The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-15
CHAPTER XVIII.


The Arrow TO the marx.
SH1itYg concentrating abStractedly, as
his habit was, upon the work in hand
qEa7 S;II4 deep in the vOucher-auditing
~vlsen the Office door was opened and
Il snnH shocked voice said: ooh
'Ssssnar- how you startled me! saw
efle Haaz, and supposed, of course, 1t
'wEs s.siGFaei-daddy. Where Is he?'
Smith pushed the papers aside and
Eoalst UP scowling.
"EIe@ 7&z.s here q minute ago, with
c-.rss rxs take him homer
SYEe noe3ded and came to sit in q
ea-hsIir~ at the desk-end, saying:
'tDaaHt set me interrupt you. please.
TIE De gujet."
81 don't mean to let anything inter
's,yrE rss until have finished what
IfslEss undertaken to do; I'm past all
Gt1sysz. nDw."
az have heard about what you did
fast night"
About the newspaper fracas? You
,rt'H5' 4 approve Of anything like that, Of
CHINESE Neither did 1, once. But
x3NHsas is no middle way. You know
wfEaE Ehe animal tanners tell us about
e.qA heAsxs I've had my taste Of blood.
-T79srzs are a good many men in this
vparsit who need killing. Crawford
5ssaTnlH is one of them. and I'm not
smraa lftar Mr.. David Kinzie isn't an
other
II can't hear what you say when
Fau Talk like that" she objected, look
IkzE Hast him with the gray eyes
zyesfet1-
ala yuu want me to lie down and let
them put the steam roller over me?' he
sfsannncg@<i irritably. as that your
tteah OF the perfect man."
~What 1 said, and what I meant,
fsztt Eg1faing at all to do with Timan-
NCgIT High Line and its fight for life,"
SHE said calmly, recalling the wander
Eng Ezre and letting him see her eyes.
81 Was thinking altogether of one
mans attitude toward his world"
THAT was some time ago." he put
an sOfsarly. 1--WE gone a long way
stree then, Corona"
"'T know you have. Why doesn't
,rfatt4fv come backT'
Hell come soon enough. You're
nor afraid to be here alone with me,
srs youT''
-'Sc. but anybody might be afraid
s1F the man you are going to be-"
I1az Laugh was as mirthless as the
S:rR.qGzzsg of rusty hinge.
"Yau needn't put it in the future
So1rse- I have already broken with
uSiaasver traditions there were left to
Exsak with. Last night I threatened
I'm kin Allen, and, perhaps, I should
faawe done it If he hadn't begged like
~ dog and dragged his wife and chill
>ffan into It."
II KNOW" she acquiesced, and again
she was looking past him.
- And that isn't all. Yesterday Kin
,zt'~ zxI a trap for me and bated it
ryffh one of his clerks. For little
while 1T seemed as If the only way to
Ssnrinx the trap was for me to go
ssfaw the clerk and put a bullet
tsrauxh him. 1t wasn't necessary, as
In turned out, but IL it had been"
~'Cgs, you couldn't!" she broke in
ssGEsS1y. II can't believe that of you !"
"Tau think I couldn't? Let me tell
xs1u of a thing that have done.
NFHhs before last Verda Richlander
Frsrsf Il wire from young fellow who
SEasrts 20 marry her. He had found
CHE that she was here in Brewster.
ssrsxS the wire was to tell her that he
ueas coming in that night on the de-
fzyesf Flyer She asked me to meet
Finn and tell him she had gone to bed.
Hss Is miserable little wretch; sort
of SIAM reprobate; and she has never
<.xrsf for him, except to keep him dam
sy7laHg around with a lot Of others. l
tslhf her I wouldn't meet him, and she
anesE very well that I couldn't meet
sIixn-and stay out Of Jail. Are you
HHtsringT'
"En trying to-"
'-sTe was the pinch, and wasn't big
4szIazxh-in your sense Of the word-to
Ex,sar IT. I saw what would happen.
GI L1CheI JlUUSy Cduc uchC, 0IoAeoAA
woxsfi pounce upon him at cnce; and
Irhsey, with drink or two under his
s9eIg, would tell all he knew. fought
LIZ aN out while I was waiting for the
train It was Jibbey's effacement, or
rhe end Of the world for me, and for
Tfsnanyoni High Line"
Dexter Baldwin's daughter was not
saf chose who shrek and faint at the
.xI1parition Of horror. But the gray
szyss were dilating and her breath was
eu1ning In little gasps when she said
"r can't believe it! You are not 60
ting To tell me that you met this man
as n friend, and then"
.~Nao; it didn't quite come to muir
s5s,- I'm cold blood, though I thought II
russrYas. I had Maxwell's runabout, and
Fsat Jibbey into 1t. He thought l was
aoEns to drive him to the hotel. Aftei
/. ssa mt out Of town he grew suspicious