Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-02-02
FRANCIS LYNDE

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put distance between himself and like
bryerson in the squirrel eyed stage of
lhtoxlcation. But now his promise to
Nan was behind him. and the Gordon
blood was to the fore
III was my fault that Nan STAYED so
long, he said, bravely; and he was
immensely relieved when Bryerson,
making quite sure of his identity, be-
came effusively hospitable.
Cap'n Gordons boy-'f cou'se:
dldnt make out to know We, t frs.
Come avn in the house an sit a spell
come in, say!"
| Again, for Mans sake. Tom couId do
no less 1t was the final plunge. The
boy was come of abstinent stock which
was possibly the reason why the smell
VI the raw corn liquor with which the
capln reeked gripped him so fiercely.
De tnat as 1T may, he could make but
Ieeple resistance when the tipsy
inountalneer pressed him to drink: and
VIC shsht barrier went down altogether
wren he saw the appealing look in
N"n eyes. Straightway he OWNED
that there would be consequences for
her when he was gone if the roaudIin
demon should be aroused i'm her fatbo,
80 he put the tin cup to his Inns ana
coushed and strangled over a single
sWaiiow OF the fiery, nauseatine stuff:
ala THIS for the girls sake. and then
rose and fled away from the mountain
with his heart ablaze and a fearful
clamor as of the judgment truunet
sounding in his ears.
Inc next morning he came hollow
eyed TO his breakfast, and when the
o,ahce oHered, besought his father 10
siVe MIN one of the many boys jobs in
the iron plant during the summer va
| cat1On-aSkqd M
tner the MOTEL on the mountain ton nor
the howell cabin under the second c1iff
sa" MIN more the long summer
| through.
CHAPTER X.
II was Just before the Christmas hol-
loays, in mis- fourth year of the sectar-
ian school, that Tom Gordon was ax-
peeled. Writing to the Reverend Silas
at the moment of Toms dismissal tho
principal could voice only his regret
snu disappointment. 1t was a most sin
'su1ar case During his first and second
years Ihomas had set a high mark and
,i"u attained TO It, On the spiritual side
ne mad been somewhat non committal
to be sure. but to offset this. he bod
deeply interested in the prena "a tor,
theological studies, or at least he ba,I
appeared to be-
but on his return from his fret
summer spent at home there was
marked change in him, due, so thoupht
DOCTOR Tollivar, to his association with
the rougher class of workmen in tba
IRON mills. 1t was as if he had sud
denly grown older and and harder. and
the discipline of the school, admirable
as the reverend Silas knew it to be.
was not severe enough to reform him.
IL grieves me more than I can tell
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confess that we can do nothing moro
Tor him here" was the concluding par
dsraph or the principals letter. "and
10 add that his continued presence
with US Is a menace to the morals of
the school, When 1 say that the of
tense for which he is expelled is nv no
means the first, and that it is the dou-
Die one OF gambling and keeping in
toxicating liquors in his room, you will
understand that the good repute of
Beersheba was at stake, and there was
no other course open to US"
Thomas Jefferson turned his back on
three and a half years of Beersheba
with hot tears in his eyes and an angry
| word on his lips. The Pintsch lights
were burning brightly in the Pullman.
and these-and the tears-bIinded him.
| Some of the sections in the middle Of
the car were made down for the night
and while he was stumbling In the
wake of the porter over the shoes and
the handbags left in the aisle. the
train started.
Lower ten, sah." said the black boy.
and went about his business in the lin
en- locker. But Tom stood balancing
himself with the swaying of the car
and staring belplessly AT the occupant
| OF lower twelve, a young girl in a gray
travelling coat and hat, sitting with her
face TO the window.
why. you-somebodyi" she exclainn-
ed. turning TO surprise him in the act
of glowering down on her. DO you
| know. / thought there might be lust
one chance in a thousand that you'd 20
| home for Christmas, so / made the Dor
ter tell me when we were coming TO
Beersheba. Why don't you sit down %
Tom edged into the opposite seat and
| shook hands with her, all in miserable.
comfortless silence. Then he blurted
| out:
>"If I'd had any idea you were on this
train, I'd have walked
Ardea laughed, and for all his mis-
| cry he could not help remarking how
| much sweeter the low voice was grow
| ing, and how much clearer the blue OF
her eyes was under the forced light of
the gas globes.
You are just the same rude boy,
aren't your" she said. leniently. Are
| there no girls in Beersheba to teach
you how to be nice?"
Il didn't mean it that way" he has
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