The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-05-30

please consider this interview at an
end, Mr.. Forrest. l hope for your
mothers sake you will change"
And he gave his CONSENT" whis-
pered Miss Prue. who was waiting
In the hall for her lover to reappear.
No, and he never will. He thinks
I'm slugger and loafer"
How dare hei How dare he!"
On, he dared, all right. He didn't |
seem bit embarrassed over 1t. He
same as called me prize fighter"
And you so gentle that you wouldn't
hurt fly. Well, we won't elope. and
We won't commit suicide. You just
wait. That father Of mine Is going to
get talking to-"
The father got It. but It did not
change the situation, except he hoped
that Mr.. Forrest for the sake. OF his
parents, would give up smuggling and
take to the law and become credit to
the bench and bar II he did this. and
after five or ten or fifteen years.
proved that he had recovered from
his exuberance of spirits. why he might
come around and talk.
Miss Prue was not found dead at the
end OF rope in the garnet next morn
ing. They don't do that way nova
days. They write a little note and
smuggle 1t out Of the house and then
have feeling that their angel grand
mother is looking down from heaven
and will somehow bring things around
| all riuhf N ;vc DruQ'C
angel grandmother was on the spot
and saw her way clear.
Mr.. Forrest did not call again. He
did not propose an elopement nor plan
the death OF the banker. II he was =
slugger he was an honorable one. Be
! sides, he also had grandmother up
!. there. She was hustler and schemer
l when alive, and he believed he could
depend upon her now.
e Mr.. Wilson was interested In a mar
l BILE quarry and occasionally drove out
there to see how things we're going
I There had been a cut-down In the
wages of the mon. Too much money
t was being sent back to Italy. two
g weeks after breaking Mr.. Forrest ii
lWO uc StdI tSu W NlSlt Tie QudAly 0As
n settle the trouble II he could, and Mis-
N Prue accompanied him. At about tn
N same time the despairing lover starte'
IN out from somewhere In his auto for
III spin. His route passed the quarry.
III The banker arrived to find seven
IN eight hands hanging around an
II grumbling. while a dozen more ha
II packed up and departed. A strike ha
been declared. He stood up In his aut
h and Grated He showed that a cut
iii wages always made the wage-earnt
III more economical. and was therefore
II good thing. and he was going on
M prove several other things when II
M men made a dash for him and haule
him out Of the machine. They hs
ID just begun to pound him up RICH
smart when another auto arrived {
III the scene. and he had a dim remel
brance OF hearing his daughter Ct
IN out:
"Oh, It's Harry-my Harry! y
:, Harry, they are killing dad"
ID This was the situation that the tv
~ angel grandmothers brought abol
| Couldn't be better. MI. haITisou r.
rest was out Of his machine and Stu
- ging away, one. two. three. inside OF I
G." seconds. The enemy went down. 1
enemy dubbed and slashed at hi
SO The enemy was punched until 1t f1e
ho And Mr.. Wilson sat up in the road
LAT saw 1t all. and heard Miss Prue's wor
Of commentator and exultation. A
rs when the enemy had been lambast
III the banker arose and extended his ha
'ns to the young man and quietly
served:
eV- 81 thought you were to quit sl
~ ~ ging,"
ihu But this was a special occasion,
w" see," was the reply
"Oh. understand. Well, you ml'
anu call this evening and make 1t anotl
Mas special occasion. and shall expect
TO take up law the very nrst thing
49,, the morning..
ou' And Miss Prue reached out
matted her father on the shoule
ven you are the best ever" she said.