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CHAPTER discontinued.
I'm grateful for this teacher
course" said Juanita holly, "and In
not going home"
Anse Havey went on:
But 1 know that boy. 1 know that
IF I'd talked thataway he'd just about
nave gone out in the la'rel an got
somebody. Hit might not "a been the
right Teller. and he might have found
that out later. l reckon We never had
a father murdered, did ye?"
Hardly" answered the girl with a
'scornful toss of her head You see.
wasn't reared among gun-fghters.
We'll. 1 have" responded the man.
Il was in the legislature down at
Frankfort when it happened. a-helpfn'
to make the laws that govern this
state l was fer them laws in theory
but when that word came 1 paired of
with Republican. SOS not to lose my
vote on the floor, an come back here
to these hills an got that Teller.
reckon / ought to be ashamed to tell
we that. but I'm so plumb ign'rant that
! can't feel it. l knew how Jeb felt
an SO held him off with a promise to
wait. or course We couldn't accept the
help of a man like that"
He turned and withdrew his hands
from his pockets.
I'm through" he added, IAN I'm
obfeeged to We fer harkenin' to me-"
There is something in your point
of view. Mr.. Havey." she acknowl-
edged. But it is all based on twisted
and distorted principle.
Il don't think myself a saint.
guess I'm pretty weak. My first ap-
peal to you was pure weakness. But
i stand for ideas that the world has
acknowledged to be right. and for that
reason l am going to win That is
why. although I'm a girl, with none OF
your physical power. and no gun
fighters at my back, you are secretly
afraid of me. That is why you are
making unfair war on me. 1 stand fol
the implacable force of civilization
that must sooner or later sweep you
away and utterly destroy your domi
nance
For the first time Bad Anss Havey'.
face lost its impassiveness- His eye.
-clouded and became puzzled. surprised
i reckon | don't hardly follow ye,
he said. IF ye wants it to be enemie.
all right. but ! amt never made ne
war on We. l don't make war on WON
enfolks. an besides 1 wouldn't make
a needless war nohow. All I've got t.
do is to give We enough rope an watcf
-ye hang yourself
If you think that she demanded
with quick upleaping of anger in he
pupils. why did you feel it necessar,
TO prevent my buying land? Why d.
you coerce your vassals, under fear O
death, to decline my offers? Why
If my school means no menace. do yo,
refuse it standing room to start it.
1ight?"
The mans pose stiffened
Who told ye I'd hindered anybod,
from sellin' We land?''
Wherever inquire it is the sam.
ching They must ask permission O
Bad Anse Havey before they can d,
as they wish with their own"
by heaven. that's another lie" h.
said shortly But reckon We believ,
that. too. did advise folks hepeabout
against sellin' to strangers. but tina
was afore We come"
He paced the length of the room
while, then halted before her.
Some of that property" he wen
on. and this time his voice was pas
coal an timber on ii to make its owr
-ers rich some day Have ye seen an
OF the coal-minin' sections of tkes
hills? Well. go an have a look Y
won't find any mountaineer richer fe
the development Yen find 'em plur
.dered an cheated an robbed of thei
ihomes by your civilized furriner. Nv
done aimed ter perfect my folk
against bein' looted. 1 aims to go O
pertectin' en-"
Ignorance won't protect them" sh
insisted
Il told We we was distrustfuI of ful
srfners. went On Havey- Some da
-thereH be bigger war here than tn
Iiayey-McBrsar war. Ye've seen som.
thin OF that That other war will b
with youy people. an when IL come