The Glenwood post., 1921-10-01
SYNOPSIS.

. cHArTEs s; LTYGsuns n.s Carlyle % w,!on.sen y, n
yshn X. Dale. arrives At the Hallway
Switch, IN eastern Tennessee. abandon
ssids. Patricia ClaverinE. At the altar
4stsrminsd to make his own way in life;
He meet. ;. s Babe" . Lt,letord: typical
..r of The hiils. takes him to John More
land's home. Moreland IL chief of his
.'esan.." which has an old feud with tho
Of his BROTHER. David Moreland. years
man namsd Carlyle. Moreland's deserip-
the man was his father.
his home with the Moreland family. for
WON he entsrtains deep respect
CHAPTER III:-T.lkins with Babe"
to leave his girl alone. Dale replies
ss soa.h oS nss ssag ah as.a Dale Up H. sh2. M
ranges with John Moreland to develop
David: coal deposits Ben LAttleford
:snd' ~, chailsnEe e. to John Morslana to
battle. Horeland agrees.
CHAPTER !y.-Durlns the night all
the Mcrslands mysteriousiy disappear.
CHAPTER v.-Daie srranges to TO to
ing Of The coal. Tns % two Clans M md their
weapons. which the women haf hidden,
and line up for battle. Babe" in an
Horeland side Of the river, sad 10 accl-
denta!ly shot BY her father and seriously
John soysianG & g. g. PEGRfs s,stosd sSfsa .ad
Dale convey Babe unconscious. to the
,1 sz postHss sl, 1ssnr. % them sh: h. Ing !: not
Pettis,a % ci.1erins. r.iiS. na his father :a q
David Asreland's coal. tie old senls-
fathsrs guilt in the killing of MorslaAA.
CHAPTER Wilt il arranged tina.
- be educated. Dals, refusing his faith
srs pronsred financial aid to develop the
mine, interests Newton Wheatley. capi-
tAlist. who agrees to furnish the money.
Dale realizes he loves Babe"
CHAPTER VIII Returning to the
Halfway Switch. Dale meets Major
nountaineers, whom he engages as
counsel for the company. A man named
the coal deposits: and telling them they
are Of little value. Dale attempts to
threSh him. but Con draws q revolver
Dale IL unarmed.
CHATTER Ix.-Gof sniists the aid Of .
turbulent crowd. the Balls and Torreys,
= make trouble for Dale's company. The
Latusfofds and Morelands agree to forget
ne old feud and dwell in harmony.
SAAfIER 4:-"Babe" returns to her
POM fonr,n fearing h she Is burden to the Nc
o&f601 To back. for the ka af
sducation waylaid by BLACK Adam
ds1. nsM .ca Dale nahts 4 pistol duel with the
sssted and taken to jail at Cartersvilie.
He doesn't see how his shot could have
killed Ball
'eM was pinned down to guess who
1t was at done It," drawled Mrs. LIT
tieford. "Td guess 1t was By Heck.
He was a plumb fool about Bill Dale
His NAV she says ne talks In his sleep
about BIZ Dale He was aLus a-fol-
iertn' him around like a dawg."
Babe pointed to the meadow. An
aged and stopped and witchlike WON
an was limping slowly through the
clover. corniRg toward them.
Granny Heck" muttered Babe.
! The neighborhood's newsbearer and
foftune-tel,er limped on up to the
cabin, and dropped bo the stone step
beside Ben Littieford's wife and
dsssAter.
la, la, Ia" she painted, for the
Iays were warm. "And hain't II Jest
turrfhiel wisht may die this min
ute e I wouldn't might nigh as soon
see my own son go to jail But 'en
,tN all come out right yit. Babe. !
seed It in the cyards. and I seed 1t in
the cup. Babe, honeydumplin". he
never no more killed Adam an killed
him myself. I tell We, the's been some
avfN ongodly work done, somehow. !
know Bill Dale. and the shore hain't
nary burned drap o. killer blood In
him"
Bate spoke suddenly to her mother:
I've got to 20 and wash and Iron my
new white dress Acanse-hccause I'm
a-eo,n' back to Mrs. McLaurin, like 1
uroatsed I'd 60. I'm a-eoin' in the
moruin', on the fust train. Ye might
N we'll inform pap to hatch up my
r.ilroad money. mother"
Inst then BY Heck stopped before
the gate.
aDo ye want to go home along as ]
20. maw?" he asked.
The three women turned their eyes
toward the lanky mOonshlner. He
was standing strnlghter than they
had ever seen him standing before.
and he held his repeater across one
of his thin shoulders In a manner that
was almost soldlerly. II was ns
thoarh he had just discovered hith-
erto unknown depth to himself.
The truth was that he was carry
ing a secret thnt WIS great. and a''
most too much for him.
His aged mother rose with rheu'
matte groan. "Looky here. By" she
demanded, "whnt on earth's the MAJ
,er Of yef Ha' ye done went aud