The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-09-29
SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER 1.-The time Is the late eos
or early .7Os and the scene steamboat : aio0as
on tho Mississippi river. AL the tpes
of the period are present and the noat-
ing palace is distingulsheo Ssre 9y ea are the
customary drinking and gambling also,
Virgil Drace, young nortnern man. -
on his way south on mission OF revenSe,
Ha meets an eccentric character IN the
person Of one Liberty .Shottle, who is
Constantly tempting the goddess OF
chance. They form q singular compact
CHAPTER H.-Drace gets his mind on
his mission by entering into deck sports
in which he exhibits an unusual athletic
;,,rowess, Liberty Shottle is again vi,
lucky at cards and attempts a financial
negotiation with Draee. The btt later see see
fides to him that his mission is to ma
q certain ex-guerrilla. Stepho Ia Vitte.
who had murdered Braces father: II IS
chum, to hang La Vito as high as
Haman. Drace has become enamored
81 q mysterious beauty aboard the boat.
CHAPTER I1I.-The steamer reaches
New orleans. at that time in the some
what turbulent throes Of carpetbag gov
ernment. Shottle becomes possessed OF
two tickets for the French ball, great
society event, and proposes tnat Trace macs
acconpany him to the anatr. Ihe younS
man attend and Drace unexpectedly meets
the eiri Who had fred his heart aboard
the steamer. She is accompanied oy ONO
Boyce. whose proprietary interest lnoi,
Gates that he is her fiance. Through
st.ataeem shottle learns that the name
OF the girl IL Nadine Ia vitte ana n tnat
her companion of the evening is the man
who is seeking to marry her.
CHAPTER 1v.-Drace passes an uneasy
nisht torn by the suspicion that Nadine
is tie daughter of old stepho Ia vitte.
now an admitted outlaw. Now, more
than ever, is he resolved to find where
the Est ye1 sa and to nd StePnG df the city
IN one OF their nocturnal pilsrhmasss
they come upon q mob intent upon hans-
ing a poor wretch from the limb OF a
and aroused: the resentment of an oppos,
ing mob Of citizens. Drace takes hana
ia the fight which starts and is instru-
mentaLtn preventing the execution. =. tros,, eahas
a window opposite the scene, ne catches
agiimpse OF one he Is sure is Nadine.
CHAPTER v.-The escapade. the fight.
the Interference with the execution get
tho authorities. but instead Of punish,
Ilent are given until the next day to
board a steamer. bound north. Returning
to the house where he thought he mad
abandoneds Through Colonel Josh. an
erniss sary employed at the suggestion OF
Sllottle. he gets a faint clue in the dis.
Covery that a certain Frenchman. wine
dealer. is reported to be an intimate OF
Stepho II Vitte. There is only shor'
tir1e before the departure Of the steamer
when ,Drace and shottle go to call o. or
to he invsigled into giving up any infor'
.mation: but slottle. spying around among
the casks and bottles. especially the ar.
ticles made up for shipment. makes ar
important discovery. So as not to arouse
the suspicious of the Frenchman. M
casually draws Drace away from the
place and onto the steamer. On boare
he informs Drace that one of the case! &
was addressed to Stepho la Vitte ut Far
NUNS Landing. Mississippi. It is tn, mex
stop below Bethpage's Landing and Col
onel Bethpage is Liberty Shottle's uncle.