The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-07-05

me than barred door I pledge you
my word"
AND accept It without reserve
give you my hand In token Of the
compact You think me an odd girl.
no oouot When other children learn
10 Walk was learning to ride and
10 use firearms: aye. and to distrust
strangers Perhaps that very expert
ence has brought me self reliance and
an unusual confidence In my own 1uds-
ment Am overbod?s
Far from 1t; yet may be when I ,
say you are my ideal Of womanhood."
Ihe quick flush mounted to her hair. ,
her hands clasping. ,
"oh. but did not expect that. What :
poor Ideal You must have? No north. q
ern school ever held me I'D as a \
MODEL. hardly know what spirit I
possesses me TO make me forget the r
rear purpose OF my visit | came In all q
seriousness told you ] was alone O
mere. but for the negroes Believing q
you perfectly helpless, confined here K
IN the cellar. Colonel Donald rode Z.
away 10 collect some OF his men, who
are widely scattered Just now. intend.
ing 10 convey you under guard tonight r.
70 Johnston's headquarters. Calvert =.
Ounn. With two OF the negroes. de- -
parted even earlier with Lieutenant - :.
Navarres body" "
They intend holding me. then. az a -
prisoner OF warp ~
She hesitated. as If doubtful OF her =,
reply. her eyes lifting suddenly to my "
own then falling as quickly to the go
stone floor Of the cellar. -. -
You fear to tell me the trutb?" q.
NO. NOT that. but do not feel quite ou
certain OF the final outcome. Both 80
calvert Dunn and his father hold you ha
merely as an emissary of Daniels q,
and would treat you as they would ~,
MIN IL he ever fell into their hands go
we have not known much about law In
In this region. Lieutenant King. and 80
men have learned TO wreak their own a.,
vengeance L cannot picture to You a..
what the bitterness of a mountain -.
[euo means" She pressed her hands e -.
10 ner eyes as II to shut out the mem. So.
Dry. yet went steadily on. her soft iny
voice trembling with emotion. FL
nave seen SO much OF it: from my sue
very babyhood | have lived amid .foi
scenes or Observation-Disclosures, .eu anliu feel
nen and children suffering and desti -.
u'e' men shot down from ambush hiio
no outrages unspeakable. War il 'iue
errioie' but a mountain feud turns aseI
uinan beings into tends" 'na'
Her words. the deep intensity OF her TO"
tterance. told how clearly she recalled nan
all. She STONED. hrea,,,n.. 5000 ou and
ne hand reaching out to the door for "lin
Import. IL
"But vbr sho,,a :. =. ~ low.
otbing ~ s,ot "o MO" and
nth ybo, ao,,.o, -, 1919. :" tue this
IL heard the story" speaking now : -,
most YEARLY. Way back. they say 40
INJURED years ago. when the first -
ttiers came. some controversy arose e.
'tween the Danelses and the Don. S"'
de- Blood we I'LL 49,. 10 Do"' snap
every relative was drawn into the ing
ntroversv Tha n...t-,e '"'o 'no both
GRO humorous ,,a -, 80 '"o Lai
a mora ,l,d,a,t. 'eno''n'. nook
W them Kill his father and burn bis 'uic
N homo IN ,ha c,ro,,.a ~ "'' solut,
stiy TO compromise. 10 make pence ~ Z
- otboro la,,.,a, a"V pe"Ve IIavil
""tu' ana hnally burned his home 49,,
tue second time. twenty Of them.
niuhight. BIZ Daniels at their ""'
III ihey left hi i seriously wound. 81. ,
nicbt o,d s,or,,, ~ =" INV thetic
Id died from exnosnr. I anu QUO partia
eks In This bo,oo a.,,., "' .v' glmps
err and tuioa ,ho., O., w" BILE. hi
even rho, WI 'o.S"' slept.
another man-living for no other ''e ~
pose tnan TO clear this region OF
scuni' lie was i've years ut IL. "e 81
it ana day. tirelcss as blood .iue
nd. Bill Daniels was tried for muir. aouSe'
and convicted. He escaped from ce the
TWO years ago and since then. '"'re'
the war broke out. we have had .u"h p
e. Now he has como ho.,. - here In
with the yonkoa 60 draw b
and and 1t is murder again" her
on know this to he all true?" sealehi
o cellar WAS o,,,os, -. Eyes,
eou'u see her straighten up. her -. -,
IS ciasped tightly together "ira'd'
o know? oh. Cod zoe. ,... bic
part or 1t | have seen men shot .uarS
l. have covered IN dor,.rs derneatl
rain while flames destroyed the .ii"de ~
called home. All my childhood .ue wal
a passion OF fear" ling rs
III say Calvert Dunn o,a 81, few
Sers hold me to be one of Dan. put she
and would deoI u,,, ~ Perhaps
dinghy? How ahout Colo,ol H., ten mini
as 10 be
believes vop o,,,,r ,-,,, hand ste
enant Navarro hu, roaro,. and pres
TO escape O,be-,r;So ~ - az unconsci
have told the truth 90 -. quent o.
lg you over to rho Iii, avs obeying
les" "u fingers Y
ey expect TO retr-n,. In the d
J. tonight. with soroa -. ct. intently.
ona!d's men" - WV Was 81
vet vou mel, picion?
Denslow. 70 ramoin - 'eln ' ed her 4
and wait for them ." I oeI-oa q, vi hau