American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1910-12-24
CHAPTER XVI.
The Flight of G~illinqwater.

1T will be better for me to break
the news to Col. Gillingwater,' said
Jerry, land 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 l may have to give him his
first 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 I to do?"
If you don't see him by ten o'clock
you will take personal command and
exercise your w discretion as to the
best method of landing Appleweight
In a 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 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 Dangerfeld or
bust. Now, where is that eminent
statesman, Ardmore? You can't tell
me you don't know; but if you don't,
Miss Dangerield does, and she's got
to tell"
She hasn't the slightest idea, but
If 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
Court House, and let Gov. o.
borne have the odium of in%carcerating
big chief of the border. to whom
is under the greatest political OBJ
legations
But it's all over the mi now
Osborne hasn't been seen in Co
since he and Dangerield had
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
ike it since the kidnapping of Charley
Ardmore drew on his riding-glove
refectively, and a delighted grin H.
Eliminated his c~ountenance.
L caught a lunatic down on the
.accoon this afternoon who said he
the governor of South Carolina.
and l locked him up"
We'll. he may be Osborne" re-
Collins. with journalistic sus-
And he may be a Swiss admiral or
he king of Mars. l guess I'm a gov
myself, and I know what a gov
srnor looks like and acts like-you |
fool me. l put this impostor
where he'll have a chance to study as
ronomy tonight"
Then he isn't on that case of Cha
eau Bizet with Appleweight?"
No; l locked him in a corn-crib I'M
l get time to study his credentials.
come along now"
Ardmore. Collins and Cooke rode
apidly away through the wide gates
# the estate along the Sapphire road,
'ver which. by his last bulletin. the
general of North Carolina
vas marching his troops. They had
eft Cookies men with Paul's foresters
o guard the house and to picket the
of Raccoon in the immediate
of the camp of the
Carolinians.
Il guess those fellows a hold 'em
III morning" said Cooke. We've got
o clean up the whole business by to