Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-06-06

THE o.
He nodded down the gulch. sim an
officer of the court under bond"
How much?"
We thousand dollars for each
claim"
What! Why, heavens, man, the
poorest of these mines is producing
that much every day"
| While he spoke, Glenister was rapid.
Ily debating what course to follow
THE place to argue this thing is be-
fore Judge Stillman," said Struve-
but with little notion of the conflict
going on within Glenister. The youth
yearned to f1ght-not with words nor
bubbles nor legal phrases, but with
steel and blows. And he felt that the
impulse was as righteous as it was
natural, for he knew this process was
unjust, an outrage. Mexico Mullins
warning required to him And yet.
He shifted slowly as he talked till his
back was to the door of the big tent.
They were watching him carefully, for
all their apparent languor and loose
ness in saddle; then as he started to
leap within and rally his henchmen,
his mind went back to the words Of
i Judge Stillman and his niece. Surely
that old man was on the square. He
couldn't be otherwise with her be-
side him, believing him; and sus-
picion of deeper plots behind these
actions was groundless. So far, all
was legal, he supposed, with his scant
knowledge of law; though the methods
seemed unreasonable. The men might
be doing what they thought to be
right. Why be the first to resist? The
men on the mines below had not done
SO. The title to this ground was cap.
able of such easy proof that he and
Dex need have no uneasiness. Courts
do not rob honest people nowadays, he
argued, and moreover, perhaps the
girls words were true, perhaps she
would think more Of him If he gave up
the old fighting ways for her sake.
| Certainly armed resistance to her
uncle's first edict would not please
her She had said he was TOO violent,
so he would show her he could lay
his savagery aside. She might smile
Oh him arDrovinslv, and that was
worth taking a chance fnr-anyway II
| would mea,l but q few lays delay in
the mines run. As he re- soned he
heard low voice speaking within the
open door. 1t wds SLAM. ok Sinus
"Step aside lad I've got the big
uncovered"
Glenister saw the men on horseback
snatched at their hoist ,rs, and, just in
time, leaped at his foreman, for the
cid man hi I moved out inc the open
Winchestes at shoulder, his CHI ,eE
cuddling tbs stock, his eyes cold all
narrow. The young man flung the
Earrel UP an1 wreDcted the weapon
from his hands.
None of that, Hanl1!' he cried
sharply. "PIl say When to shoot" He
turned to look into the muzzles of guns
held In the hands of every horsemar
every horseman save one. for Alec
Mcnamara sat unnoved, his hand
some features, nonchalant and amused
nodding approval. 1t was at him tina
Hanks weapon had been levelled.
This is bad enough at the best
Don't let's make it any worse" sale
| he.
"Slapjack inhaled deeply. spat witt
| disgust, and looked over his boss in
credulously.
/ We'll, of all the different kinds o
damn FOOLS" he snorted, you are tn,
kindest." He marched past the mar
shall and his deputies down to the cut
put on his coat, and vanished dowr
the trail towards town, not deignins
a backward glance either at the mine
or at the man unfit to fight for.
CHAPTER VII
Late in July it grows dark as mid
/ night annrnaches SO that the many