Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-03-23

took the governess for his bride he
would be disowned and disinherited.
She fatty refused to be the cause of
such a calamity and no persuasion on
the part of the young man could induce
her to relent.
At the climax the mother instinct
asserted itself and Mrs. Fiske stood
LOYALTY by the son and won from him
an affection that she had never before
enjoyed. But the father Tas as gran
lite and showed his moral obliquity by
dismissing the governess, who had re-
sisted the utmost pressure to disre-
gard his will She evidenced her con-
trasting LIaudeur of character by go
ing later and doing more than anyone
else to bring Mrs. Fske through crit
!cal illness.
After the manner Of such hot-head-
ID young men, Jud turneu the tables
by disowning his father and serving
notice that he would never touch a
cent Of money made, owned or dis
bursed by the head of the house. Then
the gifted, but bitter, youth started for
the west in search of anything that
might aid him to forget. The grand
interior of civilization was too tame
for him. He went to the frontier and
plunged into the excuses which 1t Of
fered. His gambling mania was slim
ulated and his bad luck chung to him.
The professionals looked upon him
as the tenderest Of tenderfeet and
robbed him so openly that even be
Rnally detected their methods. There
were two unceremonious funerals the
next morning and Jud was unframed.
Incidentally he had thrust fame upon
himself and from then on got square
deal, though the fact did not materially
improve his circumstances. The trouble
was that he did not like men Of lesser
general intelligence to get the better OF
him, and bulled his luck without spe-
cial regard to the value Of his hands.
One afternoon it was whispered
about with bated breath that the bad
man of neighboripg camp was COM
ing down to clean up on the death
dealer of the camp with which Jud
was Identified. The visitor who was
coming upon his own invitation, had
a terrifying record covering most OF
the outlines Of civilization in this
country. The consequence was that
his proposed victim rode away that
night and the town went into the
depths OF humiliation. The situation
commended itself to Jud. He went to
the saloon with the biggest red light
and conferred with the proprietor. 1t
can be epitomized.
Jud asked if the attacking cham
pion knew the local false alarm" who
had disappeared. He did not; never saw
him.
Then I'm he" smiled Jud.
Want to die?"
mot at all particular, thank you. !
happen to belong here at present and
have q whole lot of municipal pride.
That blocd-letter must not come here
and go away to tell that he could not
get a rise out of the whole burg. I'm
Harp wilkins till the things over.
Understand"
The invader came with becoming
clatter and display of his horse, his
horsemanship and armament The
rough chivalry of the day and en-
vironment gave him right of way until
he faced the one he was after. He
rode straight to the man with whom
Jud had conferred, staggered in and
called for a drink to all hands. After
an exchange of like cpurtesies he
inquired If there was not coyote
of some fame in those parts, known
as Harp Wilkins. 1--WE heard of him."
the bad man went on. land lowed
l o'rter pay my respecks. Kin 1t be
I'm lookin' at him." as he frowned on
the assembled crowd,
The proprietor called the guest aside
and was seen to point down the
street. There was Jud with his hands
crossed behind his back, walking slow
ly as his eyes studied the ground.
"What'er yer givin' me?" and the
invader glared. THAT there is wom-
an in disguise. But reckon she's
good enough fur this outfit. I'll jest
step down there and spank her and
I'll wait round here long 'nough fur
to ascertain certain whether you got
anything else stronger or more bitin'."
Away went the bulky desperate and
tapped Jud on the shoulder. He
turned slowly and the alien grabbed
him. 1t was the game just as the
young fellow had planned it. He
kicked a Colts out of the older mans
hands, knocked him down faster than
he could get up, removed his cart
ridge belt, twisted his ears, tweaked
his nose and ended by kicking him to
the camp limits. 1t was the most dis
graceful thing that ever happened to
gun shark on the frontier, and you
may be sure that he never went back
to his own crowd to tell the story.
Jud was now a hero, but the very
fact that opposition had been wiped
out made him tired. He took the back
track as far as Denver and there had
yearning that induced him to write
to his mother. Then he plunged again,
lost his money, as usual, went clear to
the lowest stratum, and while trying to
live on his wits was befogging them with
dissipation.
AS a financial crisis. approached h4
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