The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-07-26

Oh time' while you are about itq 0na
other" pp0H DIS tue
Wen, it all depends on how much
OF the mountain spirit you've cot T.
has been Ben Garrettson's hoa e. fo ~
years that his daughter is tba hast
snot IN the country, and that she stond
as ready as a son to defend htmWto
XIII the man who injured her father J"
one nodded her head. 1T is trna
When my mother died, daddy oui+ Tho
Ieuds' destroyed his stills and bas
t[led to live right ever since. He is
ola now, and not able to defend him.
sell, but his daughter is both ahla and
Wiling and the man who raises his
nand against him must answer to her
for it." ~ n0i
NO one, looking into the earnest
young face, could have donhtad tbe
genuine grit that backed her assertion
he doesn't like Hearst?"
No; that is my one sorrow 7 bave
olCen seen Harrys face 90 white at
the Jeering things daddy sometimes
says to him, but he has promised me
ne will never quarrel with nv father"
DaW Simpleton's supreme hour had
come '1 -i''O
Your idol can break his promise
the same as other men. for he shot
Ben Garrettson dead not more than
twenty minutes ago."
A sharp pain made it's way through
the depths of the mans degradation
as ne saw the small brown hands grasp
snowy whiteness steal over the
pretty face.
Charlie Garrettson, a delicate blue
eyed boy who had crept into the en-
brace of his sisters arm. looked up
into her face with quick apprehension.
He petted the hand on the gate for a
moment with his own wee ones, than
went back to the house with a hop,
skip and jump that spells boy the
world over
Kentucky's voice was quite steady
when she aded Where and what
for?"
It was characteristic of the man that
she no more doubted his word than she
would have doubted the evidence of
her own eyes. His faults were many,
but it had always been said of Daw
Simpleton that nothing would induce
him to lie..
AT Gontier's saw-mill-he called
Hearst coward"
Good by Daw. You must go now,
I've got man to kill, and my father
to bury-quite enough work for one
small woman in one day, is it not?"
All the soft gentleness seemed to have
fallen from her. Her step was firm
and her head thrown proudly erect
as she walked back to the house.
Charlie watched her with anxious
eyes as she picked up a pistol lying
on the table and examined it.
why, Charlie, my pistol is not lead
ed. didn't think you ever failed to
keep it in trim
Must I load it now, sis?" There
was a note of agony in the boys voice.
mo, my Winchester will do as well,
maybe better-it's sure
Charlie took as tender care of his
sisters gun as many people do OF
their children. Doctor Hearst often
took him for a hunt, but could not
persuade him to shoot at the game.
Il just can't" Charlie once said, Il
love the feel of the gun-to squint my
eye down the barrel, and hear the noise
it makes, but I just can't kill any
thing"
The next time Doctor Hearst came
he put box of cartridges in the lads
hands and sair: They only make
noise Charlie"
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Gontier's saw-mill was only mile
from the Garrettson cabin, and Ken
tuclv was not long in reaching it.
The mill was quiet and a number OF
men were standing near stretcher
on which Ben GarreUtSon Was lying
Doctor Hearst knelt beside him, put
ting the last touch to some bandages.
The men started when they saw Ken
lucky and one of them CALCULATED
..Fine thing fur him he lit out fore
she got here!" But the girl neither
saw nor heard them. She saw notn-
ing but the helpless object on the
ground. and the man who rose to
meet her.
81 am so sorry, Kentucky" and Doc
tor Hearst's voice was deep with ten
derness, 81 was just coming to you
He will" .,,
mot another word. Stand still If you
nlease. You haven't a chance It's
a life for life"
Doctor Hearst had never heard the
voice of the woman he loved SOUND
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