The Detroit times., 1916-09-05
Taegnode FINANCIAL AND MARKET NEWS Local

TOO easy a time in this world and
want her 20 have the best bits cot
TO otter her. or course, hits like
guin' OUT IN the dark to GiNe her M,
bur ef she wishes hit. Kin make
out 10 bear hg' An tell her ei
ttother man ever ferSakes her, Il
I'in a Twin, ri stand by her
peSoto pointed L. box on tho
mantel. kin You reich me thar
thar purlv, Trent
out OF the little box hs took a rel
celluloid bracelet, and extended II
10 the Young man "Shc said | were
T to hand YET hack this, II - greed
10 her wishes"
/ Without word Trent put the
bauhle In his pocket
Don't let this herder ye drap-
pin IN 10 see us. Trent" beSought
DeSo;o uncomto-tably
A few weeks later vher Trent
came 10 bis fathers house after
some DAYS absence AZ his camp on
his own land he found Wiley in a
high state OF wrath
Noah Froigr was a tellin' me
this mornin'" he burst ou,. Mex
icn Purn's goin' 20 marry man
named Ed'ard Burru. an unknown
correspondent from f'Ireisn parts. in
st,d o YOU Noah says he's on here
nov. a-spendin' money like water
when he comes Ground the store
With her Moan sees em out ridin'
every day. him anG heche bein'
crazy about seem the country and
the mountains in all directions |
sllus said that daily nail'd raise
Cain
Trents silence aggravated Wiley
still further
when were younEStcr he
Jared. I'D sad another Teller eat
dirt fore L let him come stS cen me-
and my gal Hut Ne-ye hsin't got
no more spirit en- Nhopped dog
no-ner half 30 much"
His son. thus goaded. lihed his
hand I'm wantin her 10 be
happy" he said. and Of sem, body
else1l make her happier'r could. |
wouldn't sit my wishes by KILN
him. would T."
That evening there was light
fall OF snow Tren' plodded through
(; back 20 his clearing" Within n
quarter OF a mile Of hi' place, III"
road. mere bride path newly
made. ran through he thickest u
the woods Trent had left the path
10 examine some tracks In The snow.
when he heard the sound OF voices
and horsss hoot' lie ptered out
through he dusk, and saw NeNy
Prun and the man he waS to marry
disnount and hitch heir horses Al
the edge of The timber Laughing
and talking thew climbed me steep
woodland path Suddenly there was
q snarl fro mthe pushes and half
starved wildca, Sprang out la the
path iSfore them
Win a veil purrill turned snd ran
toward The horses Trent hal
neither run nor knife, bur he leaped
into me path jus a. the desperate
thing flung itself on tho girl. In
half a dozen seconds he tore II from
lts hold A. the animal. splitting ana
bowling. -ank f., fnreclsws into the
flesh ~ the young I,Ountainecr'S
chest. he heart Durrill calling 10
he girl 20 fclloa him, and in another
half moment he heard The nyiug
hoofs ~ one OF ne horses The 9th
o.. sncrting. plunged and strained
A. ltS tether
The wildcats hind claw tore deep
In Trpnts arms, but hi, powerful
hands bound its neck In an iron
grIp. while Mexico rai1ei frantic
blows on lie heal with the butt OF
the riding whip Durr had left be-
hind
With last effort Trent threw the
great cat from MIN The thing
ov~rpowcred, skunk away in the
darkness. ard tho Young man. his
gray SWEATER uf'-A ~ w. ""' ''''''7
lnz ribbons. fell IN The snow. ami
a. he feli a little red crllulcid brace
lei rolled al MexiCo's feet
The next morning Trent. white
and weak. ss' proppNd with pillows
on SIS Tanger's lounge. ITO think
he said 10 Mexico. who was wearing
the little rcd bracelet again. this
time q waterway thought Their
warn nothln Ief, fer me Ia this
world but work"
Mexico kissed him II were blind
n Yesterday mornin'." she said. but
today /! am seein', Trent