Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-03-19
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CHAPTER XIX. d.
The kscape.
The little county seat awoke In the
morning to strange sight The
storm had not abated. The wind was
still blowing at blizzard rate OF the
northwest hills. and fine. Icy snow was
swirling 20 thickly through the cold
air that vision was INSTRUCTED. Build.
Ing were dlstinguishable only a. shad.
ows showing family through q heavy
white veil. The thermometer had gone
many degrees below the zero mark. It
was steadily growing colder. The old.
er inhabitants said II would surely
break the record the coming night.
An immense nrs had bean built In
the sitting.room. Thithsr Mary and
Louise repaired. Here they were
Joined by Dale. Langford and Gordon.
you should be out at the ranch
looking after your poor cattle. Mr..
Langford." said Mary. smilingly. She
could be light.heaFted nov--since lit
tie secret had been whispered to her
last night ut . tea party where no
tea had been drunk. Lsngford had
gravitated toward her a. naturally
% steel to q magnet. He shrugged bis
big shoulders and laughed . little.
"The Scribe viii do everything that
can be done. Honest. now. did you
think this trial could be pulled OF
without met"
But there can bs no trial today"
"Why not!"
Ibid I dream the courthouse burned
last night!"
III you did, We are all dreamers
.,sisks:asa
.Then how cakyou hold court!"
I'VE have gone back to the time
when church and state were one and
inseparable. and court convenes at 10
o'clock sharp in the meeting house.
he said.
Louise was looking whItssand mis-.
cradle. ~
-"You are NOT contemplating running
away, are your" asked Gordon. "This
a unusual wsathsr-reaily."
She looked At him With . pltiful
smile.
.T should like to b strong and
brave and enduring and capable-like
Mary. You don't believe II. do YOU!
Its true, though. But I can't. I'm
weak and homesiek and cold. I ought
hbt to have come. I am not the kind;
You said It, you know. ! am goina
home Just % soon, a this court ID
over. I mean It."
iSThere was no mistaking that. Cor
:xcn bowed his head. His face va
%hite. II had come sooner than-ha
rkad thought.
;SAn the records Of tho work yester
day had been burned. There vas moth
lag 10 do but begin at the .beginninl
,aEaln. Il vas diseouraSing. unfnter
esting. But Il had to Be done Dale
refused positively to adjourn. The
turymen were all hsrs. % the little
frame church was bargainsd for. II
the firs.bugs had thought to postpone
eveuts-to gain tims-hy last nights
vork they would hnd themselves very
.reatlv mistaken. The church wal
fsbr and narrow like . country schocl
house. and rather Yoomy considerinl
the size Of the town. Il had precis,
windows-aiso like country geea4l
hhSse-four on the west side. through
whIch the ane snow was drifting. fou
cnnosite. The storm kept few 2
Snme With the exception. % the people
from across the. river. There YER
enough staying IN ths towa to MI thu
room to It's utmast limits. standlni
(. room was a. . premium The sntfl
- crowded. Men not able 70 set II
SSlhxhed back through the euttinl
@Ini ana snow oaly to return present
- A. see n the situation had changes
cnr during their brief absence. p
an the work Of yesterday was gon'
over again
So close vas ths pack q people tina
the f,rs roaring IN the big stove W I'M
middle Of the room was alioweo I
-,nk an smouidering quiet The heav'
~ Mad been uhhsarabls else TT
snoH that haa bssn brought n q
frampIng feet lay IN little melte'
pools on the rough Scoring. Men fo'
rot TO eat peanuts and women forso
70 chew their gun-sxespt onecr w.
extremely nervous onss whose JAW
moved ths fastsr under thS Stimulu
o. hysteria. Jesse Black was tslitn'
hls.story. :,:SA -
along toward The lst g last July
root hike out into n Indian coun
~ 70 buy . Few hssd q esftle. :,
trade considsrsblsc via ne hzii
breeds around Grow eyesk ans 'no.s
BpuIe. ThsyfS kidnl. sf0t ssnih an
n It comes 10 . shpa.doee NSser nas
Eis much abodE lk1 l1cf1-it Al Foe'
IOt snskethies 81 psn. ! 10.
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