Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-11-16

of it, Christine Doesn't it look to you
as If 1 really had done it?"
sThe papers did not tell the truth,
David she sid Loyalty.
They hunted for me with blood
hounds" lie went on vaguely. IF
they had caught me then, 1 would
have been strung up and shot to
pieces You see." turning to her with
gentle note in his voice, my grand
father was very much beloved He
was the very finest man In all the
state 1 have sworn to ayenge his
| death 1 swear it every night-eyery
night, Christine First, I'm going to
clear myself of the the hideous
| thing And theni'
You have said that there Is a man
who can clear you," she ventured.
who is he. David? Where is he to be
found?'
IL don't know where he is. In
New York, think. He-he was sent
out of the country by-by some one
Do you want to hear my side. Chris
timer"
DO you-care TO speak of It, David p
Yes You VIII understand You
are good I want you to tell your
mother. too" He slackeneds his pace.
Both forgot that the hour for the
tournament was drawing perflously
near 'T lived with my grandfather,
Colonel Jenfson. My father was killed
at Shiloh Ny mother died when
was nine years old. 1 had one uncle,
my fathers younger brother. He was
an officer In the southern army, Just
as my father was. He gave my
grandfather trouble all of his life
They say It was his wild habits that
drove my grandmother to her grave.
knew him but slightly. When the war
was two years old he was court
martialed for treason 10 the cause
The story was that he had been caught
trying to sell some plans 30 the enemy.
He was sentenced to be shot 1t was
very clear against him, my mother
told me on one Of the rare occasions
when his name was mentioned But
he escaped during a sudden, over
wheimtng attack by the Yanks. They
never caught him. My grandfather.
who had been a colonel In the war
with Mexico and had lost an arm. dis
owned him as q son. He dfsinherited
him, leaving everything to my father. /
When my father was killed became
the heir to Jenison hall and all that
went with TIA vast estate.
"A year ago my Uncle Frank turned
up. He came to Richmond with proof
that cleared him of the charge of trea-
son In the minds OF his old comrades
Three men on their deathbeds had
signed aff1davits, showing that they
were guilty of the very thing of which
he was accused, he being an innocent
dupe In the transaction. 1 don't know
just how 1t all came about, but he
was exonerated completely. With this
to back him up, he came to the hall to
plead for my grandfather's forgive
ness. He came many times, and final
ly 1t seems that grandfather believed
his story. Uncle Frank took up his
residence at the hall. 1 hated him
from the beginning.
well, he soon learned that I was to
be the heir. Everybody knew it. was
at the university. Grandfather had
sent me there. 1t was my second year,
for had gone in very young. When
went home for the Christmas holidays,
Uncle Frank was practically running
the place. Grandfather didn't really
trust him, I'm sure of that They had
a couple Of violent scenes New Years
week up in the library. 1t was some
thing about money. Grandfather told
me little about it, but not much He
said Uncle Frank wanted him to
fair to him, who had been so wrong
fully accused My grandfather told me
that he would never change it. He
might leave a certain amount in trust
for Uncle Frank, but Jenison hall was
not to go to any Jenison whose name
had ever been blackened-
Zone day I went up to Richmond to
spend the night with some college
friends. My Uncle Frank was already
there on business, he said Well, I
found out what his business was-acci-
dentally, of course. He was there to
see a darby lawyeri Think OF that,
Christine. A Jenison having dealings
with darby lawyer. This lawyer had
once been a slave on the Jenison place,
a yellow boy whose name was Isaac
Isaac Perry When the war broke out
he went with my uncle as his body
servant He was smart, thieving fell
low, always too smart to be caught,
but always under suspicion. My grand
father had given him some. schooling
because Isaac's father was his body I
servant and he would have done any
thing for old Abraham After the war
Isaac was made a lawyer, way down
in South Carolina The judges were I
darkies, they say. Later on he went
to Richmond and did some business
for the darkies there besides conduct
ing a barber shop.
well, 1 happened to go into his shop
roooI,ad Df1hroApd M