Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-16

vet lacked two hours &c supper
time; but in 20 minutes Sam and !
were plunging deep into the reheated
beans, hot coffee and cold beef.
Nothing like a good meal before q
long ride" said Sam. Eat hearty
I had a sudden suspicion.
why did you have two horses adj
dled?" l asked.
zone, two-one. two" said Sam.
you can count, can't your"
His mathematics carried with It a
momentary qualm and q lesson. me
thought had not occurred to him that
the thought could possibly occur TO
me not to ride at his side on the red
road to revenge and justice. 1t was
the higher calculus. | was booked Tor
the trail. | began to eat more beans.
In an hour we set forth at a steady
gallop eastward. Our horses were Ken
lucky bred, strengthened by the mes
quit grass OF the West. Ben Tatum,s
steeds many have been swifter, and
he had a good lead; but II he had
heard the punctual thuds of the hoofs
of those trailers Of our born in the
heart OF feudland, ne might have Eel
that %retribution was creeping UP OF
the h~oof-prints of his dapper nags.
4 Our first sight of them we had II
Guthrie
AWhat are you waiting for, Sam?"
said In a whisper. LET him have
now!"
Sam gave a, melancholy sigh,
"You don't understand; but h
does" he said. HE knows. Mr.. Ter
: derfoot. there's rule out here anon
white men In the Nation that you can
] shoot a man when he's with a woman
never knew it to be broke yet. Yo
i can't do it. You've got to get him
a gang Of men or by himself. That
a why. He knows it, too. We all know
So, that's Mr.. Ben Tatum! One Of tn
pretty men!' T1l cut him out OF tn
g herd before they leave the hotel an
regulate his account!
After supper the flying pair disa
d peared quickly. Although Sam haunt
Q lobby and stairway and halls half Il
a. night. in some mysterious way Il
fugitives eluded him; and In the NOR
p-j ing the yelled lady in the brown Ore
If with the accordion-plaited skirt al
t. the dapper young man with the clos
lie clipped hair and the blackboard WI
le the prancing nags were gone.
IN Five miles farther we came upon t
Of future great, western city OF Chandl
lie The horses of pursuers and pursu
w were starved and weary. There W
n one hotel that offered danger to m
m and entertainment to beast; SO t
I'm four of us met again In the DIM
WIN room at the ringing of a bell so res
INV ant and large that 1t had cracked
NA welkin long ago. The dining ro'
was not as large as the one at Gu
Nh rie.
RH Just as we were eating apple phi
A how Ben Davises and tragedy impiI
~ upon each other!-I noticed Sam 10
W ing with keen intentness at our qua
"a where they were seated at a. ia
w across the room. The girl still W
ia the brown dress with lace collar
N cuffs and the veil drawn down to
~ nose. The man bent over his pl
with his cl~ose-cropped head held |
"There's a CODE" I heard Sam
either to me or to himself, that w
let you shoot a man in the comp
~ Of a woman; but, by thunder, Il
amt one to keep you from KILN
,. woman in the company Of a man!
|@ And, quicker than my mind c.
Y follow his argument, he whippe
Colts automatic from under his
arm and pumped six bullets into
body that the brown dress covere
the brown dress with the lace &C
and cuffs and the accordion-pla
skirt.
He'd The young person in the dark
the suit, from whose head and from WI
life d woman's glory had been clip
He laid her head on her arms STREET
ush, upon the table; while people c
running to raise Ben Tatum from
er?" floor in his feminine masquerade
And had given Sam the opportunity tt
your aside, technically, the obligation
Ella the code.
to Copyright. by the Frank A, Munsey
the
He Had to Explain.
-A am a dentist and one night