The Lamar register., 1902-09-24
His Friend,
The Enemy
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CHAPTER I-Guy Herbert, who has IN
hsritsd the towusite OF Concord. Dakota
ths 1is,s seury c sa
the Blizzard and manager of the townssts
company. and learns OF plan of people o.
Harmony. a neighboring town. to wrest
county seat from Concord at coming etec-
tion. leaving his land valusless. and he
agrees TO secretly attend a meeting AZ dar a..,
mony to discover their plant An.mT,y h,,,n2
CHAPTER lion the train to Harmony
Herbert meets Wilbur Ylandingham own
er Of most Of the land OF Harmony. an1 nis
monyite. Be becomes quite friendly and
they urge him TO accept their nospa,an,iIy
consents. He u Invited 70 attend tho meet
ing that evening with them :.
CHAPTER III.-w hiie meeNak is in seq
sion a man rushes In and q, announces n me ~
but through VlHndinghams assistance
safely leaves meeting and town.
CHAPTER ly.-col. Dingie. publisher Of
starts a neht with Col. Keevsr. The peo-
pie learn who he Is and furious mob
Bert saves him by having him locked in a
room in the hotel and. while they discuss
his fate. he escapes
CHAPTER v..Herbert diseoyera Miss a.
vlandingham and friend at Concord dis
guissd as sisters Of charity. Betty says
they are there In the interest OF Harmony.
CHAPTER yI.-Keever learns OF pres
snce OF Miss Vlandingham and friend: He
q for having them arrested and held as
hostages, but Herbert says he will take
care Of them and warns keever not to dis-
CHAPTER vII.-Hsrbert hurries to
ladies and tells them they must imme-
diately leave town % as thFS ~ have af ;r forml oen
ing on them. With Herbert's aid they just
manage to board a train for home and es-
cape an angry mob. Lotifed by keever.
H.r hs tecttes to try
some electioneering at Amityvllle. the only
other town in the county and the votes s or
seat.
CHAPTER Killarney. "A friend of
Harmony. who has been arrested on charge
81 Srousha isah ie ,risl and and Judge %afie no friend
Of the colonels. fines him $40 for not
shooting him.
from Miss vlandingham asking him to
meet her next day near : small lnke a. a.
same time and place duel between keever
&C SHAPER PlPf!s K SiHe Srepl,es he cannot
meet her and then goes to place wltn .rdsrea 10
watch him for his evident friendliness with
the enemy. to watch duel. Through keev
sr NJ snonsr nave contestants left
than Miss vlandingham and her irieho n.y.
oCHAPrER xII-Herbert asks pesmi:-
sion to speak to young ladies alone fetu
bone refuses. whereupon Herp.L, III, NnpE Tar.
bert speaks to ladies but soon Pettipone
and two men come running toward men; - :
trnp he has laid to capture her and whip
ping her horse she dashes away.
On reaching Concord. Guy went with
Pettibone to put up his horse, and then
thsy made for the hotel. Passing the
they saw Mr. Glimmer in
side holding forth to q small and select
of citizens. Farther on. in
front of the drug store, was Lem Bill
ldns, hkewise engaged When Guy
and Pettibone passed the second group.
Biikins hushed his discourse. and every
man to whom he had been speaking
turned a glaring eye in Guys direction.
'It's very evident" remarked Guy,
shat I'm a prophet without honor in
my own town. Before long, however.
every one in Concord will see how
greatly he was mistaken"
"I hope they'll see that before they
do anything to be sorry for. I" muttered
Pettibone.
Guy did not hear this. and perhapsit
WAS just as we'll.
They had supper-a late supper of
the kind which Pedro Smith husbanded
AOA b% Xxx outAhS viz
and afterward as they sat smoking in
the office, the sheriff continually mani
fested the nervousness of his state of
mind. The slightest noise would
startle him. Once. alta whirr of wheels
in the street, he sprang up and ran to
the door, returning In few moments
pale and hdgety.
whats the matter with you, Petit
bone ?" inquired Guy.
I'm expecting something and an
afraid It's going to come"
what Is it?"
"a delegation of citizens looking for
you"
Guy laughed.
That's giving you more concern
than It 10 me. Suppose we go to bed?
II the delegation arrives after. that I
hardly think they will dare 70 disturb
u.s."
The indignation committee, II such
It might be called, did not put In an ap-
psarance that night, nor the next
morning. Late In the afternoon of the
following day. however, as Guy was
seated at the writing table in the hotel
office, struggling with letter Of ex-
PLANTATION which he designed sending
to Miss Betty, five representative cit
liens presented themselves.
Gee" murmured Pettibone, despair
ingly; here they are, Herbert"
Mr.. Pinney, the druggist, was one of
them; and Mr.. Leffingwell. proprietor
of the livery stable; and Mr.. Glimmer.
Of the Emporium; and Mr.. Biggs. the
county misunderstanding a tin box
and, last II not least, the red doubtable
Colonel.
The redoubtable Colonel had had "a
hours In which to recover his equipoise
and he had succeeded admirably. To
look at him now, his white hat tipped
slightly over his right eye. the tip of