Devil's River News. (Sonora, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 1731, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 9, 1924 Page: 4 of 4
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Lu^iiuui j iruiu )>!.*•• 1.
7!t***r'i tww y«u nuld? I'le-tty soft
j«i. I»s t if? 1 don't «? ther* vifl
I r *Jif fur her I nv!ng ft
var-t > iwy taag \Vli»41 » your umorY"
Uteerafc Mirwlltl, '
Ur teq^hod, ahw*a run <if cruel
"lifts MMk.
'Sound* Mt# a story bi*ik ; wher*
dkl iW ukl U1M* (rtcs >uu ui»r
M) Imiim M In Chicago.
“Watt, bo rortolnir showed ir*”#
intM. i’4l *:iy that fur biiu. Yara
tixmn gupd-tuskor. l»el«ntih Meredith.
Id d-d if J ih'H’i ratiitr like your
atifta."
He sin'\d at liar Ina-.l’-nfty, Ms
glsnc# njKinilfttnx form and leatnru*
inaih aa Le wight fake la Hie points
or home aaimal lie oavlrmpli '*->l pur-
• IttuMiig. Tak gill's face do -lied Is
<ll(ivaAtly. but liar eye* aevr. fell. i
“Cim aim d# leak good to nr*," he
roiKHiaerU Anally, "n»>l I if'.iii t IkTIoy*
rn lira yoo—net yet, snytiiiw."
•*'f will net be at all wu-e-ir, ry.“ she
s-itd quietly, “1 shall attend Ut tv4
f -r myself."
'Tni uveas y«a will q.’iUV”
“J certainly abed."
“OJi, h—11 Spunky lltf1.- Mgrecs.
iMz't yuu? I reckon IK IV. * m»n»
t *ng ta say about Hint."
You mesa j*h will m ip *1 me to
i>naatn whether I wl-h ra or rtf' she
leaked IS surprise “Why, tin t < utuut j
il*« duos: I urn nut n Khiva."
“It can't bay? l)o yv* k.'U’t "bora
ini are*’
vUity 1 be”
B- U. i d«mto ft This la the
ruS’-U la Ar'tnnn. 'ITierr ain't'
uuillt within fifty t.i'liu, uu4|
•fee MMJUit ns hut (Imsti;1
ain't au wrier nml uo ginse.1
il’to a-runnln’ tfcla.ve line, nml van hat
0 baa.tr lev to run them. You tret
i»m*'? Chi Ike buss: before snirthcc
' ift'9 out every white uuta un this
•i fttUb w'M te bunting a lob, nnd
t'.rcv'M ba Mws tn their pin re*. I
1 «i» how ls> feundto Mtu; tiiey'tt bn
"•kill 1 any—you hat rt*-*> wlU. ftu
MAs Delucah Meredith. how le H
fyuk'r* fuiBK to quit hefeia ever I ney
lj “4 can! Aim to bu<'f It isuioes Ilia
ii-ICidt to Jtuitvitoet T<-o tnllea o' tl st
it: Vff vfoittil brualc your hear*. You
Lvdrr HUiok U ova*.”
lihe auvv UJUu ciaurly to the lH*ht at
•bo vTlb;kii, ami. La Sliltc of her a.f-
n*M u^uuute. rt*. K'rl’a heart Mink,
'to die.’* nay nt of bnstnl'hy llie
iuM trehld b« lacupnhle off lie was
* Y, Jmrly, with lireutl ahoulifera and
ta.tiond (kant'. riaioMt h qtnui »f u lunn.
plft tt vvue too fin* which bmpokf
tttte Otuuaaatok bento wait wvtkwei
fftlr'i,' itll min' It, N4*eiiiliu;ly lr>
,'j. dried os every fen lure, yit ut U>J
^ruouiaai <ba 9i<J not Cwur hlu>i Lit
iHL'ac'Uyeiy she feit tbe suvvuid ukulUi
jil% bask uf his Criittulrm-ne.
“1 prefer,’’ she aufcl quIHir, "not to
<hotuns the oiuUer nuw. WnvuU itiis
Was aot why yau enava in hai'eV
' "1 Mr* Like yeur nerve, liuie #trl,"
<he sdutlUed uttuibinyly. “h'o, I diiln't
i-iAun tuuicU,v Cur Hum. hut whalevar
■hlwvutu a>« i;»:« uhnayeb tuy luiud.
AVaU 1st tfi-'lto fy "U )tV>t ue Uimy j:n
ttt Bhastflh I raci.ua. but ii»ai >na
.'Aar toMigtou t am pluyLmi wish you;
liar flout count fur muuh yal hero,
ttUtBC. BA' what I my abet."
ttha waBabed him ns ho turned nod
qtttODl ttia cfour, her bumU okMiuhudk
.•a tnma of I At case haired surtlike war
'hqt. Yet L> aimrl er uionu-nt she had
uoaqiusrad terse; t. nel moved quicity
Uaak to the aide of toe hud <«a wtiiub
Bar pnttoad lay sebbii« sfu» haul
abqv,e |hs 4tatras»«4 w-euma.
*ile la wan* evea tliua I f!cu*^it,"
tee (nidi uantde whelty to h'de her
telmt “V'hnt cAtiatol him to coua
$f bera, do you ewppnae*’
, •- “II* came p> scad me awray." ivu
anberod th* other ela»t>'ji* tlie •
nttxi*. “1 know It wihUJ not he test, u; >
IhV hoy iBddad me aivvevs''
"Head you away I \Vfiy. you w«»i*f
ihto fdlher'e vvtlo. Khm It thore wuy
m* Will you must have dower i'au«
tla the emvea Hmvtv, ihm tH Hi* lav.”
'it— 1 do hut kaoiv.*’ uoarlfy. “Turn
ii ovar mptotsed navrhlai to me, hot—
Vkt I aiu afruld of Boh Mutliter. I'oe’t
v’Oeo torn; don’t nngi'i lihn. fie is
'ttetielwiia. add I am afruld of him, for
'jut suite as waC aa my own."
"iriait do you want me to iloT' the'
rlrl •itieot'.oDed. lutluertroil Ivy tlie
HteiftT of the utiier, “l.cl llisl boast
toire bts own way wttii me?'*
“!te—IMS, ttef Mint But—lint Irent j
li.tto fnlily Mien Meredith. He will
ih*t 6Jn«ye Ur or he U tndny. As lie
w4. fiou daanoi ir.rb.r or run
Ai dnpaa*!* uu wlnaln^ li'o favor.'
'fivCO eur.iet(me (hero w ill he n oban<*e.
vV* tkMflt *01111 uni urutch. iinlfl he !»
'id a lumvd l« fel uv both yo '
•omc* » Ute'e was a way fnr jea <>.
oeoape alsHSA TuU ‘Oil'd O'll leeve r. e
1 era fa bta power."
•You fear Ibm Ilk* their
"If I akaad lietweec Hi» man
tMs fortnae Irfa fattier left, mv
Is worth aotafus I kno., tlml"
And tebarab Mere<rth l.o'.
.down this the while tore l.vioj* ur *
►Hfow. taada her choice.
CHAPTER II
Meaner SlaUs Mia Pl.-'n.
It was tier menvocy <'f thin •. e<,
tier promise to M'a Mess* r n*vd h
tedtka at Cob Mer»cr--wMrj left n
gM u&o'sona.it of the denerf vie*
•.Misp.'*ad Udow. und ahoiiahtieae
th* daaasimttna a'yht .She had meirhi
thtu tote to b* a Iona to cacane sir
>w««Jhtltty mt eaeouitter'ny ttwh. and
fh rura near etsr* mure tn her mtu.f
the i’ii HdtCsCi which had nmde her
sltttiteY a prtarawr Tiere had been
► » expraarfsa lb ttsa mane eyes thni
bad fHtetsaad bar siere than she
wotel «t«a caaftas to terretf—an in
ateaut balihiaa*. a a—arff do*niiv nc.
tete b*n*tod ter mantnry vrffh it>
ertafste* tltyeut. Ra tmi ptayto* wits
4* • *•' r*»AJ « W:th a romtse, bld-
mt 9m P*BW to ktrtka. Ha
|ME W» Cfbrtfdtnilf; (V «te
uys afrei'!’ la b's ptyar. f*;« cei*v
ulfeoa, *atl alvniicts 1» lene.d her
uta/ui har dreed of •!» ro.rrww.
k <1hv I'H.i 'd lt’.fi'.t lyluiesv
l:. • « c't. iijce la tbs jiers* n: •: of 'u*>
*1.: *. Yilit into IV•: I . re ■ , v-ri
Mi*, hut ftw he* own pe so.fil s: s;.;
vh e flirt Tom M*nv r vin i'rj u . t
•tuplo) s bletlcnn <,n the jiiarv oor
trr.st tl «m; Inn now. him h., one*, ti e
III hufiils illA'ipjveviied, \vl .!..........
e'pnnwi rhleru erveeied loyri • it
to Isis lii««lr |>!. on Will is si*
iin.es th* IrrK'fisr,. h*I... ,s *
t ail) eoaipfete. and SvS Ment.ei w ,*
S'.ir»«KB'>d by iHine ot Ice . n (c'rul
L run lures of Ills will, ihwii: ■*••>« of thni
valid he knew hc.t. TVs ch.inae »»«.
Iv Deheruh’s minrt, on.lnnns of evii;
II Increased her fear, and is*h !ere«f
kioi* dffllmft nny tmeslhllity of »>»cnjmc
The umII* cloned her inrsie tffhfly in.
What did this uinn ptun r« <|n with
herh The qbnsttoli could not he an-
swered; she mmld ouiy wait fearfully
for hla actions to make reply. Yet It
moot lie evU; she could conceive
nothing else In Hob Mecgor's blurt.
Her HiuuglM wni not with the wIM
ihmert wono ootoiretched before liar,
or the hwnuty of Hint red sunset ho-
hied those far-off pisikit iftie was not
even (tenacious of her more lamn dliite
(uii'ouuillngs, iwoihIuIq,’ tiMHily obliv-
ious to the Moillury hnrati.iisi', b;i-
psvu'chlng along ths hnrcLj' dlscernihle
trull Kidding ike tMlgc iff ihe nice*.
The horse was m.rvhig slowly, with
waurlty droopiiig Insd. und on Iho
bu. ilhacleii siiid the tnuifa nsad‘- no
not to suindent to illsturt. her. It was
un the farther eilru of tti« clutpi.n'ul
tlml tiis boraeiiiiin Nudih-.ily perenived
toe yial, ho* while sl.lit sJniivlug enn-
rpleuous In tiis purpla Ucbt, mid
*uh'l<ly buhl up Id* posy. Hhe hed
ttvidcaUy nelthur sc«j nor board his
a PIS ouch, and lie ewuB'/ s<lmiLly over
tt:s ardmul'y heud. Utium adviincLn*
toward kwr on font. It was sol until
ha I«ml reached within a very fev:
yards of hr* petition thrt Deborah
LiSfiuus uware of soma insecure near,
uii ioo->c Insiuntiy to ber fact, f»< u-;
htai hi atiddea shirui. IT was too Into
tt ui to Hoe; Ilia mnu l>looki-d th* only
pofli a/ullHhle.
•yVli»l)leHi»l 3on. dldu't If' ho aake.1
uardoraiy, Hipping a weed with hla
guilt, hut with aaarchtag ayes ou her
turn. “You mutt buy* baea la aouia
daydieaiii, I'U any.”
“I—I wvia l Li Ink log," aha saowereif,
a Mtle ciibub In th* vole*, but as In-
stonily determiaiag tv tell the IrulTi,
aad Ibua learu. If possible, bln pur-
poao, “of what voo Inland to do With
asa K-I cuiiuet continue to hear
flltox* aa they ar*.a
"*'by, Mi ay ar* n-4 m> hud, are
ttiae T he #«lied provnklnglr, hut
Making lie efTml to advance. “This la
tbs aoni* roncli to which you cuiim
auitintni'll) ; I have not cat! down y.air
way--a. m<| the food, sod all flint, In
)nat as wi Do yon uv'pn vsu d ar'y
Yk* It l si« ntf liuigcrV*
“I awia'uly do u«i under Hie cfy.
auuteiom»*. I am no lougcv ht .v of
«»y ova five* will.”
“Ob. !i tV(>f It Y Well, lufriispa we
turn isucdy tluit tcm.hu. Set down
Useia. eg.-th »htl« w* Inik U. uve. " |
“1 r refer te eta ini'*
“AH rlgii: thru, atue It ain’t yo'.”*1
to do you no good to let otltok about
tt. I'll t*H yoa H>«< «• the wts'i't ¥*a
aught fu know by Hits time tool I
tin'! (I a /.liiylng sort. B'eond nut vrny
to leave >elt 1 reckon But, ur yell
wouldn't be here. Wall I hat leaoon
ooirhl to ii.cw u something tv vox. I've
loll you slope for Hire* days now, just
to lot It sink la.”
“Thai f could not oocup* from here
wffliout anatalunre?”
"dure; rt.ne ain't no wuy for a
woman—a leartaifia.t— to get across
that desert wlthmit help of aonie kind,
aad m her so. 1 lackou yon are smart
ouougb to know M:ut. It waa mostly
on your account I seut them old
punchers away, an' got a 1*1 *' Me*
In to ride hard an’ do whatever odd
)oba ware needed. There ain't no-
body rauad who auras a whoop lu ti—I
ttbal happen*. You bettor let that
soak la. too. Arat of alL Than bt wtd
be cualar far us to coins to au luult-r- .
84 down I”
“An wnderatunrilngr’ ahe naked la
siirprlva. “Jfou deelre to explain, theu?
Yet first yen thivalva inti"
He leuthed. I
"T'hi vsftu, h--II I don't have Hi
thPcetKm holding all the lards.”
Me took a stop forward, and. aa Hie
*lri draw allgliMy buck from hla up-
pro»»*. hie face quickly darkened
wilta ungee. “Yon don't want iu* to
toutii you, bay? or com* near }ou?
All right, I’ll welt, hut Ju.«t the sum*
you'll do Ju»t who! I toll you to. Sit
down there on that U>i. You brur an ?
standing."
Him look th* place rta:<hmntcd, reel
Ikittp the utter uaelesancaa of refusnl.
While he remnltied atmidlng, with ouu
foot ln-olet,tly pluntcd ou the lug be-
side her.
“Very well,” she aeid. forcing a
•trauge eulmnsaa Into her voice, "I
will llatc.a tu what you linv* to tay."
"i.lMeo I I rather gtieea you wUI.
I Uka your d—a nerve, but you'll find
out I'v* got wnne myaelf. Now, ace
her*. Mia* Deborah McicdUb. A week
ago I didn’t avail know you exlatad
But after we bad that little *ecn.-*
togeU er ttir other duy III th* old huiy’*
loom. I uuule up uiy mind that I wua
going te give you n t«a*<m. You didn't
flit* me. did youT'
Ha slopped, but *h* (Yd not cna.var.
although her e.rea nml hla own.
"Colne on! talk up. I know yog
didn't; hut I want lo bawr you say ao,”
"It eei-tatnly la true."
“ftaru U'i ti'u*. Why In b—t shouldn't
ft b*T Tba *W bmm bad filtod you
Xall--“
*Yoat fifth** n*ny anoa apnk* af
B* to mat"
Yben u)) uradwny atopmolhar d.d ’
“Only in reply to nm ir.evi.cr.y,
but nave, ilelos, t knew. Tf It Is rv',->-
aaseny :ur uic to unawcr. I wLU-*l do
not like you, Holt Mcugar."
The miiu grinned a!ui»-* t-Ltearfully.
“t.-.ioc fellow* u«iil ’ get nuul til
Mint, but I don't. I ruther enjoy It.
Why? IrcH’ire Tie got jro’.l wbei*
it «' n't make nny d —r. dlffmeiu'e.
Thiit'a why. As long n» I "ant you,
Tm gulrg to hav* you. I don't cere
what you think o' itia. I^VcIy I'm
oven worn* tint* thsl; hut from Ilia
Bnl uituote I aeon yvu In that whit*
uniform, I made up ngr mind you wo*
tt* *rJ J wsi LmsH vr> tw
mini.' loo ff.'rtl 6 * r»n,i 'vbv \1f
my try uig to »■-(• “ 'r-v* to • <-•; o- i .
d—u fill V- J d j-i-t lac;:h at that
)-’.i 1 r.i-nt lo and hi.'U.til oul
uni-: 1 «• . e y
‘"I r.t i ' in inic.vir.g l.o ,.ji- "To
get i,.v? r«r wia.tr
"i'll it*-- i.K t;.■.. to he h<.Herat le,
mu iloti’l L-i rt'kl v.orry y< i u.i -, T'Ma
If kd .li tc n <1 'i; A Cu-il, c;:'v I
I' till* th* ciir<i“ •»? Tt * tir rt
ti rag I h. 'I to do viut to to.tll.f « k
L'.,bt f.i (e an i • t (ill., ti, so y. u
ci , w* -it. I ain't I. •• rt lc ■ ■
lug you nny irannc. ‘ > I hr. n t
L rn to Min ~»i . Hi . it ■ •<-
wnau't u.» nee. I t In y «*t, - ■ • . ,f
aorl o’ girl y*u w.i*, alid lo-' ate '
what ym; ft..,ng\j o' me. Hat I .1 m..cl-
ap my ui'ntl will I waa a.tar. m I
how I ivaa g-jic.g to get It. I didn't
have any notion of earning to you
Bgnlii until f imd the oh.do stacked -
*<*?”
"An 1—nml now yoit—yon are ready
to p!.-y. and have cantor
“Correct. I can't lone. Y'oti got to
do what I any, win \,ar you Hire it or
not. Maybe you don't J tint get this
straight? Weil, listen, in the I'rwt
Mince I nm Pole Men gw. find. I reckon.
y< it l ever heard nothin’ very Baft
about me. It'a pretty generally known
eround here that I mn a he-ni ’n. nnd
that I iMimill.v g -t whnt I go after.
Yoa know that, don't you?"
“I—I !.uv« heard of your method*—
yea."
“I thought meet likely yon had.
Well, thnt'a one point. The yroonil
point Is I'm tl:» real boas of tills
ranch; It'* mins, and lie got the let-
,!0$\
iMiim,
JmPr
jtywih [/,<■
m
I .<> a
tors to provo It. Mow, do you get the
picture?*'
II w.ia illiunl ctntK. Out ehc could
still ills'.'nitmvli tits fio’.’, ns k.' Inanc-t]
foroiirri jieerlnp .”1 her. There wn«
no d nht an to H'.e real meaning of
the man. rml idee com peek ended fully
her own belpl-'senees ,»t teeiMunce. All
stu couid hop*, fa on now wan lo cause
delay. t« thus win a ilnt.ee to thin!-,
ai d net.
•■Y(-s'' *h» nmwuT-d to -:r.y, ninrstl
Ing i,t the cnli'.ms'a wPh vfilch she
s|«dtn, and now on her feet faring hltn.
“I think I know what you me, n. Ton
have me ootiiji'eiely In your power;
you have planned It nil out."
"Thnt'a the ticket. Now there ain’t
M live your retting mad. I like you:
J like you awfully well, nnd I'm going
to he mighty square with you. But
there wasn't any other way for me to
gel you—wna there?”
“No," a>ie ar id frankly, "there wua
no other course posalhte."
“Which ineuna you don't like me
at si?”
•'it meana all of that, nnd more, Boh
Meager. I (hi net believe I ever do-
aplsod cRvnne a-i much In my life as
1 do you. I disliked um before I ever
saw you; now 1 hate ths very ground
you welk on. Have you nny use for
me after that?”
"You just hot I have," he grinned
"You’re sure ft wildcat, but I'll tunic
von. Iv-n it! 1 III:* It In yon; you'iv
not the wishy-washy kind. One of us
has got to he boss; I saw that fro .
the very tlrst, and that's whtlt till-
mentis now; I'm going to he the une.'
“In whnt way do you mean?”
"Haven't you got the h|en yet? I\?
going lo marry you—ace? I took f
notion tl.a llrst lime I saw yon—
you're exactly icy nt.vle. But I
know'd ihon there wasn't hut an
way to do II. Now I'm ready to till
bus tles*. How I* It. my lady? (Jo n
to he nice about It?”
Kha endeavored to rally her con.
*y*. even attempilug u laugh.
“Marry you? Not in this world. *
ku»w you ure u scoundrel, but I neve
thought you weje u Hid before."
“No. uxnJ >«n never will ngnln," hN
vohw la>rd. uing. "Recoil** yon will
have cjj chance. U Is aoth'ng to me
whalher you say yaa or ao. I beet,
(tows to N.'gulos toduy, ita’ tnotl,
ether thli es T got n innrrlauv license.
It's rigid here !u uiy poet*of. nn' the
Diimea wr'ttec In ll ate •flolicrt Mea-
get cud Ttoliorah Vcrcdlth.' Athl that
#h:'t all; »o.n#t I me between now tind
ten o’clock a Justice of tlie per.ee Is
go v.g la drive is here to do up th*
bualaes* for n* That's why I'm tell
tng you t.ll H !> so yoti ton ter
brace up aiu! get n > dy."
At e mad” o • »(i'e.'v;it to n'»ve cr te
apeak ; she », «-m« I i; e*l. -ivrlcg
»f him Ito' ugn the gullierln, daik
ness.
"! ,'iit:*f go'cg tn tn\: -h von now " he
want on stills' ly. ar.g-rcd by her al-
ienee "Ht.t you Just th'nk It over,
mUO ge cn ''in t t*» ths lioil' .’ 'V’ »n I
scud far you, you IxHloi is>n.c; that's
rll-
He turned, nnd ivs’ked hcek t* ids
hoi ”, au'I «!* tiled ttierc iremhlloR
tn ev. ry llinh, mc h* vanished an,id
the shadow*.
Ah* anderatood now-. ci«>rty, ds-ll
AiHAy. Just wlint sb* was railed upon
to fa,'*. Bob Menger hnd not min' ed
I ft* srviwdA or left a»vthln( te lerasrl-
Mtltoi. H* had planned this rtellb-
fptWjN tn *«^d Meed, rad he had
will, i.nd, patops. ;ru- power, to carry
It
At llist she was in tl w-| !*# flarie of
lfl( yr,, I on ' she nVv" 1 :v*3, ’ ((1 t (-*'- ■
I', ly it the fellow's time,it. It
M-c.i «1 prey-, t- ratig. ..' ,l <* a dvr To
of iti .Irluiii. .'furry him' M :iry t! •
degwtotnt* ! r:.*i Why, alia wauld
n:(cor ■ Me a iiun'licd (c "H - ' . t .,c
1. (a *”*-n tc . -ll h lie w s .i fo-(
hi t.tsl cr ' Y t ( I >1 I1' ' -.:: ■■
this -•! *fui t .- |U ' -,r .,:(( r'K
t.!!*le canfiicf '• ( i .41-. e
ll(-l Tl.t. - ■ .o I ' ' II t
a <c->,r '..... ■ ......
lie T.I.X r
truly 'l./i.. i ’ d
p:r:clt’ t ti
had n t '■( - " ' -
W'^tl v.. - to
with f 11 Lu
F!uud'«(| i>u If o' . ' ,t
llto rct"Iv nn-l ii c, ■.( i in ,
tnnd<* If till the rc''r > (I rc icis. fm
he would IIVciv tlr’ i',: now : n 1 he
<(>trre i n utter fl<-’ d Wthln rn hnm
ho wovld lie roct; • d’m k. c.'i.ci'ib* oi
ativ Inil'cn't.v. i*P' I'd .""t. A lircte
Bcl’er, lie hcf r-p -i ilc ii drun't. A* d
rhe must f.• —.> nl •>»! This wns
the rnnvtrfb n t' d -'”ulv took full
pr.ssesvti n of her mind HI" thro i
W’ « net ■ n b'lo (”>c I’e couM t:i:n
cntitempt'iousty u n> nod leave her
tlion* ’’00.1'',’tc'- ...uC 'c.-t tbiit .he
could not csciru T’ cri* ere no : ; »t
or .’0'ct’■ to *• t»|< i> stio . 0(0(1 dr, r.o
friend to wh m s'' * (n”td tip’ical,
S’ie gnued lire < - nil nfv the
black rc'ii: net :■ 11 -: 1 1 mod rnr-
\r|c"(> ovn-’-f f-• 1 f: - rc (* ,cpt ”t.(r«
orechcnd. There » :' hm o".p wnr
lc- d'nr aero"’ t! a* eyt’imrs the s n’I'’
frail conr*r.’*f'n - ”-|tb the nAtrs Uiro’ish
the mcuintiitn ct’nvnn beyond. Tlier*
nil’-bt (if roci - i others—V’ft’.vn to
Tn"i r or ni t'ev- 'ut the petit ’’•ns
the old” one si * e.-«r had traveled.
A rd It revor could he tinvergi’d alert *
on foot.
Yet, was there etiv other hop* of
e..,-:ioc— of »io*‘toc>” ement even? To
ffopnl fo Poll 'fc-iqor C-O-’M -ivni’i.
pi I Ah nn'hinr. a lcne’v the base
hee*t of flie •riin d" v If she ■ ever had
before; he wnild mlr hi'K.’h whether
etie curie to h!ri with renroi’Cl'e* or
tear*. And there wns no one ets,«~
not n elfigie v.-i It” man left cn the
refute to her knowledre; not nil (dilccT
of the law nearer tlwa Noyales. The
luetlce of the ties ■? w ho was eu’iilne
out to marry them! Tnli! Whoever
lie was. he would assuredly he s cron- I
turn of Meager's own (hcosine. No
tiller kind would ho amti'oTed under
the clrctimstniwe*. And Mrs. Meager
would only hreak down »n! cry; tin-|
der no a idlllcpn could she be of the
il’trl test service, pop terror of Her
stepson was (ba mil causa of her
nervous breakdown.
No, g;ere was absolutely no one to
rely upon hut herself. And what
could kJio do? Tlie (rlrl stood up In
the d'.irknms, her hrnds gripped hoc
area on the opening through the
chftpnrrxl Iredlng toward tiie hour*—
tl’e *r It Ah.ng arhlch r»<,|. Menger hud
di»i»i'l >-(irc(5 iftie must fi.How him;
there r «e ae-.rttere ela» for lie? to go
tebc siiirt ffti.’v ('hla thing slm e, with
All the d’wiwralu c-'hrege -»b» eoutW
ki.vietor. Tf 1>>v wot si vema sl.e must
act. Awlf'iy, dcclftlvvto—»vP!t ft> bill-
ing ISie ithstlstor. 'Jtieiv wua tut oilier
(J...-1C8 left., no ethei ’ewiA'biHry uf
caeHpe. But where vault! ahe precuca
ti weapon? yiie »v sswoesf owns <t( bar
own; t: d never drefttriod of J'VOinf
stub a thing. y«t ....... were ulentifal
enough about th« ranch. Sorely ene
(touId cosily he eeeu-ed.
Impelled by this thought of Aelf-
defense. rtmllAiui (Jenrlv that alio
could turn nowhere el-a wltli any hope
of escatdng this detllcioc. t; thet ahe
could neither flue the place nor Had
aeairtimee. I>eti«rfih, the color high in
her cbeeka, Ire lips firmly pry seed In
ucfarioiuathm, advuiu-e-l roe-iintnly
through the (lurk ness toward the
house. Sim would defend herself at
nil luuurds; luCure shn voald auhiidt
tu thet brute she would ehisit to kill.
Tlie men of the home ranch were
evidently ut KSitper, tin- big (lining-
hall Icing lighted, nnd ns she slipped
pn*1 the mi-.diurtud wlndowft. she hid
glltrjix* of the fellows wltiila und
heard their voices convr-rsliig loudly
In Rj’ciilsh. They were a uitlloy
hunch, ft. n-cely a fnce (tow n the tong
table Ihut wns nit vlciaue stul de-
praved—The set!to of Merle*, the tn*-
jorlty exhibiting Indian Uloirl, They
war# a preclou* gang «” rudWti a In-
deed, worthy ef their *iH?r, iu»< U»e
rlrl crept away, glad to escape the
sound of their voices. There was a
alttyle dtm llgtit burning In the bun! -
hints*. I ut so H’ga of .say ocenpnst.
Vadouhtedly every bsod aa tlie place
wuft at supper, nnd no better <mpne-
t’P'ii.v ooiil.l le found in which to
seek for and appropriate some to;got-
ten weapon. She ti ’ ( need enuf'wdy,
llatening Inti r.ily ;u; any gmuid, co-cr
to accomplish her oi .le. t. Onr a armed,
si c would feel ii.i.ra cnntidcnl; the
very touch of u v.i-.ipun In her hand
wonl'l bring her rivc .ed eounge.
'Ilie hunithmisc v i:s n lcn.: hulbl'nf
of a duly, the hunks lining the walls,
open nt both ends, the only light a
lunteru swim : fr mi a renter beam.
The glass of this was blackened with
smoke, nod icily a dim indlgnce mad#
the interior barely vlftlhie. However
tbnia wen* no occupants. Without
lierltntirtn, but with heart bcatln,"
wildly, she slipped silently within, her
eager eyes awlitly searching the va-
cant hunk* and the wooden p<g»
above, un r lili-h ilnnuled a iiiksrellft-
n,»'rtm oo’ledlun of gurments. She ud-
vu'u'vd giivcilv, satlsllcd Ihut if ray
occupant had left Ida hell helilnd it
would be found In cne of the hunts.
She find gone »ntlrely down (>r.«
side, and Moved u n (is to the oilier
pi-fore "I. found what gbe auitht, her
loint lei.'ping evid ently ns (die [ier-
celvi tl th. aier.’o ut u s; cl litirref a
I its- dim light. It lay fully «-vj>u->cd on
t. p ,-f i i| a* Ilia Ok <*. i\ wicl.’sl h“*k-
luv .i-l In n well worn hsotote.r. with i
hell ivr.tidB'm; n Imlf-'Wa rartrh'..c»
S' e gnpo-cd t'aeec in her bands, C(si
tobuiA, oven as ahe il!d ro, of tb.o
room? of v-d.ws nutg.de. The men
were alrtA'Iy rctnrnlna: scarcely a
meiueni rcme'i od i-efi’ie a.ime of them
(’wold Mites ti.c nppot doer. Ti'» ruv
nw'nt • - is mdllciPtit to permit the
frlgt t«-tied rh’l t<> dash out of the
lower entrance into the darkne** I'to
yoiiil. iu,d ciouch ther*, the prize stfll
Bcciiraly In her hnttda, waiting oppoi*-
tunlty lo deal away toward th# pro-
tection it( lh« ran.diliuaae^ jilBtf <jf
I
ti e fob oiirtv,. H • 1 hot
• Ur.-q.l Ig It |fi 'ha oUo.r Vvlthout
a care 'h iYus v.,.tld.
Ik.. i wo . l o hi J c.vared llrst
fttra . <*ii town;.’, - -o.it '.ti tuut-op-
l-o-otu w< Ch ui'"c. piling vlg'iividj
i ,i ' "ir ciyu-oa. .. i .1 • u ci- , I Its
I'KglU'i, evidently c<. d of th*- 'ot-
(■•» ; } ' .-ii*pi ()* . ' . o m’r (] uft
JCC’J “'O' \> 4 i ’ o' *U ’ s I
|>u w. C-. • -r itia o n mi I had
tut V.t'i i i1 r i fr e h'd-
(1 :. (.. - ftl c:t
I- i" *t -i in o.ifi as he
n : ‘ l to i ti j i iv.’..’ li.e hoy who
quy-t r.iu (! cu/.i l.v:
“Vut he say. e-nor--the mnn? 1
luar cct not nil, tPo fouls they make
*o mni’ha Rowe. We have flealaf’
Siuiclicft hle.v * cloud of smoke Into
the nollnted nlr, flipping llie adi of his
cfghrette onto the floor.
‘‘i’lonty drink, I'edro," he eald bid*-
ifeltil
'..v < 'NS
liiCTwi
Sanchez Laughed Grimly.
lcntly, “au’ bo work tomorrow. Th#
ho<g Jie inayrjr."
L un.i m il next k ]
IH of MltlnwAT:
self. 'vvfiicl~w’a» finfldeii. aa It should
have been, for the future.
\mi . cn the achoolhintse. when one
i' -' I !: A (f t! y us.’* to which ll vvnA lo
.( ; i- i.tl" :i nursery, klnhnpit
ii I,.- "q-ii-i - ill (healer muvlrg pic
iro i. p ci;".s-"I-, s mt’iiaaf iraltdng
. I V (ho. :! (ITv -tld (‘(Minting Tl OB'
1 .hid ii o w ii« wonderful'v smn'l
( tti*'4 -n n far itvi sum'
• v 'll\ «u lur
• i ( hr. n es.
P r "id e of irti t.
or- 1 i and mirreya parked Ir.
hr ..trrt ha-’k of the creamery, alon*
he rnudalde, und by the driveway
imn'ng to tho sdioelhouse. f’eupLe Id
• nnihera had nrvlved by Ive o'clock In
die afternoon, nnd were still coming
They strolled nheul the place, exain
'nine the hulldltigft and grounds, nnd
tdlklnr ”tfh the hlavkKuult.'i a&d thr
imtter-nmker
flniduaHy they drew Into the arhoal
timire like ii mv.i ui of hei'e Into a hire
<M‘li'. ii’d to i tie queen. None of them
ho,, s-vuf, weal ua'OM th* cuscrat*
hr'dl* tv the Ait 'a 'll-
Aim MS. u> 'ii.. -I i ted wilt
Mta train a".Mi( to- ..u .'i e.y an
flowers rid » • t m ii.tdd'.* am
Jlnnle. who were ...i:! cIliliheD hUI
nn i (lit I l.v coiilihi'l he iruated with ro
m ini ntkei yousef m c.- wiiiiouica aoui*
wuhiiln.
"They're contin: Tt py re coming!"
ThtA wk* the cry ho-n-’ lo the people
la anil ulim.t the sclionlliouee by that
llunv Hntiften who would he called
Hans Nllsen. riana had been to th'
top of the little hill und had a look
toward lown.
I.ike a crew manning a rlpglny. or
a crowd having Iia picture mken. the
aA»pmhta.Te eryatnlllaed Into forms do-
tormlnt’d by the chances of gelling a
gllnrpee of il.e bungalow across the
ravine—on posts, fence#, trees and
hi I Inc Its.
A z:otnr rnr camp over the hllloek.
run down i!ip read to the driveway to
the schoi.lmnnae and drew up at the
door. Out of ll strived Mrs. WoodrulT
and the eolonel, their daughter, lire
county superintendent of schools, nnd
Mr Jim IrwMn. Jennie was dressed lb
a very well-tnllnred traveling cosfnme.
anil Jim In s moderately well tailored
businoas suit. Tlie find that when
they reached the threshold Jim picked
In
<4 & tes
i! n a?.. X ~jx*s*fr3rnamaMBk m
CHAPTER XXil
Ani! 9o Tb«y t.'”«-d-"
Ar! no 'i tutnrd om quite as It ft
wore to the o;d l.iiMol that “all la
the merry tnultlh of May." and oleo
"all tn the itieery i (,en wood.’' there
were great (intocA nhotil ih* hold llirle
promontory where kipa stood the cab-
in on iho old wood lot where the
Siioioe family had dwelt
The h.-nok ran about too promcn 1
lory, and laid at Its feet on three
side* a carpet of biue-grti*, amid
clninpA of trees and wild hushes. Not i
far alield on either hand cam* Ih*!
black corn-land, but ttp and down the ;
bluffy side# of the brook for some
distance on both sides of the King !
dragged highway, ran tho old wood- j
lot, r:o» rcgnlnln.T much of the nn- •
k-mpt iipfiearanee which rhnrartor- ,
trod It when Jim Irwin had drawn
upon himself the gentle rebuke of Old
Man Minima for nm giving a whoop
from tlie big roml before coming Into
the yard.
The cabin wa* gone, and In Its place !
Ktood n pretty little lint:galow. uhout
wlrii h hloAAou ed lltocs and peonies and
r(is.-a ami other old-fashioned flowers
ftliTlshed by Mm Irwin. Kor this was
the teacher’s hoc.np or sclioo!maii*e for
the new ennsothlated Wood.-irff dis-
trict nnd tho old Slmtns wood-lot was |
hcnivfiwth to he ito* gleh#-land of the
Hchooimnnse. |
Jim tinned over nnd over In his1
mind these new npjill ntlons of old,
historic, aignlflcnnt words, dear to
every render of history—"glebe-land," '
"schoolmanse"—and ll seemed 10 him
that rlioy signified the return of many .
old things lost In Mcrrle Knginnd, i
lost In New England, ln.it all over
the lOugliKh-apeaklng world, when the
old puli'ldy-pu'd clerflvinna ceased tn
he .-'0 fur the servant of all the peo-
ple tlml they refused to he inxed for
his support Was not the new kind
of uirtil teacher to he n publicly-pa Id
leader of thought, of ciilturs, of proip
reas. nnd was he not to have Ida
niniifte Ills gl: h -land, and 111* "liv-
ing?" And nil lieoniise. Ilk* th* old
clergyman, ho wn* doing n work In -
width everybody wns Interested nnd
for which they were willing tn be
taxed. I’erhnpa It wns not so high
a status os the old; but who wns to
»cy that? Certainty not Jim Irwin,
the possessor of the new kind of "liv-
ing." with Its “gtebc-lnnd" nnd Its
"whooiinnnse." He would have rated
the new ns ut lonst quite no high as
the old-
Ki oiii the brow of tho promontory, a
livid concrete bridge t-’ok the pretty
httto g(.r^H in Me !cnp of h slnTl*
• r, h. nnd inn !* I the eye st the hot-
tom of ti c fr- nt inrd of the school-
.. ' .. Institution nf
Itfo siis In fvfi view of th* achuol-
iri ii.ic vent d« e.r'l vet s!o;t off fr.>*'i
If by the dry kioui (.f the brock and
Ita tiny meadow of blne-crnm.
Across I l.o rond was the creamery,
with Its busln-r-k1" t iirlondlng pint-
fc.i 11, nnd It-., a.!.;-’ a In process .-f
c-risti action trr t e rc.-e| ;’-on of tl.(.
O’ik I n tt for the ( oopeniilve lann-
•try Not fur from r'-e cr.— ticcy. and
Ir” hit-’.ca the rr rt slcrid the 1 luc't-
m ;h .old »-Y • ’ * *' 1" shop MP
f.itt-er ”o(S-n the s? -u# w-rr the Mra.
ixvillry house p irs hnte'.c* nod yanta
of tli« little farm—small, ns were all
IhC (.-(jl'Ctora «prv yjo sctmpIlytTVW it-
Jim Bhskad Jaunt* Up and Carrlad Her
hi Hit Arma.
•Tetinle tip hi his irmie sad curried her
In, wflt erndile say good detacrlve to
pul o«e nnd orta together s.nd ttmke *
pair—which cornea pretty nsur tolling
the whole story.
By this time It was nearly seven,
and CaU.ilti Minims cam# aerwra tha
charmed bridge a* a dispatch-bearer,
sn.vlng that If Mr. Jim nnd Mlsn Jea- ;
Die didn't mind, dinner would b# I
suhvert right soon. It vraa cooked
hbonl right, and the folks wna get tla'
right hungry—n-n' euc-li a craved 1
There were fifteen In the babies’ room,
and for a while they thought ths
youngest Hamm yonng one hnd swal- ,
lowed a marble. Rha would toft .
’em they would be right over: good-by. j
Thera wa* njiother ehocr a* fh* \
three elderly and the two yortnger peo-
ple emerged from the schoolmans# •
Hnd took their wny over the hrldje to :
the school side of th* velvet-bottomed j
most, hut It was shirt off like the j
vibration of a hell dipped in witter by '
the sudden rush of the ahoutrrs fat#
the hlg RAoembly room, bow filled with ;
tnhlee for the banquet. And her* Ih* '
domestic economy classes, with their !
mothers, ulsters, female cousins and ]
aunts, met them, as waiters, hat
snatchers. ho«lpsec«, floor mnnsgurs
and cooks, scoring the greatest tri-
umph of hlatory In the Woodruff dis-
trict. Kor evor.vthlng went ofT Ilka
clockwerk. especially th* vlotunls—
and such virtual*!
There wns quantify ta meats,
brands, vegetahles—nnd ther# wns nlso
snvor. There wns plenty, and thera
was style. Ask Mrs. Haakon Peter-
son. who venrued for cnltnre, nnd hnd
been afruld her children wouldn’t
gel It If Ylm Irwin taught them
nothing lint fnrmlr.g. She will tell
you that ths dinner—which so many
thought of all the time aa supper—
wns yu#< its well served as If It had
been In the (Tinnihertulii Hofei 1b He#
Moines, where *h§ hnd «nyed whoa
she went with llhakoa to the stats
convention. |
Wby shouldn't If hav# been even1
better served? It wna planned, conked,
served and cotcn hy people of Intelli-
gence nnd brains. In their own house,
ss s community afinlr. and In n com- !
reunify whers. tf any one should nsk
you, you sre authorized to state that
there'* as much wealth ta the acre
na tn any strictly farming spot bo-
ure B tho Mvo occ.-ins. nnd where yoti
ere perfectly safe—financially—In
dropping from a balloon In the dark
of the nioon nnd paying a hundred
end ftf y doilHrs hd acre for any
frta yon happen to land on Why
clxotl.l.i't »h!:i ’ft have been well done,
when every one worked, not btf
mor.-j. hut f” th» love of the dnlug.
and the lor* or learning ta do tn tba
hast way?
Some of ihcsc Miipgs came out tn
tlie hP’oet"4" following the repnst—
ard ”” t> outer thir.ga, ton. Jt wna
prohal.ly a a qulie fair fttr B. B.
Hamm to Incorporate In hi* wishes for
'lie welfare and prosperity and so
f«*tli of Jim und Jonnts thst stain
one ubmii the troubles of ll'te bnt
he wanted to ace Jennie blush—which
ns s matter of fact he did; hut sho
ft!M. t* ET!T C'U? f» ««TY HA **
did Jlui. Dul H. &. was a good fef-
low. uml a Tr((Jun la Ida work for
the cause, sad Ihe schnolmnater and
•iqierlntendeni of schools forgavt hliu.
A remark may he a Utile broad, and
still clean, aud B. B. nnd* a clean
speech, mainly devoted to the to-
resnaed value sf that farm Its at sss
meniorabla time was going to s#l) be-
fore Jim’s fool notions could b# car-
ried out.
CotuDal Wood, uff nsds nest sf ths
above point * which I have IIlotted
drotu klu. Us had hsgas si a rt-
Drmst Idle is Bfe, te s*K bit M
% •-
would leave it l# them tf be hadn't
worked at tbs trade steadily after «e
flauucot. Us Usd bscMB# a tell#war
of Jlui HrwlSL hacjiuas Jim's reform
waa tea dragging the rate In Iraat af
y#ar awn fa cm—it was reftaoe tight
at hum*, und not af tba Meaty esdit.
*r ltos U/»Jiee, or ^Wnahlagtoa, Ra
had falbMvad ilia It win m be had
followed Unroll, and Draw, aad
Itlalaa, aad McKinley—bacaua* Jin*
trwlu stood for aior# upward growth
for the average American cJUaca rltotP
tba cuh-n«i conld aca aay groagaiY
of gut Mug fl oat any uslier ckaic*. Aa t
ha was proud ta tire la a cwouly
Ilk* i his, snved aad i«r»nuii#4 hy I T
giczI meti he had foHowed, nod ts a
nWgtiharhood aervad and gmauusd. if
»«! qiitta saved, hg Jlra tr-rln. And
ha waa not so sne* teuat it nut k»-
ing eared. Hvery maa aad na-iloa
had lo he saved aeew way aa ivftaa,
Htbl tha colonel believed rtiot Jim le-
*<n'a new kind of rural achowl la
.hint as accexaary to the snlvatlwu af
(Me country. "I am «b<*m I# ct#s#
my speech." said ih* cototia!, "aa I
Mia sttiHil service I hnea been able to
gin* to thf* nation. I worn Utrnnglt
tha war. neighbors—and mn prftttd #f
ll; hut K.e dons mora goad ta IBs
peaceful aerrtc# af tha last three
years than I did In wo# af fighthtg
and campaigning. That's the way f
feel ahcmi what we'r# rfon# hi Oil-
wlldaled District Number lb**." fV.t-
lOfsroas a«d losg-contItrnod aptthcasa, I
"Oh. roh.ael J" The vo>a at AagCfl
Taleott roe# from away baek ac.vr tip?
kltrhea. “fen Jevrale keep *# baiV
eooPty aupcrCnrendeot, new she's may”
rledr
A great guffaw of laughter redut-e-d
poor Angle to teors; and Jennf# bad
to go over and comfort her. Ff wa#
att right flnr her to ask that and rbrtf
ought not to inngh nt Angta. sh Ibejff
Now. ynn’r* nil rtglit, and IH’* tVftt
about fh* new arhoolhonsA tad a#
forth. Jcnnl# brought tba raw flea
hark tn Angle’s Aires .fust fig that fl*
hour Jim toll the people a arid lender
cheers that ha had been asked te gw
Into th# rural school extension wnRc
In two states, and had been affared
a lino salary In either place, but tbn.'t
ho wasn’t even rans'dertag Idles# eg.
fers. And nbont that tim*, th# dbn-
dren Kcgna lo get sle*i*y aad cross
amt naughty, and Hut wowea set tW
mol too agencies which mimed th#
rronvfl fcoinov-nril.
* ###*#•'
Before s bright wood Are- -wbloh
iliey really didn’t need, bui how el*<*
was -Hitt'a mother ro dhow off Ih# Util#
fireplace?—eat Jrm aitd Jennie. Yhegr
had been together for a week now—
this being fbeir homecoming--and had
only begun te get renlly hnppy.
.lira sat looking Into the fire, eb*
IIvIoua of It. vrhen Jennie spelt*, her
voice aoerned t# waamais front J1W*
sblrt front.
“Hid yon hear," salt ahe, “artipt
Artj'e Talcotf n*!ted?'•
"tl’h'ra." said .Tint.
“Well," eald Jennie, “bow tjiflf fyi
married can ( go on btdltg efitnMT an-
pertntendenl T
There was a l«ng silence.
"Would you like t*Y' asked JIbl
"Kind of,” snUl Jennie: “If t hwesr
enough uhont things to do anything
worth while; but I'm afraid tb'at by
rising to my full bright I shall altray*
first fall te bo abto to see Over atty-
tblag."
“YouN*# done more flrtr Qin sehoal#
ad tba county." aatd JTra. "In th# last
year than any other enuniy supetln-
tendent hnx after tlouw"
“Ar.d we shall need the raouey sp
Ilko—no lfk» the dickens;" wns Jennie's
ref cinder.
"Oh. not so badly." toughed Shfi,
"except for tha tlrst year. Til has*
this lints farm paying njf much qa
some qnnrter aeetto«ia when wa get
squared about. Why- w# ran make a
llrhig on this achool farm, Jennie-—#r
fm not fit to ba the head af tha
arhori."
Thera was another alienee, during)
which Jennie took down her hair, and
wound It around Jim's neck.
"Tt will aettlo Itself one of (hes#
days anyhow," ssld he at last. “There'#
enough to do for both of nt tight
here.”
"Tlfrf they won't pay me," she pro-
tested.
“They don't pay tba ovUUatega*
wives." said Jim, "and yet the min-
ister* with the right sort of wive# ate
always tha brat paid. 1 guess you'll
be In the bill, Jennie,"
Jim walked to tho open wlpdoto and
looked out over tha still lanflseapai
Down ts the llttlo meadow grew tte
dreaming trees, their round epown#
rising as from a son not quttfc go tbf
level of the bnngalow, thrir thrill
leaves glistening In th# motmtla.
Across the pretty bridge lay the all*
Ihtle cnmpns with life Twentieth ete
tury temple faring Ita chief prlefet. P
was aft good, without and within.
He went across the ball to
mother good night. Sh# clung
ronviilstvcly. and they bad tto
flv* minutes which arranged
for these two silent nature#
new basis forever. Jennie wsfe la wb^
before the mantel when b
Rolling at ths tasrriptkra thereon:
“Lot Us Gesso Thinking 8s MueN
of Agricultural Education, end Devote
Ours*tv*s ts Educational Agriculture,
So Will th* Nation •# Mad# Etrsng,*
“Why didn't yog put It la Latinf*
sh* Inquired. “It would hare had a#
much mure distinction.'’
“I wanted It to have meaning fa-
sten d.” snlrt Jim. "And betides, nobody
who was at hand was quits sura how th
turn tHs Lat'.n phrase. Af# youf
Jennie leaned forward with h#r te
bows on her knees, and studied A
"I believe 1 could," said sb« Sfflto
out any pony, lint after all. I lik# D
better as it ta. I Uka srerytbUte Jla
—everythtag!"_ , T j
rifta
I tfi-
lleyt
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