The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-02-07

.ona scene IN me street WIN an eager
Interest she had never seen mirroreh
before. simultaneously Glenister spoke
..Come away from here"
with the ouickened eve OF experience
he foresaw trouble and tried 70 drag
her on. but she shook on his grasp I'M
patIently and. turning. gazed absorbed
At the spectacle which unfOlded iiseH
before her. Although not comprehend
inc the MAY Of events. she felt vague
" the quick approach Of some Crisis
vet was unprepared for the swiitness
with which il came
Her ewes had leaped to the figures OF
two men in the street from whom the
rest had separated like oil from water.
One was slim and well dressed. the
other bulky, mackinawed and lowering
of feature. 1t was the smaller VINO
smoke. aud for moment she misJudgeu
his bloodshot eyes and swaying car
Rage 10 be the result OF alcohol until
she saw that he was raeked with fury.
.Alake good. / tell you. quick! Give
me that bill Of sale. you -.
The unkempt man swung on his heel
with a growl and walked away, MS
course leading him toward Glenister
and the girl. With two strides he was
abreast of them; then, detecting the
flashing movement of the other, he
whirled like a wild animal. His voice
had the snarl of beast in it.
Eye had to have it, didn't yer Well'
there
The actions of both men were quick
as light, yet to the girls taut senses
they seemed theatrical and deliberate
Into her mind was scared forever the
memory of that second as though the
shutter of a camera had snapped, inn
pressing upon her brain the scene
sharp. clear cut and vivid. The shag-
CIV back of the large man almost Drush-
ing her, the rage drunken, white SHIT
ed man in the derby hat, the crowd
sweeping backward like PUSHES before
a blast, men with arms fexed and feet
raised in flight the glaring yellow sign
of the "Gold Belt Dance Hair across
the way-these were stamped upon ner
retina, and then she was jerked vio-
lentlv backward, two strong arms
crushed her down upon her knees
against the wall, and she was smoth-
cred in the arms of Roy Glenister.
"My God! Don't novel We're III
line!''
He crouched over her, his cheek
against her hair, his weight forcing
her down into the smallest compass
his arms about her, his body FORMING
a living shield against the flying bull
let's. over them the big man stood
md the sustained roar of his gun was
1eafening. In an instant they heard
the thud and felt the jar of lead in the
thin boards against which they hud-
died. Again the report echoed above
their heads, and they saw the slende
man in the street drop his weapon and
spin half round as though hit with
some heavy hand. He uttered CRY
and. stopping for his gun, plunged for
ward. burying his face in the sand.
The man by Glenisters side shoute
curses thickIy and walked toward a.
PROSTATE enemy, firing at every step
The wounded man rolled to his side
and. raisil 9 himself on his elbow, shot
twice so rapidly that the reports blend
I'd. but without checking his antago-
nists approach. -Four more times tue
relentless assailant fired deliberately
his last missile sent as he stood over
the body which twitched and shudder-
ed at his feet, its garments muddy and
smeared Then he turned and retraced
his steps. Back within arms length OF
the two who pressed against the build
ing he came, and as he went by they
saw his coarse and sullen features
drawn and working pallidly, while the
breath whistled through his teeth. lie
held his course to the door they had
Just Quilted; then, as he turned, ne
coughed bestially, splitting out
mouthful Of blood. His knees waver-
ed. He vanished within the portals,
and in the sickly silence that fell they
heard his hobnailed boots dumping
slowly up the stairs.
Noise awoke and rioted down the
thoroughfare. Men rushed forth from
every quarter, and the CHASTITY object
In the dirt was hidden by seething
mass Of miners.
Glenister raised the girl, but her
head rolled Imply, and she would have
slipped to her knees again had he not
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