The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-09-02
She drew back from him.

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'sheeny Joe's!' You mean tho o.
loon near the depotf"
Sure: what's the use Of being 90
sQueamish9 You sing and dance to =
saloon crowd. don't youi Oh, I know
you're Q good girl, Christie, and all
that I'm not ranking you with these
ny.by-nishts around hsra- But there's
no reason that can see why you
should shy 90 1t . saloon Besides,
you won't see any ole. Joe has got
some back room whore We can be
alone, and have Q oite to eat while
were talking. What do you say."
'Oh. I would rather not" Hope fal-
tered. bewildered by this unexpected
request already half.tempted TO break
away and run. Really II don't
want 70 60 there"
Hswley was evidently surprtss at
this refusal, naturally supposing from
her life thsA Miss MaclatreS scruplse
would b easily overoomA This Oh
st1nacy Of The giSa aroused his anger.
S3Aculate4 grumy. -pFetsudiny 70 b
90 damn paTt1oulax. Maybs you'd
yAkhsr stand out thses On ths prairie
end talkr with Q swosp a bic hAnd
asuund The horison.
Tea ! would" catching osspss~ssiy
q ths straw. I'm not afraAd ot you:
I'm not blaming you q AL only IL
DON'T want 70 % 10 Bhssny Joss.'"
Hs loueed - hsr, puss1ed q her a.
utudA and ~ somewhat rsassursd by
hw sxprssGton q coundsncA Oh,
wsll what was ths di6srsncsi II
might b bettss 70 ~ hes have her
own Wv. and The change would not
materially intsrfefe With HE piAns-
OF coursA. Il would - pssasantsr SIT
ting togsthsr q oos a Joss tables,
bat hs could talk Just - freely cut
yonder unde1 the etafA Besides, It
might b - veil now 10 humor the
giri
AN risns. Cn1istia.- hAs vosos ~
gn1ning tn pleasant tpuA "You shall
have pour Wv THU tina There h
too much q stake ~ - 20 quarrel
over thasA"
Nishtsnsd, ~ not aarfns 10 resist
q sxhtAt the lsast reluctance, she
ssunS - hb arm, and permitted him
% led her - ths righk down Q dark
pa0ass end out into the open hand b.
pend. He hAd - tsol hin W. care
ful1y. md scarcely spoks. yst pro-
ossdsd - though ths paaDaes IVES
reasonahay fAmA1Gar anA b bad some
es4nlts pulns in visw. Che answered
In moueuytlablss. now thoroughly 10
gFsoul q having pssDtt4ad hsrsetS to
ds6e 0to thAs position. ~ Ace In yhs
Seass nDUvfng Aov b sxdacaAs hsrsssf
HAws1 took svssyt11nS for granAsa,
hsr vsry Elso0s ooovtn0lug him Of her
scRu3escsooA Wsth throehens pulse.
Hope telt The sman ro~oaver hidden
within hss N1sA. unAoaog Q button 20
theA m smsrUsocy. shs might srsmp Il
moro Vuickiy. HAw3sy tslt ths move-
msut tAs trembling q be- asm
You ssO afyNid. tus& tho sAmA" he
saso. pRoDG1nG hsf 30 him lover-dke.
-parsmso a&w1ys gsts On . voman's
nsgvsA.
Yes. that and iooaatnsss- resent.
tng his fAimifay1y. do ~ nsed 10
90 any fAssAssf Surely. ~ 60 a1ooe
herN"
onu . fsv stspe: eAs rsvtne IL
yondsr. and w oan a1 Aovn on the
rooin want 10 smoka, and We will
b entirety out of aSht therA.
He hslped haf down The rather
sharp deoifv4ty unttl both vsrs thor.
ouShly concealed below tho prsirte
Dsvsl FUshng about with his hands
b found The surface af smooth rock.
md seated her upou Il Then . match
dared. castfng IN tnstants gleam
scross hfs face a. be lighted his cigar.
Blacker than ever the night shut down
about them. and hs gropsd for Q seat
beside her. 9he could psrosive t,,ss
one star pesrfnS through Q rift Of
cloud. and In her nostriis vas the
pungent odos Of tobacco. With Q little
shtvsr Of disgust sho drew slixhtiy
-"OS A@O<o oA~Aas 0sOOQ1u8 Vu0l W88 70
coma One thing alone shs Aeas was
In bsr favor--Howsvsr familiar Hsv.
ley attempted 70 b, hs ~ evsAontly
not JET su@cisntly sure q Mlss Mao
htre to become entirely o6snsfvA ahs
might not have fruvnsd Ct bin buve-
making. but apparenfly he had not
yst progrssssd sumoieatly far In bar
good grscss 70 vsnfusS 70 sxtremea.
Hope pressed hG rps together. Do
tsrminsd 70 resist say furthay sp.
proach Of The man. Howsves. hin
earliest words were q raiiaf
Z rsckuu, Christie" b satd g,ovfy
bsewesn pufs On his oagAs, The nghted
eud Of Wn,ch faint1y ulumtnsd his
fao~ yoU's got he hsa have
brought yoo out hsrs to mahs love.
hoed knows rd 1ke 10 vel enough,
but Just now Nsrvts moro important
m&tfsS ON hama Fsct n, my x1rl
we're up against . rtt1s backsst and