Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-02-18

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You can me an outlaw-well. I've done
made laws an I've done broke them.
an I've G just about as mucA
crookedness an lawlessness ut one
end OF the game as at the other"
But schools?" demanded Juanita-
Why wouldn't they help your dream
toward fullllment? ?"
Il amt against no school that can
begin at the right end. I'm against
every school that can only onsettlS
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
we're 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 to where ye stands in the blinkin'
OF nm 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
X eagles are wild an lawless. Ye
m 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 l should countenance YET Don't
ye see ye're just a-scatterin' my sheep
before they knows how to herd them
selvesT"
I'm afraid" said the girl very slow
ly and humbly, that I've been a fool
"Ye says the boy Jeb my
trademark In the hate that's on bis
face" continued Anse Havey passion
ately. He's been here with me con-
sortin' with them fellers In Plutarch
and Shakespeare. II l a 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
1T him for his work right here. l
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!"
II reckon ye don't know that young
Jeb McNash thinks little Milt kilt
fetch, an that one day he laid out In
tho la'rel to kill little Milt." Bad Anse
pursued. aye don't know that the only
reason he stayed his hand was that
I'd got his promise ter bide his time.
But l reckon ye do know that II Mill
was killed by a Hayey all that's tran
| spired In ten years WOULD ! l.AAs @
psteh on the hellrsisin' that'd 80 on
hfreabouts IN O week. Do ye think re
strange thst Jeb dont ant his sister
oonsortin' with the boy that he thinks
murdered his fatherf"
Jusnita rose from her chair, feeling
like q pert and cocksure interioper
who had been disdainfully looking
down on one with q vision immeasur-
ably wider and surer than her own.
At last she found herself asking: But
surely Young Milt didn't kill Fletch.
Surely you don't believe that?"
mo, | 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 a moment
lighted with irony. "If l did that. I
reckon Jeb would be willin' to let ya
keep Dawn an Jesse-an'. Of course.
he'd kill the other man. Do ye want
me to do III"
He moved to the closed door and
paused with his hand on the knob.
mo, stop" she almost screamed.
1T would mean murder. Merciful
God, It's 80 hard to decide some
things!"
Anse T1avey turned back to the
room.
Il Just thought I'd let ye sec that
for yourself" he said quietly. "Ye
amt hardly been able ter see why It's
hard for US people to decide EN-"
Suddenly a new thought struck her,
and 1t brought from her 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
mar 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 1t was the i'm
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. 81 don't low to let
him be a feud killer. There's others
that can attend to that"
He flung the door open and called
Jeb, and a moment later the boy. black
OF c~ountenance. came in and stood
glaring about with the sullen defiance