The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-10-05
SYNOPSIS


CHAPTER 1.-The time is the late COS
or early '70s and the scene a steamboat
on the Mississippi river. All the types
ing psacs Is fHd by sns ma
dancing and gallantry. There are the
customary drinking and gambling also.
on his 6i way south % on a mission % OF revenge. even @
He meets an eccentric character in the
person Of one Liberty ,Shottie. who is
chance. They form a singular compact.
CHAPTER u.-Drace gets his mind of
In which he exhibits an unusual athletic
prowess. Liberty Shottle Is again un-
lucky at cards and attempts q financial
ing an opportunity to use Shottle, con-
hdes to him that his mission Is to find
q certain ex-guerrilla. Stepho la vitte.
his determination announced to his new
ehum. to hang La Vitte as high as
Hannah. Drace has become enamored
CHAPTER uI-The steamer reaches
New Orleans, at that time in the some-
ernment Shottle becomes possessed Of
two tickets for the French ball, q great
society event, and proposes that Drace
men attend and Drace unexpectedly meets
the girl who had fired his heart aboard
the steamer. She is accompanied by one
Gates that he 10 her fiance. Through
stratasem Shottle learns that the name
Of the girl is Nadine La Vitte and that
her companion of the evening il the man
who is seeking to marry her.
CHAPTER Iv.-Drace passes an uneasy
night torn by the suspicion that Nadine
now an admitted outlaw. Now. more
than ever, Is he resolved to find where
the girl lives and to find stepho; Drace
n ian rr nF hA n
In one of their nocturnal pilgrimages
they come upon mob interk upon hang
tree. tres It is a typical carpetbag % Execution
and aroused the resentment of an oppos-
ing mob Of citizens. Drace takes q hand
mental in preventing the execution. From
a window opposite the scene. he catches
q glimpse Of one he is sure is Nadine.
CHAPTER v.-The escapade. the night,
the Interference with the execution get
Drace and Shottle into bad standing with
msnt are given UNI until itf the next X 's Day to
board a steamer bound north. Returning
to the house where he thought he had
sbandoned. Through Colonel Josh. % an
emi.sary employed At the suggestion of
shottle. he gets q faint clue In the dis
dealer. 10 reported to be an intimate of
Stepho IL vitte. There In only 2 short
time before the depsrturs Of the steamer
the Frenchman. The latter IL too keen
to be inveigied into giving up any iAfor-
the casks and bottles, especially the ar
ticles made. up for shipment. makes an
Important discovery. So a. not to arouse
casually draws Drsce away from the
place and onto the steamer. On board
he informs Dracs that one Of the cases
was addressed to stepho Ia vitte At Far
NUNS Landing Mississippi. It IL the next
stop below Bethpage's Landing and Col
onel Bethpage is Liberty shottie's uncle
MY young friend, they have told
you about the most implacable and
desperate Of men. sir. 1 know the
man. and while nature did not intend
and 1 beg your pardon for what
might seem a want of modesty-that
/ should fear any human being, yet I
confess to an occasional uneasiness In
the ence Of old Stepho la Vitte.
have never had any words with him
that is, strained words; but If I
ahoh1ld I'd owoff M rnvo on hfc M RI