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l?-V"O-v-** w" ?. t By Ecoth t Tar'iinr'tcn and I Harry Lecj? j Wi!son 0 + COPYRJGT. IU09. BY THE ?. "M ?. ? " On "Bunco's departure Colonel Moreau. with his usual amiiblo manner and native regard for the troth, acquainted Aaron anl Tom iianclall with the sudden alteration in his platis. adding that for the present he must defer als meeting with the ladies. "Foh this." lie concluded, producing his I>erriuper, "means an appointment 1 cannot decline We dispense with seconds, feh. already having had one j encounter, we are permitted to meet alone. Gentlemen. 1 see yoh have guessed the truth. The fact is 1 atn going to relieve yoh of the annoyance a certain plan might have occasioned yoh. I have just received word that I Cameo Kirby is awaiting me now at j the dueling oaks. We show our weap- j ' .1.! . ?-, 1 l-ill I Uili> ULI MLTiil, iUIU W.i> liiiic x oiiiiti iviu him." "No, by God, you don't! I claim that right!" erf?d Tom. "Our plan Js bad! 1 never liked it anyway. They kept me from groin? rut, after him yesterday. ' Now he's where I can get him"? "This quarrel is between Kirby and myself, suh." sharply interrupted Moreau. "The messa.ee was to me." "1 take it off your hands," exclaimed Tom. laughing wildly. "It's mine by right. and I claim it Thank God. in half an hour I can look my family in the face without shame, and Adele will at last take off her mourning." "I repeat, suh." returned Moreau. with quiet finality, "that this Is my affair. I regard it as an execution. I cannot and will not permit any interference on yoh part. Merely tell the Indies that I was delnved and will fol low on horseback later. And kindly take charge of my portmanteau." . Sullenly realizing the other's fixity of purpose, the boy turned to his saddlebags, from which he produced a silver mounted pistol. White faced and trembling with passion, he handed it to the colonel. "At least" he said, with an effort at dignity and self . composure, "do me the favor of using this instead of your own. Since my father's death I have always carried it It belonged to him and is the one that scoundrel caused him to turn upon himself." "I respect the sentiment and yoh wishes, suh." replied Moreau, handing bis own weapon to Aaron, who gingerly placea it in the colonel's portmanteau. "Won't you even take me as a witness?" pleaded Tom. "He won't see me. for I'll hide in the underbrush." "Impossible. Mr. Randall. I ask yob word to contihufc yoh journey exactly as yob have planned. Never fear; I shall so? yoh at the plantation this evening. When yoh come in sight of yob fields today look upon them in peace, fob by that time there will be no one ta dispute them with yoh. Yoh servant, gentlemen." And. bowing, the gooc colonel blithely stepped forth tnto the morning sunshine and headed for the distant dueling oaks. From the window Tom Randall impatiently watched the other's depar fare. aud when at length the estimable defender of the family, serene upon bis coming Interview with Klrby. had tnrned a nearby corner the bov sprang off the window seat and selied his hat "Whsre are yon going?" sharply d* mended Aaron, attempting to bar the other's way. "Don't meddle with me!" violently warned Tom. "If ever a man had the right to another's life I have the right to Cameo Klrby's. Colonel Moreau may have taken It from me, bat do yon think I'm not going to see ii done?" "Not in honor," said Aaron sternly. "Each was to go alone." "What honor did Klrbv show my father?" cried the boy. "Get everything ready at the plantation and tell Adele that Colonel Moreau and I will follow on horseback. If Moreau doesn't finish Kirby I wilL I'll get him somehow!" And, iinging aside Aaron's detaining arm. _.e dashed from the house. CHAPTER VI. 0ESFITE his fifty odd years. Colonel Moreau set out for his destination at so vigorous (39:3 a pace that Tom Randall, who confidently expected to dog the other's steps, was disagreeably disappointed, for by the time he had gained the first corner around which the estimable defender of the family had disappeared the latter was nowhere in sight. Familiar with the city and its environs, the boy possessed knowledge of several time saving short cuts to the dueling oaks, but this on the present occasion he considered useless, for, ignorant of the exact spot where the combatants were to meet, there existed no alternative but to press on in the wake of Moreau, who he had eyery reason to believe had taken the familiar and direct route. Thoroughly imbued with the desire and expectation of witnessing Kirby's death and thus in a measure glutting his vengeance, jouag Randall broke into a ran, confi 9 Adapted Frwin & i ? the Pity oi the Seme fp i^ame cy TV". ?5. hi. ? F\r?'jscn 6 ? - <p p AIN5Li.ie. ^ | Gent that on turning each successive corner lie would come iu sight of the s ivue and ivdomitable colonel. Hut time and distance flow by until at length the tall trees bordering the grove l>r:>ke upon his vision, and as yet his quarry had not been run to earth. " "omenta riiy perplexed and mystified. the hoy turned and scanned the way by which he had come. Could he have in some cryptic. manner passed the other on the road, or, contrary to all expectation, had Moreau taken the short cut. and was he even uow in the grove face to face with Cameo Kirby? For immediate and conclusive answer two pistol shots rattled out. shattering the cool serenity of the morning and sending a bevy of frightened rooks circling and cawing high into the brooding blue dome of the heavens. Cursing his ill luck, young. Randall raced furiously toward the distant grove. ???.?? Colonel Moreau. considerably more familiar with the towu than Tom Ran- } dall. had indeed availed himself of Uie , shortest cut possible and one which would lend him directly to that entrance the situation of which Larkin Bunce had been at pains to explain. No time could be wasted, for Kirby was already there, and to. keep an adversary waiting smacked not only of cowardice, nut was a uireci urt-ucu ui j the code regulatiug such affairs of houur. It was characteristic of Moreau that if left to himself he would sereneiy outrage all cedes by shooting a man in the back, but that when otliclally entetod for a combat?such as on the present occasion?he punctiliously observed both the spirit and the letter. Kirby living meant a serious menace; Ivirby dead meaut security and a tighter grip on the spoils of the river, a reoccupation of the premier position from which he had been ousted. Business interests and his own life clamored for Kirby's death. For Bunce. if- he grew troublesome, he would account. and he could rely on the letter's remaining true to the code of their profession?carrying no tales to the Randalls, but instead, if he considered Bt, IlgUliUg VUt 111C U9UC >' uu lui slayer of his partner. It can thus be seen that Moreau in his usual optimistic fashion had the future arranged entirely to his satisfaction. Meanwhile he had cautiously entered the shadow of the dueling oaks and. pistol in hand, was slowly threading his way down the path, the weapon cocked and resting across his left forearm. Flanked on either side by the giant trees through which fugitive sunbeams flickered, shooting their small golden arrows of light into the dense and rank undergrowta. he found some difficulty in accurately discerning distant objects. Although the path was straight thus obviating any turning of angles and a consequent sudden and unexpected meeting, he could not see Kirby, and for a moment the fears of an elaborately planned ambuscade arose dn his unworthy mind. Indeed, the setting offered many inducements to one who, like himself, might entertain such a laudable purpose. These momentary misgivings were, however, abruptly dispelled, for from far down the path Kirby's voice suddenly broke the silence: "Good morning, colonel! Is that ! you? Are you quite ready? Stand by, for I'm coming!" Moreau instantly turned until he faced the trees on his right Thus he presented the smallest possible surface to his advancing foe. Although the articles of agreement called for a mutual and simultaneous advance, he was aware that it Is easier to fire from a fixed platform, and he consequently deliberately halted, his left shoulder thrown forward and the pistol level with his eye. He could now discern j Kirby. who. unmindful of all tactical or strategic advantage, came saunter Ing toward him, the right hand dangling carelessly at his side. He was whistling, but had Moreau been nearer he would hare noted the sinister line running from nose to mouth and the fixity of purpose in the brooding eyes, all of which belied the cheery carol. Moreau. standiug like a rock which disputed the other's progress, waited and watched. Once he made a sudden, violent movement in the hope of drawing Kirby's fire, but the latter, never heeding, continued his seemingly careless advance. On he came, thirty paces: twenty, and still no sign from either man; fifteen, and Moreau's hand whitened at the knuckles and his head came slowly down as he impaled the other on the sights of his Distol. On caine Kirby, still whistling, as if on a pleasure stroll, j the right hand still dangling carelessly at his side. The nervous tension was fast growing unbearable. Moreau's nose looked pinched, and the breath whistled through it. On came Kirby ? ten part's, and a ..n Hindi <>l dame.' leaped from Moreau's pistol. followed 1 bv a whirling wreath <>f smoke and a I i reverberating crash, iie reeled from ( the heavy charge. At the same moment Kirov's listless hand swept tip. and without breaking step he tired. The drifting smoke parted i:i shreds and streamed away The startled crows had ceased cawing, anil off somewhere a biuejay ventured to timidly call its mate. < nice more the cool verenilv liatl descended ii'ioa the duel ing oaks Kirhy was still advancing, but Colonel Morotu, giving :i little cough. hesitated a moment, then fell prune, a small blue indentation disliguriti-r the purity of his lut'fy forehead. Cameo Kir by looked gravely down upon the body of his late enemy; then as gravely he parted the trees and. with bowed head! slowly threaded his way toward the distant town. Kirhy had not long left the scene of conllict before Torn Randall. coining from an almost diametrically opposite direction. !*ir>t into the grove and tripped headlong over the lifeless form of Colonel Ah ream Recovering himself. the boy stared in horrified amazement at what he had never expected to see. That Cod should have thus defended the impious seemed impossible. Astonishment quickly gave place to a sense of burning outrage, a bitterness. abhorrence and vlndictiveness which immeasurably overswcpt all previous feelings of treasured animosity and hat ml. Now. Kirby must atone not only for the suicide of John Randall, but for the death of that gentleman's fancied protector and champion. Swayed by his present emotions, balked of revenge and thirsting for some means of expressing it. young Randall now stooped to an action which dishonored his name, race and country. In cooler moments he would have repudiated an action which forfeited the respect of all decent men. Rut he was hostage to a tempestuous and violent passion which counted not the means to an end. Single handed he might not hope to hunt down Kirby. but if he could enlist the assistance of the. authorities, make every man the gambler's enemy, the latter's capture would Im> assured. With difficulty loosening Moreau's fast stiffening lingers from their death trrip upon the pistol, young Randan hastily concealed the weapon upon his person and thus by a single movement transformed what had been an honorable and fair encounter into a seemingly deliberate and cold blooded mur-der. The fact that Moreau had used the late John Randall's weapon, leaving his own at Mine. D.vemo's, would be but additional proof that Cameo Kirby had shot down an unarmed man. Rut one living witness other than Tom Randall had I seen present at this exchange of weapons, and he, Aaron, would be expected to keep silent. Revenge, may it ever be honorable. but. honorable or dishonorable, revenge at all costs?such was the boy's slogan. He bad hardly resumed possession of bis father's weapon and thus cast the stigma of murder upon Kirby when several men, attracted by the shots and whose rapid approach hadspurred the boy to instant action, came running into the grove. To them young Randall breathlessly recounted his version of the tragedy. "You see, the gentleman has no weapon," he concluded, pointing to Moreau's barren hands. "This, therefore, is a deliberate and carefully planned murder. Like yourselves, I was attracted by the shot" "But there was two of 'em. for , I counted," put in one of the newcomers. "The murderer evidently missed at his first fire," said Tom. "My name is Randall of Plaquemjne. so you may accept by word that I found the gentleman as I have stated. This is a great and villainous outrage. I happen to know the victim, a most estimable and honorable gentleman, who had the misfortune to incur the enmity of the notorious /river gambler Cameo Kirby. The latter swore to get even, and there is no doubt he has fulfilled his murderous and cowardly intention." "I seen thl? Kiiby in town yesterday." commented one of the men. examining with morbid curi?#1ty Moreau's death wound. "He's a bad egg from all accounts. Done his job neat. Shot from ambush. I reckon." "We passed him on the road as we come into the grove." added a second. "I know him by sight?a youngish looking, gray eyed blade with a sort of dandy getup to him. We asked him if there had l>een a dooel, and he said yes, he thought so"? "He lies, as you can see!" cried Tom. springing to his feet. "What road did he take?" "lie eome from that a-way." interrupted the informant, pointing in the direction Ivirby had taken. "But you all know the road forks farther down." "Come! We'll separate, and he can not escape!" cried Tom. "ft's our duty to hunt the villain down, to aid the law all we can. Dueling is one thine, hut murder such as this deserves only lynch law. We'll show the scoundrel the same quality of mercy he meted out to this poor defenseless gentleman." "That's right. Short shrift and a long rope!" cried the men. fTO BE CONTIXTED.] Don't fail to see the opening bill at the Thomas Opera house Friday Friday night. It is the best yet? "Human Hearts." # 1 ' * - 1 - u? uia papers ior saic cucap the hundred at The Record office. Frmtshmm* cibdms Kin.scstree CfKPNO-27. '' /.({ \\ HTfir-^AR MORTIS OH '.. ?>-. c*^ p\l lst?j<l.{nlMomia' j ( :: rv II Nlc'it* I" ? acb . * .' ' < V y?a? month. ; ;; . ,A ?V Visitlm: choppers cor-; | '' . .?.*.? {* .v*vy dlally mvi;c.; to romt i :vV? up and sit on a *iumr i j * / or hanu aloutoa the : > i ' * limb*. Ttios. M CC I" TCI I EN . 27 12rrv Con. Com. "Za i . cam I?. 511 nj? K"ui-u '1 % tirmb y .<>1 \ pr-M /'K X 2n;ii t,h te ! b"H,'b Month. 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