Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-01-28

no less 1t was the final plunge. The
boy was come of abstinent stock, which
was possibly the reason why the smell
OF the raw corn liquor with which the
cabin reeked gripped him so fiercely.
be that as 1t may, he could make but
feeble resistance when the tipsy
mountaineer pressed him to drink: and
the slight barrier went down altogether
when he saw the appealing look in
Mans eyes. Straightway he OWNED
that there would be consequences for
her when he was gone If the maudlin
demon should be aroused in her father.
so he put the tin cup to his lips and
coughed and strangled over a single
swallow of the fiery, nauseating STUFF;
did this for the girls sake. and then
rose and fed away from the mountain
with his heart ablaze and a fearful
clamor as of the judgment trumpet
sounding In his ears.
Inc next morning he came hollow
eyed to his breakfast. and when the
chance offered, besought his father 10
give him one of the many boys Jobs IN
the iron plant during the summer va
cation-asked and obtained. And nei-
ther the hotel on the mountain top nor
the novel cabin under the second cliff
saw him more the long summer
! through.
CHAPTER X.
1t was just before the Christmas hol-
days, In his fourth year of the sectar-
ian school, that Tom Gordon was ex-
PEELED. Writing to the Reverend Silas
at the moment OF Toms dismissal. the
principal could voice only his regret
and disappointment. 1t was a most sin
gular case. During his first and second
years Thomas had set high mark and
had attained to 1t. On the spiritual side
he had been somewhat non-committal.
to be sure. but to offset this, he had
deeply interested in the preparatory
theological studies. or at least he had
appeared to be.
But on his return from his first
summer spent at home there was a
marked change in him, due, so thought
Doctor Tollivar. to his association with
the rougher class of workmen in the
iron mills. 1t was as II he had sud
denly grown older and and harder. and
the discipline of the school, admirable
as the Reverend Silas knew II to be,
was not severe enough to reform him.
1T grieves me more than / can tell
you, my dear brother, to be Obliged 10
confess that we can do nothing more
for him here" was the concluding par
agraph of the principals letter, land
to add that his continued presence
with us is a menace to the morals OF
the school. When I say that the Of
Tense for which he is expelled is by nc
means the first, and that 1t is the dou-
BILE 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 u.s."
Thomas Jefferson turned his back or
three and half years of Beersheba
with hot tears in his eyes and an angry
word on his lips. The Pintsch light.
were burning brightly in the Pullman
and these-and the tears-blinded him
Some OF the sections in the middle o
the car were made down for the night
and while he was stumbling In tn,
wake of the porter over the shoes ant
the handbags left In the aisle, tn,
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 ca
and staring helplessly at the occupan
OF lower twelve, a young girl In a gra,
travelling coat and hat, sitting with he
face to the window.
why. you-somebodyl" she exclaim
ed. turning to surprise him in the &C
Of glowering down on her. do yol
know. l thought there might be jus
one chance in a thousand that you'd X
home for Christmas, so I made the por
ter tell me when we were coming L
> | - N
Tom edged into the opposite seat an
shook hands with her all In miserable
comfortless silence. Then he blurte
out:
III I'd had any idea you were on thi
train, I'd have walked"
Ardea laughed, and for all his mis-
, cry he could not help remarking hoy
much sweeter the low voice was grow
ing, and how much clearer the blue O
: her eyes was under the forced light o
I the gasglobes.
> you are just the same rude boy
| aren't your" she said. leniently. "Ar
t there no girls in Beersheba to teac
you how to be nicer"
I Il didn't mean 1t that way" he has
tened to say. I'm always saying tn
wrong thing to you. But II you onl
: knew, you wouldn't speak to me; niue
less let me sit here and talk to you"
IF l only knew what7 Perhaps yo
would better tell me and let me judg
for myself" she suggested; and out @
the past came a nick OF the memoir
whip to make him feel again that sh
was immeasurably his senior.
Pm expelled" he said. bluntly.
"Ohl" For a full minute, as it seem
ed to him, she looked steadfastly on
OF the window at the wall of blacknes
4, fitting past. and the steady drummin
OF the wheels grated on his nerves an
: got into his blood. When It was abou
n to become unbearable she turned an
. gave him her hand again. I'm just a
q sorry as / can bel" she declared. an
z the slate-blue eyes confirmed II
o 1T was this way; three of the boy
n came TO my room to play cards-be
cause their rooms were watched.
o didn't want to play-oh. I'm mono to
8 good; this in answer to somethin
l, in her eyes that made him eager to to