Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-03-16

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"Y.s--s Living Target" said murrsl
/ the street and learn from Mr. pegloe
/ ny what road ThicSct Point might et
reached. Norton himself galloped into
taa village CaJc.ius sight OF the
/ ir.ge. he refined ~ his horse ana
sv ing himself from Inc saddle.
u was hoping. sir. might tld
you" he said.
a wish ! should have echoed haC
been aware OF IT. responded the
| jGdse. Il was about to do myself
the honor 70 wait upon you at your
plantation
Then ! have saved you a .ons
walk said Norton. lie surveyed the
Judge rather obviously. but listened
with kindness as be explained the
business that would have taken MIN
to Thicket Point.
The house is quite at your selv-
ice. sir he said. at length.
The rent" began the Judge.
But Mr. Norton, with dei1acy
/ equal 10 his own. entreatcd him net
/ to mention the reLt The house had
come to him as JoOt in a trade. L
had been occupied by doctor ana
LAWYER. thcsn gentlemen had each q.
/ camped between two days. heavily In
debt a; The stores and tayerns, espe.
cially the taverns. And thus hand
somely did Charley NCrton acQrit
/ himself Of the mission &c had under
taken at Betty Malroys request
That same morning Tom Ware and
, Captain Murrell were seated IN the
small detached building at ielie Plain.
known as the Office. where the former
spent most OF his time when not IN
the saddle
so YOUR sister doesn't like me,
Tom-thats on your mind this morn
I ing. is it," Murrcll was saying.
Make II worth my while and IN
take her on your hands" and Muir
rell laughed
Tom favored him with a sullen
stare
There was brief silence, during
which Murrell studied his friend
face. When he spoke. IL was to give
/ the conversation new direction.
Did she bring the boy here last
I night? | saw you drive oil with him
In the carriage
Yes. she makes regular pet OF
the little ragamuil!n."
Is the boy gors TO stay at Belle
Plain?" inquired MIrrell.
That notion hasn't struck her yet.
for heard her say at breakfast that
she'd take him TO Raleigh this after
noon
That's the boy travelled all the
way to North Carolina 10 get Tor
Fon,ress
"Eh-you don't aay?" cried Ware
Tom. what do YOU know about the
Quiutard lands; what DO you know
about Quintard hImsclf?" continued
Murrell
lie was q rich planter; lived m
North Carolina. My father met him
when he was in congress and got hin
10 invest In land here They had
come colouizaton scheme on foot
this was upward OF twenty years az
but nothing came OF il. cuinta:c
lost interest"
And the lsrd?'
"Oh. he held on to that"
"Quintard has been dead two years.
Tom. and back yonGer In North Caro-
! lina they told me- ne lc.t nothing bur
the home plantation The boy I've
/ there up 10 the time OF Qu.utail
I death. but what relation h. we D.
the o!d man no one knew. CA q.
Tom. I'd say that by getting ho.t O.
/ the boy Fon,re expects 10 got Dol.
Of The Quintard land
That's likely" said Ware. Hn'
struck by a sudden idea. he Oh. .c.
Are you going 20 take all tae %.
and le; him pocket the cash? D. .,-
/ the land hes ai,er. the st4hD 60.
enough TO divide"
"He can have re whole Ting
welcome. I'm r.ying Tor a B.
| stake His r. stared at hlm
astoniehmont I'm licking a srocll4
ton into ea1po lIai wiz cause me q.
DO remembered white there's waite
man alive In jhc Mississippi Valley
Have you head wtat the niggers d..
at Hayt!"
You let the niggers alone: don't
you tamper with them" said Ware
| He possessed "a profound belief IA
Murroll's capacity. s knew how the
latter had SHAPED the uneasy popula
tion that foreg. thorcd on the edge
civilization 20 his own ends. and that
what he had christoned the Clan had
become an elaborate organization,
clplined and flexible TO his ruthless
will.
Look here, what do you think |
have been working for-to steal a
few niggers? That furnishes us with
money. but you can push the trade
too hard and too far. The planters