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Sanderson
By HALLIE
ERMINIE RIVES,
Autber of
"Hearts Courtfeous." Ete.
torvatciTT t?aa rar aoaas
MEJtBILL CONJPaNT
"Who's Who" ln the Story
?SATAN" SAXOF.RSOS, tbe
bero. dare-devll. gulxotlc frlend and
mlulKter of tu*' Qaapet.
HTtil: STUUaS -al and
'nal
latBSICA B beautiful
herolri* ln the rush of
events nn>: tae ptil ctpal sufferer ln
a rt'
1CRS. HALLORAN. .amp
eracl'e.
DAVI!) E I for
*?-x' ^' made bsppy
by a unhapplneaa
TH> of a
Balsuuder-Htui
HAI | re
llglou* -houlders
KBSt* the BThOJc 1
false frlend. perjorer aud thlef.
IHE SHERIFF, arho is rary
muivb d)vtd?<d iKjtween duty and
ellnatJon.
"BIG" DKVrJX, who ?
champlon Instead of prosecotor aft
er the bero's race with death.
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Bhe Bt
erop II. .. had ?>nt: . who
had ii. i: ri.'*! bar ii:
?n ber fn
ture ? u ben his \, |
w n ta t
I i a OBB l*xik aa he )
Could h* ruusie
that ba i arrnaa ba? beartr
aii at aaea the ba l vloleatty,
almost Bnaaallua bar. a man a
lng by the atde ..f the road. t
an.l aaattertna to hlnaaatf. Bba farrad
the aarartlling aala
lng from *>. ???? who It
In a moment ahe was off and beslde
the ; form, a spnsm of dre.td
ing nt her tbi ghl of tba
ess limbs. the .?lialky pallor of
the brow. the fi baaba,
A wave of pity sw.-pt <.\*-r b.-r li**
araa 111 and ulo aaJd not be left
He must I
?fully abaat bar. WbateoaU
ahe do? In tbat town, ivhose Int-jler
ance au*l .p had seen so ac
tlvely demonstrated, was there uo one
who would care for him? Sh*' t;
ber h* -aig to a nearlngso .
footateps iding up the road.
She called, .
?*.?*? aaraaaatAj a
deetrlan emerg
ed from th*
dark nnd ?
toward 1.
Ii<- baal over
the form she
bba.
"ir? pfiraa." I
^ W&&*~*+> b.;.rd lu-dcome
ba. .ii<
kie taraad to a
eoaajb, and he
? -^ afceah his head.
JiJ Mi ls sad!
Sf?* * i oaaai as
how I
bave labor*-.]
srltb tbe !.. he turned out bla
bands "you << *-. there Is the tempta
tlon. lt la bls nuhappy weakoess."
trr*.''
ered the yellow.
ad paase
on the day TOBB Fel?ler had walked
with her froOB the Moimtnln \
bar ba
felt :l
'He is li! Vou l
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the ba er him u
"M'
.1 we
tbank yon, bbj poor fi and
bad take . froa. bar
'. and now aba held lt out to
"lle must ! " she
TOB nn:
The ,;, tne hlll.
? me'." 1. d yet
you are rlght It ls for him." il
I lt nnd put It Into bls po
l-uilt a flre I
R? foi [11 not
alwaya <ome at ttie call of the luck
lees miner. All are not so cbArltable
?i."
He BStlad her horsr nnd extended ?
hand. but fhe mouuteil without Iils
I help. "He will thnnk you one day.
j this friend of mine ! 4*far bet
! ter than 1 can do."
?it ai not .-it ?:i aaeaaaBr* to tell
him." e aick
nre alwaya to be belped in every clr
cumstance."
?in aa she
I turned him np the
path tbal eiinibe.1 bacti af Baa cabln.
ba Kii"h. and so bf a narrow
' te the BBoaatatai i
Augiist Prei. -rood Ustening
to tba dulling ho.if Uats a moment,
then ra-entered tbeeabln The man on
the hunk hs.l Ufted to :; sltting poel?
tlon were ap Bi aad
Btaring.
rlght,*' the older man sald.
re coming round. How does lt
feel to be back mt | shebang?
Can't guess how >..n g<?t here
you? Tea arara aaarai aa horsehack by
:'y. Ilushey. my l#oy - a rip atav
Ing 1kmni;. vit it ln the
, mornliig lf you're pa
The man be addressed made no an
awer. | the other. in
dustrlous and Uwildei.
"I heard at>otjt the . BOW," went on
t thlnk lt
waa ln you. and tieither did I." He
looked at fdm cnnuingiy. "Neltber did
?'ou're a clever one,
IIu-,'h. but tht- !ost memory raekei
won't stand you in anything.
hadn't any call to get scared ln the
flrst plaee. I don't teli all I know."
lJ*' ? e candle nearer on tiie
tabl*. ?"! here'a a queer look la your '
face. Hugh:" he aald; wltb a clumay
??t af kin !
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but I've aaved II for you Pi
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CKuptcr 15 J
'i' was ptteh dark when
Itarlum, ti
likc n whirlwlnd. the
ctatll daaap smeii of tba
BBfl in her nos
tba du-t risii.. babiaaj
ipid Ikh : foaad 1
r her
late comh-g.
I the old man
grew tbrad aad was a
<Ull.
Left alone, her r. . rneil
she baajaa aa in- tortm
Tba prtoted eb
I her coinprchensioii. At M
she drew a hood over her hend and
stole out on to the wlde DOVCBa.
It was only '.? oV]<>ek, .".mi along the
I patbs t!
shrubbery a f.-w dim tvi -.troll
Ing. |
and t i af a a Moajh
[The nlr wus erisp and l.racing. with
, a p*-oMiise of frost nnd paluted loarea,
She gazed down ueross the
galebaa toward the town. a Btrag]
prleked in bflndlng
po'.nts. h .:fway bat aaaa. foMad in
f and
the cabiu to Whlch her tbought re |
currci with a klnd of aaaBa*B*aa
? BBt*aa\, baa the s^ar*'
were glowirg like tiny green gilt coala. '
and the yatlow road iay piuin aad
clear. With a sudden determlnntlon
*he drew her light etaab < losely abouti
her. Ktcpped down. s* > tbe
grasa to a footpatb nnd so to the roaaV
As BaBB ra:i BB down the eurvlng stretch
under the txaaa tba craokii;
bank paper that lay ln her !??
ad to burn her flesh.
ig away to ga/.e upon the out
caat who had shamed nnd baa
with
bumlng cheek and bamiuerlng henrt.
ped through t! ill fo
with n choking
She atole to the wuidow and peereil
ln. In tbe flreligbt 8he could see tba
form on tba hunk. to*slng and trautter
Ing. Otberwlae the plaee waa empty.
Bb* lifted tbe latch softly and eu
tercd.
The atralned anslety of Jessleas
look relaxed as ahe gazed alwut her.
Bhe aaw tbe vlal on the tanle. The
doctor Led been tbere. then. If be j
were ln serloua caaj, Prenderga^
would bo with him. She threw
ber hood. drew one of the chalrs to
k and sa*
eyes flxed on bls face. Tbe
and befpleeenaas ?>f his posture struck
through an.l tbaatajb her Two sldes
of bar vrara stnisrgllng ln s el
combat for ma?^?
"1 hnte yoal 1 bat* yon!" abe
nnder b*r brenth. cllnrhlng ber cold
band. "I BBOat bnte you: You stole>
uiy love and put it under ;
Vou I I tuy present snd
ruiucd tny future! What lf you have
forgo*?n tbe i Does
tbat make you the less gnllty or me
tlie 1* aa wn-ttli. <r.-'"
But withal n ..ee wlthln her
c to ll*T
h?>r chai ? had been
; own.
An oi | tbat s dread
ful Ii
- rlslug wboaa and un
-tluc
tlon, : as of nll that lifted
BOt to be
? tilng to the ln
ds and broken |
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ineaa,
p
latar
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tae mutterlngs cessed.
? fore
?1 a conf
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A tl
r of tbe af the
the mas
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Witb a sudden la .1 with a
baat and
I ed bi - ? i.is forebe,
ick .pil.kly. ber face
aaadad with eaaar. canghl bar braatb,
thou. draw] Z her !
:? aad araa
in the dark
ea toward naldnlaht tba
ebbad, aaa bad faUaa la
i. from which
? aBorataa
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*n roootb, in t'ie aaaaoy doatway.
ii*- Uftad hlnaaatf oa his albew.
Incxplicnhly
on arltb tl oa faataaaaa of afat
Bad whea bad ba known
aaa in b great tJda arallad
him tba memorj af bbt laat conscious
hours no ln (be satooti
B&rht, tba Tadden nppalling
aAaeoTary ?>f h;s name a Be
I Btcaanlaa wave of self
.'. .'iveiit
that bad baat m his arary vein aa be
waik.-.i up tha oarkeolaa atiaet Ba
ie throwu quartiv
aaabt hnother mlsslle had struck hont<?
or ba bad beea BBt upon. kicked and
pomraelc*l Into insensil.ility. This old
man?a mli im>, for there
plcks and i rner?had
red blBB He had ben iii, |
UBab, and shad
owy recoll*'.! .os tantnllzed him. II.
retalnetl n dll consclousne^s of a wo
man's i 80t.n on
the baJcanj aa near hltn, bring
lng Into a paiotial dAaardat a sense of
grateful coolnoss. of fragrance and of
rest.
As he stared again at the seated fig
ore, tbe gritn fact rea red like a grlsly
specter. derldl.ig, thrusting its haggard
prosence u p o n
Ia thia
Lttta communl
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Tm going lo eook
you aome brtak
fatt."
ty. which appar
ently he ha.l f*r
s a k e n and to
arbAcb ba had by
a n turned,
be atood a roeae
.ndrel.
a tbJaa to i-*lnt
the unger at and
to avoid. Tbe
aaaatlon tbat. bad
Btaraad his brain
to fire flatned up
asaaaa. Tbe town
deaplaed b 1 m.
What bad been
blscareer? Uow
had be become
a oarlah? Aod
by what ruiraele had he l?een so nltered
aa to look upon bimself wltb loath
ing?
He llfte<l himself uprlgbt. dropplng
his feet to the floor. At the inoveinent
in 01 the doorstep roee quiekly
aaaa forward
"You're better. Hugh." he sald "Take
It eesy though. Doa'f BBr* up Just yet
PBB golng to cook you some broakfast."
i to tbe heartb. I
r and set
1 a aawcapan on them. "I stron
go< soujething be
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?How long bave 1 been lying bereT"
I Harry.
aaa last night. Tou've had a
' ferer "
??v. here is my dog?"
other. "1 never
l | oa had ?
ilurr terly. It had fared
hnrdly. then. than he. It had
: tbe cro*
wreak their batred upon. because lt
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earth
jerk. nnd
! hard
? to the
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taba it
; don't I
i aa auch
?om that laJqaltoaa
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Welt a
nily.
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r b for
1 here
B gatn
Ba now n Bd tt all.
IOB brought
paaaed.
r aad faaad out
I on tt*
On a
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he aald H
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t pull
Th. : at ln
Intimaey in h'.s worda gare Harry a
qualm
ur ln tbe
town wa bla arbat his own
life there bad bt
? should be dal i*araabi
?rer tbe nelghborhood where ba had
made hia bllstering mark? Fhng all
BBd start agaln some '
bafirod tihs flbafiai afal pn
with that face that had lo
his t*
If fate latatadad tbat, why had It
turiud him back? If such wa -
bed ba l He ln it.
ne would drtab *he gull ni\i\ vi:
without w 'himperlng. Wh.-itever lay
behind he WOVdd IVB lt down. This
t iea?t bad bas*Haaafad him.
lUBUad Into IbS room. "Perhaps l
ahall r after awhlle " li.
locepan from lr*reod>raja8t*a
"I'll c?K)k the braakfa id.
Prend.ru
ed him. "I guess there are batfl ln your
be'fry, Hiir.- enough, Hugh." he snld at
"You never offered to do
stlnt before."
Chapterl
ROM the moment her
s fell upon the |
of the deilrinus
man ln the cahin Je^
:>egan to be a prey
to new emotions, the
algnlfiean.ee of whi?h she did not
pnliend. That klsa. she told herself
that night, hnd baaa gjraa to her
bal had Liin there m ita purlfy
I forgetfulnos
lt. bavaad aa her nps. as timt other kiss
ln | darkenetl room had burned after
v.nrd. but with a aense of pleasure. not
of bOfl It t..ok her back in.
me idows with her lost glrlhood and Its
opuled nutlook ?nnd Hugh.
Bal largest of all ln her mlnd next
day was anxiety. She must know how
he f:i
could not appaoaeb tba cabta, bnt ahe
tad that the do, tor
tatata and no doubt bad carrled some
report of him to the town. So as the
mornlng grew she rode down the
Your subBcrlptlon <o The Richmond
PLANET Is due. Have you pald it?
if not. why not?
lf you bave Job Work to be dona,
aend lt to ua.
moantalii ostenslbly .o fd tho .
COadtal she had left babtad her tb
before. really to satlsfy her hun>;
news.
As It happened Mrs. Halloran's finu
greetlng set ber snxlety at rest. Pren
--t had bought 80BB
neral store an h*>i;r before whlle
Bhe bad been maklng ber daily order,
and the storekoeper had q'i*s?
him. To an Interested aadleaee he
had told of the ftndlng <*f Baa
tbe inouutatn road ln | s?irt of crazy
fever aud enlarged apoa tba part tbe
giii oa horsebaek had plnye.l Htsarb
.11 right now. he said, ?
?in't retaeenber bba *>r tbe
antaln.
>rgast ha?l BBtd
Ilalloran I -a ln n breatfe
fore she flnlshcd she fannd
i.l not heard of I
aloon which bad | ted tbe
Babl with Dartta, aad altb s]
tbetAe rhetoric Mrs. Ilalloran to;
"Wby *! Monntaln hate
It has h?
Mrs. rialloran shook her head. "I
never knew any: ? sr,fl
town
i allus ,; i?w
iow n. T' iq an'
ro bad bi
ln tl. Halloran's
story had materlally Incresscd the
ar plty. Wbat bad
, aaaaaad ta ber a rata had
in reallty a oourageous nnd un
f II IfjICBfi
aateaat TblakAaa of this. tba
Mame nnd contrltion a
felt when she lister.e*! to tbe rtOltfl
i Bsssiled her anew. tlli
very part af the gullt, an equal slnner
by omisslon.
Yet she rode h< that day
with almost a light heart.
e e e e e a e
As Harry stood ln the cahln door
way looklnc after Pren.
the town. | far below ln tlie
mornlng minligbt. 1 lt bltterly
D there.
y all knew me." he thought.
? know me Ofl the street. ln
the l.ote] Tliey know ? hat I
is all
: a blank. v*
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! track? I
be a druiikiM-d." ba said to blm?
aelf. "N... l:i the pa<t m.mth 1
I dnink bar.l. but not for the taste af the
liquor 1 may 1r> :. I may be
i . t. a thtef
t.. l-e Mottad an.l
'?it lf
they l i it, aad hablt
automatlcally rerx ated cbar*
1 fcel no Inberent pr* <\
- defr.iud. Shall l? Wlll
thintr* eaaat ? me lf my mciuory
Ia the bnttle that be fougbt n<*w he
taraad, even in his ? t<* man
? strti laaj ba dall his tb
with rnechantcal Baovaaaent n>- ?
ed and pi.t to rights both rooms and
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But at times the im-llnation to escape
?1 nigh lusupportable. When
the COOflaCt was he would
thlnk of a glrl's face once been. and
the thought would IBBllBlB bun. Wbo
Was she? V.'hy had her look ; .
h blm? In that hatolul .-.
tbat Heemed so curlously allen ?
Fhe havo had a part?
He ?li*i BOl know that she of whom
La tba btttereat of those
hours had boen very ticur him; that on
her way up the mountain she bad
?low:i to the Ktiob to look
through the parted baabaa t<> tba eabtn
with the blaa splral rlsing from Its
chim:
Tboagb tba baaaaty t:;<k t*> which he
turned faiied to alluy ! gle by
"The rv*-t ia only *usp<<4
nlghtfall. Harry bad put the warrlng
elements under. When Prendergast re
turned at supper time. the candle was
llghted ln its wall box. the dluted tea
kettle waa alnging over a crackllng
; firv and Harry was persplrlng over the
scouring of the last utensil.
Prendergast looked the orderly lnte
rlor over on the threshold w'.tb a
coutemptuous amusement. "Almost
thought I was in churcb." he sald. He
took off his coat and lazily watched
the other cook the fmgal evening meal.
"Excuse my not volunteering," be ob
scrved. "You do lt so nicely I'to al?
most afrald you'll bave another attack
of that forgettery of yours aud go back
to the old Une."
Presently ho looked at tbe bunk.
clean and springy with fresh out spru.-e
shoots. He went into lt, knelt daara
and thrust an arm Into the empty
space heneath It. He got up hastlly.
"What have you done with that?" he
deitiauded. with an angry snarl.
"With whatr* Har.y turned his besd
as be set two tin plates on the bare
table
th what was under bore."
?There wss nothlng tbere b.it sn old
horse skin." sald Harry. "lt ls hanglng
on the slde of the cahln."
With an oath iTendergast flung open
the door and went outslde. He re-en
tered quickly witb tbe white hide ln
his arms. wrappod lt ln a blanket and
thrust lt back under the bunk
"Uaa any one been here today slnce,
yon put lt out there?" he aaked
oday slnce
ikod qulck-i
"?"NOv" eald Harry. aurpiised. "WayT"
Prendergaet cbuckled. The cbuckle
grew to ? guffaw. and ba sat down.
alappuig hia thlgh. Present ly be went
te tbe wall. took the cb&mola skln bac
from ita hidlng plaee and poured some
of Ita yellow conteuta. Into bls palm.
"Thafs why Do you rcmember tbat.
ebr
Harry looked at lt. '*Gold duat" he
sald. "I seera to recal! tbat I am
golng to begin work ln the trench BB*
morrow. There should b* more where
that came from."
Prendergcst poured the gold back
Into tbe bag with a cunniug look. Tbe
other had asked for no share of lt
At tbat moment he declded to any
nothlng of the evenlng before. of tbe
girl or the horseback Journey. leat
Hugh. cudgellng bls bralns. migbt re
member he had been offered a half.
"Ttiere's -plenty more where that
came from. all rlght," he aald. "and
I'fl teach you agaln bow to get It one
of theae days."
Prendergast sald Bttta during the
meal. When the table was cleared be
lit bla plpe and took from a she f a
board covcred with penclled flgure*
and scruUnlzed lt
?"Hope you remember how to play
old sledge'r" he snld
ry did not BBOVO, A* they ate
te had been wondering bow long he
.rould ablde that slnlfter ptwaaagi
he was about to sponk a knook came
nt the catata door, and Prendergast
ojteuiHi it.
ttor Harry reeojrnlzed In
stantly. It was the man who bad
foif falr play at tl
the salooa. who htd drawn him into
the hotel.
earrtad a bur ,- his*
arm. He BOddad curtly to Prender
lad addraaaad bim >rry
"I am tba baarer of a gift from
i --j
r this to
He pnt the bundle into the
"f the obain*
I '? !
court eoim!
cnrlonsly. "Et eos dooa f<* ?
? owly "A gift fiom some one
?
The quotatlon is
?? Ma aasp
eie." he sald. "but it : BBd
ttx.k the bundle. i
i a battor*
tiiia yoa fought a i
terday I
later.
of the inost ?i
There was 8 tl:
old BaaO waa Its master ;.;-?? II.
>f au
.
y brought him down.
1'or three years pa ,1 ]m
Si..eky Mountain. Nobt dy kn .us Ids
? a ii has alwaya ?
him 'Old Ikspalr." foa dld bim what
Is perhaps ?he tirst renl klndness be
has ever known at ltri hand* II
the onlv thing be could to rcqulte
HatTy hud colored palnfully as Fel
der baajaa *<> asjataJt. Hfci faaea was un
Btaadj aa he answered:
"I appratlata it, i am deaply gratefui.
but it is QjBlta liuposaible that I Bi
lt from him."
i need n<?t hesltate." said the
lawyer "old Despair 1*880* II BO
er. He died Inst night in LnvtUb'B
? hall, where he plnvcd when he
waa soiK?r enough for his lodg;:
bappaaad aa ba near by, and i ?..
you lt was his express wisdi tttOt I glve
the vlollu to you."
M out bls bat
night." he sald. "I hope your n.einory
will soon return. The town is imn h ln
ited in your oa
Tba fiush grew daapar ln Harry'a
eheek. though he saw there was BOttV
Ing iroiiical la the rcmnrk. *'I scareely
so niiieh ? :lied "l au>
learning tbat forgetfulncss haa i;
aoataaaa "
**aaV ' *?**
?Tjr* *Vb
BJD little town BBd beeo
unoonscious'y grateful
for Its new sensation.
The retum of Hugh
Stires aud his upparent
curioua traiisformation
waa the prlme aubject of aaa
For a half jear the plaee had kimwii
but one other event as atanling. That
was the flndlng sonn* montha before
of a dead body?that of a comparatlve
strnnger in the plaee?thrust beneatb
a thkket on Smoky mountain. on the
very clalro whicti now hchf Prender
gast and his partuer.
The "amen corner" af the Mountain
Valley House had discusseu the pro*
and cons exhauatlveiy. Tbere were
many who aoeered at tb* loas of mem
ory and took their cue from Devlia.
who. amartlng from bla bumillatiou
and nursing v?"nom. revamped auapl
cions wherever he abowed bla battored
face In his vplnion Hugh Stirea waa
"playlng a allck game."
"Mir *-)ew ia colored by your preju
daceii. Devlln." sa'.d Felder. * He'a be-io
>LU? I- lk^ ??.