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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-10-29

Letters from persons interested in
the National Fox Hunters meet con-
tinue to pour into the chairmen of the
different committees. Arrangements
are being made with private families
all over town to room and meal the
visitors during their stay. The COM
mittees are working to the best OF
their ability to have everything
ready, in the way of dogs, horses, sad
dies, rooms and meals so that upon
the arrival of the visitors, the hunt
Will commence at once.
This will be one of the biggest
, events that was ever pulled Off by
the people of Maury county and more
interest and enthusiasm is being
manifested daily as the time draws
| neai..
The following letters were receiv-
ed by T. L. Cunningham, chairman
of the committee to find lodging and
meals for the corners. The first is
from ]. w. Norwood, of Whitwell,
Tenn Mr.. Norwood is connected
i with the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Rail
road Co., and the other is from j. l..
Ezell, a merchant of Millville, Tenn:
Dear Sir:-I have watched the en-
thusiasm and preparations of your
committees with a full share of inter
| est, in making arrangements for the
| entertainment of visitors at the Ma
| tional Fox Hunters meet in your city
Nov. 22nd to 28th, and only wish
could assist you in place of asking it
of you. | write to ask that you en-
| gage two good saddle horses, one for
John B. Vaughn, of Pikeyille, Tenn,
| and one for myself We do not want
to burn the wind,' for both of us
are moderate. riders and know the
worth of good horse and how to
care for enc and how much to expect
of them.
| think there will be or 10 hunters
from Sequatchie Valley and :, would
like to get lodgings near each other.
will try and find out more about
the number of horses most likely
wanted and let you know, as some
| will go in cars, but | have urged all
| that | have seen to take their saddles
and brides. Have you made any ar
rangements to have any movie pic
lures" made of the hunt
If | can be of any service to you or
anything connected with the hunt,
you have only to command me,
Very cordially yours,
]. W. NORWOOD.
Dear Sir:-Your invitation to the
National Fox Hunt received, accept
thanks. | want to be there and
think l will if nothing happens; would
like to know something of your plans
Will the dogs be kept at the Bethel
House or in the back yard. The rea
son l ask that, you know fellow
will want rooms or place to stay
close by where the dogs are kept and
close where all the prominent hunters
will lobby when not out on hunt. Will
you have tents? What will rooms
cost, and are they all taken? If so
will there be good tents close by;
Would be glad if you would send ar
invitation to M. S. Wilson, Fayette
ville Tenn, and J. B. Cheatham, Cold
water, Tenn If | can serve you in
any way, don't hesitate to call on me
Would be glad to hear from you.
Yours, truly,
J. E. EZELLE.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-10-29
MEAT AND LARD.

Quotations by Hill Grocery Coz
Prices paid farmers.)
SIDES, 13c; hams, Ice.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-12-09
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAP
TIERS.

A feud has existed between Colonel Ar
thur Stanley and his cousin, Judge Lamar
Stanley, over an heirloom, the diamond
from the sky. found in fallen meteor by
an ancestor. Also. the succession to the
Stanley earldom in England may come to
an American. When a daughter Is born
to the colonel and the mother dies, the
colonel buys a gypsy boy and substitutes
him. Three years later the gypsy mother,
having had no part In this bargain, steals
the girl, being reared tn secret, and leaves
her son undetected as the heir. The gyp-
sy has obtained possession Of the diamond
from the sky, and q document with the
Stanley secret. When Esther is grown
beautiful young girl. Hagar, now gypsy
queen, returns to Virginia with her. DR..
Lse. the late Colonel Stanleys friend,
adopts Esther, but demands that Hagar
turn over to him the diamond from the
sky. Arthur Stanley. son Of Hagar, falls
In love with Esther and 50 does his COM
panion and cousin, Blair Stanley. rightful
male heir Of Stanley. In stealing the dia-
mond Blair causes the death Of the doc
tor Outside Is Arthur serenading Esther.
Blair, escaping, infers that he has left
Esther's room. Arthur forces him to
fight a duel In which Blair Is only
stunned. He tries, with the aid OF his
mother, to place the blame for the murder
Of DR.. Lee upon Arthur. who now has the
DIAMOND. The sheriff attempts to take
Arthur. but he eludes his pursuers and
joins Hagar, who reveals his identity and
upbraids him for his wild life. Needing
money, he pawns the diamond in Rich
mond. Blair is in Richmond. and he, too,
Is forced to visit the pawnshop. The two
agree to stand by each other At ball,
at which supposed New York belle Is
the guest Of honor, they are stunned to
find the diamond on the visitor. She Is
an adventures who has borrowed 1t.
: While Hagar is telling the "belle's'' for
tune Luke Lowell, Hagar's gypsy guard,
steals the diamond and to avoid detection
drops 1t into a mail box. A sheriff tries
to arrest Arthur on the murder charge.
He escapes from Richmond on freight
train. The diamond passes into mail
bag, which is lost from a wagon and Is
picked up by Quabba. an organ grinder.
Quabba's monkey steals the diamond and
leaves 1t In nest in tree. Arthur Is
robbed by hoboes. who leave him In tat
ters. He seeks work at farm Hagar
takes Esther to live at Stanley hall. An
old time tournament is held. Arthur at
tends in disguise, proves himself the best
knight, defeating Blair, but Is betrayed
by the latter to the sheriff. Quabba. in
Jest, handouts the sheriff and Blair.
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borne away. And the breach Is wider
yet between Fairfax and Monticello in
consequence.
The next day Hagar has visitor at
Stanley hall. 1t Is Detective Tom
Blake of Richmond, and he bears with
him a curious fat portfolio Of curious
photographs. He and Hagar examine
these curious photographs in the libra
ry at Stanley hall, leaving Esther upon
the broad piazza, innocent Of any
knowledge Of what passes between the
gypsy woman and the astute private
detective Hagar employs.
But the photographs are vital things,
vital especially to Blair Stanley, for
they hold the evidence that proves him
guilty Of the murder Of DR.. Lee!
For the photographs are the telltale
reproductions Of Blair Stanley's finger
prints. Some were made by Blake
from impressions he found on the RI
fed cash box and the dead doctors
throat, and one other is the reproduc-
hon Of the plain mark Of his ink stain
ed thumb. stained by a leaky fountain
pen, made on the bad check he passed
on Abe Bloom. gambling den keeper Of
Richmond.
The check has come back to the vim
dictive. angry gambler marked No
Ic ho |.
ed upon the Blake Detective agency to
aid him recover the amount Of the
check the willy Tom Blake has In his
possession the convincing Identification
he has been seeking-the duplicate
thumb print Of the murderer Of DR..
Lee, the thumb print Of Blair Stanley!
The astute If not overscrupulous de-
tect1ve is working only for his client,
Hagar Harding. who pays him well.
There is no reward offered for the ap-
prehension Of Blair Stanley or any 9th
er man save the innocent Arthur STAN
ley.
Detective Blake knows that Hagar
will use the evidence he brings her in
her own time and In her own way.
1t concerns him no further, for the
present at least. and he takes his fee
and returns to Richmond, strangely
enough, on the same train that bears
Mrs. Burton Randolph and Vivian
Marston.
Blair and his mother have returned
from the little station at Fairfax after
seeing their late guests to the train
Blair and his mother are at daggers
drawn. He asks that she give him
money and let him 60 upon his way In
the world. as he wishes to leave Fair
fax and never return.
"You have been under enough evil
influences in following the promptngs
Of your own unfortunate ways" says
his mother coldly. This Vivian Mars
ton cannot deceive me for moment
And as she seems to have also COM
pletely deceived and infatuated you,
you shall have no money Of my saw
ing to waste upon an adventures"
Blair made no reply, but inwardly he
felt wild curses mounting to his lips,
and he flung himself in the house,
leaving his mother alone on the porch
ere he might utter them.
But he was resolved to leave Fair
fax, and he was resolved to again see
and regain the favor Of Vivian.
There was no time like the present,
was his thought. Blair went rapidly
up the steps and into the living room
on the second floor, while his mother
remained In bitter contemplation on
the piazza.
He nerved to his desperate undertak-
ing. He closed the door Of the living
room behind him. He pressed the
spring, and the "Tory hiding place.
behind the chimney opened.
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The excited crowd watched the titan

uc SAC1lCu SloNu "otShSu eAS SAeS~A
struggle Of the centaurs in tense 81
lence for q brief moment, but above
the sounds Of struggle rose the hoarse
voice Of the sheriff as he struggled eX
citedly to loosen himself from TIC
handouts with which The tricky Quab-
ba had bound him to Blair.
On his part Blair held back. as
though the steel manacle on his wrist
was a prophetic stigma.
The bold eyes of Vivian M&rstoh
were directed i'll frank admiration to-
ward the superb fcats OF horsemansbip
and strength of Arthur's efforts
Fascinated also as they watched The
struggle below them. Esther tAld Ha-
gar had forgotten the sting OF the hu-
initiation they had been subjected to
In being snubbed and ignored by Mrs.
Lamar Stanley, her cousin. Mrs. Ran
dolph, the society leader from Rich
mond, and Vivian Marston just at the
moment when Arthur as the masked
victorious knight had come to crown
fair Esther.
A wild cry rose in unison from the
crowded stand. and men, women and
children arose excitedly and shrieked
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cello hunt was riding to houli;iS. T;l,.
Monticello hunt, Il rl"al social or-"n-
ization Of the next county. !A.:;.e It /.
point to hold Il fox hUnt aiT;."S Urol.
the day that the elite OF Fairfax cCun
ty held their !laSi;Cl Oh! tine tour. :.
ment. If Eou Were socially prominent
in Monticello you must consider that
no such thing rs the Fairfax Iourna-
ment ever took place. In turn. the old
families Of Fairfax likewise ignored
the Monticello hunt with its thronS Of
fox pursuers.
'Arthur's daring and dramatic escape
had given him considerable lead over
his pursuers. This lead he increased
considerably. and he had Quieted Star
light to less strenuous pace on an un-
frequented road some fifteen miles
from Fairfax when he beheld the Mon
dcello hunt In full cry after wary
old dog fox crossing the fields some
several hundred yards ahead. Starlight
was IN old fox hunter.
Reused to renewed life and his fa-
tigue passing from him at the baying
Of the houndS and the crying Of the
huntsmen, Arthur's no longer jaded
horse turned briskly from the road and
made after the chase.
Arthur let Starlight follow his bent,
noting that the way he was taking
across the fields was shorter route
to the safety and shelter Of the Smith
farm.
A small colored boy driving a frac-
tous pig beheld with much interest
and some alarm the travel stained man
and the horse Join in the fox chase as
he had drawn to the side Of the road
to let Arthur pass.
The colored lad had been nearly
bowled over by the hunt stirred Star
light when that eager animals legs
had encountered the rope which was
attached to the hind leg Of the frac-
tious pig.
Just ahead Of him, In hollow at the
bottom Of the field by sunken fence,
Arthur beheld the last Of the hunts
men make leap upon his horse, only
to come a nasty cropper and to lay In
a huddled heap, strangely still, against
a storm felled old tree.
The hunters horse stopped with an
abrupt jerk as the fallen reins caught
and held him tightly by one Of its
gnarled branches.
Arthur, rode over and dismounted.
The hunter was dead, his face bruised
and dishgured where it had struck the
log, breaking his neck.
Then Arthur remembered the colored
boy with the pig and the pursuit that
he had outdistanced. The colored boy
would tell which way he had gone.
He had been a fool to leave the high
way.
Then a wild idea seized Arthur. This
man was dead and beyond all aid. He
hurriedly changed his coat with its
white scarf, and his plumed hat for
the red hunting jacket and velvet cap
Of the dead fox hunter.
Then. engaging the bride of Star
light to the gnarled limb from which
he had released the dead hunters
horse, he changed his mount and can
tered away.
When Sheriff Swain and his posse Of
tournament riders reached the scene,
directed by the colored boy with the
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Arthur Finds tho Dead Fox Hunter.
fractions pig. they saw fox hunter
in his red coat riding away far off. but
at their feet lay, as 1t seemed to them.
the body of Arthur Stanley, killed by
a fall from the horse he had ridden SO
CALAMITY at the thrilling Fairfax tour
nament.
Cropping the grass near by the log
against which seemingly his rider had
fallen. the bride rein caught In q
gnarled branch Of the fatal tree, was
the horse that they all recognized as
the very steed that had made the leap
from the grand stand. leap long to
be remembered in Fairfax.
That night while Arthur. who has
told all his story to Farmer Smith. Is
being sent upon his way with hearty
yet sad farewells and expressions Of
godspeed by the farmer and his family
the body Of the dead huntsman with
the bruised face is borne into Stanley
hall.
With a Wild cry Esther recognizes 1t
is not Arthur, but the silencing hand
Of Hagar falls upon her lips.
"a gypsy trick" murmurs Hagar.
She yearns for the son whom she has
discwned. but all Of whose secrets she
will hold. Let them find out his ruse
In all good time" Hagar mutters to
herself. "It will give him the better
chance to be far and safely on his
THy."
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far, so it doesn't matter If l walk =
said Hagar and kissed Esther again
and went upon her way.
Little did Esther dream Of the Strange
return this secretive yet kind woman,
whom she deemed her mother. was to
make to Stanley hall
At Mrs. Lamar Stanley's house that
austere woman sat upon her piazza,
rocking and waiting for Blair to re-
turn from inside the house. She had
more to say to her son. and as she re-
flected upon the bitter phrasing Of the
words she would speak her heart ached
duly.
What was the use? she kept saying
to herself. What was the use, what
use the ambition. the cold. calculating
ambition that had darkened her life
and had caused the tragic death Of her
husband eighteen long years ago?
What was the use to scheme and
plot and hope and hate for a bauble
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as Arthur suddenly wheeled his horse
and drove it to the far end Of the
grand stand and up the lower stairs
and right in among the spectators
When the horse reached the center
aisle. the crowd in panic breaking the
seats and benches as they gave way
before ;horse and rider, Arthur turned
the gallant Starlight up this central
passage, waved to Esther and Hagar
as he thundered by, then, breasting his
horse at the back rail Of the stand, he
plunged with Starlight down from the
back Of the stand to the ground, some
fifteen feet below.
Never had such wild feat Of horse
manship been beheld in Fairfax. home
Of wild riders.
As with one accord the panic passed
and a tumult Of curiosity succeeded
Men and women who had shrunk In
alarm from the hoofs reyerberating
through the wooden ways Of the grand
stand now rushed in one accord up the
aisles and over the benches and In
wonderment beheld steed and rider,
the dizzy leap made In safety, disap-
pearing In the distance.
Among those who had rushed up the
aisle were Mrs. Judge Stanleys party
and Hagar and Esther. AS the gallant
horse and rider disappeared in a cloud
Of dust down the road Vivian Marston
turned and, with heaying breast and
flashing eyes, openly voiced her ad-
miration.
There is a man." she cried, who is
worth a woman's while! "a
Esther shrank back at the words,
spoken, as it seemed, to her. She felt
a chill at her heart, and from that mo-
ment she realized that this woman had
crossed her path in life and Arthur's
like some baleful and yet beautiful
serpent.
The mounted knights charged through
the gateway in pursuit The sheriff.
tossing the key Of the handouts to
Blair, had gained his horse and had
followed after the pursuers.
Shielding and hiding the dangling
handcuff as best he could, for in his
nervousness he could not open the lock
upon his wrist, Blair cursed Quabba,
the grinning hunchback organ grinder,
and rejoined his mother and her
friends.
He had loosened the haDdcuf at
last, but the mocking Vivian had In
sisted It be retained as souVenfr OF
what she termed "the leap Of the white
knight"
So ended the Last masked tourna-
ment Of the knights Of Fairfax, and
the excited dowagers and maddens
were driven to their homes recounting
the exciting events Of the day. while
their husbands. brothers and fathers,
who had come on horseback. were Tar
on their way In hot pursuit OF the
fugitive.
The day had been too much for Mrs
Burton Randolph's poor nerves" as
she expressed it. She regarded her
Fairfax relatives with smoldering AMI
mostly.
What had the Fairfax Stanleys done
but break up her ball in Richmond with
a shameful attendant notoriety? And
now when she had come to Fairfax to
forgot another horrid contretemps had
occurred to further rack her already
shattered nervous system.
She resolved to return to Richmond
and seek seclusion and. If possible. for
getfulness there.
Some twenty miles away the Monti
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Taking the heavy poker from the
fireplace that now was swung outward
into the room. Blair stepped into the
recess and closed the hiding place aft
er him.
Here he lii candle and furouSly
pried at tic old iron bound chest
where. aIaoi.g bis fathers papers. his
mother kept the ready money which
she. ike her husband had before her,
lent out 1t heavy interest to such un-
fortunates as fell into her meshes--
when their security was good.
At Stanley hall. after the departure
Of Detective Blake, Hagar ordered her
carriage. II am going to pay Gail. |
will not be long" was all the informa-
ton she vouchsafed to Esther. But
Esther knew that, whatever was the
errand that called Hagar away, al
though a secret, it was one that was
for Esther's good.
Luke Lowell, who spent his time at
Stanley hall partly and partly as head
man under Hagar at the gypsy rendez-
vous some dozen miles away in hid
den fastness Of the Blue Ridge, brought
around the horse and buggy to the
front Of Stanley hall. At this instant
a diversion was caused by the appear
ance Of a hunchback organ grinder
hurrying up the driveway.
1t was Quabba, his monkey, shrek
ing with fright, clinging closely to his
masters breast. Behind them came
Sheriff Sam Swain on horseback, lash
ing the unfortunate Quabba.
Hagar and Esther both flew to the
rescue of the poor hunchback.
Hes lucky / am not chasing him
out of the county, explained the irate
sheriff. "But for the trick he played
upon me yesterday would have caught
Arthur Stanley. Do you know what
this organ grinding monkey toting imp
Of Satan did?
"Why. he handcuffed me to Blair
Stanley, and Arthur Stanley, the muir
derer, who had the nerve to come rid
ing at the mask tournament, got away!
could have this organ grinding scoun-
drel sent up for year for interfering
with an officer in the discharge Of his
dutyr'
II didn't mean any harm," whined
Ouabba. "You were teasing and jok-
ing with me, saying you were going to
put the handouts on me, and only
joked with you and the other gentle
man In putting them on you and him"
Young feller." said the sheriff i'm
pressively, never joke with an officer
Of the law. 1t Is against the peace and
dignity Of the commonwealth Of Vir-
ginia and the law and the statutes that
therein applyv' And, having delivered
himself Of this pseudo legal dictum,
the sheriff touched his hat to Hagar
and Esther and cantered off.
Quabba was a wandering, solitary
gypsy Of Italian stock A word In
Romany fell on his astonished ear
from the lips Of the grande dame at
the portals Of this grand house, who
gave orders to Luke that Quabba be
cared for at the kitchen of Stanley
hall.
This done. Hagar was prepared to
go upon her mysterious errand with,
as Esther noticed. the black fat port
folio the strange man from Richmond
had brought that day. when her keen
gypsy eye noticed that the horse was
slightly lame.
Half angrily she ordered Lowell to
return it to the stable, and after Low
ell, with the equipage and Quabba, the
latter uttering expressions Of his graf
itude, had turned the corner Of the
great house. 81 am not going so very
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against their former companion. Ev-
srybody in Fairfax had loved DR.. Lee.
There was none who had been the
recipient Of his genial kindnesses more
than Arthur. Hence, when, to shield
Blair because he believed he had wrong.
ed him in being the usurper heir ofStan-
ley, Arthur had by his fight and dis
appearance accepted the onus Of guilt,
all Fairfax was In anger heat against
him.
The struggle of the young horsemen
seeking to stay and capture the now
betrayed and unmasked Arthur took
) place directly in front Of the grand
stand.
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CHAPTER Kill.
Srhe Fox and the Pig"

= The FOX and the Pig"
"HE knights Of the tournament,
now frenzied with excitement,
pressed on Arthur, effectually
barring his way to the gate.
These hot headed young Virgtnians
had been the friends, comrades and ad-
mirers of Arthur from boyhood up, but
the death of DR.. Lee and ATthurs fight
had filed them with bitter resentment
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CHAPTER XIV.
"Here Are the ProofslS

A ND Mrs. Burton Randolph re-
n turns to Richmond. Vivian
"a and Flair have Guarreied. Wv
ian rcaiiZrs Fairfax will be
dull while it teastS upon gossip that
will not interest her. She will return
to Richmond with her friend.
With a w0m2n's p:eacience she real
ICES that Blairs mother intuitive!y suS-
poets her. SO Vivian Ma:.5;on thinks
it best to return to Richmond too.
That night the Monticello hunt Is mi
nus Il member. Inquiry ana investiga-
ton bring some OF tie huntsmen to
Stanley hall. The Gead man is identi-
fed for the man be really is and is
Evening star., 1915-05-16

the jacket adjusting the metal TO its
position.
The result is two concentric tubes
with the outer grasping the inner with
a tension which makes it take up the
strain on the inner tube the instant II
is felt. Another advantage for the
buiIt-up gun is that flaws which could
not be detected in the metal of solid
gun are exposed in the thinner sec
lions of the ordnance produced in this
way.
After the jacket is in place. additional
hoops are placed around the tube ana
Jacket until the built-up gun weighs
sixty tons or more. Then, some fine
day that crane picks it up and sets II
in front of the ritling machine, which,
through its beautiful smooth bore. cuts
a series of ritiing grooves. running Tor
about twenty feet parallel with the
line of the gun. but at that distance
they begin curves. which, in parallel
spirals. run to the muzZle. These give
the last spin to the great projectile
as it leaves the gun-the spin that
carries it head first with Underwriting
accuracy to the point determined by
the force of the powder explosion. the