The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-09-20

disgrace and the loss OF their stolen
goods. Contempt Of court is the &C
cusation, but you might as well con-
Wet a murderer for breach Of the /
peace. We've thrown them Off, it's |
true. and they won't trouble US again, |
but they'll never have to answer for |
theis real infamy. That will go IN |
punished while their lawyers bubble |
over technicalities and rules OF court.
I guess it's true that there isn't snv
law Of God or man north OF fifty-tbree: /
but IL there is justice south OF that
mark, those people will answer for
conspiracy and 90 to the penitentiary."
You make it hard for me 10 say
what 1 want to. l am almost sorry
we came. for l am not cunning with
words. and l don't know that you'll
understand" said the Bronco Kid
gravely. I'VE looked at it this way:
you have had your victory, you have
beaten your enemies against odds, you
have recovered your mine, and they
are disgraced To men like them that
last viii outhve and outweigh all the
rest; but the judge is our uncle and
our blood runs in his veins. He took
Helen when she was baby and was
father to her III his selfish way, low
ing her as best he knew how And
she loves him"
Il don't quite understand you" said
Roy.
And then Helen spoke for the first
time eagerly, taking u packet from her
bosom rs she began:
"This viii tell the whole wretched
story, Mr.. Glenister, and show the plot
in all its vileness. It's hard for ne to
betray my uncle, but this proof is
yours by right to use as you see fit,
and l can't keep it,"
do you mean that this evidence will
show all that? And you're going TO
give it to me because you think it is
your duty?"
'It belongs to you. | have no choice.
But what came for was to plead and
ask a little mercy for my uncle, who
is an old, old man, and very weak.
This will kill him"
/ He saw that her eyes were swim
ming. while the little chin quivered
ever so slightly and her pale cheeks
were flushed. There rose in him the
old wild desire to take her in his arms,
a yearning to pillow her head on his
shoulder and kiss away the tears. to
smooth with tender caress the wavy
he grew drunk with the madness Of
her. But he knew at last for whom
she really pleaded.
So he was to forswear this venge
ance, which was no vengeance after
all, but in verify a just punishment
They asked nina mana mans man
"a northman-to do this, and for what?
For no reward, but on the contrary to
insure himself lasting bitterness. He
strove to look at the proposition calm
ly, clearly, but it was difficult. If only
by freeing this other villain as well as
her uncle he would DO a good to her,
then he would not hesitate. Love was
not the only thing He marveled at
his own attitude This could not be
his old self debating thus. He had
asked for another chance to show
that he was not the old Roy Glenister.
Well, it had come, and he was ready.
more. for this was the hardest moment
he had ever lived.
You ask this for your uncle, but
what of-of the other fellow? You
must know that II one goes free SO
will they both. They can't be sepa-
rated"
Its almost too much to ask" the
Kid took up. uncertainty. But don't
you think the work is done? l can't
help but admire Mcnamara, and nei-
Their can you-he's been too good an
enemy to you for that-and-and- he
loves Helen
Il know-I know" said Glenister
hastily, at the same time stopping an
unintelligible protest from the girl
you've said enough" He straight
| ened his slightly STOPPING shoulders
and looked at the unopened package
| YEARLY, then slipped the rubber band
| from it and, separating the contents
! tore them up-one by one-tOre then
! into fine bits without hurry or osten
| tation and tossed the fragments away
while the woman began TO sob softly
| the sound of her relief alone disturb
ing the silence. And SO he gave heE
his enemy, making his offer gamely
according to his code.
You're right-the work is done. Ant
now I'm very tired"
They left him standing there, The
glory Of the dying day illumining hi:
lean. brown features, the vision of {
great loneliness in his weary eyes.
He did not rouse himself till the sky
before him was only 4 curtain of steel
/ penciled with streaks of SCOT that lay
close down above the darker sea. TheI
he sighed and said aloud:
$50 this is the end. and l gave hin
10 her with these hands" He helC
them out before him curiously, becom
ing conscious for the first time that til,
left one was swollen and diScOloret
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