The vidette., 1915-12-09
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SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER Ion Misery creek. at the
loot of a rock from which he has fallen
Sally Miller finds George Lsscott, land
ecape painter, unconscious and after re-
Sfvins him, goes for assistance.
CHAPTER II-Samson South and Sally,
taking Lesoott 10 Eamson's home, are met
py Splcer South. head Of the family. who
kells them that Jesse Putvy has been shot
And that Eamson is suspected Of the
crime. Samson denies 1t.
CHAPTER III-Ths shooting of Jesse
Purvy breaks the truce in the Holman
South feud.
CHAPTER Iv-samson reprcves Tama-
rack Spicer for telling Sally that Jim
HOLMAN is on the trail with bloodhounds
hunting the man who shot Pufyy
CHAPTER v-The bloodhouhds lose the
trail at Spioer South's door. Lescott dis
covers artistic ability in Samson. While
Tamarack discovers Samson to a jeering
prowd Of mountaineers Samson thrashes
him and denounoes him as the truce
buster" who shot Purvy.
CHAPTER vI-Lesoott tries 30 per-
suade Samson TO go to New York with
but heartbroken, furthers Lescotts efforts
The dance at VILE McCager's threatens
trouble TO Samson and Leseott.
CHAPTER vII-At tho dance Samson
tells the South clan he is going to leave
the mountains. Lescott goes home to
New York. Samson bids Spicer and Sally
farewell and follows.
CHAPTER vIII-In New York Samson
studies art and learns much OF city ways.
Drennie Lescott persuades Wifred HoT-
ton, her dilettante lover, to do mans
work In the world.
CHAPTER IX-Prompted by her love,
Sally teaches herself to write. Horton
throws himself into the business world
nnd becomes well hated by predatory
resort Samson meets William Farbish,
sporty social parasite. and Horizons ene-
my
CHAPTER x-Farbish sees sam-on and
Drenne dining together unchaperoned at
the WgwGm roadhouse. He conspires
with others to make Horton Jealous and
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CHAPTER xI-Farbish brings Norton
and Samson together at the Kenmore
clubs shooting lodge, and forces an open
rupture, expecting Samson TO kill Horton
and so rid the political and financial thugs
of the crusader. Samson exposes the plot
and thrashes the conspirators.
CHAPTER xII-sarnson !. 49,. -
mis- teachers TO turn 10 portrait painting
Drennie commissions him to paint her
portrait Sally goes to school. Samson
goes to Paris TO study. Drennie finds in
his studio pictured evidence OF his loyalty
tc Sally.
CHAPTER xIIT-Tamarack kills Jim
Asberry, is surrendered to the militia and
shot from ambush by q Holman The
feud Is on again and the law helpless in
the face Of murder. Sally sends for 40 am
son.
CHAPTER XTV-Samson goes home
catches Aaron Hollis in the act of muir
dering Jesse purvy and kills him Ee
goes 70 sallie. Capta.2 Callomb hears OF
the killings
CHAPTER xV-Judge Holman shows
how justice works-and is worked--in the
Kentucky mountains He suppresses
Samsons letter to the court Captain Cal
lonb goes over to Misery to get informa-
ton, gets ii. and begins 70 fight the devil
with fire Samson Is indicted and ar
rested. while calling on the governor
rarIy tnar morning, men uegun ~
assemble along the streets of Hixon;
and to congregate into sullen clumps
with set faces that denoted a grim,
unsmiling determination. Not only the
Hollmans from the town and immedi-
ate neighborhood were there. but their
ehaggier, flercer brethren from remote
creeks and covers, who came only at
urgent call, and did not come without
intent of vindicating their presence.
Old Jake Holman, from "over yon" on
the headwaters of Dryhole creek,
brought his son and fourteen-year-old
grandson and all of them carried Win
chesters. Long before the hour for
the courthouse bell to sound the call
which would bring matters to a crisis,
women disappeared from the streets,
and front shutters and doors closed
themselves. At last, the Souths began
to ride In by half-doZens, and to hitch
their horses at the racks. they also
fell into groups well apart. The two
factions eyed each other somberly.
sometimes nodding or exchanging
greetings, for the time had not yet
come to fight. Slowly, however, the
Holmans began centering about the
courthouse They swarmed in the
yard, and entered the empty Jail, and
overran the halls and Offices of the
building itself The Souths, now COM
ing in a solid stream, flowed with
equal unanimity to McEwer's hotel,
near the square, and disappeared in
side. Besides their rifles, they carried
saddlebags, but not one of the uni
forms which some Of these bags con-
tanned nor one of the cartridge belts,
had yet been exposed to view.
Stores opened, but only for a desul-
tory pretense of business. Horsemen
led their mounts away from the more
public racks, and tethered them to
back fences and willow branches in
the shelter of the river banks, where
stray bullets would not find them.
The dawn rnat morning mao sun
been gray when Samson South and
captain Callomb had passed the Mil
Ter cabin. Callomb had ridden slowly
on around the turn Of the road, and
waited quarter of mile away. He
was to command the militia that day,