The Ordway new era., 1917-02-02
-~or,c ac,l,auons With the people Of

bryonic afiliauons with the peop'e :"
his enemy. -. =.
younr NIL. had visited Dawn; ne
had watched with Anse Havey- Inc
,,ther had always taken natu'a,
rr,sa In the honesty that CLEANED
from his sons alert eyes, and the oue
,arson from whom he had concealed
hts own ways Of guile and deceit mos,
s,udiously vas the lad VINO Noulu
some day be leader in his stead ne1e
were few things that this old lntrisuet
feared. but one there was, and nov
u.s tracing lines Of care and anxiety
in the yisase that had always been SO
rnasglike and imperturbable- II MS
son should ever look past his outward
self and catch a glimpse OF the inner
man the father knew that he Woula
not be able 10 sustain the scoTn OF
those younger eyes. So, ThiIe the
lad who had gone back to college IN
Lexington, conned his books. his fath-
or sat before the blaze OF his hearth
his pipe tight clanped between MS
teeth. his heart fostering in his breast
and his mind dangerously active
The beginnings OF all the things
which he deplored, and meant to pun
ish, vent back TO the establishment oi
= school with a "fotched-On' teacher
Had Dawn McNash not come there,
his BOYS feet would not have gone
wandering westward over the ridge,
straYtnE out Of partiZau paths ! ne
sl!nness OF her body. the lure OF her
violet eyes. and the dusky meshes OF
her dark hair had led his own son 10
guard the roof that sheltered her
against the hand OF arson the father
had hired.
But most Of all. Anse Havey was re-
spousible- Anse Hayey who had per
suaded his son TO make common cause
with the enemy. For that Anse Hayey
must die.
Heretofore Old Milt had struck only
Il lesser men fearing the retribuuon
Of TOO audacious a crime. but nov bis
venom was acute. and even such grave
considerations as the danger OF holo-
caust must not halt its appeasement
Still the mind OF Milf MCBTiar, the
elder. had worked long in intrigue, and
even now 1t could not follow direct
l!ne- Bad Anse must not be shot down
in the road His taking on must be
accomplished by shrewder method,
and one not directly traceable to so
palpable a motive as his own hatred
Such a plan his brain was working
out but for its execution he needed a
hand OF craft and force-such a hand
as raly Luke ThiIton could supply
and Luke was out West
Il was not his intention to rush hast
fly into action. Some day he would go
down to Lexington and Luke should
come East to meet him. There. q hun
dred and thirty miles from the hills.
the two OF them would arrange mat
tiers to his own satisfaction.
Roger Malcolm had gone back. and
he had not, after all. gone back with a
conqueror's triumph. He was now dis
cussing in directors meetings plans
looking TO a titanic grouping Of inter
ests which were to focalize on these
hills and later to bring developm snts.
The girls school was gradually max
ing itself felt and each day saw small
classes at the desk and blackboard
small classes that were growing larger.
Now that Milt had laid the ground
work Of his plans. he was making the
field fallow by a seeming of general
benefcence. His word had gone out
| along the creeks and branches and in
to the remote coves OF his territory
that it wouldn't hurt folks none ter
give their children a little l'arnin'"
In response to that hint they trooped
in from the east, wherever the roads
| could be travelled. Among those who
"hitched an lighted" at the fence were