The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-18

You call me an outIaw-Eeli, I've done
made laws an I've done broke them.
an I've seen just about as much
crOokedness an lawlessness AT one
end of the game as at the other"
But schools?" demanded Juanita-
why wouldn't they help your dream
toward ful6lIment?"
Il amt against no school that can
begin at the right end I'm against
every school that can only onsettle
an teach dissatisfaction with humble
Twin where folks has got to live
humble"
He paused and paced the room. He
was no longer the man who had
seemed the immovabIe stole. His eyes
were far away, looking beyond the
horizon into the future
It's took your people two centuries
to get where they're standin' today"
he broke out abruptly. an fer them
two hundred years we've been stand
in still or goin' back. Now ye come
down here an seeks to jerk my people
up 10 where ye stands in the blinkin'
OF an eye. Ye comes lookin' down on
EN- an pityin' 'em because they won't
eat outen your hand. They'd rather be
eagles than song birds in a cage, even
if eagles are wild an lawless. Ye
comes here an straightway tells EN-
that their leaders are Infamous. Do
ye offer 'em better leaders? Ye
refuses the aid Of men that know EN-
men of their blood-an' go your own
ignorant way Do ye see any reason
why ] should countenance ye? Don't
ye see ye're just a-scatterin' my sheep
before they knows how to herd them
| selves?"
I'm afraid" said the girl very SLOW
Iy and humbly, that I've been a fool"
''Ye says the boy Jeb wears my
trademark in the hate that's on his
face" continued Anse Havey passion
ately. Hes been here with me con-
sortin' with them fellers in Plutarch
and Shakespeare If / can curb him
an keep him out of mischief he's goin'
down to Frankfort some day an learn
his lessons in the legislature He amt
goin' to no college, because l aims to
| fit him for his work right here
seek to have fellers like him guide
| these folks forward. l don't aim TO
have them civilized by bein' wiped out
an trod to death"
He paused. and Juanita Holland re-
| peated helplessly, I've been a fOOli"
Il reckon ye don't know that young
| Jeb McNash thinks little Milt kilt
Fetch, an that one day he laid out in
the la'reI to kill little Milt," Bad Anse
| pursued. I've don't know that the only
Tzason he stayed his hand was that
I'd got his promise ter bide his time.
But reckon We do know that if Milt
was killed by a Havey all that's tran
spired in ten years wouldn't make a
patch on the hell-raisin that'd go on
hereabouts in q week Do We think it's
strange thet Jeb don't want his sister
consortin' with the boy that he thinks
murdered his father?"
Juanita rose from her chair, feeling
like a pert and cocksure interlOper
who had been disdainfully looking
down on one with a vision immeasur-
ably wider and surer than her own
At last she found herself asking: But
surely Young Milt didn't kill F1etch.
Surely you don't believe that?''
No, 1 know he didn't; but there's
Just one way / can persuade young
Jeb to believe tan that's to tell
him who did
His eyes met hers and for moment
[ lighted with irony IF l did that.
reckon Jeb would be willin' to let ye
keep Dawn an Jesse-an', OF course
he'd kill the other man Do ye want
me to do it?"
He moved to the closed door and
, paused with his hand on the knob.
mo, stopI" she almost screamed
ct would mean murder Merciful
! God, it's SO hard to decide some
thingsI"
: Anse Havey turned back to the
l room
} 4 just thought I'd let ye see that
for yourself" he said quietly. "Ye
J amt hardly been able ter see why it'i
! hard for US people to decide EN-"
Suddenly a new thought struck her
and it brought from her a suddeI
J. question But you know who the
murderer is. and you have spareC
!, him?''
: The man laughed.
: Don't fret yourself, ma'am- Th'
man that killed Fletch has left The
mountains. an right now he's out o
: reach But he'll be back some day
an when he comes l reckon the frs
news yen hear of him will be tina
he's dead" Once more it was the i'm
\ placable avenger that spoke
+ The girl could only murmur in per
2 plexity: Yet you have kept Jeb il
ignorance l don't understand"
I've got other plans fer Jeb." sail
Bad Anse Havey. Il don't low to le
him be a feud killer. There's other
e that can attend to that"
0 He flung the door open and GALES
D Jeb, and a moment later the boy. blacl
/ Of countenance, came in and stOO,
o glaring about with the sullen de1anc
1 Of a young bull just turned into tn
q ring to face the matador.
/ "Jeb." suggested the chief gravely
b Il reckon if Dawn don't see Younl
r Nilt again ye amt goin' to object Z
q her haTin' an education. are ye2"
I The boy stineped. and his reply va
Il surly.
Q 4 don't low ter heT my folks a COZ