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Chapter 1. Jarvis Of Kentucky
_ CHAPTER I. JARVIS OF KENTUCKY
Down the winding roadway came the thunder of hoofbeats!
As the two horsemen approached through the deepening twilight a sobbing negro woman peered timidly through the doorway of the old Southern manor house. There was a call from within.
"Put out this light, Mandy," were the words of the weak voice. "Hurry, Mandy. Maybe it‘s the Marcums coming back."
"Yas, Cunnel; yassir." She obediently retreated, and the dim light within was suddenly extinguished.
The two riders turned in from the thoroughfare, speeding past the half-swung gate up the drive toward the broad portico. The foremost slid from his saddle before his horse had come to a stop.
"Hold her, Rusty!" And then he leaped up the steps, to dash into the dark entry.
"Who is it? Stop!"
There was no weakness of spirit in the tremulous tones from the room within.
"Dad! dad! I‘ve come!"
"Oh, my boy! You‘re just in time," and the speech ended in a sigh
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