Morgan County republican., 1910-08-25
CHAPTER il-Contlnued.

NAT, you've got good red blood IL
you" he cried, whlrling about. "Dy,
suppose you can hate as well as lover
Lord deliver us!" exclaimed the
astonshed Captain Plum. Hate
loye--whnt the"
Yes, hate" repeated the old man
with fierce emphasis, so close that his
breath struck Nathaniels face You
can love pretty face--and you car
hate. know you can. II you couldn't
] would send you back to your sloop
with the package tonight. But as Il
is ! am going to relieve you Of your
oath Yes, Nat, give you back your
oath-fOr time"
Nathaniel stepped n pace back and
put his hands on his pockets as If to
protect the gold there.
"You mean that you want to call
on our bargain?' he asked
The councillor rubbed his hands I'm.
I'll tn" friction Of them sent a shlver
up Nathanirls back. Not that, Nat
o, no. not that! The bargain is good
The gold Is yours. You must deliver
the package. Lut you need not do It
Immediately. Understand? am
lonely back there in my shack. I
want company. You must stay with
me week. Eh? Lilacs and pretty
faces, Nat! Iio, ho,-You will stay
week, won't you, Nat?"
Il Will show you many things OF
interest, Nat" he said. 81 will show
You just one tonight Then you will
make up your mind eh? You need
not tell me until then"
He took the lead again and this
time struck straight down for the
town. They passed number OF
houses built Of logs and Nathaniel
caught narrow CLEANS OF light from
between closc.drawn curtains. In
one OF these houses he heard the
crying OF children, and with a return
of his grisly humor Obadiah Price
proddcd him in the ribs and said:
Good old Israel Lacng lives there
two wives. one old, one young-l1
children. The Kingdom of Heaven is
open TO HIM" And from a second he
h"ard the sound Of an organ, and
from still third there came the
laughter and chatter Of several femin.
Inc voices, and again Obadiah
reached out and prodded Nathaniel In
the ribs. There was one great.
gloomy. long-built place which they
passed. without a ray Of light to give
1t life, and the councillor said: Three
widows there Nat fight like cats and
dogs. Poor Job killed himself" They
avoided tho moro thickly populated
part OF the settlement and encoun.
tered few people. which seemed to
please the councillor. Once they over
TOOK and passed group OF women
clad In short skirts and loose waists
and with their hair hanging in braids
down their backs. For third time
Obadiah nudged Captain Plum.
~ IL the kings pleasure that all
women wear skirts that come lust be.
low the knees" he whispered. Some
o, them won't do It and he's wonder.
Ing how to punish them. Tomorrow
there's going to be two public whip
pings One OF the victims IL n man
sho said that II he was q woman he'd
die before he put on knee skirts.
E'N'' hc "hipptN ne IL going TO be
made to wear 'em. By Trim and
Thummin. isn't that choice. Nat?"
He shivered with quiet laughter and
dived into a great block OF darkness
where there seemed to be no houses.
keeping close beside Nathaniel Soon
they came to the edge OF a grove and
deep among the trees Captain Plum
caught glimpse OF q lighted window.
unusual caution. He approached the
light slowly. pausing every few steps
To peer guardedly about him. and
when they had come very near to the
window he pulled his companion be.
hind thick clump OF shrubbery Ma.
thaniel could hear the old mans sub
dued chuckle and he bent his head
TO catch what he was about TO wbis.
per to him.
You must make no noise, Nat"
he warned. This ia the castle of our
priest. king and prophet-James Jesse
Strang { am going to show you what
you have never seen before and what