The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-10
bloodshed was not lacking in the
country?

bloodshed was not lacking IN tn
country?
e But if there was aueht of hatred 0
enmlty in the heavy air Of the imprC
, VlSed courtroom for others boside
l the high-minded counsel for law anr
order Mary Williston seemed serene
~ unconscious of it. She held he)
mead proudly. Most Of these men she
knew. She had done mans work
among them for two years and more
IN her mans work of riding the ran
@eS she had had good fellowship with
many OF them. After to-day much of
TINS must end. Much blame would &C.
crue to her father for this DAYS worl,
among friends as well as enemies for
the fear of the law-defiers was an
Omnl-present fear with the small own.
err stalking abroad by day and by
night. But Mary was glad and there
was new dignity about her that be-
came her well, and that grew ont Of
thls great call to rally to the things
that count.
A. tho fou
sonrd tho .,.t:n '"e room they
throned behind long table. His hon.
commonly, l.,,o -r.''I'toVel' more
q ronorn,o Cd 'i'''ilile Mac was
Ianchman on small scale. He
was ignorant hut nf on o,.oroo:
concoit IT, h 10 u d" o'eFWeenlng
roooo g. 40" o'ei' JuS'lce or the
nndon ~ ''V'' al years ana labored
ho I,non. ,o.. nl' I'l Impression that
ovointoa D"' Uoioon' on snort &C.
oana;tvn A"u unoOeu MN "OId Ne
~ -, oeSP"IIlhS irony, after
dar ,' VII, ''7 .n Hsn' OF early territorial
~ MIC" ilo ''"'
N0 III lSonef was brought in. His
"'' d i"AIlllaF personality. He was
N'io"h 10 most men west of the river
no, W personal acquaintance, Ger.
'"i'lls ny heaFSay.
linen came the first great surprise
OF TINS affair Of many surprises. Jesse
Black waived examination. # cana
ike thunderbolt to the prosecution
IL was not Blacks way of doing busi.
ness and it was generally believed
lilaI' as Munson had SO forcibly
lnough lnelegantly expressed it to
Billy brown, He would fight like
nell to keep out of the circuit courts,
he would XIII this incipient Nemesis
IN the bud. What, then, had changed
MIN? The county attorney had rath.
7r looked for hard-fought defence
smiling OF the burden of responsi.
)lllty for the misbranding to another
Who would, of course. be off somo'
where on business trip, to be absent
IN indefinite length of time: or il
night be he would try to make good s
rumped-up story that he had but late.
y purchased the animal from son,o t
nulana cattIe-owner from up country
No CANNED to have bill-of-sale from
al.nn l',u. ne would not have been
'o-a "D'Ch nau Black calmly pro. .
NV rr oill-oi-SaIe'
ne aoSoIuteness of the surprise "
,thar1, nt' ''e"'l-Siia'en face little, =,
n'S sIa'e lmmoblilty of ex. u
49, u''l'n ulluer"ent not flicker It u
'nau, a. SURPRISE put it was a good
ndon aooS 9eaSe Diach was bound over
oar at tho 1 nor+ Sunlclent bond to ap- r
rcnit oouu+ ~ iesuiar term OF the
~ Dece,noef' mat much
,wn for tho ~: INV ne could buckle
, heon sh;rn e nenI' now often had a
lnds Of tba p" "aa1, III the shifting y,
'nus VI Tue really remarkable decis. =
his time as bv $780,; anu LIS KIND. in
ped sands ond ahaa,s nc nao es' tc
cks and rodo ~ an no"is anu Suhken
A wavo ~ on,;,,. 1872 "a'ei to
N Nunson 'eDn'en' swept over in
co.,. to
rter,s . h h,n mnlspereu' mat gal re- by
..uow aaan fir
NO.. whispered Langford. di
.os+as re pioceeueo TO take an in. fu
- naSVy' inventory of her he
~ MS "hat a petite little person.
~ ~ NC sure Almost too colorless. ba
)uSn. Why, Jim. she cant hold , ~,