The Delta independent., 1915-09-10
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER Lon Misery creek at the
foot of a rock from which he has fallen,
Sally Miller finds George Lescott, land.
ecape painter, unconscious, and after re-
v1ving him, goes for assistance.
CHAPTER II-samson South and Sally,
taking Lescott to Samsons home, are met
by Spicer South, head of the family who
tells them that Jesse Purvy has been shot
crime. Samson denies it.
CHAPTER III-The shooting of Jesse
purvy breaks the truce in the Holman
eouth feud.
rack spicer for telling Sally that jim
HOLMAN is on the trail with bloodhounds
hunting the man who shot Purvy.
CHAPTER v-The bloodhounds lose the
trail at Spicer South's door. Lescott dis
covers artistic ability in Samson. While
Tamarack discovers Samson to a jeerins
crowd Of mountaineers; Samson thrashes
ihtm and denolnces him as the truce
buster" who shot Purvy.
CHAPTER vI-Lescott tries to per-
Suade Samson to go to New York with
him and develop his talent. Sally, loyal
but heartbroken, furthers Lescotts efforts.
The dance at Vile McCager's threatens
trouble to Samson and Lescott.
CHAPTER VII-At the dance Samson
eellS the SOutH Cldn ne is going TO ledNe
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 Wilfred Hor
work in the world
CHAPTER IX-Prompted by her love
Sally teaches herself to write. Horton
throws himself into the business world
and becomes well hated by predatory
fnanciers and politicians At a Bohemian
resort Samson meets William Farbish,
sporty social parasite, and Horizons enc
my.
CHAPTER X-Farbish sees Samson and
Drennie dining together unchaperoned at
the Wigwam roadhouse. He conspires
with others to make Horton jealous and
succeeds.
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-Samson is advised by
his teachers to turn to portrait painting.
Drennie commissions him to paint her
goes to Paris to study. Drennie finds in
his studio pictured evidence of his loyalty
to Sally.
CHAPTER XIII-Tamarack kills Jim
Asberry, is surrendered to the militia and
feud is on again and the law helpless in
the face of murder. Sally sends for Sam
son.
CHAPTER xIv-Samson goes home
catches Aaron Hollis in the act of muir
goes TO sailie. Captain caiiomb 'ia hears Of
the killings.
The governor continued to stare
The impression he had formed of the
Wildcat from press dispatches was
warning with the pleasing personal
presence of this visitor. Then his fore
head wrinkled under his black hair ant
his lips drew themselves sternly.
you have come to me too soon, SIR
he said curtly. "The pardoning power
is thing to be most cautiously uset
at all times, and certainly never unit
the courts have acted. A case not YET
adjudicated cannot address itself to ex
ecutive clemency.'
Samson nodded.
Quite true" he admitted "If l an
nounced that had come on the matter
OF pardon, it was largely that | hao
to state some business and thai
seemed the briefest way of putting it,
Then there is something else?"
"Yes. If it were only plea fol
clemency / should expect the mattel
TO be chiefly important to myself. Ir
point of fact, hope to make it equally
interesting to you. Whether you give
me pardon in a fashion which viz
lates all precedent, or whether i sur
render myself and go back to tria
which will be merely form of assas
sination rests entirely with you, sir
You will not find me insistent."
Then Samson launched into the
story of his desires and the details OF
conditions which outside influences
had been powerless to remedy-be
cause they were outside influences
Some man of sufficient vigor and com
prehension, acting from the center o.
disturbance, must be armed with the
power to undertake the house-cleaning
and for a while must do work thai
would not be pretty. AS far as he was
personally concerned, a pardon after
trial would be a matter of purely aca
demic interest. He could not expect
to survive a trial. He was at present
able to hold the Souths in leash. i
the governor was not of that mind he
was now ready to surrender himself
and permit matters to take theiI
course.
And now, Mr. South" suggested
the governor, after a half-hour of alb
sorbed listening. there is one point
you have overlooked. Since in the enc
the whole thing comes back to the ex
ercise of the pardoning power. it is
after all the crux of the situation You
may be able to render such services as