The Huttig news., 1915-02-06

hunting the man who shot Puryy
 CHAPTER V-,rhe bloodhounds lose the trail at Spicer South's door Lescott dis covers artistic ability In Samson. While sketching with Iescott on the mountain. Tamarack discovers Samson to ieering crowd of mountajneers. Samson thrashes him and denounees him as the truce buster" who shot Purvy.
 CHAPTER EJ-Lescott tries to per- suade Samson to go to New York with him and develop his talent. Sally, loyal but heartbroken furthers T3escott's efforts The dance at Vile MeCager's threatens trouble to Samson and Iescott.
 CHAPTER vII-At the dance Samson tells the South clan he is going to leave the mountains. Lescott goes home 10 New York. Samson bids Speer and Sally farewell and follows.
 New York Samson
 -,.es art ard learns much of city ways Drennie Leseott persuades Wilfred Hor- ton, her dilettante over, to do mans work in the world.
 The Hon. MT. WickiiHe rose in c1- asperation and paced the floor. The smoke from his black cigar went be fore him in vicious puffs Finally he stopped and leaned glaring on the table
 Your family has always been con- servative. When you succeeded to the fortune you showed no symptoms of this mania. In Gods name, what has changed you?"
 T hope l have grown up.g explained the young man, with an unraffied smile. One can't wear swaddling clothes forever. you know
 The attorney for an instant softened his manner as he looked into the straight-gazing, unafraid eyes of his client
 I've known you from your baby | hood I advised your father before you were born. You have, by the chance of birth, come into the control of great wealth. The world of finance | is of delicate balance. Squabbles il certain direeterates may throw the Street into panic. Suddenly you emerge from decent quiet and run amuck in the china shop, believing and tossing your horns. You make war on those whose interests are your own. You seem bent on hari-kari. You have toys enough to amuse. Why couldn't you stay put?"
 They weren't the right things. They were, as you say, toys" The smile faded and Horton's chin set itself for moment as he added:
 If you don't think I'm going to stay put-wateh me"
 Why do you have to make war to be chemically insurgent?"
 'Because"-the young man. who had walked up, spoke slowly-"I am read ing certain writing on the wall. The time is not far off when. unless we regulate number of matter. from within we shall be regulated from without"
 Take for instance this newspaper war you've inaugurated on the police" grumbled the corporation lawyer. Its less dangerous to the public than these financial crusades, but decidedly more so for yourself. You are re- garded as dangerous agitator, mar plot! 1 tell you, Winfred, aside from all other considerations the thing is perilous to yourself. You are riding for a fall. These men whom you are whipping out of public life will turn on you"
 So hear. Here's letter got this morning-unsigned That is. thought it was here. Well, no matter It warns me that 1 have less than three months to live unless 1 call off my dogs"
 It is said that the new convert is ever the most extreme fanatic Will fred Horton had promised to put on his working clothes, and he had done it with reckless disregard for conse- quences. At first, he was simply obey ing Adriennes orders; but soon he found himself playing the game for the games sake Political overtords, assailed as unfaithful servants, showed their teeth From some hidden, but unfailing, source terribly sure and di- rect evidence of guilt was being gath cred. For Wilfred Horton, who was demanding a day of reckoning and spending great sums of money to get 1t, there was prospect of things do- ing.
 Adrienne Leseott was in Europe. Soon she would return and Horton meant to show that he had not buried his talent
 
 For eight months Samson's life had run in the steady ascent of gradual climbing. but in the four months from the first of August to the first of De- cember the pace Of his existence sud denly quickened. He left off drawing from plaster casts and went into a life class.
 In this period Samson had his first acquaintanceship with women. except