The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-06-19

Midas is yourss And the whole wo
with it,
"WOnT' echoed the miner. ''E
DO you know about II. Bill.
Midas the sar,.-what COOL a-e
You're wrong. I've loet-Tes-I'--c
eyerytL.l. r'.c taught me. an
some damned t-ick Of fate size
there 20 see Ire DO il. Now. 20 ass
I want to sleep"
He san, U.0l the bel with r.
Of Ita. kets aul ives Uneousci9-
fore s,.e- lGW.eG had covered him
There he lay Ike dead man I'll
late in the afternoon, when Dex.r.
md Slapiack came in from the hills
answering Wheaton's call, and K
upon him hungrily They shook Rs
into consciousness with joyous RIO.
pommeling him with aIectio4a,g
roughness TIL he rose and joined VIII
them stitliy. He bathel and rub &.
the soreness from his muscles. eies-
ing physically fit. They made Al..
recount his adventures 10 the tiAiass
detail. following his description OF the
fight with absorbed interest till DeX'r-
broke into mournful complaint:
I'D have given my half of the Ia.a,
to see YOU bust him. Lord, III have
screeched with soopreme delight ~
that"
"Why didn't you gouge his eyes OFT
when you had him crippled:" question
ed Sapjack vindictively. "Pd "a done
it,"
Dextry continued: They tell Inc n
when be was arrested he swore g.
eighteen different languages, each ON
more refrcshinly repulsive an Wig
/ than the precedin'. oh, l have suf
missed a-plnnty today, partic'lar be
1 cause my own diction is gettin' ru,
! down an skim milky of late, showi"
sad lacl; of new idees, which l migl
have assim'lated somethin' robrs+l
| original an expressive if ia been he
No, sir: a nose bag full of nuggn
! wouldn't have kept me away"
How did it sound when she bus.
| edY" insisted the morbid Simms b
Glenister refused to discuss the cor
| bat
Come on. Slap" said the old pro
pector: lets so downtown. I'm 81.
het up can't set STILL an, besides
mebbe we can get the story the way
really happened from somebody WI
amt bound m gagged an chloroforn.
! ed by such unbecomin' MODESTO
/ Roy, don't never go into vawdyvil"
with them personal episodes, becau
| they read about as thrillin' as a cook
book. Why, say, I've had the story o,
that fight from four different felle"'
| already. none of which was with 7"
| four blocks or the scrlmmage, al
they're all different an all better'n YOU
| account"
Now that Glenister's mind had re
covered sor,e Of it's poise he realize
what he had done.
"Iwas a beast an animal" he gTo22'
! ed, "and that after all my striving :
wanted to leave that part behind. !
! wanted to be worthy of her love and
trust even though ] never Won it, e'7-
at the first test am found lacking /
| have lost her confidence. Yes, anu
what is worse, Infinitely worse, have
lost my own She's always seen me at
/ my worst" he went on. "but I'm not
| that kind ut bottom-not that kind.
! want to do what's right, and if l have
| another chance | will know I will.
| I've been tied too hard, that's all.
| Some one knocked, and he opened
| the door to admit the Bronco Kid and
Helen.
"Wait a minute, old man." said the
Kid, I'm here as a friend" The
gambler. handled himself with difficult
| ty, offering in explanations:
'I'm all sewed up in bandages OF
one kind or another"
"He ought to be in bed now, but he
wouldn't let me come alone, and /
could not wait" the Girl supplemented,
while her eyes avoided Glenister's in
strange hesitation.
"He wouldn't let you. | don't under
/ stand"
( I'm her brother" announced the
Bronco Kid. i've known it for long
time. but I-I-well, you understand,
couldn't let her know. All l can say is,
| I've gambled square till the night |
! played you, and l was as mad as a
dervish then. blaming you for the tax
| I'd heard. Last night l learned by
chance about Strive and Helen and got
to the roadhouse in time to save her.
I'm sorry l didn't kill him" His long
white fingers writhed about the arm
of his chair at the memory.
Isn't he deadY Glenister inquired
"No. The doctors have brought him
in. and he'll get well. He's like h
| the men in Alaska-here because the
sherffs back home couldn't shoot
! straight There's something else. I'm
not a good talker, but give me time
and I'll manage it so you'll understand,
| tried to keep Helen from coming OF
this errand, but she said it was the
square thing and she knows better
than |. It's about those papers she
brought in last spring. She was afraia
you might consider her party to IL"
deal, but you don't, do your He glar-