Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-27

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 '.On, I hope so. Miss Tabor! If he can't, nobody can" She was crying openly now, wiping he. eyes with her musk soaked handkerchief. "We had to seLd fer him yesterday afternoon
 ''.ro come to Beaver Beach, do you meant" asked Ariel, leaning forward.
 "Yes, ma'am. It all begun out there>,- leastways it begun before that with me. It was all my fault deserve all that's comin' to me. I guess. done wrong! done wrong! I'd oughtn't never to of went out there yesterday"
 She checked herself sharply, but after moments pause continued, en- couraged by the grave klndliness of the delicate face in the shadow of the wide white hat. T oughtn't to of went" she repeated. "Oh. reckon I'll never, never learn enough to keep out O trouble, even when see it comin'! But that gentleman friend of mine-Mr. Nashville Cory's his name he kind O coaxed me into 1t, and he's right comical when he's with ladies, and he's good company, and he says. 'Claudine, we'll dance the light fan tastic,' he says, and I kind O wanted something cheerful. I'd ben workin' steady quite spell, and 1t looked like he wanted to-show me good time, so I went, and that's what started it.' Now that she had begun she babbled on with her story, at times incoherent- ly, full of excuses made to herself more than to Ariel, pitifully endeavor- ing to convince herself that the re- sponsibility for the muddle she had made was not hers. "Mr. Cory told me my husband was drinkin' and wouldn't know about it, and, Besides, he says, what's the odds:' Of course 1 knowed there was trouble between him and Mir. Fear-that's my husband "a good while ago, when Mir. Fear up and laid him out. That was before me and Mir. Fear got married; hadn't even ben to Canaan then; I was on the stage. I was on the stage quite awhile in Chicago before I got ac- quainted with my husband"
 "You were on the stagew Ariel ex- claimed lnvoluntarily.
 "Yes. ma'am-livin' pitchers at Gold berg's rat'skeller. and amunchoor nights I nearly always done sketch with a gentleman friend. That's the way I met Mir. Fear. He seemed to be real struck with me right away, and soon as got through my turn he ast me to order whatever I wanted. He's always gen'lemanlike when he ain't had too much, and even then he vurry. vurry seldom acks rough unless he's jealous. That was the trouble yes terday. never would of gone to the Beach if I'd dreamed what was con- in! When we got there l saw Mike that the gentleman that runs the Beach-lookin' at my company and me kind of anxious, and pretty soon he ' got me away from MT. Cory and told me what's what. Seems this Cory ! only wanted me to go with him to } make my husband mad. and he'd took good care that Mfr. Fear heard I'd be !, there with him. An he'd ben hangin' around me every time he struck town jest to make Mir. Fear mad-tbe fresh
 thing! You see, he wanted to make
 my husband start something again
 this Mir. Cory did, and he was fixed | for it."
 'I don't understand" said Ariel.
 Its this way: If Mir. Fear attacked Mir. Cory. why, Mfr. Cory could shoot him down and claim self defense. You see. it would be easy for Mfr. Cory. be- cause Mir. Fear nearly killed him when they had their first trouble. and that ! would give Mfr, Cory a good excuse to shoot if Mr. Fear jest only pushed him. 1 That's the way it Is with the law. Mir. ! Cory could wipe out their old score and git on scot free"
 Surely not!'
 "Yes. ma'am, that's the way 1t would : be. And when Mike told me that Mir. ] Cory had got me ou, there jest to pro- < yoke my huspaEd I went straight up to him and begun to give him piece of
 my mind. I didn't talk loud. because I never was one to make e disturbance
 an.i start trouble the way some do. l and right while I was taikin' we both see my husband pass the window. Nr. Cory give a kind of yelling laugh and put Eis arm round me jest as Mir. Feer come h tie door. And then it ali hap peaed Sc quick that you coulG hardly tell what wss go.n' cn. Mr. Fear. we found afterwari. had promised Mir. I1oufen that he wouldn't come out . there, but he took 100 much-ycu could see mat ay the look of hin--ard fer got his prorl;se-fcrspt everything but me and Cory. guess.
 file come right up to us. where I was tryin' b git away from Cory's arm-it ssas the left one he had around me and the otie. be..ind his back-snd neither of 'cm said 2 word Cory kept on Iauyfiin' loud as he could. and Mr. Fear struck him in the mouth. He's little but he can hit awful hard. and Mir. Cory let out a sc-eecn. and see his gun g9 oi right in Mfr. Fears face. I thonght. but it wasn't It only scorch- cd him. Most of the other gentlemen lad run. but Nike made a dive and managed to knock the gun to one side jest barely in tine Tten Nike and three or foar others Isat come out from behind things separated 'em. both of 'em EyEun' to git at each other Tbey Igrkr Mir. Corr rp in Mixes