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The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-15
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Il have reason to think this man
Gatewood came to west Tennessee,
he said.
"lf so. I have never heard OF him"
Perhaps not under that name-at
any rate, you are going to hear OF him
now. This man Gatewood. who be-
tween ourselves was damned scoun.
drel"--the colonel winced-"this man
Gatewood had a friend who threw
money and business in his way-a
planter he was, same as Gatewood. A
sort OF partnership existed between
the pair. It proved an expensive en-.
terprise for Gatewood's friend. since
he came to trust the damned scoun.
drel more and more as time passed
even large sums OF his money were
In Gatewoods hands" Fentress'
countenance was like stone. as express
sionless and as rigid
BY the door stood Mahaffy with
Yancy and Cavendish: they under.
stood that what was obscure and
meaningless to them held q tragic
significance to these two men. The
judges heavy face. ordinarily battered
and debauched. but Infinitely good.
natured. bore now the markings OF
deep passion. aud the voice that rum
bled forth from his capaciOus chest
came to their ears like distant thun-
der.
This friend Of Gatewood's had a
wife" The judges voice broke. emo.
ton shook him like a leaf: he was
tearing open his wounds. lie reached
over and poured himself drink, suck.
Ing It down with greedy lips. There
was q wife" he whirled about on his
heel and faced Fentress again. There
was a wife. Fentress--" he fixed Fen.
tress with his blazing eyes. "A wife
and child. Well. one day Gatewood
and the wife were missing. Under the
circumstances Gatewood's friend was
we'll rid OF the pair-he should have
been grateful. but he wasn't. for his
wife took his child. q daughter: and
GatewoOd a tritie Of thirty thousand
dollars his friend had intrusted to
him!"
There was another silence.
AT a later day met this man who
had been betrayed by his wife ana
robbed by his friend. He had fallen
out OF the race-drink had done for
him-there was just one thing he
seemed to care about. and that was
the fate OF his child. but maybe he
was only curious there He wondered
II she had lived. and married." Once
more the Judge paused.
Whats all this to me?" asked Fen.
tress.
Are you sure It's nothing to your"
demanded the Judge hoarsely. "Un.
derstand this. Fentress. Gatewood's
treachery brought ruin to at least two
lives. It caused the woman's father
to hide his face from the world; 1t
wasn't enough for him that his
friends believed his daughter dead: he
knew differently. and the shame of
that knowledge ate into his soul. It
cost the husband his place In the
world. too-tn the end 1t made OF him
vagabond and a penniless wan.
derer."
This is nothing to me-" said Fen.
tress.
Watt" cried the Judge. about six
years ago the woman was seen at her
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-15
IMUCHANkESTER

| father's home In North Carolina.
reckon Gatewood had cast her on.
She didn't go back empty.handed. She
had run away from her husband with
a child--a girl: after a lapse OF TWEEN.
ty years she returned to her father
with q boy OF two or three There
are two questions that must be an.
swered when I find Gatewood: what
became or the woman. and what be-
came OF the child; are they living or
dead; did the daughter grow up and
marry and have a son? When I get
my answer It will be time enough to
think OF Gatewood's punishment"
The Judge leaned forward across the
table. bringing his face close to Fen.
tress' face. Look at me-do you
know me now?"
But Fentress' expression never al.
tered. The Judge fell back a step.
"Fentress. l want the boy" he said
quietly.
What boy?"
MY grandson"
You are mad! What do I know
OF him-or your" Fentress was gain.
Ing courage from the sound OF his
own voice.
You know who he is and where ne
Is. Your business relations with this
man Ware have put you on the track
OF the Quintard lands in this state.
You intend to use the boy to gather
them In"
You're mad!" repeated Fentress.
Unless you bring him to me inside
Of twenty.four hours I'll smash you!"
roared the Judge. Your name isn't
Fentress. it's Gatewood; you've stolen
the name Of Fentress. Just as you
have stolen other things. What's
come OF Turberville's money? Damn
your soul! want my grandson! III
pull you down and leave you stripped
and bare! I'll tell the world the false
friend you've Heen-the thief you are!
I'll strip you and turn you out OF
these doors as naked as when you en-.
tered the world!" The Judge seemed
to tower above Fentress: the man
had shot up out OF his deep debase.
ment. Choose! Choose!" he thun.
dercd. his shaggy brows bent In q
menacing frown.
Il know nothing about the boy"
said Fentress slowly.
by God. you lie!" stormed the
Judge.
Il know nothing about the boy"
and Fentress took step toward the
door.
stay where you are!" commanded
the Judge. III you attempt to leave
this room to call your niggers Ill Kill
you on Its Threshold"
But Yancy and Cavendish had
that was evident. and Fentress' thin
face cast itself in haggard lines. He
was feeling the judges terrible ca.
pacity. his unexpected ability to deal
with a supreme situation. Even Ma.
haffy gazed at his friend in wonder.
He had only seen him spend himself
on tribes. with no further object than
stepped to the door with an intention
the next meal or the next drink; he
had believed that as he knew him so
he had always been. lax and loose Of
tongue and deed, noisy tavern hero.
but now he saw that he was fiiiing
what must have been the measure OF
hia manhood
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-15
CHAPTER XIV.
The Bubble Bursts.


At about the same hour that the
Judge was hurting threats and insults
at Colonel Fentress. three men were
waiting ten miles away at the head OF
the bayou which served to isolate
Hicks cabin. Now no one OF these
three had ever heard of Judge Slocum
Price: tho breath Of his fame had
never blown. however gently. In their
direction. yet they were preparing to
thrust opportunity upon him. 10 this
end they were lounging about the
opening in the woods where the
horses belonging to Ware and Murrell
we're tied.
At length the dip of oars became
audible In the silence and one OF the
trio stole down the path, q matter OF
nifty yards. to point that overlooked
the bayou. He was gone but mo.
ment.
ITS Murrell all right" he said IN
an eager whisper. Him and another
fellow--the Hicks girl 10 rowing
them" He glanced from one to the
other OF his companions. who seemed
to take firmer hold OF themselves un.
der his eye. "It'll be all right" he
protested lightly. Hes as good as
ours. Walt till I give you the word"
And he led the way into an adjacent
thicket.
Meantime Ware and Murrell had
landed and were coming along the
path, the outlaw step or two In ad.
vance Of his friend. They reached the
horses and were untying them when
the thicket suddenly disgorged the
three men: each held . cooked pistol;
two OF these pistols covered Murreii
and the third was leveled at Ware.
CTO BE CONTINUED.)
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-15
Unsatisfactory Transaction.

It'll admit" said Erastus Pinkley.
dat de mule done traded OF fob q
bushel Of oats warn't much good. But
JUS de same I feels like I been
cheated"
What are de trouble? inquired
Miss Miami Brown.
II traded de mule OF for bushel Of
oats. While had my back turned
see how Is gwinter break even
Washington Star.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-15

Il tell you had no hand in carry.
Ing of the boy" said Fentress with
a sardonic SMILE
Il look to you to return him. Stir
yourself. Gatewood. or by God. III
hold 70 fierce reckoning with you"
The sentence remained unfinished.
for Fentress felt his overwrought
nerves snap. and. giving way to a
sudden blind fury. struck at the Judge.
I'VE are too old for rough and tum.
ble." said the Judge. who had dis.
played astonishing agility in avoiding
the blow. Furthermore we were once
gentlemen. At present I am what I
am, while you are hound and q
blackguard! Well settle this as be-
comes our breeding" He poured him.
self second glass OF liquor from
Fentress' decanter. II wonder II II
Is possible to insult you." and he
tossed glass and contents in F'entress'
face. The colonel's thin features were
convulsed. The Judge watched him
with a scornful curling OF the lips. Il
am treating you better than you de.
serve." he taunted.
Tomorrow morning at sun.up at
Boggs' race-track!" cried Fentress.
The judge bowed with splendid cour.
tesy.
Nothing could please me half so
we'll" he declared. He turned to the
others. Gentlemen, this is a private
matter. When I have met Colonel
F'entress I shall make q public an.
nouncement OF why this appeared
necessary to me: until then I trust
this matter will not be given pub.
licity. May ! ask your silencey" lie
bowed again. and abruptly passed
from the room.
His three friends followed In his
steps. leaving Fentress standing by
the table. the ghost of smile on his
thin lips.
As II the very place were evil. the
Judge hurried down the drive toward
the road. At the gate he paused and
turned on his companions. but his
features wore look Of dignity that
forbade comment or question. lie
held out his hand to Yancy.
Sir" he said. III I could command
the riches OF the Indies. 1t would tax
my resources to meet the fractional
part OF my obligations to YOU"
Think Of that!" said Yancy. as
much overwhelmed by the judges
manner as by his words.
His Uncle Bob shall keep his place
In my grandson's life! Wen watch
him grow into manhood together" a"
The Judge was visibly affected. A
smile OF deep content parted MIR.
Yancy's lips as his muscular fingers
closed about the judges hand with
crushing force
"Whoop!" cried Cavendish. delight.
ed at this recognition OF Yancy's rove
for the boy. and he gleefuliy smote
the austere Mahaffy on the shoulder.
But Mahaffy was dumb in the pres.
ence Of the decencies: he quite lacked
an Interpreter. The Judge looked
back at tho house.
"Mine!" he muttered. THE clothes
he stands in--the food he eats
mine! Mine!"
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-15
CHAPTER XIV. (contlnued).

When they entered the library Fen.
tress turned and took stock OF his
guests. Mahaffy he had seen before:
Yancy and Cavendish were of course
strangers to him, but their appear
ance explained them: last of all his
glance shifted to tho Judge. He had
heard something Of those activities by
means OF which Slocum Price had
striven to distinguish himself. and he
had q certain curiosity respecting the
man. 1t was Immediately satisfied.
The Judge had reached degree OF
shabbiness seldom equaled. and but
for his mellow. effulgent personality
might well have passed for common
vagabond: and II his dress advertised
the state OF his finances. his face ex.
planned his habits. No misconception
was possible about either.
May I offer you glass OF liquor?'
asked Fentress. breaking the silence.
He stepped to the walnut center-table
where there was q decanter and
glasses. BY q gesture the Judge de-
clined the invitation. Whereat the
colonel looked surprised. but not so
surprised as Mahaffy. There was an.
other silence.
Il don't think We ever met before?"
observed Fentress. There was some.
thing In the fixed stare his visitor was
bending upon him that he found dis
duieting, just why. he could not have
told.
But that fixed stare of the judges
continued. No. the man had not
changed-he had grown older certain.
ly. but age had not come ungraceful.
ly; he became the glossy broadcloth
and spotless linen he wore. Here was
q man who could command the good
things OF life. using them with q ra.
tional temperance. The room itself
was In harmony with his character:
1t was plain but rich in its appoint.
ments. at once his library and his or.
nee, while the well.flled cases ranged
about the walls showed his tastes To
be In the main scholarly and intel.
lectual
How long have you lived here?'
asked the Judge abruptly. Fentress
seemed to hesitate; but the Judges
glance. compelling and insistent. de.
manded an answer.
"Ten years."
"You have known many men Of all
classes a. q lawyer and q plantery'
said the Judge. Fentress inclined bis
head The Judge took q step nearer
him. People have . great trick OF
coming and going in these western
states7-all sorts of damned ri1rau
drift In and out Of these new lands .
A deadly earneslnsss lifted the Judges
words above mere rudeness. Fen
tress. cold and distant. made no reply
For the past twenty years l have
been looking for q man by the name
OF 0atewood-David Gatewood." Dis
ciplined a. he was. the colonel start
Cd violently. Ever heard OF him
Fentress!" demanded the Judge with
. savage scowl.
WHATS all this to meY" The words
came with . gasp from Nsntress'
tw'tching lips. The Judge looked a,
MIN moody and frownins.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-15
heaxy.

speaking Of the holy bonds OF mat
rimony."
Speak on. an prepared 70 hear
the worst"
"Our friend Muffkins says there are
times when they seem TO him uks LOO
chains"
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-15
SYNOPSIS.

The scene at the opening Of the story is
laid In tho library Of an old rn.out
southern plantation. known as the Bar.
SSny The place 10 to be sold. and IL
Guintards. ia the subject Of discussion by
stranger known as Bladen. and Bob
Hazard. a. mysterious child OF tho old
eOuthern family. makes his appearance.
Yancy tells how he adopted the boy. Ma.
t",n,a thSnei Ferris buys the Barony: but ;h ,hs
boy. Yancy to Keep Hannibal Captain
Murrell. q friend Of the Quintards. ap.
pears and and asks questions about the Bar
ony. Trouble ut Scratch Hill, when Han
nlbai y kidnapped by Dayo Blount. Cap
Blount, gives him thrashing and secures
BSlaa%, and Il si.cRsrSed with tR's costs Tor
the plaintiff. Betty Malroy, a friend Of
the Ferrises. has an encounter with Cap
her. and 10 rescued by Bruce Darlington.
Betty sets out for her Tennessee home
Carrington takes the same stage. Yancy
shs ram HannSa srryas Vein al sne ho%s
Of Judge slocum Price. The Judge recog.
,,zs nizes IN IN the boy, the grandson Of an old
bone: Cavendish family on raft rescue
ty. traney. who 70 apparently dead. Price
At Belle Plain. Hannibais rifle dlscloses
nibal and Betty meet again. Murrell ar-
rive 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, q young
planter, who assists the judge. r. mys.
teriously assaulted Norton informs Car
rington that Betty has promised to marry
him. Norton H. mysterlously shot. More
light on Murreils plot: He plans upris-
Ing OF negroes. Judge Price. with Hanni-
bal. visits Betty. and she keeps the boy
~ 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
Ned. acts on Bess' advice. and on their
way their carriage II stopped by Slosson.
the tavern keeper, and a 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 proffered love and the Interview Is
ended BY the arrival Of Ware. terrified
At possible outcome Of the crime. Judge
Price. hearing Of the abduction. plans ac-
ton. The Judge takes charge OF the
eituation. and search for the missing ones
10 instituted. Darlington visits the Judge
and allies are discovered. Judge Price
visits Colonel Fentress, where he meets
Yancy and Cavendish.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-15
Lacks OrlQinallty.

"Bilkins tells me that he has lately
subscribed for new thought maga-
xine."
II hope its perusal will inspire him
with some new thoughts. Nobody
talks about the weather more than
Bilkins does"
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-15

Trying to be Christian on the In
stallment plan Is waste OF time.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-15

Courtship is less expensive than
marriage. according to the figures ON
gas bills.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-15
euslness Practice.

THE new actor in this company
certainly knows how to act on peo.
pies feelings with fine touches"
"Yes; he used to be dentist"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-06
GLAD TO BE IN JAIL TO
ESCAPE LADIES ATTENTIONS

600 bail, today declared that all his
troubles have resulted from too
much devotion by the feminine por-
ton of his following
Hanish insisted that his philosophy
was pure and highly moral. He said
it was the science of bodily dynam-
les" and induced physical and mental
health.
.The zeal of the women devotees of
our religion" Hanish said, has
actually become SO great as to be an
embarrassment Men have a natural
jealousy in such cases and that is the
reason for the attacks upon me
Many of my women converts insist
upon keeping in constant commnni.
cation with me- One of them ad
dresses me as my darling SON and
another as my divine child AS mat
ter of fact | detest this eulogism. II
sickens me and pals on me but can
not help it. My twenty-four hours in
Jail was really a rest for me and | am
grateful for the experience"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-06
OPEN TOWN MAYOR SHOWED
UNDER FOR SECOND TIME

in the campaign against an open
town" The election of Cotterill is re-
garded as another victory for the Wo-
men voters, who fought Gill TO
finish.
The defeat of the single tax amend
ment is laid to the bitter fight against
them by property owners and big in
terests.
The complete vote of the election
will not be known until late tonight
or tomorrow. Owing to the numerous
propositions on the ballot, the count
ing is very slow, except on the head Of
the ticket.
The first five precincts reporting on
the single tax amendment show 3S3
against the amendment to 10 for 1t.
The socialist candidate for corpora
tion counsel polled $4,000 votes and
was barely beaten for the place.
The hackers OF Gill We're so confi-
dent that he would be elected thai
they wagered thousands of dollars fn
the result. 1t is estimated that tb o.
lost $4,000 thus.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-06

WARNING IS ISSUED
Members Who Are "insursins''
Against Increase In Rates Are
Liable to Being
Expelled.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
& LINCOLN, Nebr. March 6.-Modern
Woodmen camps that are "insurging'
are warned in circular letter issued
by Head Consul A. r. Talbot, of Lin
coin, that the forfeiture Of charters
and the cancellation of individual In
surance certificates may be the penal
ty paid by members who seek to ef-
feet organized resistance to the raise
in insurance rates recently ordered by
the head camp Of the society.
Mr.. Talbot calls attention to a sec.
tion of the bylaws OF the society,
whereby the executive council is en-
powered TO recall charters and annul
certificates whenever members act in
willful insubordination or contempt
of any superior authority in the so
ciety. Hastings, Nebr. Camp No. 1901
has SO erred, says Mr.. Talbot, In is
suing call for a state convention on
March 20, to which camps are inyit
ed to send delegates to protest
against the. head camps advance Of
rates. This camp and all others who
support it are liable to extreme disci
pline, declares the head consul.
In a second letter, addressed te
each individual member of the Hast
iings camp, Mr. Talbot emphasizes the
illegality of the step taken by thai
camp It is not too late to recall the
action. he remarks, and he urges
! members to attend the next meeting
of that camp. March 12, and repusiiat.
the previous resolution. Both letter.
convey in no conciliating tone the de
termination of the head officers tt
force adherence to the new rate
schedule.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-06
DOCTOR MADE HER
COUGH UP PEARLS
-Four Of Them Found and One Given
to the Physician as
His Fee.

/ United Press Leased Wire Service.
NEW YORK. March 6.-Like the
fairy story heroine from whose lips
jewels fell, Miss Bessie Swift, of Gin.
cinnati. is today the possessor of three
beautiful pearls. She was returning
from Bermuda with her parents on the
steamer Oceana, when she was seized
with fit of coughing at the dinner
table. The ships doctor slapped her
on the back and suddenly from her
lips fell pearl, which had been re
leased from an oyster. lodged in her
throat Investigation OF the oyster
revealed three more pearls and she
presented one of them to the doctor
Miss Swift is an artist and musician
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-06
Fire Chief is o. K.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
MILWAUKEE,, March 6.-In a de
cision handed down today by Circuit
Judge Wickham of Eau Claire, Fire
Chief Thomas A. Clancy, of this city
was exonerated of charges of mis-.
demeanor in office and reinstated.
Chief Clancy had been suspended
pending the decision for several
months following his trial before the
police and fire commission here.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-06
Continuation Of Investigation by Con-
sressional Committee AZ to the
situation in Striking
Mill Town.
IT MRS. TAFT is PRESENT
City Marshal on the Stand and Told
Of Strikers Throwing Coal
and Ice at Stree.
Cars.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON, March 6.--The Law
renee defense was continued before
the house rules committee today when
city officials appeared to answer
strikers charges that defenseless
women and children were dubbed and
innocent strikers "railroaded" into
police courts
G. r. Lynch, commissioner of public
safety, declared that while he saw the
women and children In the lookup,
he did not know just why they were
there except that they were being
held until their cases could be dispos-
ed Of. He said they We're not arrest
ed but merely detained
Just what do you mean by the
term placed under nrrest?' demand
ed Representative Lenroot. trep.
] wis.,
1 Lynch admitted that he knew moth
ing about law. He explained that, al
though he was in charge of the police,
he had no authority over the officers
William D. Haywood, one Of the
strike leaders, arrived here today,
and expects to take up the defense
of the Industrial Workers of the
4 World. the organization conducting the
strike which was denounced by
president Golden, Of the Textile Work
ers' union and President Gompers, OF
the A. F. OF H.. as not representing
real labor sentiments.
Z !. u !
y Again today Mrs, Taft took her
place on dais behind the committee
and followed closely Lynch's explana-
tion. The commissioners discussed an
attempt to send seven children to
. Bridgeport Conn, on February %.
Captain Sullivan asked the fathers
OF several said Lynch why they
wanted to send the children away.
The captain told them that the city
would take care of them. The fathers
said that they had been told, that If the
city took care OF the children they
would be placed in institutions where
they could not get them again.
Some sick children, Lynch said. had
been taken to hospitals to be cared
for. Some parents were dissuaded
from sending their children away
Citizens and the city government.
4 lynch declared. had endeayored in
5 vain to arrange meeting between
t the strikers and mill owners looking
] to settlement of the strike, The
l mill owners. he said, refused to ne
4 gotiate with the strikers organiza-
8 ton and said they would only deal
with individuals.
Lynch said that he saw crowds
storming the mill.
!, WAS any attempt made to stop
! them" asked Hsrdwick
j. Yes. the police tried, but there
were only seven or eight and ] went
to the police station, and telepboned
the mayor to order out the militia
q Did anyone do anything to stop
l. the throwing OF coal? p
= No"
= Lynch said that the children We're
l. prevented from leaving Lawrence
,.