The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-08-22

u mdke more money, because ye're
afraid Of preachin' at any Of us, partly
because We know the little good it'd
be and partly because ye have humor.
Well, I'm thinkin' yell git yer way.
I'm willin' to go into the missionary
business with yer
Mixer said Joe angrily, but he
grew very red and failed to meet the
others eye, "1'm not
eyes, ye arev' cried Sheehan. Eyes,
sir! It's thing ye prob'ly haven't
had the nerve to say to yerself since
boy, but that's yer notion inside.
Ye're little better than a missionary.
It took me long while to understand
what was drivin' ye, but I do now.
And we've gone the right way about it.
because we know yell stand fer US
when we're in trouble and fight fer
US till we git square deal, as ye're
goin' to fight fer Happy now"
Joe looked deeply troubled. "Never
mind" he said GROSSLY and with visible
embarrassment "You think you could
not make more at the Beach if you
ran it Old my plan?'
"1'm game to try" said Sheehan
slowly. Pm too old to hold 'em down
out there the way yoosta could, and
I'm sick Of it-sick of it into the very
bQnes Of me- He wiped his forehead.
where's Claudine?"
HELD as witness.''
I'm not sorry fer her!' said the red
bearded man emphatically. "Women
o that kind are so light headed it's a
wonder they don't float. Think of her
pickin' up Cory's gun from the floor
and hidin' it in her clothes! Took it
fer granted it was Happy's and
thought she'd help him by hidin' It!
There's a hard point fer We, Joe-to
prove the gun belonged to. Cory.
There's nobody about here could
swear to it. I couldn't myself, though
I forced him to stick It back in his
pocket yesterday. He was a wan
derer, too, and yell have to send a
keen one to trace him, I'm thinkin', to
find out where he got it SOS We can
show it in COURT
I'm going myself. I've found out
SAAoS
"And from where before that?"
II don't know, but I'll keep on trav-
cling till get what want
'That's right, my boy" exclaimed
the other heartily. 1T may be long
trip, but ye're all the little man has to
,sepend on. Did We notice the Tocsin
didn't even give him the credit fer CIV
in himself up?''
eyes," said Joe. Its part of their
game"
Did it strike ye now" Mr. Sheehan
asked earnestly, leaning forward in
bis chair-"did it strike ye that the
Tocsin was aimin' more to do Happy
harm because Of you than himself?"
YES" Joe looked sadly out Of the
window. "1've thought that over, and
it seemed possible that I might do
Happy more good by giving his case to
some other lawyer"
mo, sir?' exclaimed the proprietor
OF Beaver Beach loudly. They've be-
gun their attack, they're bound to keep
it up, and they'd manage to turn it to
the discredit Of both of ye Besides, .
Happy wouldn't have no other LAWYER. ;
He'd ruther be hung with you fightin'
Ter him than be cleared by anybody
else. I D'iieve it, on nv soul I do,
But look here" he went on, leaning
still farther forward, II want to know
If it struck ye that this morning the
Tocsin attacked We in way that was
somehow vi'lenter than ever before"
eyes," replied Joe, because it was
aimed to strike where it would most
count"
1T amt only tnat," said the other
excitedly-"it amt only that! 1 want
We to listen. Now, see here, the Tocsin
is Pike, and the town is Pike-I mean
the town We naturally belonged to.
Amt it?"
I'm way. suppose-yes."
In way! echoed the other scorn.
fully. Eye know it is! Even as a boy
Pike disliked We and hated the kind Of
boy We was. Ye wasn't respectable,
and he was. Ye wasn't rich, and he
was. Ye had a grin on yer face when
ye'd meet him on the street. The red
bearded man broke OFF at a gesture
from Joe and exclaimed sharply: Don't
deny it! know what ye was like!
Ye wasn't impudent, but ye looked at
him as if ye saw through him. Now
Listen and I'll lead ye somewhere Ye
run with riffraff. Now, 1 ask We this:
we've had one part of Canaan with We
from the start-my part that is-but
the others against ye. That parts
Pike, and it's the rulin' part''-
Eyes, Mike" said Joe YEARLY. IN
the spirit of things. I know"
mo, sir,'' cried the other THAT'S
the trouble; ye don't know. There's
more in Canaan than we've understood.
Listen to this: Why was the Tocsin's
attack harder this morning than ever
before? On yer soul didn't it sound so
bitter that it sounded desprit? Now,
why? It looked to me as if it had
started to ruin ye, this time fer good
and all! Why? What have ye had to