Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1910-09-07
CHAPTER XVI.
The Flight of GiIIinawater.


1T will be better for me to break
the news to Col. Gillingwater." 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, OF what
ne VIII decide to do. He has never
before been so near trouble as he is
now, and l may have to give him his
hrst aid to the injured when he finds
out that the South Carolina troops are
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?"
Al 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 I'D
70 him to satisfy the newspapers and
MS constituents with some excuse for
his strange disappearance"
Collins had come from Raleigh on
the evening train. and he had solemn
iy 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
oil 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 Dangerfield or
bust Now, where is that eminent
statesman. Ardmore? You can't tell
me YOU don't know; but If you don't
Miss langerfield does, and she's got
to teal.
She hasn't the slightest idea. but
" The newspapers find out that he's
really and truly missing. he will have
70 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 incarceratfng
the big chief of the border. to whom
he is under the greatest political oh.
legations"
But It's all over the country now
that Osborne hasn't been seen in Co.
iumbia since he and Dangerfeld had
mat row in New Orleans. Cranks are
turning up everywhere. pretending 10
be governors of various states. and
OLD Dangerheld is seen on all the ont
going steamers. There's been nothing
tike 1T since the kidnapping of Charley
Ross"
Ardmore drew on his riding glove
Tefectively, and a delighted grin IL
Illuminated his countenance.
j caught a lunatic doN, on the
Raccoon this afternoon who said he
was the governor Of South Carolina
and locked him up."
We'll, he may be Osborne" re
marked Collins. with journalistic sus
picion
And be may be a Swiss admiral or
The King OF Mars. ! guess I'm a gov
ernor nyHelf, and 7 know what a gov
eTnor looks like and acts like-vou
can't fool me. I put this impostor
where he'll have a chance 10 study sg
tronomy tonight"
fhcn he isn't on that case of Cha
teau Bizet with Applewcight?"
No; locked him in a corn-crib IN
W ] get time 20 study his credentials
Come along now"
Ardmore, Collins and Cooke rode
rapidly away through the vide gates
OF the estate along .he Sapphire road
over which, by his last bulletin. tho
sdjutaut general Of North Carolina
was marching his troops. They had
left Cookies men with PauTs fores. or,
% guard the house and to picket the
banks OF RaccOon in the immed ate
peighborhood Of the camp OF the
South CaroIinians
y guess those fellows can hold en-
1911 morning" said Cooke. We've 20,
20 , leon 10 !be whole business bJ 10