The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-24
JEAnnETTE HoWzABW70RhA.
copYalsnr. 1897 az THE AUTHOR.


her, walked as far as the end of the lit
tie front porch, where he stood reflect
ing moment. Her sobs penetrated his
ears and his heart. A sweet olive
spread its glossy green canopy over the
rustic bench where he and the professor
fought their chess battles of evenings.
He bent one of the limbs toward him
and broke off spray of the shining
leaves and carried it back with him in
to the sitting room. Mamie sat where
he had left her
She had conquered that wild impulse
to sob and moan and was plating the
fringe on the sofa arm with nervous
fingers
"Goodl / am glad you are not the
hysterical sort that never stops crying
when it once gets started. Adrien's wife
was that kind. "
"Where is Annabel?"
"In Cuba, the last we heard of her.
I will give her the money to travel to
Jericho if only she will leave us at
peace. But-no, Martin is on the tapis
just now. If he never earned the right
to be called hero during the war,
child, he has during the harsher period
| of reconstruction. Who but he could
have held in check the yelling, cursing,
drinking demons that were bowling for
the blood Of every white man within
the radius of ten miles when the bullet
riddled body of that rogue, Westmun,
was brought here? 1t was a grand sight,
that boy Strong, pallid from the loss OF
blood, suffering the tortures OF thousand
deaths physically, springing in among
them and covering them by the mag
netic power of his voice and his daunt'
less will. And since then. Ostraclzed,
despised, misconstrued at every turn,
he has pursued the rough tenor OF his
way with dignity, an impartiality, a
superb indifference to consequences thai
have marked him truly great man. "
"He is fortunate in his eulogist, " sale
Mamie, smiling family into the ferven
I old face by her side.
ellis eulogistl Not so. am doln'
the man simple, bald justice. he ma
= mt this community where 1T could no
have been put in quarter OF centur:
G in point Of prosperity unaided by III
r indomitable will and superior contro
j of the freed masses of Ignorance and Ia
illness we have had to cope with. tel
d Won. girl, we cannot afford to CIV
strong Martin up. The neighborhoo
i. needs him. need him. l am an OF
i man. nv child and | have no son
II hold up my feeble hands. His brotn'
IA Seth is a good, well meaning child WI
,s will live on, achieving his highest en-
&c IN administering his new duties rs maj
ri oger and paymaster to the hirelings
.. nav place. He is well satisfied alreaI
h with the new order Of things But
+ is not Strong. Major Martin IS n
/ namesake, you know" This with pa
OF ent pride.
r. eyes, l know, know, but oor
'si understand. You seem to be appea,ii
70 me-throwing this whole awtul
sponsibility OH my shoulders.
hi 81 do l am. He is making his pre-
It's arations to go away. He who 1or thi
nd years now has endured the torture
lis ostracism, hatred, injustice and cruel
from an entire neighborhood refuses a
lot LONGER TO stand the obdurate dlscour''
on of one stubborn girl. :, .
pc "And is it you, the old aristocr
TX who pleads the cause OF the OVERSIZE
lot SOM"
'od ct owe it to him"
lat "You owe it to him? :,
ewes and thousandfold more u
tly 7 can ever repay. Girl, are you RESI-
on cd to make my abasement sun -
to gr;evous? See, to carry my poih',
bring a crumb of comfort to that MOI
tired soul. will tell you some'iiin
ng Ia never thought to breathe lno'
ow .' " ear. But if it will serve 10
Gus vince Won of the priceless value OIL
OF treasure you are about 10 nlhe am"'
an morontlv | will bare even that sc"i
your inspection. .ho.
az owe Strong Martin debt tha'
re- a .,.odates and far transcends 'ne
any record he has made. BACK yonu1 .,
the his college days--let me tell IL % - -
test IT, 90 nossible-my Adrien, poor v
=. ~ Of a weak father, gambled DIN pm
I'M; into a disgraceful predicamesnt... Oh. S''
Martin suffered VIGOROUSLY lor III 'nd
detected wrongdoing Of my graH ~
His whole life was affected py -, ~
drnve him into the enemy s ra1 M
u ,nos Adrien Strong who made a rev syi
O %" Strong Martin. TWAS from . Aas.
own o lips 1 received this s,,' coI 10 d
U when he thought he was gong ~. 70 i |;
+ the fever that made wreck OF n,S !, ,
1 , ,ns 80 Through all the imbitterea
q Of OFT his young manhood the oVI Is
z SC son protected my good d name -
- no. "onlv within the last year ma :
known that / knew how mu sa 10,
him him I had not thought ever ;, 70 .'o 10
ni mortal know it. Now 90 t you =
0 U.l at my championship OF ms :
DO d., you suppose it costs , me h IN = :
nlace this perilous condolences ~ ,nm
pis Che turned her plying, iun ,
Ill., oves full upon him and ia'u "
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