The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-15

house and made him sit down on the
wooden steps. The tears were rolling
down his face and l felt too sorry for
him to say a word. They say a girl
always likes a bad man-nOt that Fill
was really bad, you know-only un-
fortunate that he should have coInpli-
Gated his biennial bust with a quarrel
with Jackson. When he saw pa pranc-
ing towards us he begged like mad for
the pistol to kill himself with; and ]
almost felt like giving 1t to him when
he talked about wearing stripes and
perhaps being sent up for years. But
felt sure 1 could handle pa; and, any
way, Bill was sort of my dog, you
know, and 1 wasn't going to let any
body hurt him. But 1 had a tough
time with pa Pa is such a stickIer
for law and order. Wanted TO take
MIN off to the county seat and lay a
felony charge against him. He hadn't
been deputy sheriff very long, you see.
and was doing new broom. Then Bill
made it worse by saying it was all
about woman-neVer mentioning that
L was the woman and Jackson had said
something then Well, Bill was
such a gentleman that he wouldn't
bring my name into it. Said woman.
like that, till I wonder pa didn't burst.
ing can do for a man-with pa, I
mean-and how wise I had been to
always keep the upper hand of him.
He was determined to settle Bill out
of hand-was positively pre1udiced
against him-and for a time it looked
as though I was nowhere in the scrim-
mage. And I think he was cut up too
about my liking Bill so well, for of
course didn't 1 tell your Bill was
just silly about me-always had been
since All Sue gave him that chicken
tamale on the doorstep-wore things
next his heart and all that, and thought
anything sacred ] had ever touched.
The whole ranch is a sort of church to
pa was awful He paced I'D and down
like a royal Nubian lion, while I, with
my heart in my mouth, did Little
Spangles in the wild beasts cage. Lit
tie Spangles wO2 out, of course though
once or twice it was a pretty close
call. But at CAST pa quoted down and
went off, quite Is.iid, to find Mr.. Jack
son. But he didn't. find Mr.. Jack
son. Nobody ever has. He disap-
peared like an orange under a con-
jurors hat. All that's left of him is
upstairs I'm two trunks and debit
balance of hundred and thirteen dol
lars on the payroll. / think he must
have changed his name and quit the
country. If you have ever been I'd
against Bill guess you'd have done it
too. Anyway, peace descended like a
beautiful dream, and Bill stayed Daso
foreman instead of going into the lutte
business at San Quentin prison. 1 care
say he might never really have got
there, but he might have, you know,
and he didn't want to try.
That's all more than a year old
now and Bill has never been on a tear
since. He says it was all my running
out at him and looking down his pis-
toll, but 1 tell you it was the scare he
got from pa! It wasn't as though he
really liked it, you know-drinking. I
mean-but sometimes he'd come to the
place where he simply cSuldn't go on.
and was so hopeless and desperate and
miserable. That was his last biennial
bust, for now, of course, he has got
something to live for, and it's all diff
erent, and he's become one of the lit
tie saints of the 7. M. c. A. They say
he's the pinkest thing in the room
when he gets up and does solemn
warning, though 1 think it's rather
fine of him, don't you? And the fun
of 1t is that he runs a boxing class
there too. and punches their little
heads off afterwards. Oh. Bills a
great boy, and they're going to make
him president. on, dear. once
1 get started talking about Bill I never
seem to know when to stop. Why do
you look so grave, captain? Aren't
you pleased ~
Il have something to say about Bill
too" he returned slowly.
His early life and his early scrapes, -
she said, land how you don't believe
it will last? There isn't much about
Bill I don't know already-his being
sent away from England and how they
never wanted to see him again"
Il am out her to take him back. -
said the captain.
HE won't go easy said the girl.
Il am not so sure said the captain
circumstances have altered. 1 don't
see very well how he can refuse. I
we-the family, 1 mean, are delighted
to hear that he has retrieved himself