Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26
Entry No. IL in Our Prize Story Competition

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eyes and noted the squareness of his bearded Nl.S
jaw he did not wonder. He was TALL straight; aSaXE
his hair was iron gray his nerves nerves jtlEa
of steel. And originally Henderson Wolfe Ell sf58
himself was mountaineer. He had worked Et .lH
over the little illicit distling plant many the 4
day when young But he had been hEItn
caught tried, fined a hundred dollars, and 'IAa2a
lodged in Jail in default of payment. His HNMa
jailer, broad minded man with convincing fla8&
manner, had held up his wrongs in light ifNH
that showed Henderson how he surrng ia FL
the majesty of the law by making whisky IStkM
without license. HXN
After the young moonshner had languished Wsf3
in prison for eight days, his mountain sweet iSt&&
heart had sold everything she possessed and ikFE&
brought the proceeds to pay her lovers fine. IHTB
They had enough left to be married IN
Henderson Wolfe then forswore his former sEa
occupation and launched forth as hunter of .lfl
moonshiners. And he would have told you slSi
that he did it because he loved his people, the E
people of the mountains. And it that sEks
way: he did love his people, and though AfH
time made him comparatively well read, sff411
broad viewed man, he never forgot that love BAL
Henderson Wolfe had been in the revenue ;fIt3g
service for twenty years. The wife of his I}Eny3
adverse days had long been laid to sleep the ffR8A
last sleep under the cedars and the ground ivy isfH
and the honeysuckle. But for eighteen fA3X
year-old daughter his home empty. amX
That young woman had been back from f@<IEE
girls school in the North for half year. ~
She had finished with honors. Old Hender- t.<F/
son Wolfe was pleased to the bottom of his ~
great heart. He saw in her blue eyes and
corntassel hair the perfected counterpart of
one ideal woman; she the bloom of his
life; she was all there left that was like
his Josephine.
For six months old Wolfe had been in quandary.
Elizabeth had brought home with her from the North
the photograph of very fine looking young man: and
for months she had had letter from the North each
week. She frankly confessed to her father that she loved
Holton George very much.
The old revenue officer often paused by the picture
and looked at if he would read the character of the
man beneath the exterior. He told himself that there
could be but objection to that young he
a Yankee, and Henderson Wolfe knew nothing about
Yankees. However, he decided to know something
about the who took his from the adored
Elizabeth. If matters went certain way he deter
minedly meant to find out few things about this Hol
ton George. And Henderson Wolfe sufficiently
shrewd to gain his ends
ONE bright morning there was knock at the front.
~ The old servant of the law opened the door with
strange msgivings. 1t was the young of the pic
ture Wolfe noted that Hoton George a well set
up, clean limbed man whose eye keen and whose
jaw every bit square as his own The newcomer
invited into the sufy little parlor where he took old
Wolfe by the shoulders and said straight from the teeth:
"Mr. Wolfe, love your daughter, and she loves me.
want your permission to marry her. There was moth
ing forward in either his words his actions. 1t
the prompting of sincerity alone.
Wolfe replied, give been expecting this. l want
Betty to be happy. Now, if she's worth having she's
worth fighting for. l am fghter-fguratively. adj
mre fighters. l want my daughter to marry fighter.
1t takes fighter get along in this world You under
stand man who can do things Are you willing to be
tried?"
"By fire high water, sir!' the young Northerner
a like that" said Wolfe his voice warming He led
Holton George to a window Perhaps he had been
planning. Henderson Wolfe entirely capable of
planning @Yonder, said he, pointing to crest of the
Blue Ridge Mountains twenty miles away "hdden in
deep just below that highest peak the other side
from here, is who has made more whisky licty
than any two men in this State. His name is Zeke
Burket Bring him to me, if you want to marry girl
There was hesitation to the younger mans reply.
George said enthusiastically, "Ill do it, down