The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-01-19
CHAPTER ii-Continued.

Nat, you've got good red blood In
you" no cried. whirling about. Dye
suppose you can hate as we'll as lover"
Lord deliver u.s." exclaimed the
astonished Captain Plum. Hate
love-what tho"
Yes. hate" repeated the old man
with fierce emphasis. so close that his
breath struck Nathaniel's face. You
can love a pretty face-and you can
hate. know you can. II you couldn't
I would send you back to your sloop
with the package tonight But as II
Is am going to relieve you Of your
oath. Yes. Nat. ] give you back your
oath-for a time"
Nathaniel stepped a pace back and
put his hands on his pockets as II to
protect the gold there.
"You mean that you want to call
OF our bargain?" he asked.
The councillor rubbed his hands I'M
I'll the friction Of them sent SILVER
NJ Nathaniel's back. Not that, Nat
o, no. not that The bargain Is good.
The gold Is yours. You must deliver
the package. But you need not do II
Immediately Understand? I am
lonely back there In my shack. !
want company. You must stay with
me a week. Eh? Lilacs and pretty
faces. Natl Ho, ho!-You will stay
a week. won't you. Nat?"
He spoke so rapidly and his face
underwent so many changes. now be-
traying thu keenest excitement, now
wrinkled Ia an ogreish. bantering
grin, now almost pleading in its earn
estness. that Nathaniel knew not what
to make of him. He looked into the
beady eyes. sparkling with passion.
and the cat-lke glitter OF them set his
blood tingiing. What strange adven-
ture was this old man dragging him
into! What were the motives. the
reasoning, tho plot that lay behind
this mysterious creatures apparent
faith in him7 He tried to answer
these things In the passing of mo-
ment before he replied. The coun-
cilor saw his hesitancy and smiled.
81 will show you many things OF
interest. Nat" he said. II Will show
you Just one tonight Then you will
make up your mind. ehI You need
not tell me until then"
He took the lead again and this
time struck straight down for the
town. They passed a number OF
houses built of logs and Nathaniel
caught narrow CLEANS Of light from
between close-drawn curtains. In
- hA I'd
crying OF children. and with a return
OF his grisly humor Obadiah Price
prodded him In the ribs and said:
Good old Israel Laeng lives there
two wives. one old. one young-11
children. Tho Kingdom OF Heaven is
open to him!" And from a second he
heard the sound OF an organ. and
from still q third there came the
laughter and chatter OF several femin-
Inc voices. and again Obadiah
reached out and prodded Nathaniel In
the ribs There was one great.
gloomy. long-built place which they
passed. without a ray Of light to give
life. and the councillor said: Three
widows there. Nat-flght like cats and
dogs Poor Job killed himself" They
avoided the more thickly populated
part OF the settlement and encoun-
tered few people. which seemed to
please tho councillor. Once they over
took and passed a group OF women
clad In short skirts and loose waists
and with their hair hanging in braids
down their backs. For third time
Obadiah nudged Captain Plum.
~ is the kings pleasure that all
women wear skirts that come just be
low the knees" he whispered. Some
OF them won't do It and he's wonder
ing how to punish them. Tomorrow
there's going to be two public whip
pings. Ono OF the victims is man
who sail that n he waJ a woman he'd
die before he put on knee skirts.
After he's whipped he is going to be
made TO wear 'em. by Trim and
rhymmin. isn't that choice, Nay"