Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-25
The World Against Him
BY WILL N. HARDEN.
Copyright. 1000, by
A. N Kellogg Newspaper Compaoy
SYNOpSIS.

SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER 1.-Ronald is the one promie.
ing member of tho Fanshaw household, un-
appreciated by any of the others save his
brother Dayid; The preceding summer he
ter of Col Hasbrooke, the county's great
est planter, and whose splendid home was
known as "Carnleigh."
CHATTER II. AT carnleigh, James
brooke's eldest daughter and Capt.
Wrinkle, an admirer of Evelyn. are guests.
EYelyn'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
glad of rebuke he had given Wrinkle, but
few minutes before, who had conde-
scendngly. thrown him a coin for little
fishing bait.
G Il, sIs 6.a,5 1II1Ronala, returning home
brooke, trap. Wrinkle holding the reins.
the, trap coming so near as to knock the
basket in his hand to the ground. Ronald
| determines 20 have satisfaction.
| CHAPTER IN.-The next morning, with
two revolvsrs In his pockets Ronald makes
his way to place where Wrinkle may be
Ronald's position in life. Ronald, bent on
The collar and Deliberately cuts off off the he
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
the sad story of Mrs. Lancaster. one of his
guests. In early life during the war, her
h iii,Id M a eonfederate officer. had been
Killed by mountain bushwhackerS, and her
baby lost, perhaps killed. A little later
Capt. Wrinkle gives a colored account of
MS Is, meeting with Fanshaw, BY a sly
true version. When he finds her alone, he
threatens to. tell her. father of hor being
in correspondence with Fanshaw. She de-
MES having learned of the affair In that
way. saying she was witness, and tells
of having the buttons and shoulder straps
in her possession.
CHAPTER VI.--one July msrning Rom
has been murdered for her money, and the
suspect, caught with blood stained hands
and and cons sis money, had escaped from
the sheriff and known to be In hiding In the
swamp. Young Fanshaw determines TO
thwart the mob.
CHAPTER VI1.-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 q con-
iidante, disapproves, but compromises BY
writing such note herself.
CHAPTER Wilt is after dark when
the fugitive is finally captured. Ronald
speaks TO the crowd and, on the pretext of
showing. the crowd how small the prisoner
Is, he lifts the lad to the saddle wheels his
horse, and is off for the jail at Danube.
sydney Hart, ringlcader of the mob. flnd-
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
Il thought 1 saw him fall off," sale
Evelyn. "Oh, if-if he is dead"
Evelyn's voice broke. They were
both silent for few minutes and then
they saw the torches going out one
by one. The people were going home.
There could be no doubt now. Some.
thing had happened Ronald's voice
was heard no more; could it be stilled
forever? Then they heard the trap re-
turning. The two women advanced
to the steps as the horses We're reined
in at the door. The occupants alight.