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Morgan County republican., 1912-07-11
SYNOPSIS.

laid in the. library of an old worn,out
southern plantation. known az the Bar
history az and PIN that OF the owners. the
Quintsrds, is the subject OF discussion oy
Jonathan Crenshaw. business mar,
Yancy. a farmer. when Hannibal Wayne
Hazard, a mysterious child OF the old
southern family. makes his appearances.
thaniel Ferris buys the Barony. but the
Quintards deny any knowledge OF the
boy. Yancy TO keep Hannibal. Captain
pears and asks questions about the Bar
ony Trouble al Scratch Hill. when Han
nibai /. kidnaped by Dave Blount. Cap
Blount. gives him a thrashing and secures
the boy. Yancy appears before Squire
Balaam and is d!schsTsed with cost cost, fof or
the the Rerrises. e,Iiast has as f encounter with Cap:
tain Murrell. who forces his attentions on
her. and is rescued by Bruce Darlington.
Betty sets out for her Tennessee home
and Hannibal disappear. with Murrell on
their trail Hannibal arrives at the home
OF Judge sloGum Price; The Judge secos; ogd
time friend Murrell arrives at Judges
home. Cavendsh family on raft rescue
YanGy, who Is apparently dead Price Pr,Ss
at Belle Plain. Hannibal's rife discloses
some startling things TO the Judge. Han
nibal and Betty meet again Murrell ar
Tives In Belle Plain. Is playing for big
stakes. Yancy awakes from long dream
less sleep on board the raft. Judge Price
makes startling discoveries In looking up
land titles, Charley Norton. a young
planter who assists the Judge. Is mys-.
teriously assaulted. Norton informs Car
rington that Betty has promised to marry
him. Norton Is mysteriously shot. More
light on Murrell's plot. He plans upris-
ing OF negroes Judge Price. with Hanni-
bal. visits BETTY. and she keeps the boy
as companion. In a stroll Betty takes
with Hannibal they meet Bess' Hicks,
daughter Of. the overseer. who warns
Betty OF danger and counsels her to
leave Belle Plain at once. Betty. terri
way their carriage II stopped by Slosson.
ned. acts on Bess' advice. and on their
the tavern keeper. and n confederate. and
Betty and Hannibal are made prisoners.
The pair are taken to Hicks cabin. In an
almost inaccessible spot. and there Muir
rell visits Betty and reveals his part In
the plot and his object Betty spurns
his proffercd love and the interview 's
ended by the arrival Of Ware. terrified
at possible outcome OF the crime. Judge
Price. hearing OF the abduction. plans &C
ton,
Morgan County republican., 1912-07-11
CHAPTER XXI.
Tho Judge Takes Charge.


All work on the plantation had
men, women and children-were gath.
cred about the house. Among these
moved the members of the dominant
race. The Judge would have attached
himself to the first group. but he
heard a whispered question, and the
answer:
Miss Malroy's lawyer"
Clearly It was not for him to mix
with these outsiders. these curiosity
seekers. He crossed the lawn to the
house. and mounted the stops. In the
doorway was big Steve. while groups
OF men stood about in the hall, the
hum of busy purposeless talk pervad
ing the place. The Judge frowned.
This was all wrong.
HAS Mr.. Ware returned from Mem.
phis?" he asked Of Steve.
mo. sab; not yet"
Then show me into the library"
said the Judge with bland authority,
surrendering his hat to the butler.
Come along. Mahary!" he added.
my ChtCi GU tho iIpi al anu tu6
Judge motioned Steve to close the
door. Nov. boy. you'll kindly ask
those people to withdraw---you may
say II Is Judge Prices orders. Allow
no one to enter the house unless they
have business with me, or as | send
for them--you understand After you
have cleared the house, you may
hiring n IN nf ,kt.
stop bit--you may ask the sherin
to step here"
Yes. sah." And Steve withdrew
The Judge drew an easy.chair I'D &c
the fiat-topped desk that stood In this
center OF the room. and seated him
self
The door opened. and the sherip
slouched into the room. lie was chew
ing long wheat straw, and his whole
appearance was one OF troubled weak
ness
Morning" he said briefly
sit down, sheriff." and the ,ude.
indicated a meek seat Tor the officia
in a distant corner. Have you Learned
anything?" he asked
The sherifr shooA his head.
What you turning all these neigh
Sors out OF doors for?" he questioned
I'VE don't want people tracking I,
and out the house. sheriir lmportan
evidence may be destroyed 1 propos,
examining the slaves tirst-does tina
meet with your approval?"
"Oh. I've talked with them, the,
don't know nothing" said the sherir,
mo one don't know nothing"
please God. We may yet put ON
Morgan County republican., 1912-07-11
.MUCHAnkESTER
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fingers on some villain who does"
said the Judge.
Outside It was noised about that
Judge Price had taken matters in
hand-he was the old fellow who had
been warned TO keep his mouth shut,
and who had never stopped talking
since. A crowd collected beyond the
library windows and feasted its eyes
on the back OF this hero's bald head.
One by one the house servants were
ushered into the judges presence.
First be interrogated little Steve. who
had gone to Miss Betty's door that
morning TO rouse her. as was his Gus.
tom. Next he examined Betty's maid: {:
then the cook, and various house serv-
ants, who had nothing especial to tell,
but told It at considerable length; and
lastly big Steve
Stop a BIT" the Judge suddenly in.
terrupted the butler In the midst OF
his narrative. Does the overseer al.
ways come up to the house the first
thing In the morning."
Why, not exactly. sab. but he come
up this mo'nng, sab. He was talking
to me at the back OF the house, when
the women run out with the word that
Missy was done gone away"
'He Joined IN the search?"
Yes. sab"
Morgan County republican., 1912-07-11

HE reckons she throwed herself IN,
and the boy tried to drag her out. like
hs naturally would. and got drawed
in"
"Humphi I'll trouble Mr.. Hicks to
step here" said the Judge quietly.
There's Mr.. Darlington and
couple Of strangers outside who've
been asking about Miss Mairoy and
the boy; seems like the strangers
knowed her and him back yonder In
Moth Carolina" said the sherih a. he
turned away.
"I1l see them" The sheriR went
from the room and the Judge dismissed
the servants.
We'll. what do you think. Price!"
asked Mahaffy anxiously when they
were alone.
Rubbish! Take my word for 1t,
Solomon. this blow is leveled at me.
] have been too forward In my at
tempts to suppress the carnival OF
crime that is raging through west
Tennessee. You'll observe that Miss
Malroy disappeared at moment
when the public is disposed to think
she has retained me as her legal ad'
wiser; probably she will be set at lib
erty when she agrees to drop the mat
ter of Eortons murder. AS for the
boy. they'll use him to compel my ST.
lence and inaction." The Judge took
long breath. Yet there remains one
point where the boy is concerned that
completely bafiles me. II we knew
Just a little more Of his antecedents
1t might cause me TO make startling
and radical move"
Mahaffy. was clearly not impressed
by the vague .generalities in which
| the Judge was dealing
There you 60, Price, as usual. try
ing to convince yourself that you are
the center OF everything" he said. in
tone OF much evaporation. Let's
| get down to business, What does this
man Hicks mean by limiting at sui.
eide? You saw Miss Malroy yester'
day?"
I You have put your finger on a
| point of some Significance" said the
! Judge. "Shs bore evidence OF the
shock and loss she had sustained !;
Morgan County republican., 1912-07-11
WILLING TO SHARE PENNIES
Generous Act Of Street Wait That
Gained Him a Friend In
Great Novelist.

Charles Dickens, the creator OF
many delightful child characters.
earned million dollars during his
lifetime with his pen, but often walk
ed the streets of London in search OF
material for his books without penny
in his pocket.
One evening while doing this he
was accosted by a small boy who
asked him for penny. Dickens search
ed his pockets, but they were empty.
and so he told the boy. who was shiv-
ering in the cold.
Poor mani" exclaimed the little
fellow. well go hunks together!"
Dickens stood back in the shadow
OF the street to see what the outcome
would be. The lad continued to beg.
and finally gained two pennies. He
came dancing to Dickens with jolly
ring in his voice.
Now" he said, well have two hot
buns apiece!"
Such a generous spirit under such
trying circumstances struck Dickens
SO forcibly that he took the lad home
with him. and there he was fed and
clothed, and started on the road to q
better life,
Morgan County republican., 1912-07-11
GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP
No Medicine SO Beneficial to Brain
and Nerves.

Lying awake nights makes 1t hard
TO keep awake and do things in day
time. To take "tonics and stimulants"
under such circumstances is like set
ting the house on fire to see II you
can put 1t out.
The right kind of food promotes re-
freshing sleep at night and wide
awake individual during the day.
A lady changed from er.old way Of
eating Grape-Nuts, and says:
For about three years l had been
great sufferer from indigestion.
After trying several kinds Of medicine,
the doctor would ask me to drop of
potatoes, then meat, and 30 on. but In
a few days that craving. gnawing feel
Ing would start up. and would vomit
everything ! ate and drank.
when started on Grape.Nuts, vom.
ting stopped, and the bloated feeling
which was 30 distressing disappeared
entirely.
my mother was very much bothered
with diarrhoea before commencing the
Grape-Nuts. because her stomach was
30 weak she could not digest her food.
Since using Grape.Nuts food she Is
we'll, and says she don't think she
could do without 1t.
1T is a great brain restorer and
nerve builder for can sleep as sound
and undisturbed after a supper Of
| Grape-Nuts as In the old days when
could not realize what they meant by
bad stomach There is no medi.
cine 30 beneficial to nerves and brain
as good nights sleep. such as you
,an enjoy after eating Grape.Nuts."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek. Mich.
Look In pkgs. for the famous little
book, THE Road to Wellville."
Ever read the shove letterf A new
one appears from time to time. They
sr: .s.aine' true' sad full Of hsnas
Morgan County republican., 1912-07-11
Ruling Spirit StlIi Strona.

Mrs. J. l.. Story. who has Just pub
lished a volume Of "reminiscences, tells
of a lady relative who had all her life
been afraid OF damp sheets. When
she was dying Mrs. Story entered the
room. to find the fireplace barricaded
with large assortment Of bed linen.
She was having her winding sheet
warmed.
II never have lain in damp bed
clothes while | was alive" said the
old lady in feeble whisper. "and I'm
not going to do It when I'm dead"
Morgan County republican., 1912-07-11

when was Miss Mairoy seen last p
asked the Judge.
she and the young gemman you
fotched heah were seen in the gyar-
den along about sundown. seen them
myself"
They had had suppery
Yes. sah."
who sleeps here?"
Just little Steve and three OF the
women; they sleeps at the back OF
the house, sah."
mo sounds were heard during the
night?"
mo, sab"
'l'li see the overseer--what's mis-
name?-Hicks? Suppose you go for
HIM" said the Judge. addressing the
sheriff
The sheriff was gone from the room
only few moments and returned
with the information that Hicks was
down at the bayou. which was to be
dragged.
"Why?" inquired the Judge.
Hicks says Miss Mairoys been act.
ing mighty queer ever since Charley
Norton was shot--distracted like! lie
says he noticed II. and that Tom Ware
noticed it."
How does he explain the boys dis.
! appsarancs?"
Morgan County republican., 1912-07-11
CHAPTER XIII.

The Judge Finds Allies.
They were interrupted by the open.
ing OF the door. and big Steve admit.
ted Darlington and the two men OF
whom the shern had spoken,
"A shocking condition OF anairs.
Mr.. Carrington!" said the Judge by
way OF greeting
Yes" said Darlington shortly.
you left these parts some time ago.
l believe" continued the Judge
THE day before Norton WAS shot
had started homo for Kentucky,
heard OF his death when l reached
Randolph on the second biun." ex
planned Darlington. from whose cheeks
Morgan County republican., 1912-07-11

aside from that she was quite as she
has always been"
We'll. what do you want to see
Hicks for? What do you expect to
learn from him?"
II don't like his insistence on the
idea that Miss Mairoy is mentally un'
balanced. It's a question OF some
delicacy-the law. sir. fully recog
nizes that. II seems to me ne IL over
anxious to account for her disappear
ance In manner that can compro
mise no ona"
Morgan County republican., 1912-07-11
Two indispensable Supports.

OF all the dispositions and habits
that lead to political prosperity. re-
ligion and morality are Indispensable
supports-George Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-02

naf hour Seems he had to send to the bank first
though, and with him being far downtown arrived
the all alone.
Hello Sergeant!' says I. @Where's the lady road
burner that was gathered in about an hour ago.
"oh, herr says he She's in the Captains office
l want anxious. Soothin hysterca old girls amt
exactly in my line, and first off thinks maybe I'd wait
for Witherbee. But then, when | thinks how maybe
it'll cheer her up to know that the expedition is
the way, blazes ahead in.
But say, hadn't more'n got glimpse of the party
sittn calm and contented over by the window, than
loses my breath all in gasp For it my swell lady
passenger that I'd carried out to Witherbee's
@You!' says l, and guess by the way she smiled
must have looked some foolish.
absurd, isn't it," says she. @But how was to know
you had such silly speed laws here? Besides thought
that fellow the motor cycle looking for a
You going twenty miles hour says he,
after had been held up by lot of dirt wagons.
Twenty! says |. 1t was nearer forty And then
am arrested. Why out home drive fast as please,
and interferes You have such bully avenues to
speed on, too! It's shame! Awfully good of you to
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BY EUGENE L. FISK. M. D.
Fellow of New York Academy of Medicine

his environment his big muscles constituting vertable
parasites not paying for their keep
1t is necessary therefore, distinguish between
tonal exercise and Stunts" In making such dis
tinction. little knowledge of the physiological effect
of exercise is desrable although it well be
analytical in such matters, or, witty Frenchman
has expressed it, ito watch oneself live
1t has been demonstrated that physical exerton pow
erfuy influences cell metaboism, the processes of
and repair in the tissues. contracting muscle
cell throws off acid waste products which carried by
the blood current to every tissue and organ in the body
Some of these substances, notably carbon dioxid car
bonic acid) are termed "hormones," and it is believed
that they have stimulating effect upon the
centers increasing the functional activity of the various
organs. For example increased quantity of carbon
doxd the circulation acts stimuant to the
that presdes respiration and the breathing
is accelerated and deepened 1t is thought that these
waste products and hormones contribute to that feeling
of bienaise which is experienced by those who keep
physically fit The high spirits of young people, and
possibly their rapid growth due to the influence of
these hormones upon highly responsive centers
The final effect of normal production of cellular
waste products is healthy, stirred feeling ending in
Sleep AS the body cells depleted by the loss Of
these products demand is created for repair
material and in this way the nutrve elements in the
blood derived from the respiratory and digestive proc
esses are utilized.
Now it can easily be understood that excessive
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"Really, it's true, though says he.

Really, it's true, though says he.
"Wha-a-at!' l gasps Grandmother pnched?'
ave Just got word says he, "and I'm upset
don't know what to do. I've had any experience
with this sort of thing, and-we m sure don't know
how it was came to think of you; but
@That's all right" says l. @No apologies. I'm in
t'rested all right. What particular green lights did
she send in the call from?'
"The Morrisania station" says he.
IL see," says l. "Up in Goatvile. But what's the
charger"
Speeding" says Witherbee.
"Oh!" says l. "She means it's of the chauffeur
bein' nipped while she in the car
mot at all" says he 3She was driving it herself
@Gwan!" says l. @Why, thought you told me the
old girl was dead one, an antiquee"
ayes, yes, perhaps did" breaks in Witherbee 4But
can't stop to explain now. She's in jail, you know,
and want to know how to get her out
"Why, that's simple" says l. @Chase up there with
couple of hundred-doar bills and put up cash BAIL
V/ITHERBEE is SO ratified, though, and he begs
" hard that has to promise to 60 along too; SO
agrees to jump the subway and meet him there IN
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PHYSICAL FITNESS

advantages of the exercise attendant upon neghbory
visits or shopping excursions on foot
But how about the gospel of fresh air and the modern
enthusiasm for athletics? Have these tendencies had
neutralizing influenced Assuredly they have; but
such influence has been exerted almost wholly upon
young people and limited number of their elders who
regularly follow sport such golf The law of the
economy of effort governs such matters, and modern
conveniences divert the average from the stimulus
that physical exerton which necessary not only to
maintain the chemical exchanges in the tissues but to
safety valve for the brain and system
Exercising for Muscle Health
lust notice the fellow with bullying biceps demonstrat
ing various athletic apparatus in shop windows!
The apparatus usually commendable such things
co. but do not let the demonstration stand for your
ideal of physical fitness, unless you intend to be piano
Even in that uplifting profession the trained,
intelligent muscle will do effective work than vast
bundles of fiber that constitute real burden consuming
nutrition and energy that needed by other tissues
These wonderful muscular results of physical culture
gone mad comparable to the mental condition apty
termed parasitic culture In such condition the mind
is crowded with vast amount of learning which is
utilized in the regular lfework in ones lighter
avocatons maybe, while the special brain development
that follows, with its nutrtional demands distinctly
limits the mental capacity for practical affairs Thus
the learned really may be poorly educated and
badly equipped for his daily work, just as the well
musced man may be physically out of adjustment with
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come up Son Witherbee's on the way I presumed"
mods. ~But-but see here, says / Il didn't know
it was YOU. He said it Grandmother.
At which she throws her head back and laughs hearty
@That's so, says She "And suppose | mustn't mind
if he does call that But I'm not quite used to it yet
It's hard for realize. You see, I'm rather novice
in the role
"Then-then it's So is it," saysI "You are "a"
ooh, surely says She Il can't deny that Mabel has
two children They re little dearS, too and quite
proud of them. Now that my Harry is married too
well, there isn't such thing double grandmother,
is there.'
"f there was' says at would be dead easy for you
to prove alibi Excuse my mentionin it, but you
don't look the part
Thanks" says she, aand don't feel in the least
grandmothery. Perhaps l should. But, you see, I've
tried not to let my children grow away from me. |
didn't be left behind I've gone to dances with
them played their games with Them made their friends
mine, and kept up with things they along And
since I've had only Harry left at home perhaps I've
given such things attention He says can do the
Boston dip well any of the girls he knows; and,
although he beats at tennis have eighteen-hoe
golf that he has yet to better But of course,
have time to keep in form than Harry does And
keep in form mean to- just as long as can I'll admit
to being fifty and don't try to hide the gray in my
hair but m not going on the shelf yet even if am
grandmother
mo danger says l. @But. say, it just strikes
that you must have thought l talked fresh the
other day. Guess had you mixed with
Il know, says she, Cousin Sbyl. Yes she came
Grandmother had arrived But since beat her five up
at golf and gave her few points auction bridge, and
showed ner now TO make a HItle thirty horsepower
roadster hit fifty mile-an-hour clip, Sibyl has
vsed her views. Dear Cousin Sibyl endured me
for two whole days. and then went away somewhere for
rest, taking her cigarettes with her. She's rather
different type, suppose from Why hello here's
Son Wtherbee! Well, hope you brought enough to
bail outo'
@Its all settled says Witherbee, wipn' his brow.
give put up two hundred with the Sergeant And now.
Grandmother, if
"Now please Walter!' she cuts in. "Call me Mother
if you must but Harry would say for the love of
soup cut out that grandmother business"
TWAS talkn with Sadie last night telln what
joke it Witherbee to have her go out and
make monkey of him the golf course, and all that
and what do you suppose?
"Well, l must say remarks Sadie, "that isn't my
idea of perfectly good grandmother
"Aint eh?" says l. "Then you ain keepin up with
the procession. That's the 1912 model, that is!
And say, I'll bet, when it your turn, that's the
kind of grandmother you'll be- too"
@Humph!' says she, tossin her head @How about the
kind of grandpa you'll be? Have you decided that?
"Me?' says |, my jaw droppin' the idea sunk in.
@Me grand All, say, Sadie! Can it. What's the
use diggin' up such foolish thoughts?'
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The only way for rich to be healthy is by exercise
and abstnence-to live as if he poor.
SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE
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II HERE

THERE are rich men In this country
=. today than there in the entire
S@IFN civilized world when the foregoing
NNkN words uttered Furthermore,
N@&>T,a the laboring of the present day
7NGHN has within his reach many of the
lNZNZN luxuries that could be enjoyed only
RYZloJNN4 by the wealthy in Sir William Tenn
lNIHaGlMI pies time; while the of average
W,AGIW income command labor-sav
WANW ing and body destroying indugences
wv undreamed of by the seventeenth
~ ~ O. century diplomat or his wealthy con-
@ - temporareS.
~ There is certain in
0k0 prosperity, in wonderful inven-
tions whichincreases mental activity
while encouraging physical sluggshness This may
heretical indeed almost blasphemols the hysterca
mourners over the "high of living; but it is
deniable that nations like individuals change their
standards of living their prosperity increases, and
the "uxuries nsensiby becomes the necessities as
the income grows.
Momently confronted by the danger attending
conditions that promote increased nervous and men
tai strain accompanied by dietec excesses while the
invitations physical exerton cut off every
side. How many dyspeptc, overfed, corpulent house
wives have not the telephone and automobile developed!
All the gossip of the neghborhood well as all the
supplies Of the market, available without the