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It was eight o'clock Jarvis Saunders alighted fro his horse hitched to a rack according to the instructions he had left with his overseer Mounting, he started hoht He was soon in the main road, and exhilarated by the crispride in the dusty train He had reached the boundary fence of Drake's far out He reined in and listened

"Oh, father, please, please wait!" It was Dolly's voice, and it came from the more darkly shaded part of the road in front of her father's house Urging hishorse which he was violently whipping into action

"What is the matter?" Saunders cried out; but with an oath of fury Drake flew past He was hatless, coatless, and held so clutched in his hand other than the bridle-rein Fairly astounded and not knohat to do, Saunders remained in the road for a moment, then the sound of a low sob in the direction from whence Drake had couided his horse forward Suddenly in the corner of a rail fence, her face covered with her hands, he saw Dolly Springing to the ground, he advanced to her

"Dolly," he said, "what is it--what is wrong?"

She uncovered her face, stood staring at him helplessly She raised her hand and pointed after her father, but, though she tried to speak, she see I can do?" he asked "For God's sake, tell ed to articulate, "I know--and you are very kind, but--"

"You were trying to stop your father," he said "Would you like for me--"

"You couldn't; he would kill you; he has his pistol; he doesn't knohat he is doing"

"I think I know--I think I can guess--he is going to Atlanta"

Dolly noddedan awful mistake, Mr Saunders! He wouldn't let ht to meet--meet Mr Mostyn when he whistled It was not Mr Mostyn It was Tobe Barnett, who caer of arrest by the officers I can tell you--I can trust you, Mr Saunders Father is connected with some moonshiners, who--"