The Elbert County tribune., 1910-08-12
CHAPTER XVI.
The Flight of ollIingwater.

IL VIII be better Tor me to Dreak
the news to Col Gilllngwater." said
Jerry. "and you must go and and
meet the troops yourself. with Mr..
Cooke and that amusing Mr.. Collins.
There is no telling what effect my It'd
ings will have on Rutherford, or what
he will decide to do He has never
before been SO near trouble as he is
now. and may have to give him his
first aid to the injured when he finds
on Raccoon creek, all ready to march
upon our sacred soil"
But suppose your adjutant general
shouldn't go back to his troops after
he sees you, then what am to do?"
IF you don't see him by ten o'clock
you will take personal command and
exercise your own discretion as to the
best method OF landing Appleweight
in South Carolina Jail. After that
we must find papa, and it will be up
to him to satisfy the newspapers and
his constituents with some excuse for
his strange disappearance"
Collins had come from Raleigh on
the evening train, and he had solemn
ly assured Ardmore that the present
state of affairs could not be maintain
ed another "a hours He had ex-
hausted all his professional resources,
and the North Carolina newspapers of
all shades of opinion were clamoring
for the truth, and were insisting that
for the honor and dignity of the state
Gov. Dangerfield should show himself
in Raleigh
We've got to find Dangerfleld or
bust. Now, where is that eminent
statesman. Ardmore? You can't tell
me you don't know; but if you don't.
Miss Dangerfield does, and she's got
to tell"
She hasn't the slightest idea, but
II the newspapers find out that he's
really and truly missing. he will have
to show up; but first we've got to take
Appleweight off that case of Chateau
Bizet and lodge him in the jail at
Turner Court House, and let Gov. Os-
borne have the odium of incarcerating
the big chief of the border, to whom
he is under the greatest political OBJ
legations"
But it's all over the country now
that Osborne hasn't been seen in Co
lumbia since he and Dangerfield had
that row in New Orleans Cranks are
turning up everywhere, pretending to
be governors of various states, and
old Dangerfield Is seen on all the out
going steamers. There's been nothing
like 1t since the kidnapping of Charley
Ross"
Ardmore drew ON his riding-glove
refectiveiy. and delighted grin H.
Illuminated his countenance.
II caught a lunatic down on the
Raccoon this afternoon who said he
was the governor Of South Carolina.
and locked him up"
Well. he may be Osborne" re-
marked Collins. with journalistic sus-
picion.
And he may be Swiss admiral or
the king OF Mars. l guess I'm gov
ernor myself. and ! know what gov
erpor looks like and acts like-you
can't fool me. l put this impostor
where he'll have a chance to study as
tronomy tonight"
Then he isn't on that case OF Cha
teau Bizet with Appleweight?"
NO; locked him in corn-crib un
til get time to study his credentials
Come along nowl"
Ardmore, Collins and Cooke rode
rapidly away through the wide gates
of the estate along the Sapphire road.
over which. by his last bulletin. the
adiutant general of North Carolina
was marching his troops. They had
left Cookies men with Pauls foresters
TO guard the house and to picket the
banks Of Raccoon in the immediate
neighborhood of the camp of the
South CaroliDians.
Il guess those fellows can hold 'em
till morning. said Cooke. We've got
90 clean up the whole business by to