The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-07-04

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give you ny hand IN token q ~
compact You think M m 90 81
no doubt When other chidsso lsefn
TO walk. I was learning u ~ and
to uss firearms: aye. and 70 dtstfUse
Stranger Perhaps that very expega-
ence has brought ms self reliance ano
an unusual confidence In ~ ovD JuAg.
ment Am overbold:-
Far from It; Jet may BE- vhss
say you are my ideal OF womanheol"
TIE quick nuxh mounted to ~ hatf.
her hands claspinc.
"Oh. but I did not expect that. What
. poor ideal you must have? No oosth-
ern school eter held me up ~
model. hardly know what spirit
possesses me to make No fosUet the
real purpose Of my visit ! came tn an
seriousness- told you was alone
here. but for the negroea. Believing
you perfectly helpless. confined bsTe
in the cellar. Colonel Donald rode
away to collect some of his men. who
are widely scattered Just nov. intend.
in: TO convey you under guard tonight
to Johnston's headquarters. Calvert
Dunn. with two OF the neRroes. de-
parted even earlier with Lieutenant
Navarre's body" -
They intend holding me. then. - .
prisoner OF war;
She hesitated. as II doubtful q hes
reply. her eyes lifting suddenly to ny
own. then falling as quickly to the
stone door Of the cellar.
"You fear to tell me the TRUTH
mo. not that. but do not feel quite
certain Of tie final outcome. Both
Calvert Dunn ana his father bold you
merely ~ un emissary OF Daniels
aud would treat you as they would
him IL be ever fell into their banda
We have not known much about iaw
in this region. Lieutenant King. and
men have learned to wreak their own
vengeance. cannot picture to you
what the bitterness of mountain
feud means" She pressed her hands
to her eyes as II to shut out the mem
ory. yet went steadily on. her soft
voice trembling with emotion. Ill
have seen 80 much Of It: from my
very babyhood have lived amid
scenes OF violence-burned homes. wO.
men and children suffering md desti
tute. mdh shot down from ambush
aud outrages unspeakabie. War Is
terrible. but mountain feud turns
human beings into fends."
Her words. the deep intensity Of her
utterance. told how clearly she recalled
1t all. She stopped. breathing heavily,
one hand reaching out to the door for
support.
"Rut why should 1t be? We know
nothing of such conditions in the
north. What caused all this fghting?
III heard the story" speaking now
almost wearily. Way back. they say
a hundred years ago. when the first
settlers came. some controversy arose
between the Danielses and the Don
aids. Blood was shed. and little by lit
tie every relative was drawn into the
controversy. The Danieises were the
more numerous. the more ignorant.
the more virdictiye. Colonel Donald
saw them kill his father and burn his
own home TO the ground. Hr Songhi ear
nestly to compromise. To make peace
The others laughed. thought him a
| coward. and finally burned bis home
for the second time. twenty Of them.
at midnight. Bill Daniels at their
head. They left hi ! seriously wound.
ed and drove his wife and children into
the night and storm. his wife and one
child died from exposure He lay for
weeks IN this house deliriouS with
fever, aud twice those tends sought
him even then. When he recovered he
was another mnn-Iiving for no o'her
purpose than 10 clear this region Of
that scum. He was tive years at it.
night and day. tireless as u blood,
hound. Bill Daniels was tried for mur-
der md convicted. He escaped from
Jail two years ago and SINCE then.
until the war broke out. we have had
peace. Now he has come back-come
back with the Yankee army behind
him-and-and 1t Is murder again"
You know this to he all tr,le?''
The cellar was ALMOST dark now.
but could see her straighten up. her
hands clasled tightly together.
do l know? Oh. God. yes: I have
been part of it. have seen men shot
down. | have covered in darkness
and rain while flames destroyed the
house called home. All my childhood
was passion .Of fear
You say Calvert Dunn and his
followers mold ire to be one OF DAN
ielS' followers aud would deal with me
accordingly! How about Colonel Dou-
ald?"
He believes you guilty of killing
Lieutenant Navarro. but merely in an
effort to escape Otherwise he thinks
you have told the truth and favors
turning you over to the military au
thorities"
"1'hey expect to returnT'
ayes. tonight. with q squad Of Colo
mel Donald's men"
"And vet vO,l asr mn to ronsin