Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-03

daf1in's, she called to them. Quick,
run for dadw
The woman turned to see who was
behind her, and the desperate Nora
seized her by the wrist. "Give me the
gun" she called.
81 won't! Le' go mev' shrieked the
intruder. jerking hard in the effort to
free her hand
Ann seized the other arm. 81 prom
ise," she said quietly, fixing her eyes
full upon those of the Infatuated wo-
man, who ceased to struggle. Now
go away"
you promise?"
| 81 promisew
The woman again laughed harshly,
drunkenly. Il don't trust you. I'll kill
you; then 1 know. Let go me!'' she
called. Let go or I'll smash your
FACET
Matt! Oh, Matt" called Nora as
she chung desperately to that terrible
| wrist.
Help came from an unexpected quar-
| ter. Like fash, Woo, the new Chinese
COOK of the household, rushed into The
| room and flung himself on the mad
| wretch. His long fingers encircled her
| throat. 'tDlOp it!' he CURLY command
ed. "Dlop gum 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
dantelous. 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 patheticalIy tawdry, as she had
been hideous and menacing in her
wrath. Ann shuddered with 4 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 rumped 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, all thought
OF revenge swallowed up in a 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 alonew
she said to Woo, with Il 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 a 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 a 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
ised. I'm going now"
Woo explained: "'She Munlo's wife.
Belly dlunk-allee same clay. Take
um gun-go shoot lady" He pointed
at Ann. Me choke um. She fall on
glound. No get up. Nola catchee gun"
Kelly followed the invader You go
back to where you came from and stay
there or twill be the worse for We. ye
murderin' omadhaun."
70 hnr nd
herself down upon her bed in such
abasement as she had never known In
all her life. She could not deceive
herself. She had brought this horri
BILE assault upon herself by something
more than tolerance of Munro.
The woman's ignorance ana taste
lessness, her common voice, her badly
fitting garments, her incredible base
ness of speech, all came back. Ann
Rupert rival to that being" or
course she had never for an instant di-
rectly encouraged Munro, and yet he
had appealed to her and she had lis
tened.
"Rob should have warned me-" she
complained, her mind going back to the
man she could trust. AT the moment
she could not see or would not &C
knowledge that Raymond had ventured
as far as he dared in revealing Mum
ro's private life. She was too angry
with herself and every one around her
to be just. AS her flaming wrath died
she grew cold and bitter. This is
what comes of going outside ones own
proper world. l shall leave the peak
at once, and I hope shall never see 1t
or hear 1t spoken Of again."
ITO he COntinued.)