The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-12-16

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Ths front doorbaal vas siasiaG
In . aash DEBORAH vss 80 q ~
roon
Nhes the SsAge st lasa eaEo Nssth
II Was At Reuthcr's bs61tas 4 OsatIe
man wished to see hin 10 ~ earise
With . dark giascs. sot 1isseael
against her. however. tAs toAos bsSs
her rss away to The kitebes asA % sai
from all these troSbsss a. she cssAl
then. locking his door bshisd bin. q
hs always did. - stro1s towards ths
front
He found Deborah standing guard
over an ilLconditioned fellow. whose
slouching figure slouched still ooss
under bis eye. but gave no othss &C.
knoWledgment Of his pressoee Pass-
ing him without . second look. Judse
Ostrander found Mr.. Black awaiting
him.
There was no bad blood between
these two. whatever their past reia.
tions or present suspicious. and they
were soon shaking hands with every
appearance Of mutual cordiality.
The Judge vas especially courteous
Il am glad" said he. "of any oeca.
sion which brings you again under ny
roof. though from the appearance Of
your companion Judge the present
one to be OF no very agreeable charsc.
ter"
Judge. I'm your frtena:" thss Mr..
Black began. Thinking you must wish
to know who started the riotoas pro
cedurs which disgraced our tows to
day. ! have brought the ringieader
here to answer for himself-that 70. II
you wish to question him"
Judge Ostrander wheeled sbout.
gave the man . searching look. and
failing to recognize him A. any one
he had ever seen before. beckonsd him
in.
Il suppose" said he, when the loans-
ing and insolent figure was fairly ~
fore their eyes. that this b not the
nrst time you have been asked to ex.
plain your enmity to my long-absent
son."
. Nav: i've had my talk wherever
Ind whenever took the notion. Oliver
Ostrander hit me once. was lest .
little chap then and meanin' NO harm
to any one. l kept a-pesterin' Of I'm
and he hit mo. He'd better have hit
. feller who hadn't my memory. rve
never forgiven that hit. anil I nsver
will. That's Why I'm hittin' hin nov.
It's Just my turn; that's all"
"Your turn! Your turn! And what
do you think has given you IN oppor-
tunity to turn on himf"
I'm not IN the talkin' mood Just
now" the fellow drawled. frankly inso-
lent. not only in his tone but in hi,
bearing to all present "Nor can you
make It worth my while. gents. I'll
not take money. I'm an honest. hard
workin' man wko can earn his own
hvin'. and you can't pay me to keep
still. or to 60 away from Shelby day
sooner than ! want TO- I was goin'
away. but gave It up when they told
me that things were b< ginnin' to look
black against Ol ostrander-that q
woman had come into town who was
a-stirrin' up things generally about
that old murder for which feller had
already been 'lectrocuted. and KNOWN
somethin' myself about that murder
and OF Ostrander. I-well. 1 stayed"
The quiet threat. the suggested pos.
sibility. the attack which wraps itself
in vague uncertainty. are ever the
most effective. Az his raucous voice,
dry with sinister purpose which NO
man could shake. died out in an offen.
sive drawl. Mr.. Black edged a step
nearer the Judge. before he sprans and
caught the oung fellow by the coat.
collar and gave him q very vigorous
shake.
See here!" he threatened BE
have yourself and treat the judge like
. gentleman or"
But the Judge was not ready for
this. The Judge had gained a new
lease Of life In the last half-hour and
he felt no fear Of this sullen bill.poster
for all his sly innuendoes He. there
fore. hindered the lawyer from bis
purpose. by a quick gesture Of SO much
dignity and resolve that even the iout
himself was impressed and dropped
some Of his sullen bravado
Il have something to say to this fel.
low" he announced Perhaps he
does not know his folly PERHAPS he
thinks because was thrown aback
today by those public charges against
my son and a string Of insults for
which no father could be prepared,
that | am seriously disturbed over tho
position into which such unthinktng
men as himself have pushed Mr. OH.
yer Ostrander might be II there
were truth In these charges or any &C.
rious reason for connecting my up-
right and honorable son with the low
crime Of highwayman. But there ia
not l aver 1t and SO will this lady