Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-28
CHATTER XVIII.
The Arrevs to the Marx.

49,
The Arrow 70 tho Mark.
Smith, concentrating abstractedly, al
his habit was, upon the work in hand
was still deep In the voucher-auditinl
when the Office door was opened and
small shocked voice said: "Oh
woohl how you startled me! I saw
the light, and supposed, Of course. II
was colonel-daddy. Where is he?"
Smith pushed the papers aside and
looked up scowling.
"He was here q minute ago, with
Stillings. Said he'd be back. You've
come to take him homer"
She nodded and came to sit In 8
chair at the desk-end, saying:
Don't let me interrupt you, please
I'll be quiet"
II don't mean to let anything inter
rupt me until have finished what
have undertaken to do; I'm past all
that, now"
Il have heard about what you DID
last night"
about the newspaper fracas? You
don't approve Of anything like that, Of
course. Neither did !, once. But
there - no middle way. You know
what the animal tanners tell US about
the beasts. I've had my taste Of blood.
There are 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.
do you want me to lie down and let
them put the steam roller over met" he
demanded irritably. rs that your
ideal Of the perfect man."
what I said, and what I 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.
II was thinking altogether of one
mans attitude toward his world"
"That was some time ago." he put
in soberly. I've gone long way
since then, Corona"
II know you have. Why doesn't
daddy como backT
Hell come soon enough. You're
not afraid to be here alone with me.
are you7"
mo; 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 1t in the future
tenss. have a1readJ broken with
whatever traditions there were left to
break with. Last night threatened
to kill Alien. and, perhaps, I should
have done It II he hadn't begged like
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 trap for me and bated It.
with one Of his clerks. For a little
while 1t seemed a. IL the only way to-
spring the trap was for me to 60
after the clerk and put a bullet
through him. It wasn't necessary, as
It turned out, but II it had been"
"Oh, you couldn't!" she broke in
quickly. II can't believe that Of you'll"
"You think couldn't? Let me tell
you Of q thing that I have done.
Night before last verda Richlander
had wire from a 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.
de is miserable little wretch; sort
Of sham reprobate; and she has never
cared for him, except to keep him dan
Cling around with a lot of others. I
told her I wouldn't meet him, and she
knew very well that I couldn't meet
him-and stay out Of Jail. Are you
listening7"
I'm trying to-"
ut was the PINCH. and I wasn't big
enough-in your sense Of the word-to
meet 1t. saw what would happen.
II Tucker Jibbey came here, Stanton
would pounce upon him att once; and
Jibbey, with drink or two under His
belt, would tell Ill he knew. fought
It all out while was waiting for the
train. It was Jibbey's enacement, or
the end Of the world for me, and for
Timanyoni High Line"
Dexter Baldwin's daughter was not
Of those who shrek and faint at the