Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-07-05

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hevedes.s
VI sway. Taks him TO 6outh CavA
10 Fathee Jared's camp"
what win you DOR
Lock The house before it's denied"
"Aad.t hsn. dsar?'
when she's gone, IN come 70 the
cave, too"
Kate took David, letting mo kiss
him. letting mo kiss her. even moving
eyeeythins. let mo take her into my
arms, She Vas veEy white. very quiet.
She even remembered e take hsr ser.
want, and the two Cinnamon, making
some s1unss to ct them away. l
locked the hose and The old cabin.
Thsu made tie loog call 70 Hphrata,
and went 10 ths Apex Rock. calling I'M
IN Ia answered from among the dog
tooth vioaeAs. He climbed sessisAt Up
The stsaD rocln, whimpes1nS. becauss
r. .ss.Ss:T Ss.!>4 ks= esee IN fnsr.
teen months. He rubbed against me,
fuerstting he heetsd saeven hu1Ared
poanAs, end I had 70 scratch biz neck
Seopeo ~ sestsd NJ to tAs hose.
then 30 Tie LEFT along tho wagon d1ek
Just pa0t CakAsdsal drove.
The vssoa woe svAGing round tie
end a the grove q oontsr, 80 whsn
I let out yan ~ ths hst warning
u woman oaaI saaAchaA q the drs-
vsTs whip to 1og tho team fastss.
Thsn turnsl looss NJ bsar. he rear
ing up nine tsst oe % b inspect that
outflt.
Tho horses sAts1 into tie air. then
Oh Ct Q salloD straAght for the edge Of
the clifs. The woman was shot out
- the wagon overturned. tho driver
caught for . momsnt while his wagon
won't to match-wood. He lay In the
wreckage stunned. but the horses
went blind Grassy. taxing that twelve
ids. 80 l had aimed. and - I'd prom
Used my lady to do no murder. kept
my bear beside me.
The driver Was swake and stagser.
ing to his feet. He would have
talked. only my bear was with ma.
hard to hold BY the roach hair. The
man needed no telling. and after he
escaped from my ranch I did not see
him there In the years which fol-
lowed.
The woman, standing In the wreck.
age of her trunks, wanted to talk. We
herded her, Eph and I, to the foot Of
the pack trail, which leads up by steep
jags to the rim-rock Of the upper
cliffs. then on through the black pines
to Hundred Mile. We herded up the
pack trail, my bear and I. and pointed
her on her way, alone. afoot. II she
lived through that eighty miles. she
would remember the way. the way
which Il barred.
Kote's Na,rative.
was waiting for Jesse until the low
sun shone into the cave. All that let.
tor. which had been blur Of horror,
cleared now before my mind. but
Father Jared held me by the hands,
drawing the pain away. He had given
me tea. he had made me very throne
Of comfort in front Of his camp IRE.
David slept in my lap. and now while
the dear saint held my hands. and
looked through the smoke out toward
the setting sun, he spoke Of quaint
sweet doings In his hermitage. He
spoke a. q worldly anehortte with q
portable bath. Of his clumsy attempts
to patch q wo1n-out cassock, and how
the squirrels tried to superintend hid
prayers ct evenSong. Then the sun
caught the walls Of the cave and the
roof to glowing bexyl and etherea
ruby. the smoke was . rose-hued
thread Of light, and the deep canyon a
our feet filed With Q shadowy sea Of
flooding amethyst.
Tho sun had sst, and the drst stal
Just shone out, - Jesse came. stand
ing ct the mouth Of the eve. darl
against the glory. could not SEQ hi
face.
The father released me, turning Il
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You shake hands with me?
you see." he said. Il made . mis-
take myself, thinking priest should
DO celibate to win love from on high
But In its fullest strength Gods low
comes through . woman to shine upoE
our life-and 20 i've missed the great
est Of his gifts. Your wife has told
mo everything, and I'm 20 snvious
Won't you shake hands? Two been *
lonely. Won't you1"
But my man stood IN the mouth o.
tho cave, a. though No were beinl
Judged,
This nth" 10 said. "out Of the past
FILTH"
His voios sounded - though h,
were dead.
The law" he said. I've come 4
md out what's the lawf"
Mans lawfs,
II suppose 60
'But don't know. Tn oaH Q vi
ignorant old -: year fSenls .
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