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When Dale returned to John Moreland*!
cabin from having seen Babe
Llttleford safely to her father's door,
he found Major Bradley and By Heck
waiting at the gate. Heck had some
' Important, bad news, he said.
HBetter not tell me about it iuntil
jitter supper," replied Dale. "I'm as
hungry as you ever were. By."
They went In to sit down to one of
the best meals Addle Moreland had
ever prepared. When they liad ftn
lahed eating, John Moreland led the
Way Into the best room, where they
took chairs. The major produced
' cigars. By Heck, swollen with a feeling
of greatness, . lighted the wrong
' end of his weed, faced Dale, and began
to unburden his mind of Its weight
i of Information.
' '"Well, Bill, old boy," he began?and
then stopped to wonder why his cigar
wouldn't smoke as well as the major's.
"Well, Bill, old boy," he went on, finally.
"Henderson Goff, he's shore been
as busy as a ong-armed man Id a bumblebee's
nest I caln't see, Igod, what's
wrong with this here seegyar. He's
Went and brung about twenty-five Tofreys
from two places knowed as Jerus'lera
cove and Hatton's hell, to help
work his mine when he gits It They're
all a-puttln' up with them Balls. The
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Jun, and I'vs heered tt said 'at they
wan as bad or wuss'n rattlesnake
broth."
Major Bradley blew a little cloud of
smoke upward. "More of the game of
bluff, perhaps," he suggested.
"I'm Inclined ts think so," thoughtfully
said Dale. "Well, we'll avoid
trouble as long as we decently cun;
and when we can no longer get around
tt, we'll call In as much of the law
as we cau get, and meet It half-wny.
Kh. Hayes?"
"Sure," nodded the mining expert.
Dale was on bis way to the new
siding the following morning, when he
met Henderson Ooff. Again Dale was
forcibly reminded of stories he had
beard and rend of Mississippi river
steamboat gamblers of the long ago.
Ooff steppod out of the trail, smiled
and spoke with apparent good humor.
Dale passed blm without a word.
Then the shyster coal man called
out, "Ready to sell yet?"
The Moreland Coal company's manager
halted and faced about with a
puckering of hi* brows.
"For a fair price, yes."
"Just what would you call a fair
priceV
"Oh, somewhere between two and
three hundred thousand," promptly.
Ooff sniffed, and the corners of his
mouth came down.
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get It from me!"
"I don't want It from you."
Hale turned and went on. lie wai
sorry that he had stopped to talk with
the fellow.
That Afternoon he attain -net (loft
in the tmll. The here sight of the
shyster made him very angry now, and
his right hand fell upon the butt of
the big revolver on bis hip. (loft was
about to sidestep In the laurels, when
Dale caught him roughly by the arm.
"Hee here," he said sharply, "you've
about cut your little swath. We've
hud enough of you. You can't get this
coal at any price, and the sooner you
get youre&lf out of this country the
belier and safer it will be for you
to he plain. I'm pretty apt bo thrash
)?o tne vary next One 1 see you. No*
move onl"
Goff went off laughing wickedly
"Oh. all right, Dale; go ahead and
build the little reed for me 1" he said
Late that night every sleeper In the
valley ef the Doe was awakened by a
great, rumbling explosion, which wat
' followed almost Immediately by tut
other great, rumbling explosion, lie
fore the reverberations had died
away. Bill Dale had dressed hlmsel!
and was standing on the vlne-hunj
front porch, and he was only a fen
seconds ahead of John lloreland.
Then there came the tearing sound
of a heavy explosion miles to the east
ward.
"Do ye know what It la?" Inquired
the mountaineer.
"They've stolen our dynamite frou
tho tAhdPPA.Kara and Klnmn mw
flee iind supplies building and the cow
nlHRiiry building; also they've blowi
up the big trestle near the siding,'
Dale answered.
M 'At's my guess, too," said Mors
land.
Within the next half hour Dale an<
Hayes, Major Bradley, and the men
folk of the Morelands and the Little
fords had gathered around the wreti
of the two big, unt*nished frame build
logs. Dale blamed blmaelf much fo
having left dynamite unguarded In tlx
tobacco barn?but nobody else blame*
hlai for It ,
"It's time to let the law In," he salt
when he had viewed the Jumbled uiuhi
of broken planks and timbers by tlx
light of lanterns. He turned to stni
wart Luke Moreland.
"You get on my horse and ride t*
Oarterevllle for the sheriff. Tell hln
he can get the bevf posse In the worl*
light here. If he needs one. It's th<
proper tiding. Isn't It, major?"
"Yea." sold Major Bradley, 'it's th<
proper fhlng. You've got a real grlev
ance tuny But I fancy Go AT had notli
tug to do with this; he Is shrew*
rV1- enough in know that a thing like thli
; ' would e*M)k his goose. Uoff has beei
- pluyloa a tnuff game all along, yo*
. know. Home Balls er tome Torreyi
perhaps n mixture Of both, have doo
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Into turning state's evidence to save
themselves."
The mujor finished tn n low tone,
because of the probability for eavesdroppers,
and In this he was wise,
j "We'll do that," Dale decided.
1 He faced Hayes, hjs right-hand man,
' and began to give orders like a veteran
general manager. The men were
to take their rifles with them to work
In the morning, but they were ttf Ore
no shot unless It was In defense of
life or property. In the morning every
available wagon In the valley was to
be sent to the little sawmill that was
In operation tetf*miles toward the lowland
for more building material.
By Heek Joined them then. He
guessed just what had happened,
plucked at Dale's sleeve and whispered
:
"Sposen I takes a sneak or two toward
them lowdown, walnut-eyed,
knock-kneed, dadblamed Balls and
Torreys and finds out what I can find
ont; hey, Bill?"
The answer oume readily: "Sure,
you be detective. But be careful that
you don't lose anything for us, y'
know, If you don't gain anything."
i By Heck and his rifle disappeared
i In the darkness of the mountain night,
i A little after work-time that dny.
Bill Dale started alone on the way of
the narrow-gauge railroad for the sldIng.lHe
wished to see for himself Just
j what the damage had been to the
trestle, and he hoped to meet Goff, or
a Ball, or a Torrey, and learn something
that would be to his advantage.
Before he had covered two miles, he
had seen two of the enemy skulking
through the woods, and he recognised
I them for Torreys from Jerusalem
, Cove and Hatton's Itell; he knew It
by their very swarthy skin, their high
cheekbones and their coarse hlaek
hair, the outcropplngs of the Cherokee
Indian' blood In them. They looked
cunning and wicked. Dale loosened
i In Its holster the big revolver that
Major Bradley had persuaded him to
carry for his own protection. John
Moreland had taught him how to use
firearms.
At a point near where the little
stream that flowed past the Halfway
switch emptied Into Doe river, where
Doe river turned almost squarely to
the left, Dale halted abruptly. He had
moraine stillness. It had been flre<
r from a point some little dlstana
15 away, and Dale's condition of mind a
J the moment was such that he dldn'
even note the direction from whlel
I the sound had come. He was unhuri
* and he had not heard the whine of t
t bullet or the pattering of shot en th<
leaves. When he looked about hlrr
he saw no one; neither did he see an;
? telltale smoke. Perhaps, he though
? dimly, It had been a squlrrel-hunte
1 that had Ared that shot. He forgo
> about It very quickly for the time he
log, and went on toward Adam Ball
* who now was lying perfectly still.
b There was a bullet-hole through ant
1 through the great, shaggy head. Thi
i face behind the short, curly hlacl
beard was of the colorless hue o
i sotipstone. The giant hlllman wai
a dead. ? '
k . ,Blll Dels knelt tbere beside ttlaci
? Adam. Again he clutched acblwthroa
t with his two shaking hands and thi
seen a man dart behind a scrubby oak
some thirty yards ah?ad of him; quite
naturally, he concluded that the fellow
menDt to wayiny him, aod he, too.
stepped behind a tree, a big hemlock.
A silent minute went by. Then Dale
put his hat out on one side of the tree
1 anu peeped from the other side; It
was an old trick that Grandpnp Moreland
had told him about A rifle
cracked promptly and sharpy, and a
bullethole appeared In the rim of bis
> hat 1
1 Following it, there came the coarse,
bass voice of Black Adam Ball, the
mountaineer Golluth:
"Yeu caln't fool me. I Jest shot to
put a hole In yore new hat and to
show ye 'at I ain't bad shot You
1 caln't hit my hat 1"
Dale's temper, the temper that had
always been so hard to keep under
> control, rose quickly. He tried to reai
sou with himself, and couldn't; his
i passion mastered him. He snatched
I the big revolver from Its holster and
t cocked It With as steady a hand as
ever held a weapon trained, he began
to take aim at Ball's slouch hat, the
1 half of which was In plain view at one
aide of the scrubby oak.
"1 fooled you once, back there in
I the middle of the river," he cried hot
ly, "and now I'm going to fool yc*i
again r
There was In his voice that eld, oh
primitive rage, which frightened him
and puzzled him too, In his better mo
menta.
1 He let down the bead until It wai
' barely visible In the notch, and easet
I off the trigger. The revolver roaref
' and spat forth a tiny tongue of flam*
and a little cloud of white smoke. Bal
I sprang erect, wheeled, and fell crash
Ing to the leaves 1
Dale dropped his weapon. He wen
1 as white as death, and his two handi
clutched uncertainly at bis throat. H<
> was a murderer I No, be wasn't?hii
bullet had gone wild; It had struct
Ball's head on the other side of th?
1 tree, by accident. But how could h<
prove that It had been an accident
Would any Jury believe hlm7 It wai
far from probable.
He stepped from behind the hem
1 lock and went toward the writhlni
Goliath, whose legs only were ylslbh
now.
1 Then a third shot rang out on tht
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Id his heart. Never before had he
aeon death. Its grim presence terrified
him. That the deplorable thing had
been an accident, due to his faulty
inurksmanshlp, mattered little. He
had killed a man, and the blood-red
brand of Cain was burning away on
1 is brow; he was a man In a hell of
his own making. And kneeling there
Bill Dale sobbed a great sob that
shook his broad shoulders as a violent
. ague would have shaken them,
j lie tried to look at the blue-edged
hole In the shaggy head; at the cruel,
brutish face that was of the colorless
hue of soapstone. Merciful tears
blinded him, and he couldn't see. It
was a compensation, a pitifully beautiful
compensation. . . .
I Five minutes passed, five minutes
' that were as five years to this man
| who had never been In the presence
of death before. Then he realized that
| he was being surrounded by kinsmen
, of the dead mountaldber. He looked
' lip Into their ashen, angry faces, and
I ihey cursed hlra. Big and gripping
brown hands were placed upon him;
several rifles were turned upon him.
He arose and spread out his arms, and
offered his breast to the frowning muzzles.
They could give him, at least,
oblivion.
"Shoot, If you like," he said bitterly.
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| "Shoot, If You Like!" He Said Bitterly.
j "It was an accident, y'know, but?
1 shoot, if you like."
"No," conimnnded Adam Ball's
' fattier, a nlender and angular old man
I with n struggling Iron-gray beard??
1 | "No, don't shoot Shootln's too quick,
j by gonnles. And 'en, It ain't accordin"
to law." (Queer how suddenly he re1
spected the majesty of the law I)
"We'd a dinned sight rather see him
fiung by the neck ontel dead In the
Jnll.vnrd at Cartersvllle. Ye'uns put
1 | down them thur guns. Put down all
I o' them thar guns right now; hear
1 i nie?"
'I He turned hack to Dale. "Ye say It
" I was a accident?" he sneered.
"Yes, It was an accident."
" j "Like the old devil I" roared Black
' ! Adam's father.
' He stopped and picked up his son's
s black slouch hat and examined It
' I There were two bullet holes close f>
pyther In the rim?and one of them
had ber.i there for a long time.
"John Moreland, lie's been a-l'arnln1
s ye how to shoot," be said, "uud you'vi
shore famed pnrty d?d well. It must
ha' been yore third uhot 'at got
1 Adam."
"I flre^J only once," disagreed Dale.
^ "Your son fined first; I fired second;
and somebody else, I haven't ths
. slightest Idea who, fired the other
! shot"
"Aw, shet up! Ye can tell It at the
' trial," growled old Ball. Then to his
I kinsmen.
I "We'll hold Dale right here, boye,
, ontel the shurlff he's sent atter comes.
* And we'll not move Adam, which same
Is accordln' to law. 1 reckon Shurlff
Tom FlOwers'll find a different Job
from what he expected to find; won't
he, hoys? Say, I w I slit one o' you
fellers'd gP me a good,' big chsw o*
tobacker. Ite durned ef I don't. Adam's
death, It has made me feel sort e*
| bad, by gonnies, and tobacker's alius
a consolation?
"Hill Dnle. you hain't got a chaw o*
. tobacker on ye, have ye?bought tobacker,
store tobacker? It's a durned
sight better'n home-made, I says. Ye
say ye don't chew I Chew?h?11
Whyn't ye say 'chaw,' like a man I I
alius knowed ye wasn't no 'count, nohow.
Nobody 'at don't chaw tobacker
ain't no 'count. ... All trlght, Jim
Ike," to his nephew, "I'll t?(ke a chaw
o' yores, then. And 1*1) .take a tol'ably
big chaw, Jim Ike, 'cause Adam's
.death has made me febl sort o' bed,
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