Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-02-21


things over. Probably never before In
his life had he deliberately done such
. thing. He had never. - q fact.
thought much at ell. II had been his
comfortable habit to let the day take
care Of itself. Beyond minor prob
lens Of hnance-minor because his In
come vas trtning-he had considered
little. In the last border war he had
distinguished himself only when it was
q matter Of doing, not Of thinking.
But he was young, and the night
was crisp and beautiful. he took q
long breath. and looked up at the stars.
After all. things might not be 80 bad.
Hedwig might refuse this marriage.
They were afraid that she would. or
why have asked his help? When he
thought Of King Karl. he drew himself
up. and his heels rang hard on the
pavement. Karl! A hard man and q
good king-that was Karl. And old.
From the full manhood Of his twenty
three years Milky surveyed karl's al
most forty, and considered 1t age.
1t was typical Of Milky to decide
that he needed q hard walk. He
translated most Of his motions into
motion. So he set on br1skly, turn
ing into the crowded part Of the city.
And here 1t was that Milky hap
pened on the thing that was to take
him far that night, and bring about
many curious things. Not far ahead
Of him two men were talking. They
went slowly, arm In arm. One was
talking loquaciously, using his free
arm, on which hung a cane, to gestic-
ulate. The other walked with bent
head.
Milky, pausing to light a cigarette,
fell behind. But the wind was tricky,
and with his third match he stepped
into q stone archway, lighted his
cigarette, buttoned his tunic high
against the chill, and emerged to a
silent but violent struggle Just ahead,
The two men had been attacked by
three others, and as he stared, the
l%oquacious n went down. Instantly
q huge figure Of a man outlined against
the light from a street lamp. crouched
over the PROSTATE form Of the fallen
man. Even in the ~imperceptible sec
ond before he started to run toward
the group, Milky saw that the silent
one, unmolested, was looking on.
A moment later he was In the thich
Of things and fighting g%loriously. Hi
soldierly cap fell of. His fair hail
bristled with excitement. He flung on,
arms that were both furious ant
strong. and with each blow the grouI
assumed a new formation. Unluckily
q great deal Of the fighting was dont
over the PROSTATE form Of Peter nj
burg.
But disaster, inglorious disaster
waited for Milky. Peter Niburg, fac'
down on the pavement, was grooming
and Milky had felled one man an,
was starting on a second with the fight
ing appetite Of twenty.three, whel
something happened. One momen
Milky was smiling, with a cut lip, AM
hair In his eyes, and the next he wa
dropped like an OK, by a blow from
behind. Landing between mis- ehoul
der blades, 1t jerked his head bacl
with a snap, and sent him Keeling.
second followed. delivered by q hug
fist.
Down went Milky, and lay still.
The town slept on. Street brawl
were not uncommon, especially In tn
; neighborhood Of the Hungaria. Thos
who reused grumbled about quarrel
; some students, and slept again.
Perhaps two minutes later, Mix
got up. He was another minute in Il
eating himself. His cap lay in tn