The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-10-13
'eo. CHAPTER XVIII.
The Arrow to the Mark.

Smith, concentrating abstractedly, as
Ills habit was, upon the work In hand,
was still deep In the voucher-audlting
when the Office door was opened and
small shocked voice said: "Oh.
woohI how You startled me! saw
The light, and I supposed, of course, 1t
was colonel-daddy. Where is he"
Smith pushed the papers aside and
BOXED up scowling.
He was here a minute ago, with
Sullings. Said he'd be back. You've
tome to take him homer
She nodded and came to sit In a
chair at the desk-end, saying:
Don't let me interrupt you, please.
III be quiet"
II don't mean to let anything inter-
rupt me until I have finished what I
have undertaken to do; I'm past all
hat, now"
II have heard about what you did
last night"
about the newspaper fracas? You
ion't approve Of anything like that. Of
course. Neither did /, once. But
there Is no middle way. You know
what the animal tanners tell us about
the beasts. I've had my taste of blood.
There are a good many men In this
world who need killing. Crawford
Stanton Is one of them, and I'm not
sure that Mr.. David Kinzie isn't an
other."
II can't hear what you say when
you talk like that" she objected, look
ing past him with the gray eyes
yelled. q
do you want me to lie down and let
them put the steam roller over me?" he
demanded irritably. els that your
ideal Of the perfect mann?
what I said, and what / meant,
had nothing at all to do with Timan-
yoni High Line and its fight for life,"
she said calmly. recalling the wander
Ing gaze and letting him see her eyes.
Il was thinking altogether Of one
mans attitude toward his world"
THAT was some time ago." he put
In soberly. "Ive gone a long way
since then, Corona"
II know you have. Why doesn't
daddy come back?
Z. He'll come soon enough. You're
not afraid to be here alone with me,
are your
NO; but anybody might be afraid
Of the man you are going to be-"
His laugh was as mirthless as the
creaking Of rusty hinge.
you needn't put it in the future
tense. have already broken with
whatever traditions there were left to
break with. Last night threatened
to kill Allen. and, perhaps, should
have done 1t IL he hadn't begged like
a dog and dragged his wife and chill
dren into It."
II know" she acquiesced, and again
she was looking past him.
"And that isn't all. Yesterday Kin
zie set a trap for me and bated 1t
with one Of his clerks. For a little
while 1t seemed as If the only way to
spring the trap was for me to go
after the clerk and put a bullet
through him. 1t wasn't necessary. as
1t turned out, but If it had been"
"Oh, you couldn't!" she broke In
quickly. II can't believe that of you"
"You think I couldn't? Let me tell
you of thing that I have done.
Night before last Verda HIGHLANDER
had a wire from young fellow who
wants to marry her. He had found
out that she was here in Brewster,
and the wire was to tell her that he
was coming In that night on the de-
layed Flyer She asked me to meet
him. and tell him she had gone to bed.
He is a miserable little wretch; sort
Of sham reprobate; and she has never
cared for him, except to keep him dan
Cling around with lot Of others.
told her wouldn't meet him, and she
knew very well that couldn't meet
hlm-and stay out Of Jail. Are you
listeningT
"Tn trying to-"
at was the pinch, and wasn't big
enough-in your sense Of the word--to
meet 1t. saw what would happen.
If Tucker Jibbey came here, Stanton
would pounce upon him at once; and
Jibbey, with drink or two under his
belt, would tell all he knew. l fought
1t all out while I was waiting for the
train. It was Jibbey's effacement, or
the end of the world for me, and for
srt.uou,nct IItrh Iipau
Dexter Baldwin's daughter was not
OF those who shrek and faint at the
apparition of horror. But the gray
eyes were dilating and her breath was
coming in little gasps when she said:
II can't believe 1t! You are not go
apg to tell me that you met this man
rs a friend, and then"
"No; It didn't quite come to muir
der in cold blood. though thought 1t
might. I had Maxwell's runabout, and
I got JIbbey into It. He thought I was
going to drive him to the hotel. After
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