Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-05-27
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80 i ".l' SO lar us you re concern
co. no nave th"uSht Eoud turn
UP mere:
res what luck. / thought New
1a't "a' hi- enough to turn around
% without stumbling over some con
'"aa. 'Id acquaintance.
','Ii a'auaAIancr-WeIl. that's pref
~ cool However. Shant bother you.
You needn't ha afraid of me, I'm not
Going back ont there. and If You ever
G' III ueu. IT, YOU io Keep Stiji
"i%Nr. vow Hecdu say You saw me
Finders .Hd:'
ON s." saId the oihcr MANI 'inl
I dom 1ul much ON going back my
self. IA about sick of THIS country.
don't blame you for wanting to Keep
out. But l say mat was lUi'lE
thing your cropping ont inc way YOU
d'd. Every body thlnkS you re ue;lu OF
loco and smut up somewhere. ne!
had 20 cNd "l Il 'i'hc loohiHS lor YOU
dragged the river
i was down III At'Nico' HOW io''|
ago did you leave cam Seq your
pardon WthIraW me question u
less II halIellS 10 nr
"0li It GocSh hfIlIor. ielt olSHl
months ago I'm Only mere ior-lor
few uaES-JuSt passing through.
NeS: Let's Sec llS TWO, 'llrec
years since came away. 40 you
KNOW what TINS rclhlhds me OF: Two
hurrYlhS Shapes uoA you Know III
NO Man Lana met each o'her lace TO
t3ce-YerT awkward SometllheS-aid
babe each other stand.
sounds Ike footpads' suggested
the nervous man.
NO: it's poetry. WeIl' they asked
each others name
Here the two men looked Mt one an
other. and the nervous man broke INTO
a ggge.
Exactly, We won't do that lie
emptled his glass ana set 1t down.
"They call this stuff California claret'
he said Look here, don't you want
some neWs|'
News" The quiet man blinked I'M
ce"ta'nlT for Il moment ana then SAID;
es' suppose Sc. what IS lt!'
wv ELL meant Aou Know sharp
less IS mayor now. we got him in
iaSt year. ana lt was the biggest 1lght
the town ever saw. jim Luxe got the
city attolheYShip. Hes III the new
city hall. with velvet carpets and hand
painted spittoons. Oh. the boys are all
right. And You wouldn't know the
pldce-brlck blocks going up every
where and cable cars on Main street
The quiet man began to eat his
sparrow and Stringy salad. Il sup
pose 50, lie SAID.
Ana say We'll or course us none
or my business. suppose you near
from out there anyway
NOT Woru' Sald tllc quiet man
hlt go aileau IL you We got ahytiiihs
10 TEL
Nell, us only aDolt-con1ound 1T
your vito. Say, Dalton, why i'll thun-
der-ltS none OF my business, but its
pretty hard on her.
she must think I'm dead. L am
dead.
well, she doesn't. Shes still look
Ing for you. When they didn't find
you in the river, you know, she had
detectives. They combed San Fran
cisco for YOU
The quiet man moved uneasily. DE
tectives cost money! he said.
They do. She's teaching now in the
public schools. The boys put that
through. She gets 500 month, and
that about feeds the five young ones"
Il left her enough. l left her half
the money | had. If l could have
fixed it so. she could have got my life
insurance"
"Well, why didn't you? There was
the river. Excuse me- old man, but is
this any better?'
"Oh, yes" said Dalton dreamily. 81
have a quiet life-all day in the library
if like You've no idea what a rack
ct five children can make in small
house. And then out there never
could get the books l wanted-the Lat
inists Of the fourth century, for In
stance And then, you know, woman
"A woman who's fond of you. 1t eX-
plains why the philosophers were
monks. But I'm getting pretty close
to BEDROCK" he added. frowning. Il
don't like to eat in these places. And
to see you hcre.'