Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-09

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real struck with me right away. and
soon as l got through my turn he asst
me to order whatever l wanted. He's
always gen'lemanllke when he amt
had too much, and even then he vlrry
vurry seldom acks rough unless he's
Jealous. That was the trouble yes
tcrday. never would of gone to the
Beach If I'd dreamed what was com
in! When we got there / saw Mike
that the gentleman that runs the
kind of anxious and pretty soon he
got me away from Mr. 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 Mr. Fear heard I'd be
there with him. An he'd ben hangin'
around me every time he struck town
Jest to make Mr.. Fear mad-the fresh
thing! You see. he wanted to make
my husband start something again.
this Mr.. Cory did, and b, was fixed
for it,"
II don't understand" said Ariel.
"It's this way: II Mr.. Fear attacked
Mr. Cory. why. MIR. Cory could shoot
him down and claim self defense. You
see, 1t would be easy for Mr.. Cory, be-
cause Mr.. Fear nearly killed him when
they had their first trouble. and that
would give Mr.. Cory good excuse to
shoot If Mr. Fear jest only pushed him.
That's the way it Is with the law. Mr..
Cory could wipe out their old score and
git Off scot free"
Surely mott"
Eyes. ma'am, that's the way it would
be. And when Mike told me that Mr..
Cory had got me out there jest to pro
woke my husband | went straight up to
him and begun to give him piece of
my mind. didn't talk loud. because
never was one to make disturbance
and start trouble the way some do.
and right while l was talkin' we both
see my husband pass the window. Mr..
Cory give a kind Of yelling laugh and
put his arm round me jest as Mr.. Fear
come in the door. And then 1t all hap
pened SO quick that you could hardly
tell what was goin' on. Mr.. Fear. we
found afterward. had promised Mr..
Lo,lden that he wouldn't come out
there, but he took too much-you could
see that by the look Of him-and fer
got his promise-fergot everything but
me and Cory, guess.
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tryin' to git away from Cory's arm-it
was the left one he had around me and
the other behind his back-and neither
of 'em said word. Cory kept on
laughln' loud as he could. and Mr.. Fear
struck him in the mouth. He's little.
but he can hit awful hard, and Mr..
Cory let out a screech, and l see his
gun 20 off right In Mr.. Fears face,
thought, but 1t wasn't. 1t only scorch-
ed him. Most Of the other gentlemen
had run, but Mike made dive and
managed to knock the gun to one side
Jest barely In time Then Mike and
three or four others that come out
from behind things separated 'em. both
of 'em fightin' to git ht each other.
They locked Mr.. Cory up In Mikes
room and took Mr.. Fear over to where
they hitch the horses. Then Mike sent
fer Mr.. Louden to come out to talk to
my husband and take care Of him
he's the only one can do anything with
him when he's like that-but before
Mr.. Louden could git there Mr.. Fear
,,nH n onrDA0 old
and got away-at least they couldn't
find him. And Mr.. Cory jumped through
window and slid down into one OF
Mixes boats. SO they'd both gone.
When Mr.. Louden come he only stayed
lon,, enough to hear what had happen
ed and started out to find Happy-that's
my husband. He's bound to keep them
apart, but he hasn't found Mr.. Fear
yet or he'd be here"
Ariel had sunk back in her chair.
"Why should your husband hide?" she
asked in low voice.
"Waitin' fer his chance at Cory" the
woman answered huskily. II expect
he's afraid the cops are after him, too,
OH account of the trouble, and he
doesn't want to git locked up till he's
met Cory again. They amt after him,
but he may not know 1t. They haven't
heard of the trouble, reckon, or
they'd Of run Cory in. He's around
town today, drinkin' heavy, and
guess he's lookin' fer Mr.. Fear about
as hard as Mr.. Louden is" She rose
to her feet lifted her coarse hands and
dropped them despairingly. ooh, I'm
scaredw she said. "Mr. Fears ben
mighty good to me-"
A. slow and tired footstep was heard
upon the stairs, and Joe's dog ran into
the room droopingly, wagged his tail
with no energy and crept under the
desk. Mrs. Fear wheeled toward the
door and stood, rigid, her hands clinch-
ed tight, her whole body still except
her breast, which rose and fell with
her tumultuous breathing. She could
not wait till the laggard step reached
the landing.
"Mr. Loudon!' she called suddenly.
Joe's voice came from the stairway.
cts all right, Claudine. It's all fixed
up. Don't worry"
Mrs. Fear gave thick cry OF relief
and sank back in her chair as Joe en-
tered the room. He came In sham
blingly, with his hand over his eyes
as if they were very tired and the
l;o,,+ hnr+ them so that for a moment