Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-02
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suddenly up, an it seemed as if tbs. fire in her
eyes had dried up all the tears
81" The gambler chap you took up with an
run away from home with
g It's false said the woman, false as
help
Doubling Dixon locked wonderfully pug.
xled at this
''.Didn't you leave me, Kati4?' he said.
ri did, Harry answered the woman. 4
left you for your own good 1 left YOU be-
cause saw nothing but ruin for YOU. bolv
an soul, an weary poverty for the little boy
an me. You drank the last cent auav that
you an could earn
g i did bowl up too much said Dixon
but then
"l left the child with its father in the faint
hope that it might work IN you reformation.
knew he was the apple OF your eve, and
trusted he might save you. He has. I now
como back to take 9 last farewell of him an
you, an to thank God for having kept my
loved ones so secure
I" Ben Dalnley said you eloped with a
gambler an went to Philadelphia
OK He Hed!'
"'Your wife speaks the truth, said the
handsome lady, I have known her history
since she left your humble home, and stole
away to trust, to wait, to pray. She comes
to you as pure an as true wife as the day
she left your roof
q Doubling Dixon leaned against the door
casing for support. The strong mans tears
were coming now, dropping full an fast. He
looked at the little, wondering kid, an the
kaeelirg mother, smothering it with
caresses. Then he stepped away from the
door casing, hesitated q moment, as though
fearful Of repulse, threw open his arms, and
said:
% sKatier
ffIn another moment the wife, kid and
Doubling Dixon were all mixed up in q hug
ging match, and the handsome woman from
Massachusetts, who had at her own expense,
brought ABOUT this happy reunion, looked SO
pleased and delighted over the success Of her
scheme, that she really deserved hugging by
somebody on her own account.
''That night, Doubling Dixon and Ben
Darnley, the vicious New York gambler, met.
"'You are positive said Dixon, that my
wife eloped with the Philadelphia faro
dealerH
"'Know it," said Darnley. why she
even limited once that she would leave home
with me if 1 would come west
"'Say, Darnley, now be honest, didn't you
kinder try to take advantage of me, an
make love to Kate!'
"'Yes, Dixon, since everything is all over
now, an you know just what kind of a
woman your wife is, I'll confess that did
But, then, to be honest agin, I'll just say that
she fairly froze the blood in my veins with
her indignation. Heigh, no! This is id
curious world, an very few people ever get
out of it alive
''ERight you are Kissed Dixon. You are
right, Darnley. Old man, my wife is safe an
sound in her own home, with her own boy,
an under the protection of her own hus-
band, an all this in spite of your devilish
revenge. Ben Darnley, for years you have
kept my wife an apart. For years you
have daily lied to me, an worked upon the
passions Of a weak an doubling man
"'Hold hard there, Dixon, or by the gods
of war, I'll kill you!'
'''I doubt it, Darnley. This is a day of
retributive justice. You will not kill me-
Ben Darnley was quick with his gun, an
a flash an report were his answer to Dixon.
Then Darnley turned and ran into a saloon.
He had missed his man. Cool an disposition
ate, Doubling Dixon, standing outside on the
sidewalk, looked down the long, brilliantly
lighted saloon. He looked along the bright
shining barrel of his revolver. At the farther
end of the saloon crouched Darnley. Cool
an dispassionate, Doubling Dixon took
deadly AIM an down through the ninety
feet of gIittering light and gilded mirrors
he sent bullet true TO the heart Of Ben
Darnley."