The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-01-09

8AA paced thefe- with this small
fortune in his possession he resumed
the Journey. now closely guarded by
old JEFF. who always had been a slave
to the tensions and would be till he
died. Abraham Lincoln to the con
trary.
might not be too late.
He was destined to nnd many
changes in Van Slye's Great and Only
Mammoth Shows.
Let us 20 back to the night after
the one which saw David's departure
from the show. For two days Thomas
Braddock had slunk about the show
grounds. morose. ugly, taciturn. He
avoided every one except those with
whom he was obliged to consult. His
wife and daughter caught heeting
glimpses of him: Colonel Grand and
the others saw him but little more.
He held aloof. brooding over his
wrongs, accommodating a vast resent
ment against the world and all Of its
Inhabitants, obsessed by the single de-
sire to make some one else suffer for
Strangely enough. his most bitter
resentment was lodged against the
wife who had stood by him all these
years through thick and thin. through
incessant storm and hardship. with
stanchness that now maddened him,
because down in his heart he could
see no guile in her. She was too good
for him. She held herself above him.
She made him to feel that he was
not of her world-from the beginning.
She was loyal because It would have
put her In his class II she had lifted her
voice in public complaint He knew
that she loathed him. He hated her
for the virtue which gave her tho
right to despise him and yet to remain
loyal to him. His sodden. debased
soul resented the odious comparison
that his own flesh and blood Justly
could make. There had been bitter
moments when this maudlin wretch
almost convinced himself that he
could rejoice In the discovery that
Christine was not OF his flesh and
blood: that this too virtuous woman
was not pure after ALL
His sullen despair brought him to
even lower depths. In half sober mo-
ments he began to realize that his
daughter feared and despised him.
She had come to feel the distinction
between her parents. and she had
done the perfectly obvious thing in
following the instincts OF the gentle
blood that was in her She had cast
her lot with her mother. He forgot
his own aspirations and hopes for her
in this bitter hour He wanted to
hurt her 80 that she might cry out
with him in ugly rage against the
Snug, serene paragon. II he only
could bring Mary to his level SO that
Christine might no longer be 30 ar
rogantly proud Of the blood that came
through the Portmans
He drove himself at last into such
a condition of hatred for all that was
good and noble that he would have
hailed with Joy the positive proof that
his wife had been untrue to him.
When the time came to go over the
receipts with the ticket sellers he
pulled himself together and prepared
to assert his authority. He tossed
away the empty bottle and advanced
upon the wagon, his face blanched by
self pity. He was confounded by the
sight of Colonel Grand sitting inside
and going over the cash with Hanks,
the seller.
What do you WANT" demanded
Colonel Grand when Braddock after
trying the locked door showed his
convulsed face at the little window.
Hanks looked uncomfortable.
LET me in there. Grand" grated
the man outside.
I'll attend to this. We can't have
you bothering with the finances"
I'll kick that door in" roared Brad
dock, and I'll kill somebody"
Colonel Grand picked up the treas
urer's revolver He smiled indul-
gently.
I'm taking care OF the money after
this. Brad"
Il own this show. d-n you! IL
I'll fix you!" sputtered the other He
began to cry.
Get away from that window"
snapped Grand. his eyes glittering.
"Oh. say. now. Bob. treat me fair
treat me right" pleaded Braddock. all
at once abject.
III talk to you later on Get
away"
Don't throw me down. Bob. I've
always done the square thing by you.
Didn't pay up everything owed
you by"
Are you going to leave that win
dow" demanded Grand.
The miserable wretch looked into
the deadly eyes Of the man inside
and realized A great sob arose in his
throat. He held 1t back for mo-
ment, but 1t grew and grew as he saw
no pity in the steely eyes beyond.
MY SOUL" he groaned with the
bursting of the sob. He withdrew his