The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-10-26
SYNOPSIS

" ko0 VcIlOQ Are present ana Lno uO0l-
ing palace 1. distinsuished BY msrriment,
dancing and gallantry. There are the
customary drinking and gambling also.
on his way south s on = mission ~ of revenge. even =
person Of one Liberty shottie, who is
sSaoe h.S fSn .n.!r n soeSsaD Of
CHAPTER u.-Drace gets his mind on
n rhch e. Dy sn5esns into 1sSk 1HSs
proves. Liberty shottle IL again un..
lucky ~ cards and attempts . financial
Ing an Opportunity to to use & shotsis, con-
ddes to him that his mission - TO fnd
. certain ex-guerrilla. Stepho Ia vitte.
Sis dstsrmination sa saso announe.d oe 70 Ii. new
Ism;n. prac. @ Ia. bseoms .ns%orsd mann
CHAPTER uL-The steamer reaches
New Orleans, at that time in the some
Mhat turbulent thrSes Of carpetbes Fov:.
two tickets for the French Ban. . great
eociety event and proposes that DrAcs
ana b1.es ss as
the girl who had fired his heart aboard
the steamer. She is accompanied By one
Boyce. whose proprietary intsre.t indi-
stratasem shottle learns that the name
Of the girl Ii Nadine La Vitte and that
ner companion OF the evening II the man
who is seeking to marry her.
CHAPTER Iv.-Drace passes an uneasy
night torn by the suspicion that Nadine
!. the daughter Of old. old stephS Ia vitts:
than ever. is he resolved to fnd whore
fnd IN oss u ss4 Sssn Of ns ss
they come upon a mob Intent upon hang
Ing poor wretch from the limb Of a
anS s II. ypsa
ing mob OF citizens. Drace takes a hand
in the fight which starts and Is instru-
a window opposite the scene. he catches
= glimpse OF one he is sure Is Nadine
the Interference with the execution get
Drace and Shottle into bad standing with
the authorities. but instead of punish
board % Steamer He bound % ne North. % Retufn,nS @ aS
to. the house where he thought he had
glimpsed the girl. Drace nnds the place
emissary. employed at the suggestion OF
Shottle. he gets faint clue in the dis
dealer, is reported to be an intimate of
Etepho la vitte. There IL only q short
time before the departure of the steamer
IN Wner S DrSce ana Ths Emotfss 60 70 S cal Lon on
to be inveigled into giving up any iilfor-
nation. but Shottle. spying around among
dcies I ina made % up oi for Shipment. % makes S an
the suspIcions Of the Frenchman. he
place and onto the steamer On board
he informs Drace that one of the cases
was addressed to stepho la vitte At Far
stop top below Befhpase's LANDING and Col
onel Bethpage IL Liberty shottle's uncle.
CHAPTER vI.-Drace and shottle are
received with genuine hospitality by
Colonel Bethpage and find the planta-
ton and its environs delightful. After
transaction with the colonel, Shottle goes
away ostensibly on business trip to
vicksburg. but in reality to seek his
makes the plantation his headquarters
and from pieces of information gathered
from various sources. becomes convinced
that La Vltte has haunt in great
wood of cypress and tangle Of salt
cedar a sort OF everglades. a marsh with
hundreds of knoll islands rising here and
negro had told him that the outlaw lived
in a house built of periwinkle shells:
Day after day Drace takes 4 canoe and
hanging wilds. At his feet lies = rope. one
end of 1t hsngman's moose
CHAPTER VII Drace penetrates in
to the wilderness, discovers Periwinkle
House and finds Nadine alone. She 10
much alarmed and warns him her father
to get him to go she agrees to meet him
again. the following Thursday. On his
way home Drace Is accosted by three
They overpower him and bind him with
ropss Led e,a by Tony they tanH, tnrow B: Br:c:
the the other" Ss collect M TT fuel. Tony sets IRE Ire
to the cabin and the three 20 on laugh.
inG: And then his bonds are cut and
She tells him how she was led to come
TO his rescue.
CHAPTER vIIr.-Drace gets safely
back to the Bethpage place. The gem
erAl writes him to accompany him to
n'r. hs !. sS thss CID
famous place There they drink summer
:. vim: e. iiss tSs pses..nSwins sU ssnc
in's. stspho la vitts appears. Insults
bssEsr." The General tell. him hs les.
ekepho draws . dirk. DrAce disarms
stepho. who leaves. vowing vengeance.
CHAPTER Ix.-on the Thursday morn
ing of the appointment between Drace
and Nadine. stepho informs the girl that
sss shsy afs to Sc marGeS to Boycs sh. pso
tests, to no avail. Drace comes at evening
and makes warm love to her.
CHAPTER x.-The next day Dracs
goes back to Periwinkle House, deter
mined to have understanding with
Nadine. His vow OF vengeance and his
hatred of stepho are as nothing beside
his love for Nadine. She protests that
she cannot marry him. but In the end
gives up and promises to be his wife.
He conndes In Aunt Tycie. Liberty
6hottle arrives. He II flush, having won
$4,000 in . lottery.
He told of his love, not Of his IA
ther's death-told her nothing Of his
oath; she listened enraptured; and
when he had finished. she mothered
him with her arms about his neck.
About ten o'clock next day, while
the family sat In the shade. ND to the