Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-03-27
SYNOPSIS


CHAPTER Lon the banks Of the
Warhope. young and very much In love.
Texie II the only daughter OF old Pap
Simon, rich man and money-lender
Simon a who SaS 4" forsSioss e o mort gage
on the Warhope estate. Al nrst Texie
and Jack talk sadly OF Ken Colin. the
girls misslng brother. Then Jack saSs
over, that no viii 20 10 California for
gold and that he will come back. Then
the Milford stage comes In. bringing
Rev. Caleb Hopkins. the new minister
OF Buckeye. In the Fiatwoods.
CHAPTER II.--sImon Colin Welcomes
the minister and introduces the Wiz
layers. The preacher IL a 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 been
sn sor s,.s at Golsy .s ss ss nTS
peared. His father attributes Ken's
fall from grace 70 his red lock q hair,
.,. r. &. s.y f.o ~ r hsS Gon h.a
Pap simon has a sort OF stroke,
stosshs on Sy reading k lss,sr from rom
postscript by another hand says he
IL dead.
CHAPTER Iv.--At the village store
and postofiios Loge Beiden. newcomer
says he saw the new parson with his
iieks him. shoots a pistol from his hand
and makes him say he was mistaken.
CRATER v.--Ine parson goes sein-
Ing on the river with Jack and others
Jack discovers the parson carries n re-
den 'fS ouseeoat. Jack discovers osp tina, IL.
dusty deck,
CHAPTER vI.--Ail the villagers
gather az festival In tho schooihouse.
drunken stranger disturbs the fes-
Jack knocks him nat, but receives an
unimportant wound In the shoulder,
The The preacher faces the ds.perado and
goes cut and disappears
CHAPTER vIII.--Jack tells Pan 81.
mon who has been good 90 him. that
he's going TO California to md gold TO
puy BACK the old homestead, He tells
Texie OF his love for her--in all but
Uncle Nick whiffies, friends OF Jack.
agree that the festival desperate 10
Hack Bogus, a counterfelter and bad
harborin' with I.oge Beiden and that
they are planning to rob Pap Simon.
CHAPTER x.--Jack trails a night
Prowler, who goes to Whispering
Spring, calls out tho preacher with an
owl boot and hands him a small pack
CHAPTER Kiln the forest Jennie
heldsn warns Jack that his life IL IN
he kills"
CHAPTER xII--Pap Simon looks
ever the papers In his safe and adj
crosses an envelope TO Jack warhope
birthday" Tsxie. Jack and the preacher
70 riding.
CHAPTER XIiI.--Texie and Jack
show their skin with pistol. The
preacher takes great pains 20 prove he
sees a face at the window OF a haunted
cabin.
CHAPTER Xiv.--Jack sees Black
Bogus handle counterfeit money IN the
haunted cabin and pass u 20 the
s@o % a ,aE ~ spr Simon w9 "ns
hts money, shortly after. the alarm
u given and the old money-lender IL
found found dead 10 his ofies. pl.srranged
locked. Jack does lis own invessiEat.
Ing and solves the mystery,
CHAPTER Nv.--Jack faces the
preacher IN hts study and tells him
his pistol only TO md himself covered.
Jack disarms him and forces him 10
disgerge the good money for which
counterfeit has been substituted. lie
does not accuse the preacher OF intend.
ing TO Kill Pap simon, but escorts him
Go the stage. forces him 20 leave town
and warns him not 20 come back
CHAPTER NVt--Belden gets a let.
ter from the preacher and Jack listens
10 Belden and Black Bogus discussing
Its contents He hnds Toxic has
started Tor town In response TO let.
ter from the preacher who wrote that
he had found Ken alive. Jack rides
90 tho rescue