The Mena weekly star., 1913-03-13
{Cof}fleht 1911. The Bobbs-Merrill Company) C0ntinued from last issue)
CHAPTER xxxIV.
Good Times Comlna.

3t Wa3 uOJ 5lldHS0 tudL d numDer or '<entiefnen in and about Raleigh yield ed fo arl overmastering impulse to vis- |]t newer lands, nor was it strange 'fhaf the Initial steps looking toward |f11e 5if1szaigence of their desires should |have been taken in secrecy. MT. Peg hoo Wos one of the first to leave; MT. Saul had informed him of the judges declared purpose of shooting him on |1Ieht. Even without this useful hint | fh6 <avern-keeper had known that he |xhouId Experience intense embarrass. meuf tn meeting the judge; this was now dreary certainty.
 You reckon he means near all he 6ays? he had asked, his fat sides 1hakins
 "a take his word heap quicker 6an would most folks" answered r Saul with conviction.
 Pe&Ioe promptly had a sinking spell. He recalled the snuffing of the can 6Ie6 by the judge, an extremely de- Dresaing memory under the circum 6tancos; also the reckless and head 70nS disregard of consequences which had characterized so many of that xentleuan's acts, and his plans shaped Themselves accordingly, with {hfs result; that when the. judge took occasion to call at the tavern, and the h0G(i1e nature of his visit was en- pbasizcd by the cautious manner of hj6 4Dproach, he was greatly shocked &o discover that his intended victim had sold his business overnight for a 6mau lump sum to MT. Sauls brother {Q-laW. who had appeared most op- rtuneIy with an offer.
 PegIoe's flight created something of seHsation, but it was dwarfed by the sensation that developed a day or Tom Ware and Colonel Fentress had likewise fled the country. Still later, Fentress' body, showing marks of vio- Ience. was washed ashore at wood Yurd below Girard. It was conjec- nred that he and Ware had set out tom The Oaks to cross the river; here was reason to believe that Fen Fess had in his possession at the 1me considerable sum of money, md It was supposed that his com ,1nion had murdered and robbed him. H Ware's subsequent career nothing |faa ever known
 Ih1Ee were, after all, only episodes M tho Collapse of the Clan, sporitic hlehu uIfestations of the great work of and ,Hegration that was going forward Eass Nhich the judse, more than any ,fl1ef. perhaps, had brought about. s.s='= s.s;= s=s==ss something no one ques- <oofd. and he quickly passed to ths <1< n1ese of that unique and peculiar 1< In which he was ever after <4 Ills fame widened with the sue. &<11[ux suns; he had offers Of help 1I Impressed him as so entirely <41I4 4ble to human nature that he [<1 1cked the heart to refuse thee1, 11.1<ly as he felt that in the i'm 0I1&ent of his own condition the o<I4 had bettered itself and was uoYI1< nearer those sound and right. <o1s H6als of morality and patriotism N1|c1 had never lacked his indorse- Uenf 10 matter how inexpedient 1t Ind Hsemed for him to put them into #feEf5En But he was not diverted k1a= I1ls ultimate purpose by the lNE*Nf of present popularity; he zz z0ie to keep his bleared eyes ez<z4<cly fixed on the main chance
 <Iy the FentTess estate and the
 @4rd lands. It was highly i'm
 that he should go east to
 <hrolina to secure documentary
 cs that would establish his own ntress' identity; to Kentucky 4z<4 &entress had lived prior to his to Tennessee.
 z in November the judge set Hi 3{ stage on his journey east; he zS <tompanied by Yancy and Han
 Tom neither of whom could he
 AImself to be separated; and as
 1ods. flaming now with the
 frost, enguled the little
 e turned in his seat and looked
 de had entered it by that very peggar on foot and in rags; ht
 Eing 1t in broadcloth and fine
 Flsible tokens of his altered More than this, he coulC
 Is hands deep down into his mpty pockets and hear tht gold and silver. The judge
 withdrew his eyes from tht
 " roof that showed among tn, nd faced the east and the flu
 th a serenely confident ex |f Malroy and Darlington hat
 into Raleigh to take leave O lends. They had watched tn,
 rom sight. had answered tn,
 1estic salute the judge had giy
 n across the swaying top o 3ch before the first turn of tn
 1t from sight, and then the. fned their horses heads in th
 n of Belle Plain.
 <e, do you think Judge Pric er be able to accomplish all h.
 for Betty asked when the. the town behind. She drey horse as she spoke. and the,
 prward at walk under tn
 arch of the forest and over
 of vivid leaves.
 Exon he will. Betty" respond |i fington. Unfavorable as hal
 is original estimate of tn |t character. events had greatl 2 |z| |=||'|==4a it.