The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-27
Stories of an Inland State.

measure of renown on account of ii:
heavy armament on all occasions. He came
into the undertaker's establishment thi:
evening all covered with perspiration, and
raising one hand and puckering his lips
said. with a sinister roll of his eyes:
'S-s-sh,"
Both men arose. wattles smiling. Martin
very grave.
What's the natter" asked Wattles
spreading his legs and inserting his hands
in his hip-pockets. "Burglars?'
'Bombglars already" said the sheriff,
still holding the om;nous hand aIoft.
Bomb who?" asked Wattles.
"Oh. am SO excited Already said the
sheriff II got so much telegram from Chi
cego Indicating it by separating his
'bands,) and with so much instructions.
was not 10 attempt to arrest them alone,
but / must have posse and I must take
| EN- alive and breathing. And l must do
it already quick"
"What?'' asked wattIes
what, Arrest: What. Arrest them, OF
course"'
.'Who?"
II have ordered the boys Gut, all of them,
and we're going TO scour the town and
| then well get horses already and scour the
| country the whole country"
That's all right said Wattles who
are you hunting?''
Didn't tell you that? Anarchists from
! Chicago-a woman and a man, and the
mans name is John Wright, and he used
! TO live hereabout already
Wattles opened his eyes very widely The
undertaken. long trained in deception, did
rot move a muscle.
They are here in town." exclaimed Wat
| ties.
"Ya," said the sheriff, broadly. over
! joyed that his own excitement was shared.
They got off the train tonight and the
de scription fits. The woman had band
age over her eyes already. They are here
We will scour the town.
well. why don't You do it?" This from
Martin, who was very red.
II am waiting for the boys"
This random conversation was simulta-
neous with a quick movement of John
Wright's. He almost carried Nell Everett
to rear door and showed her out, following
her and closing the door and making up
the alley quickly.
Knowing that fight was useless, still he
fled. The whole passion of his embittered
nature seemed to arise more at the
thought of surrendering to any mere tool
of a system Of courts than at the
thought of merely surrendering. But in
his own mind he did not deny the right of
the law to stay him and confine him. He
had fought against the law and circum-
stances had delivered him into the hands
of his enemy. His arrest VS. merely a
formal closing of the incident. He had
meant to be merciless with the law. He
did not fret because Il was to be merciIess
with him. The more he became convinced
that he was contented with this line OF
thought, the more his responsibility for the
woman at his side grew. TO goad him. If
IA - - i
II. She had not partaken of his thoughts
and she could not callous herself against
the crushing outcome of the battle which
she must innocently share.
They we're out in the country road when
ne stopped, and in a calm. low voice told
her Of his defeated plans, the likelihood OF
capture, the certain proof OF her completely,
as the courts would see it, and asked her
In conclusion if she would go on with him
and take the risk.
She answered that she would go on.
So they went on in silence, and at length |
he said with touch of enthusiasm in his |
voice which She even in her pain, noted:
You place yourself in my haDds?" |
Eyes"
And in my judgment?'
Yes" !
ITO acqu;esce in everything"
YES"
When you act at my suggestion you act
solely on your own responsibility"
She did not answer, not having interpret
ed his remark.
IF choose death do you choose death7"
II am blind" she said, with a heart
broken sob.
He trembled uneasily at the tone, but re-
covering himself, said:
II do not fear responsibility I asked |
your consent TO death in respect for you,
not IN fear OF any other agency, human or
divine
Are We so near death?" she said strong
ly.
were at the day of our birth, when death
began to count the pulse-beats Ike a
greedy miser computing his meagre gold.
Life is the progress of death. The first |
breath of the infant is the beginning OF !
the end Death Is our master. who rewards |
US that he may rob. AS that he gives is
his, what should we care whether he takes |
it back now or tomorrow
She did not answer. From the beginning
Of their fight over the country road, her
utter helplessness had brought her a won
derfu resignation. Not only could she
look to the dark future with eauanirnity
was the past. filled her mind with a singular
sweetness, untainted even by pathos.
II she could have lived 10 see il she could
not have more plainly had evidence of the
ultimate happiness OF her lover, Joseph /
Reuter- She seemed TO know now that love
IS not all that II is subordinate TO circum-
stance TO honor, aye. even convenience.
The unlived fact. which was months after
Of Joey's honorable triumph
over a guilty impulse. with the aid of die
-ating circumstances. and the fading of his
passion for Nell Everett until il became a
memory. the falling away OF deceit in his
owe for Madge, his final calm, satisfied ef-
lection in her. their horne. their children. |
heir happiness. their joy. were facts un-
porn and unshsped. but 10 NeIIs mind real |
Ind strangely happy
This future which seemed now to De the
last, brought with IL a vision OF her lover
among his children and his books. with !
is wife al his side on a winter evening |
oohing INTO the glowing Goals OF a roaring
;rate, and seeing there the face of w.
nan. who would have taken him. whom
lie would have taken. the memory OF an
10 seat an the park, the memory of a mo-
'osed flight, the memory of a long wait .
mere in the afternoon shadows the memory
I disappointment and anguish and OF
sulIt The memory OF discovering he-
ame in the newspapers ana Of her bad
ssocia tons; OF John Wright; the new risk.
e might have taken had he fed with her.
n tins future. which was to her the past .
he heard little sigh and saw him stoop
nd kiss his wife and rest content. Ard I
he said 10 herself tha. he loved the mem
~ OF love better than his wife | I
nd smiled.
Could her spirit have lowered near in FL e
ure years. this she would have seen. for II &