The Holly chieftain., 1910-09-02
CHAPTER XIX.
In the Red euno.Iovv.

What do you think" cried Mrs
Atchtson. glowing before Jerry ant
Ardmore on their return; I'VE have I
new guest!"
I'm the coal CELLAR" inquired hel
brother.
mo. in the blue room adjoining
Miss Dangerheld's! And what do you
think! 1t is none other than the
daughter of the governor Of South
Carolina
"Oh. Nellie!" gasped Ardmore.
Why, what's the matter?" demand.
ed Mrs. Atchison.l II had gone in to
Turner's to look at that memorial
church we're building there, and I
learned from the rector that Miss o.
borne. with only a maid, was stopping
at that wretched hole called the Ma.
1estic hotel. had met Miss Osborne
In Washington last winter, and you
may forget, Tommy. that on our moth.
sr's side I am Daughter Of the Sem
mole War. Z society Of which Miss
Osborne ID the president general. I
hope Miss Osborne's presence here
VIII not be offensive to you, Miss
Danserfeld. She seemed reluctant to
come, but I simply would not take no,
and am to send for her at four
o'clock"
Miss Osborne's presence is not
only agreeable to me, Mrs. Atchison." !"
responded Jerry, 'but shall Join you
In welcoming her. have heard that
the ancestor through whom Barbara
Osborne derives membership In the
Daughters of the Seminole War was
afterward convicted Of robbinx an
orphan Of whose estate he was the
trusted executor. and such being the
case feel that the commonest Chris.
tian charity demands that l should
treat her with the most kindly consid-
GRAFTON. shall gather some roses.
with your permission. and have them
waiting in her room when she ar.
rives, with my card and compliments. I"
Ardmore had rarely been 80 busy
as during the afternoon. Several more
newspaper correspondents were found
prowling about the estate, and they
were added to the bowling mob in the
Ardsley cellars
1t has all happened very handily
Tor us" said Collins; we've got the
highest-priced newspaper talent in the
world right under our hands, and be-
fore we turn them loose we'll dictate
exactly what history is to know Of
these dark proceedings"
When we've settled with Griswold
and proved to him that he's lost out
and that the real Mr.. Appleweight is
IN his Jail. not ours. we'll have to
ind Gov. Dangerfield and be mighty
quick about It," replied Ardmore.
Paul says there's battery of South
Carolina artillery guarding the Dill
well county jail. and that they've
fooled the people into thinking they're
North Carolina troops, and nobody
can get within four blocks of the Jail.
They must have somebody in Jail at
Kildare. don't like the looks Of It"
Jerry-a pleasing figure to contem-
plate In white lawn and blue ribbons
suggested that the meeting take
place In the library, as more like an
imperial council chamber; but Ard
more warmly dissented from this. A
peace should never be signed, he
maintained. in 80 large a house as
Ardsley. At Appomattox and in
many other cases that he recalled, the
opponents met in humble farmhouses.
They finally agreed on the red bunga-
low as convenient and sufficiently
modest for the purpose. And SO it was
arranged. " ~
A few minutes before five the flag
of North Carolina was hung from the
wide veranda of the bungalow. At the
door stood an armed militiaman. Col.
Daubenspeck had been invited to be
present, and he appeared accompanied
by several other officers in full uni