Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-12

Teller came here once from the settle
ments to teach school. He was
smart, upstandin' teller an well
liked. A man by the name of Trevor.
When folks found out that he was
locatin' coal an buyin' their land fer
next TO nothin'-robbin' them of their
birthright-it looked right smart like
somebody might kill him. l warned
him away to save his life. Ye've got
to make folks forget about Trevor
afore We makes 'em trust you."
Is Thank you," said Juanita colby.
s"IIl try to show them that I'm not an
other Trevor. Are you warning me
away to save my life?"
Pm torable ignorant" went on the
man, "but I've read a Jew books. an
one of 'em told the story of the Trojan
ghoss. 1 wanted ter see what kind Of
Ea critter you was ridin' into these
hills. l come to this cabin the night
we got here to find out"
II Thought so, she quietly answered.
81 was to be inspected like an immi-
grant, and the lord Of the land was to
decide whether or not should be sent
back"
Put it that way If we've mind to"
he answered. "Ye was comm to be .
schoolteacher here. Well. I'd done
been schoolteacher here. see your
Ismile-ye're Wonderin' what I could
teach. Maybe, after all. it's q right
good idea to teach A b C's before ye
starts in with algebra an rhetoric. Ye
wouldn't have me as friend, an
reckon that won't break my heart"
Then" said the girl, looking up
and meeting his eyes with fash of
challenge, Il shall endeavor to get
along without your favor. We could
hardly have met on common ground
at best. shall teach the ten COM
mandments, including Thou shalt not
KILL shall teach that to lie hidden
behind bush and shoot an unsuspect-
ing enemy is cowardly and desptcable.
would not be willing to tell them
| that they must live and die vassals to
feudal tyranny
"No," he agreed, Eye couldn't hard
ly outrage your holy conscience by
| tryin' to teach 'em things in a way
| they could understand, could We? If
Jeb had come to We, like he came to
! me, askin' the name Of the man he
| sought to kill, We would nave said ter
him, 1T was so-and-so, but ye mustn't
harm him, because somebody writ in
book two thousand years ago that
! KILN is a SIM An the hell of 1t is
ye'd low such talk would satisfy him
eye couldn't do no such wicked
thing as to stop an reflect that he's q
mountain boy, an that for two hun
dred years the blood in his veins hes
been comm down to him full OF
grudge-nursin'. an hate. Ye COULDN'T
make allowances for the fact that he
wasn't Matched In barnyard to peck
at corncobs an berries, but In ar
eagles nest-that he's bird of prey
Ye couldn't consider the fact that the
| KILN instinct runs in the current OF
| his blood an was drunk in at his moth
. er's breast. Ye'd just teach barnyard
lessons to young eagles, an that's why
We might as we'll 60 home"
I'm grateful for this teachers
course" said Juanita holly, and I'm
not going home"
Anse Havey went on:
But know that boy. / know thai
II Td' talked thataway he'd just about
have gone out in the la'rel an got
somebody. Hit might not q been thu
right Teller. and he might have founs
that out later. reckon ye never had
Q father murdered. did YET"
! Hardly" answered the girl with
scornful toss Of her head. You sec,
wasn't reared among gun-dshters.'
/. "Well,TI have" responded the man
II was in the legislature down .
Frankfort when It happened. a-hsipin
to make the laws that govern thil
state. was fer them laws in theory
but when that word came ] paired Of
with . Republican. SOS not 70 lose N!
vote on the door. an / come back her
to these hills an got that Teller.
reckon ought to be ashamed to tel