Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-01-20
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before rcnllv To satisfy her hunger for
news.
AS If bannenel Mrs u,lloron.s first
greeting SET her anxiety Mt rest Prem
dereast had bought some tobacco at
tho general Store an hour before while
she had boen making her daily order.
and The storekeeper had questioned
him. To an Interested audience he
had told of the finding of Hugh on
the mountain road in sort of crazy
fever and enlarged unon the part the
girl on horseback had PLAYED. Hugh
was all right now, he said, except that
he didn't remember him or the cabin
or Smoky Mountain.
What Prcndergnst had said Mrs.
Halloran told Jessica In n breath. Be-
fore she finished she found that Jes-
sica had not heard of the incident in
the saloon which had precipitated the
fight with Devlin, and with sympa-
thetic rhetoric Mrs. Halloran told this
too.
why does Smoky Mountain hate
him so? What has he doneg" asked
Jessica.
I Mrs. Halloran shook her head. az
never knew ANYTHING myself" she
said judiciously. 81 reckon the town
allus counted him lust a general low
down. The rest is only suspicion an
give the dog a bad. name"
There had been comfort for Jessica
in this interview. Mrs. Halloran's
story had materially increased the
poignant force of her pity. What had
seemed to her a vulgar brawl had
been in reality courageous and I'M
selfish championship of n defenseless
outcast Thinking of this. the self
blame and contrition which she had
felt when she listened to the violin
assailed her anew, till she seemed a
very part of the guilt, an equal sinner
by omission.
Yet she rode homeward that day
with almost a light heart.
As Horny stood IN tho cabin door.
,.,v ,oo,-ir,, o1to,. 1,ron doroo Of toward
+ha town elistenina far below IN tha
,norninc snnliob+ ho tbonobt hittorlv
az bic raoon+ion +hara
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+ba ho+el Thav know mo for what I
bo,,o boop 70 +hon, ya+ ~ mo n 10 oil
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1orogo ua sbronl. From ramorv nov
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,vos 7 ooino IN tho niob+ when I Voc
nicl,od I'm haside tho railrood tr,c,,9 /
NAV ha = drrnl,or1 ), hn soid to him.
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,1run,, hord ,,,+ nor for tho +osto of +bo
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chaot a thief yet how is n nossi,,lc
for had I,oeds To bo hlottod ont and
,aoro no +,nco, 4 otions l,road habit r.
thov do not snrng from # and habit
o,,tor,t;c.I,v roneo+od boconos chor.
acter 7 foo, M inheren+ nronens,ty 10
rob or defraud shah ~ viii these
things come back to me if NV memory