Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-04-10
SYNOPSIS

Wabash stand Texie Colin and Jack
& the sa dsIy aa sssk au 81 e Il if s.p
Hsmeon, fEh nan and money-lsndsr.
Gingn, who had foreolosed a mortgage
and Jack talk sadly Of Ken Colin, the
that y ten days his ssrvitude win Be
Ana .lss e VI II come o sasE rh zen
css H ssDEi eoas re nav ~ 1ai nsss
q buckeye. III the fsiafwosds.
CHAPTER nas,men Colin wSsiooms.
sae niniaters and Introduces the VIZ
taEers. The preacher II young man
Y1fh beard, enormous spectac1es, stiA
neOk stock and patent leather bootR
qHAPUER. M-At supper at the
GSAn home the preacher. who had been
MSnS roon1nate 1t college. tells how
gay f Hs t.hssr sm asssba ana d Ksn.
aH ihheritance from sRed Colin"
Pttxte IN The dsys Of Elizabeth. Then
sM5OrEnt On ~ re:ding |. letter from
cures his father on his death bed A
R2etseg3pt bT another hand says he
CHAPTER W---At the village store
s9s HH1 e 1nss Bsidsn nswcS we e:
s5 a. nsonnH 4s1i new elsos .,s n,sA S.s
ucis him. aheots pistol from his hand
eAo mAhes hum say he was mistaken.
CHAPTER E-Une parson goes ssiu-
INK ON the river with Jack and others.
I9ek disccysSs the parson carries . re-
al JACK runs aisco assDs, tina, me- K.
4Reens beot nts q footprint on the
dfsty deck.
CHAPTER vL-All the villagers
fafher at festival In the schoolhousa.
Asdrunken stranger disturbs the fes-
9Eities. He attacks Jack with knife.
nnampQrtanf wound In the shoulder.
Tbs preacher faees the desperate and
points to the door. The rufian. cowsd.
goes out and disappears.
CHAPTER vM-Jack, working In a
neid, sees the desperate Of the festival
trails the man to the cabin where Bel
den and his sister live
CHAPTER vIu-Jack tells Pap ST.
mon. who has been good to him, that
he's going to California to find gold to
buy back the old homestead. He tells
Texte of his love for her--in all but
words.
Uncle Nick whiffies, friends Of Jack,
agree that the festival desperate is
Black Bogus, counterfeiter and bad
man wanted by the sheriff, that he Is
harbortn' with LOge Belden and that
they are planning to rob Pan Simon.
CHAPTER X.-Jack trails a night
prowler, who gees to Whispering
Spring, calls out the preacher with an
CHAPTER Kiln the forest Jennie
Befden warns Jack that his life Is In
danger from three men and the third
O NJ wi n ha trtl La
he kills"
CHAPTER xII-Pap Simon looks
over the papers in his safe and adj
dresses an envelope to Jack Warhops
birthday" Texie. Jack and the preacher
.idinx
CHAPTER XIII-Texie and Jack
show their skill with pistol. The
preacher takes great pains to prove he
can't hit flock Of barn doors. Jack
sees face at the window of haunted
cabin.
CHAPTER XIv.-Jack sees Black
haunted cabin and pass it to the
preacher at Whispering Spring. where
the two men talk Of Pap Simon and
Is given and the old money-1ender is
found dead in his office. Disarranged
furniture and the old mans scratched
face tell of a struggle, but the safe is
locked. Jack does his own investigat-
ing and solves the mystery.
The parlor door opened, closed. Black
Bogus half rose, slipped away up the
path-and the woodsman was alone
with the voice of the night.
Counterfeiters the mystery was
cleared Simon Colin-money-lender
money-hoarder-o Offered just the right
opportunity.
Their plan was absolutely fiawless-
each night to slip out a number of
good bills and replace them with coun-
terfeit bills of the same denomination.
And the rumpling of the spurious
bills in tobacco-stained leaf mold to
make them appear old and worn, so
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