The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-05-26
The World Against Him
BY WILL N. HARDEN.
Copyright. 100, by
AN. Kellogg Newspaper Company.
CHAPTER IIl.-CoNrrNuED.


He Ind put all the things back into
the basket, when he noticed for the
first time the awful white look on Ron
AIDS face.
"Why, what's the natter" he asked.
"Did il hurt your
Ronald was slowly rubbing a bleed
ing bruise on the back Of his hand, but
be seemed not 10 be thinking of it.
Tile drove against me on purpose" he
said, the words seeming TO come from
far down in his throat-"deliberatel
on purpose, 1 tell you"
DO you reckon so, ROM"
81 know i'll"
David gazed at him steadily for a
moment, then he remarked:
ITO tell you the truth, Ron, l thought
so myself. You sec, was behind; he
kept the bosses squar in the road till
he passed me, an then l seed i'm pull
like all possessed on the left rein. But
why don't you come on? You know it's
late an the old man fuses when we are
late"
Still our hero stood rubbing his hand
and staring in front Of him. When he
finally spoke, his voice quivered and
sounded unnatural.
IL shall never rest till / have resent
ed it," he said, as il communing with
himself. 81 could not live and take that
off any man alive"
"Oh, come off," said his companion,
'you don't really mean you win take
i'm to taw about it,"
81 certainly mean nothing else"
David laughed. "lIen you is differ
ent in sech things, Rem. Now ef n fe.-
Ter o my own sort gets on the back
o. my neck an pulls hair to blow lis
nose on, 1 politely invite i'm down to
see which has the most grit, me or
him, an Of n man who amt my equal
"A buck niger for instance-darcs TO
give me any o. his lip, jest knock IN
down an wash my hans, but law mel
j hain't no han to pick difficulties
with the big rich. 1 never knowed no
body TO do IL that didn't come out at
the little end o. the horn with their
clothes drug Oft. A Teller like that
squint-eyed dude will jest set up in
court an look tired when he swclrs
out case agin you fur assault an
battery, an all the good lawyers in
town will huddlc round him like
passle o. ants round a dead doodle
bug. The court will have Obliged 20
appoint some new beginner TO defend
you an thar you arctic laughin'
stock o. the whole layout. No, I'll
take lot off'n one o. that sort fore
I'll git up scrap with m"
They were moving on now, and Ron
aid made no comment on what his
brother was saying. The fire Of his
angry heart still burned in his eyes and
his chin was quivering helplessly. That
night he sat only for a moment at the
supper table, and then, unnoticed by
the others, he went up 10 his little room
under the sloping roof and lighted his
lamp. -Four or five new magazines lay
unopened on his table, but he did not
look Mt them.
About ten o'clock, when the house
stairs softly, so rs not to disturb his
father, who was light sleeper, and
was about 20 turn into his own room
when he bethought himself OF Ronald,
whose door was slightly ojar.
swell, I'll be DANCED" he cried, look
ing into the lighted room, and finding
his brother up. "shorely, you hain't
still frettin' over that business. j
wouldn't let little thing like that
bother me q minute"
II was just going TO bed" said Rom
aid, looking mp. II am going now.
Don't worry about me-"
Dave laughed significantly, and
pointed TO q revolver which. like pa
per-weight, rested on n pile Of loose
papers.
"I'll bet that pup has got its stom-
nch full for the first time sence you
bought II Ave yeer ago. Whewl" The
speaker whistled In low surprise as he
noticed another revolver protruding
from a newspaper on the table. Amt
that my thirty-eight calibcr?"
Ronald avoided his glance.
II got II In your room just now"
Dave stood perfectly still for mo-
inert. q great look Of wonder on his