The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-04-26

cept for the shaded light upon the
table, under whose rays l remarked
the head and shoulders Of that Gouver-
neur Faulkner at whose bidding I had
come out into the dead of the night.
Come over here. and walk softly, SO
as not to stir up Jenkins" he COM
manded me, and went Immediately
to his side, even If did experience
difficulty in the breath of Roberta,
marquise of Cree and Bye.
what IS 1t that you wish, my Gou-
verneur FaulknerT' asked as I looked
down upon him as he sat with paper
in his hand regarding it intently.
"Sit down here under the light be-
side me-" was his next command to
me, and he reached out one Of his
slender and powerful hands and drew
me down into chair very close beside
him.
what is. it?' l asked as my head
came so close to his that felt the
warmth of his breath on my cold
cheek.
Hold these two fragments Of paper
together and translate the French
written upon them literally" he said
to me as he handed me two small
pieces of paper upon which there was
writing.
And this is what l discovered to be
written:
Honored Madam-The one at the head OF
all has sent me to this place to inspect
grazing lands and make report. I send in
q report Of what is not here and the sign
ing of the papers by your Gouverneur
Faulkner must be done quickly in blind
ness before . discovery Of what is not
"It is written to a woman" l said
very quietly as l made finish of
reading.
| eyes, boy, to a woman. l have
made my last fight toto hold an old
belief, which in some way seemed to
be-be one OF my foundation stones.
The general is right, they are all alike,
the soft. beautiful, lying things. The
truth is not In them, and their own or
a mans honor is plaything That
piece of paper was sent me by man
up in the mountains Of Old Harpeth,
/ who loves me with the same blood
bond that love you, boy, all on ac-
count of a gun struck up In the hands
Of his enemy. Here's the note he sent
with it:
Bill, we cotched furren man fer reve-
nue. up by the still at Turkey gulch, and
this was in his pocket. / made out TO
read yo name. send It. The man IS
kept tied. What is mules worth? SEND
price and what to do with this man crit
ter by son Jim. Believe me, they amt no
grazing fer 5000 mules on Paradise ridge.
but ! know a place. JIM iOLD.
what IS the significance Of this pa
per. my Gouverneur Faulkner" asked
after had made the attempt to trans
late to myself the, very peculiar writ
ing he had given to me.
II do not know just exactly myself.
Robert" answered my Gouverneur
Faulkner as he dropped his head upon
his hands while he rested his elbows
on the polished table among its scat
i tered papers. 81 'I am convinced now
that this mule contract business Is the
plot against my. honor that the general
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get to legal surface. In some way
Jim Todd has got hold Of one end OF
the conspiracy. 1t has been hard fot
me to believe that woman would sci
me out. IL take it to her In the morn
ing I'll perhaps get an explanation that
will satisfy me. The men who are In
with JEFF Whitworth are the best finan
ciers in the state, and it is impossible
to believe that
Very suddenly it happened in my
heart to know what to compel tha,
very large man beside me to do for the
rescue Of his honor. He must see the
matter not through the lies of thai
!, beautiful Madam Whitworth, the in
!, stl7lment of that very ugly husband
J but he must look into the matter will
his blood friend, that Mr.. Jim Todd.
"You must 60 Immediately to tha
Mr.. Jim Todd and his prisoner to dis
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