The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1917-09-07
Copyright By ChaA. bcribneT'H Eons
CHAPTER XVIII.
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Inc arrow 10 the MARK.
Smith, concentrating abstractedly, as
his habit was. upon the work LII hand,
was attn deem In the voucher.audltlng
when the Office door was opened and
small shocked voice said: -oh,
wooh how you startled me! saw
the light. and supposed, OF course, II
was colonel daddy. Where Ii her
Smith pushed the papers aside and
looked up scowllng.
He was here minute ago, with
Etlllings. Said he'd be back. You've
come to take him homer
She nodded and came to sit In a
chair ut 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 I
have undertaken to do; I'm past oil
that, now"
II have heard about what you did
last night"
About the newspaper frscas? You
don't approve OF anything like that. OF
course. Neither did /. once. But
there IL no middle way. You know
& what thr nntrn8i tan,~rs tell ms alrsat
III ,s,saiS2sa 7sys>sfaa az ta&sS~sf sssfa.,s!
There are good many men In this
world who need killing. Crawford
Stanton Ia one Of them, and I'm not
sure that Mr.. David klnxie 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 mei' he
demanded irrttably. Us that your
ideal Ut the perfect mAaf"
"Whst said. and what I meant,
had nothing at oil to do with Tlman-
yoni High Line and tn fight for life,"
she said calmly. recalling the wander.
ing case and letting him see her eyes.
u was thinking altogether Of one
mans attitude toward his world"
That was some time ago" he put
In soberly, tive gone a long way
since then, Corona"
Il know you have. Why doesn't
daddy come backr'
He'll come soon enough. You're
not afraid to DO here alone with me,
are your"
mo; but anybody might be afraid
OF the man you are going to be-"
His laugh was as mirthlcss AZ the
creaking Of rusty hinge.
You needn't put 1t In the future
tense. | have already broken with
whatever traditions there we're left to
break with. Last night threatened
to kill Alien. and. perhaps, l should
have done 1t II he hadn't begged like
"A dog and dragged his wife and chill
dren into It."
Il know" she acquiesccd, and again
she was looking past him.
"And that Isn't all. Yesterday Kin.
ale set trap for me and bated It
with one Of his clerks For a little
while II seemed as II the only way to
spring the trap was for me TO 80
after the clerk and put bullet
through hins, II WASN'T necessary, ms
It. turned uut, but X II had been"
oh, you couldn't" she broke in
quickly. IL can't believe that Of YOU"
You think couldntf Let me tell
you OF IA thing that have done.
Night before last Verda Rlchauder
had wire from a young fellow who
wants to marry her. He had found
out that she was here I'm Brewster.
and the wire was 10 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 u miserable little wretch: a sort
81 sham reprobate: and she has never
cared for him, except to keep him dan
Cling around with lot of others.
told her I wouldn't meet him. and she
knew very we'll that couldn't meet
him--and stay out Of Jail. Are you
listeninxr'
I'm trying to-"
III was the pinch. and I wasn't big
enouSh~-in your sense Of the word--to
NEE, II, saw what would happen.
II Tucker Jlbbey came here, Stanton
wuuld peaace upon him At cnee: and
lihhey. with 4 drink or two under his
belt, would tell all he knew. fought
II sill ont while was waiting for the
train II WAS Jibhey's etyacement. or
the end OF the world fer me, and for
TlSnanycni High Line"
Dexter Raldwin's daughter was not
o: those who shrek and faint at the
arradtien Of herror. But the gray
eyes were diiatinS end her breath was
coming In little gssps when she said:
= can't believe II, You are not go
Ina TO tell me that you met this man
as friend. and then"
No; II didn't quite come to lnur-
der In cold blood shoreh thought /,
might. had Maxwells runahout. and
got libhey into II. He thought was
Solag ~ drive him 10 the hotel. After
We 80! ont Of town be grew suspicious.