The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1917-10-19

aries In ths newspapers. or Anytnsns
IKE that"
| The man got upoa Ais feet rstAe'
unstesd,ty.
THAT'S the Hnsit- no said deEni
lively. TIN q IMAM now. Corona tos
much VI man. hope. TO hide behind
another mans grave. I'm going bach
10 Brewster. today
Ths young woman made a quaint
little gytmaee at him, ~How are you
going to get th~rer' she asked -ft's
twenty miles. and the welkinx In aw.
fully baS--la sgota"
"But I mus, 60. Cam, yoa ses
what everybody win say ef mes--thss
l was too cowardiy 10 face the music
when my time eamef Nobody will ee-
lieve that wasnt a eonsentins party
10 this hias-awsyI"
"stt down. abe commanded cstmiy :
ana when be ob~yed: From day 10
day. since ! began coming out here,
John. I've b-ea trying TO rediscovvr
the man whom ] mrt Just oncs. cas
eveaing over u rear ago. at Cousin
Adda's house In Gashrievttie: can't
fnd hin,--he'a gone
"Cosoaa - hs said. ~rhru you r~c.
ogpixsd mei-
NOT M arst. But after q white
stsa.ass eegAh 10 easae back e aud What
| sQa told nae~~ahput Miss Wtchiandsr.
you know. ard the hat you save me
o, your truable--did the rest"
Then you knew--cr yea thought
was rrtmlnalr
She nodded, anil her gate vas rest
ting UySou the nearby gravel heaps.
~Cuu~in AIDA wrots me. But that
made no difference. | didn't anow
whether you had done the things they
said you had, Or not what I did
know was that you had broken yoor
shaekles ia acme way and we're try.
lns 10 get free. You were. wrren',
your
Il suppose 80: In some blind fash
Ion. nut II ID you who have set me
free. Corona. II began that night In
Guthrieyil,e when | stole one Of your
gloves: II wasn't anything you said !;
IL was what you ~ evidently believed
and lived. And on. here I was siu'
ply \ raw savage when you nrsf saw
me. I had tumhled headlong into the
abyss Of the new and tho elemental,
aud II ! sm trying 10 scramble out
naw on the ssds OF honor and clean
manhood, II Is chiefly because you
have shown me the way"
when DID ! ever, f"-~with an
ur, glance Of the gray eyes that was
almost wistfal.
Always. and with a Wisdom that
makes me almost afraid u you. For
example, there was the night when I
Was fairly on tho edge NJ letting Jlh.
s.Y stay In tbs szins and 90 Spad., II
he wanted to you dashed me with the
instead Of taking Il. How did you
know that was the one word 20 sayT
"Iicw do we know snythsngY' she
inquired softly. Tho moment br!nxs
i,x axn inspiration. II hroks mr.
heart TO see what you could be. and
TO think that you might not BE- H.
after all. But came cot here this
morning TO talk about something else,
What are you going 20 Do when you
are able TO leave Sunrise Guichr
The one Straightforward thing
there IN for rse TO 50. ! ahAn % back
tc Law~n~v,lie and take my m~dl-
cine
and after thaty'
'~rhs, Ia for you TO say. Corona.
Would you marry convict,"
''Yon are not guilty"
THAT IL neither here nor there. They
wifi probably send mo to prison, Just
the Same. and the stigma viii be mine
90 wear for the remainder Of my life,
can wear Il now, thank God But TO
Pass II on 10 you~-And to your chill.
t!ren, Corona II eooad get
my own consent TO that. you couldn't
get yours"
"Yss. I coald. John: got II the orst
time colane.-dsddy hrouxht me cat
here and let me see you Ton we're
gu, Of your head. ard ycu thought ron
we're talking "a Billy Starhuck--an the
automobile on the night when you we're
so,ag with him to the eight at the dam
I, made me 60 down on my two hne~~N
John. and kin your pcsr. hot hands"
He slipped His one god arm around
her and drvw her close.
~ysw csn 60 hack Mks . man and
eight II through to the snd-" he s1uised
~ea~esy. -Jrheey win taxa me; ] know
he 10 wearing himself out trytag TO
male me hesisvs that hs can wait. ard
thar verda uaderstandA thosxh he
won't admit It. And when II h al
over. when they have oooe th<tr worst
to me~-"
With . Quiek little svfse shs broke
away trcn the enc.rcnnS arm.
"Joha- dear" abe aid. and her veece
vas trembling heew~en . laugh and q
sch, -TH the wtck~dest. vtrk~desS
woman that ever LIVED aad kreatAet--
and the hApytet' knew what ycu
would de- but I ceaidnf RESIST the
temptation 10 make ySa say II. LIS
tea this rao,niaS schcnsa~ta3fy ~
a.g.is.ie.sE- srsm Biliy sss-huck. rcr
hsrs h~ea wnexiersax way Billy eevvr
cNrne cut rers 70 ssS ysa--lt vat be-