Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1913-02-28

seemed 10 hesitate, Dut the judge
glance, compelling and insistent, de
manded an answer.
Zen years
you have known many men OF al
classes a. a lawyer and a planter
said tho Judge. Fentreas inclined hts
head. The judge took step nearer
him. People have great trick 81
coming and going Ia these western
states-aii sorts Of damned rinran
drift IN and out OF these new lands "
A deadly eagnestncss ilfted the Judge 3
words above mere rudeneas. Fen
treha, cold and distant. made no reply.
For the past twenty years have
been looking for man by the name
d Lakewood David Gafew0Od Dis
clpils.d AS he was. the colonel start
81 violently. Ever heard OF him.
fentressy7 demanded tho Judge wys
savage scowl
What's al this % megg The words
came With q gasp from Fentre8s'
feiichins lips The Judge looked at
him moody aad frowning
have reason 10 think this man
Gale@ood came 70 west Tennessee"
he said.
n 20. ! have never heard OF him"
"Psrhape not under that name-at
any rate. you are going 70 hear OF him
nov This man GateWO0d. who be.
tween ourselves was a damned scoun-
drei"-tne colonel WINGED this man
Lakewood bad friend who threw
money and business IN his way-a
planter be was, same az Gatewood. A
sort Of partnefship existed between
the pair II proved an expensive en-
terpriAe for Oatewoods friend, since
he came to trust the damned scoun-
drei more and more as time passed.
even large sums OF his money we're
In aatew0ode hands" Fentress
conntenance was like stone. az express /
sionless and az rigid.
by the door stood Maha1y with
Yancy and Cayendish; they under.
stood that what was obscure and
meaningless 20 them held tragic
Significance 10 these two men. The
judges heavy face. ordinarily battered
and debauchcd. but Infinitely good.
natured, bore now the markings or
deep passion. aud the voice that rum.
oied forth from his capacious chest
came 70 their ears like distant thun.
der.
This friend OF Gatewoods had
wife" The judges voice broke. emo.
Ion shook him like a leaf. he was
earring open his wounds. lie reached
'fer and poured himself a drink. suck.
NJ Il down with greedy lips. There
vas q wife" he whirled about on his
lecl aad faced Fentreas again There
vas a wife, feBireas--" he fixed Fen
fesa With bis blazing eyes "A wife
nd child Wen. one day Gatewood
nd The wife were missing. Under the ,
circumstances Gatewood's friend was 1
Ell rid Of the pair--he should have
cen grateful. bur he wasn't, for his &
lie took mis- child. a daughter. ana q
Rtewood trihe Of thirty thousand 8
'liars HIS friend had intrusted to
I'M" b
There was another silence.
AZ later day met this man who q
"a been betrayed by his wife ana 3
'bp"d by his friend lie had fallen n
~ OF the rece--drink had done for b
in-thefe Was Just one thing he G.
'emed 20 care about. and that was s.
10 Tate OF his child. but maybe he T
as only curious there. He wondered Is
she had lived. and married. Ouee e
ore the judge paused. IL
What's all this 10 meY" asked Fen. Ct
eaB "
Are you sure MS nothing TO your" al
manded the Judge hoarsely. I'm 50
rstand this. Fentress. Gatewood's
'achery brought ruin to at least two ~
es Il caused the woman's father II
hide his face from the world. II TO
ISN'T enough fer him that his
ends believed his daughter dead; he W,
ew differently. and the shame OF OF
II knowledge ate into his soul. II mi
81 the husband his place Ia the Re
'Tld. to0-in the end n made OF MIN no
Fasaoond ana penniless wan. ne
FER" hi
This Is nothing to me- said Fen. lie
80. DO
Wait" cried the Judge. About six fro
re "Se the woman was seen at her
herS home IN North Carolina. ste
kon Lakewood had cast her on. the
didn't 80 back empty.handed She TIL
run away from her husband with
hild-a girl, after lapse OF TWEEN. jud
years she returned 20 her fatner the
b q hey OF two or three. There tur
two questions that must be- an. fea
red when | mud Gatcwcod. what for
anne Of the woman. and what be he'll
'e Of the child. are they living or "
q; did the daughter grow up and the
~ and have a sour When get my
answer u VIII be time CROUCH to par
y u Gatewoods punishment 90
Ndge leaned forward across the mu'
o, bringing hts face close 20 Fan. mai