Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-16
The World Against Him
BY WILL N. HARDEN.
Copyright, 1900, by
AN. Kellogg Newspaper Company.
SYNOPSIS,

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SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I.-Ronald is the one promis.
Ing member of the Fanshaw household, un-
appreciated by any of the others. save his
had saved the life Of Evelyn, second daugh-
ter of Col. Hasbrooke, the county's great
est planter. and whose. splendid home was
known as "Carnleigh."
CHATTER EI IA. L.. c.srnleigh, James
sutton for the hand of Caroline. Has
brooke's eldest daughter and Capt.
Wrinkle. an admirer of Evelyn, are guests
Evelyn's school days over Ronald meets
her by chance, when she again thanks him
for the fight he had made with the angry
bull which had threatened her life; She is
a few minutes before, who had conde-
scendingly thrown him coin for little
fishing bait.
CHAPTER III.--Ronald. returning home
brooke trap. Wrinkle. holding the reins.
tries deliberately to ride Ronald down,
the. trap coming so near as to knock the
determines to have satisfaction.
CHAPTER IV.-The next morning, with
two revolvers In his pockets. Ronald makes
his way to PLACE where Wrinkle may be
net Winae refuses is to fight
the collar and deliberately cuts off the
buttons and shoulder straps from his uni
form. Wrinkle sneaks back to 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
tain's coat.
CHAPTER What night In the draw
ing-room at Carnleigh, Hasbrooke tells
the sad story of Mrs. Lancaster. one of his
husband, confederate officer had been
killed by mountain bushwhackers, and her
baby lost. perhaps killed ! little Later e,
his meeting with Fanshaw.. BY q sly
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 tina,
| way, saying she was witness, and tell!
| of having the buttons and shoulder strap:
| in her possession.
| CHAPTER yI.-One July morning Ron.
| aid finds lynching plot on. A woman
has been murdered for her money, and thu
suspect caught with blood.stained hand
and considerable money, had escaped from
the sheriff and known to be In hiding in tn,
swamp. Young Fanshaw determines Il
thwart the mob.
CHAPTER VII-The mob beats tn,
swamp, but Ronald goes from man to man
trying to dissuade them from their pur
pose of lynching the man when captured
Evelyn learns of his noble course. an,
Mrs. Lancaster, who has been made a con
tidante. dlsapproves. but compromises b,
writing such note herself.
CHAPTER Wilt is after dark whe
the fugitive Is finally captured Ronal
showing the crowd how small. the prisone
Is, he lifts the lad to the saddle, wheels hi
horse, and is of for the jail at Danube ~
ing himself thwarted, fires at the tleein
figure. but Eavid knocks the gun barre
up, so that no oneis hurt. Evelyn anxiousl
watches the road until In the early mornin
she sees him safely return to his home
CHAPTER 1x.-At the breakfast tabl
the guests at Carnleigh hear of the car
ture OF q negro who has confessed to Il
" praised Mrs. Lancaster who had bes
struck by the resemblance OF Ronald /
her lost husband, calls at the Fanshaw
She learns OF Ronald's love for Evelyn b.
tions IN me. ne mas no nope Q: 1sSS.zf 40
CHAPTER n.-Hart, thwarted on II
night of the attempted lynching, seeks
, quarrel with Ronald. Ronald, warned b
Hart is mounted, and during the -fusfllad
;; mortally wounded. Thad Williams. on
of the Hart gang. rides up Just In time
hear the mans last words.
CHAPTER XI.-Ronald, burdened wit
knowledge of having killed man, start
10 give himself over to Sheriff Ratclif
|
oart. She offers to drive him to Ratolin
house, but he objects to compromising he
by letting them be seen together ct thi
time. She, however, carries her point. Q
the way they meet Capt. Wrinkle.
y CHAPTER xII:..Ronald is driven to tn
! jail at Danube. The judge Is found to b
away, 1t being Saturday. SO Fanshaw
locked UP until Monday
CHAPTER XIII.-On reaching hon
Evelyn is colby tainted by her sister Care
line for defending Ronald, who, accordin
. to Wrinkles account, had been guilty {
4 Wrinkle has gone to Hasbrooke with h
story of the duel and says he had see
: Fanshaw and Evelyn riding together L
j ward the railway, station, presupposing Q
daughter, but she has to confirm that pa
:. of the story as to her having been wi
Ronald after the killing of Hart. Az;
{: Wrinkle leaves. Evelyn tells her father
q her love for Ronald, sad blow to L
& old man.
& ayes, want to talk to you about he
y but not in the way you perhaps a:
q ticipate, Col. Hasbrooke," said the ca
g tain, almost patronizingly. II felt
z my duty as personal friend of you
y to come directly to you"
y ut must be proposal, after all
q thought the old gentleman, whose ia
q was diyesting itself of its look of pc
y plexity, "the fellow is badly ratified
4 He waved his hand towards tn. Gu
q tain's chair and sat down himse
b Wrinkle took his seat and crossed /
y tightly clad legs, his spurs jingling
e he moved.