New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1912-07-31

up another beautiful pile OF bills in
DR.. Temples pocket. mot 80 worse
for q parson." he grinned. You must
be one Of them Fifth avenue sky.
Bhanures."
And now Mr.. Temples gentle eyes
and voice filled with tears again: "Oh,
don't take that. That's the money for
bis vacation-sfter thirty long years.
Please don't take that" &.
Her appeals seemed always 70 ma
the tender spot Of this robbers heart,
for he hesitated. and called out:
shall We overlook the parsons wad.
podner?"
take 1t. ana shut up. You molly.
coddle!" was the answer he got. and
the vacation funds Joined the old gew.
gaws.
And now everybody had been
robbed but Marjorie. She happened to
be at the center OF the line. and both
men reached her at the Same time:
II seen her hrst," the nrst one
shouted.
"You did not" the other roared.
Il tell you I did,
Il tell you I did," They gIared
threateningly at each other, and their
revolvers seemed to meet, like two
game cocks, beak to beak.
The porter voiced the general hope,
when he sighed: "Oh. Lawd, If they'd
only shoot each other"
This brought the rivals to their evil
senses, and they swept the line with
those terrifying muzzles and that
heart-stopping yelp: Hands up!"
Bill said: "You take the east side Of
her, and I'll take the west" =.
"All right" ...a. :,
And they began to snatch away her
side-combs, the little gold chain at
her throat, the jeweled pin that MAI
lory had given her 40 the flrst token
Of his love. .....
The young soldier had foreseen this.
He had foreseen tho Wild rage that
would unseat his reason when he saw
the dirty hands Of thieves laid rudely
on the sacred body Of his beloved.
But his soldierschooling had drilled
him to govern his impulses. 70 play
the coward when there was no hops
Of successful battle, and to strike only
when the moment was ripe With pen.
feet opportunity. ..
He had kept telling himself that
whom the finger Of one Of these men
touched % much @ xar5orie's hem,
hs would bs forced to ding himself
On the profane miscreant. And he
kept telling himself that the moment
he did this, the other man would
calmly blow . hole through him, and
drop him Ut Marjorie's fest. while the
other passengers shrank away In tor.
rof. .&. 49,
He told himself that, while It might
be . ane impulse to leap to her de-
Tense, It was fool impulse to leap
OF . precipice and leave Marjorie
alone among strangers, With . dead
man and . scandal. % the only 70
wards for his impulse. He vowed that
he would hold himself in check. ana
let the robbers take everything, leav.
ing him only the name of coward.
provided they left him also the power
20 defend Marjorie better q another
time. ...-..ss i.
And now that 10 saw ths clumsyl
handed thugs rifling his 0weetheart'0
3ewelry, he felt al that no had fore
seen, and his head fought almost IN
vain against the white nre Of his
heart. Between them no trembled
like q leaf. and tho sweat globed on
his forehead.
The worst Of It was tho shivering
terror of Marjorie. and the pitiful eyes
she turned on him. But he clenched
his teeth and waited, thinking fierce
ly, watching. like lowering eagle, Z
chance to swoop.
But the robbers kept glancing this
way and that, and one motion would
mean death. They themselves were
20 overweight with their own ordeal
and its immediate conclusion, that
they would have killed anybody. NAL
lory shifted his foot cautiously, and
instantly gun was jabbed into his
stomach, with q snarl: Don't you
novel"
who's moving1'' Mallory answered,
with . poor imitation OF . careless
laugh. 1884,.
And now the man called Bill had
reached Nar5or1s's right hand. He
chorted: ''0oIly, look Ut the shinsn
But Jake, who had chosen Mar
3orie's LEFT hand, roared: 4;
4 Say. Jon eheatsd. Al 81 - tniss
neasly plain gold band"
"Oh, don't take that!" Ma.5os1s
gasped, clenchlng her hand.
Nallory's heart ached st the thought
Of this fnal sacrilege. He had the
fcense, and the minister ut last-and
now The tends were going to carry OF
the wedding ring. He controlled him
self with . desperate Effort and
stopped to plead: Say, old man. don't
take that That's not fair"