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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1910-06-16, Page 7neez13th 19!• O. LTTTLEDIGESTERS f'okitively cure D ispepsia• Promote Digestion. Money back if they fail to cure. from ' direct r At all Drutgtats or dt 25c. a Box. COLEMAN. MEDICINE CO., Toronto _ x r ,.s• - ,.Aaxxx�l,o„xx,R�rxx SWEET REVENGE By Captailt P. A. MAIT<HEL, r•Q Anther of "Chattanooga," '-Chickamauga," Eta �,- Copyright, 1807, by Harper & Blethers. -I F -d-1-i• I -i 144-1.1.4 I I I I* i -I- .1-•'• ,. •. �+r • ,K - • error ,.NW • I M (Continued from last v'eek.) The captain advanced and invited the twit visitor's to alight, promising that they should be respected. Jaqueline gave him a grateful look as he helped her off ber horse with far more gal- lantry than might have been expected from the leader of this gang of ruf- fians. Indeed there was something in. his bearing to make me suspect that this bandit captain-Ringold they call- ed him. though I suspect the name was assumed -was an unworthy member Contemplating the horrors of mg situs- of some good southern family who had disgraced himself with his peers and become a leader of those who were, like himself, devoid of principle, but in other ways his inferiors. Jaqueline must have divined as much, for no sooner was she on terra firma than she ' slipped her arm through his and clung to him confidingly. Pete Halliday, who seemed to be the -next member of the band in importance after the captain, awkwardly attempted tp gain some mark of ber favor, but Jaqueline, with woman's quick intuition, knew that if any one was to be relied on it was Rin - gold and declined attention from any other. "Who ar' yo'? Wbar did yo' come from? What yo' doin hyar?"4ahe asked in her usual quick way. "Hain't yo' goin t'+40in our boys an fight fo' the bonny blue flag?" The captain looked a bit uncomforta- ble, and as she bad asked several quer: tions to which a reply would be in or- der he replied to none. "Can't yo' sing the 'Bonny Blue Flag' fo' 'em, Jack?" asked Helen., "Reckon yo'd like to bear ber," she added to the group. "She's right smart at s!ngin." "Reckon," said Jack. "D'yo' want,to bear 't?" The men were too stupid or, rester, had not the.politei ess to say they did. They stood and gaped. Jack, who I god easily see under her enforced ;gayety was badly frightened, made a (desperate effort and began to sing, but her voice was so thin and trembling that I thought every moment she would break down. However, when she came to the last stanza she had regained something of confidence and ended the nain't yo' got yo- man men yo- uanas yit?" A grin passed over the faces of the men. "Don't yo' mind 'bout that man,' re- plied Pete Halliday, "er yo'll git inter trouble." "Whar does the nigger b'long?" ask- ed the captain, "I'm takin him ter Sparty." "Yo' don't keep him under close watch," said Pete. "Oh, he hasn't no runaway nigger. He's got me in charge's much's 1 got him. He's b'longed 'to the tambly since befo' I was borned." By this time the travelers had reach. ed the camp. Buck's intelligent face contrasting with the stupid look which the negro was assuming. - The man who cooked tor the band was busying himself preparing supper. With one accord the two girls tookhold to help him. He at once dropped his implements and gave way, while all' stood gaping at the unusual sight of two women who, unasked, were cook- ing a meal for them. Helen occupied herself over the fire and managed an Iron skillet, the only cooking -utensil n camp. as dexterously as a clef. Jack took the tin dishes that composed the kit and "set the table," an act hitherto unknown at guerrilla meals. Then, when supper was ready, they insisted upon waiting on the men. No one ob- jected to this save the captain, who by his protest -a second time indicated that he bad seen better days and knew something of deference to wo- men. The meal ended, the girls insisted on washing the dishes. When there was no more work to do, Jack sang out: "Clear the way, you .ens, an I'll give yo' a dance!" CHAPTER X. , A DANCE L'OR 1& LIFE. ' HE proposition was received with shouts of approval. "Yo' • don't meanyo' kin dance?" "Reckon." "Good gal! C1'ar the way ' fo.' a dance!" • "Yo' nigger, tune, that banjo! • 'T's lucky fo' yo' yo' got 't, strings an all, er • we'd 'a' made strings outen yer hide." The camp was on a circular piece of hard groundso cut off_ front the sun .by, stirrounding trees and bushes that no grass 'grew: The ew scattered' sprouts were soon cleared away. Ginger sat down on the log which lay near by, twanged his banjo, tightening ' or loosening a string, and then gavea pre- liminary flourish. Jaqueline took off her sunbonnet, threw. it a few feet away and stepped on to the clearing. There wire mingled fear -and defiance in her face. that set 'my heart to fluttering: Though I did -not know she was carrying out a Pre concerted plan, somehow it got into my head that she was about to dance for my liberty -in other words, for my,lite. The thought maddened me. An,impulse seized me to throw oft the mask and defy the whole band. Helen, seeing the 1 desperate resolve expressed in my face, • gave me a look, partly.imploring, part- ly commanding, that recalled me to a song pretty well. sense of my helplessness. She had scarcely finished when we Jaqueline began sailing about, keep - heard a picking of banjo strings. I ' ing time to Ginger's music, moving looked up and saw a boy and a negro advancing toward us. _ 1 was not long In recognizing Buck and Ginger, the latter thrumming the instrument as he came on. "Whar's a house fo' t' git supper?" ly the music grew quicker, and Jack, called the boy. gathering confidence, forgot everything "Dunno. Hunt yer own supper," re- but the dance. plied one of the men. t Since the entry of the two girls into "Hain't you uns got nothin thar t' l the camp I had suffered one terror aft - er Maar* had target .a$CE IMO If,i.n their power, and they went abont their work with not a tithe of the .fright that possessed me. Meanwbiie Jequellne had drifted in, to the dance and was Whirling, bend- ing, floating, every muscle alive with Ito esapeetal motion. At times she would lull, poise berselt for a moment, then, like a fitful wind, start again with renewed fervor. At no time could there be discovered aught but delicate refinement in her movements, and now it was her purpose to attract without exciting her spectators. Stimulated by frequent bursts of applause and by the rapt attention of the men surround., ing her, she found her main Incentive In a far deeper, nobler motive. feeling, as she did, the critical situation, the dread responsibility, for a human Life resting upon der. What a singular scene! The ring of ugly faces momentarily softened by the sight of grace and laeauty; the cap- tain, his sharp .face turning with the dancer and following her wherever she goes; Pete Railiday. standing with folded arms, lowering from under the broad brim of his sombrero, grinding his quid; Ginger's black face gleaming with pride at furnishing the music for .his young mistress, inspiring ber with his own inspired melody; little Buck. standing between two. lank guerrillas in "butternut," staring at his cousin and forgetful of her danger in his inter• est in her work; Helen Stanforth, standing apart, her strong face wear- ing the expression of a general who watches a cavalry charge intended to turn a position on which hangs the fate of the day. The guerrillas, not one of whom would hesitate to slit a throat at the slightest prospect of gain, were watch- ingthe little soubrette not only with amiration, but •with respect Once during her performance one of the men applauded . with a ribald remark. He was standing by the captain, who stretched his arm, brought it down with a backward stroke and sent the man sprawling. Jaqueline saw the act and the approving looks of the out- laws, who• were in •no mood to have their sport interrupted. The color left. her cheeks, but she kept right on, and tho episode passed without further con- sequences. At a moment when the attention of the •men• had become riveted upon the dancer Helen, who bad been gradually working her way from the group to- ward me, came and sat down on the log behind Ginger;, where she was par- tinily screened by him.. Watching her opportunity, she deftly took a revolver from -her pocket and. concealed it ti- the folds of her. dress. With ber eyes fixed upon the group about Jack, she' wafted for a burst of applause, and when it came, reaching back, she drop- ped the weapon behind the log at my feet; then, rising, rejoined the circle. I pushed the revolver under the log with the toe of my boott then kicked dust and leaves oveirIC Thia'uceumplished; 1 breathed the most' comfortable sigh of relief I have ever drawn in my life. The whole• situation seemed ;changed by that tittle dust covered combination of .tilts of. metal: Stooping, 1 slipped it into the leg of my boot > nd •feIt that half the battle was won. At that moment the setting sun came out from behind 'a cloud and shot lances of light -through the trees. cover- ing thegroup-the beautiful and. the . ugly, the good and the bad. the refined and the -. vulgar -with gilded splendor. I saw but Jaqueline. The. usual fitful- -Shoot him•I'� "Gimme arope often that.pack mule!" "Tie him on a critter an send him down the mounting!" • A babel- of brutal suggestions came ' from. 'the different membera,of,;the' , `band, sounding to : rile,. stunned as I was, like,final random • shots at the • slaughter of a "€oriprn hope." Amid the clamor I saw but one sight -Helen and Jack locked in, each other's arms; paralyzed with:terror. • "Stand back, mens cried thecap- tain, pushing his way toward •me. "Rave yo' forgot the money?" "Stand back!" roared Halliday. "He belongs to me an Tom Jaycox! We tuk him!" • The captain's authority, thus support- ed, saved : me from immediate death. 'o * New Er* ABSOLUTE SECUR11 Genuine Carter's LlttleLivr Pills. hither and thither with uncertain steps, as a bird will flit back and forth before darting away in its flight. or as a musi- cian will sweep his fingers over a harp before beginning his melody. ' Gradual - spar'?" "Reckon, but we bain't goin ter spar' 't" Buck started toward the camp. and Ginger followed him. "l'm a-takin this nigger t' Sparty. He's sold." "Hain't yo' got that nigger often yo' bands yit?" called Pete Halliday. t pefied that Jack should dance before Buck looked at the speaker in as- them and that Helen should permit her "Waal,arts so.But who shali measure the ,now, you a to 'do surprise. o e . sumed d mus' be the men we met ytstid y. ,strength of woman's weakness? Moth- er another in quick succession, and now it struck me that in case Jack sue- ceeded in fascinating this lawless group some of them, fired with a desire of possession, would break through all re- straint. I had been wonderhtruck that two defenseless girls should Oro to tome among them, and now I was stu- s� II A PERFECTION CIICIIA (MAPLE LEAF LABEL) If cocoa is your favoritebeverage by all means enjoy it at its best --- as made with Cowan's Perfection Cocoa. The acme of purity, richness and 'flavor. THE COWAN CO. limited. TORONTO. 1J6 Must Bear Signature. D( Sea ParaSImile Wtapper Below. Very mean Asad as easy '114 take es MIM, • FOR't1EAtilktUE, . 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By this time night had come on, a roaring tire was lighted, and the guer— rillas, forming a ring of which Jack was the gem, threw themselves on the. ground and listened to her t , her songs, her stories, their fire Lighted faces staedtng out of the gloom in grim contrast with her refined beauty. The captalu, with his superior breed- ing, served as a link between her and his men, keeping thele to check and Stimulating their admiration by his own. If Jack flagged for a moment be- tween ber stories and lien sougs, Helen was'quick to suggest new ones, and oc- casionally both were relieved by little .Burl., who would throw In some quaint remark typical of that- peculiar crea- ture, the American boy. So long as the songs and stories last- ed there was nothing to precipitate trouble, but the entertainment could not go On all night, and 1 began to dread the moment wbeu the girls should attempt to take their departure. Presently Helen in a firm vpice saki: "Come, it's time for us to go." • Shouts of "No!" "A dance!" "A song!" greetedthe proposition, and the guer- rillas began to form in groups to resist an exit. Helen, selecting the noisiest knot of men, drew, a revolver from her pocket and, cocking it, moved toward them with her eyes fixed upon ahem, calm and steady. W.hetber it was that they were cowed by the weapon or ad- mired this evidence of woman's pluck, they opened a way. The captain, seiz- ing the opportunity, quickly took Jack by the. hand and led her after her cousin. Once beyond- the ring, he as- sisted the girls to mount, then, mount- ing himself, the three rode away, fol- lowed by a cheer. As for me, I breath= ed one long sigh of relief. "Well, Ginger," said Buck, "reckon of we ens air goin to git to Sparty to morrer we'll have to travel all night." "Is the nigger takin yo' to Sparty or air yo' takin the nigger?" asked one of the men. '. "Dat ain't gw!ue to mak' no differ'," said Ginger. "Mars Buck an 1 don' never had no trouble. Mars' Buck, he's my mars' till I Bits, to ie new one." Buck_ led his horse tothe log and mounted, giving me a significant look, as much as to say, "I won`t desert you," then rode away, followed by Gin- ger, with the remark: "Goodby, yo'• fellers. Much 'bliged fo' the good time " The restraint 'of the girls' presence being no longer felt, the men's behavior.. changed In a twinkling, The captain's absence left Pete Halliday, the worst man In the gang, free to foment•trou- ble,. and he began to do so by sneering at his chief far being brought, as he expressed it; 'under petticoat govern- ment. • There appeared' to be two fac- tions in the band -the one headed by Halliday or Jaycog and the other by, Captain Ringold. Halliday set' about instigating the guerrillas, or, rather, his adherents, to go after Helen and Jack and bring them back for another. dance. To make matters worse, one of the men found some applejack, and it. was not long before the gang were half drunk. • Meanwhile -the captain. returned and received- a hearty cursing from Hallidayand,his adherents; Sev- eral of them started to bring back the 'girls,•but. Ringold drew upon: them and- 'threatened nd'threatened to shoot 'them unless they returned. They 'staggered back, grum- bling, and the captain adroitly pro- posed another pull at the applejack. This diverted them, and after finishing the liquor one after another sank into adrunken slumber. • It 'was midnight. Every member of the band was asleep save the man who was deputed to guard me. He°was sit- ting a fere 'of' firewood,so laced ting o p P that he could watch me across the flame. I lay On my back looking up at the stars anti featherlike clouds that now and again floated across' the great blue dome, the only motion apparent save the tree tops bending under an oc- casional breeze. The fire flickered, the guard nodded, and an owl in •the dis- tance gave an occasional hoot. I heard something stir in the under- brush. Glancing aside,. I saw a small light disk over a bush. It was the face of little Buck. ' Now, in the name of all the gods, will those devoted friends never give over risking their lives in these useless at- tempts? What is to happen now? 1 scowled an order to the boy to go away, but he paid no attention to it. Something came sliding along the ground and lodged against me. The guard heard it, started, cast a 'quick glance at me, then about him, but, seeing nothing, relapsed into his for- mer quietude. 1 felt for what had struck me and clasped a jackknife. Meanwhile Buck disappeared, but, soon appearing again in his place, held up a carbine, He had doubtless stolen it from one 1' the men who slept on the edge of the circle about the fire. Again he disappeared, and I teatched eagerly for his return. The guard was still awake, though nodding, but bad ho been more watchful he would not likely have discovered Buck, for the underbrush, both where the boy ap- peered to me and where it skirted the sleeping guerrillas, was so thick that in passing around the camp he was comparatively safe from observation. Besides for most of the distance Buek traversed to bis gun foray the guard's back was toward lilt)). (To be continued next week. ness of her disposition, her natural ex- pression of careless indifference, had given place to a serious intensity de- noting a great purpose. Poising herself between two movements, the gilding rays shone on' her forehead. Then dart- ing on her toes to another part of the ring, a quick succession of lights and shades passed over`ber brow, a glitter- ing diadem of sun flashes. Truly God is a wonderful artist, since be can touch even a dance with celestial pu- rity. Helen Stanforth turned to me. Pull- ing her sunbonnet forward so as to, conceal herface from the others, • though they were too intent on Jaque- line to notice her, she moved her lips,. and though no sound came I knew she • intended the word: "Go!" Near mewas a- tree, not far from that another, underbrush, bushes -just the cover through which to make a re- treat. 1 could easily get down behind the log, crawl into the thicket and away. Now for the first time the pur- pose of dear ;,Jaqueline was fully ap- parent. But how could I leave these friends who had risked so much, accomplished so much. for me? . I. stood still and shook my head. Again Helen looked an order for me to go.• pe - "Not without the 'others," I yvhis- red • . Sitting down on the log so as to be. nearer to me, she replied in it low "We will leave here when you are safely away. She will. dance on to keep them frons knowing you have gone. We have planned it so." "They will know you connived at my escape and murder you." "Why should they? Go at once, or I • ,shall consider you an Ingrate." She looked so anxious; they bad all made sucha noble effort in mybehalf, that I could not find it in my heart to disappdint them: ' - ' :I 'slipped behind the;: tree; dropped hi the ground and wriggled like a snake through the underbrush; then, rising, darted away - A dozen yards -fifty -a hundred. The music of Ginger's banjo dies as sudden- ly as the, clang of a bell on a passing engine. Will one minute or five pass before I am missed?A distant burst of applause -God bless the dear little dancer! Before me is an open space, then a dense clump of trees. If' 1 can reach that thicket I can make a quick digression, and this may throw my pursuers•off my track. A confusion of yells, a bullet whis- tling by my ear. I reach the wood and push on through it, not daring to lose distance by digression -with an enemy close behind me. My feet becoming entangled in a vine, I stumble and fall. " Panting and bleeding, I ant led btuk to the guerrilla camp. The men who were crowding around inc gave way, a cord was brought, and my Wrists and ankles were securely bound. No one seemed to suspect that Jack's dance bad anything to do with my flight, except that I had taken ad- vantage of the relaxed vigilance to . make the attempt. Having tied fns, they threw the to the ground, Halliday i man as ! in mea actin kick; a w giving gparting , deputed to watch me, and the band, ac- customed to such episodes, left me to turn again to what was far more inter- esting to them. a CHAPTER XI. STEALING Timm GVNS. AQUELINE once more became an object of undivided interest. The meu crowded about her. staring at her, uttering exclamations of admiration. vainly seeking a 'way to do her botior. 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