Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-09-04

r Won't inside and IT
brougbtoutsome 4 country store pc,
letters andrews ~. U''U III" con
papers. which he
delivered 10 him in silence
This is Lamar postofce," announo
ed Oscar.
There must be some mail here fo
me-" said Armitage.
Oscar handed him several long en-
velopes-they bore the name of tn
Bronx Loan and Trust company. who's
office in New York was his permanen
address, and he opened and read
number Of letters and cablegrams tina
had been forwarded Their content
evidently gave him satisfaction. for b.
whistled cheerfully as he thrust then
into his pocket
You keep in touch with the world
do you. Oscar? 1t is commendable."
81 take a Washington paper. II re-
Heves the monotony, and | can Sc,
where the regiments are moving anr
whether my old captain is yet out o
the hospital and what happened 10 ms
elieutenant In his court martial aboul
the pay accounts. One must observe
the word-yes At the postofiice bacl
therein he jerked his head to Indicate
lit is against the law TO sell whisky iu
a pOStofiice. so that storekeeper witt
the red nose and small yellow eyes
keeps it in a brown jug in the back
room"
"To be sure" laughed Armitage. 90
hope it is a good article"
1T is vile" replied Oscar "Hi
brother makes it up in the hills, and |
it is as strong as wood I've"
"Moonshinel have heard Of it. v, |
must have some for rainy days"
1t was a new world TO John Armi
tage. and his heart was as light as the
air as he followed Oscar along
the ruddy mountain road He was IT,
and somewhere on this soil
perhaps IN some valley like the one
through which he rode. Shirley Clai
borne had gazed upon blue distances
with ridge rising against ridge. and
lark pine covered slopes like these he
aw for the first time He had left his
fairs i'm Washington in a sorry mud
lie, but he faced the new day with p
uoyaut spirit and did not trouble him
elf to look very far ahead He had q
efinite business before him. His ca
legrams were reaSsuring on thai,
Oint 4he fact that he was in a sense ,
fugitive did not trouble him in tn. :
last He had no intention of ALLOWING /
ules Chauvenets asSasSins 10 kill hin q
r Of being locked up in a Washington :
III as the false Baron Won Eissel If =
2 admitted that he was not John Ar. q
itage it would be difficult to prove 8
lat he was anybody elsa fact touch q
g human testimony which Jules S
hauvenet probably knew perfectly a
ell
On the whole, he was satisfied that =
had followed the wisest course thus :.
:. The broad panorama Of the morn. -
hills communicated to his spirit -,
)wing elatiOn. He began singing in
rman a ballad that recited the sor
VS. of a pale maiden prisoner in ~
X tower on the Rhine. whence her -.
e knight rescued her after MANY III
fearsome adventures. On the last III
We he ceased abruptly. and an ex. 'i'
nation of wonder broke from him. W
hey had been riding along a narrow no
Il that afforded, as Oscar said, a Gu
re cut across a long timbered ridge 'n'
t lay between them and Armitage's COZ
perry. The path was rough and iar
p, and the low hanging pine boughs SUI
heavy underbrush increased the
culties OF ascent. Straining to the
a new valley, hidden until now. uat
disclosed in long and beautiful mgr
as val
'mitage dropped the reins upon the was
Of his painting horse. rem
is fine valley-yesY' asked Os- stay
flag
Is a possession worthy OF the no For
gods" replied Armitage. There ston
white building with colonnades OF C.
over there. Is it the house of
eigning deity| &
is not. sir" answered Oscar. who WI
2 English with a kind of logged III.
sion. giving equal value to all IlN
s. 1T is a vast hotel where the I'M
spend much money. That place at VII
Dot of the hillside you see Pit is n
they play a foolish game with
and little balls"-
If? Is it posSibler'
ere is no doubt of It. sir. have 7
the fools myself-men and wom-
The place is called Storm valley"
litage slapped his thigh sharply.
II his horse started.
:; you are probably right. Oscar.
q heard OF the place. And those
',o ,na' ", ne peyOhu mere IN the val. They
sen'lelnen ol TASTE and roo
who drink the waters and ride
and play the foolish game you Alr'