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16 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!" Bone Meal For Chicken Feed and Fcrtlllasr. nitrate of soda Invaluable for “l.nms-mhet" fe'lillgsr Ths . heapest and most concentrated on th# market. 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