The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-01-27

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b busy and Rsuther-Rssthss V =
ths roea above en- hser hss hsht
SEP overhead
rhs Judge vas sileat ~ vae eas-
ing vistfully at the vail vhere hsas
he portrait Of his yosag vifs. He Vas
- loasss In his room. but ia the
CHEEKY frost parlor. This Dehorah haA
insisted upon. There Wss. thsreeere.
nothing 70 distract hin from the eoo-
templstios have mentioned
There srs things I want to ~ 70
you. Net many: you already know ~
story. Dst ! DO not know yours. aAi.
I cannot die till ! do. What took yer
iats the ravins that evening. Oliver.
and Why. having picked up the stick.
~ yos Aisg It from yos and ~ hack
= the Highway: Fer The reason
ascribeA 70 Scovills? Tell ne. that
no cloud may rsmaiB 6stvesa NJ. Let
me know your hsart ~ veil - you
nov know mine"
The reply brought the blood bsek
into his fading cheek.
Father. ! have already explained
all this to Mr.. Andrews. aad row will
explain 1t to you. I sever liked Mr..
Ethertdgs as we'll - you did. and Z
brooded tncessantly II those days
over the Influence which be seemed to
exert over you in regard to my future
career But I never dreamed Of do
ing him . harm. and never supposed
that I could 70 much - attempt aay
argument with him on my own behalf
till that very night Of Internal compli-
cations and condolences. The cause
Of this change was ~ follows: ] had
gone upstairs. yos remember. leaving
you alone with him ~ knew you d.
sired. How I came to bs In the room
above I don't remember. but was
there aAA leaning out Of the windev
directly over the porch when you and
Mr.. Etheridgs came out and stood In
some fnai debate on the steps -
low. He was talking and you were lis
feet his words and tones had upon me.
had supposed him devoted to you.
and here he was addressing You tartiy
and In IN ungracious manner which
bespoke . man very different fren the
one had been taught to look upon a.
superior. The awe q years yielded
before this display, and finding him
Just human like the rest Of us. the
courage which had always lacked In
approaching him took instant posses
sion of me. and I determined with .
boys unreasoning iapulss to subject
him to . personal appeal not to add
his influence to the distasts you at
present felt for the career upon which
haA ct my heart. Nothing could
have been more foolish and nothing
more natural. perhaps. thaA the act
which followed. Iran down into the
ravins with the wild intention. 30
strangely duplicated in yourself . few
minutes later. Of meeting and pleading
my cause with hin at the bridge, but
unlike you. ! took the middle Of the
ravins for NY roa1 and not the se-
cluded path at the side. 1t was this
which determined our fats. father. for
here I saw the stick and, catching It
up without further thought than OF the
facility It offered for whiting. started
with it down the ravine. scoville was
not in sight. The moment was the
one when he had quit looking for Reu-
ther and wandered away up the ra-
vine. have thought since that per.
haps the glimpse he had got Of his lit
tie one ,eering from the scene Of his
crime may have stirred even his guilty
conscience and sent him OF on his
purposeless ramble: but. however this
was, did not see him or anybody
else ~ ] took my way leisurely down
towards the bridge. whiting at the
stick and thinking Of what should
say to Mr.. Etheridge when l met him.
And now for fate's final and most fatal
touch! Nothing which came into my
mind struck me quite favorably. The
encounter which seemed such q very
simple matter when ! first contem
plated 1t. began to assume quite dif,
ferent aspect rs the moment for It ap
preached. By the time | had come
obi e&St Vi tuS uOllOW, WdS liTeu OF
the whole business, and hearing his
whistle and knowing by 1t that he was
very near. plunged up the. slope to
avoid him. and hurried straight away
into town. That IL my story. father
II heard your steps Approaching as
plunged across the path into which l
had thrown the stick In my anger At
having broken the point of my knife
blade upon 1t. thought nothing OF
them then. Afterwards believed
them to be scoville's. which may &C.
count to you for my silence about this
whole matter both before and during
the trial. was afraid of the witnes.
stand and Of what might be elicited
from me II once got into the hands OF
the lawyers. My abominable reticence
in regard to his former crime would
be brought up against me. and I was
too young. too shy and uninformed to
| faoo such on nr,loal ~ ou,n ,olt