The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-03

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dead or bi,nso,s AGAIN yo. unou how
soft hearted old loo Ia ond how no
hhnos on 70 his word once he nasse.
r. az course be nromised. never mis-.
| trnsting tho old ,yrotoh ,vos n,oyinv
him. So there Won arel Florrie's wor-
rying and losing color because Joe
only speaks when they pass by. but
doesn't come to the house. Joe's about
desperate. and old Glib Is fattening and
getting ten years younger-on spite
and crutcbes. What the end In 10 be
nobody can guess"
"Can old Glib be sbamming?" Merton
| asked. DIR. Waters shook his head. 81
| thought so at first" he said. "But II
he is it heats anything In the books.
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his legs. except that they're a bit fab
by. It's equally as, certain he can't
walk on them. I think sometimes he
| has hyppotized himself. III Il was lust
deceit and what I call cussedness, I
| would have been able before this to
take him of his guard"
"Well, I can at least go over and
contiole with joe" Merton said, step
| ping across the street. "And maybe
| sympathy will be worth an order" he
called back over his shoulder as he
struck the store steps.
AI,bougb n was Iate March n was
| s,,li ninnlng cold A rod f,re roored in
| tho base burner inside old Gib's store
| Old Cib himself sat close beside IT. his
| eve ranging nil the misceilaneous mer.
| cboudise which crowded shelves ond
| aoor His three clerks had been on
| tbo iumn all morning hut toward noon
| there came ,ulI Uc was about to
send two of them off to dinner when
tho door opened wide and Merton
came through, with Joe Beenam in his
| wake and 'Dr. Waters and Lew Bayne
| marching solemnly behind. Joes face
tense in every line. Indeed. he looked
desperate, ana his voice rang bard as
he said stopping short three feet
| away:
"Mr. Ezell, have come to ask you,
here In the presence of these witnesses,
| TO release lac from my promise. You
know well how 1t was glven-with a
total misapprehension OF the truth"
"You mean you want TO take my
daughter as well as my trade aud leave
me, a cripple, to starvew old Glib
roared. ~
Joe set his teeth. III mean nothing
Of the sort,'' he said. "Glve ME your
daughter and our home shall be yours.
I will serve and care for you as /
would for my own father."
"You won't get the chance" old Glib
sneered.
Joe half turned to his friends and
whispered sepulchrally: "Go away
Quickw
."Golng to murder me, .hey?" old Glib
shifted.
Joe stood very straight. The others
had skunk toward the door, with tEa
| awed clerks budding after. They
heard Joe shout:
"It is not murder! / shall give my
life to free Florrie from your intolera-
BILE tyranny
Then they saw him fing wide tie
stove door and dash into 1t wb 4,
seemed like several pounds Of CUR
powder.
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