Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-23

mountains persist in numbering each
other" | rejoined. And l suppose the
state will have to murder some OF them
to make them quit the habit"
DO they know better?" she asked
They should I replied. and then !
slipped away to my private room, where
L sent kilograms to militia companies at
Louisville and Lexington to start at once
for the mountains When the messengers
were gone with the dispatches l sat for a
few moments SomlDer and thoughtful.
What could the militia do? Preserve the
peace while they were there. and soon
as they came away the old bushWhaCk-
ing and midnight assassination would be
resumed. Witnesses in fear for their lives
would not dare to testify and the courts
would be terroriZed
1t was a disgrace. very deep one, and
then came to me the thought to go with
the militia I might look into this trou-
BILE, probe it to the very bottom and find
out for myself the best cure. Surely too,
they would pay some respect to the gov
ernor.
/ decided In an instant. I would go
Nothing in the state was worthier of nv
attention, and relieved by the resolve 1
went back to my guests. I said nothing
until after the refreshments We're served
and then Alicia was the first whom l told.
Il am DING away from Frankfort to-
morrow l said.
She looked at me in much surprise. but
she said somewhat lightly:
why, you can't go; you are the gov
ernor."
That's just why I'm going" I said
Then | told her of my intentions and she
approved it. But don't get shot" she
added. Again she spoke lightly, but l
thought | saw anxiety in her tone, and
1t was. not unpleasant to believe that it
was for me. The next to whom 1 told
my plan was Judge Wharton, and he, too
commended my purpose.
These things give us an evil name"
he said. They are the deeds of very
small minority. but we are responsible for
them nevertheless"
I told no others, and 1 asked these two
to say nothing. but soon as all my
guests were gone | ordered Seth to pack
in order that might leave early the next
morning. He was to go with me. and he
was filed with trembling delight at the
prospect To his uneducated mind our
mountains were higher than the Hima-
layas and fairly swarmed with wild men,
who, nevertheless, were armed with the
most modern breech-loadng guns, with
which they fired at the innocent traveller
from every bush.
do you think We'll get back alive,
GOVERNOR he asked shuddering again
with that sense of dangerous delight
Seth was no coward.
Il think 1t probab le,' I replied.
1t is but a brief run from Frankfort to
Lexington, and / stopped at the latter
city. where the militia companies that I
intended to take with me were to meet
The Louisville company had already come
down in the night, and as an after
thought, intending to search the noun
tains thoroughly, l had ordered a third
from Winchester, for which we should
have to wait a few hours. 1 went at
once to the camp of the Louisville COM
pany and to my great establishment the
first man whom l saw was Harrison in a
lieutenant'S uniform.
You did not know that I was an officer
in this company, Mr. Clarke" he said
quietly, land l had almost forgotten it
myself. But when your call was sent to
Louisville last night our captain tele-
graphed me in Frankfort, and I came on
to Lexington. where my uniform and
other equipment met me-
l was not sure that l wanted Harrison
with on this journey. His keen and
ironical eye might see many things which
others would overlook, and it is not pleas
ant to feel that one is watched by the
man whose criticism he dislikes most But
/ told him in the usual formal manner
that l was glad he was going and he
added:
"Other old friends of yours are in the
company. There is Mr.. Timothy Apple
gate a second lieutenant in this company
and Mr.. Common, late a member of the
legislature and also an officer in this
company
saw them a little later, Applegate, in
fiated with pride in his uniform, and the
thought OF active service; and Connor
also proud of his gold lace but silent.
even sullen. l paid no more notice to