The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-06

| to Keep uDTcaSt Will INC ItllOWS Wn(
had an earlier start of me did moi
dream the regulation dreams about do
ing and daring and achieving? Do you
suppose l have seen all my fair castles
topple to the ground without one pang;
Rather, with such pangs as the very
devils in hell might PITY"
There was no supineness about him
now. He was standing erect, his broad
chest heaving with the intensity of his
emotion, his sad eyes glowing feverish-
ly. Liza could see his hand tremble as
he passed his handkerchief slowly across
his forehead. She went nearer to him
and laid her clasped hands on his bos-
ON. There was an inexpressible tender.
ness in her sweet face and in her clear
young voice when she spoke
what has changed the face of the
world so completely for you, brother
Strong? You used not to be cynic.
Seth says"
"Liesp
"A-woman?"
"No. A man
Zone man? One solitary man? One
single lie?"
lone solitary man. Butt loved
him. A single lie-but-a potent one. I"
And you could not stamp it out?"
Stamp out lie 1t is like prairie
fire. You stamp it out in one place and
while you are painting over its harmless
dead ashes it leaps venomously into
fresh activity just across the pathway
you have to travel. Perhaps if l had
seen the spark when it first fell-but-
one never does until it is too late-too
late for everything but resignation.
Liza stamped her foot passionately.
You talk like an old crone of 80!
And so you are going to sit down i'm
this loathsome spot, this brain paralyz.
ing solitude and throw away all your
God given talents and your four years
of hard study? Are you going through
life whimpering because one man has
played you falsep'
mot quite such an idiot I am try
ing to make lawyer of myself. 1 have
taken this place on three years lease
from Seth and hope, with the woodward
and the crop combined, to make enough
to carry myself through course of lee
lures"
II thought they were going to make
q doctor of your
THAT was the plan when the Strongs
were running the Martin family
There was revealing bitterness in
his tones. Liza pressed her hands more
tightly against his breast.
II know now that man, that lie 4!
Adrien Strong was the one and the |
other. Is it not SOP
He was spared the necessity for an
swering With scream of terror she |
clasped her hands over her
eyes and leaned against him, trembling
Liza! In the name of heaven, what |
ails you?"
He seized her hands and drew them |
away from her face. 1t was white to |
he very lips. Her eyes, still wide and
lark with fright, turned timidly to-
ward the window.
Horrible! A human face, with the |
yaunt, wolfish stare of a starved wild |
BEAST Oh, Strong, look for him Pity
lim -
"Where? What did he look like? Do
compose yourself, Liza. There is moth
ng to be nervous about. Was it man
n boy?"
"A boy perhaps; only starved into
he likeness of an old man. Such tat
cred, forlorn pair of shoulders under
he yellow, haggard FACET
Strong was hastily turning over a
,ile of newspapers on the table.
docs this fit? Yellow, did you say?
listen:
"Ran away from the Laurel Dell plantation,
oy, 1S years of age-small for his years-griff
n color. Answers to the name Of french Abe.
suitable reward for his detention or his re. |
urn to Laurel Dell
-. B. FoULKs, Manager.
docs the description ftp" Strong
sked, laying the paper down.
II don't know" said Liza, gazing
bsently toward the window.
do be sensible, Liza. You certainly
aw the scamp"
"Only pair of hungry eyes and
jagged shoulders; nothing more.
(Which way did he go?''
81 don't know
"Confound it! wish you had not
have promised Foulks to
eep lookout for him. If it is Ran
'hambliss' Abe, I could have given
i'm word of comfort. Ran wants it
iven out that he shan't be touched.
[e is sort of pet of Chambliss', and
'oulks is anxious to get him back. If
on were not here, would ride over to
aurel Dell and tell Foulks. Ipromised,
heard anything of him."
go. am not afraid.