Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-05-28

Charters Was E6dle1 n LIS = -
But be vas not seated as q guogs
should ST. well poised and At ease
secure in the consciousness OF his IN
tegrity and the appreciation OF his Ter
low men. Judge Charters vas huo-
died M and crouching forward, q
drained glass OF whisky and miIk q
his right hand. and al his left hard.
" inhaled perfecto burning llsel
slowly away IN an ash-tray. Inc
Jpdge's face was an unhealthy yel'
low. touched here and there WIN
streaks OF livid white which gave II
curiously blotched appearance AND
in fact. the man was trembling upon
the verge Of a nervous breakdown
He had returned that afternoon
from the court in which he had earned
4 reputation for the severe sentences
which he meted out TO the Wretcheo
criminals who fell into the clutches
Of the law. There be exemplihed the
laws outraged majesty; but here Ne
was nothing but q cowardly, weak
elderly man. with & whole life Of eVll
and Injustice stretching away BEHIND
him and the unknown future ever
drawing more near
The knowledge that his life vas
nassinr and that il had ayailed him
nothing bore hardly on him at times
of introspecton. But now the cause
of his despair was more inmeoia1e-
II Law upon the table. g sheet OF paper
taken from an envelope that had been
posted il Pittsburg, which he Rae r
ceiyed some minutes before On the
enclosure were scrawled four words
Your turn comes next they said
That was all: there was no sigma
ture-but be knew well what Ihs1
message portended- When, i've years
previously. he had assisted IN the
Nokomis Land Company's nefarlous
scheme in return for a thousand shares
in il. he had imagined that ne couIo
Mace his memories away and grlno
his conscience under foot, as he hao
done so many times. John Haynes
The millionaire owner of the estates
which the land gang had coveted,
vas an Englishman. ignorant OF the
law. the customs, and of the country
He had been torn from his wife and
daughter. railroaded into the peniten-
tiary for fourteen years as Pete Tin
mons. a gang leader-anc the gang Sc
cured his lands, those upon which No.
S4xpis stood FIgs years Ter
b pulggaalS zasl 1ss j.
- Eaa~nsg Then he was placed u
So rarssen2iary machine shop. Wnere
- invented q gyrosoopic att2cnnlen'
rhich would propel any vehicle al ~
..r-gafHle rate Of speed; be had es
$500 nv means OF it. and, one by one
- bunting down and Furnishing ms
- xho had betrayed and plunoeTeC
him. -, ~
N-o,o of them knew where the mex
-. ,--on,d fan or who would be tn
victim. Now here, now there EAs "
xrset and South. John Haynes wen
rka the wind in some Internal COL
.-;~.rce propeIled by his gyroscopt
"a each visit wss followed oy sNH
and terrible retribution
Had it been death alone that woul
so.iefy him. John Haynes might nav
- moi nv armed men; his vieun
~oTld have taken heart and arme
themselves and gone abroad Ike a
eenals. tn
80 Sras diving out of the West II
desolate prairies stretched almost ~
.ha threshold of his home. Charter
shuddared. In such . land anytniL
=. possible. He would nee'
rould go south to warmer chimes Al
- M trail behind him. The leu
80 heen posted only two days peloi
crrelv Il he acted at once, ne cou
vet contrive to elude that 'eiiiO4e y
geance. -. :
he would leave no sign OF hls
arture He would pack a couple
snit cases. rush East upon spec
cav 70 Des Moines or Omaha q
thara vanish. His shares had De
IA long since; his money was salt
awav in banks in various cities. II
abandoned everything in Nokom
money. house, land, reputation
could stil reach Florida with me-
,h.n a hundred thousand dollars
Told Panic-stricken, he could thi
~ nothing else to do.
He reached his trembling hand
AZ the telephone. Give me GirouA
o. he called. Hello. Is that !
"a Honkius? This is Judge Charte
speaking. I've got to go to Omaha
once on private business Pri'a
mind you; nobody must know:
xou get me & special car inside
hours7"
He heard the President OF the
komis and Western answer;
sorry, but the trains are staliee
.now-drifts. Now If you wanted
40 West / could manage It. but
Then III go West" cried Chartt
,.rrorstricken at this conspiracy
she elements against him For y
sake get me s special car Tor
wbere-San Francisco, Portland
Angeles"
between himself and Hopkins e
ed an intimacy Of many years 81
ing II had been born In infa
when both were struggling lawyer