Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-10-25

Mr.. Strachan shook his head.
1t was distinctly irregular. doctor. !
y clearer ease for quarter sessions ! /
have never heard
'rcrhaps not; but then l should
have lost Il most competent groom.
and now. thanks 10 vow. shall keep
him
Are ynu sur. lie VIII he worth keep
ilg after this" asked the Anglo In
dian. sucking ut his cheroot. which
was but shade darker than his with ,
cred face.
Worth keeping? He will he better
worth it than before. 1t does them
good"
THAT IS not my invariablc expert
encc." said Mr.. Strachan, shaking his
head again
but it is minc." cried the doctor.
"Thcy are never any good until they
feel Your power. They never feel your
power until they have first felt the
lash" And he emphasized the senti-
mcnt by giving the table cut with his
came.
Il have not always found 1t So"
maintained the other "In your place
/ should have let that man go to quar-
ter sessions. There are the markings Of
a desperate criminal in him or I'm
much mistaken"
Or. Sullivan flushed and frightened
beneath his white hairs, like a man on
his mettle. desperate criminal?" he
repeated eagerly. Hes one already,
my dear sir, and all the better! Wen
see what we can do to tame him.
Well see what we can do to break his
spirit. You know what my son says,
Strachan? He never was beSted by
convict yet 1t would never do for
him to remain bested by this one. and
that's another reason why he mustn't
slip through our fingers just yet. No:
we shall show him who are his mas
tiers. We shall bend or break his spirit
us / bend
He sprang up, with his bamboo cane,
and rushed to the door. as sudden
outcry arose in the yard. At the door.
however. even DR.. Sullivan paused
| aghast
"Strachan! Strachan" he cried.
Good heavens. You We're right!
Look here"
What had happened will be the bet
| ter understood when 1t Is explained
| that the courthouse was not house at
all. but mere ring Of weather board
huts, Of which the justice room was
one. the lookup another the constables'
| rt n third nd n md n cta-
| BILE fourth and fifth. The yard thus
| formed was Furthermore Enclosed by a
| brushwOOd fence. broken only between
the stables and the justice room, where
there was a gate instead, and In the
| very center Of this open space. blot
ting the edge Of the deep sky and scor-
| ing the dazzling earth with shadows
like scars, stood that worse than gal
lows. at which men were beaten into
brutes and brutes into devils week
after week throughout the year.
A sergeant and two constables FORM
ed the garrison Of this lodge Of law
and order in the wilderness. The ser
geant was IN emancipist, and Of the
| trio only one had come to the country
on his own account. The thirl was
octnlly a convict at this very time
and glaring ruffian into the bargain.
Originally q butcher boy, who had
robbed his master In the City road, he
still smacked Of the slaughter house,
with his raw red face and cruel eye,
and on this young felon devolved the
| congenial task Of administering the
| lash.
In such hands Tom was led to the
triangles. with white face, but quick
| ened eyes. The ticket Of leave over
seer was also of the party, filling his
pipe and grinning to himself between
| his flaming whiskers, like man pre-
pared to enjoy the thing thoroughly.
The sergeant, however, made him
stand back little, though with wink
as he touched the culprit on the Shout
der.
"Come. my lad" said the sergeant
confidentially, 1T needn't hurt you
when all's said and DONE"
Tom looked at him in faint astonish-
ment.
I'VE amt obliged to lay 1t on that
| shAth' puASdCh NAC bCABCuhI Ill thC
| same confidential tone. Its all left
| to us. 1t needn't hurt him, need 1t,
mates|"
"Not If he comes up to the mark.
But he won't, no fearw said the ex-
butcher. who had got the cat and was
practicing with 1t upon the woodwork
Of the whipping frame.
well ask him." said the sergeant.
well give him the chance. Will you
come up to the mark, my son. or will
you take 1t hotY"
Tom looked Mt his inquisitors with
Sullen, puzzled expression and CHANGED
to see the overseer ut little distance
| shaking his head and touching his
| pockets.
| "Not got any?" cried the sergeant.
"You ask him." returned Ginger.
Got no money!" said the sergeant.
"That's what we mean by coming up
to the mark. you know"
"a pound apiece" suggested the free
constable-''that'd soften the job"
He stared ut them In logged def
ance.
Il told you So" said the butcher.
throwing down the cat. Lets truss
him up"
even pound between u.s. the SER
geant had said, when the butcher be-
gan to grumble and Toms lip to curl,
and this settled 1t.
"Up with himw cried the sergeant.
"We'll teach you to sneer at us. my
gamecock! Stop a bit, though. His
legs won't stretch in these here irons.
Who the blazes put them on" And
the Jealous officer knelt himself to I'M
fasten n pair Of anklets coupled by
| short but massive chain and employed
Illegally by Dr. Sullivan on his farm.
a pair Of figure handouts had been
locked upon Toms wrists Mt the same
time, but both his wrists and his hands
were small. and during the night he
had found that he could slip out Of
these at any moment. He was out Of
them now before soul dreamed Of it,
so slyly did he stand to have the
no oly 1T