Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-10-21
(CHAPTER ~ -Continued)

SHOULD say ala, Teplleu Afu-
more unhesitatingly. 81 took supper
with him in Philadelphia Sunday
night"
"How's trader"
"Bully," replied Ardnore, reaching
for the syrup, 81 broke my record
yesterday.
The drug man turned to listen to a
discussion of a row between Cover
nors Osborne and Dangerfield precipi-
itated by one of the company who had
fortified himself with newspaper,
and Ardmore also gave ear.
Whatever did happen at New Or
leans" declared Maiden Lane jewel
ry representative, you can be quite
sure that Dangerfeld won't get the
hot end of the poker. I've seen him,
right here at Raleigh, and he has all
the marks of fighting man. He'd
strip at two hundred, and he's six in
his socks"
"Pshaw! These big fellows are all
meat and no muscle" retorted the
drug man. 81 doubt if there's any fight
lin him. Now. Osborne's different pro-
duct-a tall lean cuss, but active as a
tcat- A man to be governor of South
carolina has got to have the real
STUFF in him. If it comes to a show
down you'll see Dangerfield duck and
run"
The discussion was continued at
length, greatly to Ardmore's delight,
for he felt that in this way he was be-
ing brought into touch with Miss Dan
lgerfield, now domiciled somewhere in
this town, and to whom he expected to
be properly introduced just as soon as
he could devise some means to that
lend. AS he had not read the newspa-
lpers he did not know what the row
was all about, but he instinctively
aligned himself on the Dangerfeld
side. The Osbornes were, he felt, an
inferior race, and he'inwardly resented
the imputations upon Governor Dan
lgerfield's courage.
ri wonder If the governors back
YETI" asked one man.
"The morning paper says not, but
hes expected today" replied the man
with the newspaper.
"About the first thing he'll have to
do will be to face the question of ar
resting Appleweight. I was in Column
bia the other day and everybody was
talking of the case. They say and
the speaker waited for the fullest at
tention Of his hearers-"they say Os-
borne amt none too anxious to have
lAppleweight arrested on this side of
the line"
"Why not?" demanded Ardmore.
well, you hear all kinds of things.
1t was only whispered down there,
but they say Osborne was a little too
thick with the Appleweight crowd be-
fore he was elected governor. He was
their attorney, and they were bad
lot for any man to be attorney for.
But they haven't caught Appleweight
yet"
Where's he hiding; don't the au-
thorities know"
ooh, he's UP in the hills on the state
line. His home is as much on one side
as the other. He spends good deal
of his time in Kildare
"Kildare?" asked Ardmore, startled
at the word.
Eyes, it's the county seat, what
there is of it. l hope you never make
that town." and the inquirer bent a
commiserating glance upon Ardmore.
well, they use jugs there, know
that" declared Ardmore; whereat
the table roared. The unanimity of
their applause warmed his heart,
though he did not know why they
laughed.
"You handle crockery?' asked a
man from the end of the table.
''Well, l guess Dilwell county con-
sumes a few gross of jugs. all right.
But you'd better be careful not to
whisper jugs too loud here. There's
usually couple of revenue men
around town"
They all went together to the Office
where they picked up their sample
cases and sailed forth for descent
upon the Raleigh merchants; and
Ardmore, thus reminded that he was
in the crockerv business, and that he
had a sample in his room, sat down
under tree on the sidewalk at the
inn door to consider what he should
do with his little brown jug. 1t had
undoubtedly been intended for Gov,
ernor Dangerfield, who was supposed
to be on the train he had himself talk
en- from Atlanta to Raleigh. There had
been, in fact. two jugs, but one of
them he had tossed back into the
hands of the man who had pursued the
train at Kildare Ardmore smoked his
pipe and meditated, trying to deter
mine which jug he had tossed back;
and after long deliberations he slap
ped his knee, and said aloud:
81 gave him the wrong one, by
jing!"
The boy had said that his offering
contained buttermilk, beverage
which Ardmore knew was affected by
eccentric people, for their stomach's
sake, He had shifted the other Jug and
1t contained, undeniably, an alcoholic
liquor of some sort.
Jugs had not figured prominently II
Ardmore's domestic experiences; bu
as he sat under the tree on the, curl
before the Guilford House he wonder
ed, as many other philosophers have
wondered, why jug is so incapable o
innocency, A bottle, while suggestive
is not inherently wicked; but Jug i.
the symbol of joyous hin. Even the 50
berest souls, who frown at the men
ton of bottle, will smile tolerant.
when jug is suggested. Jugs of man,