The Glenwood post., 1921-09-24


Switch. IN eastern Tennessee. abandon
ing 3 life of idle ease-snd incidentally .
erfds. Patricia Claverins. at the altar
mountainesr .tri' by" Heck, : cSapac- S
tar Of the hills. takes him to John More
i.1d.s home Moreland IL chief Of his
Httlefords. He tells Dale of the killing
Of his brother. David Moreland. years
ago. owner Of rch coal deposits. by q
tion Of Carlyle" causes Dale to believe
the man was his father.
CHAPTER E.-DaIe arranges to make
his home with the Moreland family. for
whom he entertains deep respect.
CHAPTER II.-Talkins with Babe"
Attleford next day. Dale is ordered by
Black Adam Ball, bully of tho district
to leave his girl" alone. Dale replies
the bully. though badly used up He A.
ranges with John Moreland 70 develop
DsId's coal depostts- Ben Lttleford
meet him With his followsrs next DAY, in
battle. Moreland agrees.
CHAPTER Iv.-Durtng the night all
the The Me-, Sera!snd. m$.serous,y se t % d;:.pDsss. a.
CHAPTER v.-Dals arranges to 60 to
"a to for sas n; min,
weapons. which the women hat hidden.
and line up for battle. Babe" in an
effort to stop the nghtins. crosse. to the
dentally shot oy her father and seriously
wounded.
6 GHAPTER yL.To e proper .urric.l
Dale convey Babe" unconscious. to the
s.cu.2 & P'snss ss1 . as% an 81: as
sssss T., hac Ii: r.ssF
naa's actions convincs his son Of his
fAthers guilt In the killing of MorsianA.
.-Saos" i. to stay With Mrs. ScI4urin
. b educated. Dale. refusing his faith
mine. interests Newton wheatley. capt.
talist. who agrees to furnish the money
Dale realizes he loves Babe"
vcIi.d cMApTEg vi yIIL Returning to the
mountaineers. whom he engages as
counsel ST for Dr., the company man nan, named
to betray the Morelands by selling him
the coal deposits. and telling them they
are Of little value. Dale attempts to
thrash him. but Con draws revolver.
CHMTER x.-oon enIists the aid of a
turbulent crowd. the Balls and Torreys,
lttlefofds and Moreiands agree to forget
ne old feud and dwell in harmony.
CHAPTER X.-"Babs" returns to her
noms fearing she is burden to the Nc
asrees to go back. for the sake of an
ssdnfatIoI sam ion Waylaid BY Black Adam"
restsd and taken to Jail at Cartersvilie
ao doesn't see how hts shot could have
killed Ball.
7 fooled you once. back there in
the middle of the river" he cried hot
ly. "and now I'm gsing to foo, you
againi'
e There was In his voice that old, old
primitive rage. which frightened him,
and puzzled him too, In his better mo-
ments.
He let down the bead until It was
barely visible In the notch, and eased
on the trigger. The revolver roared
and spat forth tiny tongue of flame
and 4 little cloud Of white smoke. Ball
sprang erect wheeled, and fell crash
ing to the leavesi
; Dale dropped his weapon. he went
as white as death. and his two hands
'clutched uncertainty at his throat He
was q murderer No. he wasn't-his
bullet had gone wild; 1t had struck
Balls head on the other side Of the
tree, by accident. But how could he
prove thnt 1t had been an accident!
Would any jury believe him7 1t was
far from probable.
He stepped from behind the hem
lock and went toward the writhins
Goliath. whose legs only were visible
now.
Then a third shot rang out on the
morning stiffness. II had been fired
frem point some little distance
away. and Dnle's condition of mind al
the moment, was such that he didn't
even note the direction from which
the sound had come. He was unhurt,
and he had not heard the whine OF a
bullet or the pattering Of shot on the
leaves. When he looked about him,
he saw no one; neither did he see any
dimly, 1t had been a squirrel-hunter
that had fred that shot. He forgot
about 1t very quickly for the time be
ing, and went on toward Adam Bau,
who now WINS lying perfectly still.
There was buIlet-hole through and
through the great, shaggy head The
face behind the short. curly black
beard was Of the colorless hue OF
soapstone. The giant hillman was
dead.
Bill Dale kpeit there beside Black
Adam. Again he clutched NJ his THROAT
with his two shaking hands. ana TINS
time he tore his blue flannel shirt. All
the agony and all the remorse In the
universe seemed to be gathering there
in bis heart. Never before Ind he
sen death. Its grim presence terrified
him. That the dep!orable thing had