Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-07-20
The World Against Him
By WILL N. HARDEN.
Copyright. 1900. by
AN. Kellogg Newspaper Company
SYNOPSIS.

AN. Kellogg Newspaper Company :
SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I.--Ronald is the one promis.
Ing membes of the Fanshaw household, un-
appreciated ny any of the others. save his
brother David: The preceding summer he
had saved the life of Evelyn, second daugh-
ter of Col Hasbrooke. the countys great
est planter. and whose. splendid home was
known as "Carnleigh."
CHAPTER iI..At Carnleigh, James
suitor for the hand Of Caroline. Has
Wrinkle, an admirer of Evelyn. are guests.
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
CHAPTER III.-Ronald, returning home
with his brother, is overtalsen by the Has
brooke trap. Wrinkle. holding the reins.
the trap coming so near as to knock the
basket In his hand to the ground. Ronald
de leI 45SS, TO m have satisfaction
two IN his ReHt RRonag With
his way to place where Wrinkle may be
met Wrinkle refuses to fight a man in
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 y.-That night in the draw
ing-room at carnleigh, Hasbrooke tells
guests. In early life during the war. her
husband. confederate officer, had been
killed by mountain bushwhackers. and her
Capt. Wrinkle gives a colored account of
his meeting with Fanshaw. By sly
serson WheS he her he
threatens to- tell her father of her being
in correspondence with Fanshaw. She de-
way. saying She was a witness, and tells
Of having the buttons and shoulder straps
IN ri, her p pSsSesS N9 mi, o,n,a
eld finds lynchng plot on. woman
has been murdered for her money. and the
suspect anght a With SS srom
the sheriff and known to be in hiding in the
swamp. Young Fanshaw determines to
thwart the mob
swamp, but Ronald goes from man to man,
trying TO dissuade, them from their pur-
pose Of lynching the man when captured
wants to write note of encouragement
| Mrs Lancaster, who has been made con-
fidante, disapproves, but compromises by
! writing such note herself,
CHAPTER Wilt is after dark wher
| the fugitive is finally captured. Ronald
speaks to the crowd and. on the re. pret;eae o.
| Is. he lifts the lad to the saddle. wheels his
| horse. and is off for. the jail at Danube
| Sydney Hart, ringleader of the mob. find
Ing himself thwarted, fires at the fleeing
figure but David knocks the gun barre
up. 50 that no one is hurt. Evelyn anxiousl,
| watches the road until in the early morning
| CHAPTER IN.-At the breakfast table
| the guests at Carnleigh hear of the cap
| ture of negro who has confessed to tht
/ killing of the woman. and Ronald is high
ly praised. Mrs. Lancaster. who had beer
/ struck by the resemblance of Ronald t.
! her lost husband. calls at the Fanshaws
She learns of Ronalds love for Evelyn, blu
also that on account of their different sta
tons in: life. he has no hope of winning her
night Of the attempted lynching. seeks.
quarrel with Ronald. Ronald, warned b.
Dave. is armed when the clash comes
one of the shots takes effect, and he fall
mortally wounded. Thad Williams, on
Of the Hart gang, rides up just in time t.
e cHAPTE 5iI N1.aRonald, burdened witt
knowledge of having Killed a man, start
to give himself over to Sheriff Ratclifi
cart. She offers to drive him to Ratcliff'
house. but he objects to compromising he
by letting them be seen together at thi
time She howeyer ga, carries les; her point. O.
CHAPTER X1I..Ronald is driven, to tn
jail at Danube. The Judge is found to b
locked up until Monday
CHAPTER XI1I.-On reaching HON
Evelyn is coldly tainted by her sister Caro-
line for defending Ronald. who. according
\ to. Wrinkles account. had been guilty o
cold-blooded murder. In the meantim
Wrinkle has gone to IIasbroolse with hi
story of the duel, and says he had see
Fanshaw and Evelyn. riding together to
elopement., Hasbrooke rings to, call hi
daughter but she has TO confirm that par
of the story as to her having been wit
R9naId after the killing Of Hart Ate
her love for Ronald. sad blow to tn
) c1HPTER xIv-sunday morning Nj
had been studying for the bar, calls to Sc
the prisoner. He has found 1t a bad pros
pect as far as securing immediate bail, o
account of testimony Williams is deter
mined to give.
CHAPTER Xv.-The trial comes o
with dark prospects for Ronald, but til
dramatic discovery is made in court tha
the bullet which caused llart's death mus
have come from Harris own revolver. Wi
lianls is then forced to testify that. ACCORD
ing to 1Iarts last words. ii was the reai
ing of the horse that had caused tho al.
| mortally wound him. The prosecution ca
| then only move the discharge of the pri!
, CHAPTER xv1-col. Hasbrooke. WI
3 | @as present at the trial. is the first
! break the news of The result to Evely
who almost faints with icY.
CHAPTER XVII.
The colonel began TO walk back ar
: forth In +ha roo,n Nov. md thnn