The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1917-09-07

I'll haG To beet him over tfss bead tn
make him keep quiet; | thought for
| the moment that had killed HIM, and
I kttew. then, .iHst hcw far had gone
on thu read I've been travelling ever
since q certain night In the middle cf
last May. The procf was In ths way
felt: ! wasn't eithsr sorry or herror-
stricken; was merely relieved to
think that he wouldn't trouble md. or
clutter up the world with hia worth
less presence any longer"
"But that wasn't your real self r.
she expostnlated
"N'hat was II, thenT"
n don't KNOW only know that II
wasn't you. But tell me: did bio dief
~NC.~ ,assa'se: sa- s'@@5fess..@
what have you done with htmi'
"Do you know the old abandoned
Wire-Sllyer mine ut Little Butter
II knew 1t before II was abandoned,
yes"
~ was out there one Sunday after
noon with Starbuck. The mine Is bulk
headed and locked. bat one OF the keys
on my ring fitted the lock. ami Star
buck, and ! went In and stumbled
around for while In the dark tun-
neis. took Jibbey there and locked
him UP. He's there now"
"Alone In that horrible place--and
without foodT'
"ktone, yes; but went out yester-
day ard put basket Of food where he
could get IT,"
"What are You going to do with
himf''
Il am going to leave him there until
after / have put Stanton and Kinxie
and the other buccaneers safely out of
business. When that Is done, he can
go: and TIL 70, too"
She had risen, and at the summing
up she turned from him and went aside
to the one window to stand for a long
minute gazing down into the electric
lighted street. When she came back
her lips were pressed together and she
was very pale.
"When / was In school. our old
psychology professor used to try to tell
us about the underman; the brute that
lies dormant inside Of us :and In Kegs.
ti,55wsnn sonfy By +saa1sisif 3fhsfr the ssur,er@
man. never believed II was anything
more than tine-spun theory--until
now. But now know Il IN true"
He spread his hands.
II can't help II, can II
'@rhe man that you are now can't
help IT.; no. But the man that you
could he--lf he would only come
back. she ,ssnpsad. with q. little un.
comfortable shudder and sat down
again. covering her face with her
hands.
I'm going to turn Jibbcy loose
after I'm through" he vouchsafed.
She took her hands away and blaxed
up at him suddenly. with her face
nfinme.
Yes after you are safe; after there
Is no longer any risk in II for you
That Is worse than II you had killed
him--worse for you. mean. Oh. cant
you see? It's the very depth Of coward
ly lnfamy!"
He smiled sourly. "You think I'm
a coward2 They've been calling me
everything Use but that In the past
few days."
"You are coward" she flashed
back. You have proved 1t. You
daren't 30 out to Little Butte tonight
and get that man and bring him 10
Brewster while there Ia yet time for
him to do whatever II Is that you are
afraid he will dor
y. WasAit the Qnlntessence- Of feminine
suhtlety. or only honest rage and In.
dlgnation, that told her how to aim
the armor'piercing arrow? God. who
alone knows the secret workings OF
tho woman heart and brain, can tell.
but the arrow sped true and found It's
mark. Smith got up sr!tliy out Of the
big swing chair and stood glooming
down at her.
"Yon think l did II for myself
just to save my own worthless hide1