Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-12
SYNOPSIS.

Cf1AFIEf6 1.-hOQAlQ Is the one prOnl6s
shg member OF the Eanshaw household, UNI
appreciated by any of the others, save his
brother David; The preceding summer he
had % says yea the IRE Of Evelyn daugh
est planter. and whose splendid home was
known as "Carnleigh.'
CHAPTER II.-At carnleigh, James
brooke's eldest daughter, and Capt.
'iWinkle an admirer of Evelyn, are guests.
lEyelyn,s school days over. Ronald meets
for the fight he had made with the angry
bull which had threa tened her life. She is
GLAD OF , rebnlse he had given Wrinkle but
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
met. Wrinkle refuses to fight. man in,
Ronald's position in life. Ronald, bent on
htSu hun II,i the coward. grasps him by
form. Wrinkle sneaks back to the house.
Evelyn, who had been gathering flowers,
tells Ronald she had been eayesdropping.
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 guests. In early life during the. war. her
h, l!sst a confederate officer, had been
baby lost. perhaps killed. A little later
Capt Wrinkle gives colored account Of
s,soL meeting ting with Fanshaw By sly
true version. When he finds her alone, he
threatens to. tell her father Of her being
IN a Correspondence lIea S with Fanshaw, She de-
way, saying she was witness, and tells
OF having the buttons and shoulder straps
IN her possession.
aid finds lynching plot on. A Woman
has been murdered for her money, and the
suspect, caught with blood-stained hands
and considerable money, had escaped from
the sheriff and known to be in hiding in the
& thwart the mob :. -'N.sNsS =
'ASS CHAPTER vII-The mob beats the
trying TO dissuade them from their Dur. r..
pose OF lynching the man when captured
Evelyn learns of his noble course, and
Mrs. LANCASTER, who has been made con-
fidante. disapproves, but compromises by
writing such note herself.
CHAPTER Wilt is after dark when
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 .ringqeader Of the mob, find
Ing himself thwarted, fires at the fleeing
figure, but David knocks the gun barrel
watches the road until in the early morning
she sees him safely return to his home
CHAPTER Ix.-At the breakfast table
the guests at Carnleigh hear OF the cap
killing OF the woman, and Ronald is high
~ praised. Mrs. Lancaster, who had been
struck by the resemblance of Ronald to
She learns of Ronalds love for EVELYN. but
also that on account of their different sta
tons In life. he has no hope OF winning her.
CHAPTER x.-Hart. thwarted on the
quarrel, with Ronald Ronald, warned by
Hart is mounted. and during the fus fiLasI
MORALLY wounded. Thad Williams, one
or the Hart gang, rides up just in time to
hear the mans last words.
CHAPTER XI.-Ronald, burdened with
TO give himself over to Sheriff Ratciiff
tie meets Evelyn, who is out in her pony
part. she offers to drive him to Ratcliff's
house, put he objects to compromising her
Dy letting them be seen together at this
time. She, however, carries her point. on
the way they meet Capt. Wrinkle.
CHAPTER xII-Ronald Is driven to the
( away, 1t being Saturday, SO Fanshaw il
locked up until Monday.
CHAPTER XIII.
When Evelyn reached home, after
leaving the message with Dave, she
found her sister waiting for her in the
garden. Caroline Hasbrooke said
nothing until the groom had led away
The pony, then, with malicious
glance at Evelyn, she opened up:
II guess you've heard about Ronald
Fanshaw."
Evelyn nodded; she could not trust
her voice to calm utterance just then;
besides, it behooved her to dissemble.
"He has murdered Sydney Hart"
Evelyn drew quick breath and re-
torted:
HE did it in self-defense-absolu
~ in self-defense!"
Il don't believe a word of it."
Evelyn bowed her head, and passed
on up the steps. realizing that even il
she could justify her lover in Caro-
lines eyes it would not benefit his
cause in the slightest, and she had
heart for nothing that could not light
en- his woe. But Miss Hasbrooke was
not satisfied. Nagging was an amuse-
ment to which every brain-cell she
possessed was adapted. She followed
Evelyn into her room and closed the
door with significant care and soft
ness.
$50 You see what you escaped" This
was her first shot, and. she coolly
ranged her guns again on Evelyn. who
stood at the dresser, removing her
gloves>and hat.
Il don't understand you" said Eve
lyn. IS.
Caroline came step nearer. her sharp
eyes flashing.
you came within an. inch; Of falling