The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-16

the men babe him quit or he'd start
fire in spite Of them. "You'll have u
all in tlazes before our time" were tn
soldiers words.
mot l. Fires my friend, answere,
Graice in surly tone.
And likely 20 give We long ant
warm welcome if ye carry TO purgator,
the spirit We so sweetly manifest here
How yer friendY' retorted Rorke.
II mean il saved my life year ag,
in Mexico. saw girl once too Otter
for her lovers good-hot headed cur liz
would have it and got tin the heart
and got in quod. and our consul could
not help me. am not the kind of citi.
zen the United States hinders a foreign
government fNm sending to kingdom
come, and / was mighty nigh getting
there"
And We didn't" said Terry, highly
interested. 1.-The Interpretations of hiv-
en- are past flndin out. -
Fires stood my friend, say l had
my pipe-greasers ain t the Did mar.
tinets you have here-and a spark went
into the straw. 1t blazed in an instant.
There was hi to pay, with the guard
and greasers and prisoners running
every which way. The prison had lit
tie tower, like that, yonder," said he,
pointing to the wooden structure above
the old guardhouse. Il saw my chance
II the confusion and ran for it. 1t was
stone and never took fire, and got safe
ly away at night and vamoosed the
country and read afterward how the
flames had devoured the ruffianly muir
derer Roy and here he caught him.
self, with sudden gulp, seeing Rorke's
suspicious eyes on him.
Eth, Graice? Roy, We were sayin.
Murderer, roisterer and rascal, Tom
Graice," he went on. $50 I've nothing
to fear from fire.
Rorke eyed him long and distrustfui-
ly, grunting audible comment on the
story, to which some of the men had lis
tened in absorbed interest, while others
were busily removing the picture and
setting it in place upon the wall. Then,
as 1t was fairly hung, Grow Knife STEP
ped back across the room. his eyes rev.
erently fixed upon the fine, soldierly
face. Graice, meantime, after hurried
glance about him, had drawn flask
from his vest pocket and had lifted it to
his lips, when Rorke grabbed it.
II thought SO, We mad Drained CAB
bier! Yell be drunk before the days
half over. Get up and look at the pic
ture, man. It's lookin at We straight
and stern"
"Who-who's looking at me? What
ID rot are you talking?" shuddered
Graice
"The colonel is, and as if he didn't
relish the sight. Small blame to him."
Its saying Ct my people, said
Grow in his slow, solemn tone, "Whom
the eyes Of the dead call must rise and
follow"
"You croaking''- Kissed Graice,
leaping to his feet and rushing at the
Indian, but Rorke threw himself be-
tween them.
"Play wild fire when ye may, man,
but niver wild tame tiger Hush now.
Go out this door and cool that crazy
head of yers. Here come the ladies. 4"
Instantly the excited group scattered,
the men resuming their work as though
at no time thought of crime or quarrel
had entered there, but Rorke's heart
was humping hard as he went to his sta
ton. First to enter were Captain Leale
and Mrs. Daunton, though the blithe
voices and CHEEKY laughter of the others J
could be heard without Evidently there
was fun at Kitty's expense, and Leale
had seized the opportunity to draw
Helen to one side. They were talking
as they entered.
1T seems providential that Wills |
first station should bring his mother
back to the old home. Here and now at
least she should be safe from all shock, |
with your care to guard her,
Mrs. Daunton. She said to me only |
yesterday: Helen came to me only q /
little over year ago, but 1 think have |
needed her for years. She is dear to me,
almost as my own daughter "
God bless her for those words, "said !
Helen, deeply moved. Il came to her
as dependent. but she has taught me
a new definition Of motherhood.
Motherhood has its sorrowful mean.
ihB ioI MIS-. drTdr, Salu Leale grave
ly, his handsome dark eyes fixed upon
her face. Has she never spoken to you
about Royle, her eldest son?''
"She has sometimes mentioned him."
said Helen, with great constraint. "But
she can hardly bear to speak of him,
and l know the bitter sorrow he brought
to every one who loved him, but" she
added quickly, as though eager to
change the subject, "how cozy and
warm and Christmasy it looks and
smells l shall have another new defini-
tion-what Christmas means. We learn
many definitions, do we not, as life goes
On, and sometimes fate is good to us and
ets us learn the happiest last
And you have learned sad one of
Christmas?''
"If A very sad one. My own baby
lied in my arms on Christmas eve."
Leale bent earnestly toward the sad,
weet face, a deep emotion in his own,
,ut at the moment Ellis entered, follow