Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-09-06

WAS tllIt When MI. Daniel
just now said he thought
Howard did the Shuotin' You disputed
:, 1t with 'irn->ul he didn't do it,
Il didn't say til didn't say no sech
u thing! Abe put his hands on either
rSide OF his plate and stared lit her
tiercely. Thar You go with yore fool
Emotions. You couldn't hear what said
D II jest said-S;i, | 1hourllt the 10Y
tt-t didn't say he didn't ito il. Folks all
: about say he done it. Lawyers an
. judges an witnesses say he's the one,
: Oh they know better II me- You'll go
! Nattlin with yure busy tongue tilI-till
well. you let the thing alone. that's
what You do. Let the law take its
{ course. He was ready to kill i'm. He
; armed LiSse'f fer that purpose. He had
| no use for i'm. Howard knowed i'm,
like a lot o other folks knowed i'm. fer
the devil that he WAS with helpless. in
'nocent young gals.
That reminds me. Abe" Mrs. Full
ton said. curiouSly. I'm not dead sure,
.jbut thought heard YOU mention poor
tSusy's name to Mr.. Daniel. | was sort
o surprised to hear You do it, too. fer
2she was akin to YOU. an most folks
don't like to talk about sech delicate
matters in Their own blood. I've know
ed all along how sorry you was fer
'Susy: but l never brought it up. Pore.
pore gall"
Yes, l told Mr. Daniel about that"
Abe faltered. after an awkward pause.
F'He hadn't heard o that particular
Ease, though he knowed all about sew
eral Others"
You are powerful tetchy, Abe, dar-
,in'," the woman went on gently I'D
ak plain to you, but you think a wo-
nan don't know enough to give advice
10 man. \ woman amt sech a plumb
DOL. Sometimes she feels thing to be
isky an unwise that man passes
over as Of no consequence"
What are you drivin' at?' Abe de-
handed. seriously
oh. we'll, l don't believe in talkin'
too free to a man as good even as Alb
ner Daniel is supposed to be-" was the
Ahalf shrinking answer. risks is risks"
| t'Risks? What sort O. risks? Are you
plumb crazy, woman?'
II knowed you'd fly off the handle"
=. she said appeasingly. But l believe
woman has as much right to use her
brain as man has, an I've been
thinkin' about Mr.. Daniels long draw
ed out palaver."
Long palaver?"
YES, she went on, more freely, for
his look and tone were more inviting
= because more fraught with fear than
anger. He's the keenest man in this
state by long odds, Abe. Folks say
that he makes the best boss an cattle
trades Of anybody about here. Now.
my point Is this, Abe darlin': you
wouldn't want pore Susy's name fetch
ed up in public now that the pore thing
! is lynn in peaceful grave fur from
home. You wouldn't like to hear it on
every body's tongue linked with that
tuman scab that has got his just de-
3serts, would you?"
I mo, but what makes you think
why, I've got common sense. an
kin see a inch before my nose, that's
-an,"I she interrupted. "Abner Daniel
~dependin' on Howard to help i'm out
Auc paper uc DOuS III. IL Is IOSltl
money as It stands. You heard i'm say
SO. Well, don't you know that he amt
goin' to leave stone unturned to set
Howard free? An don't you see whar
you come in? He kin have you sum-
to court an put on the stand to
tell all you know agin Craig's charac.
ter. Don't you see how that would stir
up sympathy an justify Howard In
KILN man O. sech stripe?'
Abe stared speechlessly. He stroked
his lips and chin with his big rough
hand and avoided her gaze.
"Ah, l see you understand" his wife
=. cried, exultantly. You men thi.k us
women hain't grain O sense, but we
amt all fools. Eff Abner Daniel had
been talkin' to me about Howard
never would have let on about Susy-
you bet I wouldn't. When a life's at
stake folks will do anything that's
dirty an low to save it, an you better
watch, Abner Daniel. Why, as little
as you may think Of it, Howard an
him would shoulder the thing onto you
eff they had half chance. 1t is hard
er to convict prominent man than a
pore friendless Teller like you. Abe"
you don't believe they would try a
"a thing like that, do you?' he cried.
1 what wouldn't they try eff it offered
D Howard a chance Of escape from the
q scaffold? They'd even pay money tc
git folks to testify ag'in somebody else
f. that they could throw the blame on
Let i'm alone in the future Abe. Dan
- lei belongs to one set O. folks an you
an me to another We mustn't give
i'm a chance to catch that pore gals
name into it eff we kin help it. What
s eor DIS it lie was akin you SO close about
y Il mean when he axed so particular
about the last time you seed CRAIG
aliveT"
II don't know. l don't remember
\ Fulton started suddenly.
y 1T seemed to me. Abe, as we'll as
! could hear, that he got you tangled uE
\ a little. First you said the last time
| you laid eyes on Craig was here at the
pigpen, an next you said it was at the
fence you was buildin'. l knowed yor
was wrong about the pigpen statement
irer~ef Craig had rid by here l would
gave seed i'm. Besides. he WOULDN'T
1Jset fur out o. his way unless he
ne'n' powerful important to say
J. Abe, darlin'. right thar yOu'(
{ niger fer you are sort O wishy
= an careless in yore statements