Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-25

the least like Cousin Will. She must
What could it be? oh, what pitiful
memory that could not recOllect an in
jury done to ones best friend! She
tossed and wondered over 1t for
long time before at length she fell
asleep.
Red also looked up at the roof and
took account of stock. His face was
radiant in the dark. eff l could only
pull that Off" he thought. 81 must
seem an awful rough cuss to her.
though All right for cousin, but
it's different when you come to the
other proposition. My Jimmy. I'll
take chance in the morning and find
out, anyhow said he. and, eased in
mind by the decision of action, he too
shook hands with Morpheus and was
presently dreaming.
1t had never occurred to Red Saun-
ders that he was afraid Of anybody.
He even chuckled when he got Lettis
out of the way with a plausible ex-
cuse the next morning. Then he
strobe briskly into the house, his Ques
ton on his lips in a plump out and out
form.
Miss Matte looked at him with her
slow smile. What is it," she asked
| Red swallowed his question whole.
II wanted little hot water to
shave WITH said he. Then a fury
took hold of him. What the devil
am 1 lying like this for?" he thought.
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| what he had to say like a man, but
the other Red Saunders refused to do
anything of the sort. He took the cup
of hot water most abjectly and fed
| from the house. He had to shave
then. and in his hurry and indignation
he turned the operation into clinic.
''Oh, Jimmy, look at thatr' he cried as
the razor opened up another part of
| the subject. There's a slit an inch
long! If l keep on at this gait l
won't have face enough to say good
morning. let alone what 1 want IL
do. What ails me? What ais me?
Why should l be scarf of the incest
woman God ever built? Now, by all
the Mormon gods, I'll post right into
the house and say my little say as
soon as these cuts stop bleeding"'
Cobvebs stopped the cuts. and other
cobwebs stopped Red Saunders, late
of the Chanta Seechee ranch, &c
pounds of the very finest bone and
muscle And the cobwebs held him
foaming and boiling with rage and
disgust. calling himself all the yaller
pups he could think of, but staying
strictly within the safe limits of the
barn. 1t was n revelation to the big
man, and not pleasant one. How
was he to know that the most salient
point of his apparent cowardice was
nothing less worthy than respect fol
the woman's security? That If he
would stop swearing long enough t.
get at the springs of his action he
would find that he hesitated because
the new light on the matter made huge
shadows of the slips in the career OF
a strong, lawless, unframed but sorely
tempted man? He knew nothing Of
the sort, and the funniest of conedie!
\ took place in the barn. He would
reach the sensible stage. .'Pah, Al
} foolishness. Go? OF course he'd go
anu lnlS very Inihute' anu nave LII
thing done with, good or bad" Fl,
was quite amused at his former con
duct until he reached the door; thel
he'd skip nimbly back again, with {
hot feeling that somebody was watch
ing him, although a careful inspection
through the crack of the door revealed
no one.
Red discovered another thing tina
afternoon, which was that the NOR