The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-12-20

mean IIItlI. SOME tltN / lil'lN ''
do something half as great for YOU.
III do it. no matter what it costs.
Dick was abashed. He was not used
to this. His eyes wavered.
ooh, thunder" he said i'm n futile at
tempt to sheer, Lets say no more
about 1t. 1t was gust fun for me-
you chaps can settle all this some
other time" said Joey sharply. "Not
we want to get at now is this: Wots
to he done next? Is David TO set down
and wait or is he to 20 back there and
waltz"
eco back there gasped Dick. Why
Joey Noakes. amt YOU got a mite 0
sense? You old noodle, OF course he
amt to go back there. you mark my
words, purity soon his neighbors VIII
be advertisin' for him to come home
and forgive EN-. Read the Cincinnati
Enquirer every day, kid. You'll ma
something to interest you every niue
while about the J~enlSon murder case
You see, my buck, they're still looki
for YOU"
Il hope ii all turns out as you
think. Dick" cried David ferVently.
He was weak with excitement. "oh,
how | long to be cleared of this aWlul
thing, How / long for the sight or
| Jenison hall, And say, Dick. II |
should 90 back there as master | want
Won and Ernie to come there and stay
all the rest of your lives. I
But Dick raised his hand his eyes
had narrowed. II couldn't do that,
David" he said. a harsh note IN his
/ usually pleasant voice. "Thank YOU,
lust the same. Ernie and me are not
cut out for places like JeniSon hall.
Viewed have all the silver inside Of
a week-and maybe the furniture,
His face flushed rs he made his banal
excuse for jest.
Ruby cried out in protest. Don't
say that, Dick Cronk. You could be
different. Oh, why don't You try It.
Dick?'
lie looked down. His lips worked
i'm the effort to force q grin of der1-
sion His hand was trembling No
one smoke; somehow they felt the
struggle that was going on within
him. At last he lifted his eyes 70 hers.
cant do it. Ruby" he said quietly.
Il don't think I'm naturally a thief,
hut it's got hold Of me. If | thought
there was a chance maybe I'd-oh, but
what's the use, Let's change the sub
feet. Jacky. before we part tor the
night want to say something more to
YOU. 1t hurts like the devil TO say IT.
but | got to. You said you'd like me
and Ernie toto come down there.
Well. may as well tell YOU right here
in front of these friends Of ourn tha'
Ernie. my brother, don't like YOU. Now
don't say anything You can under
stand. He's terrible bitter against
Won. You'll excuse me If ! say there's
"a girl at the bottom Of It.
"A girl?' fell from pavid's lips
"You-great heaven, Dick, You don
mean Christine"
Dick nodded and continued: lie
liable to get YOU some time II ne can
It's dirt mean of me TO say MS aoou
my brother, but ! don't want HIM e
do ANYTHING like that. He-he mlgh
get desperate. don't you see, ana
49, Il.
we'll. lust keep. your eye skinned, tlai
MI You-vou got to remember. Ia
yid. that his dad swung for klllln
man. Mebby it's In Ernles system
too He's had such a horrible. unhap
nv life II somehow can blame mn
; for having it in for us fellers that AZ
strong and straight
t David had sunk into a chair, al
palled by his words.
. "Rut he must know that ChriStin
! doesn't care for him" he said methaf
I ically.
t "Sure no does. That's the hard par
e OF #. He's bitter jealous or YOU
Course h wouldn't think Of a crippl
:, like him. But he's got il into his h'l
that she wouldn't look at you either
e Won was ~disfgured or your back wa
shad or something like that.
+ keep arguing With him, and hes sens
e bic when he takes time TO thlhk. bU
d inst the same | wish you'd keep YOU
eye peeled"
1t David Law awake until nearly daWr
9. his mind whirling with the disclosure
of the night. That sweet encounter J
W ,ove still fingered uppermost in h
d THOUGHTS. its fires fed afresh by III
r brand of hope hat Dick had t"sse
1t unon them. but disagreeahly chilled !
lie tho prospect Of new u In III
shane Of Ernie Cronk. lie fell aslee
10 +bin,-ino Of those blissful moments II
y, dor the awning when he held her sir
n ,,nraS,stinr body close to his own al
n thev were alone In the blacklist
4 NIGHTS with a tempest about them.
tho background of his thoughts lurke
IN Ernie Cronk, and still farther hat
m was the ominous figure of Colonel Bt
re Grand.
10 For the first time in many weeks
did not think of the detcctlyes-al
tn the bloodhoundsl