The Lamar register., 1912-06-05

He Face Went White and the Book
slipped From His Fingers.
the Judge gave him no answer; ne
was staring down at the open pages
Of the book. Found the entry?" re-
peated Mr.. Saul.
"Eh-what's thati No" no ap.
peared to hesitate. who 10 this man
Quintard?"
Hes the owner Of . hundred-thou.
sand-acre tract in this and AUDITING
counties" said Mr.. Saul.
who has charge Of the landf'
Colonel Fentress; he was old Gen
eral Wares law partner. I've heard 1t
was the general who got this man
Quintard to make the investment. but
that was before my time"
Ths Judge lapsed into silence.
A step sounded In the narrow hall.
An instant later the door was pushed
open. and gTatsoal for any Interrupt
ton that would serve to take Mr..
Sauls attention from himself. the
Judge abruptly t1znsd his back on
the clerk and bsOAA to examine the
record before -. InssnsibIy. how
ever. the cold. lsVel tones OF the voice
that was addrsas1Ag itself to Mr.. Saul
quickened the - Of his pulse. the
throb Of his Asaet and struck back
through the ysazs to. . day from
which he reokaaDA time. He turned
slowly. ~ II tn APoAA.
What he oaW Was . man verging
on sixty. lean 81 dark. with thia.
shaven cheeks q Q blush cast above
the Jaw. and . strongly aQuiline pro.
Tile. Long. bla1k locks swept the col.
lar of his eoat, While his tall. spare
figure was hah1eo1 n sleek broadcioth
and spotlsss nnsa. For . moment the
Judge seemed - struggle with doubt.
then his face vsat white and the book
slipped from - fingers to the win.
dow ledge.
The straaos9. ~ business conciud.
cd. swung absA - his heel and
qgitted the o0oA Mr.. Saul. bending
above his dss4 ~ making an entry
in one Of his lslOsFs. The Judge shut.
fed to his siAA.
Who was ~ nanr' no asked
thickly. resting Q shaking hand on
the clerks an.
"That?-OA. ~ was Colonel Fen.
tress was ~ tsliing you about"
Has he alwaSU lived here?"
mo: he cane ~ the county about
ten years ~ - bought q place
called The OalmI.
Has hs-A nnn11f" The Judge ap
peared to 10 hnVlng difnculty with
his speech.
Not that aa0eoly knows OF. Some
say he's . wil0vsr. others again say
he's an old baaAslor: but he don't
say nothing. he oolonels got his
friends. to be sure, but he don't mix
much with the Seal quality. One OF
his particular iAt1matss IL q gentle.
man by the name Of Murrell."
The Judge nodded.
i've met him. he said briefly.
Acting ON . sudden impulse. the
Judge muttsrsd oemsthing about re-
turning later, - hastily quilted the
once.
In the hall ths jsAss's steps dragged
and his head Vas bowed. He was
busy with his memories. Then pas
sion shook him.
Damn him-0ay 0od-for ever
damn him!" - cried under his
breath. in q heros whisper.
They finished supper. the dishes
were cleared away and the candles
lighted. whom ths Judge produced a
mysterious Undiscovered case. This
he opened, and AahaRy and Hannibal
saw that It hslA . handsome pair OF
dueling pistola.
Where did ~ get EN-. 1udge?-
oh. amt they bsaatiful!" cried Han
nibal. circling abe1t the table in his
excitement
MY dear Lad. ~ were purchased
only q few hosfs ago," said the judge
quietly. ~ he began TO load them.
.
Norton had yiAdsa down to Belle
Plain ostensibly 70 view certain OF
those Improvements that went SO far
toward embittextAG Tom Wares ex-
istence.
DO you think Belle Plain is ever
going to look - II did. Charley?-as
we remember II whom We were chill
dren?" asked Betty.
why of course. II Il. dear. you are
doing wondersi"
Ware stalksd toward them. Hav-