The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-01-14

liable coming OF That day. Already n
he had given up the worm and masl
vat, and no longer sought to make o.
sell Illicit liquor. That was a conces
sion to the federal power, which coulC
no longer be successfully fought. Stat,
power was still largely a weapon IL
factional hands, and In his country
the Hollmans were the ONCE holders
To the Hollmans he could make nc
concessions. In Samson. born to be
the nshting man. reared to be the
lighting man. equipped by nature with
deep hatreds and tigerish courage,
there had cropped out from time to
time the restless spirit OF the philos-
opher and q hunger for knowledge.
That was Z matter In which the old
man found his bitterest and most So
cret apprehension.
It was at this house that George
Lescott, distinguished landscape paint.
er of New York and the world at large,
arrived In the twilight.
Whatever enemy might have to be
met tomorrow, old Spicer South rec
ognized as q more Immediate call
upon his attention the wounded guest
Of today. One of the kinsmen proved
to have rude working knowledge Of
bone setting. and before the half hour
had passed Lescott's wrist was In a
splint, and his injuries as well tended
as possible, which proved to be quite
well enough.
While Spicer South and his cousins
had been sustaining themselves or
building up completeness by filling
their soil the leaders of the other fac
ton were basing larger fortunes on
the profits Of merchandise and trade.
So, although Spicer South could nei-
Their read nor write, his chief enemy,
Micah HOLMAN, was to outward seem
ing an urbane and fairly equipped man
of affairs. Judged by their heads, the
clansmen were rougher and more illit-
crate on Misery, and in closer touch
with civilization on Crippleehin. A
deeper scrutiny showed this seeming
to be one of the strange anomalies of
the mountains.
Micah HOLMAN had established him.
self at Hixon, that shack town which
had passed Of late years from feudal
county seat to the sections one point
of contact with the outside world; a
town where the ancient and modern
orders brushed shoulders; where the
new was tolerated, but dared not be-
come aggressive. Directly across the
street from the courthouse stood an
ample frame building, on whose side
wall was emblazoned the legend,
'Hollman's Mammoth Department
Store" That was the secret strong
hold Of Holman power. He had al
ways spoken deploringly of that spirit
Of lawleesness which had given the
bad name.
When the railroad came to Hixon
1t found in Judge Holman public
spirited citizen" Incidentally, the tim
Der that 1t hauled and the coal that
Its fiat cars carried down to the Blue
grass went largely to his conslgnees.
He had SO astutely anticipated coming
events that, when the first scouts of
capital sought options they found
themselves constantly referred to
Judge HOLMAN. No wheel, it seemed,
could turn without his nod 1t was
natural that the genial storekeeper
should become the big man OF the
and inevitable that the one
Zig man should become the dictator.
His inherited place as leader of the
1ollmans In the feud he had SEEM
ngly passed on as an obsolete pre-
ogative.
Yet, In business matters, he was
ound to drive hard bargain, and |
nen came to regard 1t the part Of
,ood policy to meet rather than COM
'at his requirements. It was essen
ial to his purposes that the officers
4 the law In his country should be in
with him. Sympathy soon
ecame abject subservience. When a
outh had opposed Jesse Purvy in the
Urinary as candidate for high sheriff
o was found one day lying on his
ace with a bullet-riddled body. 1t
lay have been a coincidence which
ointed to Jim Asberry, the judges
ephew, as the assassin. At all events,
he judges nephew was poor boy,
nd charitable grand jury declined
} indict him.
In the course Of FIVE years several
outh adherents, who had crossed
path, became victims of the
Iurel ambuscade. The theory of CO.
lcidence was strained. Slowly the
lmor grew and persistently spread,
Tough no man would admit having
lthered it, that before each of these
xecutions star-chamber conferences
ad been held in the rooms above
leah Hollman's Mammoth Depart ,
tent Store" It was said that these
sclusive sessions were attended by ,
idge HOLMAN. Sheriff Purvy and GER ,
lin other gentlemen selected by rea-
IN of their Workmanship. When I
ne Of these victims fell John South
ad just returned from law school 6
Down below" wearing "fotched-on' !
othing and thinking ''fotched-on" ;
loughts. He had amazed the COM ,
unity by demanding the right to as :
st in probing and prosecuting the :
flair. He had then shocked the COM .