Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-11-02
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Arrow to the Marx.


his habit was, upon the work in hand,
Eas still deep in the voucher-auditing
chen the Office door was opened and
small shocked voice said: "Oh,
Eoohi how you startled me! / saw
he light, and I supposed, of course, it
vas colonel-daddy. Where is he?"
Smith pushed the papers aside and
boxed up scowling.
"He was here a minute ago, with
ytllings. Said he'd be back. You've
,ome 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.
I'll be quiet"
II don't mean to let anything inter-
upt me until have finished what /
lave undertaken to do; I'm past all
hat, now"
Il have heard about what you did
ast night"
about the newspaper fracas? You
son'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
Iure that Mr.. David Kinzie isn't an
pther."
81 can't hear what you say when
<aT hot oh oh
ing past him with the gray eyes
yelled.
DO you want me to lie down and let
them put the steam roller over me?' he
demanded irritably. SIS that your
deal Of the perfect man?"
What said, and what 1 meant,
had nothing at all to do with Timan-
FOni High Line and its fight for life,"
she said calmly, recalling the wander
ing gaze and letting him see her eyes.
I was thinking altogether of one
mans attitude toward his world"
THAT was some time ago." he put
In soberly. 'T've gone a long way
since then, Corona"
II know you have. Why doesn't
daddy come back?"
He'll come soon enough. You're
not afraid to be here alone with me,
are your
mo; but anybody might be afraid
Of the man you are going to be-"
His laugh was as mirthless as the
creaklag of a rusty hinge.
you needn't put it in the future
tense. l have already broken with
whatever traditions there were left to
break with, Last night l threatened
to kill Allen, and, perhaps / should
have done it if he hadn't begged like
dog and dragged his wife and chill
dren into it."
Il know" she acquiesced, and again
she was looking past him.
And that isn't all. Yesterday Kin
Eie set a trap for me and bated 1t
with one of his clerks. For a little
while it seemed as if the only way to
spring the trap was for me to go
after the clerk and put q 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'll"
You think I couldn't? Let me tell
you of thing that 1 have done.
Night before last Verda HIGHLANDER
mad wire from a young fellow who
wants to marry her. He had found
out that sac was here in Brewster,
ana the wire was to tell her that he
was coming in that night on the de-
layed Flyer She asked me to meet
MN and tell him she had gone to bed.
de is miserable little wretch; sort
OIL sham reprobate; and she has never
cared for him, except to keep him dan
gnng around with a lot of others.
told her l wouldn't meet him, and she
knew very well that l couldn't meet
nin-and stay out of Jail. are you
listening?"
In trying to-"
1T was the pinch, and I wasn't big
enough-in your sense of the word-to
meet 1t. l saw what would happen.
II fucker Jibbey came here, Stanton
would pounce upon him at once; and
FAAi a uAlllh va WV 0hNNA 49,
ieit' would tell all he knew. l fought
Il all out while I was waiting for the
uain. 1t was Jibbey's placement, or
.ue end Of the world for me, and for
AimanyOni High Line"
Dexter Baldwin's daughter was not
VI those who shrek and faint at the
0ppantion Of horror. But the gr9y
yves were dilating and her breath was
e0uLlng in little gasps when she said:
can't believe it, You are not go
"'g to tell me that you met this man
Is a friend, and then"
No; it didn't quite come to a MUIR
uer IN cold blood, though I thought it
I1lsht. l had MaxwelTs runabout, and
so' Jibbey into it. He thought was
sung to drive him to the hotel After
We got out Of town he grew suspicious,