Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-07-06
The World Against Him
BY WILL N. HARDEN.
Copyright. 1900 by
A. n. kellogg Newspaper Company
SYNOPSIS.

SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I.-Ronald is the one promis.
Ing member Of the Fanshaw household, I'M
appreciated by 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 county's great
est planter. and whose splendid home was
known as "Carnleigh."
CHAPTER II-At Carnleigh, James
sutton for the hand of Caroline. Has
Wrinkle, an admirer of Evelyn. are guests.
for the fight he had made with the angry
bull which had threatened her life. She is
a few minutes before, who had condee
scendingly thrown him coin for little
CHAPTER uI.-Ronald, returning home
with his brother, is overtaken by the Has
brooke trap. Wrinkle, holding the reins,
tries deliberately to ride Ronald down,
the trap coming SO near as to knock the
basket in his hand to the ground. Ronald
determines to have satisfaction.
CHAPTER IV:-The next morning, with
his way to a place where Wrinkle may be
met. Wrinkle refuses to fight man in
Ronald's. position in life; Ronald. bent on
the collar and Deliberately cuts off the the
buttons and shoulder straps from his uni.
form. Wrinkle sneaks back to the house.
Lively IL, WHO Iluu DGen gathering bowers.
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
S baby lost. perhaps Killed; 4 little later
his meeting with Fanshaw. By a 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 that
way, saving she was witness, and tells
or having the buttons and shoulder straps
IN her. possession.
CHAPTER NI.1one July morning Ron
aid finds lynchlng plot on A woman
suspect. caught with blood stained hands
and considerable money. had escaped from
swamp Young Fansh n d dete erg ,n 't to
CHAPTER vII.-The. mob beats the
trying TO dissuade them from their pur.
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-
fdante. disapproves, but compromises by
writing such note herself.
CHATTER 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, 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.
CHAPTER lN.-At the breakfast table
the guests at Carnleigh hear of the cap
ture OF a negro who has confessed to the
killing of the woman, and Ronald is high
~ praised. Mrs. Lancaster. who had been
struck by the resemblance of Ronald to
her lost husband calls a, the Fanshaws.
She learns of Ronald's love for Evelyn. but
also that on account of their different sta
lions In. life. he has no hope of winning her,
CHAPTER X.-Hart thwarted on the
night of the attempted lynching, seeks n
quarrel with Ronald. Ronald warned by
Dave. is armed when the clash comes.
Hart Is mounted. and during the fusillade
one of the shots takes effect, and he fails
mortally wounded. Thad Williams, one
OF the Hart gang, rides up just in time to
near the mans last words
CHAPTER NI.-Rona!d, burdened with
knowledge of having killed man, starts
70 give himself over to Sheriff Ratcliff.
lie meets Evelyn. who is out in her pony-
cart. She offers to drive him to Ratcliff.s
mouse. but he objects to compromising her
by letting them be seen together All this
Tune. She. however, carries her point. On
the way theymeet Capt. Wrinkle.