The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-08-14

lands and states and countries, And
| done got the new leg she's been
buyin, Mr. Wiley. But | amt goin
TO wear IL. It's too fine and shiny.
and cost a sight O. money 10 an ole
whisky runner like me. Wouldn't get
that leC out in the rain and mud TO
pretty. So we hung ii mp in the
parlor'
But Uncle Mich"
Finest leg. | reckon. in this yere
hull government, And yere's another
man who knows Louisiany where the
birds they sing so sweet--'way down
river where Aurelie done come from
There was a scurry Ladeau was
ont and beaming on Curran, terrier
wise. "Ol' Mich"--he cried-"we
struck up tallIin' dem oil days. And
| come offer my legal knowledge of
dis case, Wiley"
Legal knowledge" Curran mad
put the unpleasing fact OF Ladeaa
away weeks ago-and had paid him
pitta7"es OF money Now he was re-
minded.
study dat correspondence school
of Pittsburgh when | was in Kansas.
All, dat laW--it hurt my healt'. So /
carry bats 70 Rube But dat law J
know heem. ! advise Msieu in dis
trouble"
The Lord will direct me-. Johns
deep voice had the majesty with which
martyrs walked TO the stake. The
iron was in his soul Curran felt the
vanity Of argument But Ladcau snif-
fed of some compromise he was about
TO make. He went on with great
harangue OF terms and rights and set
Elements, while the Dane sat in his
Cfomwelian faith in the right ami
grimly listened. On the table was n
shotgun and hanging on the wall, a
repeating rife Outside his lean
hounds watched the road with instant
warning Of approach
But here's your family. John.
What can you hope, if YOU get into
trouble, for them"
God will answer. SO | told the
sheriff. Mr. Curran when he came 20
see me. An eve for IN eye, tooth
for tooth SO | told him, and he
went away The Holiness Brethren
have prayed with me- Mr.. Curran. and
they tell me God will see my cause
just
Wiley reasoned charitably that this
was TO be expected OF a university that
had no windows open to the sunny
side. John. I'd think twice"
Ladeau beamed overwhelmingly. Il
have fought for M'sieu My legal
knowledge Tree tousand dollars we
demand. ! stand by NJ sieu TO get hees
~ oh Of
fghtn
Curran turned sharply on him Now.
you keep still in this I.adeau, Graft
ing on John and Uncle Mich now, are
you?"
The Cajun shrugged Il eat. I
sleep Up in dat loft with Uncle
Mich" he signed, and here is dis
room unused II wait TO nam selle
who run off TO de stage"
He sighed again deprecating such
foolish sentiment. But Curran looked
past him. II was Aurelies room Mrs
was by his side at the door.
mot a thing changed. sir-just wait
ing for her She glanced at John.
MY man. think he's sorry Aureie
was always a good girl-kind as could
ODs llti NpiI-NtdlN EYES llkHicHtd
meeting Currans own. The boys
crowded near. Old Michigan lifted
his shaggy head. Albert, the pitiful
raised his glance from
the catalogues he was everlastingly
at. Even John listened imperturably.
Word Of Aurelie, Aurelie off in the
world doing some sort OF marvel
Aurelie. their defiant protector, the
relocated champion of old days when
she fought the town boys for her rag
ged little foster-brothers. Never
would one of them forget.
Done comm home" muttered
Michigan-"some day"
And she won't be stuck-up. either"
said Peter She wrote Knute she
was goin huntin' with us up Eagle
Point-when Nellie's pups grew big"
They looked in the tiny room. Spot
less, the bed hung in pink and white
chintz, contrasting with the squalor OF
the kitchen room without Her love
of cleanness, of pretty things; her
buoyant hopefulness and nicely spoke
in every line. On the dresser was her
latest photograph in frame made OF
a walnut-tree burl which the boys had
found in the slough and which Michl-
gan had dressed from it's roughness
In pitcher was a spray OF late cos
mos which Mrs. Tindstrom had saved
from the last frost. Some way, for
Aurelie they would shyly bring what
ever OF sentiment their hard lives
held. Unseen. some grace OF love she
had left for them still lowered. They
were waiting-the little white room
held the air Of ~ shrine
And Curran who knew of the
clothes and food mysteriously carried
into the house, for which Albert's plt.
eous earnings and Mich's Illicit trade
had never sufficed, since John was
crippled. felt the throb of their love.
II had done more than give food II
had held them up with hope, with
laughter and with JOY In spite of all.
and even John no longer held her the
devils agent. But he would not speak
Of her
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