Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-03-06
SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER Lon the banks OF the
Wabash stand Texie Colin and Jack
Marhope. young and very much In love
simon, rich man and monsy.isndsf
Simon, who had foreclossd a mortgage
on the W.rheps estate ~ nrst TeIis
girls missing brother. Then Jack says
that In ten days his seryitude will be
over. that he will 70 10 California for
the Milford stage comes In, bringing
Rev. Caleb Hopkins, the new minister
Of Buckeye. In the Fiatwoods.
CHAPTER u.--slmon Colin welcomes
the minister and introduces the VIII
layers. The preacher 10 q young man
with q beard. enormous spectacles, stin
neck stock and patent leather boots.
CHAPTER III.-At supper at the
colin home the preacher, who had had been bee,
peared. His father attributes Kens
fall from grace 70 his red lock q hair.
era,. ns IN x. s.y. .V 81 .sb.S h.a
srouxht on BY reading a lstt.r from
curse. Il. fstSsr on IN II: I'D death bed nS
postscript BY another hand says he
CHAPTER Iv.-At the village store
and postoffice Logs Bsiden. a newcomer.
says he saw the new parson, with his
ticks him. shoots n pistol from his hand
and makes him say he was mistaken.
CRATER v.--The parson goes sein-
Ing on the river with Jack and others
Jack discovers the parson carries a re-
volver. The party runs across a hid
parsons boot hts q footprint on the
dusty deck.
CHAPTER vI.--All the viila9ers
gather AZ a festival In the schoolhouse.
drunken stranger disturbs the fes-
uviues, He attacks Jack with a knife.
mnimportant wound In the shoulder.
The preacher faces the desperado and
points 70 the door. The rufian. cowed.
goes out and disappears
CHAPTER vII.--Jaek. working in a
wsschin. aim from Behind ' a log. Y Ms
trails the man TO the cabin whore Bel
den and his sister liva
CHAPTER vIII.--Jaek tells Pap ST.
mon. who has been good TO him, that
hes going to California TO md gold 60
Tssie 81 his low, low Tor helm all but
words.
CHAPTER Ix.--Ai Counterman and
Uncle Nick Whiffies, friends OF Jack,
agree that the festival desperate Is
Black Bogus. counterfeitsr and bad
man wanted by the sheriff. that he Il
harborin' with Loge Belden and that
they are piannins TO rob Pap simon.
CHAPTER x.--Jack trails a night
prowler. who goes to Whispering
SPRING. calls out the preacher with an
owl boot and hands him q small pack
age
CHAPTER Kiln the forest Jennie
seldsn warns Jack that his life is In
.bids. his time an when he strikes
CHAPTER xII-Pap simon looks
over the papers In his safe and adj
dresses an envelope 60 Jack warhope
mot TO be opened tili his twenty iirst
30 riding.
CHAPTER xIu.-rexie and Jack
show their skill with q pistol. The
preacher takes great pains TO prove he
can't hit mock OF barn doors Jack
sees a face at the window OF a haunted
cabin.
The parior door opened. closed. Black
Bogus half rose. slipped away up the
path--and the woodsman was alone
with the voice Of the night.
Counterfeifers - the mystery was
cleared. Simon Coiln--money.lende
y-hoarder--offered just the right
opportunity.
Their plan was absolutely fiawless--
each night to slip out number OF
good bills and replace them with coun.
terfelt bills Of the same denomination.
And the rumpllng Of the spurious
bills In tobacco stained leaf mold 10
make them appear old and worn. SO