Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-12-22

myself as sacrifice to bring It about
You call me an outlaw-weH, Pve 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 fulfllment?"
II 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 immovable stole. His eyes
were far away. looking beyond the
horizon into the future,
Its 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 We come
down here an seeks to jerk my people
up to where ye stands in the blinkin
of an eye. Ye comes lookin' down on
EN- an pityin' EN- 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 'em
that their leaders are Infamous. Do
ye offer EN- better leaders? Ye
refuses the aid of men that know EN-
men of their blood-an go your own
ignorant way Do We see any reason
why | should countenance We? Don't
We see ye're just a-scatterin' my sheep
before they knows how to herd them
selves?"
I'm afraid said the girl very slow
ly and humbly, that I've been fool"
Eye says the boy Jeb wears my
trademark in the hate that's on his
face" continued Anse Havey passion
ately. He's 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 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 fool"
81 reckon we don't know that young
Jeb McNash thinks little Milt kilt
Fletch, an that one day he laid out in
the la'rel to kill little Milt," Bad Anse
pursued Eye don't know that the only
reason he stayed his hand was that
I'd got his promise ter bide his time.
But I reckon we do know that if Milt
was killed by a Havey all that's tran
spired in ten years wouldn't make
patch on the hell-raisin' that'd go on
hereabouts in week. Do ye think it's
strange tibet 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 vision immeasur-
ably wider and surer than her own.
At last she found herself asking: But
surely Young Milt didn't kill Fletcb-
Surely you don't believe that?"
mo, l know he didn't; but there's
Just one way l can persuade young
Jeb to believe tan that's to tell
him who did"
His eyes met hers and for moment
lighted with irony. eff l did that. 1
reckon Jeb would be willin' to let va
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, stop!" she almost screamed.
ct would mean murder. Merciful
God, it's so hard to decide some
things!"
Anse Havey turned back to the
room.
81 just thought I'd let We see that
for yourself" he said quietly. "Ys
amt hardly been able ter see why it's
hard for us people to decide EN-"
Suddenly a new thought struck her.
and it brought from Der a sudden
question. But you know who the
murderer is, and you have spared
him."
The man laughed.
Don't fret yourself, ma'am. The
man that killed fetch has left the
mountains, an right now he's out OF
reach. But he'll be back some day,
an when he comes reckon the first
news yen hear of him will be that
he's dead" Once more it was the inn
placable avenger that spoke.
The girl could only murmur in per
plexity: yet you have kept Jeb in
ignorance. / don't understand"
I've got other plans fer Jeb," said
Bad Anse Havey. Il don't low to let
him be feud killer. There's others
that can attend to that"
He flung the door open and called