Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-07-27
The World Against Him
BY WILL N. HARDEN.
Copyright 1900. by
A. n. Kellogg Newspaper Company.
SYNOPSIS.

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SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I.-Ronald is the one promis-
Ing member of the Fanshaw household. un-
bppopseE ~ any Of he his his
had saved the life of Evelyn. second daugh-
ter Of Col Hasbrooke, the county's great
tat Rlanssr and whose splendid home was
CHAPTER II. AT Carnleigh, James
Hardy. a Charleston cotton merchant and
suitor for the hand of Caroline. Has
hr,ooke's eldest daughter and Capt.
Evelyn's school days over, Ronald meets
her by chance. when she again thanks him
for the fight he had made with the angry
Dull which had threatened her life. She is
glad of rebuke he had given Wrinkle, but
few minutes before. who had conde-
scendlngly thrown him coin for a little
CHAPTER III.-Ronald, returning home
With With, his brother, is overtaken by the Has
tries deliberately to ride Ronald down,
the trap coming so near as to knock the
CHAPTER IV.-The next morning. with
two revolvers in his pockets. Ronald makes
his way to PLACE where Wrinkle may be
Ronald's position in life. Ronald, bent on
humiliating the coward, grasps him by
the. collar and deliberately cuts off off the he
form. Wrinkle sneaks back 10 the house.
Evelyn, who had been gathering flowers,
tells Ronald she had been eavesdropping.;
Sorry for what he had done in anger, he
gives her the buttons and shoulder straps,
that they might be put again on the cap
ing-room at Carnleigh. Hasbrooke tells
the sad story of Mrs. Lancaster, one of his
guests. In early life during the war. her
killed by mountain bushwhackers. and her
baby lost, perhaps killed. A little later
Capt Wrinkle gives a colored account of
stroke Evelyn shows him she knows the
true version. When he finds her alone, he
threatens to tell her, father of her being
in correspondence with Fanshaw. She de-
MES having learned of the affair in that
way, saying she was a witness and tells
Of having the buttons and shoulder straps
CHAPTER VI,-One July morning Rom
aid finds lynching plot on. A woman
suspect. caught with blood-stained hands
and considerable money, had escaped from
the sheriff and known to be in hiding in the
swamp. Young Fanshaw determines to
CHAPTER VII-The mob beats the
swamp but Ronald goes from man to man.
pose of lynching the man when captured.
Evelyn learns Of his noble course, and
wants to write note of encouragement.
Mrs. Lancaster, who has been made a con
hdante, disapproves. but compromises by
w riHp; 59sh 9 %1 n9te herself ;, :,
the fugitive Is finally captured. Ronald
speaks to the crowd, and, on the pretext of
showing the crowd how small the prisoner
r. ne lifts the LAD to the saddle. wheels his
Sydney s,e Hart, ringleader of the mob, find
Ing himself thwarted, fires at the fleeing
figure, but David knocks the gun barrel
up. SO that no one is hurt. Evelyn anXiously
watches the road until in the early morning
she sees him safely return to his home
CHATTER IN.-At the breakfast table
the guests at Carnleigh hear of the cap
ture OF negro who has confessed to the
killing OF the woman. and Ronald is high
~ praised Mrs. Lancaster, who had been
her lost husband. calls at the Fanshaws
she learns of Ronald's love for Evelyn, but
also that on account of their different sta
CHAPTER X.-Hart, thWarted on the
night rro OF th i attempted lynching. seeks
Hart Is mounted. and during the fusillade
one or the shots takes effect, and he falls
mortally wounded. Thad Williams, one
hear the mans last words
CHAPTER XI.--Ronald, burdened with
X kno n,,ie Of having killed man, starts
ne meets Evelyn, who is out in her pony
cart. She offers to drive him TO RatclifEs
houSe, but he objects to compromising her
by letting them be seen together at this
time. She however, carries her point On
the way they meet Capt. Winlile
q, GGH IA N1inm -, is driven to the
away. 1t being Saturday, so Fanshaw is
LOCKED GkG M, up unit! Monday.
p, CHAPTER MILLION reaching home
line for defending Ronald, who, according
to TO-, M ,1 account, had been guilty Of
Goidiblo0ded murder. In, the meantime
story, of the duel. and says he had seen
Eanshaw and Evelyn riding together to-
ward the railway, station. presupposing an
daughter, but she has to confirm that part
q q me story as to her having been with
M N9nad otter the killing Of Hart. After
her love for Ronald, sad blow to the
: { uHXPTER x1v-sunday morning Mr.
Redding. the lawyer under whom Fanshaw
had been studying for the bar, calls 10 SEQ
the prisoner. He has found 1t a bad pros
account Of estimon W 1ils'i IS 0d daie on
mined to give.
CHAPTER NV.-The trial comes off
With n, dark prospects for Ronald but the
the bullet which caused Harris death must
have come from Harris own revolver. VIII
ng Is Is then forced to testify that
Ing of the horse that had caused tho dis
charge, of the pistol in such a way as to
p mfortally wound him. The prosecution can
then only move the discharge of the pris-
CHAPTER XVI-Col. Hasbrooke. who
vas present at the trial, is the first to
who almost faints with 10y.
CHAPTER XVII.-It Is only little later
that Caroline tells him of Hardy's proposal
of marriage to her. He only asks her if
she has thought it over. then says to write
him 1t is all right" After supper he
sends quietly for Ronald He congratu-
lates. him on the developments made at
the trial. then speaks to him of Evelyn.
He says it isn't a pedigree he demands
with his daughters husband, but he fears
70 have her marry into a family which has
had the record Fanshaws have. Ronald ad-
mits he loves Evelyn, but assures him he
mad never gotten so far as to hope to marry
her. Evelyn al this point comes into the |
study, is surprised to find Ronald there,
and learns. with a sad heart, but unmoved |
farence.
CHAPTER XVIII.-Chmstmas day o>o
Eanshaw suffers paralytic stroke. Know !
Ing the end is near. Mrs. Fanshaw recalls |
that the man had let his life Insurance
lapse two years before Ronald treasures
her. however, by stating that he has paid |
the premiums to keep 1t in force. The |
sight OF Ronald strangely exoites The old |
man, and Mira Fa,nshaw says 1t is better |
TO humor him by keeping out Of his sight. |