Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1912-01-04
~ HENRY RUSSELL MILLER
COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY 8oBBs mERRILL l

! ouSiy. WY should | get maFriedg"
! "Ie're a euare laad. Bob McAdoo.
1 lie have no BOWLS av tinderniss at all.
/ | don't behave there's a person in tn
woruid. az he'd die, ye'd give tn
| Iasthe heartache to. Ye have no
! frinds. Ye're tn lonest, frindlissist
man | know-sagve ye rightr be con
! Guided exasperatedly.
"Friends!" Bob sneered. IL don't
! need EN-. They do what want.
That's enough for me. What do /
| want with friendship"
! Patrick threw out his hands help
| IessIy. "Av ye could ask that quis-
! ton ye could niyir understand tn
answer. But" be returned doggedly
to his text I'VE ought to git married
/ just tn same. Ye made some wan to
! care FIR we an like ye."
Bob laughed, You just said no one
likes me. Anyhow. who'd marry a.
Well" Patrick said defantly
there's Kathleen"
ION. Kathleen amt the woman for
me-" Bob said careIessly.
Then Bob did q strange thing. With
d quick movement he tore his shirt
and uadershirt from his body and
stood before Patrick stripped to the
waist.
Seer
He drew his arms up. and the huge
biceps sweIIed until you would have
expected the skin to burst Then To-
drew himself tensely together The
big pect0rals stood out in thick lay
ers. and mis- waist muscles were q Sc
ries Of buiging. sharply defined ridges
He turned around Patrick saw a
back covered with knots and lines Of
magnificent muscles. Bob seized him
By the wrists.
Break loose" he commanded
Patrick writhed and pulled TO break
the iron grasp in vain.
Bah" Bob threw him contemptu
ously into the chair.
That's why" he cried In passionate
pride that's why I don't want
friends That's why Kathleen ain't
for me But muscle is nothing I'm
JUST lis NlloIL He4Ss k4E So ~ = -
forehead with his palm.
Il never felt what you call friendly
to ang one" he went on. dropping into
his usual quiet tone. Il never wanted
a friend And I'm glad Of 1t. cant
have anybody through friendship get
tin {. bold on me- It's the same reason
that made me quit drinkin. 1t don't
hurt me now. but 1t might get hold OF
me some day Its the strongest win
out In this world Pat. and | must be
strongest.
Patrick sat, awed and half fright
ened by this the longest speech he had
ever heard from Bob's lips and By the
spirit that inspired the outburst.
"Ye're right" he said slowly. "Ye're
cruel sthrong An mebby ye can do
without friends don't know. But
some day, I'm thinkin'. yell love some
body-hard. Thin God pity gel!
They did not know that IN another
room lay q girl who had CHANGED. TO
hear words not meant for her ears
Minute after minute. hour after hour
dragged by and Kathleen never stirred.
Poor Kathleen. Her love, battered and
torn under the needless wheels Of
strong mans ambition. was hgating
the bitter battle of her life's one no
nance
But next evening began the lessons
Never was more earnest tutor and
never a more faithful pupil And no
one saw the change In Kathleen. ner
girlhood los.. her womanhood won III
q night.
One day five years later Director OF
Public Safety McAdoo arranged the
documents he had been reading into
neat. methodical piles and rose from
his desk, stretching his muscles with
sigh of relief He had become
faithful desL worker. but there were
times when be Ionged for the fierce
muscular effort Of The old mill life.
Five years had wrought many
changes In the life OF Bob McAdoo.
He was twenty pounds lighter than
when he had worked IN the mills, al
though his sinews were still Kept I'D
condition by systematic. vigorous ex-
ercise. His face was thinner and liner
and marked by lines Of thought anu
study. He had grown mentally II the
new life aud under Kathleen tuteiage-
His clothes were now made by me
city's highest priced tailor. but. worn
earelessiy. gave little hint Of that SUB
tie thing we call style.
His bold negotiations with MacPner-
son had given him q boid On the sixth
legislative district. which carefui Or
ganization and 5udicious bestowai OF
the patronage made his b virtue o.
that deal nad converted into veri-
table despotism. All candidates Tor
councIlmanic aud legislative nonors
from that district bad come TO LOOK
10 aim Tor nomination and election
When the second aayor nntieF the
Macpherson regime was elected BOP