The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-04-13

Rutledge from the hand-mill, was
slashed by knife. Antywine flattened
himself against the door. The knife
shot past his head and stuck quiv-
ering in the opposite wall.
If New Salem folks had distrusted
this erratic and intermittent visitor
from the first, they quite made up
their minds about him when he dis
appeared once more after Shickshacks
funeral. 1t became generally known
how he had followed that poor Indian
to rob girl. The winter of the deep
snow gave shut-in householders plenty
| of time to talk. The fact that Pedro
Lorimer had been harbored at Clary's
Grove added no sweetness to his rep
utation. Some were afraid he would
come back and organize the wild spir-
It's there for any kind of local annex
alton which might strike his fancy.
But the northern winter, from which
tropical nature shrank, went by with
out disturbance. If Black Hawk had
| stirred in the northwest, he settled
| down to await better season. People
no longer rode in sleds over buried
Se-and-ridered fences. Vast white
frosted loaves of prairies, and forests
standing knee-deep in snow, returned
to their natural aspect. Streams ran
brimful, and Rock Creek covered half
the valley during the spring thaw.
Peggy had plenty of chances to loan
her money at a high rate of interest
to impecunious people, with little pros
pect of getting it back Lincoln said
he was not good adviser, for he had
failed at storekeeping, and made debts
which must cost him years of hard
work. But it appeared to him that her
gold was safer in the snakeskin coiled
around his waist than it would be
turned into anything else, until she
could buy and hold land.
Antywine and Peggy had gone back
TO Sally's cabin. But as the season adj
vanced and it was time to take up the
work of surveying again, Antywine
consulted Lincoln.
~ have made up my mind" he de-
clared, mot to live with that woman
some more at all. She have my fathers
goods, and her first mans goods, and
Shickshaclk's cabin. She is we'll off
There is that Onslow house at the
west end of the road. can buy it
myself for some trade. We will keep
house."
Peggy and you?"
"Yes,' replied Antywine, with inno-
cent enthusiasm. 81 will take care OF
her. Me, I can make moccasins;
can kill plenty deer and cure venison
When l am away with you to carry
the chain, she can bar the door and
keep Sally out, and l sleep easy.
not sleep easy, Sieur Abe, to go away
and leave her alone with that Sally
who may cast an evil eye or stick OF
wood at her the minute my back is
turn'!"
you better put off the housekeeping
until we come home" suggested
Lincoln, smiling, "and let Peggy
board at the tavern while we ara away
She has plenty of money"
Antywine's blue eyes flashed Joy al
the unfolding of this brilliant plan
He had never thought Of Peggy's
money as currency which might be
put to use. 1t was simply valuable
possession, boarded for her.
Peggy was directly received into the
Rutledge family, where she had an
abundance of good food and AIMS
teaching and companionship for g
stipulated sum in shillings and fps
amounting to less than two dollars g
week. To her it was season of Joy
and rapid development. Viane Rut-
ledge, herself budding into girlhood
watched the Spaniard with surprise and
reluctant approval. Peggy's angles
disappeared. Sb,, shot up taller. Her
iissome limbs were round. and her
hating step without a crutch had an
J appealing CHARM. Her little fsee