Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-11-20
CHAPTER xy1-continued.l

1.-THE North Carolina bofQer countleS
don't want Appleweight injured, and
Governor Dangerfeld don't want any
harm to come to him-you may ne
sure of that, or Bill would have been
doing time long ago. The moral ele-
ment in the larger cities and the peo-
ple In Boston and Springfield, Massa-
chusetts. who only hear of Apple
weight in the newspapers, want MN
punished, and we must express 10
them our righteous indignation that he
has been kidnapped and dragged away
from our vengeance by the governor
of South Carolina, who wants him IN
his own state merely to protect him.
we can come pretty near pleasing ev-
erybody if you work it right, Collins.
Our manner of handling the matter
will do much to increase Governor
Dangerfeld's popularity with all
classes
Gentlemen, it was very impolite
of you not to tell me when you were
ready to START" and Jerry came
thriskly from the side entrance, dress
ed for the saddle and nibbling a bis
cult.
"But YOU are not to go! l thought
that was understood" cried Ardmore.
at may have been understood by
you, Mr.. Ardmore, but not by me! I
should never forgive myself If, after
all the trouble have taken TO
straighten out this little matter, /
should not be in at the finish. VIII you
kindly get me horse?"
Miss Dangerf1eld's resolution was
not to be shaken, and few minutes
later the party moved out from the
courtyard. Cooke rode several hun
dred yards ahead: then two detectives
preceded the wagon, in which Apple
weight sat on cross-seat with two
more of Cookies men on seat just be-
hind him. He was tied and gagged and
had been clapped upon the side OF his
had been chopped upon the side OF his
head at an angle that gave him
Ijaunty air belied by his bonds Though
his tongue was silenced, his eyes were
at once eloquent of wonderment. res1g-
nation and impotent rage. Beside the
wagon rode Miss Jerry Dangerf1eld,
alert and contented. Ardmore and Col
ilins were Immediately behind her, and
she INDUCED the journalist in some
mild chaff from time to time, to his
infinite delight, though considerably
to Ardmore's distress of heart; for,
though no words had passed between
him and Jerry as to the disgraceful
flight OF the Acknowledgement, yet the
master OF Ardsley was in jealous
mood. The moon had left the corispir-
ators to the softer radiance of the
stars, but there was sufficient light
for Ardmore to mark the gentle lines
of Jerry's face, as she lifted it now
and then to scan the bright globes
above.
Paul drove his team at trot over
the smooth road Of the estate to re-
mote and little-used gate on the south
ern side. but still safely removed from
the South Carolina pickets along the
Raccoon.
cts all right over there" remarked
Collins, Jerking his head toward the
creek. "The frontier armies are wait
ing for morning and battle. suppose
that when we send word to Griswold
that Appleweight is in South Caro-
lima Jail it will change the scene Of
operations 1t will then be Governor
Osbornes painful task to dance be-
tween law-and- order sentiment and
the loud cursing of his border constit-
uents. The possibilities of this rumpus
grow on me, Ardmore.'
There is no rumpus, Mr.. Collins,
said Jerry over her shoulder. "The
governor of North Carolina is merely
giving expression to his civic pride
and virtue"
Leaving Ardsley, they followed a
dismal stretch of road until they
reached the highway that connects
Turner's and Kildare.
Its going to be morning pretty
soon We must get the prisoner into
Turner'S by five o'clock. Trot EN- up
Paul. ordered Cooke.
They were all in capital spirits now
with fairly good road before them
leading straight to Turner'S, and with
no expectation of any trouble of land
Ing their prisoner safely in Jail. A
wide publication of the fact that APP
pleweight had been dragged from
North Carolina and locked in South
Carolina Jail would have the effect Of
clearing Governor Dangerfeld'
skirts of any completely with the Dor
der outlaws, while at the same tins
making possible a plausible explana
ton by Governor Dangerfield to the
men in the hills of the contemplate
conduct of the governor of South Caro-
lima in effecting the arrest of thei)
great chief.
They were we'll into South Caroline
territory now, and were jogging on a
a sharp trot, when suddenly Cooke
turned back and halted the wagon.
There's something coming-wait!
Maybe Bills friends are out look
ing for him suggested Collins.
COR it may be Grissy," cried Ard
more in sudden alarm.
"Your professor is undoubtedl.
asleep in his camp on the Raccoon,
replied Collins contemporary. cd
not be alarmed, Mr.. Ardmore.
Cooke impatiently babe them b
quiet.
''If we're accosted, what shall W
say?" he asked.
We'll say" said Jerry instantly
'that one Of the laborers at Ardsle
Is dead, and that we are taking hi
remains to his wife's family at Tu1