Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 20, 1922, Page 2

(Oeontiamed from lass fmswe) “SYNOPSIS eets an PR o lompting” the . goddeme. of -,élkmgice, They form a singular compact. CHAPTER 1} ey ' Drace .sat musing over.the strange ure. who had just left him, but ‘$pop:’Nis ‘mind flowed down another ,"g’g’aul, far different from a whim or ' sk’ afouserient—his mission fn’ the “sectet, grim and desperate, But 4 & river steamboat in that day Jeft ‘tfme for brooding for, a few miobients ‘after Shottle left to risk his ifbertyand "Drace’s bundred, a roust- thrust his head in at the door ' §f8 swnounced that down on the deck there.was to be a throwing and tying : ",The big fireman of the Leona bout to encounter Vicksburg Joe _ehamplonehip of the River. ' | o s instant Drace was on his feet, R instincts keen and ready to He was something of 2 boxer . ang 'srréntier, but he had not beem 3 Gt 1n_this pecullar art of tylng an #éversary once one has’ thrown him. ‘there was that in his mind which e acquisitien of this knowledge him desirable indeed.: ‘he’Jolned. & group of men mak- ‘way, below, he overheard the o! Miss Lucy's admirer, explain- fmg.the gentle pastime. “Tying a man epce.you have thrown him,” the Colo- ;00 ;was maying, “1s the climax of 'J-’:-. I saw Cal Blodgett: throw ‘4ad.tie Nick Pavin at a barbecue at | Mt Zich campground, -and I-have -‘cApSe) to+ remember -it, for the young I.went.with deserted me for the #v,’ sir—sctuilly stuck flowers into ~u.TW0 enormous : fellows - were strug- - gting, while ‘neardy lay a convenient ‘zrope.;:1 Finally Vicksburg Joe tied the . feman, :and ‘he ‘lay helpiess, unable . will: giwe you five dollars if you : qam:throw. me and tie me that way,” ¢alled Drace to'thie victor when. the ‘gikgitement - had . a little subsided. s Joeé looked at Drace a moment. The -guiig'man looked powerful enough to bp di 0 but—five ‘dollars was “fi¥e- ‘doliars. -He smiled, ‘-Drace by the hand-to lead him forth. %o the ‘astonishment of -all, Drace ‘threw Master Joe; but he could not tie the champion. -“Show me how it's done,” sald Vir- il “and Pl give you the money."” ~For'a long time, and until the Colo- | sel and ‘Shottle were worn out with | waiting, the two struggled; and so apt _Was the student that he succeeded fin- ally in turning the master over and tying' him. =~ But it seemed that the burly champion was too willing, and Drace insisted on another fall. And ‘wew, though the struggle was genuine oa Joe's part, Drace tied him. 'Still _more, another five promised, and Vir i1 ‘'was willing to quit. “Finest sport I ever had!” he eald ‘as he ‘turned away to the upper deck agaln to avold the questions and fe- Mcitations. showered upon him. . . . ~Drace was musing—not, it must be ‘comfessed, upon the serious purposes ‘whieh had brought him to the South, Put. upen that girl of the red roses— when' Shottle appeared again. Liberty #teod in his presence, not with a droop tot straight in the manly resolution ta disgharge the duties an adverse fate had thrust upon him. In the bellef - that it would make him look more like ave, he ‘now wore his coat turned :side out. . P - aster, I salute you,” he remarked. A -right,” sald Drace. “But turn yorit coat.: 1:-want my slave, the grind- .eb; of ‘my. mill, to appear respectably - q.a. You may sit down.” -+ thank you, sir.” : You didn't last loog.” k %Ne, ‘master. The 'tangled-halred Mg kicked me sidewise, Tike a cow. Tt only two pots! But;what can you pect of a man that has an ace-full -beaten? Haw:long can a man preserve ‘45 freedom ‘st that rate? And a fei 10w with a spindle chin and a nose -mo bigger than the average wart beat ‘the with four jacks. Crushed me! And be would have crushed Jullus Caesar ‘fust the same. ' Well, after all, free- dom ‘has many respousibiiitics. As a ave Tl cultivate what virtues I can ‘gét Nold of, and look toward old age snd-a‘cabin on the hiliside. And now, ‘g 1t: 18 natural for every man to hide ‘His-degradation, will you permit me.to “ea1 yous' Virgil in'the presence of oth- € five" doila; bowed, | ad out' the wrinkled rug and took | { ILLUSTRATED ' BY LIVINGSTONE 1 thought you didn't belleve in the patural thing! But all right; I grant your request. And now 1 suppose I'd better give you some pocket-change. It isn't well for even a slave to be broke.” The slave's :face brightened with hope. “You couldn’t make it as much as five dollars, could you?” “No, thirty conts.” Shottle took the money and sat drooping. Drace gave him a cigar, and they smoked for a time in silence. At last Shottle looked toward Drace, his face guiltless of the whimsical humor that-had hitherto possessed it. “«Master,” he sald, “I don't want'to be fnquisitive, and if 'm prying into what's none of my business, § won't mind your saying so. But I want to be a falthful slave, apd I can serve you best if I'know what—what are my master’s purposes in life. For exam- ple, was there any special reason for your learning to throw and tle that way? Is there anybody in particular 1 could help. you to put the rope on?” Drace made no answer for a mo- ment, but bent a searching eye upon his new servitor. Somehow the man's ul seemed to shine transparent in his face; and through it Drace mw sincerity; moreover the longing of youth for comradeship was strong within his lonely soul and won him from reticence. “Liberty,” he said, “did you ever- hear of a man named Stepho la Vitte?” Liberty nodded. “Yes, T've heard of him; they say he’s an outlaw, a smug- gler.” “And worse,” sald Drace. “He's the man who—Liberty, - give - me your word, your oath, that you'll keep this a sacred sectet!” Liberty gave his word and his oath with a certain quaint dignity, Drace went on: “Liberty, before the war my father, Alfred Drace, was manager of a line of steamboats on the Ohio. In his em- ploy ‘was the creole Stspho la Vitte. After o time it came to my father's knowledge that Stepho was not only dishonest 1n ordinary dealings but had been guilty.of piracy along the Gulf eoast. . And so my-father djsmissed Stepho from a position which the cre- ole’s dishonesty ;:gAde: Jucrative ana valuable'to hiwks: B “Just -after -that,” Drace went on, “the war broke ont. .La Vitte became a guerrilla—one of the men of Quan- | trell’s stamp, who kept outof the army | but who gathered in bands and lived by rapine along the border. I was only little boy, Liberty, when La Vitte's band of guerrillas crossed the Ohlo near Cincinnatl and ralded the little town where we lived. But the horror of that night still burns like a flame in my brain, Liberty.” Drace stopped, drew from a breast pocket a card and handed it to Shot- | tle. On it was written in bold black characters: “Stepho la Vitte, with the compliments of Alfred Drace’s son Virgil.” [ (Continued in Next lssue) ALASKA The American. Ladies’ Aid will serve ice cream, sandwiches, cake, and coffee at Debs school house on Sunday, Oct. 1st. Everybody wel- come. Threshing is around here. Mrs. W. M. Clausen returned from Bemidji on Wednesday. Frank Stout was a caller at Wood- ford on Saturday. Mrs. Havire and daughters of Min- neapolis have returned home after . spending a couple of weeks at their | summer cottage. Mr. Andersonr had a stacking bee at his place on Friday. The hard rain on Sunday made the roads bad again. A bunch of hunters from Fosston got lost in the bush around the lakes. almost completed and “SHERLOCK BROWN” AT THE A clever comedy drama full of ex- citement and laugns “Sherlock Brown,” Lytell plays the role of a serious minded young clerk whose one ambi- tion' is to.become another Sherlock Holmes- :Out of his meager earnings he saves money enough to take a ‘correspondence school course in “‘de- tecting” 'dind ‘receives - a nice new badge which is the pride of his heart. It is, of course, a story which is not intended to be taken too serious ly, but does provide six reels of wholesome fun and excitement in whicn Bert Lytell scores a decided hit and reveals unulual skill as a comedian- Others in the cast are Ora Carew, Sylvia. Breamer, DeWitt Jennings, Theodore Von Eltz, Wil- ton Taylor, Hardee Kirkland, George Barnum and George Kuwa. A Pathe Newspicture and a come- dy are also on' the program at the Grand for tonight and tomorrow. “THE STING-OF THE LASH” o AT THE GRAND FRIDAY | = Crowded with ciimaxes of excep- tional dramatic power, Pauline Fred- rick’s new starring ~ vehicle, “The Sting of the Lash,” will be shown for two days beginning Friday next, at the Grand theater- It’s an ‘R-C Pic | tures Corp. production and was writ- ten especially for the noted star who appears in the leading role. The| biggest of all big momenws in the) production is the episode in which the wife -takes a lash and whips the husband to the “point of exhaustion. Then she fights through bitter months and finally reclaims him. e “POSSESSION” AT ELKO TONIGHT AND THURSDAY The thousands upon thousands of men _and women who for years have admired the works of Sir Anthony Hope and have been ° thrilled by such stories as “The Prisoner of Zenda” and “Phroso,” will have an opportunity to see the latter por- trayed on the screen when it begins an engagement of two days at the Elko theater tonight What greater compliment could be paid a motion picture production or the producer thereof than to have it commended in the sincerest fash- jon by such an'artist as Sarah Bern- GRAND THEATER TONIGHT |hardt? is Metro's|day to pass by without expressing | starring Bert|my entire admiration for the super! Lyell;- which is being shown at the |film, frand theater tonight and tomorrow. |session”) which I had the pleasure being a DIFFERENT picture It is different because it reveals an en. tirely new atmosphere. 1t is delight- ful entertainment because it is built upon a plot of adventure and clean romance with natural provided by some of the most gorge- ously beatuiful scenery in southern France, where the picture was made by the noted French producer. takes place in a studio- Every bil wonderful element of realism and beauty to ‘“Possession” which few other film producers:could boast. It has one o1 tne most brilliant ! casts ever assembled for a motion picture. Among the players are Mal- vina Longfellow, formerly prominent on the American stage; Reginald Owen, Paul Capellani, Max Maxu- dian, Carlos Colonna, Louis Monfils Mme. Jeaine Desclos-Guitry, to: Paoli and others. Wahepton, N. 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