The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-04-16
cHAPTER Ix.-contInued.


He trudged away into the shadowa.
but presently as the new master OF
Damory Court stood IN the gloomy
hall. he heard the stumbling step
again behind him. "Ah done neglect.
uated ter OK yo name. sub. All did.
To- cr fac"
My name is Valiant John Val.
liant
Uncle Jefferson's eyes turned up
ward and rolled out OF orbit. Nah
lawdi" he calculated soundiesaly
And with his wide lips stlll framed
about the last word. he backed out
OF the doorway and disappeared.
Alone in the ebblng twilight, John
Valiant found his hamper. spread a
napkin on the broad stone steps and
took out glass, a spoon and part OF
q loaf OF bread The thermoa flask
was filled with milk. II was not a
splendid banquet. yet he ate II with
q great content as the bulldog at his
feet gnawed his share OF the crust.
He broke his bread into the milk nA
ne had not done since he was a child.
and ate the luscious pulp with keen
relish bred OF the long outdoor day.
u was almost dark when the meal
was done and. depleted hamper ia
hand. he reentered the empty echolng
house. He went into the library
lighted the great brass lamp from the
motor and began 20 rlmmage. The
drawers OF the dining.room sideboard
yielded nothing. on q shelf OF the but.
ler's pantry. however. was n tin boy
which proved 10 be half FUN OF wax
candles. perfectly preserved.
The very thingi" he said triumph.
nnly. Carrying them back. be nxed
several Ia the giaAs-candlesticka aud
net them, lighted. all about the aomber
room TIL the soft glow hooded tta
every corner There" be aaid.
that II az Il should be. No big hla
tant searchlight herei And no glare
81 modern electricity would suit that
old wainscotlFfk. either"
He dragged the leather settee 10 the
porch and by the light OF the motor
lamp busted 4 thoroughly. and wheel
inK V back. set Il under the portrait
which had 20 attracted him. lie
washed the glass from which he had |
dlned and allied II al the cup OF the |
garden fountain. put into Il the rose
from his hat and set II on the read. !
inR-siand. The small china dog
caught his eye and he picked Il up |
casually. The head came on Ia his |
handn, II had been hon.bon box ane |
was empty save for a narrow strip OF |
yeilowed paper. on which we're writ, !
ten some meaningless hguros iT2S.
80. He pondercd this a moment. 4
then thrust Il into one OF the empty /
piKconhoies ot the deck. on the lat. /
ter stood an old fashioned leafc
OAR: the date Il exposed wAs May |
ltth- Curioasly enough the came date 1
would recar tomorrow The page bore /
quotation Every man cArriea his
fate ON a rlbaud about his neck
The HE had been quoted in bis
fathers letter May iath--how much /
that date and that motto may have
meant for him,
lie rose 10 push the shutter wider
and In the movement his elbow sent a
shallow case Of morocco leather that
had laia on the desk crashing ta the
nooT II opened and heavy metallic
object rolled almost To his feet lie
say AZ EiAnre that IL was an old
fashioned ruSsed dneling pistol
The kaH had originally held two
pistols, He Shuddered as he stopped
TO pick up the weapon. and with the
crawling repuEnance mingled a pzns
inE anger and humiliation. From his
very habyhood e had Al~ays been SO
That uneoaqueraele aversion TO the
touch OF nrearms There had been mo
menis IN bis youth when this unrea
soninE shrinking had allied hlm vita
biihd Jury. had driven him TO strange
seaf-iesta Of courage He had never
been able 10 overcome II AuAiyEA
ton had told him thar his peculiar
Abhogsenoe vas 40 mere oatgrowth of
this u lay far deeper lie had rare
~. 81 recent years. met the teai NoM.
As be Etood In thess unAecustomed
surrousd=ss, 18th the cold touch Of