Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-18

cook of the household, rushed into the
room and flung himself on the mad
wretch. His long fingers encircled her
throat. "Dlop it!' he CURLY command
ed. "Dlop gun!" For few moments
the woman struggled, then the re-
volver fell to the floor, and Nora
snatched it up.
Woo turned the gasping, hiccoughing
creature to the door and flung her out
upon the ground. you dunk. Go
home. Stop home. Me sable you-you
sable me-" he said as he bent above
her.
Ann interposed. Don't hurt her,
Woo"
He stood beside her while she slowly
regained a sitting posture. "She belly
dangelous. Me go tell Munlo. She
fight-me kick"
The poor creature now seemed daZed
and broken and began to weep, and
with her tears became as abjectly pitt
full, as pathetically tawdry, as she had
been hideous and menacing in her
wrath. Ann shuddered with bitter
nausea, disorder that was half phys.
ical weakness, half mental repulsion
There was something CHASTITY beyond
words in this creature sitting In ut
ter abandonment in her rumpled fin
cry, which the pitiless sun dissected.
STOPPING, she took the miserable one
by the arm. Get up. You must not
sit there"
Slowly the woman rose, oil thought
of revenge swallowed up in wave Of
maudlin self pity. You're all agin
me-all OF We! guess you wouldn't
like it to have your husband stolen by
another woman. You let me alone!"
she said to Woo, with a flash Of anger.
you pigtail, what business you got to
lay hands on white lady?"
The creature began to pour forth q
flood of vile epithets. directed toward
the patient Woo, who tried again and
again to lift her and was in the midst
Of howl of wrath when Matt came
round the corner of the house.
whats all this?" he asked sharply
The woman suddenly rose to her feet
well aware that man had arrived
and began to humble and weep again
Nora ran to her husband. "Oh, Matt
drive her away. She tried to kill u.s."
"Who is she? Who are you, and
what are you doing here anyway"
The woman, quite dismayed, began
to retreat. ITS all right. She prom
Used. I'm going now
| Woo explained: "She Munlo's wife
Belly dlunk-allee same Clay. TAX,
um gun-go shoot lady" He pointed
at Ann. "Me choke UNI. She fall OF
glound. No get up. Nola catchee gun
Kelly followed the invader. "You &,
back to where you came from and sta,
there or twill be the worse for We, "
murderin' omadhaun."
Ann went to her room and fun,
herself down upon her bed in sucl
abasement as she had never known Il
all her life. She could not deceiv
herself. She had brought this horrl
BILE assault upon herself by somethin
more than tolerance of Munro
The woman's Ignorance and taste
lessness, her common voice, her badl
fitting garments, her incredible base
ness of speech, all came back. IAN
Rupert Il rival 10 1T being!' O
course she lad net, 10: an instant d
rcctly encouraged Munro, and yet h
had appealed to her and she had Ii.
tened.
Rob should have warned me-" sll
complained, her mind going back to th
man she could trust. At the momer
she could not see or would not n,
knowledge that Raymond had venture
as far us lie dared in revealing Mul
ro's private life. She was too angr
with herself and every one around lie
to be just. AS her flaming wrath die
she grew cold and bitter. "rhis
what comes of going outside ones ow
! proper world. shall leave the pea
ut once, and l hope shall never see
, or hear 1t spoken of again"