Clur© * .
• mail < am* 1 in at noon -ch day. '•*(
|i wi> O ' lew K l©for© th© Judin; at down
In front of hiH F fir© to r©u4 th© coun
try p©| or. < 'ommortljr going to th© *ro#*
i>M it ©tor© for I: wm th© ©\eni of th©
C•> . but thi© i*©rtirular iay h© had
rt.o©rn to ©'ful lifti© block Toi y In hit
kiM<L hrFim© wu com In#. ln*V©d
y*ry < lo#© at bond. In oonaoqtienc© th©
a orr'ii one window #hon© r*'©pi©r.l©nt with
drun.t and doll© and fir© rack ©n. ©nd r©d
top-ped boot#. Ho tli© Julg© ho.I m!i©d
Irurtood of froaned over Tooy # kxt©rng
It© tiro* rMood that o country ©tor© may
g*©m © near approach to fairyland. © ©n
cm© la & year- old, ©id ha n* .er #©©f
\*©i a villa#©.
Th# Judge read hi# rv©r#pop©r ©# h© did
#v©rytMng, with pr '.■© and aleri lnt©lll
g:©*v-©. Imclnnn a at th© very tof> of th©
flr#t pngv. ©canrin# th© near h©>iia 1 tfht-
Jy, then coin# xtralcht to Ih© h©ot*© r l
th© chronicle of county doing#. It
wo* a bald chroty I* lamelv humorod©
I© on© who did not know • tough of coun
try hlvtnry to read t* ween ih© lln©*. It
ww© tiM-rn the JtMk*' not th tf)t©lilg©m©
• © sought. A jwi tgr ij*h ni ih- tt.*er of
th© pag© wa© pregnant wllh vrf>.|
moaning It made him grow v. ry white,
drop th© ©h©t arul ©it u|rlght, hr©.tilling
kravll)’.
"That mca nr be will break hi© mother's
• Aa lie Opened the Gaia Kemut and Itomulnua Blunk Obediently Through.
hrt." he wtd at lust. “She lores him
tietter than life —and b la all hia father s
•on '
A gentle scratching at llie outer tioor
ma>ir him turn ilia liead. "So the prodi
gals have conic buck'.’" he wU, sniiHng
and staoptng to a bin Iron oven which eat
tifon one * or lev of llie aide tuwrtli It
•tan full of corn bread freshly baked. He
rut out a ffetirreua chunk of tt.and walked
to the door, where the ttcratchlng kept up.
supplemented by kw, CM err whiner "Ho!
Von rascals! Didn't >t aat that rabhlt
after ail?" he asked the couple of hound*
outride. "You ought to lie aslianic.l
truly ashamed to cotm* for dlnuer title
time of day. 1 am ashamed of you—you
a 111 apoll jour noa< a- Ofnpletety -but
tnaybe after all, you are tiot the oner to
blame. Maytw a Kl her hat to run rah
tdta—when 111* mailer ta too old ami lazy
to taka him out after a fox.”
Ail the whlla he waa tossing bite of
brand to the doge They were handeom*
felkmr. bfack-and-tana. artin-ioitel
though thin as lathe, with liaaltiiy, ilfar
pink moutha and iimpld eyes full >4
rmuloua lira. <’rook-kneed. deep-He wed,
with panduloue cars, after the manner of
old Bout hern hunting strain, their tnaasv
charts, powerful, supple kilns, and the
lightning play of muscles beneath the
eat In coats, told of breath are! speed and
courage to live In any held
They (Touched upon the rough porch
floor, beating a aoft satisfied rataplan
with their tail* a they . aught and wal
lowed their allotted morsel*. Fee-hog
done, they edged nearer and laid their
heada api*iiltngly agilimt their maater'a
leet, whimpering gently. He smiled,
whimsically, stooped to lat them, and
•aid: "I'oor fellow e! (iooj fellow*! If
I taka you to kennel will you tell the
reel that you ran away after rahblte. yet
were not whipped ft.t It TANARUS"
Hernue crouched tustrer. with a little
happy whine: Romulus net up atul gave
• loud, long-drawn howl "Ho you howl
ovar the whipping* you nle!" the Judge
■aid. laughing "That la very much the
way of the workl. lada—but come along
home."
He filled ail hie pocket* with bread. lock
down hie Addle, and etepped outside. The
dog* leaped up to lick hi* hand, bill he
waved them forward, toward a r.ttn
■hacklc gate, which led lirto a picketed
enclosure, eotne fifty yard* off the tuck
door. It waa perhep* an aero In extent,
with roomy kennels elong one *!d<- With
in It twenty couple of hound* walked, or
rac'd, or played one with another, or
soberly did nothing. About half were
blue-mottled, bigger and brawnier than
the bleck-an.l-tanr A few hail white
coats spotted with liver or orange. Out
land stranger* who now and then rams
to ride with the Judge had a way of send
lug him. afterward, fa • h lona My-bred pup
pies. which he accepted with chastened
Joy. and brought up In the way good dog*
ehoill go Brill, he wa* prone to shake
hi* head over them after a hard run. and
aay that for hunting In the flat woods
there waa. after all, nothing like a Hat
woods dog
Aa ha opened up the gate Remu* and
Itcanulou* etunk obediently through. He
snapp'd * v ’ " ! * 'Si ■** hta foot ui*>n the
croetbar and began to play "Illaek Satin."
At the sight of him the pack had howled
a we,com* The tnuetr mad. some of lha
doga howl louder than ever. The reat
raced ta catch the bread which thVlr ma*-
ktr to*■*.! them betwixt bar*. For ten
minute* he stood looking l hem narrowly
fc mg by fits and starta. In apeak
■g *uft.y to each bound by name. For
w * f u— *°*x leaped up, put their ;**(
on ?h* upi© r croa©Mr and laid their head©
affection.it •'!>* again*! bin breast. He
stroked their head#. r mad*- a f*lut of
titWfints - < m With the tWblle wow, then
©truck up Th© Klgrith of January." Th©
hound# unWfood -It . n dlsmimal.
They tr<Mfied ©r©\ howling In concart.
Ifci o, Judg©* That sound# Ilk© (hey
. we. on © ig* v ip to two Christmas runs'
©(•m*')<>dy ©hooted from th© front gat©.
T .** ji* r© turned to ©©© three hart*©men.
©ho waved th ir hat# and greeted him
all ni once.
"Ug it, g* ntlemen’ Ught and retpn In'"
he m hr* ikii.f: off in th© middle of a
lair "The hounds are wail, fair to mld
dlu. -only middlin'. Still, with lurk and
a good *la> *’
“Luck'n h©gun ©‘ready. listen! J'v©
got a red fox for you* Trpje*| ar.d rot
u hair turned and © very dl kens to
tight’ ' th© youngest of th© three visitor©
alle|, his voi © shrilly Joyous Tb©
ju ige a face iit up. "Then I think we shall
have eorne #|*>rl." b© Mild
• Ked fox©© air plsai mean—th© mean
#*t varmint* I know—©scepl maybe, on©,"
a second man said
1 tense Dudley, th© fox catcher, gave
him a ©harp look, a glance distinctly
warning, then ran hurriedly on: "Much
you know nboul \.irmin■#. Toll© Mar
i', u you re too t y turnin' heard pen
-111 eand -••me that ain't honest, to *©*
anything th#t don't go In a toba ••■o hogs
head Ain't that *. Judge? Hut never
mind' la©f setti© about h© Marl. I've
a ert. r notion for the Widow Kpptvtoo
place."
By tht they were In the house, and
seated atiout the lire. , The Judge had aet
out a da tauter and glasses. "Help your*
selves but remember thl* Is a four-finger
month." he said hospitably, then to Pud
ley: "The Widow ICpperaon place Is good
ground. Ranee. If the wind happens to be
Mouth. A red fox always goes down wind
—lt weaken* the scent—then, 100,
h can run faster With the
wind at hi* back this fellow
may be out of the state—yea! across a
whole Kentucky county, before we run
him down, in a long chose the time to
look out for your horse Is the tlr-t hour.
Afler he has been wet twice and dry
twice, nothing will hurt him very much
On second thought. I'm Just n bit afraid
to risk starting in that five miles of sedge
and grassland -the best of us might bo
tempted to ride too hard—"
"You know fog hunting' I never would
I have thought of that!" Ranee broke In
I The judge smiled and sighed, "I ought
"HACK* 1 WIIJ, NOT BE TAKEN ALIVE.**
to know It pretty well." he said. *lt has
beat my occupation for forty years.*'
"Yet they tell me your dog* are never
out ChrWtmae day. Why ta that?" Bak
ed the third man He wa* on* of tha
out. coders No nelghoor would have
■ trc.iimd of subjecting the Judge to :he
Indignity l • direct question
■ViirlMmas l the >toma da\ A gee
tlemcn cnooses always to apend It there "
the Judge an*werel. the falmeet posujl*
Mtipbaata on gentleman. The otstlamb’
John March, looked sedulously In the
lire After a minute the Judge went on:
"Ranae. what do you aay to turning that
fine fellow loose In my om pastors'* He's
almost wtire to get away the Epperson
route—then if a horse is winded our skirt*
will be dear Ted the hoys all to com.
early W*e*ll likely need all day and a
good piece of the n Ight."
•I ll make 'em otno at final chicken
crow.* Ham shi
• esssee*
Commonly the judge's pack found bw
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, DEC EMBER 23. 1000.
for© killing It was only to ©ev© tim©
that a qua try w • r uty to their noacs
<i|H4 a t*hrl#tma run. This particular
<'uri#tma run had ©very promia# *f
j-port Tn* r w© t © southerly wln l
th© cloudy -kv to pro lujiii u hunting
morning Th© clouds wet© not :h*k and
l d©t. but long trail# of slivered cirrjlf,
v#.ling the fat© of © Ist© oid moon. low
Suwn tiie east l>*g i©fore tn© moon
fMied for dai full tfu* * arl rl-h r# im*!
turned in t th* Judge gate.
ll© whs ready for Mi.-n t*©* hai© Is*
r.tUM© h© had !©(•? rather isrtly. Do
wtiat b*' would t .. .-I t.'f get the
threat of tluft veiled l .ragraph out of
his mind Of ur •• e dt lik t admit that
to his >■ iph"-" He told him
self li.at©.vt that h© had |of:g got beyond
b* Igr TANARUS, or hot-*-, or fear If he continued
to love mercy, to do Justice, to lU'e up
rightly, It was from hah A gentleman
ingrain could not do otherwise
Uan* th* l.rui ...mrr, will. JOin
M.ir. h rl<w <t|wn hi* U*'-' ; ‘ 1 .'.in Wffjf
you lout," liw- Jihlf.- mi 14, .ftaktn* li.
hand, thrn hi- <.iMl<-rlnic fc.
Hal atib. i • ■ S 1W
k. th rtf.t .oin.-i uin th Ju*—and
hus llmt all on m Thai ini*h(
aofnr . ..I 11a!.- 1 1 \1 < II! Ilia
tu.| la dwfillly Imtl "
“Klrw hnuaf Ihla -It m'il lw* nhl M rm f
f|. you |ir.f.r," Mar.’h .t-K.-.1, . ...'
ll.* iJwut tin I.l* r> '.ni only u !• k ro.m
It a bright with hai'li llrrllKht uti.l
, , .. f ,■ . .... I ->r • n.- BMM
f*rt Ih-y atoo.l In li*t> .roil *tl< K. but
thaw .y-roir u|a,n th** manti-l w.w >f oi l
rouabl I.taju. or li.uvlly chawd *.ll\ar.
Th* Ju* • fat brown on\ r*ytol uikwi
a claw -foot matiurany tahli, lnbly
poll-h—t th. *law.*a rlimirrrl over U
,n..r,| .loublr, Itl to .lance r‘l
.lami upon tb. Ir lirel It. th* light o.
tlie b*w|>ln flan H-r
• A man mim r'*pe<-t himy.lf tvl
*lrink wh.*k only tie yrara -l.l," th.-
Ju.l*. aal. thoughtfully tin*, lin* hlr l*t
t 0.1.1 sllor oik-.rrß Anythuut un.let
l. uii|Mr.lonblr. Hcyrn la a fair •*<■ tor
liquor W nw "*> much la-lier. What •*
are rtrinktn* la 12 I almost iempte.l
to broach the barrel n honor of a red
fox -ell, Kanae'-but .|eci.ll to leuv* it
for the other five y.wta "
"You don't know alwiw the barrel.
Tola. Marlin put In. "A bl* distiller sent
It to the Judge when he ai elected mem
ber of aa.tm.bJy, How old were you then,
J...lge?" turning swiftly to *•>' boet.
"Twenty-live. I: .< goo.l liquor, bui
raw. PU 1 waled II lo la- kept M years."
the Judge said will. <■ saw smile. "1
warn young, you aee. even for my age
Fifty years dei uol seem imii a very lonq
time,'"
"Here's hoping you may live to drink
tire whole barrel!" Rinse said, holding
nut Ills gins* half full of mellow amber
liquor, delicately fragrant A 1 don't be
lieve ihe barrel can neat It." March said
Knultlng the fragran. . Tt II me ow
sou manage, judge ' 1 faieTsk oil whi -
ky went out tkmK with viiivery .ml tl*
rt of the old Mmth."
**Myho It did. I do not know. fCx
<**pt that the little black children piny
ut itoitiK to school, 1 do not inu
dlffereiH-e,” tin* Judff* ml<9. almost dream
ily. “Am to tvhlMky. all I do la to |x>.
j hone ut Muff tn my Mmokehoue*. Dileey.
; my foreman** wife, k* the k**y ii4y
•ind nlfbt. Nobody, not even mye* if.
got* In without her good leave. My mot ti
er taught her to look out for ai* Ida r **
•my ahe will to on doing if to th end '
“Wj' keep* to all the out ways—ape
dally In cookin’.“ Tobe Martin eaid. help-
mg himself to a fat brown sausage. A
dish of them smoked on one comer of tne
hearth, flanked by an old ham. a lordly
turkay and fans of biscuit and corn bread
A big coffee pot ateanted amid the ember
of fha chimney Jimb. The htintcrw ate
end drank In relays, rsndtng shout the
fie* March Was new to Tsemesse*. es
pecially new to toe flatwoods. It wa*
better than a play, he thought, to see this
old man. still straight and slim ■> th*
voungeet. with Ms line eager face thrown
Into high relief by hta picturesquely com
posite environment
Tbhacco. In which Tobe Martin dealt
lecally, had brought March to Trnnra
*** had *ini Christmas dav in
BsiUhoro, th* county town It had been
full of thrilling stir, hut he hardly recall
ed the fact mi'll he heard the Judge say
Everybody in but Dabney Hands! Thsi
•• most unusual. What ran be th* mat
tr*
"Hasn't aught hi* men yet. If onoy,”
March said, oarelssslv. Tutae Martin
plucked hie sleeve, but he went on: "They,
MUN YON’S
KIDNEY
CURE
When Prof Munyon fays hla Kidney ,
Cure ts a ap.- lfle for neany every form |
of K !dti. *. dlasaaa *.. (otu rot uvgiututa ;
:be ,se u -he I- ..I li h.* won for ll
stlf a place among lb- almoat Infallibl* J
remettle- It will not * ore HMght's Dls- j
-a*e In the advam*ed .lages It will not
do the imp., ible. but it w.ll cura every
phase of Kidney complaint, even the in
cipient stages of Bright’s lklaaaae.
Kifty-slx other eures AH druggists.
&C vial G-ilde to Health Is free. M-dical
advic- free write to Broadway and ftith
Bt , New York
may soy It waa a tU-nUem.in's quarrel—
I rail It roi.l-ldooded murder .hooting a
man on hi* own doir.tep. Young War
wick did rlitht In tearing up Peyton
Ashe’, challenge, rih.tlff Band- hlrr,-elf
told me—
"Ho' le-l’s me starting " Itanee said
very loudly. Martin almost dragged
March out*ld* * If you'd heen here a
week lunger Id feel like shoollng you,”
he said. "You don t know It. but non*
of M ev.-r .iy A.be in presence of the
Judge. Mighty *<><> I > .on ftf It. 100.
Y'oo see, when h* was young aj.d rich
and 'way the foremost man In the coun
ty he hardly knew which he loved beat,
bis sweetheart or hla partner Th*
partner was a rey tea, Ashe, father to
this Otic The sweetheart was a great
H-lle and greater hi-lraa* —a a rich almost
as the Judge hlm-eir The wedding sup
jwr was choked, the people coming to
,-t It. when what does my lady do but
up and mania l'eylon A-he They t>-ll
how- the judge turned the color of d-ath
when he heard It but all he did was to
write ati-1 tell her he wished her Joy
Next day hi found out that his partner
had taken not only his sweetheart but
his fortune. He hid been sja-. ulatl t
-lidly iel lot right off the reel; ihe
firm name was signed to notes: li beg.
eared the Judge to pay All he hud left
was this fl it wood* place and a ban iful
of family niggers who are not hair so
free now as they were when they bad a
masier. He might have made another
start—the p- opl* would have given him
anything he might have a-ked for—but
he didn't seem to want It—he has never
seemed to want anything.'*
• so’" March whistled. "I did put my
i foot In ttl How on I decently excuse
oiyatffr*
■ By forgetting wlut you said—and that
you Bald It.” Tnbe answer.nl proenptly
• Here comes the dogs! Say! Ain't they
beaut lea '' ’
"liooks like they tnou4 keiaii the wind
let alone er red fox.'' a gnasied farimi
aM * March's elbow The man on the
other sale shook his he***!. "Won t lie 10
of 'em In st th” death." he said. "I ein
name three that will, right now—Love
1/ock*. and Lady, and Sweet Lipe Them
big blue liltehe" can day nigh about for
Judgment Day ”
"That ilmr Jubilee till* my aye,'' said
a 1 bird i-rltlc. ’Wo. no, Venus and Mars Is
my pick' ' a fourth ejii. uiated, eyeing the
pi. k o" Il tif.lged mi she Judge's heel",
lie rode i'lay-more, hi* liest hunter, a
fine long-Mrldlng brown beast, t hrtepu > I *
thoroughbred. Fair weight, fair Var:.
nothing in th* cortntry could touch him
unless It might lie Ilderlm. Sheriff Sands
b*- C ' 'V e "'it. • *
; A.
HANDS HAD NO BYHB FOR TUB PACK RAVENING OVER THEIR QUARRY,
Muck stallion, whom he hardly* ever rtsk
,d upon the rood March felt hi* Mood
leap. 'Hough! That I* tine*” he said, his
eye ilvett.il upon the massed gliatcntng.
Ilthcly leaping tangle. The Judge put in
born to hi* lll* and Idcw a thin. k<**n
blast. Instantly th* tangle straightened
Heads up. sterns down, the dogs went
through the gate six abreast. and
streamed down the lane tow-wrd the out
pasture. ~ .
"Why this 1* wonderful! A table cloth
would cover them." March said, spurring
to tho Judge * elbow.
■ Walt for the music!" the Judge
smiling. My dogs are prcttyd-centl
shall not insult their noses by
them right on the trail We let
out at th. other eldw-oo* , h * r “
them on watch Beauty-that black bib h
over there to the right You
on her alwaye-the minute you hear her
challenge. It IS hark, away
Another Mast, shriller, keener " *
.logs circling shout The wind, dead In
brought th, went quar-
a- 1 ’.eauty'a leash male, the H*w.
g.ve the flrat susph l*u* -niff, but droi*
i,l his new*. and went racing over th j
damp turf. silent. ns a ghost. !
puppy. sniffed too nod gave a >* P“*'
i!a yelp, but went trailing off In tbs wake
of bill** Jupiter.
ll.nutv m.tJe on* full \rrir. uo< *
wide one. then MOd M* “>>• ••! up.
i ose to the wind After three deep
breath., she w.i awav like an arrow
not running but making great leaping ,
hound* her head •■HI up. h r silken flag
si rcatnlng out Mhlml H.sklenly jke |
, , - u true tlgh; angl. put her hoe.
~. .*■ m ,f, challeng'd no* loudly, hut
with exultant fierceness, and rati away.
due north. ™
Before she was half-acres* the W-avre
pasture the pack -am* af.er In fu Y.
with men and horses a* eager at thetr
htel*. The men wbooH end nhouted til.
too world wan full of noise. The hors**
MM ears flat against the neck, snorted
opet mouthed tore along. topped the Act
fence like birds. *nd wh.nni.d eatlsfa.
tlon as they struck llrmri earth In the
open wood* hayond.
Aa th* bunt swept aero** th* mill road
half a do*n men galloped down It. rose
In their ailrrupa and gave a keen, ex
ultant yell Th# leader of them was
mounted upon stallion. Mark as mi l
r.lght and evidently of hunting steam
A he reared and fought for hla head
hl kering lo the .Wat mualc. Tobe Mar
tin said to March, "clod! The pSo**
thickening Dfkney Sands la hers—on
I iOerkn. That means Fey ion Ashe is
here-slao that ha hoe no ghost of a
chanea to get away.**
•*Jt s • curgsxl ftisrai. 1 lay Dabnej
wants to come with ua as bad as Uder
;m -every bit!'* Hans* aald. a* they
. cme to tha Epperson fetes, a ramp of
overgrown brier* live >ardr across Th
place had berm tenantlrws for years. All
Its wet breadths were yellow with tall
lge Once Inside the fox doutded. bin
'is rmck was too clear upon him All
ce <ould do wax to veer sharply west.
I lay “ don't see nltlier Kaintm ky
.er Bier Kax—ef he ain’t headed off
He's making right straight for th# bluffs
t Dolin'* null.'' tha man next Tob* blar
i tin ehooted very loudly. Tab* scowled
,ck at Mm •'Ha.b.'t you better go tell
I 11„. judge ’ You kwow )■* never went fox
na.in' t>efor. ' Almost the same n.lmite
Ihe Judge tw -koned Baruw to him. un.buig
'ds horn, and toaseit It to the young fallow
lying: "Keep Ilia dogs straight on. un
less 1 halloo. If I do. blow twice—aid
mis a. hard as you can tide.''
■■jet me go," Kanes entreated. The
nidge shook Ida h-ad. smiling He knew,
but would not say it. that r'laymore alone
ould maka three miles at ad- ad run,
yet keep In Ihe hunt. He chirruped
eoflly. Claymores stride lenglhenrd 11.
• Ire led ths pack, took the north fere
wllh a skimming leap, tore across ragg-d
grassland, topped the outer fence, low an I
lotting, then went down hill akonyt the mill
road at a perilous pai r
The hUi. stwp and full of red gulleys,
let • town to a claar vatlcv miles long
Over against, beyond the tiUll ireek. the
blurts roaa gray and craggy. If on • the
fox gained them, he was safe fiom man
or homv.l. Now the valley was full of low
winter aunshlne. Tha clouds had drifted
far to Ihe north—there was almost a touch
of spring In the air. The Judg* cniffot It
gratefully. On one hand new fallows gave
out a flue earthly fragrance, upon the
other cropped meadow* lay gleaming and
•lank with tear* of mist.
A rwldlsh brown something, low and
swift as a tiling shadow, slob* almost In
ti.tlngul-ruil.lc across the wet grm-e. At
sight of It Ihe Judge gave a lo st hrillon
Claymore wheeled In hla tra< ka, hok the
kin,' fence off band and broke Into a
stretching gal.op. He heard, hi# master
heard, answering twlloos, Ufidervoiced by
the thin high singing of the horn. The
(Jogs, running for life, gave but now and
then a yelp. The Judge smiled and
nodded. That Is Beauty. Now. Sweet-
Ups. now Venus, and Ihe puppy Kittens-,
with hr' Well dona, lad: '
The fox doubled sharply and broke for
cover, out not the cover of the eloping
woodland Instead he kept skittering in
ar.d out of the hedgerow at foot of It.
Present.y, at the spot where n deep hol
low made In from Ihe flat h
slipped thiough Ihe fence and ran duo
south Into the teeth of hla pursuers.
The Judge knew what thrft meant th
cunning beast would double agiiin with
in a hundred yard*. With a louder halloo,
he sent Claymore over the fence and
dashed up the lari low The sides of It.
though wooded, were free of tangle, hut
Joan the middle rank haxel and sumach
and a.der made n wall of matted ptem-
A dead tree had fallen and crushed tin
wall. Il was the blindest gap. but th-
Judge set Claymore at It.
•Back: I will not'be tak-n alive"’ a man
•aid, rlwlng up In the tangle lo sei*. C.sy
more's rein. At Ihe words the Judge gri w
very white. Ho began to see inside Ihe
stem wall, a sort of sylvan cave, hiding a
Ja.k.t, mud-splashed horse, and man
whose ha ml gripped a revolver It was a
white hand, white and soft, wllh u
rloua blood-red weal ring upon ihe little
Huger. There was no need of the ring,
though the Judge knew It well Peyton
Ashe the younger had his mother a voice.
"Do you know turf' the judge asked.
The man gave a little cry. "You are
Judge Claiborne,** he Bald, hla voice break
ing
"You were coming to me*'* the Judge
a*ke>l. IVvtoii Ashe nodded:
"Yes—but that brute Hands kept too
close.’*
"lie I* close now." th* Judge sold
"I know It,’* Asha relumed. "Ho to
him picas*. T*ll him It'a Ilf* or d*alh.
He—he mav keep me from getting away
—ho* If I die, I will tak* him with me.*'
"You must chfa.sc some other messen
ger— Dabney would answer you as you
deserve." the Judge sakl. his fa.* ho..
Ash* looked up dully.
"Excuse me, I am desperate." he *gid
"Mother seemed to think—he bad. nn
rome lo you— ♦ith this"—holding out a
liMle trembling scrawl. As he spoke he
slept* '* out of .overt, lie wa# tall ar and
slight, with a worn. Imperious face and
hair thleklv sllver.il at the temples Fort ,
year* lay between him and th* man he
faced, yet to the casual glance there
were hardly so many months. He liwke I
down, and *ahl. with a sort of old em
barrassment: "IF* a shame—to mix you
up In this affair-hut there Is nothing
else—lf lam lo get away. You could
never convln.-c a July that on.- had to
shoot h fellow who reftis.il you th* sitts-.
faction of n gentleman.”
"No. you could never do It,” the Judge
said, recoiling a little. lie was lh* soul
of honor and Justice, no I*** than of
mercy. This man. Mood-guilty and Im
penitent. revolted him. and yet—and vet
--the man was Janet's son **As you love I
me. save my son," Jane, had written. He
knew he? well enough to comprehend
thad In lh* sires* of that plea fate arctig
*d even hla wrong* lie had m wi- for
vengeance. She had tricked him, cheated
him. -twilled his life. Now. In her ex
tremity. she turned to him for succor.
Cold beads stood upon his brow H*
trembled, and bowed hla head. Suddenly
leas than half a mile away, th* pa k
broke Joyously, fiercely. Into full ery. ,\-
h* caught the sound th* judge's h*ad
went np. color came back to his cheek
light to his eye. He bent and said t„
Ashe's ear: "I believe there Is a chore*
—lf you dare to ride for It. Hear th*
•logs’ That fellow wrlll never atop abort
of Kentucky!”
• •***•••
Mile on mil* the hunt awept across
country, th* recovered trail running
slightly west of north. Once or twl. * th*
fox doubled. One# them was serious
check, which gave the horses breath.
Then the country grew opener—they ha I
com* to the big farms which Its either
*!4* of ihs net* line road. The going
wea much bettor—lhs soil a Warm ch > o-
Ints loomed, drained mat* readily than
the holding clay* of the flat woods Thera
was plenty of grass, no. and more stub
ble than fal.ow Am Kanae. etlll l-adin*
tha puck, swe|K down a Held of it. be
saw the ghertfl ami Ma poase riding a
I arallei lane.
our foxeo* to rm the ©am© way.
tne sheriff shouted "Reckon both are
nutkln' for K-ntucty. But where's the
J ill|f ** '
• over yonder'" Hansa shout*! back,
nokUng toward ths lsft. "Better come on
with if*. Dabney—maybe we ll kdl to
ffih#r."
••! wt.h I could''' the sheriff aald
"Confound Peyton Arne It's Juet like hi*
euaoedne**. to raiiw th ruciion < brlst
ni* turn th... trail off out here *•>'* to
tau'.allge m. He knows I've booo count
-1„ oil this hunt f’>r *•* month* ha K
"Which do you reckon tulnds It muM—
l*lng chased, you know-your fox or
..ura," lunar asked DabßayorOwled-
Can't say .1 ' r.ding to tjrt othm'a
elbow, and gpeakln* very low 111 .atch
mine If I can-l.wve no abme untumed
™ut l hoi. I an t do it-fur If I do It .
Judge—lf you want him
for any tiling i-’nd. Kanae snkl. pome
:,ur ferwatvl Banda haJ k.ente- He
, * k .d tn-n K..V” a l-t'.le startled ery.
id know itint fine gray coat of hi*
' .He. - * nd. HC* riding Hay
inor, tie think* h. *-tf *° Kfl .
•, Jo My nne gentleman, we have got
cry t-rr all that's in 'em. With the crytiur
rbrht ahead, Ilderlm ( .n catch
"If—lf 1 baa h.irnud one hair of the
, bail, don't you name state llnm.
To£ Martin I<l. "Aa I've always reek
•Tnid. Ju lge I.yi. h owns pretty much the
*-me w?nd n, .TIU eoutherlv. dropped to the
oatof air AAM r.m fell
'uraight down, the footing became
In one -U.f- and eklcrly men dropped
..I* .sull Claymore let the hunt. i"
■ is t- hind the pack and ona In front
r MOT m. Who was far ahead of tbe
, II was In V tin for any to try and
with bin. Tha MMk came of a
famous racing -tram and was wild to
over ike the flying leader.
•If W- miss, well at least 1* dom our
post. " Band* sold le-tween hi* teeth, as
il - chi-” swept Into th- Htatedine rosd.
, luoa I n*l thoroughfare marking the
mundirv lie gripped hie iketol-CUy
mor ,, rider would cer ainly dash away
nortl ward It ainaxed him thut the tna.i
ti, Id hi- .our— straight after the hound"
T .ev w* re running lmo*t on view, nev
cooping to pick up the hot, reeking
• ■nr But the pace w.*e enibly alower.
T ... is’ ' dog- ever wh-lred are no match
' tor I rtd f-'X a-ith th” wust at his back,
ii and rain enough to freshen hi* par”bed
tongue.
Tnt* fox wi* unlucky from a near
farmhouse three couple of fresh hound"
broke and Joined the pack. Instantly
I” ran due north, hurrying, scurrying
i, deadly f. ,ir of tluwe r.ew full-throared
.-I emit-■ C.ayniore. l' yanls ahead, al
n. wt tri>l on the hounds as they wheel
.,i The turn tavore.l Ilderlm When
dog were again In stride be was almost
.it,mist of tbs brown
Hut strain as he might he could come
no nearer. Mi.# on mile they raced. po
. "M-d ,i— w. re their riders, by the m.|d
n.-a of th*< chase. The hounds held to
i>,e trail .ih i..ng " they had breath. One
, i ■ dropped out i roach, whli -
It,g discontent. Isovelocka tarsi, with Beau
i> 10 yards nway. The frssh houml* .-ould
no: head them, could not even do more
than ke.p up with their kennel comrades.
| Almost • ich half mile th* fox douMed
1 dipping now Into on* state, now th*
other, t'lsymor* kept still a Httl* in th*
j lead, lldertm could do no more than
Itoid him st* In sight, llderlm's rl<t*r
was more than amnxrd. Several ttm*
s the chase faced north, he cocked hat
| islol. but held Its Are, muttering to
himself, "I'vs no right to ahoot. unless
1 knw my man knew he was runnln* out
of the state.**
tine* or twi ts the fax came In view
running almost fl.it aguln-t th* earth,
tongue out. brush down H* was near
his Inst field tlic riders knew It by the
Joyous fierceness of th* dngw. In • very
little while they would seize and rend
him. then-something must happen. In
voluntary the sheriff sat stralghter and
gripped his weapon harder Claymore
and lldertm took the last fence, together,
amt lee* than forty yards apart As they
got their feet well under them Cla\-
more's tlder pulled up, gave a keen, tri
umphant Whoop, -prang down, and turned
his mount's nose to the nlnd
Hands had no eyes for th* pack raven-
I' g <>vtr their quarry. ll* |m r * straight
down on Ills quarry. ••Surrender! U> ar*
not out of the. Male!" he began lo *.,
teit siop|d. his Jaw dropping "Judge
(Vuihortin* I would not have believed It
o,* you r.o matttn- who had said It!" he
cried In lores that he tried lo make In
jured. hut which were yet full of relief.
"How could IV.U trick me *n? And where
is :hat scoundrel Feyton Ashe?"
' I um truly glad to say J do not know
- out of th* state. I hop*;" the Judge said
In his very stateliest manner. "I advised
him professionally to leave It. As to
tri(King you- Dabney may not a man
trade hats and oats-when he gets the
b.-t end of the bargain?"
but the ri-k!" Dabney persisted ”1
was so certain—so damned certain. One*
that fox had kept straight In Kentucky.
Id a had to shoot. If 1 had killed >x*n
Id n-ahot mvwelf. quro as them was a
bullet left. Think of chancing that for
Ptyton .%jihe!"
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The Hod Cto. Starr Writes:
No. * Van No** Plaoe. New Tork
Dr. Kadway-Wth m* your Rallef ha.
worked wonders. For ihe last three years
I have had frequent and sever* attack,
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Dunn* the tun# 1 have heen afltk-ted !
have tried almost all the remedies recom
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I have tried various kinds of batln
manipulations, oulwsrd appllcarloo ..f
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the situation
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never travel without a bottle in my va,
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