Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-10-07
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Fouras0 ,Uord had passed between
Ardea since the septemDea ."
ana n "a he had overtaken nel :.
pom W. 5ioor-counting as noIhlns
chuft" cha had make to SPEAK ~
emu ell the night of vengeance lseo in the
VI was sitting at the pla nm when
w., "a' deserted MUSHROOM We.
r"lss and she broke choro III
ntersu' - give him both OF ner
lnia md 10 say, with eyes sninlns'
the rescue were a thihs %
py: knew you had it in you!
s' nnS ~. he said, bit unsteadliy'
FOIu onst ne no more mlsunoe.-
IT, What happened that hlshs
! weeks ago. had to happen, @aa
3. minutes before it happened W., w.
iliIhu'N - could aim straight
s,-D ,n the light from the siag-pol
On ~ And I fully meant to do
.s afraid" she faltered.
,,,,, know-Japheth had tolo me,
t,,o+ica to YOU. That was why
..oao +ha lawn and called to you.
ooE,ng 4 all over, I don't see that
10 much to choose between me
tbo men I've been hunting down.
mont after the things they need
,itbont much conjunction for oth-
5aonIa. and so did 1. On the n1gnt
bon the night when you calleo
ne and wouldn't answer was
81 ! down to rub it in; to tell them
ware in the hole and that L hao
,ham there. | met a man at the
who told me what Japheth told
II made a demon Of me, Aroea.
ok the mans gun and followed
eent around the yard. l meant 10
him"
.Sfhe provocation was very great
s said, evenly. Why didn't you do
fom?"
.kow you've cornered me: I don't
- why l didn't. l had only to walk
h and let him alone when the time
I. The Stag splitting would have
ed him. But l couldn't do it."
BIZ course you couldn't" she agreed,
|sincingly. God wouldn't let YOU
he let's other men commit murder;
day, or such q matter"
lot one Of those who have named
name, Tomas you have"
Vow that it's all over, the taste of
like sawdust in the mouth; I'll
"a that much, I'm free; free among
dead, like the slain that lie in the
"a as David put it when he had
s. ded all the depths. Is that being
J."
ID don't know" she confessed.
gu think l ought to go back to
principles: get down on my knees
81 agonize over It? Sometimes I
u l could be a boy long enough to
hst that thing, Ardea. But l can't.
mill won't grind with the water
has passed"
put the stream isn't dry" she as
I'D, taking up his figure. What
you do now? That is the Ques-
the only one that Is ever worth
hg,"
Fhey took TO the woods. the waste
rs, the deserts-those men Of old
8 didn't understand. Some of them
blind and crazy and died there;
some OF them had their eyes open
hd came back to make the world a
better for their having liven in
m minded to try it."
xou are going away?"
Ses; out to the beyond in Northern
sPna. There IS new iron field out
s to be prospected, and Mr.. Clark
wants me TO so and report on it.
lhat brings us back to business.
talk business-cold money bust
10 you for a minute or two?"
you like, she permitted. only
ok the other kind of talk Is more
fable."
s. curious thing has come to pass
s. miraculous thing, in fact. CHA
sc Will pay the better part OF Its
anu-ahd redeem its stock; or
N H. at least" He rose and
oeside her. Isn't it a thousand
mat Colonel Duxbury couldn't
neld on to his shares just a little
r?"
- ne Is an old man and a broken
now Theirs vas a sob IN her
Ut ne thought there was. But it
why the great heart of compass
.na' missed no object Of pity.
'' out the next best thing Ia 10
ns young woman who marries
'.s FAMILY bring it back with her.
wv mink? Here is a check for
MT FaTley's stock would have
" ostoFe the troubles began. IT'S
y, s" S 10 You because-wen, for
s0S'-'s' as have said. he lost
s y are still the headlong, impulsive
Gil : Eou:' she said, not alto
~. SppFoy.nsly. You are paving
sr own money.
e.L what if I ann"
'Uu are It is either a just rest,-
=. VI II IS not In either case 7
=. oe Your go between"
~ .0ON here" he argued; you've
= ~ sensible about this There,u
Y. you and at least two incom-
ana you've got to have money
Un l made Colonel Duxbury
Do @"oDAer word. If you please. /
~ = your errand in this, and I
w. '3 ~ I ought to be generous
don, = U hin. anyway, do your"
te,o,n presume to say" was the
10 , rn,- When you have come
to ~ night mind, you will know
cr,, 10, ana how to go about it"
bIs 0,npLed the check, thrusting it
Esd II. POCKET, and made two turns
tVom before he said.