The Holly chieftain., 1910-05-27
CHAPTER WII.-continued,

He had opened an atlas and was
porlng over it with a magnifying
glass.
IT'S positively funny" he mur.
INJURED. laughing little to himself
but l know something about this
country over here Here's Ardsley, in
the far corner of Dilwell county, and
here's Kildare"
Yes; understand maps. Dilwell
is green, and there's the state line
and that ugly watery sort of yellow
is Mfngo county. South Carolina, and
Turner Court House is the county
seat of 1t. Those little black marks
are hills on the border, and it's right
there that these Appleweight people
live. and dance on the state line as
though 1t were a skippingrope"
That's exactly 1t. Now what we
want to do is to arrest Appleweight
and put him in Jail in South Carolina,
which relieves the governor of North
Carolina, your honored father, of all
embarrassment"
She snatched the paper-cutter and
TOOK possession of the map for a mo-
ment, then pointed. with a happy lit
tie laugh.
why. that will be only too easy
You see there's Azbell county, where
the militia is encamped, just three
counties away from Dilwell, and if we
needed the soldiers it wouldn't hurt
the troops to march that far, would
it,"
Hurt them, nothing!" exclaimed
Ardmore. 1T will be good for them.
You have to give orders to the adJu-
tant general, and, being engaged to
him. he would be afraid not to obey
your orders, even if you told him to
go in balloons"
Well. of course, I'd send him an
official order: and if he was disobedi.
ent could break our engagement"
1t would have interested Ardmore
to know the total of Miss Danger
neld's engagements. but the time did
not seem propitious for such inquir-
les; and, moreover. his awe of her
as young person of great determine.
ton and force of character increased.
We'll, there's the map, and there's
that insulting telegram; what are you
going to do about it," asked Jerry.
She seemed to be honestly inviting
suggestions. and the very thought Of
this affected him like wine. He de.
liberated for several minutes, while
she watched him. A delicious country
quiet lay upon the old statehouse: in
the tranquil park outside the birds
whistled their high disdain of law and
precedent.
"A governor" he began, 'is always
dignified person who doesn't bother
his head about little things like this
unless everybody else has gone to
sleep. Now, who's the chief of police
in county like Dilwell-what do you
call him?"
DO you mean the sheriff, Mr.. Ard
nore?"
Certainly. Now. give me those
telegraph blanks. and I'll drop him a
few lines to let him know that the
government at Raleigh still lives"
It is in the telegram alone that we
Americans approach style. Our great
commanders did much to form it: our
business strategists took the key from
them. kilograms were, however, with
Mr.. Thomas Ardmore. something
more than form Of communication
or mere literary exercise. Letter
writing seemed to him the most
formidable of human undertakings,
but with a pad of telegraph blanks
under his hand his spirit scared free.
All untrammeled by the horror of the
day tariff, whose steep slopes have
wrought so much confusion and error
among the economical. he gave to the
wires and the wireless what he never
would have confided to a stamp. He
wrote and submitted to Miss Jerry
Dangerfield the following: