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SYNOPSIS.
The seen* at the opening of the story Is
laid In the library of an old worn-out
southern plantation, known as the Bar
ony. The place Is to be sold, and Its
history and that of the owners, the
Slulntarda, is the subject of discussion by
onathan Crenshaw, a business man, a
stranger known as Bladen, and Bob
Taney, a farmer, when Hannibal Wayne
Hasard. a mysterious child of the old
southern family, makes his appearance.
Taney tells how he adopted the boy. Na
tfrianlel Ferrl* buys the Barony, but the
'Qulntarda deny any knowledge of the
boy. Taney to keep Hannibal. Captain
Murrell, a friend of the Oulntards. ap
pears and aska questions about the Bar
ony. Trouble at Scratch Hill, when Han
nibal Is kidnaped by Dave Blount, Cap
tain Murrell'* agent. Yancy overtakes
Blount, gives him a thrashing and secures
the boy. Yancy appears before Squire
Balaam, and Is discharged with costs for
the plaintiff. Betty Malroy, a friend of
the Ferrlses. has an encounter with Cap
tain Murrell, who forces his attentions on
her, and Is rescued by Bruce Carrlngton.
Betty sets out for her Tennessee home.
Carrlngton takes the same stage. Yancy
and Hannibal disappear, with Murrell on
their trail. Hannibal arrives at the home
of Judge 81ocum Price. The Judge recog
nises In the boy, the grandson of an old
time friend. Murrell arrives at Judge's
homs. Cavendish family on raft rescue
Yancy, who Is apparently dead. Price
breake jail. Betty and Carrlngton arrive
at Belle Plain. Hannibal's rifle dlscloees
some startling things to the judge. Han
nibal and Betty meet again.
CHAPTER Xl—(Continued).
The Judge gave a great »tart, and a
hoarse, inarticulate murmur stole
from between his twitching Hps.
"What do you know of the Llarony,
Hannibal?"
"I lived at the Barony once, until
Undo Bob took me to Scratch Hill
to be with hlra," said Hannibal.
"You—you lived at the BaronyT"
repeated the Judge, and a dull wonder
■truck through his tone. "How long
ago—when?" he continued.
"I don't know how long it were,
but until Uncle Bob carried me away
after the old general died."
The Judge slipped a hand under the
child's chin and tilted his face back
so that he might look Into it. Kor a
long moment he studied closely those
small features, then with a shake of
the head he handed the rifle to Oar
rlngton, and without a word strode
forward. Carrlngton had been regard
ing Hannibal with a quickened Inter
est."
"Hello!" ho said, as the Judge moved
off. "You're the boy I saw at Scratch
Hill!"
Hannibal gave hlra a frightened
glance, and edged to Mr. MahafTy's
side, but did not answer.
The Judge plodded forward, his
shoulders drooped, and his head
bowed. For once silence had tlxed
Its seal upon his lips, no Inspiring
speech fell from them. He had been
suddenly swept back Into a past he
had striven these twenty years and
more to forgot, and his memories
shaped themselves fantastically. Sure
ly If ever a man had quitted the world
that knew him, he was that man! He
had died and yet he lived —lived hor
ribly, without BOUI or heart, the empty
shell of a man.
A turn In the rond brought them
within night of Hoggs' race-track, a
wide, level meadow. The Judge
paused Irresolutely, and turned his
bleared fnce on his friend.
"We'll stop here, Solomon," he Raid
rather wearily, for the spirit of boast
and Jest was Quite gone out of him.
He glanced toward Carrlngton. "Are
you n resident of these parts, sir?" he
asked.
"I've been In Raleigh three days al
together," answered Carrlngton, and
they continued on across the meadow
In silence.
Here were men from the small
clearings In homespun and butternut
or fringed huntlng-shlrts, with their
women folk trailing after them. Here,
too, In lesser numbers, were the lords
of the soli, the men who counted their
acres by the thousand and their
slaves by the score. There was the
flutter of skirts among the moving
groups, the nodding of gay parasols
that shaded fresh young faces, while
occasionally a comfortable family car
riage with some planter's wife or
daughter rolled silently over the turf.
The Judge's dull eye kindled, the
haggard lines that streaked his . face
erased thelmselves. This was life, opu
lent and full. These swift-rolling car
riages with their handsome women,
these well-dressed men on foot, and
splendidly mounted, all did their part
toward lifting him out of his gloom.
A cry from Hannibal drew his at
tention. Turning, he waß In time to
see the boy bound away. An instant
later, to his astonishment, he saw a
young girl who was seated with two
men In an open carriage, spring to the
ground, and dropping to her knees
put her arms about the tattered little
figure.
"Why. Hannlball" cried Betty Mai
ns y. \
"VUs Betty! Miss Betty!" and
Hannibal buried hla bead on her
shoulder.
"What la It, Hannibal; what la it,
dear?"
"Nothing, only I'm so glad to find
you!"
"I am glad to aa« you. too!" aald
Batty, aa aha wtpad hie teara away.
"Whan did you gat bar*, daarr'
"We got here juat today. Miss Bet
ty," said Hannibal.
Mr. Ware, careleas aa to dress,
acowled down on the child. He had
favored Boggs' vtlth bla presence, not
because he felt the least Interest In
horse-racing, but because be had no
faith In girls, and especially had be
profound mlatruat of Betty. She was
so much easily portable wealth, a
pink-faced chit ready to fall Into the
arms of the ilrst man who proposed
to her. But Charley Norton bad not
aeemed disturbed by the planter's
forbidding air.
"What ragamuffin's this, BettyT"
growled Ware disgustedly.
But Betty did not seem to hear.
"Did you come alone, HannibalT"
ahe asked.
"No. ma'am; the Judge and Mr. Ma
haffy, they fetched me."
The judge had drawn nearer as
Hetty and Hannibal apoke together,
but Mahaffy hung back. There #ere
gulfs not to be croaaed by him. It
was different with the Judge; the
native magnificence of hla mind fitted
htm for any occasion.
"Allow me the honor to present my
self, ma'am —Price Is my name—
Judge Slocum Price. May 1 be per
mitted to aaatime that this la the Miss
Hetty of whom my young protege ao
often speaks?"
Tom Ware gave him a glance of
undlagulßed astonishment, while Nor
ton regarded him with an expression
of atunned and resolute gravity.
Hetty looked at the judge rather In
quiringly.
"I am glad be baa found friends,"
she said slowly. She wanted to be
lieve that Judge Slocum Price was
somehow better than he looked, which
should have been easy, since it M*as
incredible that he could have been
worse.
"He has Indeed found friends," said
the Judge with mellow unction, and
swelling visibly.
Now Hetty caught sight of Carrlng
ton and bowed. Occupied with Han
nibal and the Judge, she had been un
aware of his presence. Carrlngton
stepped forward.
"Have you met Mr. Norton, and my
brother, Mr. Carrlngton?" she asked.
The two young men Bhook hands,
and Ware Improved the opportunity
to Inspect the new-comer. Hut as
his glance wandered over him, it took
in more than Carrlngton, for it In
cluded the fine figure and swarthy
face of Captain Murrell, who, with
hlB eyes fixed on Hetty, was thrusting
his eager way through the crowd.
Murrell had presented himself at
Belle Plain the day before. For up
ward of a year. Ware had enjoyed
great peace of mind as a direct re
sult of his absence from west Ten
nessee, and whet*, he thought of him
at ffll he had invariably put a period
to his meditations with, "I hope to
hell he catches It wherever he Is!"
More than this, Betty had spoken
Hannibal Qav« Him a Frightened Gianee and Edged Toward Mr. Ma
haffy's •Ida.
THE
PRODIGAL
JUDGE
\£y VkUGHAH KESTER.
IIIVSTQUTMS BY AMELVIJU
CO*R~—F. '9". TOTOE—S »«WI CATMVR
of the captain In no uncertain tone*.
He was not to repeat that visit.
Aa Murrell approached, the hot col
or aurged Into Betty's face. Aa for
Hannibal, he had gone white to the
Hps, and hla small hand clutched hera
desperately.
Murrell, with all hla hardihood,
realized that a too great confidence
had placed him In an awkward posi
tion, for Betty turned her back on
him and began an animated conver
aatlon with Carrlngton and Charley
Norton.
Hicks, the Belle Plain overseer,
puahed bla way to Murrell's side.
"Here, John Murrell, ain't you go
ing to ahow us a trick or two?" he
inquired.
Murrell turned quickly with a sense
of relief.
"If you can spare me your rllle," he
said, but his face wore a bleak look.
"Don't you think you've seen about
enough, Bet?" demanded Tom. "You
don't care for the shooting, do you?"
"That's the very thing I do care
for; I think I'd rather aee that than
the horse-racing," said Hetty perverse
ly.
Betty now seated herself In the car
riage, with Hannibal beside her,
quietly determined to miss nothing.
The judge, feeling that he had come
Into his own, leaned elegantly against
the wheel, and explained the merits
of each shot as it was made.
"I hope you gentlemen are not go
ing to let me walk off with the prize?"
trnld Murrell, approaching the group
Hbout the carriage. "Mr. Norton, 1
am told you are clever with the rifle."
"I am not shooting today," respond
ed Norton haughtily.
Murrell stalked back to the ltne.
"At forty paces I'd risk It myself,
ma'am," said the Judge. "But at a
hundred, offhand like this, 1 should
most certainly fall—"
"It would be hard to beat that —"
they heard Murrell say.
"At least It would be quite possible
to equal It," said Carrlngton, ad
vancing with Hannibal's rifle In his
hands.
It was tossed to bis shoulder, and
poured out its contents in a bright
stream of flame. There was a mo
ment of silence.
"Center shot, ma'am!" cried the
Judge.
"I'll add twenty dollars to the
purse!" Norton addressed himself to
Carrlngton. "And I shall hope, sir,
to see it go Into your pocket."
"Our sentiments exactly, ma'am,
are they not?" said the Judge.
"Perhaps you'd like to bet a little
of your money?" remarked Murrell.
"I'm ready to do that too, sir," re
sponded Norton quietly.
"Klve hundred dollars, then, that
this gentleman in whose success you
take so great an Interest, can neither
equal nor better my next shot!" Mur
rell hud producjsjl a roll of bills as he
spoke.
WMMMMMMMMM
Norton colored with embarrass
ment. Carrlngton took In the situ*
tlon.
"Wait a minute," he said, and
passed hla purse to Nortoa. "Cover
hla money, air," he added briefly.
"Thank you, my horaea have run
away with most of my cash," ex
plained Norton.
"Your ahot!" said Carrlngton short
ly, to the outlaw.
Murrell taking careful aim, tired,
clipping the center.
Aa soon aa the result was known,
Carrlngton ralaed hla rifle; hla bullet,
truer than hla opponent's, drove out
the center. Murrell turned on him
with an oath.
"You shoot well, but a board stuck
agalnat a tree Is no teat for a man's
nerve," he said Insolently.
Carrlngton was charging hla piece.
"1 only know of one otheg kind of
target," he observed coolly.
"Yes —a living target!" cried Mui»
rell.
CHAPTER XII,
Ths Portal of Hope.
"This—" the speaker waa Judge
Price; "this Is the place for me. They
are a warm-hearted people, sir; a
prosperous people, and a patriotic
people with an unstinted love of coun
try. I'd like to hang out my shingle
here and practice law."
The Judge and Mr. MabafTy were
camped in the woods between Hogga'
and Raleigh. Hetty had carried Han
nibal off to spend the ulght at Belle
Plain.
"I crave opportunity, Solomon —the
indorsement of my owtT class. I feel
that I shall have It hore," resumed
the judge pensively. "Ayill you stroll
Into town with me, Solomon?" he
asked. Mahaffy shoo* his head.
Then let your prayers follow me,
for I'm off!" said the jidge.
Ten minutes' walk brought him to
the door of the city tavern, where he
found Mr. Pegloe dlrect:ug the activi
ties of a small colored boy who was
mopping out bis bar. To blm the
Judge made known his bleeds.
"Uoin' to locate, are you?" said Mr.
Pegloe.
"My friends urge it, sir, and 1 have
taken the matter undpr considera
tion," answered the Juf.ge.
"Well, the only empty house In
town Is right over yondpr; It belongs
to young Charley Norton out at
Thicket Point Plantation."
The house Mr. Peglo* pointed out
WAB A small frame) bulljlng; It stood
directly on the street, vitb-a narrow
porch across the front, and a shed
addition at the back, the Judge scut
tled over to It. The Judge's pulse
quickened. What a location, and
what a fortunate chance that Mr. Nor
ton was the owner of U'ls most desir
able tenement! He must see him at
once. As he turned away to recross
the street and learn from Mr. Pegloe
by what road Thicket Point might be
reached, Norton himself galloped Into
the village. Catching sight ot the
Judge, he reined In b's horse and
swung himself from the saddle.
"I was hoping, sir, I might llnd
you," he said.
"A wish I should have echoed had
I been aware of It!" responded the
Judge. "I was about to do myself
the honor to wait upon you at your
plantation."
"Then I have saved you a long
walk," said Norton. He surveyed the
Judge rather dubiously, but listened
with kindness as he explained the
business that would have taken him
to Thicket Point.
"The house U quite at your serv
ice, sir," be said, at length.
•The rent —" began the Judge.
But Mr. Norton, with a delicacy
equal to his own. entreated him not
to mention the rent. The houae had
come to bim as boot Sit a trade. It
had been occupied by a doctor and a
lawyer; these gentlemen had each de
camped between two days, heavily In
debt at the stores and taverns, espe
cially the taverns. And thua hand
somely did Charley Norton acquit
himself of the mission t« had under
taken at Bets Malroy's requeat.
That same morning Tom Ware and
Captain Murrell were seated In the
small detached building at Belle Plain,
knovtn as the office, where the former
spent most of bis time whenf not to
the saddle.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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