The Little Brown Jug at Kildare

ernor Osborne, or some one in authority at his office, as soon as possible and proceeding to Richmond without furt

y morning has been unavoidably detained in Atlanta by important personal business. Mi

nwilling to arrest Appleweight, though his hiding-place in the hills on the border near Kildare is well known. Although he runs back and forth across the state line at pleasure, he is a North Carolinian

am to the law firm at Richmond with which he was consultant, asking that a meeting with certain clients arranged for to-day be deferred twenty-four hours. It was now Tuesday; he had no further lectures at the university until the following Monday, and after he had taken

armed hosts, and the thunder of cannon, and seeing flames leap again in the wake of battle. It was a glorious day, and the green of late May lay like a soft scarf upon the city. The sky held the wistful blue of spring. Griswold bared his head to the faint breeze, or perhaps unconsciously he saluted

-bound train left at eleven, and he could not fairly be asked to waste the entire day here. He was pacing the floor, expecting one of the clerks to appear at any moment, when a man entered hurriedly, walked to the closed inner door, shook it impatiently, and kic

morning?" he demanded, gl

I should answer no," re

O

contemptuous dislike clearly written on the smalle

nor," remarked Griswold, th

ed the other. "The whole place seems to be a

erve judgment," Griswold remarked, and t

t the closed door of the inner chamber. Griswold felt that this was encouraging, as implying some link between the governor and his domestic household and he was about to ask the colored woman if she knew the business hours of the offic

ish very much to see Govern

in her hand, and with white roses in her belt, st

, and the two eyed each other gravely. Griswold felt that the brown eyes into which he

ar that I must leave-" and he smiled the Griswold smile, which was one of the secre

rked the girl, "but some one will certainly be he

the sunlight from the inner windows emphasized the whiteness of the snowy gown she wore. Her straw hat was shape

so rudely shook the door. I beg that

smile. She poked the floor with her paraso

it, if yo

wn beard, a red necktie

which she was tracing a design in the rug. She lifted her head with the abruptness of quick decision, and looked

my father. Would you mind telling me w

and her eyes

. My home is Charlottesville. Pardon me, but you and I were fellow-passengers from Atlanta y

ened; it did not seem fair to alarm her when he was powerless to help; but as he weigh

sk you again whether you know the gentleman w

him before

am going to ask you to tell me, if you will,

least bit imperiously. She now held the white parasol ac

-" began Griswold, sti

may alarm me. I think I know"-and she half-s

is brought back from his hiding-place on the North Carolina frontier, and tried for his crimes in Sou

ht," said the girl, s

that I received this warning last night from a man who believed me t

ugh of honest mirth that would not be gainsaid. The beautiful color deepened in her cheeks; her ey

gone to the rear platform to see what was the matter. The stop there in that

I came to palm myself off as the governor-I am not in the habit of doing such things, but i

Governor Osborne's daughter. Some such thought must have passed through her mind, too, for she straightened herself in her chair and dropped the point of her parasol to the floor. But she was the least bit curious, in spite of herself. The young man before her, who held h

been saying,

were incapable of action; that while we plan our battles the foe is already breaking down the outer defenses and beating in the gates. You see, we are both very ridiculous at times, and we talk that sort of idiocy to keep up our spirits

riswold's recital, though she kept her eyes fixed gravely upon him. In a moment the gentleman in bl

borne, so yo

eat deal of manner, then glanced at onc

yet? I have been looking f

not home yet,

an to say that he wo

irl calmly. "Very likely he will be

t he felt that the girl purposely raised he

iting-a very serious matter it may prove for him if he i

o so, Mr. Bosworth. He's at

o say that he isn't eve

you to telegraph him immediately

business, and if he isn't here to attend to it by to-morrow at the latest, it

ee Griswold calmly intent upon an engraving at the further end of the room. The colored woman was dozing in her

ell you, Mr. Bosworth, that I have all confiden

the p

aid of the people," s

that matter within twenty-four hours your father will be branded as a coward by every newspap

aid all that I care to hear from you now or at any furt

Barb

gravely inclined his head as Bosworth passed. Then he waited a minute. The girl still stood at the window, and there was, Griswold felt, something a little forlorn i

is the state's attorney-general. You

ot help hearing. I did not le

's eyes were brown, with that hint of bronze, in certain lights, that is the distinctive possession of the blessed. Health and s

here is any way in which I can serve y

n yourself too much trouble in stopping here. M

ere bright in her eyes. Then s

s. I don't see just where I can turn for aid to any one I know. But you as a stranger ma

ng whatever," urg

of the state to capture this outlaw Appleweight, the results will be disastrous. He s

ws the intricacies of this case. He must have every reason for upholding you

mated now by some purpose, and that she was resolved to avail herself of Griswold's proffered aid. "I have my own reasons for doubting Mr. Bos

not, Miss

Mr. Griswold, may I ask that you remain here until to-night-until my father returns? His secretary has been ill and is away from town. The other clerks I sent away on purpose this morning. Father had left his of

gne

d acting in the case until his return

ade, a duty as plain as this-the governor of a state-it is preposterous! His business i

s not at the Peach Tree Club, and has not been.

reached them faintly as they stood facing each other b