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Satan *
Sanderson
By HALLIE
ERMINIE RIVES.
Author of
"Hesrts Courageous." ftc
copybicbt n*e rat aoaas
MtBRILL CONfABt
"Who's Who" lo the Story.
"SATAN" SANDI KSON, th?
bero. d?rede\!l. qulxotlc frlend and
mlr. e Guspel.
HUOI! STIRES, prodigal and
aal
RDSSICA ilol.MK. the beautiful
herolne. beipIeK* ln the rusb of
evajtits and the princlpsl sufferer ln
a '^sse of mixed Identlty.
MRS. HALLOI e camp
OAVli) STIREE ? t for
glfUie. and at tbe last mad* happy
by anotber's uuhnpplness.
ITTE BISHOP, tha rictini of a
?aaiailai
afalTIFTUJAH JONBB, the re
lUrlous faaal Hhooldera
raats the v* bole weijrbt of tbe story
aOTMET PB , the
faiae frlt-od. perjare* snd thlef.
THE SHERIFF. u-ho is varr
much divided befween duty snd ln
ellnatlon.
"BIG" DKVI.IN, arbo turni
champlon Instead <>f proarcutor aft
?r the bero'a race arlth death
>i -
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H! ? in
VV^Xppa
. aad
? .
I
the t:
1
?
oue 1
'?
I . a llfc-hti:.
his |
bHa '?
ii and ! ettered tbe
thia I . amttea on tlie
side of tba l.-d^'.-r. >
erful Iu a aaa .?on.inunity, had n
All tlii.s ha al
could not puess. but he felt tba .1 auge
aitli on.
Till tha aaa waa low- ;i the
eabin thmhlng, At 1,-ngth he calied
the d*.*^ and : t ln its ?
1 ??limti
the atee]
Whea I.- taaaa taa <???:-::.in a_agiaara
trail tbat Daala patb ba taa aad
asidt-. Bare ta; | a !i<-re i ?
fir>t . ;th bar, faea
Here ahe b -\ I
InK I .1 not BB
buri.d sad l
As ba i baabaa and ati
ie the Jut
<lnS I witb an
araa n<> I
? * \ araaa haf
lateiy made tbara, and haaaai it. .
chiM-i.-d ta tba
flgur.- seateil. chln on hand, as lf re
pnaliaa th*- aaarbj aaeaaaa. a* ln a
ba raallaad tii.-it its featataa
were his aara Avestnu-k. the living
man dr?-v .
It w.-is Jaaaf*ea*B conception of tlie
prodigal son as she h;i.l naedalH lt ln
after Haah'a
| retarn to
th*- house 1n tlie
|
I ;id j...i;it
Bi out the BaBtaat
?
l n wiii. .
would ehoose to
ba huried. un?) tba
arfab ha*i
Bi Her
aorroiv for bls
death had been
Bwaaaaad hy tba
thoiiyht that ?
end had come too '
suddenly for I>a- !
i
vld Stires to bave
?ed his son. .
Tbls sorrow bad,
The Uving man rircw_ ,
ncnr poaaeeaad one
..fort?that he,
bad Baaaaa at the ia?t snd bad Rar
fjtaa Baajft Of t:..> >h?- caabl assure
him ulien he rcturiied. for
aot renlly liciieve >.. d.-.j,
of m ajreaaaa thUf_ be woujd
could assure j
>r she couldri
la tbe beard I
3 pqj. r_untaU
In ti.
?
Mrs
Her
1
?
I;'
i
1 and stiff
I
ipper
II
I with tl
?rti begga
?
need of a
:
on : tV
?
T af the
; * -v n wltb
l at
I an air that a
:ig!"
?aad fai
that had |
nnd ]<.(<? II.- did :
baSMBth his ch;n. I drop
Bla arms.
Th?n he felt a tou.
an.l heard the whlsper: "Hugh!
"Je-vdca!'' be ers -;>rang to
hls f
"l '? day and lis?
tened , knew
that j
a:"
"If I !.,,.] I..-..T |
exclai seon
my fatbar Bal i diint kn-.w"?
Bha < baaaaad bat ba - ther.
"Y.ui know now? You remember lt
all?"
Eb shook Ins hea.l. "I have been
-he pointi-,1 t.
"The prodlgal t* t/oursel/.-*
I bave guessed wbo it la that llea there,
I know 1 alnned against bim and
against myself and left him to dle uu- '
forglving. That ta what the atatue
sald to me, as he must ii*ve said, 'I
sm no more worthy to be called thy
Bon.'"
"Ah," abe cried, "he knew and he
forgave you, Hugh! His laat tbougut
waa of your com ing. That is why I
esrved tl*e flgure there."
-You carved it." be exclaimed. gbe
is releassd hors. an
.
I Ity, n
i
I
?
'
'
'
i little
.1 clo.se ta a tha
? *.*?.?
Ber t
ad bal
linful eur
ln a
her
"I V
?
throw Ii :
"\\
protested, "never. never anj t:.->re."
fully. "It i* a
thlnk of." II.
thaa ba t,
an night arht f tb*
white boaaa La did aot t*n
?
*
Btada an ex.-i.-uuatioii af aondei.
uie." abe sald.
arttb h'-r baad la bls. ba ta**
? t tbat nlgbt'a es; , fajBT
bad held bim ,.i h.-r
rarjr, th-'
:i d.-sk thal b i d bis
nt bim back to t
tber he was BBt
At uieat threw out
with a passiomite gaa
" 1 lu- aaaaaj a*
"lt ls your>: iit- Intended
tt! B , tha daj ba
if you think I'
'. uo," h<- My. "Tha
no raaaatBiaat, m> aa, la bbj
Jaaaapa. i fliu tldnklag <>f jaa
and of Antston V..u would ban
go back, would you not?"
looked up, Htniling. nud slowly
Shook 1?. r , ai** n hliud
?ruc^ Baia, MDaa**l you tiiluk
I know what is ln your aUadl
n, Hugh. Some time. but uot
aow not yet. It ls nearer than that."
11 I eye* flov *j Xlll.
? i.'i tea, tt la baaa 'i
where I must hnish my b*bJbh
raaj i would tu.
mountain forever becauae
hare. Now"?
"I will help you," *be said. "All
the world besldes count* nothlng if
only wo are together. I could I
a cabin here on tbe in uutaiu alwaya
ln a forest of Ardeii, lill I grow old 1
and want notbing but tluit?and yuu." I
Aa BB did n-r | him
with ch-nsoning ch, a, reading
his look. abe suddenly threw her arms j
about hla a
"Hu^'h." Fhe cried. "we belong to
each other now la no one else
aMar, is thasal i want to be to i
you what I haveo't been?to bear
thlugs with you and help you!"
He kissed her eyea and halr. "You
have belped. you do help me. Jeaaica!"
he urged * But I am Jealoua for your
love. It must not be offeuded. The
town of Sraoky Mountain must not
eneer-and lt would anecr now."
"Let lt!" ahe exclaimed reaentfully.
"As lf 1 would care!"
"Iti't I would care," be said softly.
"I want to cllmb a little blgher firsL"
She was sllent a moment, ber Ungers
twlstlug the fallen leave*. "Yoa don't j
want them to know that I am your
wifer
t?tlli I can see my way."
She oodded ind amiled, nnd tbe
cloud llfted from b ; must
know j.l. "This ls what
> I shall ?? san
ttarloi
ara of
' untaiu ls yoara, an.l 1
be a i I aaa v'oitiK '
r aboad i
Re a ith her tbi
? n to the road, 1 '???
oat to th- |aat i>elow tba
t.-all that k*d to the K;
ipiiiR first. h-->
int as she
? walking
-
I
sald
s bls
?
I
you aomei btng."
i ? ? tba al
sal.l tbe ?
eabin odB
?
?
arard hns f.-iiio:.
I:"
?f
_V_b
AI.I.I-I.U.Ml .1 n ?
ln his
With his ?ln
r, his aaaollaa Bare
nnd bls wlld aaiaaat
Oess. he crowded the
aaala street of tt:.- uttie mkataa '
He bad not la* ... I for UbIBUBIB I
was a new sensatl.m Wl
llt his flare ln tbe courthouse square
*? -k on th*> s? ond evenlna the of
intaln Val -? was
aaaptted and tba h.irrooms nnd gaming
well algl aatad ?if their pa
a bad ae?a the mustering
I from the botal eutni
;m had rrand
her her U-st room.
u cbaaahBr ovartooltbsa the ?tieet. She
h;!(1 I" Itor to spen.l the
afteni.K.n aad | tbat she stay
per, -just to see how she would
like lt for a ajteadp dlet." Now. as
I pasaed along tow moun?
tain road the spe llued her
i th*- oiitsklrts of tbe gatherlng.
She ajrababad and listeued with s paa>
HaUxlujah Joiut va? in hia etement
oecupiod mind. She was thluklng that
on her way to the aanltarlum abe
would croea to tbe cahln f r a good
night word with the man upon whom
her every tbougbt centered.
As lt happened, however, Harry was
at that moment very near ber. Alone
on the moantaln. the perplexlng con
fllct of feellnj? bad again descended
opon blm. He had fought it. but lt
had prevalled and at nlghtfall had
drtven blm down t;. tbe town, where
the street preaeh-*r now held forth.
He stood alone. uunoted. a little dls
tance away near tbe courthouse steps,
where by rea son of tbe crowd, Jeselca
OOOld nor the dog.
i aniftVd at ttB
Of bj in.pjire easual
ly of aalvation.
a a premonitory, *
lag <honl from hls melodeon and
atrack up a ?
:. be rnouated
aaa bg tl tzing
with a str
held tiiin entbi
odra
calle,i
with
?
<>f what he baa*
.er bad
'
I ?
Dg a
nnd !
throu,
s~*^ Bagb
aBBaV-.
?
f
! the
oeer bim ta an '
Oood. :.
?
il. -
- ; >. r y
?
I
ther d
1 lenry
T.-r.-d
' |bl and
I like a stone la a
For thaaa aaoatha throag
accldental fadal r
fortull .. ,,f circun.
fhe nan ,
lay of Hugi; : .|c.^
aaa fhaa ba, dat
?r piteoiis error from that niis
iiinuient arhaa she bad tom the
bandag* from bar ayea on ber wi
llay, she had BBt ?f BBaB the r.-al Hugh
in Sinoky Moantati - aaei taara
the truth. V.-t bow- to tall her.
could he tell her all?
At any hour yeM.-nl.iy. h.ird ns tha
telling must ha\e I.:i. he coul.l hav,
toM h.-r Last night the hour ?
could he t.-I! her BO* V
was th.. raal Hul-Sis wlfe \y ta"
rlght. Ile himself caaM n-.t ?
if Ood woui.i but tuin bacb th.
? an,! l i- .
iiu faet drai rt*sa*
aoad. he cliinhe.l the BBOBJBtalfl *OBd
As b. ba took from hla pocket
Ittla bjosb) itii^s. aad I
nunil. will ti. .1 lt to his thong
h guar.l It l-.a,i baaa only a bau
ble, a |,-, k-.-i plBCa -lri'iiircd he
not w hen or how. Now ba knew It for
Baa i.i,i->- of his ..!:,,? ne raaaaaa
I now that, pressod a certain way.
it B*aala* Ofaaa, nnd .-ngraved inside
iiis name .nnd tbe date of bla or
diuution.
11 e mk-ht sliut tbe cabin door. but
he could not forbid the torturer that
with hlm across the thraa
He iniis-lit throw himseV upon hls
knees and bury hls face in tbe rough
skin aa* the couch. but he could Bat
fchut out worda that blent in golden
lattered flashea aeross his tbrobbing
eyehalls. "Thou abalt not eovet thy
nclghhor's w if?>."
So he erouched a man under whose
feet life had crashed. leaving him pln
iied oeneath tho wreck to watch the
flre that must creep nearer and nearer.
? ?**?* a
rurlosity held Jesalca until tbe evao
closed Ida melodeon preparatory
to a desceut u; ,n the dance hall. Then,
thlnklng of tbe grow ing dark with
some trepidation, she started toward
the mountain.
Ahead ef her a muffled puff-patT
BBunded, and the dark bulk of an auto
mohtl* was moving slowly in the same
dlrection. and she qulckened her pace,
glad of th.a quaal company.
A little way up the aacent a cum
broua ahadotv atartled her. She aaw la
a moment that lt was the automoblle,
halted at the side of tbe road. Her
footsteps made no sound. snd ah* was
ctase upon lt when sbs aaw th* three
men lt bad carrted atandlng near by.
She made to paaa them aad bad eroaa
lf the ititei \ ?
?aaaa laatlacl
?ees. They bl
the hydrauli*- i ?>. whtre -i
nath left tba maiu roa*l. lt was the
aaaae petb bf adaiea she and .\
Praaderaaat had taken tb
s* i.*tis bardaa on a algbl
aaa ,!i" hiUi
Bume and forn.
Th.-y were hrg in kra i
ss i tbey pel
t. toward it.
lu her llfe l>eor. an
hut her
Ex-.dt. *
?'I' .
I
iu 'i ?!. f..r sh.
now ? without l
abe w alted a i
nnd Jolned th.
. hut tlie
? just tbea, aad ab
th.it ?
three
ed lu
nnderl ^ in,
d ber Im
? bat ihey
the tiiiine. Rad there been ai
-
Dre
?
sh.- araa cloae |
BtOppI
?
I in tba ! ow.
? irri.-.l tba
..thered la
?ii's ealy Bamej
?aid: "Mc
Clnn's horse is ln town t->:
Baroep aa her back. BofB) or no
Ther.-: |
ln the swift BCtJoa with ehftch he
aaatcbad tba tir.-arni from th.
ar, Bbjhted aad Ba i
in tba stm alabt tba ?
seemo.l t<> ti*l and ro
n baadrad |
? ri. bat not so
anaeb aa tba aooad tbat 1 it
a ery that bad BOtbtaa ar.ini.il like nnd
that s.-nt tba men runnlug down the
toward aa abjeet tbat i.iy hud
di.'d bp the alalea I
In horritled curi.. . :i fo'low
ad, aUpplaa frcm Bhadoa ta ahadow.
She saw the sheriff kneel dowa and
aad einpty Lorse
8 thli ving cun
H would aaver eloak aaaJa.
lt was you. after nll. 1'rendafw
the sheriff said eeataaaptae
The white face star*-*! Bp at I
ous and writhlng. turnlng about
the clrcle as though senrchlng for some
one wbo was not there.
"How di.l - you gaaa
The sheriff. who bad baaa inaklng a
Bwift examlnation. aaaarered the |
ed fjaaattaa "Taa bava no tiuie to
thlnk of thfit now." ba -
A slrilster look darted Into the fl'.m
ng yellow eyes, snd batred aad *er
talnty rekindled them. Prendergast
Btruggled to a sltting peatBta, then
fell back. convulsed. "Huirh Stlres!
He was the only?one who knew?how
it was done. He's clever. !nrt he can't
get tba U-st Bf Prendergast:" A spasm
distorted bls features. "Walt?walt!"
Ha fumble.l in his l.reust, and his
flngers bronpht forth a crumpled plece
of paaaar. He thr sher
lITs bands.
?k: Look!"' he gasped. "The
man they found murdered on the clalm
there"?be p.n. !iy up the hlll
l>r. M..reau. I f.,nnd hi.n-dy
Stires"?
? ng'h waa f.ist falling him. He
tried again to spenk, but only iuaiticu
unds came from his throat
A Mind terror had c'.utched the heart
of tbe girl laantaa from the ahadow.
"Dr. Moreau"?"murdered." Why, be
had been one of Hughs friends! Why
did this man couple Hugh's name with
that worst of criraes? What drer.dful
thlng waa he trylug to teli? She hard
ly repressed a deslre to sereatn aloud.
"Be careful what you say, Prender
asst." sald the sheriff sternly.
The wretehed rusn gathered force
for a iSBt effort. Rls voice came in a
croaklng whlsper:
~It was Stlres killed him. Moraaa
wrote lt down?and I?kept tbe paper.
Tell Hugh? we break e\.
T
Chapter ?5 *$f
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IIILI. tbe man whon>
the I i aa Hugh
?
e- ? * of tha street
\^ li.-i. BBM*tb*r, uu
*""**?* like yet curlously like
blin i . ,| tUe.
from Baa north !>y tbe aan
ilurium rond. He walked with a jaun
ty 8?ugger bred of too Braqaaat appU
catlons to i? Hask in his
As he walked unsteadily along BBaagta
ilnink ii.-rt than once from ihe tlask.
to deadea tbe draad ?,.*
tbe ptaca Whlch wa | over hlm.
On tha creat of tb* rio^e be skirted tha
sanitarium grounds aod at length
Bjahaad th* road thal ta .- u to?
ward - of tha town i;
duhl.v | .j... nar.
row tiail to the Knoh for tha
path to th. As be ta
St tbe report of a rlfta came I
from tho gulcb below
He qulckened his
all at once into tbe little
tbe a?w mada j;ra\ ?
?
I aattota. Hla hair rosa. Tha
name on th<- b.
there was hlitaarlf no, b
self?- He taraad
into a run dow u t
:? ln- Unagfnsd
?
and feii. regataed
ibta door
. nml
the beartfa a m
! the
light and huin
??
"Harry -
Bhlfty BaTBB**
The Impodenl
ed over bi ,1 bla
?
! thoagbl tii,
??
th. ?
y-.ii .
blmsell so al I
..J | w
-.ut tba Bi >r, r.-Mir
Harry, an.l ki.
You ara l
bls hand as | He
? 1 t,.\\ar.l th.
and. with his BBB*.I ln, fc Satan's luck
tlled lt at collags atapa in just ln
: ike lt rlch."
He - ir.-', bad !.i- haial -ii,:.!, ;,i
rauyht a liiy BaajBCt that glitter. .1
ngalnst 11 the little g.,!,I
adalch tha other bad ttad ta bla
guard. Tbe thou. i and
BBSJB st-nt the pendant rattling Bcraaa
the ataotw
i were something of
awell ns a p;irs.,a." he said
"but you don't BBBd the 1<-w.
Harry Sanderaon's s*ye* had not left
BB was think.
ly. Tha i*>it from the btae had baaa
that tbis sii.id.-n apparttJoa
1 a natural cor.conntaut af
ntuntion. only the pro!,!e:
loimer inmiiu?'nt. It was i,|?,:i him.
i waa not for bJflB ba had ac
1 that. Though the eloch might
n-.t luru backward. this man must
stand between them. \et his preseuce
aaa iu thi , lntoiera
??\\ ell,** said Basjh, wltb a aneer,
have you got to asj
"Il-.w mueh will you take for the
property?"
?1 hat s your gnme. ia It? But Pro
! i*h a numskull! Whatever you
offer. it'a worth more to me.
w you. Satan Sundersoo," he
td TaB w.-re nlwnys the same
rfta ln the old days. pre
teudlug to l>e so aluiighty virt;
while you looked out for No. 1. I
aaw through jou then. t.?>. when you
i-osing ns BB. \ lih-a,. anu ir>
lng your l>est all along to queer nie ,
with tbe old man! I kn.-w lt \>,!1
enougb. I kne v what tbe n.is6n was
too! You wanted .Tesslca! You"?
' ootrol left Harry suddenly. aa s
ahip'a sall ia wbippe.l fr-.m its ga.sketa
ln a white squall. lu-r.re the wonls
could be uttered hls nngers were at
Hugh's thr
At ttiat instant there waa the aound
of running feet outsile, a burried
knock at tbe door and an agltated
tbat chilled Harry'a blood to Ice.
His hands relaxed their hold. He
dragged Hugh to th* door of the Inner
room, thruat him luside. abut aud bolt
ed lt upon bim.
Then he weut and opeued tbe outer
door.
The accuaation of Prendergast bad
attjaaai Jeaslca's facultiea. As lu an
evil dream ahe bad ae?n the aheriff rta*
to hla feet and methodically put tba