The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-01-12
her shneks
her shneks.
Between them they lifted him and
carried him into the house.
CHAPTER XXI.
And Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

lutA Stubu Autft AaAlfthNtANt.A az INT
bedside until Miss Sarah. re-cntering
the room. coollr ordered them frtu un-
derfOot and sent them back down
stairs And II that their uurrotcs,ing
obedience WAS ~ greater assistance
than heir hands cauh have been Bnt
when after one glance at The girls
stricken face, she tried the next in.
slant to dismiss Barbara for once Miss
Sarahs will alone proved insufficient
The girl refused. point blank. Ia 20.
'IIe half undreSSed me ard put me
70 bed" barbara flung back in reply
to the Spinster's final objection. "and
If tkct did not shock YOU. surely my
Vtaying unw need nor
The refusal Itself brought CLINT to
the older woman's eyes and the phrhs-
ing thereof a flush TO her cheeks, but
she wasted no more words in what she
knew to be useless argument And
though the girl grew sick and sicker
still while Miss Sarah cut away the
sodden shirt and started. with COM
petent skill. to cleanse the wound, the
latter let her remain and hold a basin
OF antiseptic and replenish it when
necessary.
Miss Sarah knew what to do, and
she worked with unhurried thorough
ness. They had sent for the doctor.
and after ages had passed for the girl,
maddeningTy cool and unrufflcd, he ar
rived. But his first words, too, were
an order that SHE leave the room, and
unable TO combat his professional
bleakness, meekly She had To obey. Lit.
tie and wholly hopeless she stole down
gtairs.
Caleb and her father were confront.
ing each other before the fireplace
when she reached the lower floor, but
the queer note of restraint in their
voices meant nothing to her, until she
heard her father cry out in sudden
anguish.
{ Gal" he cried, Gal, you don't think
I was party TO this attempt at muir
DER"
Then, at Caleb's reply, which went
hurting back at him, the girl was
crouching, white and still, and clutch
ing at the stair rail.
Party Attempt! Because you did
not pull the trigger are you any the
less guilty."
/ ado you believe that l would muir
der the man my girl loves" Dexter
Allison moaned now.
Barbara gasped at the deadly anger
which crossed Caleb Hunters face.
Caleb had lifted a hand in righteous
accusation.
"You have dealt in erookedness," he
Numbered. "You have thrlved on cum
ming. And, being a law unto yourself
in this country, you have gone unpun-
ished until now. You aided and abet-
= ted a vicious and INSCRIPTIONS scoun
drel in his villainy, and now you have
looked upon the result of your works
Law has never touched you, SIRE
prisal has passed you by. But, by
God, sir, warn you that IL that boy
dies-if he dies-I shall see that you
meet me at thirty PAGES the next
morning And l shall not miss-I shall
be your law!
They had been friends for close K
forty years, yet they were worse thar
strangers now. Dexter Allison coulC
not answer. He could not speak aloud
Caleb's finger had swung toward thu
door in a gesture unmistakable. Ali
son turned and, CHASTITY Of face, me
the eyes of his daughter.
: Barbara" he appealed to her fran
tically. "Bahy'-
But she Shrank, n huddled heap o
misery, away from him.
"You-tooE' she whispered. You!
And then. duly: And you're my fa
ther.'
The shoulders beneath the garis
plaid rose and fell ptifully. Thi'
then, was the moment which he feaI
ed. He gulped aloud and hung hi
head and turned his feet toward home
Barbara rose after he had gone am
crept into a chair.
One after another they tried to pc
suade the girl to rest Miriam cam
and talked to her and Caleb, an
even Miss Sarah p ssing through th
room stopped to urge her again to 2
TO bed. But she met them all with til
same wOrdless refusal She was wal
g ing for him when the doctor, dcscent
ing in the morning, tried to combine
automatically, praise for what she ha
done with disapproval of her obst
: macy.
; "A[y dear child, this insubordinatio
: will help no one" be said, land it ma
end in your collapse at just the momer
when you are needed most"
!, "Wfl he liye?" was all she woul
say. "Wil he live?"
And before such hopelessness tn
D doctor could not lie.
ale is hard hit and very, very weak,
: he had to admit The shock is gres
l. and the tissue damage--unpromisini
1t is far worse than expected. but b
is still alive. and most men would hay
been already dead md his vitality
a marvel. even 10 me
He might have cumforted her. hi
i, with no other statement could he hay
told the truth Tie fai'cI also ii h
!. effort to persuade her T. 20 =, hel b
had breakfast Mi.a Calcn AID she -
fused to eat Aud >ha was S'iA th"'
IN bor chair ys'.f,.s. ,1n Irf .,!pfs