Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-06-12
CHAPTER XVI continued).
st here you 60, Price, began Ma

here you 60, Price began Ma
haffy. So
MI N Solomon, this is no time for me to
hang back. shall offer a reward OF
i've thousand dollars for this informa-
ton. The Judges tone was resolute.
."Y es, sir, shall make the figure COM
mensurate with the poignant grief |
TN feel He was my friend and client
The next morning lit was discovered
that some time during the night the
s5s judge had tackled his anonymous com
munication on the court house door;
Just below It was another sheet OF pa
per covered with bold script:
ITO Whom It May Concern:
Judge Slocum Price assumes that
n the above was intended for him since
3 he found 1t under his office door on
the morning OF the stwenty-fifth inst.
Judge, Price begs leave to state it
as his. unqualified conviction that the
writer Is a coward and a cur, and
4 offers a reward OF five thousand dol
Y lars for any information that Will lead
to his Identification q
" - HES III 5sS, ,aE
Tom Ware was seated alone over
n his breakfast. He had left his bed
sas the pale morning light crept across
z the great fields that were alike his
4 pride and his despair-what was the
use Of trying to sleep when sleep was
4 an impossibility! He was about to
quit the table when big Steve en-
H tered the room to say, there was q
Y white fellow at the door.
Fetch him along in here said
\ Ware.
The white fellow delivered a pen
4 ciled note from Murrell When he
was gone. the planter ordered his
Z horse.
AS Ware rode away from Belle
n Plain he cursed Murrell under his
{, breath. His own inclination toward
evil was never robust; he could have
connived over a long period OF years
to despoil Betty Of her property, but
\ murder and abduction was quite an
other thing. !
Three miles from Belle Plain he en-
tered bride path that led toward
the river. A growth of small timber
was standing along the waters edge,
4 but as he drew nearer, those better
ments which the resident OF that
lonely spot had seen fit to make for
his own convenience, came under his
scrutiny; these consisted OF a log
4 cabin and several lesser Sheds
Landing, he advanced toward the
A cabin. AS he did SO he saw two wom-
en- at work heckling fax under an
oh ~
q daughter OF George Hicks. his over |
seer's brother.
Morning, Mrs. Hicks" he said, ad-
dressing himself to the mother, a |
hulking ruffian OF a woman. ANY
i body with the captain?"
Colonel Fentress is" .,-.e
Humph!" muttered Ware. He |
moved to the door Of the cabin and |
entered the room where MurreIl and
Fentress were seated facing each
( other across the breakfast table.
Z well, what the devil do you want
OF me, anyhow" demanded the
planter.
'How's your sister, Tom q inquired
Murrell. ,.-- ss.t
' II reckon she's the way you'd ex-
pect her to, be- Ware dropped his
voice to a whisper. No. 's,1
John, you'll ruin yourself with
your damned crazy infatuation!" 1t
vas Fentress who spoke r.
NO. I won't, colonel but I'm not
going to discuss that. All I want is
for Tom to go to Memphis and stay
there for couple Of days. When he
comes back Belle Plain and its mig
gers will be as good as his 1 am 60
Ing to take the girl away from there
tonight. How soon can you get away