The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-03-29

"
He is down ut the lake fishing. We
had hoped that this matter was dead
at last, but 1t seems that the man
desires n malicious revenge 1t says
embeZzlement."
Joe nodded his head as he looked
away over the prairie.
But ii is false. 1t was a partner
ship business. and the other man was
seeking to cheat father and fell into
his own trap"
1t was likely that way" nodded Joe.
But father even restored the money
after awhile. all but paltry sum. He
would also have restored that. unjust
as it was, but he has been bounded
and driven till he has become des-
perate aIk determined. Is that wretch
TO follow him TO his grave?'
Joe sat down on the ground and
dropped his chin on his hands and
appeared TO be thinking. The girl had
put the warrant back into his hands.
and there was sob in her throat as
she turned and entered the house. Ii
was i quarter OF an hour before she
reappeared. Joe looked up into her
face with eyes telling OF sympathy and
love. and blush came to her cheek
as she asked:
We'll. what are you going to do
about it!'
Its going-it's going to be the hard
est thing of my life." he replied. but
I've got to do my sworn duty. 1 must
do il or stand impeached- Girl. you
don't know
Joe she interrupted. calling him
by that name for the first time. "a
girl knows when she Is loved"
Yes. she ought to. and you ought TO
know that | love you"
IL do. Joe. and ! love you I'm return.
and you will break my heart IL you
drag my old father TO Jail. Say that
you won't do it-that you will leave
the warrant unserved."
DUTY, girl" he whispered as he rose
up and put his arms around her and
kissed her for the first time.
Then you will arrest him?'
He kissed her again and turned
away toward the lake. looking at the
paper in his hand through tears in his
eyes. He had not taken a hundred
steps. however. before rife cracked.
and he pitched forward on the grass.
His horse would have dashed OF al
the sudden report. but It was secured
by the girl.
How did IL come about?' asked the
| doctor. who had hurried home at the
| report OF the rife and found his daugh-
| ter standing over q wounded and un
| conscious man
"He-he started TO the lake to find
you. and a gun went offg' replied the
| girl between her sobs.
"And-and did he have any legal
| paper with himT' queried the father In
| q whisper.
| "If he had. Il has been burned. Tel
me. father. is he fatally woundedT'
| mo. The bullet plowed along his
scalp. and he will be all right in d
| week. i Will load up the wagon, and
| we must move on and find another
asylum"
But the man-Mr. Taylor-JoeT
she asked.
I'VE shall take him with Us. He
will need my skill and your nursing
for some days to come"
Ii was two weeks later Wnen tn'
sheriff opened his eyes and saw Molli'
Davy seated near his bedside. Th'
old claim had been left hundred milei
behind aud the abandoned cabin of {
settler had been taken possession OF
Joe Taylor had been nursed and tend
ed through fever as the wagon ROLLED
along.
''Mollie, take 1t that 1t was betwix
dad and me?' he said as she saw tina
he had come back TO earth again.
"It was, joe" she replied. "But
now
But now it's betwixt you and me
and as soon as I can shake myself to
gether I'll fix things so that you won
have to do any more moving. Thanks
dear. that you shot little too highr'