The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-08-12

worth No7i1:t0 :; While.
A&theF sirank back at the words
] s1eoizen, as it seemed, to her. She felt
d chill ct her heart. and from that mo-
ment she realized that this woman had
crossed her path in life and Arthur's
like some baleful ana Vet }5easat4fza]
| serpent.
The mounted. knights charged through
fha gateway "a pursuit The sheriff.
/ tossing the key cf the handouts tc
Blair had gained his horse and hat;
followed after the pursliers
Shielding and hiding the dangling
handcutf Is best he could. f0,. IL, Dfs
nervousness he could NOT open the lock
! uron his wrist. Blair cursed 0uabba.
| the Grinning ;lanchback organ grinder.
| and rejoilel his mother and hey.
| friends
! He had loosened the handcuff at
last, but the hooking Vivian had in
sisted 1t be retained as a souvenir, o.
what she termed the leap OF the white
knight
SO ended the last masked tourna-
nent OF the knights Of Fairfax, and
The excited doWagers and mafdens
were driven to their homes recountinc
the exciting events Of the day, while
their husbands, brothers and fathers.
who had come on horseback, were far
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 1t. She regarded her
Fairfax relatives with sncolderinc ami
mostly.
What had the Fairfax Stanleys done
but break up her bali IL Richmond with
shameful attendant notoriety? And
now when s!3e had come 10 Fairfax TO
forgot another horriA contreten1s had
occurred TO further rack her already
shattered nervous system
she resolved to return to Richmond
nnft seek s"nioe:oa ana, If possible. for
petfulneas there.
Some twenty n.25es a7vay he 2ronti
cello hunt was riding to hounds. The
-hS}iticeilo aunt, rival social organ
aZdE1on OF tue next county. made il q
point to hold g fox hunt ALWAYS uDon |
TIE cay tnat the elite OF Fairfax coun-
u held their masked old time toU7-7a
1oellC. Il you We're socially prominent |
III Monticello you must consider that
NO such thing IS the Fairfax toufna |
nenf ever took place. In turn, the old |
Ta1aities OF Fairfax likewise ignored
the Monticello hunt with its throne. oe
fcE purs,Iers.
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had given him considerable lead over
ms purauers. This lead lie increased
considerably, and he had Qufeted Star
i1zg5ilt to Il less strenuous pace on an IN
1Fe4neated road some fifteen miles
rom hairfax when he beheld the Mon
uce1o hunt iii full cry after wary
OIL dog fox crossing the fields some
seTerai hundred. yards ahead. Starlight
was an ok fox hunter.
-,oGS2i te 1en&E 81 lie and his IA
siS-Ee passing from hsza at the b2vino
o. JLae it2gi24Ls and the crying Of the
a1ntsn2on, ->rtl!ur's 20 LONGER iodad
horse turned tEisl5iy fro1a the road and
made after the chase.
arthur let Starlight follow his bent.
noting that the way he was taking
lcfoSS tie fields was a shorter ro,1te
- TIE safety and shelter Of the Smith
term,
y small colored boy driving q rrac-
lous pig beaeld With rluen Interest
sad some alarm tho travel stained man
ND the norse join in the fox chase rs
It hii drawn to the side CT the road
. LET -trthCr pass.
The colc4ed lad had been 43oarlv
}oE1ed Over 81 The hunt stirred ,<tar-
i&ht when that eager aniulars lce,s 4
i'd encountered the rope which was
ttlched to the hind leg of the frac 4,
ious pig.
JUST ahead CT him, il q hoIIoWeat the ;
otton OF the field by q sunkeD fence
arthur behe!d the last OF the hunts
zen make leap upon his horse. only
come a nasty cooper and to lay in
huddled heap, strangely still. AGAINST
storm felleG old tree. .
The hunters horse stoned wifi, o, l.
ptuPI jerk as the fallen reins caught :
NJ held him tightly by one Of it's /
narled branches. k
Arthuf rode over and disnaounted :
ne hunter was dead, his face bruised u
al disfgure1 where 1t had strucl, tho
g. breaking his neck. V
1hen ARTHUR remembered the coloro.1 II
y with the pig and the pursuit that 8
had outdistanced The colorel how
ould tell which way he had eone re
e had been fool to leave the hiob- pl
ay. II
Then villa idea seized Arthur This fl
an was dead ana beyond eli ala. re 5I
1frletlT changed his coat. with it's u
4te sc@5'f, a441 his plln1ed hat for 60
. red hunting jacket aud velvet can pc
the deal. fox hunter Oh
iA@n' engaging the bride Of Star K
'he TO the gnarleJ li1nb from which
haG released the dead hunters Cd
Ese, he changed his mount ana can fu
red away ed
y hen Sheriff Swain and his posse Of All
ornament riders reached the scene. ch
sected by the colored boy With the Pc