Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-06-01

mines in few weeks Another ship
back there has the wire and poles and
fixfngB for a telephone system, which
will go up in night. AS to tables
d'hote. saw real French count in
Seattle with a, monocle. He's bring
ing in restaurant outfit, imported
snafls, and pate de foIes gras. All
that's wanting is the chaperon. In
my flight from the Ohio left mine
The sailors caught, her. You see
am not far ahead of schedule"
What part are you going to take
in this tanning process?" he asked.
She paused long before replying
and when she did her answer sound
ed like a Jest.
II herald the coming Of the law"
she said
"The law! Bah! Red tape, a dead
language, and a horde Of shysters!
I'm afraid OF law in this land;N we're
too new and TOO far away from things.
1t puts too much power in too few
hands Heretofore. we men up here
| our Colts, but well have to unbdckle
them both when the law comes. I
like the court that hasn't any appeal"
| LIE ldlu LID uduu LIS
THE Colts may go, but the courage
jaaver WILL" she broke in.
Perhaps. But Pve heard rumors al
1eady OF plot to prostitute the law
| In Unalaska man warned Dextry,
with terror in his eye, to beware OF 1t;
| that beneath the cloak OF Justice was
drawn dagger whetted for us fellows
who own the rich diggings. don't
think there's any truth in it. but you
can't tell"
'The law is the foundation there
can't be any progress without it.
lThere is nothing here now but dis
order"
There isn't half the disorder you
tr5ink there is. There weren't any
crimes in this country till the tender
feet arrived. We didn't know what a
thief was. II you came to a cabin you
walked In without knocking The
sowner filled up the coffee-pot and
sliced into the bacon; then when
she'd started your meal, he shook
hands and asked your uame. 1t was
just the same whether his cache was
pounds OF food two hundred miles on
his back. That was hospitality to
make your Southern article look pref
.ty small. If there was no one at
home, you ate what you needed. There
was but one objectionable breach of
etiquette to fail to leaw. dry kind
lings. I'm afraid of the transitory
stage we're coming to- that epoch
of chaos between the death Of the
old way and the birth Of the new
Frankly like the old way Lest.
love the License of It. love to wrestle
with nature; to stomach and guard
and fight for what l have. I'VE been
beyond the law years and 1 want to
stay there, where life is just what II
was intended to be- a survival of the
fittest"
His large hands, as he gripped the
bulwark, We're tense and corded, whiel
his rich voice issued softly from his
chest with the hint of power unlimited
behind it. He stood over her, tall
virile. and magnetic. She saw now
why he had SO joyously hailed the
4 fight of the previous night; to one Of
his kind is was as salt air to the
nostrils. Unconsciously she approach
ed him. drawn by the spell of his
strength.
My pleasures are violent and my
hate is mighty bitter in my mouth
What I want, take. That's been
my way in the old life, and I'm toe
Selfish to give it up.'
He was gazing out upon the timply
lucent miles Of zee; but now he
turned towards her, and. doing 80
touched her warm hand new his Oh
the rail.
! She was staring up at him ,naffect
eddy, SO close that this fnint ode,
from her hair reached him. Her ex
preston was simply one of wonder
and curiosity at this type, so different
from any she had known But the
mans eyes were hot and blinded
with the sight Of her, and she felt
only her beauty heightened in the
dim light, the brush Of her garments
and the small, soft hand beneath his
d The thrill from the touch of it surget
1 over him mastered him.
! WHAT WANT take" he repeated
and then suddenly he reached forth
and, taking her in his arms, crushed
her TO him, kissing her softly, fierce
i ly, full upon the lips. For an in
i slant she lay gasping and stunned
i against his breast, then she tore hel
fist free and with all her force struck
him full in the face.
i It was as though she beat upon 3
stone. With one movement he forced
her arm to her side smiling irto hel
| terrified eyes; then, holding her like
iron, he kissed her again and agar
upon the mouth, the eyes, the hair
and released her.
81 am going to love you-Helen,
4 said he. =
! And may God strike me dead Il
I ever stop hating you!" she cried
her voice coming thick and hoarse
with passion.
i Turning, she walked proudly for
ward towards her cabin. trim
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