The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-20
copyrighted 1883 bv the Author.

.,Iv THE CARQUINEz WOODS,
N "MAKUJAM." ETC.
C,n,rigrtted 1883 Jv the Author.
CHAPTER XIV.-CoNTINUED
When he had disappeared Johnny Fiigee,
# shout a single word of expiration, fell
Wv. bis brother, and at once began vio-
w, attack Of kicks and blows upon his
o,d other easily accessible parts Of his
Fl es,n occompanying his assault with un-
q P7.su:1ihle gasps and actions, finally cul-
lilatino in a food of tears and the casting
!. Lirr,sef Cd his back in the dust with the
.!,laaT- fastened toes Of his small boots
t,rring imaginary wheels In the air Ru.
nsrt received these characteristic marks OF
ppoI1airinO and outraged affection with
d 1.oat foTbearance, only saying, There
Johnny, quit that and eventually
Il earring him still struggling INTO the house.
u Johnny, declaring that he would kill
NV "Chinyman" that offered to dress him,
uI5 b,rn down the house after his brothers
4 5Lsarnons desertion Of it, Rupert was con
FAMED to mingle a few nervous, excited
.osrs with his brothers outbreak. Whereat
Tobnny admitting the alienation OF an
orsnIe a four bladed knife, and the rever
s;crery interest in much of Rupert's per
Il soraI 6roperty, became more subdued. Sit
n ~, there with their arms entwined about
4 oaeb other. the sunlight searching the shift
n les desolation of their motherless home,
tho few cheap playthings they had known
4 LING around them, they begulled themselves
Iitb those charming illusions of
their future intentions common TO their
,,ears-illusions they only half believed
4 Inc. selves and half accepted of each other.
Rupert was quite certain that he would re-
mn in a few days with gold watch and a
haleful vision Of never seeing MN again,
and a catching breat magnificently under
to,s RI bring in the wood and buId the fire
and WASH the dishes "all of himself" And
the, there were few childish condolences
rarardjng their absent father-then ingen-
uoIslv playing poker in the Magnolia
ssloon-that might have made that public
srirted, genial companion somewhat I'M
comfortable and more tears that were half
smiling and some brave sllences that were
wholly pathetic, and then the hour for Ru-
merits departure all too suddenly arrived.
fTbev separated with ostentatious whOop-
irg aud then johnny suddenly overcome
with the dreadfuness of all earthly things,
and the hollowness of life generally, ia
stautly resolved to run awayl
To do this he prepared himself with q
pcrp1seess Ratchet, an inconsistent but
ioug-treasured lump of putty and all the
sugar that was left In the cracked sugar
bowl. Thus accoutred he sailed forth, first
10 remove all traces of his hated existence
that might be left in his desk at school. If
the master were there he would say Rupert
had sent him: if he wasn't he would climb
in q. the window. The sun was already
sinking when he reached the clearing and
found a cavalcade of armed men around
tie building.
J0huay's first conviction was that the
master had killed Uncle Ben or Masters,
and that the men, taking advantage of the
absence of his-Johnny's-big brother were
about to summarily execute him. Observ-
ing 10 struggle from within, his second be-
lief was that the master had been suddenly
elected governor of California and was
about to start with e state escort from the
school house, and that he, Johnny, was in
time to see the procession. But when the
master appeared with McKinstry, followed
by part of the crowd afoOt, this quick Wit
ted child of the frontier from his secure out
look in the "brlsh,n gathered enough from
their fragmentary speech to guess the seri-
Gus purport of their errand, and thrill
with anticipation and Slightly creepy ex-
element.
A duell A thing hitherto witnessed only
by grown up men, afterward staggering
with importance and strange technical
bloody thirsty words, and now for the first
time reserved for boy-and that boy,
HIN Johnny TO behold in al its fearful!
completeness A duel of which he, John
ny, meanly abandoned by his brother, was
now exalted perhaps to be the only survl-
yor He could scarcely credit his senses. 1t
was too muchl
To creep through the brush while the
p!eliminares were being settled, reach a GER
tain silver fir on the appointed ground, and
With the aid OF his now lucky Ratchet,
climb unseen to its upper boughs, was an
exciting and difficult task, but one event
ualy overcome by his Snort but energetic
legs. Here he could not only see all TINT
occurred but by a fortunate chance the
large pine noxt 70 him had been selected as
the Limit Of the ground. The sharp eyes of
lle boy had long since penetrated the dis
glises Of the remaining masked men, and
When the long, lank figure of the masters
self appointed second took up its position
teneath the pines in full view Of him, al
though hidden from the spectators, johnny
Instantly recognized it to be none other
than Seth Davis The manifest incOnsis-
tency OF his appearance az Mr.. Ford's sec
oud with what Johnny knew of his rela-
ions to the master as the one thi1g that
NIaly liked the incident in the boys mem
Org,
The men were already in position. Har-
Ts9h stepped forward TO give the word.
0onhnys down-hanging legs tingled with
cfamp and excitement.s Why didn't they
TyeSln! What were they waiting for?
"uat II 1t were interrupted, or-terrlble
IL0-glL-made up at the last momentf
would they "hollern out when they were
ny OF sIagger round convulsively as they
uu at tie "cirklssF Would they all run
away aiterward aud leave Johnny alone to
, ,S., t1e tale' And-horrlble thought
YOU'D anybody believe himl Would Ru-
teI. rupert had he "on'y kuowed this,
1V " Cg~.a5t have gSpo away.
Nth child's perfect faith in the invul-
ny aoe superiority Of his friends, he had
IVY even looked at the master but only at
-N destined victim. Yet as the
'Nu two rang out John
~ attention was suddenly attracted
~ 5ne surprising fact that the masters sec
.-4' sem Davis, had also drawn pistol,
a.I IRON behind his tree was deliberately
nav, NV s'eaithlly aiming at McKinstry! He
'JJod 1t all now--he was a friend of
"Tisl $. Bully for Sethi
Crack, Zip! Cracklel What a funny
Ii,s S And yet he was obliged to throw
fs'i'7N nat upon the bough to keep from
bn' IL seemed TO have snapped beneath
pot t anu o-nu bed his right leg. He did
tbsa,11" mat the masters bullet, fired in
t,o an ~ ranged along the bough, stripping
ule park throughout its legQth and glaicin9
yr,,,I spent force to intict a slight flesh
"ItINd on ms leg!
bah le was gIddy aud little frightened. And
Nil D'i seen nobody nit, nor nOtniu'. TWAS
Isd tr4Inoug Seth had disappeared. So
'' Ihe Others. There was a flint sound of