The Mena weekly star., 1913-02-13
scHAPTER xxx.

The fudge Receives a Letter. fter he had parted with Solomon ,affy the judge applied himself zentIy to shaping that miracle king document which he was pre- nE as an offset to whatever risk ran in meeting Fentress. As san- 10 ae he was sanguinary he conti- fIy expected to survive the en- 1ter, yet it was well to provide for 5HsihIo emergency-had he not his odso4'B future to consider? While 4 occupied he saw the afternoon 6 arr1ye and depart from before I5f Tavern.
 m 8n hour later MT. Wesley, the 3aSt&f, came sauntering up the I< n his hand he carried let oU<fyT he drawled, from just be- the 1udge's open door.
 o ]ldEe glanced up, his quill pen >0d 6Sening, sir; won't you step D and be seated?" he asked gra- 1E His dealings with the United E H1ai1 service were of the most HIaeant description, and in per |Y delivering letter, if this was had brought him there, he felt W9zley had reached the limit of courtesy and despatch.
 Iell, sIr; it looks like you'd never us more than two-thirds of the said the postmaster. He sur the judge curiously.
 am complimented by your opin- # my yeracity," responded that hman promptly. T consider two an Enormously high per cent. IYe achieved."
 Iere Is something in that, too," 1 Mr. Wesley. Who is Colonel m Price Turberyille?"
 judge started up from his lave that honor," said he, bow ell, heres letter come in ad- sd like that, and as you've been part of the name l am willing sume you're legally entitled to est of. it. It clears up a point of and on has troubled me con able. I can only wonder 1 want ter.''
 hat point, may l ask?"
 Ny. about the time you hung out IhingIe here, some one wrote Ito General Jackson. It wa Iatter night. and when 1 soen it morning I was clean beat locate the handwriting, and lept that letter back a couple Q! md give it all my spare tine. that I'm one of your spying heres nothing of the Yankee mel!
 tafnly not" agreed the judge. did, judge. I reckon you wrote tier. seeing this one comes un- rank from Washington. No, sir tidn't make out who was cor unE With the president, and it mo. not knowing, more than s 1'Xe had to contend against came into office. l calculate mt #postmaster in the United akes n more personal interest efflte than me. I've frequent latfCns right when they was to the date they had sge1 and such a letter. As zleY sometimes cancelled as tH lee or four stamps in a ay Be might have been par rfIde in a brain which thus eal< with the burden of off ia1ezs He surrendered the 1 Harked reluctance.
 sum ise is correct said the
 aignity. T had occasion mf friend, General Jackson, ss am greatly mistaken answer here" And with a
 Hdifference he tossed the tho table.
 lou know Old Hickory? ?" X4sley.
 iQ4 Does it surprise you?" 1z judge. It was only his ff<sy which restrained him Ax the postmaster into the
 ense was his desire to
 know as 1t does, judge.
 nblic man like him is iI e eeting with all sorts. A 9@ | afford to be too blame
 Fell, next time you write
 send Jim my regards
 l.. Wesley's regards
 considerable contention
 9=zng this office; l reckon o<<at. There was speeches Q<s stand the lie was passed
 4 United States senators,
 quid of tobacco was
 4zger." Having thus clear
 the fact that he was q
 national character, Mir. 1imself on.
 lad disappeared from
 street. the judge closed
 en he picked up the let
 ng minute he held it in
 rtain. fearful. while his
 back Into the past until
 earching vision ferreted
 me soldierly figure--his
 ! Jackson remembers if
 anythingl" he nut.
 n trembling fingers he
 Rl. Almost instantly a