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f *Wmu M tt Brock T Im plumb will ? nm!Ja listen to your own**]." "TW in talk outspoken. Tor try tor ?fsrctet tacts mm m ooU means to M**l* desherste chance To cant jMi^fc MaM am' If ya fails ye*re laat.acrn Ipd on the Harsys?yeYe mtosjgt steraally dome for." it atm to fall." tate/a auraght Ans?, no man eerer Qnestkmsd yore loyally w. I mought as weil ton ye what talklns goln* round" A "What It itr hs _ law that taetr Hareys ? ' j^jffi^ tor ye^pow ssUisi apt tor think ye ain't them so much aa hat lata tato" lor a kmg minute silent, oai toatoiai grew toot \U Mat cc toqutrcd aaetty: a t ?Want 4o yum thmX Breekr * ? Tt trust yt till hcA frone," LI*****- ?n^^aaltoMiyn.an' tt I fails 1 reckons mV W heed of taa Hareys to my stage," thrum ?t the school there was to aa a Christmas trie that year. Ir? an? the children of the folks" heard of a Christ ^ fade tree, The season of Christ's birth asm always seen celsbrated with mooa ?yeg and rsrorrer. It i adaaan and moan New to yeung ftr tree which was to of gifts and 11 (its tad I aad marked to the ax. Asm iaaalto and srsiersd the kamt aa Its selection. Jaamlto and E awn were as -attod as the children, ant to I Maa It meant more tiaa to anyone ?aa. fee was to acaaainilry JnaniU to Lgdaitsi to any gifts sad tlaaa and would hare her first mwnegteseeof the lights end atta*. at colls ge and 1 m ssowntain girl sec * at her eoaam*. And fir wrote klml cm en ?rare a crisis, Anne Harty thought Iktofl womlg ftt JammHa and the fire was flashing agtffcar ranks, he said moodily: To Hf afraid yell hare to start allerer again." fee lootfed up to fVhrt* she sea* fre got to km a fee rone from her chair, her face r "Sod knowg I hate to do It" Hs w roee, ton, ami stood before the hearth. -Bat f reckon It had netter be me than Jeev" she broke off and "that meteh's mur toanckr *Bri oomln*. He's eomto* to kW Most likely me. It's a of eettlin' scores with a mar that kilt fletck tor a ticket Waat and a hundred dolls re?or lettin' young Job McNash go crasy an' atari* to' the fend all area again. I reckon ye sees thai 1 aim* no choice " fee earns asarsr and stood confront b tog htm so close that he fslt her breath en his face. She broke out In a tow, Tolee: "guypocc he kills your* "Hell hare his chance." said Anse Harey shortly *T eint Towin' to shoot him down from ambush. The girt man to* forward and clutched his handa to both her own. Under the tight pressure of her fingers he felt or cry nerre In ale body tingle aad leap into a hot ecstasy of emotion, while his face became white and "drawn, Dent risk your life," aha pleaded "Tour people can't spare you; I cant spare you. Not saw, Aaaa; I mead you too ?oca." The man's Toiea came to a hoarss I "To needs mar "Tea. yes." she swept on, and for aa instant ha was on the rerge of with drawing his hands and crushing hsr to him. hat something in his face had warned her. She dropped the hands I she had been holding and said in an altered tone: "It's act Just me; It's blffcr then that It's my work. We're cue to be auch good friends that 1 ? uldn't go en without you. My work would fall." For a while he was silent, then he til* Tory slowly and ?cry bitterly "Oh. It'a Jutt your work that need* mar ?But. Aaae," the argued, "my work Is all that's biggest aad best la me Toa understand, don't your" For a moment his to ice got away from him aad he rose fiercely: "1 don't aira a damn for your work!" he biased out "It'a you I'm Interested In That's the sort of friend I am." Bho looked up at Ida gleaming syea a little smaxed, and ha waat on, quiet ft "If I falls to hang Luke Thlxton I'll bo right now what ye prophesied for ma twenty years hence?the leader of the wolf pack that goes down an' golf trod on. I ain't never put no auch strain on my Influence aa thla la goln' to be. I've got' to hold back the Haveya an' the McBrlara whilst thla court foollahness dawdles along, an' If 1 falls down Jeb Is goln' to kill Luke anyway. I'm doln' this because ye aaka It; an' now 111 say good night to ye." Juan It a Holland stood looking at the door hs had closed behind him, a wild ssnss of tumult and uneasiness in her heart " That's the sort of friend I am/ " aha repeated to herself. CHAPTER XX. Thorn still remained the task cf winning young Jab's asaent to his plan, and Aoae Havey foresaw a stubborn battle there. Jeb had been reading law that winter; reading by the light of a log Are through long and lonely evenings In a smoke-darkened cabin. When Anns Havey called from the stile one night, the boy laid a battered Blaokstone on his thin knee and called out: "Come in, Anas, and pull up a cheer!" Anne had been rehearsing his argu? ments as he rode through the sleet lashed hills, and ha wag deeply trou? bled. The man and the hoy tat on either side of the fireplace. Penetrating gnats swept in at the broken chinking and up through the warped floor until oil Beardog, lying at their feet, shiv dtps) jsa he idept with his forepaws atretched on the hearth and the two men hitched their chairs nearer to the blase. By th?> bed still atood the rifle that had been Platen's; the rifle upot which the boy's eyes always fell and which to him. wag the symbol of his duty. As Bad Anse Havey talked of the fu? ture with aQ the InstlnotlTe forceful ness that he could command, the boy's set face relaxed, and Into his eyes came a glint of eagerness, because he himself was to play no small part In these affairs. Into his heart crept the first burning of ambition, the first reaching out after a career. He saw a future open lag before him, and his grave eyes were drinking In pictures in the lire embers. I Then, when ambition had been kin? dled, the older man broached the topic which was the crux of his plea. "The man that can do things for the mom- tains must be willin* to make a heap of sacrifices, Jeb," he said. Jeb laughed, looking about the hare room of his cabin. "Mek aacTinces? " he repeated. "I hain't never knowed no thin' else but that I reckon I hain't sheered of it" "I didn't mean that way, Jeb." Anse spoke slowly, holding the boy with his eyes, and something of his meaning j sunk In so that the lad's lean face again hardened. "Nothin* kaln't stand between me an' what I've got ter do. Anse," he aaid alowly. He did not apeak now with wild passion, but calm finality. "I've done took ther oath." For a while Anse Havey did not re? ply. At laat he said quietly: "I reckon ye've got rid of the idea that I was aimln' to deceive ye, Jeb. I told ye that when Fletoh'a aaaaaaln came back to the mountalne I'd let ye know. I'm goln' to keep my word." Jeb rose auddenly from hla chair and stood with the fire lighting up hla ragged trosaem and the frayed alecvea of hla coat. "Air he back now?" ho demanded. Anae shook hla head. "Not yet, Jeb; but he's coming." He saw the twitch that went across the tight-closed Upa which made no com ment "Job," he continued, "I want ye to help me. I want ye to be big enough to put by thlnga that It's hard to put by The boy shook hla head. "Anae," he replied alowly, "ask mf ter do anything elae In God Almighty'? world, but don't, ask me thet, 'cause 11 ye does I've got. ter deny ye." "I ain't as kin' ye to let the man gr unpunished. I'm only aakln' you to let me punlah him with the law." Astonishment was writ large li ?very feature of Jeb'a face. He etoo< in the wavering circle of light whlh the ahadowa swallowed the corners oi the fabln, and wondered If he had heard lightly. At laat hla voice carrtec I MntM iBi dljdPPoMmcnt, and he ?poke as though unwilling to utter ?uch treasonable words. "I reckon. Anse," he suggested, "ye wouldn't hardly hey asked a thing like thet afore"?there was a hesitating halt before he went on?"afore a fur rln woman change 1 yore fashion of lookln' at things." Anse Havey felt his face redden, and an angry retort rose to his lips. But the charge was true. He went on as though Jeh had not spoken. "All I ask is that when that man comes ye'U hold your hand until the cote has acted." "Does ye reckon Milt McBrlar aims ter let Sidering try kin of his?" was the next Incredulous question. Ahse Havey's voice broke out of its quiet tones and his eyes woke to a Are that was convincing. I "By heavens, I aims ter have him do it! I ain't askin' leave of Milt Mo Briar." Then he added: "I aims to hang the man that kilt your daddy In the jail house yard at Peril, an' if the McBrlars get him they've got to kill me first. Will you hold your hand till I'mthrough?" - The boy stood there, his fingers slowly clenching and opening. Finally he said: "Hit ain't a-goin' ter satisfy me ter penitentiary thet feller. He's got ter die." "He's goln' to die. If I fall, then?" the clansman raised his hands in a ges? ture of concession?"then he's yours. Will you wait?" j "I don't hardly believe," said Jeb McNash with conviction, "any man Ur? in' kin keep Milt's hired assassin In no fail house long enough ter try an' hang him. But I'm willing ter see. I'll hold my hand thet long, Anse, but? " Once more a spasmodic tautening of muscles convulsed the boy's frame and hit voice took on its excited note of shrillness: "But I warns ye, I'm goln' ter be settln' in ther high cote. I hain't never a-goin' ter leave hit, an' ef that Jury clars him?or ef they Jest penitentiaries him?I'm goln' ter kill him as he sets thar in his cheer?so help me God!" Loyal in their stubborn adherence to fend obedience, the Judge and grand Jury secretly returned two indictments bearing the names of Luke Thixton as principal and Milton McBrlar, Sr., as accessory to the crime of murder "against the peace and dignity of the commonwealth of Kentucky, and con? trary it) the statute in such case made and provided." Also, they withheld their action from publio announce? ment Surreptitiously and guardedly' a message traveled up the watercourses to the remotest Havey cabin. Bad Anse bade his men be ready to rise In Instant response to his call, and they made ready to obey. One day Juanlta Holland and Dawn it opt for Lexington to do their Christina* shopping. Anse Havey rode wKh them across to Peril and waved his hat in farewell as1 they stood in the vestibule of the rickety passenger coach. It was a very shabby oar of worn and faded plush, but to Dawn It seemed a fairy chariot As they entered the lobby of the Phoenix hotel, In Lexington, a tall youth rose from a chair and came for? ward. If the boy was oruder and dark? er and less trim in appearance than his Blue-Grass brethren, he carried his head as high and walked as independ? ently. 1 He came forward with his hat in his hand and said: "I'm mighty glad ter see ye, Dawn." fene girl looked about the place, and breathed rather than asked: "Isn't the world wonderful, Milt?" TWO day's followed through which Dawn basked In transports of delight. ThoVe were the undreamed sights of J shop-windows decked for the holiday season, and the crowds on the streets, and the gayety and merriment of Christmas everywhere. She had never heard so ? much laughter before, and she found It infectious, and laughed, loo. At last' she found herself again In a faded plush car beside Juanlta, with Young Milt sitting opposite. Old Milt was on that train, too, but he paused only to nod before disappearing into the shabbier smoking compartment, where he had business to discuss. A man was waiting for him in there whom old acquaintances might have passed by without recognition. It was the hope of Milt McBrlar that when they left the train at Peril, any ac? quaintances who might be about would do Just this. While the Christmas shoppers ' laughed in the day coach, Luke Thix? ton received final instructions in the empty smoker. I He was to pass as swiftly and un? obtrusively as possible through Peril and go direct across the ridge. He and Milt would leave the train without conversation or anything to mark them as companions. After that Luke knew what he was to do, and no further conference would be necessary. It was noon when the train rumbled again over the trestle near the town, and all morning a steady, feathery snow had been falling, veiling the sights from the windows and wrapping the mountains In a cloak of swan's down. At last the trucks screamed, the old engine came puffing and wheezing to a I tired halt, and the fwo girls, with Toung Milt at their heels, made their way out, burdened with parcels. On the cinder platform Juanlta I looked about for Anse Havey, and she j saw him standing in a group with Jeb and several other men whom she did not know?but Anse's face was not I turned toward her, and It did not weai the look of expectancy that the thought of her usually brought there. Job's I countenance, too, was white and set and a fcveathleas tensity seemed t( hold the whole group In fixed taut fletj, an_ - There were several clumps of men standing about, all armed, and every face wore the same expression ci wait* I ing sternness. A gasp of premonition rose to Jua nita's lips as she caught the sinister spirit of suspense in the atmosphere. Then Milt McBriar stepped down from the smoker vestibule, followed by an? other man. As the two turned in opposite direc? tions on the snow-covered platform, one of the men who bad been standing with Bad Anse Havey laid a hand on the shoulder of the clean-shaven ar? rival and said in a clear voice: "Luke Thixton, I want ye fer ther murder of Fletch McNash." Old Milt McBriar, for once startled out of his case-hardened self-control, wheeled and demanded angrily: "What hell's trick is this?" His eyes were blazing and his face worked with pas? sionate funr. "A deputy answered him: "An* Milt McBriar, I wants you, too, on an in? dictment fer accessory ter murder." Juanita felt Dawn's spasmodic fin? gers clutch her arm and her own knees grow suddenly weak. She heard a clat? ter of parcels aa Toung Milt dropped them in the snow and leaped forward, j hla eyes kindling and his right hand frantically clawing at the buttons of j overcoat and coat But before he could draw, Jeb McNash had wheeled1 to face him, bending forward to a half crouch. The younger McBriar halted and bent back under the glint of the revolver which Jeb was thrusting into hla face. *; r Haveys, armed and grim of visage, now began drawing close about tbe captives. Dawn clung with bloodless lips and white cheeks to Juanita as she watched Jeb holding his weapon in the face of the boy whom she suddenly realized the loved more than her brother. Then the sheriff spoke again. "Thar hain't no use in makin' no trouble, Milt Ther grand jury hes done acted, an' I reckon ye'd better let the law take its course." "Why don't ye take me, too?" de? manded Young Milt in a tense, passion? ate voice. "I'm a McBriar. That's all ye've got against any of these men." "The grand Jury didn't Indict ye, con/' responded the sheriff calmly. Than the elder McBriar became sud? denly quiet again and self-possessed. He turned to his son. s \ "Milt," ho said, sternly, "you keep outen Ulis. Ride over home an' tell every man that calls hlsself a Mc? Briar"?-his voice suddenly rose In the defiant crescendo of a trapped lion? "tell every man that calls hlsself a McBriar thet ther Haveys hev got me In ther damned jailhouse?an' ask em ef they Alms ter let me lay thar." Young Milt turned and went at a run toward the livery stable. Over his shoulder as he went he flung back at Jeb, who stood looking after him with lowered pistol: "I'm goin' now, but I'll be back1 ter reckon with you!" ? And Job shouted, too: "Ye kain't come back none too soon. Milt I'll be hyar when ye comes." Then the group started on their tramp toward the courthouse and the little Jail that lay at its side. \ Juanita suddenly realized that she and Dawn were standing as if rooted to the spot The older girl heard an inarticulate moan break from the lips of thexyounger, and then, as though* waking out of sleep, she looked ab? sently down at a litter of beribboncd parcels which lay about her feet. That message which Old Milt had flung back to his people on the lips of his son would send tumbling to arms every* man who could carry a rifle! And the Haveys were grimly waiting for them. The Haveys were already there. The two girls could not ride across the ridge now. They could only ; sit in their room at the wretched ho? tel and wait too. Juanita was glad Dawn could cry-; She couldn't She could only look ahead and see a procession of hideous possibilities. It bad been a few minutes after BOOB when Young Milt had rushed into the livery stable and ordered his horse. In that one instant all his college in? fluences had dropped away from him,! and he was following the fierce single star of clan loyalty. His father, who had never been any man's captive, was back there in the vermin-infested little Jailhouse, a pris? oner to the Haveys. And when Young Milt came back, '.he one Havey he had marked for hia own was the Havey un? do? whose pistol muzzle he had been forced to give back?young Jeb Mc? Nash. The stroke had taken the McBnars completely by surprise. The boy must reach his own territory and rally them to their fullest numbers, even from the remotest coves. This battle was to be fought in the enemy's own stronghold and against a force which was ready to the last note of pre? paredness. So nothing could happen until to? morrow. Nothing would happen, in all likelihood, until the day after that, and meanwhile the two girls in the hotel must sit there thinking. The little town Itself lay dismal and helpless, with its shacks scattered over its broken and unoven levels. Dawn, perhaps, found it hardest; for in this one day Dawn had grown up, and tomorrow would bring the boy whom she now confessed to levin?', though she confessed it with self-con tempt, leading a force to meet that of her own people, fighting to avenge her father. Juanita, whose eyes could not escape ironical reminders when she glanced down at the Christmas pack ages, seemed to hear over and over the voice of Anse Havey saying: "I'm doln' it because ye asks it." IShe had sought to avert an assassi? nation, and it seemed that the effort would nrecipitate a holocaust. Anse was very busy, but he found time to come to her that afternoon. In the hare little hotel lobby the fire? light glinted on many rifles as their owners lounged about the hearth. And In Anse she saw once more the stern side. His face was unsmiling, and in his eyes was that expression which made her realize how inflex? ibly he would set about the accom? plishment of the thing he had under? taken. Then, as he spoke to her, a sudden softness came into his eyes. "God knows I'm sorry," he said, "that this thing broke just now. 1 didn't aim that ye should be no eye? witness." Juanita smiled rather wanly. Old Milt, he told her, would soon be re? leased. "We ain't even goin' to keep him in the jailhouse no longer than mornin'. We couldn't convict him. an' it would only bring on more trouble." "Why was he arrested?" she asked blankly. (TO BE CONTINUED.) NO CLUE TO ROBBERS. Men Made Safe Getaway After Rob Inng Bank at Smoaks of $1,075.86. Walterboro, Jan. 28.?Careful in? vestigation by several officers today in charge of Deputy Sheriff Lucas C. Padgett has failed to reveal any clue as to the identity of the robbers who in open daylight yesterday succeeded in getting away with a large sum of money from the Smoak's Banking company. The two robbers were not seen to enter the town of Smoak dur? ing the day at all and they made their exit from the bank through a rear window and from there to a nearby swamp, whore it is thought they had an automobile concealed. Taking advantage of a rainy day, when very few people would be using the streets of the small town of Smoak, the .two robbers entered the bank as the cashier was in the act of counting $1,000 to be sent here today After drawing a gun on the cashier, one of the robbers grappled with him while the other struck him with some instrument'' causing unconsciousness. Ho was then sprayed with some kind of drug and ~ handkerchief, the only property left by the robbers, satu? rated with the drug, was fastened over the mouth and nose of Mr. Thomas. He owes his life to the fact that the robbers failed to turn on the com? bination to the vault lock. Had this been done, searchers would in all probability have thought that Mr. Thomas had closed for the day and left the bank. At any rate the only other person in possession of the combination was the president, Mr. femeatkf, who'was at the time in Bam? berg. Mr, Thomas is at work again to? day, little the worse for his nerve racking experience. A careful check? ing of the bank's books reveals the exact amount of money secured to be $1,976.86. The bank carried bur? glary insurance in such an amount as to be protected. Mr. Thomas is positive in his identi? fication of one of tlie robbers as the man who .asked him to cash a $400 check from the Southern railway about a week ago and it appears that these were somewhere in the com? munity of Smoak, waiting for a rainy day as a cloak for their operations. The officers are still hopeful of secur? ing some results. >?'?> one has been found who will definitely identify the automobile as a runabout or a touring car, and very little of a definite nature can be se? cured as to the route taken by tho ear. CHARGED WITH MURDER. Manning, Jan. 30.?Jim Smith was lodged in jail here last night charged with the murder of a woman a few hours previously. The tragedy took place near Jordan and the deceased WO!nan's name is given as Sarah White. It is said that Smith went to the house where the woman lived w hile she was engaged in cook? ing supper, aimed a gun through a crack and shot her through the heart, killing her instantly, (nie report is that he then went to the home of Mr. Graham, told him what lie had done and asked advice as to what he should do, Another report is that after shooting the woman the negro went to his home and went to bed. Sheriff (Iambic was notified and he at once went down and arrested Smith and brought him to jail. No statement Is made as to there having been any enmity <>r lll-foellng between the man and woman, and, it IS said, the man alleges that he only Intonded to scare the woman when he poked the pun in the crack, and that she grabbed the gun and caused it to go off. Prom far off Oregon, clear across the continent, Booth and IfoLiSOd Supply Company has received a car load Of red cedar shingles, which they are retailing here. Sonic of the shingles are fourteen inches in width, the Widest shingles Which have ever heen seen here. These red cedar shingles, it Is stated, will bist as long ns the old deacon's "one-horse chaise." no familiar to every school boy and girl. JEWISH RELIEF FUDN. Wliat Was Done at Other Placet* for War Stricken People?Charleston Raised $2,204.00. News and Courier, Jan. 28. i Charleston* responded yesterday in characteristic fashion to the appeal of President Wilson in behalf of the suffering Jews in the war zone. It was officially announced last night that two thousand two hundred and four dollars and fifty three cei.ta ($2, 204.53) had been subscribed. The committee in charge has yet to hear from several outlying booths and from volunteer committees. Undoubtedly the mails today will bring either to Mrs. J. M. Visanska, chairman of the local ladies' committee, or to Mr. Montague Triest, chairman of the South Carolina branch of American Jewish Relief Society, many addition? al checks. More than twenty-five committees of .seven ladies each had c large of twenty-five booths located at strategic points in and around the city. No cause has ever enlisted a more en? thusiastic or a more efficient group of workers than this. Women repre? senting, every prominent woman's or? ganization in the city vied with each other in devoted service and took an evident delight in devoting themselves to this most deserving cause. Among the most active workers ware noted representatives of every denomination ! In the city. Response at Florence ' Florence Times, Jan. 28. Florence responded yesterday in characteristic fashion to the appeal of President Wilson in behalf of the suf? fering Jews in the war zone. It was officially announced last night that over two hundred dollars" had been subscribed. The committee in charge has yet to hear from several sources from which help is expected. Columbia Gives $1,000 for Cause. Columbia State, Jan. 29. Members of the House of Peace, the orthodox Jewish congregation, have been very successful in their canvass for funds to be used in relieving the distress of war-stricken coreligionists. They raised $600 on the streets Thursday, $350 more was subscribed by the congregation Thursday night and more than |50 was obtained through public solicitation yesterday. Resolutions of thanks to President Wilson, Qoy. Manning and the general assembly for interest and sympathy ' manifested, to the press for aid in the canvass and to the public for contribu? tions, were adopted by the House of Peace, of which Ben Green is presi? dent Greenville Alms at $1,000. Greenville Piedmont, Jan. 29. .Demonstrating again the traditional charity of the Jewish people, and fur? nishing another chapter in the record of generosity being written by the Jews of America to alleviate the greatest calamity that has ever be? fallen their race, the movement to raise millions of dollars for the re? lief of destitute Jews in the Russo German war theatre has achieved a brilliant success, as shown by reports from the American Relief committee in New York. In Greenville voluntary contribu? tions have flowed liberally to H. Endel, treasurer of the local committee, and he hopes, by the end of the week, he will have the pleasure of notifying the committee in New York that Green? ville has done her part with a sub? scription of $1,000. Today, at noon, a total of $894.27 had been reported, which will be substantially increased by contributions yet to be received. Treasurer Endel has received con? tributions' from all parts of Greenville and contiguous territory. NO LOOKING RACK IN SUMTER, KfW Evidence Constantly Being Pub? lished. SinSe the long succession of Sumter reports were first published In the lo? cal press there has been no looking ? hack. Sumter evidence continues to ^pour in, and?better stlli?those whose 'reports were first published many yens ago, verify all they said in a most hearty and unmistakable way. Rend the experience of Mr. W. Yea don, 27 IlaynBWorth St. He says: "I suffered from 1 dull, nagging backaches, and my kidneys acted too freely. I used Doan's Kid I ney Pills for these ailments, and they relieved me, toning up my en? tire system.'* (Statement given Jan. i9, ltU.) j Over four years later. Mr. Yeadon j said: "The benefit Doan's Kidney Pills gave me has been permanent." Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy?get Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that Mr. Yeadon has twice publicly rec? ommended. Foster-Mlihurn Co., I Props., Buffalo, N. y. ?Adtv.