The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-11-29
The Coming of the Law
By Charles Alden Seltzer

90 with you without dom go hieAin'."
whats goin' 70 be done with thAe
noospaper Of his'nf" inquired Ass. ''Yo0
reckon shell miss IRE tn hss ven
againf''
Norton's brews wrink,sA, ~ ~ ~
thought Of the nswspapse. but ~
realised now that II the paDse lAi1sA
to appear on scheduled time ne people
In Union County would think that Hei-
to believe that he had been % bsdiy
injured that he could not issue the
paper. and Duniavsy would b carsfui
70 circulate some sort Of . story 70 On.
courage this view.
Now that Ace had brought the nat.
ter to his attention he began 10 suspect
that this had been the reason Of the at-
tack on Hollis. That they had net
killed him whom they had the oppos-
tunity. showed that they must have
had some purpose other than that Of
merely desiring 10 set him out Of tie
way.
That sAsy he'd merely beaten him
showed that thsis wish wAs emily 10 IN.
capacitAta him temporarily. Norton's
eyes haAhsd with . sudden dstsrminar
tSon.
u Asu,S ssohou hat ~ Kicker viii
oias ArAs he declared; net n I have
s !: e e DRY Seton an get her out
Ace sysd him furt,vsiy and now
spoke Win IN embarrassed sslf-con-
Tive been seaHssse.n' &A,s here stua.
son ever Anes yeS toh % about the
boss" hs said Amdsntiy. 49, 4 you're
sein' - get that paper ont, . ltsis
poem - Eve might dslp out consider
aeas."
'Msaain'f' intsssoeatsA Merton, his
sys,ashss ais1sssins.
Aee's aaes rsddsneA painfully.
'0ean4n' tAat rye got several tfttie
pieces which I've wrote whsa didn't
have anything slDs 20 do an that IA
Be risht wsllin' TO have them put into
the Kicker to help MI her up. Some
Of the boys think they're right classy"
Norton looked around ct the Other
men for confirmation Of the truth Of
this modest statsmsrt He caught
LAnky's glance.
II reckon thses aSeut risAt" said
that sobsr-tacsd vunohsr. "Acs y the
pots lariat Of this here out0e en- ne
sure has got . lot Of risnt s'svsr !nes
In his pomsa I've read them whioA
wasn't ons-two-thrss with haSn."
Norton smiled. . little eynioaiiy. he
wasn't quite sure about II. As saiA o,se
Il Ace could ws4ts poetry he HADN'T
any doubt that during the next fsv
weeks there would be plenty Of oppor.
tunity to print some Of Il IN ne Kicksr.
He smiisd whom he saw Aces eao0
brighten.
But he told him he would have 20 soc
Hollis--1f the latter Got we'll enough 10
endure an interview. II the boss 70.
covered enough to Be able to look al
Aces poetry before Il was printed, why
Of course " would have % b Shown
him.
He didn't want anything TO 70 int
the Kicker which the boss wouldn't
like But II ne wasn't able 10 iook AZ
II. why he would leave the decision -
Potter. and II II suited the latter ne
would be satisfied. He would kesp
the boys posted on the boss's condition.
Late In the afternoon he again Wis.
tied the Hazelton cabin. He found the
Cimarron doctor already there Hollis
was still unconscious. though resting
easier.
The doctor declared that he would
remain with him throughout the night.
, He followed Norton out on to the porch
and told him that at present he coula
| not tell Just how serious Hollis's In
juries were. There was n great wound
In his head which he feared might
turn out seriously. but. n not. Hollis
would recover quickly and be as good
as ever within few weeks-except for
his loft wrist--whioh was broken.
He praised Nellie Hazelton for the
| care she was giving the injured man.
| Convinced that there was nothing more
| to be done Norton returned to the Ctr
Gle Bar to Give his attention to his
work.