Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-24
CHAPTER XIII.-Continued.

Exactly: and you have answered your
self. II you stay two weeks, or t"c
days, in, Angels you will doubtless hear
all you care to about my troubles. When
the town isn't talking about what it is
going to do to me, it is gossiping about
the dramatic arrest of my would-be as
sassin.'
You are most provoking she de-
clared did you make the arrest?
Don't shame me needlessly; Of course
l didn't One OF our locomotive engineers
q man whom I had discharged for drunk
enness, was the hero. 1t was a most
daring thing The desperate is known IN
the Red desert as The Killer and ne
has had the entire region terrorized SO
completely that the town mafshaI OF
Angels. a man who has never before
shirked his duty, refused to serve the
warrant Judsou, the engineer, MADE the
capture-took the terror from ms piace
i'm a gambling den. disarmed MN and
brought him in. Judson himself was I'M
cTneJ and he did the trick with a little
steel wrench such as engineers use dpou'
q locomotive.
was deeply interested.
Now YOU are no longer dull. Howard!
she exclaimed Tell me in words just
how Mr. Judson did 1t.
TT was an old dodge. SO Old that II
seemed new to everybody. AS tolu
YOU Judson was discharged Tor drunken
ness All Angels knows him for a hghter
10 the finish when he is sober, and for
the biggest fool and the most harmless
one when he is in liquor. He took ad-
vantage of this, reeled into the gambling
place as if he were too drunk 10 see
straight, played the fool tn ne got be-
hind his man-after which the matter
simplitied itself Rufford, the desperate,
had no means of knowing that the cold
piece of metal Judson was pressing
against his back was not the muzZle Oh d
loaded revolver and he had every rea-
son for surprising that it was: hence. he
did all the things Judson told him to do.
Miss Eleanor did not need to NocaiiZe
her approval of Judson; the dark eyes
were alight with excitement
"How fine she appiauded. Of course
after that, you took Mr.. Judson back
into the railway service?
..Indeed | did nothing OF the sort nor
shall i until he demonstrates that ne
means what he says about letting the
whisky alone.
".J-ntiI he demonstrates'-dont be so
cold .blooded. Howard. Possibly he saved
your life
quite probably. But that has nothing
10 do with his reinstatement as an en-
much better for RuffOrd to kill me than
for me TO let Judson have the chance TO
kill a trainload of innocent people
And vet, few moments ago, YOU
called Yourself a coward. cousin mine.
Could YOU really face such an alternative
without fiinching?
1T doesn't appeal to me as a question
involving any special degree of courage,
he said, slowly. Il am great coward
Eleanor-not a little one, l hope.
1T doesn't appeal to you?-dear COD!
she said And / have been calling you
but would you do 1t. Howard?
He smiled at her sudden earnestness
How generous your heart is. Eleanor,
when YOU let il speak for itself! IL you
will promise not to let II change your
opinion OF me-you shouldn't change II,
Won know, for / am the same man Whohl
YOU held up TO scorn the day we parted
IL YOU will promise. I'll tell you that TO-
weeks / have gone about with my lie IN
NV hands, knowing it. 1t hasn't required
comes along in the line OF my plain duty
to the company-its one OF the things
draw my salary for.
you haven't told me why this des-
perado wanted to kill you-why you are
i'm such a deep sea of trouble out here.
Howard she reminded him.
NO: it is a long story. and 1t would
bore you IL l had time to tell ii. And l
haven't time. because that is Williams
whistle for the Angels yard"
lie had risen and was helping his COM
panion TO her feet, when Mrs. Brewster
came to the car door to say:
"Oh, you are out here, are YOU. How
ard? ] was looking for YOU to let you
know that we dine in the Nadia at Z. II
your duties will permit
Lidgerwood refusal was apologize
but firm.
II am very sorry, Cousin Jessica," he
protested. But I left deskful Of stun