Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 10, 1922, Page 2

sYNoPsIS. CHAPTXR I—Young Carlyle Wilburton Dale, or “Bill Dale,” a5 he elects to be known, son of a wealthy coal operator, Johsi K. Dele, arrives at the Halfway Rwiteh, in oastern Teamessee, abandon- ing a life of idle ease—and incldentally a Lride, Putricia Claveriag, at the altar determined to make his own way In life Te meets “Babe’ Litdeford, typici mountaineer girl. ““By™ Heck, r of the hills, {akes him to John More- land's home. Moreland is chlef of his “’clan,” which has an old feud with the 1dttleforas. He tells Dale of the killing | of his brother, Dmvid Moreland, {;:ara &g0, owner of rich coal deposits, by & man named Carlyle, Moreland's descrip- tion ot “Carlyle’ !(‘A:ael Dale to belleve ather. CHAPTER 1L-Dale arranges to make his bome with the Moreland family, for whota he entertains a deep respect. CHAPTER TIl—Talking with “Babe™ Littleford next day, Dale s erdered by “Black Adam’ Ball, bully of the district, to0 leave “his girl” alome. Dale replles mrnedly, and they fight. Dale whips bully, though badly used ap. Fe ar- ranges with-John Morsland .to develop David’s coal deposits. Ben Littleford sends & challenge to John Moreland to meet him with his followers next day, lo Dbattl reland agreea, CHAPTER 1V.—During the night all the guns belonging to the Littlefords and the Moreland teriously disappear. CHAPTER V. Cineinnati to secure money for the min- ing of the coal.-The two clans find their weupons, which the women had hidden, and line up for battle, “Babe” in an effort to atop the fighting, crosses to the Moreland side of the river, and is acci- dentally shot by her father and serlously ‘wounded. CHAPTER V1—To get proper surglcal 14, John Moveland, n Littleford and Duje convey ““Babe.” unconscious, to the ¢ity. Doctors assure them she’ is not goriously hurt. Dale meeta an old friend, Tobby “McLaurin, who had = married Patricia Clavgring., Telling his father of Duvid Moreland’s coul, the old gentle- man's actlons convince his gon of his Tath, uilt In the killing of Moreland. e arranges to go to CHAPTER VIL—It fs arranged that ahe” {s to. stay with Mrs. McLaurin to be educated. Dale, refusing hin fati- «r'n profered financlal ald to develop the mine, interests Nowton Wheatley, capi- talist, who agrees to furnish the money. Dale' -allzes ho loves “Babe.” ALER VHI -~ Returning to the Switeh, Dale meets Major 3 lawyer, ‘and real friend of the moiiutalneers, = whom he engages ux counsel for the, company. A nan named Goft, of ‘evil repute, tries to bribe Dale 10 betray the Moreiands by selilng hin tlip coal deposits, and teiling them they are of Nttle value. Dale attempts w0 fheash him, but Goff draws a revolver, Dale 1 unarmed. (Continued from last issuc) C!-!__AFTER 1X. A Signal Victory. /The mining man Hayes, the major and Jobn Moreland were walting at ihe gate when Dale, accompnnied by the moonshiner, returned to the cabin. Dale was the first to speak. He told briefly of that which had taken place ut_the blown-down sycamore, and at the lust of it By Heck straightened proudly. “I be dadjimmed ef I hadn't ha’ pumped him so full o' lead ’at the couldn’t enough o men got around i to tote oft his corpst, ef he hadn't ha' drapped ‘the coward's gun,” By leek declured as fiercely as he could. +'Cause maw she seed in the cup 'at Bill Dale was a-goin® to be a right pa'tickler friénd o' mine, igod, and [ has a habit o' takin’ keer o' my friends. Now thar was my Uncle Bill, bim what could Jump a sixteen-rall fence—" “1t was a nine-rail fence, By,” im- patiently cut in John Moreland. “You've done told that so much ‘at it's dang nigh wore out. S'posen ye #to back thar to the orchard ahind o’ the house and see what Cale and Luke's a-doin’; hey, By?” Teck nodded amd went toward the orchard. 1le knew tbey didn’t want him to overhear what they were going to say, but it didn’t offend him. It wasn't easy to offend the good-natured Heck. Moreland turned to Dale. Dale turned to Hayes, “We're going to begin the building of the.little railroad at’ thé earliest possible moment. And beeause 1 don't know anything about the work, I'm going to ask you to take ghe lead. !fiim’,‘ there may be some fightiag. I don't want you to ‘24 jiite’ this thing bitad- . you see, If youre golng'to with: raw at all, do it now.” DR 4 *I'm not mhtranger to fighting” “Well?” ¥ : . {Huyes replied:-smifingly. - “I've been [iirough half-aidozen coal strikes.. I !hink you may coint on me, NMr. Dale.” ““Phen Iay eyt a plan for immedi- late action.” 34 “I'd suggest,”, acquiesced Hayes, i“that we send-to the little town In ithe lowland for a supply ot picks and .|shovels, axes - and. saws, hammers, jdgills, and explosives. In'the mmu\-; time, you ‘and’ I can stake out the | {way for the track.” It sounded *" businesslike, (thought. s - . Within the hour John Moreland and 'his son Caleb:started for Cartersville an foot, and in'the older man’s pocket ‘was money suffictent to buy the things ¢that were. needed. Dale and Hayes set out for the north fénd ot David Morcland’s mountain, | Dale l i & charac- | and each for pking stake B 1t was not often that the quiet Hayes perwitted hilnself to' go Into' raptures over anything; however, he went in- to raptures over the Moreland coal. 1t was, he declared, one of the best yropositions he had ever scen. It as no wonder that Henderson Goft was delermined to get possession of it, he said. Then they went to work. By sundown two days later they had chosen the route for the narrow-gauge railroad and set stakes accordingly. Igyes told his general manager that with a good force of men the Jast rail could be put down within two months. During those two days they had several times seen Henderson Goft in cot] with Black Adam Ball and ¢ his relutives. Once they had come upon Goft talking earnestly with Saul Littleford, the big, bearded, gaunt brother of the Littleford chief. Hayes reminded Dale of this, and said to him further: “Golt will have the Littlefords on his side the first thing you know! Maybe some of the Littlefords, as well as some of the Balls, knew about this coul before David Aloreland got his mountain by state’s grant at a few cents per acre. 1f youw'll take my advice, Mr.’ Dale, Jou’ll make friends of these two sets just as quick as you can.” Dale thrust his hand-ax inslde his belt and turned to the mining expert. “D'you know, L was thinking of that same thing when you spoke,” he re- plied. “And I beliéve 1 can manage it, now that Miss Littleford’s accidenta! wounding has given the old feud such « big blow. 1'm fairly sure 1 can man- age it so far as Ben Littleford is con- cerned; it's John that's going to be hard to bring to-taw. He should be home this evening, if lLe's had good nd I'IL taekte hineus soon as e iy p “The Snake!” Mumbled John Moreland. ted across David n, walking rapidly, Together they s Moreland’s mount with Dale leading. R Darkness came down on them when they had covered -half the distance. The great lhemlocks .and - poplars loomed spectral and gaunt In the early starlight. The dlmost fmpenetrable thickets of laurel and ivy whispered uneanny things, and their seas of pink amd snowy bloom looked somehow ghostly. Now and then there was the pattering of some little animal’s feet on ‘the dry, hard leaves of bygone years. A solitary. brown owl poured out its heart in weird and melancholy cries to the night jt loved. Thege was 1 fuint, ing of & dpand; afid_the soft swish ot-a nighthawk’s ayings. " Mén from the core of clvilization st foel these things of the wilders- ne 4 Stddenly Dale drew back. anti-stood Ntillz In the trail ahead, standing as motionless as the trees about him, was the tall figure of a man. /1t was.almost as thovgh he were thére to bar the waty e two'went on slowly.: Lhe figure didn’t mo Dale Spoke,“and the form eame to life, It was By Heck; he was eating on the muzzie ot his rille. you, is it, Bill, old boy?" He “l was a-waitin* 1 reckon® I must ha’ -standin’ here on my BilL™ gy awned sluggishly. et fo' you. went to sleep foet! I've got me Out with it.” “I've. been a-trailin’ Henderson Goft all day,” Heek said in guarded. tones. “He’s shore got them lowdown Balls to - bellevin® - they're already million- hairs.” H'Gorrsy 7T knew that,” sald Dale. not news.” “But that ain’t all,” By Heck went on. “Gofr’§ got Saul Littleford, too— lock, stock, bac’l and sights. He owns Saul jest the same as 1 own my old spotted ‘coon dawg Dime. Saul he gits him a job a-bein’ mine boss, and what other Littlefords 'at will stick gits jobR a-diggin’ the plack di'mont at tivo dollars n day. Asides, all of ‘em “That’s ¥hé dividin®up time comes; 54, “>uch obliged to yon, By,” Da! knowledged: “Let’s go; ‘bout Tfice, Byd \'m goin’ to tie a hard knot in that villainous game of Henderson “4'ney reached John Moreland’s cabin less than an hour later.. Moreland and his son_had just réturned from Cartersville, and Dale learned through | Hayes that the two hillmen had shown good judgment and some business sense’ i making their purchases. Wihen the evening meal was over e drew, Jobn Moreland out to the cubin yard, where the many old-fash- joned flowers made the night air sweet with their blended odors. IKor a mo- ment Dale stood looking toward the very brixght stars and thinking; then he told. the big man at his side of Goll's plan concerning the Littlefords, aond vongly urged the making of friendship between the two clans. “I'he snake!” mumbled John'More- tand. i He appeared to be worried about it. e folded his arms, walked to the gate und back to Dale without uttering an- other word. It was hard for him to throw down completely the hatred of’| years upon years. llad it been any other person than Bill Dale, a.tighter after his own heart, who.had asked it, he never would have-even consid- ered it; he would have said quiekly: “We'll thrash the Balls and the Lit~ tlefords, too!” The younger man read something of the other’s thoughts. “With the-help of the law,” said he, “we might whip them all. But it whuld mean a great deal of bloodshed at best. The, Littlefords are Babe's! people, y'know. I like Babe. You! like her, too, or you never would have don’t you?” | “I reckon I caln’t deny,” the More- land leader muttcred, “’at I like Babe Littleford. She.ain’t like none o’ the rest of ’em, Bill.” Dale went on: “All there Is to do to enlist the Lit- tlefords on our side is this: you go to old Ben and say to him: ‘Let’s begin anew; let’s be friends, your people and my people, you and me.’ He'll be glad you did it 'Then:it will be easy sailing for us. The Balls never would dare to attack such, a force a3 the Morelands- and the (Littlefords * com- bined. Don’t you see? I admit it.will be something of a sacrifice on your part. But & man like you can make sacrifices. Aby ‘man ‘who is Dbig enough o go down on his knces and ask the blessing of the Almighty:on his enemies is big ecnough to make sacrifice. .Come—let’s go over and see Ben Littleford now ; won't you?” The mountgineer didn’t answer. “You won’t throttle the cause borm in David Moreland’s good heart on de- count 'of a little personal pride—I know you won't!” Dale sald earnestly. Moreland straightened. “You mean well,” he said slowly. “I think you're one o’ the very best men in the world, Bill Dale. You often make me think o' pore David himself. But I'm afeared ye don’t ¢uite onder- stand, Bill. I've seed my awn son die from a Littleford's bullet. To go and offer to be friends with & man who might be the same one ’ac killed my boy is a pow’ful hard thing to do. I'm afeard ye don't quite onderstand.” “It was a terrible thing, I know,” | said Dale. “But it ‘was the fortunes of war. ‘The Littlefords have endured the fortunes of war In.exactly the same way. Come with me; let's go. I need your help; I can do very little without your help. Come, John More- land!” The hillman_repled slowly: “Well, T'll go with ye ower thar. But Ben he’ll hat to make the fust bireak at a-bein’ friends, 'caguse I'm purty shore I never wifl. As soon as I Eit my bat, Bil” He went to the front porch and took from =a chatrpost his - trroad- rimmed headgear. Then the two set out. They crossed an ox-wagon: road, a sweet-scented meadow, the river by means of the blown-down siycamore, another sweel-scented meadow and another ox-wiggon road, .and entered the cabin yardl of the Littlefored chief. Here, too, many old-fashioned flowers were in bloom; a cane fishingpole, slender and vvhite, leaned agatnst the porch; it i made Dale think * of "Eg‘hm wigit out liere,” whiypered Dale, with u hand on Mis companion’s armss#Tl-go in and see if I cag per- suade Litfleford to make the advince. X1y pretty sure I can Ho started forward when a hound rhse from the stone step mnd growled warningly. ‘At that Dale halted and sung out: ‘The frout door swung open, creak- ing on ‘wooden hinges, antl Babe’s fa- ther, bareheaded and witls 2 lamp in his hand, appeared in the doorwmy. He knew; the wolce that hadl summened him. “Corge right in, Mr. D:tle,” he in- vited with the utmost cordiality. “Conge right in!” b He scolded the dog away, and Dale entered thie yrimitive howe, He was shown into fhe best room, where he dropped easfily into a roomy od rock- er that wrys lined with an utmtanned ®heepsin. ~Ben Littleford jmut the | for you to ask himn and say to him: zone With her to the hosplgal——noij P THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER ~~TWRIwest LSO T other 5 and sat du acing Iiis visitor, | “I hope ye ain’t jest happened over f0’ a minufe or two on business,” he -drawled; “1 hope ye've come to spend the night wi’ me, anyway.” “Pm here in_ the igterests of peace,” Dale began, looking, ‘at “the hillman squarely. . ‘I’want you Littlefords to be on good ‘terms | with your. neigh- bors, ‘the Morelands. John Is out there at your gate fiow; he is waiting ‘Let’s begin anew; let’s be friends, Your people and my: people, you-and me. - You want that, don’t you, Ben? Babe did, I'm sure.” Littleford frowned, laced hi§ big fin- gers together and twirled his big thumbs. Now that le was once more at home, with assurance that his daughter would entirely recover, he was no longer weak;.he had .all his'® -old courage and all his old, stubborn hill_pride back. % (Continued in Next Issue) PLEASANT VALLEY The Pleasant Valley Farmers’ club met_at the home of F. R. Welester| on Wednesday, Feb. 1, with an at- tendance of about 75. A.most inter- esting business session was held. New members admitted were Mr. 2nd Mrs. Carl Nelson, Mr.. and_Mrs. Erisson, Robert and Ben Higginleotham, Ar- thur Skipton. A committee for taking care of the women’s part of the exhibit. It was voted that the society send a protest against the fair peing hetd in Aug- ust instead of September, as Tormer- ly. This was on’account of vegetables corn, etc., not being matured cnough at that time to exhibit if held in Aug- ust. We would. like especially to ex- hibit grains, vegetables and other} farm products in connection with the | stock. i | Visitors were: Mrs. Alfred Jones of Big Falls, Mrs. J. A. Lauevilie, | Misses Mina Stout, Olivia, Roy and Dorothy Porter and Messrs, Alandslce of Island Lake, Dahlman, Godding and Pearson. The next meeting will be held on Saturday, March 4 at the . V. school house, where the bache}- ors will act as hosts at Junch. At this ig election of officers for the coming year, the meeting will be called at 10:30 a. m. All members are urged to be present at this time. Visitors are welcome to attend. : A miscellaieQus shower for Miss Cora Watson, Who is soon to become a bride, will pe given by Mrs. J. B.! Higginbatham at her home on Fcb. 11, in the evening. Howard Porter came home from Crookston camp:Sunday and went to Bemidji on dental business Monday. Paul Winebrenner of:Bemidji is vis- iting"Harry Rugtvalt. Jack Stephani is laying off \vurk! ag engineer at Crookston camp on account of illness. - Mr. and Mrs, S. E. Randall were visitors at Frank Porter’s Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Saterlee. enter- tained Mg. and M q 33 \ Jack McNallec, who has recently re- turned from Cznada, was a guest at the Carl Stacrlec home Monday and Tuesday. Dan ‘O’Keefe, who was ill at his home for a time was removed to the Trospital in Bemidji, where he has been the past two weeks. Mrs. "Alfred Jones of Big Lake speut » few days last week at the J. L. Jones home here. day at the Curtis Thompson home. Sam Fellow called at E; R. Lee’s Sunday. Earl Bucklen and Chas. B. Funk matters of business. * the first part of the week, attending to business matters. Miss Cora Watson was a guest at the F. R. Webster and J. B. Higgin- Dbotham homes for a few days iast week, John DeFoe -and family after vi iting ot Red Lake, returned to their home ati Cass Lake driving through with team and sleigh Monday, stop- ping at E. R. 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