The Delta independent., 1915-09-03

CHAPTER Ion Misery creek at the
foot of a rock from which he has fallen
6ally Miller finds George Lescott, land.
scape painter. unconscious. and after re-
v1ving him. goes for assistance.
CHAPTER II-Samson South and Sally
taking Lescott to Samson's home. mel
by Spicer South head of the family who
tells them that Jesse Purvy has been shot
and that Samson is suspected of the
crime. Samson denies II.
CHAPTER III-The shooting of Jesse
Purvy breaks the truce in the Holman.
CHAPTER !v-samscn reproves Tama.
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 jeerine
crowd Of mountaineers Samson thrashes
Buster" who shot Purvy.
CHAPTER vI-Lescott tries to per-
euade Samson to go to New York with
him and develop his talent. Sally. loyal
but heartbroken furthers Lescott's efforts.
trouble to Samson and Lescott.
CHAPTER What the dance Samson
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-
ton, her dilettante lover. to do a mans
work in the world.
CHAPTER IX-Prompted by her love,
Sally teaches herself TO write Horton
throws himself into the business world
hnanciers and politicians. AT 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
rupture, expecting Samson to kill Horton
and so rid the political and financial thugs
Of the crusader. Samson exposes the plot
and thrashes the consprators
CHAPTER xII-samson is advised by
his teachers to turn to portrait painting.
Drennie commissions him to paint her
portrait. Sally goes to school. Samson
goes to Paris to study; Drenpie finds in
his studio pictured evidence of his loyalty
to Sally.
Asberry. is surrendered to the militia and
shot from ambush by Holman. The
1euO Is on again ana tne 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
der1ng Jesse Purvy and kills him. He
goes to Sallie. Captain Callomb hears of
the killings.
Meanwhile, 1t came insistently to the
ears of Captain Callomb that some
plan was on foot, the intricacies OF
which he could not fathom, to manu-
facture case against number OF the
Souths, quite apart from their actual
guilt or likelihood of guilt. Once
more, he would be called upon to go
out and drag in men too well fortified
to be taken by the posses and depu-
ties of the Holman civil machinery.
At this news, he chafed bitterly, and,
still ranking with a sense of shame at
the loss of his first prisoner, he formed
a plan of his own, which he revealed
over his pipe to his first lieutenant.
There's a niger in the woodpile,
Merriweather," he said. I'VE are sim
ply being used to do the dirty work
up here, and I'm going to do little
probing of my own. ] guess I'll turn
the company over to you for day or
two
What idiocy are you contemplating
now?" inquired the second in COM
mand
I'm going to ride over on Misery,
and hear what the other side has to
say. I've usually noticed that one side
of any story is pretty good until the
others told"
rtana ION "a nj in q n q
there where the Souths are in
trenched, where every road is guard
ed?" The lieutenant spoke wrathfully
and with violence. Don't be an ass,
Callomb. You went over there once
before and took man away-and he's
dead. You owe them life, and they
collect their dues. You will be sup
ported by no warrant of arrest, and
can't take a sufficient detail to pro
tect you"
NO" said Callomb quietly; 81 go
on my own responsibility and l go by
myself"
And" stormed Merriwether, you'll
never come back"
81 think" smiled Callomb, 'I'll get
back. l owe an old man over there
an apology, and want to see this des.
perado at first hand"
IT'S sheer madness ought to take
you down to this internal crook of a
Judge and have you committed to a
strait-jacket."
If" said Callomb, you are content
to play the catspaw to a bunch of as
sassins, I'm not The mail-rider went
out this morning and he carried let.
ter to old Spicer South. / told him that